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.
Companions
Every
They judge
General references
Bible References
Companions
Proverbs 29:24 He who is a partner with a thief hates his own life;
Hehears the oath but tells nothing.
He
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 robbers ’ den.”
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 robbers ’ den.”
Luke 19:46
saying to them, “It is written, ‘And My house shall be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a robbers ’ den.”
Every
Isaiah 33:15 He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity,
He who rejectsunjust gain
And shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe;
He who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed
Andshuts his eyes from looking upon evil;
He who rejects
And shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe;
He who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed
And
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
Topervert the ways of justice.
To
Jeremiah 22:17 “But your eyes and your heart
Are intent only upon your owndishonest gain,
And onshedding innocent blood
And on practicing oppression and extortion.”
Are intent only upon your own
And on
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.
They play the harlot continually;
Micah 7:3 Concerning evil, both hands do it well.
The prince asks, also the judge, for abribe,
And a great man speaks the desire of his soul;
So they weave it together.
The prince asks, also the judge, for a
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 recordunjust decisions,
And to those who constantly record
Jeremiah 5:28 ‘They are fat, they are sleek,
They alsoexcel in deeds of wickedness;
They do not plead the cause,
The cause of theorphan, that they may prosper;
And they do notdefend the rights of the poor.
They also
They do not plead the cause,
The cause of the
And they do not
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
Topervert the ways of justice.
To
Proverbs 31:9 Open your mouth, judge righteously,
Anddefend the rights of the afflicted and needy.
And