Isaiah 5:7

For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

Psalm 80:8-11

You have brought a vine out of Egypt: you have cast out the nations, and planted it.

Genesis 4:10

And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood cries unto me from the ground.

Exodus 2:23-24

And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel groaned by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.

Exodus 3:7

And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;

Exodus 22:21-27

You shall neither wrong a stranger, nor oppress him: for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 15:9

Beware that there be not a thought in your wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cries unto the LORD against you, and it be sin in you.

Nehemiah 5:1-5

And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.

Job 31:38-39

If my land cries against me, and its furrows likewise complain;

Job 34:28

So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he hears the cry of the afflicted.

Psalm 80:15

And the vineyard which your right hand has planted, and the branch that you made strong for yourself.

Psalm 147:11

The LORD takes pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.

Psalm 149:4

For the LORD takes pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.

Proverbs 21:13

Whosoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

Song of Songs 7:6

How fair and how pleasant are you, O love, for your delights!

Isaiah 1:6

From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrefying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither soothed with ointment.

Isaiah 3:14

The LORD will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and its princes: For you have eaten up the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses.

Isaiah 3:17

Therefore the Lord will strike with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will uncover their secret parts.

Isaiah 5:2

And he dug it, and gathered out its stones, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress in it: and he expected that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.

Isaiah 58:6-8

Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?

Isaiah 62:5

For as a young man marries a virgin, so shall your sons marry you: and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you.

Jeremiah 12:10

Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

Micah 6:8

He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

Zephaniah 3:17

The LORD your God in the midst of you is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over you with joy; he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing.

Zechariah 7:9-14

Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassion every man to his brother:

Matthew 3:8-10

Bring forth therefore fruits befitting for repentance:

Matthew 23:23

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, justice, mercy, and faith: these ought you to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

Luke 18:7

And shall not God avenge his own elect, who cry day and night unto him, though he bears long with them?

John 15:2

Every branch in me that bears not fruit he takes away: and every branch that bears fruit, he prunes it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

1 Corinthians 6:8-11

Nay, you do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.

James 5:4

Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, cries: and the cries of them who have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts.

1 John 3:7-8

Little children, let no man deceive you: he that does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

The vineyard

Oppression

General references

Bible References

The vineyard

Psalm 80:8
You have brought a vine out of Egypt: you have cast out the nations, and planted it.
Jeremiah 12:10
Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

His pleasant plant

Isaiah 62:5
For as a young man marries a virgin, so shall your sons marry you: and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you.
Psalm 147:11
The LORD takes pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
Psalm 149:4
For the LORD takes pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
Song of Songs 7:6
How fair and how pleasant are you, O love, for your delights!
Zephaniah 3:17
The LORD your God in the midst of you is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over you with joy; he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing.

He looked

Isaiah 5:2
And he dug it, and gathered out its stones, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress in it: and he expected that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
Isaiah 58:6
Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?
Exodus 22:22
You shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
Micah 6:8
He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
Zechariah 7:9
Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassion every man to his brother:
Matthew 3:8
Bring forth therefore fruits befitting for repentance:
Matthew 23:23
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, justice, mercy, and faith: these ought you to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
John 15:2
Every branch in me that bears not fruit he takes away: and every branch that bears fruit, he prunes it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
1 Corinthians 6:8
Nay, you do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.
1 John 3:7
Little children, let no man deceive you: he that does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

Oppression

Isaiah 1:6
From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrefying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither soothed with ointment.
Isaiah 3:17
Therefore the Lord will strike with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will uncover their secret parts.

A cry

Genesis 4:10
And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood cries unto me from the ground.
Exodus 2:23
And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel groaned by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
Exodus 3:7
And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
Exodus 22:21
You shall neither wrong a stranger, nor oppress him: for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 15:9
Beware that there be not a thought in your wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cries unto the LORD against you, and it be sin in you.
Nehemiah 5:1
And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
Job 31:38
If my land cries against me, and its furrows likewise complain;
Job 34:28
So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he hears the cry of the afflicted.
Proverbs 21:13
Whosoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
Luke 18:7
And shall not God avenge his own elect, who cry day and night unto him, though he bears long with them?
James 5:4
Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, cries: and the cries of them who have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts.

General references

Leviticus 25:14
And if you sell anything unto your neighbor, or buy anything of your neighbor's hand, you shall not oppress one another: