Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
Do
General references
Bible References
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James 5:4
Behold, the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and the outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
Job 20:19 “For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor;
He has seized a house which he has not built.
He has seized a house which he has not built.
Psalm 10:2 In pride the wicked hotly pursue the afflicted;
Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.
Psalm 12:5 “Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy,
NowI will arise,” says the Lord; “I will set him in the safety for which he longs.”
Now
Proverbs 22:16 He who oppresses the poor to make more for himself
Or who gives to the rich,will only come to poverty.
Or who gives to the rich,
Ecclesiastes 5:8
If you see oppression of the poor and denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be shocked at the sight; for one official watches over another official, and there are higher officials over them.
Isaiah 3:14 The Lord enters into judgment with the elders and princes of His people,
“It is you who havedevoured the vineyard;
Theplunder of the poor is in your houses.
“It is you who have
The
Amos 2:6 Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions ofIsrael and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because theysell the righteous for money
And the needy for a pair of sandals.
“For three transgressions of
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they
And the needy for a pair of sandals.
Amos 4:1 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan who are on the mountain of Samaria,
Whooppress the poor, who crush the needy,
Who say toyour husbands, “Bring now, that we may drink!”
Who
Who say to
Amos 5:11 Therefore because you impose heavy rent on the poor
And exact a tribute of grain from them,
Though you have builthouses of well-hewn stone,
Yet you will not live in them;
You have planted pleasant vineyards, yet you willnot drink their wine.
And exact a tribute of grain from them,
Though you have built
Yet you will not live in them;
You have planted pleasant vineyards, yet you will
Amos 8:4
Hear this, you who trample the needy, to do away with the humble of the land,
Micah 6:11 “Can I justify wicked scales
And a bag of deceptive weights?
And a bag of deceptive weights?
Habakkuk 3:14 You pierced with his own spears
The head of histhrongs.
Theystormed in to scatter us;
Their exultation was like those
Whodevour the oppressed in secret.
The head of his
They
Their exultation was like those
Who
Zechariah 7:10
and do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the stranger or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another.’
General references
Exodus 23:6
“You shall not pervert the justice due to your needy brother in his dispute.
Leviticus 19:15
‘You shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor nor defer to the great, but you are to judge your neighbor fairly.
Ecclesiastes 3:16
Furthermore, I have seen under the sun that in the place of justice there is wickedness and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.