Jeremiah 5:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.

Get me

Amos 4:1

Micah 3:1

Malachi 2:7

But these

General references

John 7:48

Bible References

Get me

Hear this word, ye cows of Bashan, who are in the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their lords, Bring, and let us drink.

And I said, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel. Is it not for you to know justice?

For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth. For he is the messenger of LORD of hosts.

But these

For from the least of them even to the greatest of them everyone is given to covetousness. And from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against LORD, and against his anointed, [saying],

Behold, the rulers of Israel, each one according to his power, have been in thee to shed blood.

And I said, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel. Is it not for you to know justice?

Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler asks, and the judge [is ready] for a bribe. And the great man, he utters the evil desire of his soul. Thus they weave it together.

Her rulers in the midst of her are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves. They leave nothing till the morrow.

And Jesus said to his disciples, Truly I say to you, that a rich man will enter into the kingdom of the heavens difficultly.

And having seen him become very sorrowful, Jesus said, How difficultly those who have riches will enter into the kingdom of God.

But his citizens hated him, and sent an embassy behind him, saying, We do not want this man to reign over us.

The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together, against the Lord, and against his Christ.

Listen, my beloved brothers, did not God choose the poor of the world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he promised to those who love him?

General references

Let us break their bonds apart, and cast away their cords from us.

both low and high, rich and poor together.

And he said to me, Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity, and who give wicked counsel in this city,

And he says to them, Are also ye so without understanding? Do ye not perceive that everything outside that enters into the man cannot defile him,

Have any of the rulers believed in him, or of the Pharisees?