Amos 5:7
You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth!
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Amos 5:7
You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth!
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1 Kings 21:13
The two men, the wicked fellows, came in and sat before him. The wicked fellows testified against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king!” Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him to death with stones.
Psalms 94:21
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
Ecclesiastes 3:16
Moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.
Isaiah 1:23
Your princes are rebellious and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes and follows after rewards. They don’t defend the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.
Isaiah 5:23
who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent!
Isaiah 10:1
Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees
Isaiah 10:2
to deprive the needy of justice, and to rob the poor among my people of their rights, that widows may be their plunder, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
Jeremiah 5:28
They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excel in deeds of wickedness. They don’t plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and they don’t defend the rights of the needy.
Micah 3:9
Please listen to this, you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice, and pervert all equity,
Micah 3:10
who build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
Micah 3:11
Her leaders judge for bribes, and her priests teach for a price, and her prophets of it tell fortunes for money; yet they lean on Yahweh, and say, “Isn’t Yahweh among us? No disaster will come on us.”
Micah 7:3
Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe. The powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.
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Psalms 58:1
Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?
Psalms 58:2
No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.
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Proverbs 21:3
To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.
Amos 5:24
But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.
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Jeremiah 3:15
I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.
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Amos 5:2
“The virgin of Israel has fallen; She shall rise no more. She is cast down on her land; there is no one to raise her up.”
Amos 5:4
For Yahweh says to the house of Israel: “Seek me, and you will live;
Amos 5:5
but don’t seek Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and don’t pass to Beersheba; for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nothing.
Amos 5:10
They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly.
Amos 5:14
Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be with you, as you say.
Amos 5:15
Hate evil, love good, and establish justice in the courts. It may be that Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”
Amos 5:27
Therefore I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus,” says Yahweh, whose name is the God of Armies.
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Hebrews 12:15
looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you and many be defiled by it,
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Revelation 8:11
The name of the star is “Wormwood.” One third of the waters became wormwood. Many people died from the waters, because they were made bitter.
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