Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
Bible References
General references
Ecclesiastes 4:1
I looked again, and I saw all the oppression that occurs under the sun. {I saw the tears of the oppressed-- no one comforts them! Those who oppress them are powerful-- no one can comfort them}!
Ecclesiastes 5:8
Do not be surprised if you see the poor being oppressed with violence or [do not see] justice and righteousness in the province. For one official is watched by a higher official, and [there are] even higher officials over them!
1 Kings 21:9
She had written in the letters, saying, "Call a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people.
Psalm 58:1
Do you really speak [what is] right [when] silent? [Do] you judge fairly the children of humankind?
Psalm 82:2
"How long will you judge unjustly and {show favoritism to the wicked}? Selah
Psalm 94:21
They band together against [the] life of [the] righteous, and declare [the] blameless guilty of blood.
Isaiah 59:14
And justice is pushed back, and righteousness stands afar; for truth stumbles in the public square, and straightforwardness is unable to enter,
Micah 2:2
They covet fields and seize [them], and houses, and they take [them] away. They oppress a man and his house; a man and his inheritance.
Micah 7:3
Their hands [are] upon evil, to do [it] well; the official and the judge ask for the bribe, and the great [man] utters the evil desire of his soul; and they weave [it] together.
Zephaniah 3:3
Her officials in her midst [are] roaring lions; her judges [are] evening wolves; they leave nothing until the morning.
Matthew 26:59
Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false testimony against Jesus in order that they could put him to death.
Acts 23:3
Then Paul said to him, "God is going to strike you, [you] whitewashed wall! And are you sitting [there] judging me according to the law, and acting contrary to the law do you order me to be struck?"
James 2:6
But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich exploiting you and they themselves dragging you into the courts?