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 calls for righteousness, nor do any judge by the truth; they trust in vanity, and speak vanities; they conceive trouble and bring forth iniquity.
Isaiah 5:23
who justify the wicked for bribes and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
Isaiah 10:1
Woe unto those that establish unrighteous laws and that wilfully prescribe tyranny
Psalm 82:2
How long will ye judge unjustly and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
Ecclesiastes 3:16
And moreover I saw under the sun that instead of judgment, there was wickedness; and instead of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
Jeremiah 5:27
As a cage full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit; thus they became great and rich.
Amos 5:7
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood and leave off doing righteousness in the earth,
Micah 3:9
Now hear this, ye heads of the house of Jacob and captains of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment and pervert all equity;
Micah 7:3
To complete the evil with their hands, the prince demands, and the judge judges for a reward; and the great man speaks the desires of his heart: and they confirm it.
Habakkuk 1:4
Therefore the law is weakened, and the judgment does not go forth true: for the wicked compasses about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceeds.
Zephaniah 3:1
Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!