He who pursues righteousness and loving devotion finds life, righteousness, and honor.
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed.
Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,
As for his father, he will die for his own iniquity, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what was wrong among his people.
And I will cast you out of My presence, just as I have cast out all your brothers, all the descendants of Ephraim.
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.
But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.
Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah