Isaiah 59:14

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“Justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands far away; for truth has fallen in the street, and uprightness can’t enter.”

— WEB

“And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.”

— KJV

“And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.”

— ASV

Bible Verses About Justice

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Habakkuk 1:4 "Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice comes out perverted."
Ecclesiastes 3:16 "Moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was …"
Isaiah 10:1-2 "Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees;"
Jeremiah 5:31 "The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority; and my people love to have it so. What will you do in the end…"
Micah 3:9-11 "Please listen to this, you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice, and pervert all equity."
Isaiah 5:23 "who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent!"
Isaiah 1:21 "How the faithful city has become a prostitute! She was full of justice; righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers."
Amos 5:11 "Therefore, because you trample on the poor, and take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell …"

Commentary

Justice and righteousness are put away from our legal courts. in the street--in the forum, the place of judicature, usually at the gate of the city (Zac 8:16). cannot enter--is shut out from the forum, or courts of justice.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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