Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;

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Bible References

Despiseth

Nehemiah 5:7
Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, you exact interest, every one from his brother. And I held a great assembly against them.
Job 31:13
If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
Luke 3:12
Then came also tax collectors to be baptized, and said unto him, Teacher, what shall we do?
Luke 19:8
And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken anything from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
James 5:4
Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, cries: and the cries of them who have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts.

Shaketh

Exodus 23:6
You shall not pervert the justice of your poor in his dispute.
Numbers 16:15
And Moses was very angry, and said unto the LORD, Respect not their offering: I have not taken one donkey from them, neither have I hurt one of them.
Deuteronomy 16:19
You shall not pervert judgment; you shall not show partiality, neither take a bribe: for a bribe does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
1 Samuel 12:3
Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose donkey have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind my eyes with? and I will restore it to you.
Jeremiah 5:26
For among my people are found wicked men: they lie in wait, as he that sets snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
Micah 7:3
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge asks for a bribe; and the great man, he utters his evil desire: so they weave it together.
Matthew 26:15
And said unto them, What will you give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
Acts 8:18
And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money,
2 Peter 2:14
Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: a heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:

Stoppeth

1 Samuel 24:4
And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the LORD said unto you, Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do to him as it shall seem good unto you. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe stealthily.
1 Samuel 26:8
Then said Abishai to David, God has delivered your enemy into your hand this day: now therefore let me strike him, I pray you, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not strike him the second time.
Job 31:29
If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
Psalm 26:4
I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with hypocrites.
Jeremiah 40:15
Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray you, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: why should he slay you, that all the Jews who are gathered unto you should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish?
Ephesians 5:11
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

Shutteth

Psalm 119:37
Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity; and revive me in your way.

General references

Leviticus 25:14
And if you sell anything unto your neighbor, or buy anything of your neighbor's hand, you shall not oppress one another:
Job 27:8
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he has gained, when God takes away his soul?
Proverbs 4:15
Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
1 Thessalonians 5:22
Abstain from all appearance of evil.