Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
Ye have built
General references
Bible References
Treading
Amos 4:1
Hear this word you cows of Bashan who live on the mountain of Samaria. You oppress the poor. You crush the needy. You say to your masters (husbands) (lords), Bring us drink.
Isaiah 5:7
I am Jehovah of Hosts (All Powerful)! Israel is the vineyard, and Judah is the garden I tended with care. I had hoped for honesty and for justice, but dishonesty and cries for mercy were all I found.
Isaiah 59:13
We rebelled and denied Jehovah. We turned away from our God. We spoke about oppression and revolt. We conceived and uttered lies in our hearts.
Micah 2:2
They covet fields and seize them. They covet houses and confiscate them! They oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
Micah 3:1
I said: Please listen, you heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: is it not your responsibility to know justice?
James 2:6
You have dishonored the poor man. Do the rich oppress you, and personally drag you into court?
Revelation 11:8
Their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was impaled.
Ye have built
Deuteronomy 28:30
A man will be engaged to a woman, but before they can get married, enemy soldiers will rape her. Some of you will build houses, but never get to live in them. If you plant a vineyard, you will not be around long enough to enjoy the first harvest.
Isaiah 65:21
They will build houses and dwell in them. They will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
Micah 6:15
You will sow and not reap. You will tread the olives, but will not be anointed with oil! And you will grow the grapes but you will not drink the wine.
Zephaniah 1:13
Their wealth will be looted. Their homes will be demolished. They will build houses. However they will not live in them! They will plant vineyards. But they will not drink their wine!
Haggai 1:6
You sow much and reap little. You eat but you do not have enough! You drink and yet you are not filled. You clothe yourselves but you are not warm. You earns wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it.
General references
Exodus 23:6
Do not deny justice to a poor person at his trial.
Leviticus 25:14
In the business of trading goods for money, do no wrong to one another.
Proverbs 31:9
Open your mouth and judge righteously. Plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Isaiah 16:10
Joy and gladness are taken away from the orchards. No one sings or shouts in the vineyards! No one treads out wine at the presses, for I have put an end to the shouting.
Isaiah 59:14
Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far away. Truth has fallen in the street, and honesty cannot come in.
Micah 6:15
You will sow and not reap. You will tread the olives, but will not be anointed with oil! And you will grow the grapes but you will not drink the wine.