Matthew 25:24

Then the one who had received the one talent came and said, 'Sir, I knew that you were a hard man, harvesting where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter seed,

Job 21:14-15

So they say to God, 'Turn away from us! We do not want to know your ways.

Isaiah 58:3

They lament, 'Why don't you notice when we fast? Why don't you pay attention when we humble ourselves?' Look, at the same time you fast, you satisfy your selfish desires, you oppress your workers.

Jeremiah 2:31

You people of this generation, listen to what the Lord says. "Have I been like a wilderness to you, Israel? Have I been like a dark and dangerous land to you? Why then do you say, 'We are free to wander. We will not come to you any more?'

Jeremiah 44:16-18

"We will not listen to what you claim the Lord has spoken to us!

Ezekiel 18:25-29

"Yet you say, 'The Lord's conduct is unjust!' Hear, O house of Israel: Is my conduct unjust? Is it not your conduct that is unjust?

Malachi 1:12-13

"But you are profaning it by saying that the table of the Lord is common and its offerings despicable.

Malachi 3:14-15

You have said, 'It is useless to serve God. How have we been helped by keeping his requirements and going about like mourners before the Lord who rules over all?

Matthew 7:21

"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the kingdom of heaven -- only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.

Matthew 20:12

saying, 'These last fellows worked one hour, and you have made them equal to us who bore the hardship and burning heat of the day.'

Luke 6:46

"Why do you call me 'Lord, Lord,' and don't do what I tell you?

Luke 15:29

but he answered his father, 'Look! These many years I have worked like a slave for you, and I never disobeyed your commands. Yet you never gave me even a goat so that I could celebrate with my friends!

Luke 19:20-22

Then another slave came and said, 'Sir, here is your mina that I put away for safekeeping in a piece of cloth.

Romans 8:7

because the outlook of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to the law of God, nor is it able to do so.

Romans 9:20

But who indeed are you -- a mere human being -- to talk back to God? Does what is molded say to the molder, "Why have you made me like this?"

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:

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I knew

Matthew 20:12
saying, 'These last fellows worked one hour, and you have made them equal to us who bore the hardship and burning heat of the day.'
Job 21:14
So they say to God, 'Turn away from us! We do not want to know your ways.
Isaiah 58:3
They lament, 'Why don't you notice when we fast? Why don't you pay attention when we humble ourselves?' Look, at the same time you fast, you satisfy your selfish desires, you oppress your workers.
Jeremiah 2:31
You people of this generation, listen to what the Lord says. "Have I been like a wilderness to you, Israel? Have I been like a dark and dangerous land to you? Why then do you say, 'We are free to wander. We will not come to you any more?'
Jeremiah 44:16
"We will not listen to what you claim the Lord has spoken to us!
Ezekiel 18:25
"Yet you say, 'The Lord's conduct is unjust!' Hear, O house of Israel: Is my conduct unjust? Is it not your conduct that is unjust?
Malachi 1:12
"But you are profaning it by saying that the table of the Lord is common and its offerings despicable.
Malachi 3:14
You have said, 'It is useless to serve God. How have we been helped by keeping his requirements and going about like mourners before the Lord who rules over all?
Luke 15:29
but he answered his father, 'Look! These many years I have worked like a slave for you, and I never disobeyed your commands. Yet you never gave me even a goat so that I could celebrate with my friends!
Luke 19:20
Then another slave came and said, 'Sir, here is your mina that I put away for safekeeping in a piece of cloth.
Romans 8:7
because the outlook of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to the law of God, nor is it able to do so.
Romans 9:20
But who indeed are you -- a mere human being -- to talk back to God? Does what is molded say to the molder, "Why have you made me like this?"

General references

Ezekiel 33:17
"Yet your people say, 'The behavior of the Lord is not right,' when it is their behavior that is not right.
Luke 6:46
"Why do you call me 'Lord, Lord,' and don't do what I tell you?

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