Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.

General references

Bible References

Cage

Revelation 18:2
And he cried out with a mighty voice, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a dwelling place of demons and a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean and hateful bird.

So are

Proverbs 1:11
If they say, “Come with us,
Let us lie in wait for blood,
Let us ambush the innocent without cause;
Hosea 12:7
A merchant, in whose hands are false balances,
He loves to oppress.
Amos 8:4
Hear this, you who trample the needy, to do away with the humble of the land,
Micah 1:12
For the inhabitant of Maroth
Becomes weak waiting for good,
Because a calamity has come down from the Lord
To the gate of Jerusalem.
Micah 6:10
“Is there yet a man in the wicked house,
Along with treasures of wickedness
And a short measure that is cursed?
Habakkuk 2:9
“Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house
To put his nest on high,
To be delivered from the hand of calamity!

General references

Proverbs 4:17
For they eat the bread of wickedness
And drink the wine of violence.
Isaiah 59:14
Justice is turned back,
And righteousness stands far away;
For truth has stumbled in the street,
And uprightness cannot enter.