Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
hath not
Ezekiel 18:12, 16, 18
He oppresses the poor and needy, he commits robbery and does not restore a pledge. He lifts his eyes to idols; he commits abominations. . . .
Ezekiel 22:12, 13, 27-29
In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD. . . .
Exodus 22:21-14
You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt. . . .
Exodus 23:9
Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
Leviticus 19:15
"You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.
Leviticus 25:14
If you make a sale to your neighbor or a purchase from him, you must not take advantage of one another.
1 Samuel 12:3, 4
Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I wronged or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I will restore it to you. . . .
Job 31:13-22
If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me, . . .
Proverbs 3:31
Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;
Proverbs 14:31
He who oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
Proverbs 22:22, 23
Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate, . . .
Isaiah 1:4
Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children of depravity! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.
Job 31:13-22
If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me, . . .
Proverbs 3:31
Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;
Proverbs 14:31
He who oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
Proverbs 22:22, 23
Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate, . . .
Isaiah 1:17
Learn to do right, seek justice, correct the oppressor, defend the fatherless, plead for the widow."
Isaiah 5:7
For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of his delight. He looked for justice but saw injustice; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.
Isaiah 33:15
He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil--
Isaiah 58:6
Is not the fast I have chosen to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free, and tear off every yoke?
Jeremiah 7:6, 7
if you no longer oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm, . . .
Amos 2:6
This is what the LORD says: "For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.
Amos 8:4-6
Hear this, you who trample on the needy, who do away with the poor of the land, . . .
Micah 2:1
Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning's light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
Micah 3:2
You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from My people and strip the flesh from their bones.
Zechariah 7:9-11
"This is what the LORD of Hosts says: 'Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another. . . .
Malachi 3:5
"Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me, " says the LORD of Hosts.
James 5:1-6
Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail for the misery to come upon you. . . .
hath restored
Exodus 22:26
If you take your neighbor's cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset,
Deuteronomy 24:12, 13, 17
If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession; . . .
Job 22:6
For you demanded security from your brothers without cause, stripping off their clothes and leaving them naked.
Job 24:3, 9
They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow's ox in pledge. . . .
Amos 2:8
They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge, and in the house of their God, they drink the wine of the sanctioned.
hath spoiled
Ezekiel 7:23
Forge the chain, for the land is full of crimes of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence.
Genesis 6:11, 12
Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence. . . .
Isaiah 59:6, 7
Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands. . . .
Jeremiah 22:3, 16, 17
This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place. . . .
Amos 3:10
For they know not how to do right--declares the LORD--those who store up violence and destruction in their citadels.'"
Amos 5:11, 12
Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted. . . .
Amos 6:3
You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.
Zephaniah 1:9
On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with violence and deceit.
hath given
Ezekiel 18:16
He does not oppress another, or retain a pledge, or commit robbery. He gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
Deuteronomy 15:7-11
If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother. . . .
Job 31:16-20
If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow's eyes to fail, . . .
Psalm 41:1
Blessed is he who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.
Psalm 112:4, 9
Light dawns in the darkness for the upright, for the one who is gracious, compassionate, and righteous. . . .
Proverbs 11:24, 25
One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor. . . .
Proverbs 28:8, 27
He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for another, who will be kind to the poor. . . .
Isaiah 58:7-11
Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? . . .
Matthew 25:34-46
Then the King will say to those on His right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. . . .
Luke 3:11
John replied, "Whoever has two tunics should share with him who has none, and whoever has food should do the same."
2 Corinthians 8:7-9
But just as you excel in everything--in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness, and in the love we inspired in you--see that you also excel in this grace of giving. . . .
2 Corinthians 9:6-14
Consider this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. . . .
James 2:13-17
For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment. . . .
1 John 3:16-19
By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. . . .