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

After seriously considering the matter, I accused the nobles and officials, saying to them, “Each of you is charging his countrymen interest.” So I called a large assembly against them

If I have dismissed the case of my male or female servants
when they made a complaint against me,

Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they asked him, “Teacher, what should we do?”

But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Look, I’ll give half of my possessions to the poor, Lord! And if I have extorted anything from anyone, I’ll pay back four times as much!”

Look! The pay that you withheld from the workers who reaped your fields cries out, and the outcry of the harvesters has reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

Shaketh

“You must not deny justice to a poor person among you in his lawsuit.

Then Moses became angry and said to the Lord, “Don’t respect their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them or mistreated a single one of them.”

Do not deny justice or show partiality to anyone. Do not accept a bribe, for it blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

Here I am. Bring charges against me before the Lord and His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I wronged or mistreated? From whose hand have I taken a bribe to overlook something?

I will return it to you.”

for wicked men live among My people.
They watch like fowlers lying in wait.

They set a trap;
they catch men.

Both hands are good at accomplishing evil:
the official and the judge demand a bribe;
when the powerful man communicates his evil desire,
they plot it together.

and said, “What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you?” So they weighed out 30 pieces of silver for him.

When Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money,

They have eyes full of adultery and are always looking for sin. They seduce unstable people and have hearts trained in greed. Children under a curse!

Stoppeth

so they said to him, “Look, this is the day the Lord told you about: ‘I will hand your enemy over to you so you can do to him whatever you desire.’” Then David got up and secretly cut off the corner of Saul’s robe.

Then Abishai said to David, “Today God has handed your enemy over to you. Let me thrust the spear through him into the ground just once. I won’t have to strike him twice!”

Have I rejoiced over my enemy’s distress,
or become excited when trouble came his way?

I do not sit with the worthless
or associate with hypocrites.

Then Johanan son of Kareah suggested to Gedaliah in private at Mizpah, “Let me go kill Ishmael son of Nethaniah. No one will know it. Why should he kill you and scatter all of Judah that has gathered to you so that the remnant of Judah would perish?”

Don’t participate in the fruitless works of darkness, but instead expose them.

Shutteth

Turn my eyes
from looking at what is worthless;
give me life in Your ways.

General references

If you make a sale to your neighbor or a purchase from him, do not cheat one another.

For what hope does the godless man have when he is cut off,
when God takes away his life?

Avoid it; don’t travel on it.
Turn away from it, and pass it by.

Stay away from every kind of evil.