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.
Cage
General references
Bible References
Cage
Revelation 18:2
And he cried out in a mighty voice, saying, Babylon the great has fallen, has fallen, and became a habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hated bird.
So are
Proverbs 1:11
If they say, Come with us. Let us lay wait for blood. Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause.
Hosea 12:7
[He is] a Canaanite. The balances of deceit are in his hand. He loves to oppress.
Amos 8:4
Hear this, O ye who would swallow up a needy man, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
Micah 1:12
For the inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good, because evil has come down from LORD to the gate of Jerusalem.
Micah 6:10
Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a scant measure that is abominable?
Habakkuk 2:9
Woe to him who gets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!
General references
Proverbs 4:17
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
Isaiah 59:14
And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands afar off. For truth has fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.