Mischief shall come on mischief, and rumor shall be on rumor; and they shall seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders.

'Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?

For I don't know how to give flattering titles; or else my Maker would soon take me away.

But none says, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,

I will get my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

Oh come, let's worship and bow down. Let's kneel before Yahweh, our Maker,

He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.

In that day, people will look to their Maker, and their eyes will have respect for the Holy One of Israel.

Woe to him who strives with his Maker -- a clay pot among the clay pots of the earth! Shall the clay ask him who fashions it, 'What are you making?' or your work, 'He has no hands?'

Thus says Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: "You ask me about the things that are to come, concerning my sons, and you command me concerning the work of my hands!

and have forgotten Yahweh your Maker, who stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and fear continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he makes ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?

For your Maker is your husband; Yahweh of Armies is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; the God of the whole earth shall he be called.

For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; and Judah has multiplied fortified cities; but I will send a fire on his cities, and it will devour its fortresses."

"What value does the engraved image have, that its maker has engraved it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he who fashions its form trusts in it, to make mute idols?

He was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, besides the mischief that Hadad [did]: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.

Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, "Please notice how this man seeks mischief; for he sent to me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I didn't deny him."

Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and begged him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.

They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. Their heart prepares deceit."

Behold, he travails with iniquity. Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

Don't draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man? God's loving kindness endures continually.

Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute?

David knew that Saul was devising mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, "Bring the ephod here."

those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war.

As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

No mischief shall happen to the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil.

A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.

Yahweh has returned on you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned! Yahweh has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son! Behold, you are caught by your own mischief, because you are a man of blood!"

for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about mischief.

Therefore evil will come on you; you won't know when it dawns: and mischief will fall on you; you will not be able to put it away: and desolation shall come on you suddenly, which you don't know.

None sues in righteousness, and none pleads in truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

As for both these kings, their hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table: but it shall not prosper; for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.

They will be disappointed, yes, confounded, all of them. Those who are makers of idols will go into confusion together.