Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
General references
Bible References
Waxen
Deuteronomy 32:15 “But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—
You are grown fat, thick, and sleek—
Then he forsook God who made him,
And scornedthe Rock of his salvation.
You are grown fat, thick, and sleek—
And scorned
Job 15:27 “For he has covered his face with his fat
And made his thighs heavy with flesh.
And made his thighs heavy with flesh.
Job 21:23 “One dies in his full strength,
Being wholly at ease andsatisfied;
Being wholly at ease and
Psalm 73:6 Therefore pride is their necklace;
Thegarment of violence covers them.
The
Psalm 119:70 Their heart is covered with fat,
But Idelight in Your law.
But I
Amos 4:1 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan who are on the mountain of Samaria,
Whooppress the poor, who crush the needy,
Who say toyour husbands, “Bring now, that we may drink!”
Who
Who say to
James 5:4
Behold, the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and the outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
Overpass
Jeremiah 2:33 “How well you prepare your way
To seek love!
Therefore eventhe wicked women
You have taught your ways.
To seek love!
Therefore even
You have taught your ways.
Ezekiel 5:6
But she has rebelled against My ordinances more wickedly than the nations and against My statutes more than the lands which surround her; for they have rejected My ordinances and have not walked in My statutes.’
Ezekiel 16:47
Yet you have not merely walked in their ways or done according to their abominations; but, as if that were too little, you acted more corruptly in all your conduct than they.
1 Corinthians 5:1
It is actually reported that there is immorality among you, and immorality of such a kind as does not exist even among the Gentiles, that someone has his father’s wife.
Judge
Jeremiah 22:15 “Do you become a king because you are competing in cedar?
Did not your father eat and drink
Anddo justice and righteousness?
Then it waswell with him.
Did not your father eat and drink
And
Then it was
Job 29:12 Because I delivered the poor who cried for help,
And theorphan who had no helper.
And the
Psalm 72:4 May he vindicate the afflicted of the people,
Save the children of the needy
And crush the oppressor.
Save the children of the needy
And crush the oppressor.
Psalm 82:2 How long will you judge unjustly
Andshow partiality to the wicked? Selah.
And
Isaiah 1:23 Your rulers are rebels
And companions of thieves;
Everyoneloves a bribe
And chases after rewards.
Theydo not defend the orphan,
Nor does the widow’s plea come before them.
And companions of thieves;
Everyone
And chases after rewards.
They
Nor does the widow’s plea come before them.
Zechariah 7:10
and do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the stranger or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another.’
Yet
Jeremiah 12:1 Righteous are You, O Lord, that I would plead my case with You;
Indeed I woulddiscuss matters of justice with You:
Why has theway of the wicked prospered?
Why are all those whodeal in treachery at ease?
Indeed I would
Why has the
Why are all those who
Job 12:6 “The tents of the destroyers prosper,
And those who provoke Godare secure,
Whom God brings into their power.
And those who provoke God
Psalm 73:12 Behold, these are the wicked;
And alwaysat ease, they have increased in wealth.
And always
General references
Exodus 23:6
“You shall not pervert the justice due to your needy brother in his dispute.
Proverbs 4:17 For they eat the bread of wickedness
And drink the wine of violence.
And drink the wine of violence.
Proverbs 31:9 Open your mouth, judge righteously,
Anddefend the rights of the afflicted and needy.
And
Isaiah 59:14 Justice is turned back,
Andrighteousness stands far away;
For truth has stumbled in the street,
And uprightness cannot enter.
And
For truth has stumbled in the street,
And uprightness cannot enter.