Isaiah 29:21
That made men sin by word, and supplanted him that reproved them in the gate, and declined in vain from the just.
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Proverbs 28:21He that hath respect to a person in judgment, doth not well: such a man even for a morsel of bread forsaketh the truth.
Isaiah 5:23That justify the wicked for gifts, and take away the justice of the just from him.
Jeremiah 18:18And they said: Come, and let us invent devices against Jeremias: for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet: come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us give no heed to all his words.
Jeremiah 26:2Thus saith the Lord: Stand in the court of the house of the Lord, and speak to all the cities of Juda, out of which they come, to adore in the house of the Lord, all the words which I have commanded thee to to speak unto them: leave not out one word.
Amos 5:10They have hated him that rebuketh in the gate: and have abhorred him that speaketh perfectly.
Micah 2:6Speak ye not, saying: It shall not drop upon these, confusion shall not take them.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 29:18-24
Promises to Israel; Character of Persecutors; Promises of Jacob. ( b. c. 725.) 17 Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest? 18 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness. 19 The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord , and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. 20 For the terrible one is brought to… Read the whole commentary →