Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.
Committed
Her
Rulers
Bible References
Drink
Deuteronomy 32:32 For their vine is from the vine of Sodom
and from the fields of Gomorrah.
Their grapes are poisonous;
their clusters are bitter.
and from the fields of Gomorrah.
Their grapes are poisonous;
their clusters are bitter.
Isaiah 1:21 The faithful city—
what an adulteress she has become!
She was once full of justice.
Righteousness once dwelt in her—
but now, murderers!
what an adulteress
She was once full of justice.
Righteousness once dwelt in her—
but now, murderers!
Jeremiah 2:21 I planted you, a choice vine
from the very best seed.
How then could you turn into
a degenerate, foreign vine?
from the very best seed.
How then could you turn into
a degenerate, foreign vine?
Committed
Hosea 4:2 Cursing, lying, murder, stealing,
and adultery are rampant;
one act of bloodshed follows another.
and adultery
one act of bloodshed follows another.
2 Kings 17:7
This disaster happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt and because they had worshiped other gods.
Her
Exodus 23:8
You must not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and corrupts the words of the righteous.
Deuteronomy 16:19
Do not deny justice or show partiality to anyone. Do not accept a bribe, for it blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
1 Samuel 8:3
However, his sons did not walk in his ways—they turned toward dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.
1 Samuel 12:3
Here I am. Bring charges against me before the Lord and His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I wronged or mistreated? From whose hand have I taken a bribe to overlook something? I will return it to you.”
Proverbs 30:15 The leech has two daughters: “Give, Give!”
Three things are never satisfied;
four never say, “Enough!”:
Three things
four never say, “Enough!”:
Amos 5:12 For I know your crimes are many
and your sins innumerable.
They oppress the righteous, take a bribe,
and deprive the poor of justice at the gates.
and your sins innumerable.
They oppress the righteous,
and deprive the poor of justice
Micah 3:11 Her leaders issue rulings for a bribe,
her priests teach for payment,
and her prophets practice divination for money.
Yet they lean on the Lord, saying,
“Isn’t the Lord among us?
No disaster will overtake us.”
her priests teach for payment,
and her prophets practice divination for money.
Yet they lean on the Lord, saying,
“Isn’t the Lord
No disaster will overtake us.”
Micah 7:3 Both hands are good at accomplishing evil:
the official and the judge demand a bribe;
when the powerful man communicates his evil desire,
they plot it together.
the official and the judge demand a bribe;
when the powerful man communicates his evil desire,
they plot it together.
Rulers
Psalm 47:9 The nobles of the peoples have assembled
with the people of the God of Abraham.
For the leaders of the earth belong to God;
He is greatly exalted.
with the people of the God of Abraham.
For the leaders
He is greatly exalted.