Cross references

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 59:4 BSB

Isaiah 59:4 has 18 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 15 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Job 15:35 (10 votes) and Micah 7:2–5 (8 votes). 53 other verses point back to it. It links with 16 other books, from Exodus 18 to James 1.

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Which verses does Isaiah 59:4 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Job 15:3510 votes

    They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”

  2. The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net. Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together. …

  3. James 1:157 votes

    Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.

  4. Do not trust in deceptive words, saying: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’

  5. But look, you keep trusting in deceptive words to no avail.

  6. For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.

  7. Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “Because you have rejected this message, trusting in oppression and relying on deceit,

  8. He saw that there was no man; He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. So His own arm brought salvation, and His own righteousness sustained Him.

  9. Micah 2:15 votes

    Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.

  10. He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire. Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.

  11. For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.

  12. rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart. So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.

  13. Psalm 62:43 votes
  14. “Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.

  15. Job 15:311 vote

Which verses point to Isaiah 59:4?

The 10 strongest of 53.