Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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
I did this because I know how stubborn you are. Your neck muscles are like iron and your forehead like bronze.
Jeremiah 5:3
Lord, I know you look for faithfulness. But even when you punish these people, they feel no remorse. Even when you nearly destroy them, they refuse to be corrected. They have become as hardheaded as a rock. They refuse to change their ways.
Jeremiah 6:29
The fiery bellows of judgment burn fiercely. But there is too much dross to be removed. The process of refining them has proved useless. The wicked have not been purged.
Zechariah 7:11
"But they refused to pay attention, turning away stubbornly and stopping their ears so they could not hear.
For
Amos 5:7
The Israelites turn justice into bitterness; they throw what is fair and right to the ground.
1 Kings 21:7
His wife Jezebel said to him, "You are the king of Israel! Get up, eat some food, and have a good time. I will get the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite for you."
Psalm 94:20
Cruel rulers are not your allies, those who make oppressive laws.
Isaiah 59:13
We have rebelled and tried to deceive the Lord; we turned back from following our God. We stir up oppression and rebellion; we tell lies we concocted in our minds.
Hosea 10:4
They utter empty words, taking false oaths and making empty agreements. Therefore legal disputes sprout up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a plowed field.
Micah 7:3
They are determined to be experts at doing evil; government officials and judges take bribes, prominent men make demands, and they all do what is necessary to satisfy them.
Habakkuk 1:3
Why do you force me to witness injustice? Why do you put up with wrongdoing? Destruction and violence confront me; conflict is present and one must endure strife.
Acts 7:51
"You stubborn people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, like your ancestors did!
General references
Matthew 13:5
Other seeds fell on rocky ground where they did not have much soil. They sprang up quickly because the soil was not deep.
Mark 4:5
Other seed fell on rocky ground where it did not have much soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep.
Luke 8:6
Other seed fell on rock, and when it came up, it withered because it had no moisture.