Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.

General references

Bible References

Devour

Isaiah 10:2
So as to deprive the needy of justice
And rob the poor of My people of their rights,
So that widows may be their spoil
And that they may plunder the orphans.
Jeremiah 7:6
if you do not oppress the alien, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your own ruin,
Ezekiel 22:7
They have treated father and mother lightly within you. The alien they have oppressed in your midst; the fatherless and the widow they have wronged in you.
Amos 2:7
“These who pant after the very dust of the earth on the head of the helpless
Also turn aside the way of the humble;
And a man and his father resort to the same girl
In order to profane My holy name.
Amos 8:4
Hear this, you who trample the needy, to do away with the humble of the land,
Micah 2:2
They covet fields and then seize them,
And houses, and take them away.
They rob a man and his house,
A man and his inheritance.
Micah 3:2
“You who hate good and love evil,
Who tear off their skin from them
And their flesh from their bones,
Matthew 23:14
[Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive greater condemnation.]
Mark 12:40
who devour widows’ houses, and for appearance’s sake offer long prayers; these will receive greater condemnation.”
2 Timothy 3:6
For among them are those who enter into households and captivate weak women weighed down with sins, led on by various impulses,

For

Luke 12:1
Under these circumstances, after so many thousands of people had gathered together that they were stepping on one another, He began saying to His disciples first of all, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Ezekiel 33:31
They come to you as people come, and sit before you as My people and hear your words, but they do not do them, for they do the lustful desires expressed by their mouth, and their heart goes after their gain.
Matthew 23:26
You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that the outside of it may become clean also.
1 Thessalonians 2:5
For we never came with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed—God is witness—
2 Timothy 3:2
For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,
Titus 1:16
They profess to know God, but by their deeds they deny Him, being detestable and disobedient and worthless for any good deed.

The same

Luke 10:12
I say to you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city.
Luke 12:47
And that slave who knew his master’s will and did not get ready or act in accord with his will, will receive many lashes,
Matthew 11:22
Nevertheless I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you.
James 3:1
Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, knowing that as such we will incur a stricter judgment.

General references

Matthew 23:6
They love the place of honor at banquets and the chief seats in the synagogues,