Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.
Devour
The same
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Bible References
Devour
Isaiah 10:2
to deprive the needy of justice and to rob the poor of my people of their rights, so that widows may become their spoil and so that they may plunder orphans!
Jeremiah 7:6
and if you don't oppress the alien, the orphan, and the widow, and don't shed an innocent person's blood in this place, and if you don't follow other gods to your own harm,
Ezekiel 22:7
They've treated mothers and fathers among you with contempt. They've oppressed the foreigner among you. They've maltreated the orphan and the widow among you.
Amos 2:7
moving quickly to rub the face of the needy in the dirt. Corrupting the ways of the humble, a man and his father go to the same woman, deliberately defiling my holy name.
Amos 8:4
"Hear this, you who are swallowing up the needy, who intend to make the poor of the land fail,
Micah 2:2
They covet fields and seize them; they covet houses, and grab them, too. They harass the valiant man, along with his household, an individual and his estate.
Micah 3:2
you who despise good and love evil, who tear off the skin of my people, along with the flesh from their bones.
Matthew 23:14
"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You devour widows' houses and say long prayers to cover it up. Therefore, you will receive greater condemnation!
Mark 12:40
They devour widows' houses and say long prayers to cover it up. They will receive greater condemnation!"
2 Timothy 3:6
For some of these men go into homes and deceive foolish women who are burdened with sins and swayed by all kinds of desires.
For
Luke 12:1
Meanwhile, the people had gathered by the thousands and were trampling on one another. Jesus began to speak first to his disciples. "Watch out for the yeast that is, the hypocrisy of the Pharisees!
Ezekiel 33:31
Then they come to you as a group, sit down right in front of you as if they were my people, hear your words and then they don't do what you say because they're seeking only their own desires, they pursue ill-gotten profits, and they keep following their own self-interests.
Matthew 23:26
You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup, so that its outside may also be clean.
1 Thessalonians 2:5
As you know, we did not come with flattering words or with a scheme to make money. God is our witness!
2 Timothy 3:2
People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
Titus 1:16
They claim to know God, but they deny him by their actions. They are detestable, disobedient, and disqualified to do anything good.
The same
Luke 10:12
I tell you, on the last day it will be easier for Sodom than for that town!"
Luke 12:47
That servant who knew what his master wanted but didn't prepare himself or do what was wanted will receive a severe beating.
Matthew 11:22
Indeed I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on Judgment Day than for you!
James 3:1
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more severely than others.
General references
Matthew 23:6
They love to have the places of honor at festivals, the best seats in the synagogues,