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

So after thinking it over carefully, I accused the officials and nobles openly, "Every one of you is charging your fellow countrymen interest!" So I opened a public investigation against them.

"If I've refused to help my male and female servants when they complain against me,

Even some tax collectors came to be baptized. They asked him, "Teacher, what should we do?"

Later, Zacchaeus stood up and announced to the Lord, "Look! I'm giving half of my possessions to the destitute, and if I have accused anyone falsely, I'm repaying four times as much as I owe."

Look! The wages that you kept back from the workers who harvested your fields are shouting out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of the Heavenly Armies.

Shaketh

"You are not to pervert justice for the poor among you in their lawsuits.

Moses was very angry, so he told the LORD, "Please don't accept their offering. I haven't taken even one donkey from them nor have I hurt even one of them."

You must not twist justice, show favoritism, or take bribes, because a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the speech of the righteous.

Here I am. Testify against me in the LORD's presence and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken? Who have I cheated? Who have I oppressed? Who bribed me to look the other way? I'll restore it to you."

"Evil men are found among my people. They lie in wait like someone who traps birds. They set a trap, but they do so to catch people.

And speaking of evil, they practice it eagerly with both hands! Both leader and judge demand a bribe, the famous confess their perverted desires, and they scheme together.

and inquired, "What are you willing to give me if I betray Jesus to you?" They offered him 30 pieces of silver,

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

With eyes full of adultery, they cannot get enough of sin. They seduce unsteady souls and have had their hearts expertly trained in greed. They are doomed to a curse.

Stoppeth

David's men told him, "Look, today is the day about which the LORD spoke to you when he said, "I'll give your enemy into your hand.' Do to him whatever you want!"

Abishai told David, "Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Let me run the spear through him into the ground with a single blow. I won't need to strike him twice!"

"Have I rejoiced in the destruction of those who hate me, or have I been happy that evil caught up with him?

I do not sit with those committed to what is false, nor do I travel with hypocrites.

Then Kareah's son Jonathan spoke privately to Gedaliah at Mizpah: "Let me go kill Nethaniah's son Ishmael, and no one will know. Why should he take your life? Otherwise all the Judeans who have gathered around you will be scattered, and the remnant of Judah will perish."

and have nothing to do with the unfruitful actions that darkness produces. Instead, expose them for what they are.

Shutteth

Turn my eyes away from gazing at worthless things, and revive me by your ways.

General references

So if you had sold property to a neighbor or had acquired land from your neighbor, you are not to cheat one another.

For where is the hope of the godless when he is eliminated; when God takes away his life?

Avoid it! Don't travel on it! Turn away from it, and pass on by.

Keep away from every kind of evil.