Psalm 58:2

No, you practice injustice in your hearts;
with your hands you weigh out violence in the land.

Psalm 94:20

Can a corrupt throne—
one that creates trouble by law—
become Your ally?

Isaiah 10:1

Woe to those enacting crooked statutes
and writing oppressive laws

Psalm 21:11

Though they intend to harm you
and devise a wicked plan, they will not prevail.

Ecclesiastes 3:16

I also observed under the sun: there is wickedness at the place of judgment and there is wickedness at the place of righteousness.

Isaiah 26:7

The path of the righteous is level;
You clear a straight path for the righteous.

Isaiah 59:4-6

No one makes claims justly;
no one pleads honestly.
They trust in empty and worthless words;
they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.

Jeremiah 22:16-17

He took up the case of the poor and needy,
then it went well.
Is this not what it means to know Me?
This is the Lord’s declaration.

People who live in you accept bribes in order to shed blood. You take interest and profit on a loan and brutally extort your neighbors. You have forgotten Me.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

Ezekiel 22:27

“Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives in order to make profit dishonestly.

Micah 3:1-3

Then I said, “Now listen, leaders of Jacob,
you rulers of the house of Israel.
Aren’t you supposed to know what is just?

Micah 3:9-12

Listen to this, leaders of the house of Jacob,
you rulers of the house of Israel,
who abhor justice
and pervert everything that is right,

Malachi 3:15

So now we consider the arrogant to be fortunate. Not only do those who commit wickedness prosper, they even test God and escape.”

John 11:47-53

So the chief priests and the Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we going to do since this man does many signs?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Psalm 58:2

Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

In heart

John 11:47

Weigh

Psalm 94:20

Isaiah 10:1

Isaiah 26:7

General references

Bible References

In heart

Though they intend to harm you
and devise a wicked plan, they will not prevail.

I also observed under the sun: there is wickedness at the place of judgment and there is wickedness at the place of righteousness.

No one makes claims justly;
no one pleads honestly.
They trust in empty and worthless words;
they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.

He took up the case of the poor and needy,
then it went well.
Is this not what it means to know Me?
This is the Lord’s declaration.

Then I said, “Now listen, leaders of Jacob,
you rulers of the house of Israel.
Aren’t you supposed to know what is just?

So the chief priests and the Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we going to do since this man does many signs?

Weigh

Can a corrupt throne—
one that creates trouble by law—
become Your ally?

Woe to those enacting crooked statutes
and writing oppressive laws

The path of the righteous is level;
You clear a straight path for the righteous.

General references

“If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court, and the judges will hear their case. They will clear the innocent and condemn the guilty.

Speak up, judge righteously,
and defend the cause of the oppressed and needy.

I also observed under the sun: there is wickedness at the place of judgment and there is wickedness at the place of righteousness.

Stop judging according to outward appearances; rather judge according to righteous judgment.”