Deu 29:18, Isa 5:7, 59:13-15, Amo 5:7, 6:12, Act 8:23, Heb 12:15 | ESV | STEP | Beware lest there be among you a man or woman or clan or tribe whose heart is turning away today from the Lord our God to go and serve the gods of those nations . Beware lest there be among you a root bearing poisonous and bitter fruit ,

Deuteronomy 29:18

18 Beware lest there be among you a man or woman or clan or tribe whose heart is turning away today from the Lord our God to go and serve the gods of those nations. Beware lest there be among you ^aa root bearing poisonous and bitter fruit,

Isaiah 5:7

7 ^bFor the vineyard of the Lord of hosts
is the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah
are his pleasant planting;
and he looked for justice,
but behold, bloodshed; ^{▼▼The Hebrew words for justice and bloodshed sound alike}
for righteousness,
but behold, an outcry! ^{▼▼The Hebrew words for righteous and outcry sound alike}

Isaiah 59:13-15

13 transgressing, and denying the Lord,
and turning back from following our God,
^espeaking oppression and revolt,
conceiving and uttering from the heart lying words.

Judgment and Redemption

14 ^fJustice is turned back,
and righteousness stands far away;
for truth has stumbled in the public squares,
and uprightness cannot enter.
15 Truth is lacking,
and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey.
The Lord saw it, and it displeased him ^{▼▼Hebrew and it was evil in his eyes}
that there was no justice.

Amos 5:7

7 O ^hyou who turn justice to wormwood ^{▼▼Or to bitter fruit}
and cast down righteousness to the earth!

Amos 6:12

12 Do horses run on rocks?
Does one plow there ^{▼▼Or the sea} with oxen?
^kBut you have turned justice into ^lpoison
^mand the fruit of righteousness into wormwood ^{▼▼Or into bitter fruit}—

Acts 8:23

23 For I see that you are in ^othe gall ^{▼▼That is, a bitter fluid secreted by the liver; bile} of bitterness and in ^qthe bond of iniquity.”

Hebrews 12:15

15 See to it that no one ^rfails to obtain the grace of God; that no ^s“root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;