Bible Verses Like Isaiah 59:14

“And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.”

 

Bible verses related to Isaiah 59:14 (similar cross-references)


Habakkuk 1:4 - Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.   (Verses like Habakkuk 1:4)

Psalms 82:2-5 - How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.   (Verses like Psalms 82:2)

Ecclesiastes 3:16 - And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.   (Verses like Ecclesiastes 3:16)

Isaiah 1:21 - How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.   (Verses like Isaiah 1:21)

Isaiah 5:23 - Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!   (Verses like Isaiah 5:23)

Isaiah 10:1-2 - Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!   (Verses like Isaiah 10:1)

Isaiah 59:4 - None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.   (Verses like Isaiah 59:4)

Jeremiah 5:27-28 - As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.   (Verses like Jeremiah 5:27)

Jeremiah 5:31 - The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?   (Verses like Jeremiah 5:31)

Amos 5:11 - Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.   (Verses like Amos 5:11)

Micah 3:9-11 - Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.   (Verses like Micah 3:9)

Micah 7:3-5 - That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.   (Verses like Micah 7:3)

Zephaniah 3:1-3 - Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.   (Verses like Zephaniah 3:1)

Amos 5:7 - Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,   (Verses like Amos 5:7)