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, "Great Babylon is fallen is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of all foul spirits, and a cage of all unclean and hateful birds,
So are
Proverbs 1:11
if they entice thee, and say, "Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, and lurk privily for the innocent without a cause:
Hosea 12:7
But the merchant hath a false weight in his hand, he hath a pleasure to occupy extortion.
Amos 8:4
Hear this, O ye that oppress the poor, and destroy the needy in the lands, saying,
Micah 1:12
The rebellious city hopeth that it shall not be so evil: but for all that, the plague shall come from the LORD, even in to the port of Jerusalem.
Micah 6:10
Should I not be displeased, for the unrighteous good in the houses of the wicked and because the measure is diminished?
Habakkuk 2:9
Woe unto him, that covetously gathereth evil gotten goods into his house: that he may set his nest on high, to escape from the power of misfortune.
General references
Proverbs 4:17
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of robbery.
Isaiah 59:14
And therefore is equity gone aside, and righteousness standeth far off; truth is fallen down in the street, and the thing that is plain and open, may not be showed.