Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,

Bible References

Hear

Amos 7:16
"Very well then, hear this message from the LORD: "You are saying, "Don't prophesy against Israel, and don't preach against the house of Isaac."
1 Kings 22:19
But Micaiah responded, "Therefore, listen to what the LORD has to say. I saw the LORD, sitting on his throne, and the entire Heavenly Army was standing around him on his right hand and on his left hand.
Isaiah 1:10
"Listen to what the LORD says, you rulers of Sodom, and pay attention to the teaching of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
Isaiah 28:14
"Therefore hear the message from the LORD, you scoffers who rule this people that are in Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 5:21
"Hear this, you foolish and stupid people: They have eyes, but don't see; they have ears, but don't hear.
Jeremiah 28:15
The prophet Jeremiah told the prophet Hananiah, "Listen, Hananiah! The LORD didn't send you, and you are causing these people to trust in a lie.

General references

Exodus 20:15
"You are not to steal.
Leviticus 25:14
So if you had sold property to a neighbor or had acquired land from your neighbor, you are not to cheat one another.
Deuteronomy 24:14
Don't take advantage of a hired person who is poor and needy, whether he's your fellow citizen or a foreigner who lives in your city.
Proverbs 4:17
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and they drink the wine of violence.
Ezekiel 22:8
"""You have despised my sacred things and profaned my Sabbaths.
Ezekiel 45:10
"You're to use an honest scale, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure!
Amos 8:6
buying the poor for cash, and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling chaff mixed in with the wheat.'

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