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;
He hath violently
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Bible References
He hath violently
Job 18:15
There shall dwell in his tent, what is naught-of-his, Let brimstone be strewed over his dwelling;
Job 24:2
Boundaries, men move back, flocks, they seize and consume;
1 Kings 21:19
Then shalt thou speak unto him, saying - Thus, saith Yahweh, Hast thou committed murder, and also taken possession? Then shalt thou speak unto him, saying: Thus, saith Yahweh, In the place where the dogs have lapped up the blood of Naboth, shall the dogs lap up thy blood, even thine.
Isaiah 5:7
Surely the vineyard of Yahweh of hosts, is the house of Israel, And, the men of Judah, are the plantation in which he dearly delighted, - And he waited, For equity but lo! murderous iniquity, For the rule of right but lo the cry of the wronged.
Micah 2:2
Thus do they covet fields and seize them, and houses and take them away, - and so they oppress the master and his household, the man and his inheritance.
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Exodus 20:15
Thou shalt not steal.
Leviticus 25:14
And when ye sell anything to thy neighbour, or buy aught at thy neighbour's hand, do not overreach one another.