Isaiah 3:14
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14 The Lord comes forward to pronounce judgment
on the elders and rulers of his people:
“You have ruined Israel, my vineyard.
Your houses are filled with things stolen from the poor.
Job 22:4
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4 Is it because you’re so pious that he accuses you
and brings judgment against you?
James 2:6
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6 But you dishonor the poor! Isn’t it the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
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Amos 4:1
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Israel’s Failure to Learn
4 Listen to me, you fat cows[a]
living in Samaria,
you women who oppress the poor
and crush the needy,
and who are always calling to your husbands,
“Bring us another drink!”
Footnotes
- 4:1 Hebrew you cows of Bashan.
Jeremiah 5:27
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27 Like a cage filled with birds,
their homes are filled with evil plots.
And now they are great and rich.
Isaiah 5:7
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7 The nation of Israel is the vineyard of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
The people of Judah are his pleasant garden.
He expected a crop of justice,
but instead he found oppression.
He expected to find righteousness,
but instead he heard cries of violence.
Isaiah 3:2-3
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2 all their heroes and soldiers,
judges and prophets,
fortune-tellers and elders,
3 army officers and high officials,
advisers, skilled sorcerers, and astrologers.
Psalm 143:2
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2 Don’t put your servant on trial,
for no one is innocent before you.
Psalm 14:4
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4 Will those who do evil never learn?
They eat up my people like bread
and wouldn’t think of praying to the Lord.
Job 24:9
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9 “The wicked snatch a widow’s child from her breast,
taking the baby as security for a loan.
Matthew 21:33
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Parable of the Evil Farmers
33 “Now listen to another story. A certain landowner planted a vineyard, built a wall around it, dug a pit for pressing out the grape juice, and built a lookout tower. Then he leased the vineyard to tenant farmers and moved to another country.
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Micah 6:10
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10 What shall I say about the homes of the wicked
filled with treasures gained by cheating?
What about the disgusting practice
of measuring out grain with dishonest measures?[a]
Footnotes
- 6:10 Hebrew of using the short ephah? The ephah was a unit for measuring grain.
Micah 2:2
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2 When you want a piece of land,
you find a way to seize it.
When you want someone’s house,
you take it by fraud and violence.
You cheat a man of his property,
stealing his family’s inheritance.
Job 34:23
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23 We don’t set the time
when we will come before God in judgment.
Job 24:2-7
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2 Evil people steal land by moving the boundary markers.
They steal livestock and put them in their own pastures.
3 They take the orphan’s donkey
and demand the widow’s ox as security for a loan.
4 The poor are pushed off the path;
the needy must hide together for safety.
5 Like wild donkeys in the wilderness,
the poor must spend all their time looking for food,
searching even in the desert for food for their children.
6 They harvest a field they do not own,
and they glean in the vineyards of the wicked.
7 All night they lie naked in the cold,
without clothing or covering.
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