Psalms 58:2 Cross References
Psalms 58:2
2: No, all your dealings are crooked; you hand out violence instead of justice.
Psalms 94:20
- Can unjust leaders claim that God is on their side--leaders who permit injustice by their laws?
Isaiah 10:1
- Destruction is certain for the unjust judges, for those who issue unfair laws.
Micah 3:9
- Listen to me, you leaders of Israel! You hate justice and twist all that is right.
- You are building Jerusalem on a foundation of murder and corruption.
- You rulers govern for the bribes you can get; you priests teach God's laws only for a price; you prophets won't prophesy unless you are paid. Yet all of you claim you are depending on the LORD. "No harm can come to us," you say, "for the LORD is here among us."
- So because of you, Mount Zion will be plowed like an open field; Jerusalem will be reduced to rubble! A great forest will grow on the hilltop, where the Temple now stands.
Jeremiah 22:16
- He made sure that justice and help were given to the poor and needy, and everything went well for him. Isn't that what it means to know me?" asks the LORD.
- "But you! You are full of selfish greed and dishonesty! You murder the innocent, oppress the poor, and reign ruthlessly."
Isaiah 59:4
- No one cares about being fair and honest. Their lawsuits are based on lies. They spend their time plotting evil deeds and then doing them.
- They spend their time and energy spinning evil plans that end up in deadly actions.
- They cheat and shortchange everyone. Nothing they do is productive; all their activity is filled with sin. Violence is their trademark.
Micah 3:1
- Listen, you leaders of Israel! You are supposed to know right from wrong,
- but you are the very ones who hate good and love evil. You skin my people alive and tear the flesh off their bones.
- You eat my people's flesh, cut away their skin, and break their bones. You chop them up like meat for the cooking pot.
Ezekiel 22:12
- There are hired murderers, loan racketeers, and extortioners everywhere! They never even think of me and my commands, says the Sovereign LORD.
Isaiah 26:7
- But for those who are righteous, the path is not steep and rough. You are a God of justice, and you smooth out the road ahead of them.
Ezekiel 22:27
- Your leaders are like wolves, who tear apart their victims. They actually destroy people's lives for profit!
Psalms 21:11
- Although they plot against you, their evil schemes will never succeed.
Ecclesiastes 3:16
- I also noticed that throughout the world there is evil in the courtroom. Yes, even the courts of law are corrupt!
Malachi 3:15
- From now on we will say, "Blessed are the arrogant." For those who do evil get rich, and those who dare God to punish them go free of harm.'"
John 11:47
- Then the leading priests and Pharisees called the high council together to discuss the situation. "What are we going to do?" they asked each other. "This man certainly performs many miraculous signs.
- If we leave him alone, the whole nation will follow him, and then the Roman army will come and destroy both our Temple and our nation."
- And one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said, "How can you be so stupid?
- Why should the whole nation be destroyed? Let this one man die for the people."
- This prophecy that Jesus should die for the entire nation came from Caiaphas in his position as high priest. He didn't think of it himself; he was inspired to say it.