Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
I pray
General references
Bible References
I pray
Micah 3:1
And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and you rulers of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?
Exodus 3:16
Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:
Hosea 5:1
Hear you this, O priests; and hearken, you house of Israel; and give you ear, O house of the king; for judgment is for you, because you have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
That
Leviticus 26:15
And if you shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhors my judgments, so that you will not do all my commandments, but that you break my covenant:
Deuteronomy 27:19
Cursed be he that perverts the justice due the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Psalm 58:1
[To the Chief Musician, altaschith. A michtam of David.] Do you indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do you judge uprightly, O you sons of men?
Proverbs 17:15
He that justifies the wicked, and he that condemns the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
Isaiah 1:23
Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come before them.
Jeremiah 5:28
They have grown fat, they shine: yea, they pass over the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not defend.
General references
Deuteronomy 27:19
Cursed be he that perverts the justice due the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Isaiah 59:14
And justice is turned back, and righteousness stands afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
Ezekiel 34:7
Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
Ezekiel 44:23
And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.