Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD.
Let it
Take away
General references
Bible References
Let it
Ezekiel 44:6
“Say to the rebellious people, the house of Israel: This is what the Lord God says: I have had enough of all your detestable practices, house of Israel.
1 Peter 4:3
For there has already been enough time spent in doing what the pagans choose to do: carrying on in unrestrained behavior, evil desires, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and lawless idolatry.
Remove
Nehemiah 5:10
Even I, as well as my brothers and my servants, have been lending them money and grain. Please, let us stop charging this interest.
Psalm 82:2 “How long will you judge unjustly
and show partiality to the wicked?Selah
and show partiality to the wicked?
Isaiah 1:17 Learn to do what is good.
Seek justice.
Correct the oppressor.
Defend the rights of the fatherless.
Plead the widow’s cause.
Seek justice.
Correct the oppressor.
Defend the rights of the fatherless.
Plead the widow’s cause.
Jeremiah 22:3
This is what the Lord says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Don’t exploit or brutalize the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Don’t shed innocent blood in this place.
Zechariah 8:16
These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another; make true and sound decisions within your gates.
Luke 3:14
Some soldiers also questioned him: “What should we do?”
He said to them, “Don’t take money from anyone by force or false accusation; be satisfied with your wages.”
He said to them, “Don’t take money from anyone by force or false accusation; be satisfied with your wages.”
Take away
Nehemiah 5:1
There was a widespread outcry from the people and their wives against their Jewish countrymen.
1 Corinthians 6:7
Therefore, to have legal disputes against one another is already a moral failure for you. Why not rather put up with injustice? Why not rather be cheated?
Exactions
Job 20:19 For he oppressed and abandoned the poor;
he seized a house he did not build.
he seized a house he did not build.
Job 22:9 You sent widows away empty-handed,
and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.
and the strength of the fatherless
Job 24:2 The wicked displace boundary markers.
They steal a flock and provide pasture for it.
They steal a flock and provide pasture for it.
Micah 2:1 Woe to those who dream up wickedness
and prepare evil plans on their beds!
At morning light they accomplish it
because the power is in their hands.
and prepare evil plans
At morning light
because the power is in their hands.
General references
1 Samuel 10:25
Samuel proclaimed to the people the rights of kingship. He wrote them on a scroll, which he placed in the presence of the Lord. Then Samuel sent all the people away, each to his home.