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
Therefore let your lives prove your change of heart;
Matthew 23:23
"Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you pay the tithe on mint, dill, and cumin, while you have neglected the weightier requirements of the Law--just judgement, mercy, and faithful dealing. These things you ought to have done, and yet you ought not to have left the others undone.
John 15:2
Every branch in me--if it bears no fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
1 Corinthians 6:8
On the contrary you yourselves inflict injustice and fraud, and upon brethren too.
1 John 3:7
Dear children, let no one lead you astray. The man who acts righteously is righteous, just as He is righteous.
A cry
Luke 18:7
And will not God avenge the wrongs of His own People who cry aloud to Him day and night, although He seems slow in taking action on their behalf?
James 5:4
I tell you that the pay of the labourers who have gathered in your crops--pay which you are keeping back--is calling out against you; and the outcries of those who have been your reapers have entered into the ears of the Lord of the armies of Heaven.