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.
Bible References
He looked
Matthew 3:8
Produce, then, fruit that is consistent with the repentance you profess,
Matthew 23:23
"A curse on you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees! For you pay tithes on mint and dill and cummin, and yet leave out the more vital matters of the law, justice, love and fidelity. These latter especially you ought to have done, but ought not to have left out the former.
John 15:2
He cuts away any branch on me that stops bearing fruit, and He repeatedly prunes every branch that continues to bear fruit, to make it bear more.
1 Corinthians 6:8
On the contrary, you practice wronging and robbing others, and that your brothers.
1 John 3:7
Dear children, avoid letting anyone lead you astray. Whoever practices doing right is upright, just as He is upright.
A cry
Luke 18:7
And will not God give justice and protection to His chosen people who continue to cry to Him day and night, since He is so patient with them?
James 5:4
See, the wages that you have kept back from the laborers who reaped your fields are crying aloud, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.