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
For this cause, hath the lion out of the forest smitten them, The wolf of the waste plains, preyeth upon them, The leopard, is keeping watch over their cities, Every one that goeth out from thence, is torn in pieces, - For they have multiplied their transgressions, Numerous are their apostasies.
Habakkuk 1:8
Then, swifter than leopards, are his horses, and, more sharply they attack, than evening wolves, and forward have leapt his chargers, - Yea, his chargers, from afar, will come in, they will fly as an eagle hath hastened to devour.
General references
Exodus 23:6
Thou shalt not pervert the vindication of thy needy one in his quarrel.
Proverbs 4:17
For they consume bread gotten by lawlessness, and, wine obtained by violence, they drink.
Ecclesiastes 3:16
Then, again, I saw under the sun, the place of justice, that there was lawlessness, and, the place of righteousness, that there was lawlessness.
Isaiah 59:14
So then there hath been a driving back of justice, And righteousness, afar off, standeth, - For truth, hath stumbled in the broad-way, And, right, cannot enter;
Jeremiah 9:13
Then said Yahweh, - Because they have forsaken my law, which I set before them, - And have not hearkened to hay voice neither walked therein;
Jeremiah 11:9
Yahweh therefore said unto me, - There is found a conspiracy, among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem:
Ezekiel 11:6
Ye have multiplied your slain in this city,- And have fled her streets with slain.