Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.

General references

Bible References

The law

Psalm 11:3
if the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?"
Psalm 119:126
It is time for the LORD to act, for your law has been broken.
Mark 7:9
And he said to them, "You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition!
Romans 3:31
Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.

Wrong

Exodus 23:2
You shall not fall in with the many to do evil, nor shall you bear witness in a lawsuit, siding with the many, so as to pervert justice,
Deuteronomy 16:19
You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality, and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.
Ezekiel 9:9
Then he said to me, "The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of blood, and the city full of injustice. For they say, 'The LORD has forsaken the land, and the LORD does not see.'

General references

Deuteronomy 25:1
"If there is a dispute between men and they come into court and the judges decide between them, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty,
Isaiah 59:14
Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far away; for truth has stumbled in the public squares, and uprightness cannot enter.

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