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 is concerned about justice; no one sets forth his case truthfully. They depend on false words and tell lies; they conceive of oppression and give birth to sin.
Isaiah 5:23
They pronounce the guilty innocent for a payoff, they ignore the just cause of the innocent.
Isaiah 10:1
Those who enact unjust policies are as good as dead, those who are always instituting unfair regulations,
Psalm 82:2
He says, "How long will you make unjust legal decisions and show favoritism to the wicked? (Selah)
Ecclesiastes 3:16
I saw something else on earth: In the place of justice, there was wickedness, and in the place of fairness, there was wickedness.
Jeremiah 5:27
Like a cage filled with the birds that have been caught, their houses are filled with the gains of their fraud and deceit. That is how they have gotten so rich and powerful.
Amos 5:7
The Israelites turn justice into bitterness; they throw what is fair and right to the ground.
Micah 3:9
Listen to this, you leaders of the family of Jacob, you rulers of the nation of Israel! You hate justice and pervert all that is right.
Micah 7:3
They are determined to be experts at doing evil; government officials and judges take bribes, prominent men make demands, and they all do what is necessary to satisfy them.
Habakkuk 1:4
For this reason the law lacks power, and justice is never carried out. Indeed, the wicked intimidate the innocent. For this reason justice is perverted.
Zephaniah 3:1
The filthy, stained city is as good as dead; the city filled with oppressors is finished!