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 shouted with a mighty voice, saying, “Fallen, fallen [certainly to be destroyed] is Babylon the great! She has become a dwelling place for demons, a dungeon haunted by every unclean spirit, and a prison for every unclean and loathsome bird.
So are
Proverbs 1:11
If they say, “Come with us;
Let us lie in wait to shed blood,
Let us ambush the innocent without cause;
If they say, “Come with us;
Let us lie in wait to shed blood,
Let us ambush the innocent without cause;
Hosea 12:7
A merchant, in whose hand are false and fraudulent balances;
He loves to oppress and exploit.
A merchant, in whose hand are false and fraudulent balances;
He loves to oppress and exploit.
Amos 8:4
Hear this, you who trample down the needy, and do away with the poor of the land,
Micah 1:12
For the inhabitant of Maroth (Bitterness)
Writhes in pain [at its losses] and waits anxiously for good,
Because a catastrophe has come down from the Lord
To the gate of Jerusalem.
For the inhabitant of Maroth (Bitterness)
Writhes in pain [at its losses] and waits anxiously for good,
Because a catastrophe has come down from the Lord
To the gate of Jerusalem.
Micah 6:10
“Are there not still treasures gained by wickedness
In the house of the wicked,
And a short (inaccurate) measure [for grain] that is cursed?
“Are there not still treasures gained by wickedness
In the house of the wicked,
And a short (inaccurate) measure [for grain] that is cursed?
Habakkuk 2:9
“Woe (judgment is coming) to him who obtains wicked gain for his house [and thinks by so doing]
To set his nest on high,
That he may be rescued from the hand of evil.
“Woe (judgment is coming) to him who obtains wicked gain for his house [and thinks by so doing]
To set his nest on high,
That he may be rescued from the hand of evil.
General references
Proverbs 4:17
For they eat the bread of wickedness
And drink the wine of violence.
For they eat the bread of wickedness
And drink the wine of violence.
Isaiah 59:14
Justice is pushed back,
And righteous behavior stands far away;
For truth has fallen in the city square,
Andintegrity cannot enter.
Justice is pushed back,
And righteous behavior stands far away;
For truth has fallen in the city square,
And