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iniquity Definition

in·iquity (i nik′wi tē)

noun

  1. lack of righteousness or justice; wickedness
  2. pl. -·ties a wicked, unjust, or unrighteous act

Etymology: ME iniquite < OFr iniquité < L iniquitas < iniquus, unequal < in-, not + aequus, equal

iniquity Synonyms

iniquity

n.

unfairness, immorality, evildoing; see evil 1, injustice 2, sin, wrong 1.

iniquity Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • father: The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son.
  • system: He was raised in a liberal family and quickly recognized the iniquity of the system that surrounded him.
  • servant: But now, I pray thee, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
  • world: Now happily he was brought to sounder views by seeing the iniquity of the world.
  • people: Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou Last covered all their sin.

Converse of object

  • forgive: Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou Last covered all their sin.
  • behold: Canst thou stand in his sight, who is of " purer eyes than to behold iniquity " ?
  • commit: For while we lived and committed iniquity we did not consider what we should suffer after death.
  • bear: The goat bears the iniquities into a land that is not inhabited.
  • regard: The prophet said that: ' If I regard iniquity in my heart the Lord will not hear me ' .
  • do: To avoid these difficulties, I shall inquire - 1. What it is to do iniquity.

Adjective modifier

  • mine: Of him David enquired, What is mine iniquity?
  • own: For example, Jeremiah 31:30 says, " But everyone will die for his own iniquity " ( NASB ).
  • great: The prophet is a fool, the man of the spirit is mad, because of your great iniquity and great hatred.
  • other: In his other iniquities you may find the cunning of the maniac; but his acts of blood have almost the simplicity of sanity.

Preposition: with

  • stripe: Their transgression has been visited with the rod and their iniquity with stripes.

Noun used with modifier

  • mine: Listen to the prayer of David, For thine own name's sake, pardon mine iniquity.
  • mark: The Psalmist asks this same question: " If thou, Jehovah, shouldest mark iniquities, 0 Lord, who could stand?
  • pardoneth: I preached on, " Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity?
iniquity Quotes

Dilexi iustitiam et odi iniquitatem, propterea morior in exilio. I have loved righteousness and hated iniquity, and therefore I die in exile.

—Pope Gregory VII also known as Hildebrand

In case my godson Philip Stanhope shall at anytime keep or be concerned in keeping any racehorse or pack of hounds, or reside one night at Newmarket, that infamous seminary of iniquity and ill-manners, during the course of the races there, or shall resort to the said races or shall lose in one dayat any game or bet whatsoever the sum of »500 then in any of the cases aforesaid it is my express will that he, my said godson, shall forfeit and pay out of my estate the sum of »50,000 to and for the use of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster.

—Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of

Then said I,Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for mine eyes have seen the King, the L of hosts. Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: And he laid it upon my 102 mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. Also I heard thevoiceoftheLord,saying,Whomshall Isend, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

—Bible (Old Testament)

For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

—Bible (Old Testament)

Hath the L as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the L? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquityand idolatry.

—Bible (Old Testament)

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole 1Timothy body, and setteth on firethe course of nature; and it isset on fire of hell.

—Bible (NewTestament)

And God spake all these words, saying,Iamthe L thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that isinheaven above, or that isin the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the L thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. Thoushalt nottakethename of the L thy God invain; for the L will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. Remember thesabbath day, to keep it holy. Six daysthou shalt labour and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the L thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the L made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the L blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long uponthelandwhichtheL thy Godgiveththee. Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.

—Bible (Old Testament)