Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
Woe
Them
General references
Bible References
Woe
Isaiah 3:11 Woe to the wicked—it will go badly for them,
for what they have done will be done to them.
for what they have done will be done to them.
Isaiah 5:8 Woe to those who add house to house
and join field to field
until there is no more room
and you alone are left in the land.
and join field to field
until there is no more room
and you alone are left in the land.
Jeremiah 22:13 Woe for the one who builds his palace
through unrighteousness,
his upper rooms through injustice,
who makes his fellow man serve without pay
and will not give him his wages,
through unrighteousness,
his upper rooms through injustice,
who makes his fellow man serve without pay
and will not give him his wages,
Habakkuk 2:6 Won’t all of these take up a taunt against him,
with mockery and riddles about him?
They will say:
Woe to him who amasses what is not his—
how much longer?—
and loads himself with goods taken in pledge.
with mockery and riddles about him?
They will say:
how much longer?—
and loads himself with goods taken in pledge.
Matthew 11:21 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented in sackcloth and ashes long ago!
Matthew 23:13 “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You lock up the kingdom of heaven from people. For you don’t go in, and you don’t allow those entering to go in.
Matthew 26:24 The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.”
Luke 11:42 “But woe to you Pharisees! You give a tenth of mint, rue, and every kind of herb, and you bypass justice and love for God. These things you should have done without neglecting the others.
Jude 1:11
Woe to them! For they have traveled in the way of Cain, have abandoned themselves to the error of Balaam for profit, and have perished in Korah’s rebellion.
Them
1 Kings 21:13
The two wicked men came in and sat opposite him. Then the wicked men testified against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones.
Esther 3:10
The king removed his signet ring from his finger and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of the Jewish people.
Psalm 58:2 No, you practice injustice in your hearts;
with your hands you weigh out violence in the land.
with your hands you weigh out violence in the land.
Psalm 94:20 Can a corrupt throne—
one that creates trouble by law—
become Your ally?
one that creates trouble by law—
become Your ally?
Daniel 6:8
Therefore, Your Majesty, establish the edict and sign the document so that, as a law of the Medes and Persians, it is irrevocable and cannot be changed.”
Micah 3:1 Then I said, “Now listen, leaders of Jacob,
you rulers of the house of Israel.
Aren’t you supposed to know what is just?
you rulers of the house of Israel.
Aren’t you supposed to know what is just?
Micah 6:16 The statutes of Omri
and all the practices of Ahab’s house
have been observed;
you have followed their policies.
Therefore, I will make you a desolate place
and the city’s residents an object of contempt;
you will bear the scorn of My people.”
and all the practices of Ahab’s house
have been observed;
you have followed their policies.
Therefore, I will make you a desolate place
and the city’s
you will bear the scorn of My people.”
John 9:22
His parents said these things because they were afraid of the Jews, since the Jews had already agreed that if anyone confessed Him as Messiah, he would be banned from the synagogue.
John 19:6
When the chief priests and the temple police saw Him, they shouted, “Crucify! Crucify!”
Pilate responded, “Take Him and crucify Him yourselves, for I find no grounds for charging Him.”
Pilate responded, “Take Him and crucify Him yourselves, for I find no grounds for charging Him.”
General references
Exodus 23:6
“You must not deny justice to a poor person among you in his lawsuit.
Isaiah 59:14 Justice is turned back,
and righteousness stands far off.
For truth has stumbled in the public square,
and honesty cannot enter.
and righteousness stands far off.
For truth has stumbled in the public square,
and honesty cannot enter.