15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

• Justice and Mercy
• Sin
• Truth

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Chr 28:9 — And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the
• 1Cor 15:34 — Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
• 1Tim 1:10 — For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;
• Amos 3:1 — Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,
• Amos 7:16 — Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.
• Gen 6:11 — The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
• Gen 6:13 — And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
• Hos 4:6 — My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will
• Hos 4:14 — I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people
• Hos 5:1 — Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
• Hos 5:4 — They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.
• Hos 6:6 — For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
• Hos 12:2 — The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
• Hos 12:2 — The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
• Hos 12:6 — Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
• Isa 1:18 — Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
• Isa 3:13 — The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.
• Isa 3:13 — The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.
• Isa 24:20 — The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
• Isa 27:8 — In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
• Isa 34:1 — Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.
• Isa 59:8 — The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.
• Jer 4:22 — For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
• Jer 4:22 — For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
• Jer 5:2 — And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.
• Jer 5:4 — Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.
• Jer 9:3 — And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
• Jer 25:31 — A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.
• Jer 25:31 — A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.
• Jer 51:5 — For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the LORD of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.
• Matt 21:33 — Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into
• Mic 6:2 — Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD’s controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.
• Mic 6:2 — Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD’s controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.
• Prov 3:3 — Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
• Prov 6:17 — A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
• Rom 1:28 — And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
• Zech 8:16 — These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates: