Isaiah 3:14

The Lord brings this charge
against the elders and leaders of His people:
“You have devastated the vineyard.
The plunder from the poor is in your houses.

Job 22:4

Does He correct you and take you to court
because of your piety?

Psalm 143:2

Do not bring Your servant into judgment,
for no one alive is righteous in Your sight.

Job 24:2-7

The wicked displace boundary markers.
They steal a flock and provide pasture for it.

Job 24:9

The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast;
the nursing child of the poor is seized as collateral.

Job 34:23

God does not need to examine a person further,
that one should approach Him in court.

Psalm 14:4

Will evildoers never understand?
They consume My people as they consume bread;
they do not call on the Lord.

Isaiah 3:2-3

the hero and warrior,
the judge and prophet,
the fortune-teller and elder,

Isaiah 5:7

For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts
is the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah,
the plant He delighted in.
He looked for justice
but saw injustice,
for righteousness,
but heard cries of wretchedness.

Jeremiah 5:27

Like a cage full of birds,
so their houses are full of deceit.
Therefore they have grown powerful and rich.

Amos 4:1

Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan
who are on the hill of Samaria,
women who oppress the poor
and crush the needy,
who say to their husbands,
“Bring us something to drink.”

Micah 2:2

They covet fields and seize them;
they also take houses.
They deprive a man of his home,
a person of his inheritance.

Micah 6:10

Are there still the treasures of wickedness
and the accursed short measure
in the house of the wicked?

Matthew 21:33

“Listen to another parable: There was a man, a landowner, who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower. He leased it to tenant farmers and went away.

James 2:6

Yet you dishonored that poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

The ancients

General references

Bible References

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Job 22:4
Does He correct you and take you to court
because of your piety?
Job 34:23
God does not need to examine a person further,
that one should approach Him in court.
Psalm 143:2
Do not bring Your servant into judgment,
for no one alive is righteous in Your sight.

The ancients

Isaiah 3:2
the hero and warrior,
the judge and prophet,
the fortune-teller and elder,

Ye have eaten

Isaiah 5:7
For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts
is the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah,
the plant He delighted in.
He looked for justice
but saw injustice,
for righteousness,
but heard cries of wretchedness.
Job 24:2
The wicked displace boundary markers.
They steal a flock and provide pasture for it.
Jeremiah 5:27
Like a cage full of birds,
so their houses are full of deceit.
Therefore they have grown powerful and rich.
Amos 4:1
Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan
who are on the hill of Samaria,
women who oppress the poor
and crush the needy,
who say to their husbands,
“Bring us something to drink.”
Micah 2:2
They covet fields and seize them;
they also take houses.
They deprive a man of his home,
a person of his inheritance.
Micah 6:10
Are there still the treasures of wickedness
and the accursed short measure
in the house of the wicked?
Matthew 21:33
“Listen to another parable: There was a man, a landowner, who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower. He leased it to tenant farmers and went away.

General references

Leviticus 25:14
If you make a sale to your neighbor or a purchase from him, do not cheat one another.

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