Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.

Bible References

Set

Exodus 21:17
He who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
Leviticus 20:9
If there is anyone who curses his father or his mother, he shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother, his bloodguiltiness is upon him.
Deuteronomy 27:16
Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
Proverbs 20:20
He who curses his father or his mother,
His lamp will go out in time of darkness.
Proverbs 30:11
There is a kind of man who curses his father
And does not bless his mother.
Matthew 15:4
For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother is to be put to death.’
Mark 7:10
For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, is to be put to death’;

Dealt

Ezekiel 22:29
The people of the land have practiced oppression and committed robbery, and they have wronged the poor and needy and have oppressed the sojourner without justice.
Ezekiel 18:12
oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not restore a pledge, but lifts up his eyes to the idols and commits abomination,
Exodus 22:21
You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 27:19
Cursed is he who distorts the justice due an alien, orphan, and widow.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
Proverbs 22:22
Do not rob the poor because he is poor,
Or crush the afflicted at the gate;
Jeremiah 7:6
if you do not oppress the alien, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your own ruin,
Zechariah 7:10
and do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the stranger or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another.’
Malachi 3:5
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against those who swear falsely, and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages, the widow and the orphan, and those who turn aside the alien and do not fear Me,” says the Lord of hosts.

General references

Exodus 22:22
You shall not afflict any widow or orphan.
Leviticus 25:14
If you make a sale, moreover, to your friend or buy from your friend’s hand, you shall not wrong one another.
Deuteronomy 24:14
You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your countrymen or one of your aliens who is in your land in your towns.
Deuteronomy 27:16
Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
Psalm 94:6
They slay the widow and the stranger
And murder the orphans.
Ephesians 6:2
Honor your father and mother (which is the first commandment with a promise),

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