Isaiah 59:15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.

Truth

Micah 7:2

He that

1 John 3:11

Maketh himself a prey

Bible References

Truth

“Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are named Israel
And who came forth from the

loins of Judah,

Who swear by the name of the Lord
And invoke the God of Israel,
But not in truth nor in righteousness.

There is nothing reliable in what they say;
Their inward part is destruction itself.
Their throat is an open grave;
They flatter with their tongue.

For the choir director; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.
Help, Lord, for the godly man ceases to be,
For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.

“Roam to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem,
And look now and take note.
And seek in her open squares,
If you can find a man,

If there is one who does justice, who seeks truth,

Then I will pardon her.

You shall say to them, ‘This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the Lord their God or accept correction;

truth has perished and has been cut off from their mouth.

Listen to the word of the Lord, O sons of Israel,

For the Lord has a case against the inhabitants of the land,
Because there is no faithfulness or kindness
Or knowledge of God in the land.

The godly person has perished from the land,
And there is no upright person among men.
All of them lie in wait for bloodshed;
Each of them hunts the other with a net.

He that

Your eyes are too pure to approve evil,
And You can not look on wickedness with favor.
Why do You look with favor
On those who deal treacherously?
Why are You silent when the wicked swallow up
Those more righteous than they?

Now Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,

Just as it is written,
“For Your sake we are being put to death all day long;
We were considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”

and others experienced mockings and scourgings, yes, also chains and imprisonment.

For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another;

Maketh himself a prey

Now Jehu came out to the servants of his master, and one said to him, “Is all well? Why did this mad fellow come to you?” And he said to them, “You know very well the man and his talk.”

“The Lord has made you priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, to be the

overseer in the house of the Lord over every madman who prophesies, to put him in the stocks and in the iron collar,

The days of punishment have come,
The days of retribution have come;

Let Israel know this!

The prophet is a fool,
The inspired man is demented,
Because of the grossness of your iniquity,
And because your hostility is so great.

When His own people heard of this, they went out to take custody of Him; for they were saying, “He has lost His senses.”

The Jews said to Him, “Now we know that You have a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets also; and You say, ‘If anyone keeps My word, he will never taste of death.’

Many of them were saying, “He has a demon and is insane. Why do you listen to Him?”

While Paul was saying this in his defense, Festus *said in a loud voice, “Paul, you are out of your mind! Your great learning is driving you mad.”

For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.