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.
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The ancients
Ye have eaten
General references
Bible References
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Job 22:4
Will he reason with thee for fear of thee? Will he enter with thee into judgment?
Job 34:23
For he doth not long consider a man, to bring him before God in judgment.
Psalm 143:2
And enter not into judgment with thy servant; for in thy sight no man living shall be justified.
The ancients
Isaiah 3:2
the mighty man and the man of war, the judge and the prophet, and the diviner and the elder,
Ye have eaten
Isaiah 5:7
For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah the plant of his delight: and he looked for justice, and behold, blood-shedding; for righteousness, and behold, a cry.
Job 24:2
They remove the landmarks; they violently take away the flocks and pasture them;
Jeremiah 5:27
As a cage full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and have enriched themselves.
Amos 4:1
Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, that crush the needy, that say to their lords, Bring, and let us drink:
Micah 2:2
And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away; and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
Micah 6:10
Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure which is abominable?
Matthew 21:33
Hear another parable: There was a householder who planted a vineyard, and made a fence round it, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country.
General references
Leviticus 25:14
And if ye sell ought unto your neighbour, or buy of your neighbour's hand, ye shall not overreach one another.