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 from [the] forest will kill them, A wolf [from the] desert plains will devastate them. A leopard [is] watching their cities, everyone [who] goes out from there will be torn, because their transgressions are many, their apostasies are numerous.
Habakkuk 1:8
Their horses [are] more swift than leopards; they are more menacing than wolves [at] dusk. Their horsemen gallop; their horsemen come from afar; they fly like an eagle [that is] swift to devour.
General references
Exodus 23:6
" 'You will not pervert the justice of your poor in his legal dispute.
Proverbs 4:17
For they ate the bread of wickedness, and they drank the wine of violence.
Ecclesiastes 3:16
I saw something else under the sun: instead of justice [there was] evil; instead of righteousness [there was] wickedness.
Isaiah 59:14
And justice is pushed back, and righteousness stands afar; for truth stumbles in the public square, and straightforwardness is unable to enter,
Jeremiah 9:13
And Yahweh said, "Because of their forsaking my law that I set {before} them, and they have not obeyed my voice, and have not walked in it,
Jeremiah 11:9
And Yahweh said to me, "A conspiracy is found among the {people} of Judah and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 11:6
You made your slain ones numerous in this city, and you have filled its streets [with] slain ones." '