Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
Is it good
Despise
The work
Shine upon
Bible References
Is it good
Job 34:5
Job has said: 'I am innocent, and God has taken away my right.
Job 36:7
He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous. He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.
Job 40:2
Will the person who finds fault with the Almighty correct him? Will the person who argues with God answer him?
Lamentations 3:2
By him I have been made to go in the dark and not in the light.
Despise
Psalm 69:33
For Jehovah hears the needy and does not despise his captive people.
The work
Job 14:15
You will call and I will answer you! You will long for the creature your hands have made.
Job 34:19
The one who is righteous and mighty does not grant special favors to princes or prefer important people to poor people because his hands made them all.
Psalm 138:8
Jehovah will do everything for me. O Jehovah, your mercy endures forever. Do not let go of what your hands have made.
Isaiah 64:8
But now, Jehovah, you are our Father. We are the clay, and you are our potter. We are the work of your hands.
1 Peter 4:19
Let them also that suffer according to the will of God commend themselves in well doing to a faithful Creator.
Shine upon
Job 8:20
Certainly God does not reject a blameless man or strengthen the hands of evildoers.
Jeremiah 12:1
Jehovah, if I argued my case with you, you would prove to be right. Indeed, I must question you about matters of justice. Why are the wicked so prosperous? Why do dishonest people succeed with impunity?