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 has fallen, has fallen! And it has become the dwelling-place of demons, and a prison of every unclean spirit, and a cage of every unclean bird which has been hated,
So are
Proverbs 1:11
If they say, Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, we will watch secretly for the innocent without cause;
Hosea 12:7
He is a merchant; the scales of deceit are in his hand; he loves to oppress.
Amos 8:4
Hear this, you who trample the poor, even to make the humble of the land to fail,
Micah 1:12
For be grieved for good, the dweller of Maroth, for evil came down from Jehovah to the gate of Jerusalem.
Micah 6:10
Are the treasures of wickedness still in the house of the wicked, and the short measure that is hateful?
Habakkuk 2:9
Woe to him who robs evil booty for his house, to set his nest on high, to 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 driven back, and justice stands afar off; for truth has fallen in the street, and right cannot enter.