Jeremiah 5:28
‘They are fat and they are sleek (prosperous),
They
They do not plead the cause,
The cause of the orphan, so that they [the wicked] may prosper,
And they do not defend the rights of the poor.
Deuteronomy 32:15
“But Jeshurun (Israel) became fat and kicked [at God].
You became fat, thick, sleek, and obstinate!
Then he abandoned God who had made him,
And scorned the Rock of his salvation.
Isaiah 1:23
Your rulers are rebels
And companions of thieves;
Everyone loves bribes
And chases after gifts.
They do not defend the fatherless,
Nor does the widow’s cause come before them [instead they delay or turn a deaf ear].
Zechariah 7:10
and do not oppress or exploit the widow or the fatherless, the stranger or the poor; and do not devise or even imagine evil in your hearts against one another.’
Psalm 73:12
Behold, these are the ungodly,
Who always prosper and are at ease [in the world]; they have increased in wealth.
Jeremiah 7:6
if you do not oppress the transient and the foreigner, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood [by oppression and by unjust judicial murders] in Jerusalem, nor follow after other gods to your own ruin,
Job 12:6
“The tents of the destroyers prosper;
And those who provoke God are [apparently] secure,
Whom God brings into their power.
Job 15:27-28
For he has covered his face with his fat,
Adding layers of fat to his thighs [giving himself up to pleasures],
Job 21:23-24
“One dies in his full strength,
Being wholly at ease and quiet and satisfied;
Job 29:12-14
Because I rescued the poor who cried for help,
And the orphan who had no helper.
Psalm 72:4
May he bring justice to the poor among the people,
Save the children of the needy
And crush the oppressor,
Psalm 73:6-7
Therefore pride is their necklace;
Violence covers them like a garment [like a long, luxurious robe].
Psalm 82:2-4
How long will you judge unjustly
And show partiality to the wicked? Selah.
Psalm 119:70
Their heart is insensitive like fat [their minds are dull and brutal],
But I delight in Your law.
Jeremiah 2:33
“How well you prepare your path
To seek and obtain [adulterous] love!
Even the most wicked of women
Have learned [indecent] ways from you.
Jeremiah 12:1
Yet let me discuss issues of justice with You:
Why has the way of the wicked prospered?
Why are those who deal in treachery (deceit) at ease and thriving?
Jeremiah 22:15-19
“Do you think that you become a king because you have much more cedar [in your palace than Solomon]?
Did not your father [Josiah], as he ate and drank,
Do just and righteous acts [being upright and in right standing with God]?
Then all was well with him.
Ezekiel 5:6-7
And she has rebelled against My ordinances more wickedly than the [pagan] nations and against My statutes more than the countries that are around her; for Israel has rejected My ordinances and has not walked in My statutes.’
Ezekiel 16:47-52
Yet you have not merely walked in their ways or behaved in accordance with their pagan practices; but, as if that were too little, you [soon] acted more corruptly in all your ways than they.
Amos 4:1
Who oppress the poor, who crush the needy,
Who say to their husbands, “Bring [the wine] now, and let us drink!”
1 Corinthians 5:1
It is actually reported [everywhere] that there is sexual immorality among you, a kind of immorality that is condemned even among the [unbelieving] Gentiles: that someone
James 5:4-5
Look! The wages that you have [fraudulently] withheld from the laborers who have mowed your fields are crying out [against you for vengeance]; and the cries of the harvesters have come to the ears of
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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Waxen
“But Jeshurun (Israel) became fat and kicked [at God].
You became fat, thick, sleek, and obstinate!
Then he abandoned God who had made him,
And scorned the Rock of his salvation.
For he has covered his face with his fat,
Adding layers of fat to his thighs [giving himself up to pleasures],
“One dies in his full strength,
Being wholly at ease and quiet and satisfied;
Therefore pride is their necklace;
Violence covers them like a garment [like a long, luxurious robe].
Their heart is insensitive like fat [their minds are dull and brutal],
But I delight in Your law.
Who oppress the poor, who crush the needy,
Who say to their husbands, “Bring [the wine] now, and let us drink!”
Overpass
“How well you prepare your path
To seek and obtain [adulterous] love!
Even the most wicked of women
Have learned [indecent] ways from you.
Judge
“Do you think that you become a king because you have much more cedar [in your palace than Solomon]?
Did not your father [Josiah], as he ate and drank,
Do just and righteous acts [being upright and in right standing with God]?
Then all was well with him.
Because I rescued the poor who cried for help,
And the orphan who had no helper.
May he bring justice to the poor among the people,
Save the children of the needy
And crush the oppressor,
How long will you judge unjustly
And show partiality to the wicked? Selah.
Your rulers are rebels
And companions of thieves;
Everyone loves bribes
And chases after gifts.
They do not defend the fatherless,
Nor does the widow’s cause come before them [instead they delay or turn a deaf ear].
Yet
Yet let me discuss issues of justice with You:
Why has the way of the wicked prospered?
Why are those who deal in treachery (deceit) at ease and thriving?
“The tents of the destroyers prosper;
And those who provoke God are [apparently] secure,
Whom God brings into their power.
Behold, these are the ungodly,
Who always prosper and are at ease [in the world]; they have increased in wealth.
General references
For they eat the bread of wickedness
And drink the wine of violence.
Open your mouth, judge righteously,
And administer justice for the afflicted and needy.
Justice is pushed back,
And righteous behavior stands far away;
For truth has fallen in the city square,
And