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
General references
Bible References
Devour
Isaiah 10:2
to keep the poor from getting fair treatment, and to deprive the oppressed among my people of justice, so they can steal what widows own, and loot what belongs to orphans.
Jeremiah 7:6
Stop oppressing foreigners who live in your land, children who have lost their fathers, and women who have lost their husbands. Stop killing innocent people in this land. Stop paying allegiance to other gods. That will only bring about your ruin.
Ezekiel 22:7
They have treated father and mother with contempt within you; they have oppressed the foreigner among you; they have wronged the orphan and the widow within you.
Amos 2:7
They trample on the dirt-covered heads of the poor; they push the destitute away. A man and his father go to the same girl; in this way they show disrespect for my moral purity.
Amos 8:4
Listen to this, you who trample the needy, and do away with the destitute in the land.
Micah 2:2
They confiscate the fields they desire, and seize the houses they want. They defraud people of their homes, and deprive people of the land they have inherited.
Micah 3:2
yet you hate what is good, and love what is evil. You flay my people's skin and rip the flesh from their bones.
Matthew 23:14
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Mark 12:40
They devour widows' property, and as a show make long prayers. These men will receive a more severe punishment."
2 Timothy 3:6
For some of these insinuate themselves into households and captivate weak women who are overwhelmed with sins and led along by various passions.
For
Luke 12:1
Meanwhile, when many thousands of the crowd had gathered so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, "Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Ezekiel 33:31
They come to you in crowds, and they sit in front of you as my people. They hear your words, but do not obey them. For they talk lustfully, and their heart is set on their own advantage.
Matthew 23:26
Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup, so that the outside may become clean too!
1 Thessalonians 2:5
For we never appeared with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed -- God is our witness --
2 Timothy 3:2
For people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,
Titus 1:16
They profess to know God but with their deeds they deny him, since they are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
The same
Luke 10:12
I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town!
Luke 12:47
That servant who knew his master's will but did not get ready or do what his master asked will receive a severe beating.
Matthew 11:22
But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you!
James 3:1
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, because you know that we will be judged more strictly.
General references
Matthew 23:6
They love the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues