Isaiah 32:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

Instruments

Deviseth

Matthew 26:4

Lying

Isaiah 59:3

1 Kings 21:10

Acts 6:11

General references

Proverbs 24:8

Bible References

Instruments

Your chiefs have gone against the Lord, they have become friends of thieves; every one of them is looking for profit and going after rewards; they do not give right decisions for the child who has no father, and they do not let the cause of the widow come before them.

Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him.

For there are sinners among my people: they keep watch, like men watching for birds; they put a net and take men in it.

If a man came with a false spirit of deceit, saying, I will be a prophet to you of wine and strong drink: he would be the sort of prophet for this people.

Their hands are made ready to do evil; the ruler makes requests for money, and the judge is looking for a reward; and the great man gives decisions at his pleasure, and the right is twisted.

Then one of the twelve, who was named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said,

Deviseth

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and false words: under his tongue are evil purposes and dark thoughts.

So that in secret they may let loose their arrows at the upright, suddenly and unseen.

Then they said, Come, let us make a design against Jeremiah; for teaching will never be cut off from the priest, or wisdom from the wise, or the word from the prophet. Come, let us make use of his words for an attack on him, and let us give attention with care to what he says.

The good man is gone from the earth, there is no one upright among men: they are all waiting secretly for blood, every man is going after his brother with a net.

And they made designs together to take Jesus by some trick, and put him to death.

Lying

For your hands are unclean with blood, and your fingers with sin; your lips have said false things, and your tongue gives out deceit.

And get two good-for-nothing persons to come before him and give witness that he has been cursing God and the king. Then take him out and have him stoned to death.

Then they got men to say, He has said evil against Moses and against God, in our hearing.

General references

He whose purposes are bad will be named a man of evil designs.