Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
Marvel
Matter
For
Regardeth
Higher than they
Bible References
Marvel
1 John 3:13
Marvel not, brethren, if the world hates you.
Revelation 17:6
And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And, seeing her, I wondered with great wonder.
Matter
Acts 4:27
For, of a truth, there were gathered together in this city, against Thy Holy Child Jesus, Whom Thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the gentiles and peoples of Israel??28 to do whatsoever Thy hand and Thy counsel predetermined to come to pass.
Romans 11:33
O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past tracing out,
For
Luke 1:32
He shall be great, and shall be called Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to Him the throne of His father David;
Regardeth
James 2:13
For the judgment is without mercy to him who showed no mercy: mercy exults over judgment.
James 5:2
Your wealth has become corrupted, and your garments have become moth-eaten.
Higher than they
Matthew 13:41
The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of the Kingdom all the stumbling-blocks, and those who do iniquity;
Acts 12:7
And, behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shined in the cell; and, smiting the side of Peter, he raised him up, saying, "Rise up quickly!" And his chains fell off from his hands.