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 hold 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 lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
Hosea 12:7
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
Amos 8:4
Hear this, O ye 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 evil came down from the LORD to the gate of Jerusalem.
Micah 6:10
Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?
Habakkuk 2:9
Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
General references
Proverbs 4:17
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
Isaiah 59:14
And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.