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, evil as you are, say anything good? For what fills the heart will rise to the lips.
Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts--murder, adultery, unchastity, theft, perjury, slander.
James 3:5
So is it with the tongue. Small as it is, it is a great boaster. Think how tiny a spark may set the largest forest ablaze!
And his heart
Acts 5:3
"Ananias," Peter exclaimed, "how is it that Satan has so taken possession of your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit, and kept back a part of the money paid for the land?
Acts 8:21
You have no share or part in our Message, for your 'heart is not right with God.'
James 1:14
A man is in every case tempted by his own passions--allured and enticed by them.
Empty
Matthew 23:14
Alas for you, Teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You destroy widow's houses, even while pretending to make long prayers; therefore you shall receive greater condemnation.
James 1:27
That religious observance which is pure and spotless in the eyes of God our Father is this--to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself uncontaminated by the world.