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
Ye have eaten
General references
Bible References
Enter
Job 22:4
Is it, for thy reverence, that he will accuse thee? will enter with thee into judgment?
Job 34:23
For, unto no man, doth he appoint a repetition, - in going unto GOD in judgment;
The ancients
Isaiah 3:2
Man of might and man of war, - Judge and prophet And diviner and elder;
Ye have eaten
Isaiah 5:7
Surely the vineyard of Yahweh of hosts, is the house of Israel, And, the men of Judah, are the plantation in which he dearly delighted, - And he waited, For equity but lo! murderous iniquity, For the rule of right but lo the cry of the wronged.
Job 24:2
Boundaries, men move back, flocks, they seize and consume;
Jeremiah 5:27
As, a cage, is full of birds, So, are, their houses, full of unrighteous gain, - For this cause, have they become great and waxen rich:
Amos 4:1
Hear ye this word, ye heifers of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, - who say to their lords, Bring in, and let us drink!
Micah 2:2
Thus do they covet fields and seize them, and houses and take them away, - and so they oppress the master and his household, the man and his inheritance.
Micah 6:10
Even yet, are there, in the house of the lawless one, the treasures of lawlessness, - and the scant measure - accurst?
Matthew 21:33
Another parable, hear ye: - A man there was, a householder, who planted a vineyard, and, a wall around it, placed, and digged in it a wine-vat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, - and left home.
General references
Leviticus 25:14
And when ye sell anything to thy neighbour, or buy aught at thy neighbour's hand, do not overreach one another.