Amos 6:12

"Horses don't run over bare rock, do they? One doesn't plow rock with oxen, does he? But you have turned justice to gall, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness.

Amos 5:7

Those of you who are making justice taste bitter, and who have thrown righteousness to the ground:

Hosea 10:4

Their word is falsely given as they make their agreements; so judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.

1 Kings 21:7-13

"Aren't you the reigning king of Israel," his wife Jezebel replied. "Get up, have a meal, and get ready to be happy. I'll go get you the vineyard that Naboth the Jezreelite owns."

Isaiah 59:13-14

they've rebelled in treachery against the LORD, and are turning away from following our God; and they've spoken oppression and revolt, and are conceiving lying words from the heart.

Amos 5:11-12

"Therefore, since you trample the poor continuously, taxing his grain, building houses of stone in which you won't live and planting fine vineyards from which you won't drink

Psalm 94:20-21

Will destructive national leaders, who plan wicked things through misuse of the Law, be allied with you?

Isaiah 48:4

Because I knew that you are obstinate, and because your neck is an iron sinew, and your forehead is bronze,

Jeremiah 5:3

LORD, don't your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they didn't flinch. You brought them to an end, but they refused to receive discipline. They made their faces harder than stone, and they refused to repent.

Jeremiah 6:29-30

The bellows blow fiercely to consume the lead with the fire. The assayer keeps on refining, but the impurities aren't separated out.

Hosea 10:13

You have plowed evil; you have reaped unrighteousness; you have eaten the fruit of hypocrisy; because you trusted in your own direction, and in the number of your mighty forces.

Micah 7:3

And speaking of evil, they practice it eagerly with both hands! Both leader and judge demand a bribe, the famous confess their perverted desires, and they scheme together.

Habakkuk 1:3-4

Why are you forcing me to look at iniquity and to stare at wickedness? Social havoc and oppression are all around me; there are legal conflicts, and disputes abound.

Zechariah 7:11-12

But they refused to pay attention, turned their backs, and stopped listening.

Acts 7:51-52

"You stubborn people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always opposing the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors used to do.

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Summary

Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:

General references

Bible References

Horses

Isaiah 48:4
Because I knew that you are obstinate, and because your neck is an iron sinew, and your forehead is bronze,
Jeremiah 5:3
LORD, don't your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they didn't flinch. You brought them to an end, but they refused to receive discipline. They made their faces harder than stone, and they refused to repent.
Jeremiah 6:29
The bellows blow fiercely to consume the lead with the fire. The assayer keeps on refining, but the impurities aren't separated out.
Zechariah 7:11
But they refused to pay attention, turned their backs, and stopped listening.

For

Amos 5:7
Those of you who are making justice taste bitter, and who have thrown righteousness to the ground:
1 Kings 21:7
"Aren't you the reigning king of Israel," his wife Jezebel replied. "Get up, have a meal, and get ready to be happy. I'll go get you the vineyard that Naboth the Jezreelite owns."
Psalm 94:20
Will destructive national leaders, who plan wicked things through misuse of the Law, be allied with you?
Isaiah 59:13
they've rebelled in treachery against the LORD, and are turning away from following our God; and they've spoken oppression and revolt, and are conceiving lying words from the heart.
Hosea 10:4
Their word is falsely given as they make their agreements; so judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.
Micah 7:3
And speaking of evil, they practice it eagerly with both hands! Both leader and judge demand a bribe, the famous confess their perverted desires, and they scheme together.
Habakkuk 1:3
Why are you forcing me to look at iniquity and to stare at wickedness? Social havoc and oppression are all around me; there are legal conflicts, and disputes abound.
Acts 7:51
"You stubborn people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always opposing the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors used to do.

General references

Matthew 13:5
Other seeds fell on stony ground, where they did not have a lot of soil. They sprouted at once because the soil wasn't deep.
Mark 4:5
Others fell on stony ground, where they didn't have a lot of soil. They sprouted at once, because the soil wasn't deep.
Luke 8:6
Others fell on stony ground, and as soon as they came up, they dried up because they had no moisture.

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