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
General references
Bible References
Instruments
Isaiah 1:23
Thy princes are rebellious and companions of thieves; every one loves bribes and follows after rewards; they do not hear the fatherless in judgment, neither does the cause of the widow come unto them.
Isaiah 5:23
who justify the wicked for bribes and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
Jeremiah 5:26
For among my people were found wicked men: they lay in wait as he that sets snares; they set a trap of perdition to catch men.
Micah 2:11
If there is one walking in the spirit of falsehood, he shall lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.
Micah 7:3
To complete the evil with their hands, the prince demands, and the judge judges for a reward; and the great man speaks the desires of his heart: and they confirm it.
Matthew 26:14
Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the princes of the priests
Deviseth
Psalm 10:7
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
Psalm 64:4
That they may shoot in secret at the perfect; suddenly do they shoot at him and fear not.
Psalm 82:2
How long will ye judge unjustly and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
Jeremiah 18:18
Then they said, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not consider any of his words.
Micah 7:2
The merciful man of the earth is missing: and there is no one upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt each man his brother with a net.
Matthew 26:4
and took counsel that they might take Jesus by guile and kill him.
Lying
Isaiah 59:3
For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips pronounce lies; your tongue speaks evil.
1 Kings 21:10
and set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out and stone him that he may die.
Acts 6:11
Then they suborned men, who said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God.
General references
Proverbs 24:8
He that devises to do evil shall be called a man of evil designs.