'Lawlessness' in the Bible
I also examined on earth: where the halls of justice were supposed to be, there was lawlessness; and where the righteous were supposed to be, there was lawlessness. 17I told myself, "God will judge both the righteous and the wicked, because there is a time set to judge every event and every work."
As it's written in the Law of Moses, all this calamity has befallen us, but we still haven't sought the LORD our God by turning from our lawlessness to pay attention to your truth.
Seventy weeks have been decreed concerning your people and your holy city: to restrain transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for lawlessness, to establish everlasting righteousness, to conclude vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
They have corrupted themselves deeply, as did Gibeah in its day. Therefore God will remember their lawlessness, and he will pay them back for their sins.
"Woe to the one who founds a city upon bloodshed, and constructs a city by lawlessness.
The survivors of Israel will not practice lawlessness nor tell lies, nor will a deceitful message be found in their mouths, because they will eat and rest, with no one to cause fear."
The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom everything that causes others to sin and those who practice lawlessness
In the same way, on the outside you look righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
and because lawlessness will increase, the love of many people will grow cold.
Stop becoming unevenly yoked with unbelievers. What partnership can righteousness have with lawlessness? What fellowship can light have with darkness?
For the secret of this lawlessness is already at work, but only until the person now holding it back gets out of the way.