Woe to them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; Treasury of Scripture A.M. 3291. B.C. 713
woe Isaiah 3:11 Woe to the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him. Isaiah 5:8,11,18,20-22 Woe to them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place... Jeremiah 22:13 Woe to him that builds his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that uses his neighbor's service without wages... Habakkuk 2:6,9,12,15,19 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say... Matthew 11:21 Woe to you, Chorazin! woe to you, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon... Matthew 23:13-16,23,27,29 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for you neither go in yourselves... Matthew 26:24 The Son of man goes as it is written of him... Luke 11:42-44,46,47,52 But woe to you, Pharisees! for you tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God... Jude 1:11 Woe to them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward... them 1 Kings 21:13 And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth... Esther 3:10-13 And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy... Psalm 58:2 Yes, in heart you work wickedness; you weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. Psalm 94:20,21 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with you, which frames mischief by a law... Daniel 6:8,9 Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians... Micah 3:1-4,9-11 And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and you princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment... Micah 6:16 For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and you walk in their counsels... John 9:22 These words spoke his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already... John 19:6 When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate said to them... that write grievousness. or, to the writers that write grievousness
Context Woe to Tyrants
1Woe to them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; 2To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless! 3And what will you do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will you flee for help? and where will you leave your glory? 4Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers that write perverseness;
Douay-Rheims Bible
WOE to them that make wicked laws: and when they write, write injustice:
Darby Bible Translation
Woe unto them that decree iniquitous decrees, and to the writers that prescribe oppression,
King James Bible
Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
Young's Literal Translation
Woe to those decreeing decrees of iniquity, And writers who have prescribed perverseness.
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