Isaiah 3:14

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

He will even judge you rulers and leaders of his own nation. You destroyed his vineyard and filled your houses by robbing the poor.

Cross References

Job 22:4

Is he correcting you for worshipping him?

Job 24:14

Soon after sunset they murder the poor and the needy, and at night they steal.

Job 24:9

Children whose fathers have died are taken from their mothers as payment for a debt.

Job 34:23

And so, God doesn't need to set a time for judgment.

Psalm 10:9

They are hungry lions hiding in the bushes, hoping to catch some helpless passer-by. They trap the poor in nets and drag them away.

Psalm 14:4

Won't you evil people learn? You refuse to pray, and you gobble up the LORD's people.

Psalm 143:2

I am your servant. Don't try me in your court, because no one is innocent by your standards.

Proverbs 30:14

others are so greedy that they gobble up the poor and homeless.

Isaiah 10:1

You people are in for trouble! You have made cruel and unfair laws

Isaiah 10:2

that let you cheat the poor and needy and rob widows and orphans.

Isaiah 11:4

The poor and the needy will be treated with fairness and with justice. His word will be law everywhere in the land, and criminals will be put to death.

Isaiah 14:30

The poor and needy will find pastures for their sheep and will live in safety. But I will starve some of you, and others will be killed.

Isaiah 26:6

Now the poor and abused trample all over that city.”

Isaiah 29:19

The poor and the needy will celebrate and shout because of the LORD, the holy God of Israel.

Isaiah 30:12

Now this is the answer of the holy God of Israel: “You rejected my message, and you trust in violence and lies.

Isaiah 5:7

I am the LORD All-Powerful! Israel is the vineyard, and Judah is the garden I tended with care. I had hoped for honesty and for justice, but dishonesty and cries for mercy were all I found.

Isaiah 58:4

You even get angry and ready to fight. No wonder God won't listen to your prayers!

Jeremiah 12:10

My beautiful land is ruined like a field or a vineyard trampled by shepherds and stripped bare by their flocks.

Ezekiel 18:12

cheats the poor, and robs people. He keeps what is given to him as security for a loan. He worships idols, does disgusting things,

Ezekiel 20:35

and lead you into a desert surrounded by nations. I will meet you there face to face. Then I will pass judgment on you

Ezekiel 20:36

and punish you, just as I punished your ancestors in the desert near Egypt.

Leviticus 25:14

So when you buy or sell farmland, the price is to be determined by the number of crops it can produce before the next Year of Celebration. Don't try to cheat.

Leviticus 25:17

I am the LORD your God, so obey me and don't cheat anyone.

Amos 2:7

They throw the poor to the ground and push aside those who are helpless. My holy name is dishonoured, because fathers and sons sleep with the same young women.

Amos 4:1

You women of Samaria are fat cows! You ill-treat and abuse the poor and needy, then you say to your husbands, “Bring us more drinks!”

Micah 2:1

Doomed! You're doomed! At night you lie in bed, making evil plans. And when morning comes, you do what you've planned because you have the power.

Micah 2:2

You grab any field or house that you want; you cheat families out of homes and land.

Micah 3:3

break their bones, cook it all in a pot, and gulp it down.

Micah 6:10

You store up stolen treasures and use dishonest scales.

Matthew 21:33

Jesus told the chief priests and leaders to listen to this story: A land owner once planted a vineyard. He built a wall around it and dug a pit to crush the grapes in. He also built a lookout tower. Then he let his vineyard and left the country.

James 2:6

You ill-treat the poor. But isn't it the rich who boss you around and drag you off to court?