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.
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They judge
General references
Bible References
Companions
Proverbs 29:24
The partner of a thief hates his own life; he hears the curse, but discloses nothing.
Matthew 21:13
He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you make it a den of robbers."
Mark 11:17
And he was teaching them and saying 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 den of robbers."
Luke 19:46
saying to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be a house of prayer,' but you have made it a den of robbers."
Every
Isaiah 33:15
He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands, lest they hold a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed and shuts his eyes from looking on evil,
Exodus 23:8
And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.
Deuteronomy 16:19
You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality, and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.
Proverbs 17:23
The wicked accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice.
Jeremiah 22:17
But you have eyes and heart only for your dishonest gain, for shedding innocent blood, and for practicing oppression and violence."
Ezekiel 22:12
In you they take bribes to shed blood; you take interest and profit and make gain of your neighbors by extortion; but me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.
Hosea 4:18
When their drink is gone, they give themselves to whoring; their rulers dearly love shame.
Micah 7:3
Their hands are on what is evil, to do it well; the prince and the judge ask for a bribe, and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul; thus they weave it together.
They judge
Isaiah 10:1
Woe to those who decree iniquitous decrees, and the writers who keep writing oppression,
Jeremiah 5:28
they have grown fat and sleek. They know no bounds in deeds of evil; they judge not with justice the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper, and they do not defend the rights of the needy.
Zechariah 7:10
do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor, and let none of you devise evil against another in your heart."
Malachi 3:5
"Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the LORD of hosts.
Luke 18:2
He said, "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man.
General references
Exodus 22:22
You shall not mistreat any widow or fatherless child.
Deuteronomy 25:1
"If there is a dispute between men and they come into court and the judges decide between them, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty,
Proverbs 17:23
The wicked accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice.
Proverbs 31:9
Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.