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.
The vile
And his heart
Empty
Bible References
The vile
Matthew 12:34
You brood of vipers, how can you speak good when you are evil? For the mouth utters what the heart is full of.
Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart come evil designs, murder, adultery, sexual vice, stealing, false witness, and slander.
James 3:5
So the tongue is a small member of the body, but it can boast of great exploits. What a forest is set ablaze by a little spark of fire!
And his heart
Acts 5:3
"Ananias," said Peter, "why has Satan filled your heart and made you cheat the holy Spirit by appropriating some of the money paid for the land?
Acts 8:21
You come in for no share or lot in this religion. Your heart is all wrong in the sight of God.
James 1:14
Everyone is tempted as he is beguiled and allured by his own desire;
Empty
Matthew 23:14
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James 1:27
Pure, unsoiled religion in the judgment of God the Father means this: to care for orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself from the stain of the world.