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 bring forth fruit worthy of repentance.
Matthew 23:23
"Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and anise and cummin, and neglect the weightier matters of the Law??ustice and mercy and good faith; these latter you ought to have done, and not to have left the former undone.
John 15:2
"He cuts back any of my branches that bear no fruit, and prunes every fruit-bearing branch, that it may bear more.
1 Corinthians 6:8
On the contrary, you yourselves are inflicting injustice and fraud, and that upon your brothers.
1 John 3:7
My children, let no one deceive you; he who is working righteousness is righteous, just as he is righteous.
A cry
Luke 18:7
"And will not God see justice done to his elect who are crying unto him day and night, even if he seems to delay helping them?
James 5:4
Look! the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have been keeping back by fraud, are crying aloud! And the cries of the reapers have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth!