Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

Bible References

Companions

Proverbs 29:24
He who is a partner with a thief hates his own life;
He hears the oath but tells nothing.
Matthew 21:13
And He *said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’; but you are making it a robbersden.”
Mark 11:17
And He began to teach and say to them, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it a robbersden.”
Luke 19:46
saying to them, “It is written, ‘And My house shall be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a robbersden.”

Every

Isaiah 33:15
He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity,
He who rejects unjust gain
And shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe;
He who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed
And shuts his eyes from looking upon evil;
Exodus 23:8
You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of the just.
Deuteronomy 16:19
You shall not distort justice; you shall not be partial, and you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.
Proverbs 17:23
A wicked man receives a bribe from the bosom
To pervert the ways of justice.
Jeremiah 22:17
“But your eyes and your heart
Are intent only upon your own dishonest gain,
And on shedding innocent blood
And on practicing oppression and extortion.”
Ezekiel 22:12
In you they have taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and profits, and you have injured your neighbors for gain by oppression, and you have forgotten Me,” declares the Lord God.
Hosea 4:18
Their liquor gone,
They play the harlot continually;
Their rulers dearly love shame.
Micah 7:3
Concerning evil, both hands do it well.
The prince asks, also the judge, for a bribe,
And a great man speaks the desire of his soul;
So they weave it together.

They judge

Isaiah 10:1
Woe to those who enact evil statutes
And to those who constantly record unjust decisions,
Jeremiah 5:28
‘They are fat, they are sleek,
They also excel in deeds of wickedness;
They do not plead the cause,
The cause of the orphan, that they may prosper;
And they do not defend the rights of the poor.
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.
Luke 18:2
saying, “In a certain city there was a judge who did not fear God and did not respect man.

General references

Exodus 22:22
You shall not afflict any widow or orphan.
Deuteronomy 25:1
If there is a dispute between men and they go to court, and the judges decide their case, and they justify the righteous and condemn the wicked,
Proverbs 17:23
A wicked man receives a bribe from the bosom
To pervert the ways of justice.
Proverbs 31:9
Open your mouth, judge righteously,
And defend the rights of the afflicted and needy.