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
And so a lion from the woods will put them to death, a wolf of the waste land will make them waste, a leopard will keep watch on their towns, and everyone who goes out from them will be food for the beasts; because of the great number of their sins and the increase of their wrongdoing.
Habakkuk 1:8
And their horses are quicker than leopards and their horsemen more cruel than evening wolves; they come from far away, like an eagle in flight rushing on its food.
General references
Exodus 23:6
Let no wrong decisions be given in the poor man's cause.
Proverbs 4:17
The bread of evil-doing is their food, the wine of violent acts their drink.
Ecclesiastes 3:16
And again, I saw under the sun, in the place of the judges, that evil was there; and in the place of righteousness, that evil was there.
Isaiah 59:14
And the right is turned back, and righteousness is far away: for good faith is not to be seen in the public places, and upright behaviour may not come into the town.
Jeremiah 9:13
And the Lord said, Because they have given up my law which I put before them, giving no attention to my voice and not being guided by it;
Jeremiah 11:9
And the Lord said to me, There is an evil design at work among the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 11:6
You have made great the number of your dead in this town, you have made its streets full of dead men.