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 took counsel with myself, and I brought charges against the nobles and the officials. I said to them, "You are exacting interest, each from his brother." And I held a great assembly against them

"If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant, when they brought a complaint against me,

Tax collectors also came to be baptized and said to him, "Teacher, what shall we do?"

And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold."

Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.

Shaketh

"You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his lawsuit.

And Moses was very angry and said to the LORD, "Do not respect their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them, and I have not harmed one of them."

You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality, and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.

Here I am; testify against me before the LORD and before 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? Testify against me and I will restore it to you."

For wicked men are found among my people; they lurk like fowlers lying in wait. They set a trap; they catch men.

Their hands are on what is evil, to do it well; the prince and the judge ask for a bribe, and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul; thus they weave it together.

and said, "What will you give me if I deliver him over to you?" And they paid him thirty pieces of silver.

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

They have eyes full of adultery, insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children!

Stoppeth

And the men of David said to him, "Here is the day of which the LORD said to you, 'Behold, I will give your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as it shall seem good to you.'" Then David arose and stealthily cut off a corner of Saul's robe.

Then said Abishai to David, "God has given your enemy into your hand this day. Now please let me pin him to the earth with one stroke of the spear, and I will not strike him twice."

"If I have rejoiced at the ruin of him who hated me, or exulted when evil overtook him

I do not sit with men of falsehood, nor do I consort with hypocrites.

Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke secretly to Gedaliah at Mizpah, "Please let me go and strike down Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no one will know it. Why should he take your life, so that all the Judeans who are gathered about you would be scattered, and the remnant of Judah would perish?"

Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.

Shutteth

Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things; and give me life in your ways.

General references

And if you make a sale to your neighbor or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another.

For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life?

Avoid it; do not go on it; turn away from it and pass on.

Abstain from every form of evil.