Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees, Cross References Psalm 58:2 No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth. Psalm 94:20 Can a corrupt throne be Your ally--one devising mischief by decree? Isaiah 3:14 The LORD brings this charge against the elders and leaders of His people: "You have devoured the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses. Isaiah 5:23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice. Isaiah 29:21 those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice. Isaiah 59:4 No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity. Isaiah 59:13 rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart. Daniel 6:8 Therefore, O king, establish the decree and sign the document so that it cannot be changed--in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed." Treasury of Scripture Woe to them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; A. Isaiah 3:11 Isaiah 5:8,11,18,20-22 Jeremiah 22:13 them 1 Kings 21:13 Esther 3:10-13 Psalm 58:2 that write grievousness. |