For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they
There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.
Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fathe
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers
Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvest
Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,
Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteou
But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside toward dishonest gain, accepting bribes and perverting justice.
Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they l
To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the land,
Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey an
who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.
Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boa
All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the la
“And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glo
For they have committed an outrage in Israel by committing adultery with the wives of their neighbors and speaking lies
When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spir
Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they
You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to
You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.
if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,
These two things will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of children, and widowhood. They will come upon yo
those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocen
And when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be
He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who
Even the bravest of mighty men will flee naked on that day,” declares the LORD.
The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and r