Isaiah 29:21

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.

Make

Judges 12:6

Matthew 22:15

Luke 11:53

And lay

And turn

James 5:6

General references

Mark 3:2

Bible References

Make

they would tell him to say Shibboleth. But he would say Sibboleth, because he could not pronounce it correctly. Then they would kill him at the Jordan River crossing. Forty-two thousand of the Ephraimites were killed.

The Pharisees took counsel how they might trap him in his talk.

When he left there the scribes and the Pharisees became hostile with him. They tried to quarrel with him about many things.

And lay

Then they said: Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah. Surely the law is not going to be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise man, nor the divine word to the prophet! Come on and let us strike him with our tongue, and let us pay no attention to any of his words.

O Jehovah, You have deceived me. I was deceived! You have overcome me and prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me.

Jehovah said to me: Stand in the court of the Temple and proclaim all I have commanded you to say to the people who come from the towns of Judah to worship there. Do not omit anything.

You hate the one who reproves in the gate, and abhor him who speaks the truth (with integrity).

Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying: Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words.

Do not prophesy to me. They prophesy. But they will not prophesy these things.

And turn

It is not good to show partiality for a man will transgress for a piece of bread.

You dishonor me in front of my people for a few handfuls of barley and a few pieces of bread. You kill people who should not die. You spare the lives of people who should not live. You lie to my people who are willing to listen.'

You impose unfair rent on the poor and defraud a tribute of grain from them. You haave built houses of hewn stone yet you will not live in them. You planted pleasant vineyards, but you will not drink the wine from them.

I will approach you people for judgment! I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, the adulterers and those acting fraudulently with the wages of the worker, the widow and the fatherless. I will be a speedy witness against those who swear falsely and take advantage of the stranger, and do not show me reverence, said Jehovah of Hosts.

He asked them: What are you willing to give me to deliver him to you? They paid him thirty pieces of silver.

You disowned the Holy and Righteous One and requested a murderer to be released to you.

You have condemned, and you have killed the righteous one. He does not resist you.

General references

They watched to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath day. Then they might have something against him.