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
Shaketh
Shutteth
General references
Bible References
Despiseth
Nehemiah 5:7
After giving it much thought, I made a protest to the chiefs and the rulers, and said to them: Everyone of you is collecting interest from his brothers. I organized a big meeting of protest.
Job 31:13
If I have rejected the cause of my male or female slaves, when they brought a complaint against me
Luke 3:12
Tax collectors came to be baptized, and they asked him: Teacher, what must we do?
Luke 19:8
Zacchaeus stood before Jesus and said: Lord, I now give half of all my possessions to the poor. If I have defrauded any one I will give back four times the amount taken.
James 5:4
Behold, the wages of the laborers who harvested your fields, which are held back by you, cry out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of Jehovah of Hosts.
Shaketh
Exodus 23:6
Do not deny justice to a poor person at his trial.
Numbers 16:15
Moses became angry and said to Jehovah: Do not accept their offering. I have not taken anything from them, not even a donkey. And I have not mistreated any of them.
Deuteronomy 16:19
Never pervert justice. Always be impartial. Never take a bribe, because bribes blind wise people and deny justice to those who are in the right.
1 Samuel 12:3
Here I am! Testify against me before Jehovah and before his anointed one. Whose bull have I stolen? Whose donkey have I taken? Have I cheated anyone? Have I oppressed any? Have I ever taken a bribe? Tell me and I will make it right.
Jeremiah 5:26
Wicked men are found among my people. They lie in ambush like bird catchers. They set traps and catch men.
Micah 7:3
They diligently seek to do evil with their hands. The prince asks and the judge is ready for a bribe. The great man utters his own evil desire. They weave it together.
Matthew 26:15
He asked them: What are you willing to give me to deliver him to you? They paid him thirty pieces of silver.
Acts 8:18
When Simon saw the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money.
2 Peter 2:14
They have eyes full of adultery that cannot cease from sin! They entice unsteady persons. Their hearts are full of covetousness. They are children of cursing.
Stoppeth
1 Samuel 24:4
They whispered to David: Jehovah told you he was going to let you defeat your enemies and do whatever you want with them. This must be the day Jehovah was talking about. David sneaked over and cut off a small piece of Saul's robe and Saul did not notice.
1 Samuel 26:8
Abishai said to David: God put your enemy in your power tonight. Let me plunge his own spear through him and pin him to the ground. I will do it with just one blow. I will not have to strike twice!
Job 31:29
If I have rejoiced at the ruin of those who hated me, or exulted when evil overtook them,
Psalm 26:4
I do not sit with deceitful men, and I will not be found among hypocrites.
Jeremiah 40:15
Then Johanan, Kareah's son, secretly asked Gedaliah at Mizpah: Let me kill Ishmael, Nethaniah's son. No one will know about it. Why should he kill you? All the Jews who have gathered around you would scatter. What is left of Judah would disappear.
Ephesians 5:11
Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead reprove (expose) (convict) them.
Shutteth
Psalm 119:37
Turn away my eyes from looking at vanity, and revive me in your ways.
General references
Leviticus 25:14
In the business of trading goods for money, do no wrong to one another.
Job 27:8
What hope doe the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
Proverbs 4:15
Avoid it! Do not pass by it. Turn away from it, and pass on!
1 Thessalonians 5:22
Abstain from all appearance of evil.