Quotes about Corruption
See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!
- Isaiah 1:21
Your silver has become dross; your fine wine is diluted with water.
- Isaiah 1:22
Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
- Isaiah 1:23
who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.
- Isaiah 5:23
For all their tables are covered with vomit; there is not a place without filth.
- Isaiah 28:8
“But come here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!
- Isaiah 57:3
For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.
- Isaiah 59:3
Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.
- Isaiah 59:7
“For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.
- Jeremiah 6:13
“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”
- Jeremiah 22:17
Because they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and whitewashing any flimsy wall that is built,
- Ezekiel 13:10
And you not only walked in their ways and practiced their abominations, but soon you were more depraved than they were.
- Ezekiel 16:47