Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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 one enters suit justly; no one goes to law honestly; they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies, they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
Isaiah 5:23
who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of his right!
Isaiah 10:1
Woe to those who decree iniquitous decrees, and the writers who keep writing oppression,
Psalm 82:2
"How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
Ecclesiastes 3:16
Moreover, I saw under the sun that in the place of justice, even there was wickedness, and in the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness.
Jeremiah 5:27
Like a cage full of birds, their houses are full of deceit; therefore they have become great and rich;
Amos 5:7
O you who turn justice to wormwood and cast down righteousness to the earth!
Micah 3:9
Hear this, you heads of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who detest justice and make crooked all that is straight,
Micah 7:3
Their hands are on what is evil, to do it well; the prince and the judge ask for a bribe, and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul; thus they weave it together.
Habakkuk 1:4
So the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous; so justice goes forth perverted.
Zephaniah 3:1
Woe to her who is rebellious and defiled, the oppressing city!