Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

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Bible References

Devour

Isaiah 10:2
To turn away the judgment of the powerless, and to strip off judgment of the distressed of my people, for widows to be their plunder, and they will plunder orphans.
Jeremiah 7:6
Ye shall not oppress the stranger, the orphan and the widow, and innocent blood ye shall not pour out in this place, and after other gods ye shall not go, for evil to you;
Ezekiel 22:7
They made light of father and mother in thee: they did with violence to the stranger in the midst of thee: they oppresed the orphan and the widow in thee.
Amos 2:7
Panting for the dust of the earth upon the head of the poor, and they will turn away the way of the humble: and a man and his father will go to the same young girl to profane my holy name:
Amos 8:4
Hear this, ye, panting after the needy, to cause the humble of the, land to cease.
Micah 2:2
And they desired fields, and they took by force; and houses, and they took away: and they oppressed a man and his house, and a man and his inheritance.
Micah 3:2
Hating the good and loving the evil; plucking off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones.
Matthew 23:14
Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for pretence, praying at great lengths; for this shall ye receive more distingnished judgment.
Mark 12:40
They eating in widows' houses, and praying long for a pretext: these shall receive more abundant judgment.
2 Timothy 3:6
For of these are they going into houses, and taking captive little women heaped up with sins, led away with various eager desires,

For

Luke 12:1
Upon which, myriads of the crowd having been gathered together, so as to tread upon one another, he began to speak to his disciples first, Keep yourselves from the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Ezekiel 33:31
And they will come to thee, according to the coming of the people, and they will sit before thee my people, and they heard thy words, and they did them not: for they making loves with their mouth, their heart went after their plunder.
Matthew 23:26
O blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup, and side dish of sweetmeats, that also their outside might be clean.
1 Thessalonians 2:5
For neither once in word were we flatterers, as ye know, neither in a pretext of covetousness; God the witness:
2 Timothy 3:2
For men shall be self-lovers, lovers of money, boastful, proud, slandering, disobedient to parents, unthankful, wicked,
Titus 1:16
They confess to know God; and in works they deny, being abominable, and disobedient, and to every good work not tried.

The same

Luke 10:12
And I say to you, that it shall be more supportable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.
Luke 12:47
And that servant having known his lord's will, and not prepared, neither having done his will, shall be skinned with many.
Matthew 11:22
But I say to you, To Tyre and Sidon shall it be more supportable in the day of judgment, than to you.
James 3:1
Be ye not many teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive the greater judgment.

General references

Matthew 23:6
And love the first place at suppers, and the first seat in the assemblies,