Isaiah 59:14

And therefore is equity gone aside, and righteousness standeth far off; truth is fallen down in the street, and the thing that is plain and open, may not be showed.

Habakkuk 1:4

for the law is torn in pieces, and there can no right judgment go forth. And why? The ungodly is more set by than the righteous: this is the cause that wrong judgment proceedeth.

Psalm 82:2-5

How long will ye give wrong judgment, and accept the persons of the ungodly? Selah.

Ecclesiastes 3:16

Moreover, I saw under the sun ungodliness in the stead of judgment, and iniquity instead of righteousness.

Isaiah 1:21

How happeneth it then that the righteous city, which was full of equity, is become unfaithful as an whore? Righteousness dwelt in it, but now murder.

Isaiah 5:23

These give sentence with the ungodly for rewards, but condemn the just cause of the righteous.

Isaiah 10:1-2

Woe be unto you that make unrighteous laws, and devise things, which be too hard for to keep:

Isaiah 59:4

No man regardeth righteousness, and no man judgeth truly. Every man hopeth in vain things, and imagineth deceit; conceiveth weariness, and bringeth forth evil.

Jeremiah 5:27-28

And like as a net is full of birds, so are their houses full of that which they have gotten with falsity and deceit. Hereof cometh their great substance and riches,

Jeremiah 5:31

The Prophets teach falsely, and the priests follow them, and my people hath pleasure therein. What will come thereof at the last?

Amos 5:11

Forsomuch then as ye oppress the poor, and rob him of his best sustenance: therefore, where as ye have builded houses of square stone, ye shall not dwell in them. Marvelous pleasant vineyards shall ye plant; but the wine of them shall ye not drink. And why?

Micah 3:9-11

O hear this, ye rulers of the house of Jacob, and ye judges of the house of Israel: ye that abhor the thing that is lawful, and wrest aside the thing that is straight;

Micah 7:3-5

yet they say they do well when they do evil. As the prince will, so sayeth the judge: that he may do him a pleasure again. The great man speaketh what his heart desireth; and the hearers allow him.

Zephaniah 3:1-3

Woe to the abominable, filthy and cruel city:

Amos 5:7

Ye turn the law to wormwood, and cast down righteousness into the ground.

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Summary

And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

Bible References

General references

Isaiah 59:4
No man regardeth righteousness, and no man judgeth truly. Every man hopeth in vain things, and imagineth deceit; conceiveth weariness, and bringeth forth evil.
Isaiah 5:23
These give sentence with the ungodly for rewards, but condemn the just cause of the righteous.
Isaiah 10:1
Woe be unto you that make unrighteous laws, and devise things, which be too hard for to keep:
Psalm 82:2
How long will ye give wrong judgment, and accept the persons of the ungodly? Selah.
Ecclesiastes 3:16
Moreover, I saw under the sun ungodliness in the stead of judgment, and iniquity instead of righteousness.
Jeremiah 5:27
And like as a net is full of birds, so are their houses full of that which they have gotten with falsity and deceit. Hereof cometh their great substance and riches,
Amos 5:7
Ye turn the law to wormwood, and cast down righteousness into the ground.
Micah 3:9
O hear this, ye rulers of the house of Jacob, and ye judges of the house of Israel: ye that abhor the thing that is lawful, and wrest aside the thing that is straight;
Micah 7:3
yet they say they do well when they do evil. As the prince will, so sayeth the judge: that he may do him a pleasure again. The great man speaketh what his heart desireth; and the hearers allow him.
Habakkuk 1:4
for the law is torn in pieces, and there can no right judgment go forth. And why? The ungodly is more set by than the righteous: this is the cause that wrong judgment proceedeth.
Zephaniah 3:1
Woe to the abominable, filthy and cruel city: