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:
The fathers eat sour grapes,
and the children’s teeth are set on edge?
and the children’s teeth are set on edge?
Jonah 1:6
The captain approached him and said, “What are you doing sound asleep? Get up! Call to your god. Maybe this god will consider us, and we won’t perish.”
Ye beat
Isaiah 58:4 You fast with contention and strife
to strike viciously with your fist.
You cannot fast as you do today,
hoping to make your voice heard on high.
to strike viciously with your fist.
You cannot fast as you do today,
hoping to make your voice heard on high.
Exodus 5:14
Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaoh’s slave drivers had set over the people, were beaten and asked, “Why haven’t you finished making your prescribed number of bricks yesterday or today, as you did before?”
Amos 2:6
The Lord says:
I will not relent from punishing Israel
for three crimes, even four,
because they sell a righteous person for silver
and a needy person for a pair of sandals.
for three crimes, even four,
because they sell a righteous person for silver
and a needy person for a pair of sandals.
Amos 8:4 Hear this, you who trample on the needy
and do away with the poor of the land,
and do away with the poor of the land,
Micah 3:2 You hate good and love evil.
You tear off people’s skin
and strip their flesh from their bones.
You tear off people’s skin
and strip their flesh from their bones.
General references
Leviticus 25:14
If you make a sale to your neighbor or a purchase from him, do not cheat one another.