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 heifers of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.

And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel: Is it not for you to know judgment?

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

But these

For from the least of them even to the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even to the priest every one dealeth falsely.

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

Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.

And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel: Is it not for you to know judgment?

That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.

Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.

Then said Jesus to his disciples, Verily I say to you, that a rich man shall with difficulty enter into the kingdom of heaven.

And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly will they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.

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

Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?

General references

Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

Both low and high, rich and poor together.

Then said he to me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:

And he saith to them, Are ye so void of understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him.

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