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.
Evening
General references
Bible References
Evening
Jeremiah 5:6
Therefore a lion out of the forest shall kill them; a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them; a leopard shall watch against their cities. Everyone who goes out from there shall be torn in pieces, because their transgressions are m
Habakkuk 1:8
Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves. And their horsemen press proudly on. Yea, their horsemen come from far. They fly as an eagle that hastens to devour.
General references
Exodus 23:6
Thou shall not distort the justice [due] to thy poor in his case.
Proverbs 4:17
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
Ecclesiastes 3:16
And moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there, and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.
Isaiah 59:14
And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands afar off. For truth has fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.
Jeremiah 9:13
And LORD says, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, nor walked in it,
Jeremiah 11:9
And LORD said to me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 11:6
Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.