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

Matthew 12:34
You brood of snakes! how can you, bad as you are, utter anything good? For the mouth says only what the heart is full of.
Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart come wicked designs, murder, adultery, immorality, stealing, false witness, impious speech.
James 3:5
So the tongue is a little organ and yet very boastful. What a great forest a spark will set on fire!

And his heart

Acts 5:3
And Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan taken such possession of your heart that you should lie to the holy Spirit, by appropriating part of the price of your land?
Acts 8:21
You have no share or part in this movement, for your heart is not honest in the sight of God.
James 1:14
When anyone is tempted, it is by his own desire that he is enticed and allured.

Empty

Matthew 23:14
OMITTED TEXT
James 1:27
A religious observance that is pure and stainless in the sight of God the Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their trouble, and keep one's self unstained by the world.