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
Then produce fruit that will be consistent with your professed repentance!
Matthew 23:23
"Alas for you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you pay tithes on mint, dill, and cummin, and you have let the weightier matters of the Law go??ustice, mercy, and integrity. But you should have observed these, without overlooking the others.
John 15:2
Any branch of mine that does not bear fruit he trims away, and he prunes every branch that bears fruit, to make it bear more.
1 Corinthians 6:8
But it is you who wrong and rob others, and your own brothers at that!
1 John 3:7
Dear children, let no one mislead you; whoever acts uprightly is upright, just as he is upright.

A cry

Luke 18:7
Then will not God provide protection for his chosen people, who cry out to him day and night?
James 5:4
Why, the wages you have withheld from the laborers who have reaped your harvests cry aloud, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.