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 of his dwells in his tent;
Brimstone (burning sulfur) is scattered over his dwelling [to purify it].
Job 24:2

“Some remove the landmarks;
They [violently] seize and pasture flocks [appropriating land and flocks openly].
1 Kings 21:19
You shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Have you murdered and also taken possession [of the victim’s property]?”’ And you shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord: “In the place where dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, dogs will lick up your blood as well.”’”
Isaiah 5:7

For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house (nation) of Israel
And the men of Judah are His delightful planting [which He loves].
So He looked for justice, but in fact, [He saw] bloodshed and lawlessness;
[He looked] for righteousness, but in fact, [He heard] a cry of distress and oppression.
Micah 2:2

They covet fields and seize them,
And houses, and take them away.
They oppress and rob a man and his house,
A man and his inheritance.

General references

Exodus 20:15
“You shall not steal [secretly, openly, fraudulently, or through carelessness].
Leviticus 25:14
If you sell anything to your friend or buy from your friend, you shall not wrong one another.