Isaiah 59:4
No one calls in righteousness, and none pleads his case in truth. 1 They trust in empty words, and tell lies; they conceive trouble and give birth to sin. 1
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Job 15:35They conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity; 1 their womb conceives deceit.”
Psalms 7:15He digs a pit and hollows it out 1 and then falls into the hole he has made. 1
Psalms 62:4They consult with him only to bring him down from his honorable position; 1 they love to tell lies; 1 they bless him with their mouths, but in their hearts they curse him. Selah 1
Proverbs 4:16For they cannot sleep until they do evil 1 and they are robbed of sleep until they cause someone to stumble. 1
Isaiah 33:11You conceive chaff, and you give birth to stubble; your breath is a fire that will consume you. 1
Isaiah 59:13We have rebelled, denying Yahweh and turning away from following our God. 1 We have spoken extortion and turning aside, conceived complaining from the heart and words of lying. 1
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 →