Isaiah 59:15

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Isaiah 59:13–17 · Berean Standard Bible

13 rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.

14 So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.

15 Truth is missing, and whoever turns from evil becomes prey. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice.

16 He saw that there was no man; He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. So His own arm brought salvation, and His own righteousness sustained Him.

17 He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on His head; He put on garments of vengeance and wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal.

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Isaiah 48:1

“Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, who invoke the God of Israel— but not in truth or righteousness—

Psalms 5:9

For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.

Psalms 12:1

Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.

Psalms 12:2

They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.

Jeremiah 5:1

“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.

Jeremiah 5:2

Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing falsely.”

Jeremiah 7:28

Therefore you must say to them, ‘This is the nation that would not listen to the voice of the LORD their God and would not receive correction. Truth has perished; it has disappeared from their lips.

Hosea 4:1

Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!

Hosea 4:2

Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.

Micah 7:2

The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.

Habakkuk 1:13

Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?

Habakkuk 1:14

You have made men like the fish of the sea, like creeping things that have no ruler.

Acts 9:1

Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high priest

Acts 9:23

After many days had passed, the Jews conspired to kill him,

Romans 8:36

As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”

Hebrews 11:36

Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

Hebrews 11:37

They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated.

Hebrews 11:38

The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.

1 John 3:11

This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.

1 John 3:12

Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.

2 Kings 9:11

When Jehu went out to the servants of his master, they asked, “Is everything all right? Why did this madman come to you?” “You know his kind and their babble,” he replied.

Jeremiah 29:26

‘The LORD has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada, to be the chief officer in the house of the LORD, responsible for any madman who acts like a prophet—you must put him in stocks and neck irons.

Hosea 9:7

The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived— let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and hostility.

Mark 3:21

When His family heard about this, they went out to take custody of Him, saying, “He is out of His mind.”

John 8:52

“Now we know that You have a demon!” declared the Jews. “Abraham died, and so did the prophets, yet You say that anyone who keeps Your word will never taste death.

John 10:20

Many of them said, “He is demon-possessed and insane. Why would you listen to Him?”

Acts 26:24

At this stage of Paul’s defense, Festus exclaimed in a loud voice, “You are insane, Paul! Your great learning is driving you to madness!”

2 Corinthians 5:13

If we are out of our mind, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.

Genesis 38:10

What he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so He put Onan to death as well.

2 Samuel 11:27

And when the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 21:7

Yet the LORD was unwilling to destroy the house of David, because of the covenant He had made with David, and since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.