Isaiah 59:4
No one calls for justice and no one pleads his case truthfully. People trust pointless arguments and speak lies. They conceive trouble and give birth to evil.
Job 15:35
They conceive trouble and give birth to evil. Their womb fashions deceit.
Isaiah 30:12
This is what the Holy One of Israel says: You have rejected this warning, trusted oppression and deceit, and you leaned upon them for support.
Jeremiah 7:4
Do not trust in deceptive words. They say: 'This is the Temple of Jehovah, the Temple of Jehovah, and the Temple of Jehovah.
Jeremiah 7:8
You are trusting in deceptive words that are of no value to you.
Job 15:31
Let him not deceive himself by trusting what is worthless. He will get nothing in return.
Psalm 7:13-14
He has prepared his deadly weapons, making his arrows fiery shafts.
Psalm 62:4
They plan to force him out of his high position. They are happy to lie. They bless with their mouths, but in their hearts they curse.
Psalm 62:10
Do not count on extortion to make you rich. Do not hope to gain anything through robbery. When riches increase, do not depend on them.
Proverbs 4:16
They do not sleep unless they have done evil. Their sleep is taken away unless they make someone fall.
Isaiah 59:3
Your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers are desecrated with sin. You speak lies, and you mutter wicked things.
Isaiah 59:13-14
We rebelled and denied Jehovah. We turned away from our God. We spoke about oppression and revolt. We conceived and uttered lies in our hearts.
Isaiah 59:16
He sees that there is no one to help. He is astounded that there is no one to intercede. So he saves him with his own power. His righteousness supports him.
Jeremiah 5:1
People of Jerusalem, run through your streets! Look around and see for yourselves! Search the marketplaces! Can you find one person who does what is right and tries to be faithful to God? If you can, Jehovah will forgive Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 5:4-5
I thought: These are only the poor and ignorant. They are foolish. They do not know what their God requires, what Jehovah wants them to do.
Ezekiel 22:29-31
The people of the land have practiced oppression and committed robbery. They have wronged the poor and needy and have oppressed the sojourner without justice.'
Micah 2:1
Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning comes they do it because they are able to (it is in the power of their hands).
Micah 7:2-5
The godly (loyal) (holy) man has perished from the earth. There is none upright among men! They all lie in wait for blood. Every man hunts his own brother with a net.
James 1:15
Then evil desires, when conceived, give birth to sin: and the sin, when it is full grown, brings forth death.