Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.

Extortioner

Bible References

Extortioner

Job 5:5
The hungry consume his harvest,
even taking it out of the thorns.
The thirsty pant for his children’s wealth.
Job 18:9
A trap catches him by the heel;
a noose seizes him.
Job 20:18
He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it;
he doesn’t enjoy the profits from his trading.

Strangers

Deuteronomy 28:29
so that at noon you will grope as a blind man gropes in the dark. You will not be successful in anything you do. You will only be oppressed and robbed continually, and no one will help you.
Judges 6:3
Whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the Qedemites came and attacked them.

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