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
His harvest the hungry devour
And take it to a place of thorns,
And the schemer is eager for their wealth.
Job 18:9
“A snare seizes him by the heel,
And a trap snaps shut on him.
Job 20:18
“He returns what he has attained
And cannot swallow it;
As to the riches of his trading,
He cannot even enjoy them.

Strangers

Deuteronomy 28:29
and you will grope at noon, as the blind man gropes in darkness, and you will not prosper in your ways; but you shall only be oppressed and robbed continually, with none to save you.
Judges 6:3
For it was when Israel had sown, that the Midianites would come up with the Amalekites and the sons of the east and go against them.

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