Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
Evening
General references
Bible References
Evening
Jeremiah 5:6
Therefore a lion from the forest will attack them, a wolf from the desert will devastate them. A leopard is watching their towns, and everyone who goes out of them will be torn to pieces. For their transgressions are many, and their apostasies numerous.
Habakkuk 1:8
Their horses are swifter than leopards, and more cunning than wolves that attack at night. Their horsemen are galloping as they approach from far away. They swoop in like ravenous vultures.
General references
Exodus 23:6
"You are not to pervert justice for the poor among you in their lawsuits.
Proverbs 4:17
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and they drink the wine of violence.
Ecclesiastes 3:16
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."
Isaiah 59:14
I'll drive back justice, and righteousness stands at a distance; for truth has fallen in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.
Jeremiah 9:13
The LORD said, "It is because they have forsaken my Law that I gave them. They didn't obey me and didn't live according to it.
Jeremiah 11:9
The LORD told me, "Conspiracy has been found among the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 11:6
You've increased the number of fatally wounded in this city and you've filled your streets with the dead."