Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.

Bible References

Evening

Jeremiah 5:6
Therefore, a lion from the forest will strike them down.
A wolf from an arid plain will ravage them.
A leopard keeps watch over their cities.
Anyone who leaves them will be torn to pieces
because their rebellious acts are many,
their unfaithful deeds numerous.
Habakkuk 1:8
Their horses are swifter than leopards
and more fierce than wolves of the night.
Their horsemen charge ahead;
their horsemen come from distant lands.
They fly like an eagle, swooping to devour.

General references

Exodus 23:6
“You must not deny justice to a poor person among you in his lawsuit.
Proverbs 4:17
They eat the bread of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence.
Ecclesiastes 3:16
I also observed under the sun: there is wickedness at the place of judgment and there is wickedness at the place of righteousness.
Isaiah 59:14
Justice is turned back,
and righteousness stands far off.
For truth has stumbled in the public square,
and honesty cannot enter.
Jeremiah 9:13
The Lord said, “It is because they abandoned My instruction that I set in front of them and did not obey My voice or walk according to it.
Jeremiah 11:9
The Lord said to me, “A conspiracy has been discovered among the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 11:6
You have multiplied your slain in this city, filling its streets with the dead.

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