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 they have broken Your law.
Mark 7:9
He was also saying to them, “You are experts at setting aside the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition.
Romans 3:31
Do we then nullify the Law through faith? May it never be! On the contrary, we establish the Law.

Wrong

Exodus 23:2
You shall not follow the masses in doing evil, nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to turn aside after a multitude in order to pervert justice;
Deuteronomy 16:19
You shall not distort justice; you shall not be partial, and you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.
Ezekiel 9:9
Then He said to me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is very, very great, and the land is filled with blood and the city is full of perversion; 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 go to court, and the judges decide their case, and they justify the righteous and condemn the wicked,
Isaiah 59:14
Justice is turned back,
And righteousness stands far away;
For truth has stumbled in the street,
And uprightness cannot enter.

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