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 mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of demons, and the haunt of every foul spirit, and a cage 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 lurk secretly for the innocent without cause:
Hosea 12:7
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loves to oppress.
Amos 8:4
Hear this, O you that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
Micah 1:12
For the inhabitant of Maroth waited anxiously for good: but disaster came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.
Micah 6:10
Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the short measure that is abominable?
Habakkuk 2:9
Woe to him that covets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of ruin!
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 back, and righteousness stands afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.