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Isaiah 5:23that justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!Isaiah 10:1Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers that write perverseness;Isaiah 10:2to turn aside the needy from justice, and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!Isaiah 10:3And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?Isaiah 14:4that thou shalt take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!Isaiah 14:5Jehovah hath broken the staff of the wicked, the sceptre of the rulers;Isaiah 14:6that smote the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, that ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained.Isaiah 14:7The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.Isaiah 14:8Yea, the fir-trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid low, no hewer is come up against us.Isaiah 14:9Sheol from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming; it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.Isaiah 14:10All they shall answer and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?Isaiah 14:11Thy pomp is brought down to Sheol, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and worms cover thee.Isaiah 14:12How art thou fallen from heaven, O day-star, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, that didst lay low the nations!Isaiah 14:13And thou saidst in thy heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit upon the mount of congregation, in the uttermost parts of the north;Isaiah 14:14I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.Isaiah 14:15Yet thou shalt be brought down to Sheol, to the uttermost parts of the pit.Isaiah 14:16They that see thee shall gaze at thee, they shall consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;Isaiah 14:17that made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; that let not loose his prisoners to their home?Isaiah 14:18All the kings of the nations, all of them, sleep in glory, every one in his own house.Isaiah 14:19But thou art cast forth away from thy sepulchre like an abominable branch, clothed with the slain, that are thrust through with the sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a dead body trodden under foot.Isaiah 14:20Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, thou hast slain thy people; the seed of evil-doers shall not be named for ever.Isaiah 16:5And a throne shall be established in lovingkindness; and one shall sit thereon in truth, in the tent of David, judging, and seeking justice, and swift to do righteousness.Isaiah 28:6and a spirit of justice to him that sitteth in judgment, and strength to them that turn back the battle at the gate.Isaiah 28:14Wherefore hear the word of Jehovah, ye scoffers, that rule this people that is in Jerusalem:Isaiah 28:15Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:Isaiah 29:20For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scoffer ceaseth, and all they that watch for iniquity are cut off;Isaiah 29:21that make a man an offender in his cause, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nought.Isaiah 30:33For a Topheth is prepared of old; yea, for the king it is made ready; he hath made it deep and large; the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of Jehovah, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.Isaiah 33:1Woe to thee that destroyest, and thou wast not destroyed; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! When thou hast ceased to destroy, thou shalt be destroyed; and when thou hast made an end of dealing treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.Isaiah 40:23that bringeth princes to nothing; that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.Isaiah 52:5Now therefore, what do I here, saith Jehovah, seeing that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them do howl, saith Jehovah, and my name continually all the day is blasphemed.Isaiah 58:6Is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?Isaiah 59:14And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.Isaiah 59:15Yea, truth is lacking; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey.And Jehovah saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.Isaiah 60:17For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron. I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.Jeremiah 5:28They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.Jeremiah 5:29Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?Jeremiah 13:18Say thou unto the king and to the queen-mother, Humble yourselves, sit down; for your headtires are come down, even the crown of your glory.Jeremiah 21:12O house of David, thus saith Jehovah, Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him that is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.Jeremiah 22:1Thus said Jehovah: Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,Jeremiah 22:2And say, Hear the word of Jehovah, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates.Jeremiah 22:3Thus saith Jehovah: Execute ye justice and righteousness, and deliver him that is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the sojourner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.Jeremiah 38:5And Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he that can do anything against you.Jeremiah 38:6Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king’s son, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.Daniel 2:1And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him.Daniel 2:2Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the enchanters, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king.Daniel 2:3And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.Daniel 2:4Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in the Syrian language, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.Daniel 2:5The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye make not known unto me the dream and the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.Daniel 2:6But if ye show the dream and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honor: therefore show me the dream and the interpretation thereof.Daniel 2:7They answered the second time and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.Daniel 2:8The king answered and said, I know of a certainty that ye would gain time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.Daniel 2:9But if ye make not known unto me the dream, there is but one law for you; for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can show me the interpretation thereof.Daniel 2:10The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can show the king’s matter, forasmuch as no king, lord, or ruler, hath asked such a thing of any magician, or enchanter, or Chaldean.Daniel 2:11And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is no other that can show it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.Daniel 2:12For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.Daniel 2:13So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.Daniel 3:1Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.Daniel 3:2Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the satraps, the deputies, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.Daniel 3:3Then the satraps, the deputies, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.