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
Is it for your reverence that he reproves you, and enters into judgment with you?
Job 34:23
He does not have to set a time for a person in order to bring him to divine judgment.
Psalm 143:2
Do not enter into judgment with your servant, for in your sight no man living is righteous.
The ancients
Isaiah 3:2
He will take their heroes and soldiers, judges and prophets, fortunetellers and statesmen,
Ye have eaten
Isaiah 5:7
I am Jehovah of Hosts (All Powerful)! Israel is the vineyard, and Judah is the garden I tended with care. I had hoped for honesty and for justice, but dishonesty and cries for mercy were all I found.
Job 24:2
The wicked remove landmarks. They seize flocks and pasture them.
Jeremiah 5:27
Like cages filled with birds, their houses are filled with deceit. That is why they become powerful and rich.
Amos 4:1
Hear this word you cows of Bashan who live on the mountain of Samaria. You oppress the poor. You crush the needy. You say to your masters (husbands) (lords), Bring us drink.
Micah 2:2
They covet fields and seize them. They covet houses and confiscate them! They oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
Micah 6:10
Is there a depository of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a short measure that is cursed?
Matthew 21:33
Listen to another illustration. A master of a house made a vineyard, and put a wall around it. He made a wine press and built a tower. Then he rented it to workers and traveled to another country.
General references
Leviticus 25:14
In the business of trading goods for money, do no wrong to one another.