Isaiah 59:4
There is none that calleth upon justice, neither is there any one that judgeth truly: but they trust in a mere nothing, and speak vanities: they have conceived labour, and brought forth iniquity.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Job 15:35He hath conceived sorrow, and hath brought forth iniquity, and his womb prepareth deceits.
Psalms 7:15Behold he hath been in labour with injustice; he hath conceived sorrow, and brought forth iniquity.
Psalms 62:4How long do you rush in upon a man? you all kill, as if you were thrusting down a leaning wall, and a tottering fence.
Proverbs 4:16For they sleep not except they have done evil: and their sleep is taken away unless they have made some to fall.
Isaiah 33:11You shall conceive heat, you shall bring forth stubble: your breath as fire shall devour you.
Isaiah 59:13In sinning and lying against the Lord: and we have turned away so that we went not after our God, but spoke calumny and transgression : we have conceived, and uttered from the heart, words of falsehood.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 59:2-9
The Prevalence and Effects of Sin. ( b. c. 706.) 1 Behold, the Lord 's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: 2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. 3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness. 4 None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak… Read the whole commentary →