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
Jacob dined until satisfied; Jeshurun grew fat and kicked. He grew fat, coarse, and gross, so that he abandoned the God who made him and spurned the Rock that was his salvation.
Job 15:27
Though he covered his face with fat, and is grossly overweight at the waist,
Job 21:23
Such persons will die in their full vigor, completely prosperous and secure.
Psalm 73:6
Therefore pride is their necklace and violence covers them like a garment.
Psalm 119:70
Their minds are clogged as with greasy fat, but I find joy in your instruction.
Amos 4:1
"Listen to this message, you fat cows from Bashan, who live on the Samaritan mountains, who oppress the poor, who rob the needy, and who constantly ask your husbands for one more drink!"
James 5:4
Look! The wages that you kept back from the workers who harvested your fields are shouting out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of the Heavenly Armies.
Overpass
Jeremiah 2:33
How well you perfect your techniques for seeking love. Therefore you can teach even the most immoral women your techniques.
Ezekiel 5:6
But she rebelled against my ordinances and my statutes. She practiced more evil than all the nations and territories around her. They rejected my ordinances and didn't live by my statutes.'
Ezekiel 16:47
It wasn't just that you lived like they did and committed their detestable practices, but in just a little while your behavior led you to become more corrupt than they were!"
1 Corinthians 5:1
It is actually reported that sexual immorality exists among you, and of a kind that is not found even among the gentiles. A man is actually living with his father's wife!
Judge
Jeremiah 22:15
Are you a king because you try to outdo everyone with cedar? Your father ate and drank and upheld justice and righteousness, did he not? And then it went well for him.
Job 29:12
because I delivered the poor who were crying for help, along with orphans who had no one to help them.
Psalm 72:4
May he defend the afflicted of the people and deliver the children of the poor, but crush the oppressor.
Psalm 82:2
"How long will you judge partially by showing favor on the wicked? Interlude
Isaiah 1:23
Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. All of them are lovers of bribes and are runners after gifts. They don't bring justice to orphans, and the widow's case never comes up for review in their court."
Zechariah 7:10
You are not to wrong the widow, orphans, the foreigner, or the poor, and you are not to plan evil against each other.
Yet
Jeremiah 12:1
You are righteous, LORD, even when I bring a complaint to you. But I want to discuss justice with you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper, while all who are treacherous are at ease?
Job 12:6
The tents of robbers are at rest, and those who provoke God are secure, that is, those who carry their god in their pocket.
Psalm 73:12
Just look at these wicked people! They're perpetually carefree as they increase their wealth.
General references
Exodus 23:6
"You are not to pervert justice for the poor among you in their lawsuits.
Proverbs 4:17
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and they drink the wine of violence.
Proverbs 31:9
Speak up, judge righteously, and defend the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.
Isaiah 59:14
I'll drive back justice, and righteousness stands at a distance; for truth has fallen in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.