Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
What mean
Ye beat
General references
Bible References
What mean
Ezekiel 18:2
“What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying,
‘The fathers eat the sour grapes,
But the children’s teethare set on edge’?
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But the children’s teeth
Jonah 1:6
So the captain approached him and said, “How is it that you are sleeping? Get up, call on your god. Perhaps your god will be concerned about us so that we will not perish.”
Ye beat
Isaiah 58:4 “Behold, you fast for contention and strife and to strike with a wicked fist.
You do not fast like you do today tomake your voice heard on high.
You do not fast like you do today to
Exodus 5:14
Moreover, the foremen of the sons of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were asked, “Why have you not completed your required amount either yesterday or today in making brick as previously?”
Amos 2:6 Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions ofIsrael and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because theysell the righteous for money
And the needy for a pair of sandals.
“For three transgressions of
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they
And the needy for a pair of sandals.
Amos 8:4
Hear this, you who trample the needy, to do away with the humble of the land,
Micah 3:2 “You who hate good and love evil,
Whotear off their skin from them
And their flesh from their bones,
Who
And their flesh from their bones,
General references
Leviticus 25:14
If you make a sale, moreover, to your friend or buy from your friend’s hand, you shall not wrong one another.