Matthew 25:24

And the one who had received the one talent came up also [and] said, 'Master, [because I] knew you, that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering from where you did not scatter [seed].

Job 21:14-15

And they say to God, 'Turn away from us, for we do not desire to know your ways.

Isaiah 58:3

'Why do we fast, and you do not see [it]? We humiliate our soul, and you do not notice [it]?' Look! You find delight on the day of your fast, and you oppress all your workers!

Jeremiah 2:31

O generation, you see the word of Yahweh. Have I been a desert to Israel? Or a land of great darkness? Why do my people say, 'We roam about freely, we will not come again to you'?

Jeremiah 44:16-18

"[Concerning] the word that you have spoken to us in the name of Yahweh, we [are] not going to listen to you!

Ezekiel 18:25-29

"Yet you say, 'The way of the Lord is not fair!' Listen, now, house of Israel, is my way not fair? [Is it] not your ways [that] are not fair?

Malachi 1:12-13

"But you [are] profaning it by saying the table of the Lord [is] defiled, and its fruit--its food--is despised!

Malachi 3:14-15

You have said, '[It is] useless to serve God! What [is the] gain if we keep his requirements, and if we walk as mourners {before} Yahweh of hosts?

Matthew 7:21

"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 20:12

saying, 'These last [people] worked one hour and you made them equal to us who have endured the burden of the day and the burning heat!'

Luke 6:46

"And why do you call me 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I tell [you]?

Luke 15:29

But he answered [and] said to his father, 'Behold, so many years I have served you, and have never disobeyed your command! And you never gave me a young goat so that I could celebrate with my friends!

Luke 19:20-22

And another came, saying, 'Sir, behold your mina, which I had put away for safekeeping in a piece of cloth.

Romans 8:7

because the mindset of the flesh [is] enmity toward God, for [it is] not subjected to the law of God, for [it is] not able [to do so],

Romans 9:20

On the contrary, O man, who are you who answers back to God? Will what is molded say to the one who molded [it], "Why did you make me like this"?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:

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Bible References

I knew

Matthew 20:12
saying, 'These last [people] worked one hour and you made them equal to us who have endured the burden of the day and the burning heat!'
Job 21:14
And they say to God, 'Turn away from us, for we do not desire to know your ways.
Isaiah 58:3
'Why do we fast, and you do not see [it]? We humiliate our soul, and you do not notice [it]?' Look! You find delight on the day of your fast, and you oppress all your workers!
Jeremiah 2:31
O generation, you see the word of Yahweh. Have I been a desert to Israel? Or a land of great darkness? Why do my people say, 'We roam about freely, we will not come again to you'?
Jeremiah 44:16
"[Concerning] the word that you have spoken to us in the name of Yahweh, we [are] not going to listen to you!
Ezekiel 18:25
"Yet you say, 'The way of the Lord is not fair!' Listen, now, house of Israel, is my way not fair? [Is it] not your ways [that] are not fair?
Malachi 1:12
"But you [are] profaning it by saying the table of the Lord [is] defiled, and its fruit--its food--is despised!
Malachi 3:14
You have said, '[It is] useless to serve God! What [is the] gain if we keep his requirements, and if we walk as mourners {before} Yahweh of hosts?
Luke 15:29
But he answered [and] said to his father, 'Behold, so many years I have served you, and have never disobeyed your command! And you never gave me a young goat so that I could celebrate with my friends!
Luke 19:20
And another came, saying, 'Sir, behold your mina, which I had put away for safekeeping in a piece of cloth.
Romans 8:7
because the mindset of the flesh [is] enmity toward God, for [it is] not subjected to the law of God, for [it is] not able [to do so],
Romans 9:20
On the contrary, O man, who are you who answers back to God? Will what is molded say to the one who molded [it], "Why did you make me like this"?

General references

Ezekiel 33:17
"Yet {your people} say, 'The way of the Lord is not fair!' [yet] their way is not fair.
Luke 6:46
"And why do you call me 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I tell [you]?