Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
And his heart
Bible References
The vile
1 Samuel 24:13
As the old proverb says, ‘Wickedness comes from wicked people.’ My hand will never be against you.
1 Samuel 25:10
Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is Jesse’s son? Many slaves these days are running away from their masters.
Jeremiah 13:23 Can the Cushite change his skin,
or a leopard his spots?
If so, you might be able to do what is good,
you who are instructed in evil.
or a leopard his spots?
If so, you might be able to do what is good,
you who are instructed in evil.
Matthew 12:34 Brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.
Matthew 15:19 For from the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies.
James 3:5
So too, though the tongue is a small part of the body, it boasts great things. Consider how large a forest a small fire ignites.
And his heart
Psalm 58:1
For the choir director: “Do Not Destroy.” A Davidic Miktam. Do you really speak righteously, you mighty ones?
Do you judge people fairly?
Do you judge people fairly?
Hosea 7:6 For they—their hearts like an oven—
draw him into their oven.
Their anger smolders all night;
in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
draw him into their oven.
Their anger smolders all night;
in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
Micah 2:1 Woe to those who dream up wickedness
and prepare evil plans on their beds!
At morning light they accomplish it
because the power is in their hands.
and prepare evil plans
At morning light
because the power is in their hands.
Acts 5:3
Then Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the proceeds from the field?
Acts 8:21
You have no part or share in this matter, because your heart is not right before God.
James 1:14
But each person is tempted when he is drawn away and enticed by his own evil desires.
Empty
Job 22:5 Isn’t your wickedness abundant
and aren’t your iniquities endless?
and aren’t your iniquities endless?
Job 24:2 The wicked displace boundary markers.
They steal a flock and provide pasture for it.
They steal a flock and provide pasture for it.
Proverbs 11:24 One person gives freely,
yet gains more;
another withholds what is right,
only to become poor.
yet gains more;
another withholds what is right,
only to become poor.
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 8:6 We can buy the poor with silver
and the needy for a pair of sandals
and even sell the chaff!”
and the needy for a pair of sandals
and even sell the chaff!”
Micah 3:1 Then I said, “Now listen, leaders of Jacob,
you rulers of the house of Israel.
Aren’t you supposed to know what is just?
you rulers of the house of Israel.
Aren’t you supposed to know what is just?
Matthew 23:14 [“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You devour widows’ houses and make long prayers just for show. This is why you will receive a harsher punishment.]
James 1:27
Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.