Isaiah 59:4
None sueth in righteousness, and none pleadeth in truth; they trust in vanity, and speak lies, they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
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Job 15:35They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
Psalms 7:15(7-16) He hath digged a pit, and hollowed it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
Psalms 62:4(62-5) They only devise to thrust him down from his height, delighting in lies; they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah
Proverbs 4:16For they sleep not, except they have done evil; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
Isaiah 33:11Ye conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble; your breath is a fire that shall devour you.
Isaiah 59:13Transgressing and denying the LORD, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and perverseness, conceiving and uttering 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 →