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
Your officials are rebels, they associate with thieves. All of them love bribery, and look for payoffs. They do not take up the cause of the orphan, or defend the rights of the widow.
Isaiah 5:23
They pronounce the guilty innocent for a payoff, they ignore the just cause of the innocent.
Jeremiah 5:26
"Indeed, there are wicked scoundrels among my people. They lie in wait like bird catchers hiding in ambush. They set deadly traps to catch people.
Micah 2:11
If a lying windbag should come and say, 'I'll promise you blessings of wine and beer,' he would be just the right preacher for these people!
Micah 7:3
They are determined to be experts at doing evil; government officials and judges take bribes, prominent men make demands, and they all do what is necessary to satisfy them.
Matthew 26:14
Then one of the twelve, the one named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests
Deviseth
Psalm 10:7
His mouth is full of curses and deceptive, harmful words; his tongue injures and destroys.
Psalm 64:4
in order to shoot down the innocent in secluded places. They shoot at him suddenly and are unafraid of retaliation.
Psalm 82:2
He says, "How long will you make unjust legal decisions and show favoritism to the wicked? (Selah)
Jeremiah 18:18
Then some people said, "Come on! Let us consider how to deal with Jeremiah! There will still be priests to instruct us, wise men to give us advice, and prophets to declare God's word. Come on! Let's bring charges against him and get rid of him! Then we will not need to pay attention to anything he says."
Micah 7:2
Faithful men have disappeared from the land; there are no godly men left. They all wait in ambush so they can shed blood; they hunt their own brother with a net.
Matthew 26:4
They planned to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.
Lying
Isaiah 59:3
For your hands are stained with blood and your fingers with sin; your lips speak lies, your tongue utters malicious words.
1 Kings 21:10
Also seat two villains opposite him and have them testify, 'You cursed God and the king.' Then take him out and stone him to death."
Acts 6:11
Then they secretly instigated some men to say, "We have heard this man speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God."
General references
Proverbs 24:8
The one who plans to do evil will be called a scheming person.