Isaiah 59:7
They run to do evil; they're quick to murder innocent people. Their minds are full of sinful thoughts; they only cause havoc and destruction.
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Proverbs 1:16For they rush to do evil; they hurry to commit violence and murder.
Proverbs 15:26The Lord hates the thoughts of the wicked, but he honors the words of the pure.
Isaiah 59:3Your hands are covered in blood and your fingers tainted with guilt, your lips speak lies and your mouth whispers evil things.
Isaiah 65:2I spread out my hands all day long, pleading with a stubborn people who follow bad ways, doing whatever they choose.
Lamentations 4:13But this happened because of the sins of her prophets and the wickedness of her priests, who shed the blood of the innocent right there in the city.
Ezekiel 22:6Look at how all of your leaders in Israel use their power to murder.
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 →