Isaiah 29:21
who cause a person to be indicted by a word, and lay a snare for one who reproves in the gate, and who deprive the innocent of justice with false testimony.
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Proverbs 28:21To show partiality is not good, yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.
Isaiah 5:23who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent!
Jeremiah 18:18Then they said, “Come! Let’s devise plans against Jeremiah; for the law won’t perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let’s strike him with the tongue, and let’s not give heed to any of his words.”
Jeremiah 26:2“The LORD says: ‘Stand in the court of the LORD’s house, and speak to all the cities of Judah which come to worship in the LORD’s house, all the words that I command you to speak to them. Don’t omit a word.
Amos 5:10They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly.
Micah 2:6“Don’t prophesy!”—they prophesy— “Don’t prophesy about these things. Disgrace won’t overtake us.”
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 →