Isaiah 33:15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;

Despiseth

James 5:4

Shaketh

Stoppeth

Shutteth

Psalm 119:37

General references

Bible References

Despiseth

I consulted with myself and contended with the nobles and the rulers and said to them, “You are exacting usury, each from his brother!” Therefore, I held a great assembly against them.

“If I have despised the claim of my male or female slaves
When they filed a complaint against me,

And some tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, “Teacher, what shall we do?”

Zaccheus stopped and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my possessions I will give to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will give back four times as much.”

Behold, the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and the outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

Shaketh

“You shall not pervert the justice due to your needy brother in his dispute.

Then Moses became very angry and said to the Lord, “Do not regard their offering! I have not taken a single donkey from them, nor have I done harm to any of them.”

You shall not distort justice; you shall not be partial, and you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

Here I am; bear witness against me before the Lord and His anointed. Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed, or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? I will restore it to you.”

‘For wicked men are found among My people,
They watch like fowlers lying in wait;
They set a trap,
They catch men.

Concerning evil, both hands do it well.
The prince asks, also the judge, for a bribe,
And a great man speaks the desire of his soul;
So they weave it together.

and said, “What are you willing to give me to

betray Him to you?” And they weighed out thirty pieces of silver to him.

Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was bestowed through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money,

having eyes full of adultery that never cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having a heart trained in greed, accursed children;

Stoppeth

The men of David said to him, “Behold, this is the day of which the Lord said to you, ‘Behold; I am about to give your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as it seems good to you.’” Then David arose and cut off the edge of Saul’s robe secretly.

Then Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand; now therefore, please let me strike him with the spear to the ground with one stroke, and I will not strike him the second time.”

“Have I rejoiced at the extinction of my enemy,
Or exulted when evil befell him?

I do not sit with deceitful men,
Nor will I go with

pretenders.

Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke secretly to Gedaliah in Mizpah, saying, “Let me go and kill Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and not a man will know! Why should he take your life, so that all the Jews who are gathered to you would be scattered and the remnant of Judah would perish?”

Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even

expose them;

Shutteth

Turn away my eyes from looking at vanity,
And revive me in Your ways.

General references

If you make a sale, moreover, to your friend or buy from your friend’s hand, you shall not wrong one another.

“For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off,
When God requires his life?

Avoid it, do not pass by it;
Turn away from it and pass on.

abstain from every form of evil.