Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

A merchant

The balances

He loveth

General references

Bible References

A merchant

John 2:16
and said to those who were selling doves. "Take these things away! Make not my Father's house a house of trade!

The balances

1 Timothy 6:9
Those who desire to be rich fall into the snares of temptation and many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

He loveth

James 5:4
Look! the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have been keeping back by fraud, are crying aloud! And the cries of the reapers have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth!

General references

Luke 19:46
saying, "It is written, ??he house of God shall be called a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers."