Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

General references

Bible References

He hath violently

Job 18:15
Nothing he owned remains in his tent.
Burning sulfur is scattered over his home.
Job 24:2
The wicked displace boundary markers.
They steal a flock and provide pasture for it.
1 Kings 21:19
Tell him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Have you murdered and also taken possession?’ Then tell him, ‘This is what the Lord says: In the place where the dogs licked Naboth’s blood, the dogs will also lick your blood!’”
Isaiah 5:7
For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts
is the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah,
the plant He delighted in.
He looked for justice
but saw injustice,
for righteousness,
but heard cries of wretchedness.
Micah 2:2
They covet fields and seize them;
they also take houses.
They deprive a man of his home,
a person of his inheritance.

General references

Exodus 20:15
Do not steal.
Leviticus 25:14
If you make a sale to your neighbor or a purchase from him, do not cheat one another.

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