Isaiah 3:14

The LORD will go to court to oppose the elders and princes of his people: "You're the ones who have been devouring the vineyard, the plunder of the poor is in your own houses!

Job 22:4

Will he acquit you just because you fear him, and render a verdict on your behalf?

Psalm 143:2

Do not enter into judgment with your servant, for no living person is righteous in your sight.

Job 24:2-7

They move boundary stones, steal flocks, and pasture them.

Job 24:9

"The fatherless are torn from the breast; the poor are taken away as security for a loan.

Job 34:23

He won't examine mankind further, that they would go before God to judgment.

Psalm 14:4

Will those who do evil ever learn? They devour my people like they devour bread, and never call on the LORD.

Isaiah 3:2-3

the mighty man and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the fortune-teller and the elder,

Isaiah 5:7

For the vineyard of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the garden in which he delights. He looked for justice, but saw only bloodshed; he searched for righteousness, but heard only an outcry!

Jeremiah 5:27

Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are filled with treachery. This is how they have become prominent and rich,

Amos 4:1

"Listen to this message, you fat cows from Bashan, who live on the Samaritan mountains, who oppress the poor, who rob the needy, and who constantly ask your husbands for one more drink!"

Micah 2:2

They covet fields and seize them; they covet houses, and grab them, too. They harass the valiant man, along with his household, an individual and his estate.

Micah 6:10

Are there still wicked treasures in the house of the wicked, along with deceitful and abominable measuring standards?

Matthew 21:33

"Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a wall around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went abroad.

James 2:6

But you have humiliated the man who is poor. Are not rich people the ones who oppress you and drag you into court?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

The ancients

General references

Bible References

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Job 22:4
Will he acquit you just because you fear him, and render a verdict on your behalf?
Job 34:23
He won't examine mankind further, that they would go before God to judgment.
Psalm 143:2
Do not enter into judgment with your servant, for no living person is righteous in your sight.

The ancients

Isaiah 3:2
the mighty man and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the fortune-teller and the elder,

Ye have eaten

Isaiah 5:7
For the vineyard of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the garden in which he delights. He looked for justice, but saw only bloodshed; he searched for righteousness, but heard only an outcry!
Job 24:2
They move boundary stones, steal flocks, and pasture them.
Jeremiah 5:27
Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are filled with treachery. This is how they have become prominent and rich,
Amos 4:1
"Listen to this message, you fat cows from Bashan, who live on the Samaritan mountains, who oppress the poor, who rob the needy, and who constantly ask your husbands for one more drink!"
Micah 2:2
They covet fields and seize them; they covet houses, and grab them, too. They harass the valiant man, along with his household, an individual and his estate.
Micah 6:10
Are there still wicked treasures in the house of the wicked, along with deceitful and abominable measuring standards?
Matthew 21:33
"Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a wall around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went abroad.

General references

Leviticus 25:14
So if you had sold property to a neighbor or had acquired land from your neighbor, you are not to cheat one another.

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