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
So like a lion from the thicket their enemies will kill them. Like a wolf from the desert they will destroy them. Like a leopard they will lie in wait outside their cities and totally destroy anyone who ventures out. For they have rebelled so much and done so many unfaithful things.
Habakkuk 1:8
Their horses are faster than leopards and more alert than wolves in the desert. Their horses gallop, their horses come a great distance; like a vulture they swoop down quickly to devour their prey.
General references
Exodus 23:6
"You must not turn away justice for your poor people in their lawsuits.
Proverbs 4:17
For they eat bread gained from wickedness and drink wine obtained from violence.
Ecclesiastes 3:16
I saw something else on earth: In the place of justice, there was wickedness, and in the place of fairness, there was wickedness.
Isaiah 59:14
Justice is driven back; godliness stands far off. Indeed, honesty stumbles in the city square and morality is not even able to enter.
Jeremiah 9:13
The Lord answered, "This has happened because these people have rejected my laws which I gave them. They have not obeyed me or followed those laws.
Jeremiah 11:9
The Lord said to me, "The people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem have plotted rebellion against me!
Ezekiel 11:6
You have killed many people in this city; you have filled its streets with corpses.'