Isaiah 3:14

New Century Version

The Lord presents his case against the elders and other leaders of his people: “You have burned the vineyard. Your houses are full of what you took from the poor.

Cross References

Job 22:4

Does God punish you for respecting him? Does he bring you into court for this?

Job 24:14

When the day is over, the murderers get up to kill the poor and needy. At night they go about like thieves.

Job 24:9

The fatherless child is grabbed from its mother’s breast; they take a poor mother’s baby to pay for what she owes.

Job 34:23

He does not set a time for people to come before him for judging.

Psalm 10:9

They wait in hiding like a lion. They wait to catch poor people; they catch the poor in nets.

Psalm 14:4

Don’t the wicked understand? They destroy my people as if they were eating bread. They do not ask the Lord for help.

Psalm 143:2

Don’t judge me, your servant, because no one alive is right before you.

Proverbs 30:14

Some people have teeth like swords; their jaws seem full of knives. They want to remove the poor from the earth and the needy from the land.

Isaiah 10:1

How terrible it will be for those who make unfair laws, and those who write laws that make life hard for people.

Isaiah 10:2

They are not fair to the poor, and they rob my people of their rights. They allow people to steal from widows and to take from orphans what really belongs to them.

Isaiah 11:4

But he will judge the poor honestly; he will be fair in his decisions for the poor people of the land. At his command evil people will be punished, and by his words the wicked will be put to death.

Isaiah 14:30

Even the poorest of my people will be able to eat safely, and people in need will be able to lie down in safety. But I will kill your family with hunger, and all your people who are left will die.

Isaiah 26:6

Then those who were hurt by the city will walk on its ruins; those who were made poor by the city will trample it under their feet.

Isaiah 29:19

The Lord will make the poor people happy; they will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 30:12

So this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “You people have refused to accept this message and have depended on cruelty and lies to help you.

Isaiah 5:7

The vineyard belonging to the Lord All-Powerful is the nation of Israel; the garden that he loves is the people of Judah. He looked for justice, but there was only killing. He hoped for right living, but there were only cries of pain.

Isaiah 58:4

On these special days when you fast, you argue and fight and hit each other with your fists. You cannot do these things as you do now and believe your prayers are heard in heaven.

Jeremiah 12:10

Many shepherds have ruined my vineyards and trampled the plants in my field. They have turned my beautiful field into an empty desert.

Jeremiah 5:27

Like cages full of birds, their houses are full of lies. They have become rich and powerful.

Ezekiel 18:12

He mistreats the poor and needy. He steals and refuses to return what was promised for a loan. He looks to idols for help. He does things which I hate.

Ezekiel 20:35

I will bring you among the nations as I brought your ancestors into the desert with Moses. There I will judge you face to face.

Ezekiel 20:36

I will judge you the same way I judged your ancestors in the desert of the land of Egypt, says the Lord God.

Leviticus 25:14

“ ‘If you sell your land to your neighbor, or if you buy land from your neighbor, don’t cheat each other.

Leviticus 25:17

You must not cheat each other, but you must respect your God. I am the Lord your God.

Amos 2:7

They walk on poor people as if they were dirt, and they refuse to be fair to those who are suffering. Fathers and sons have sexual relations with the same woman, and so they ruin my holy name.

Amos 4:1

Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan on the Mountain of Samaria. You take things from the poor and crush people who are in need. Then you command your husbands, “Bring us something to drink!”

Micah 2:1

How terrible it will be for people who plan wickedness, who lie on their beds and make evil plans. When the morning light comes, they do what they planned, because they have the power to do so.

Micah 2:2

They want fields, so they take them; they want houses, so they take them away. They cheat people to get their houses; they rob them even of their property.

Micah 3:3

You eat my people’s flesh and skin them and break their bones; you chop them up like meat for the pot, like meat in a cooking pan.

Micah 6:10

Are there still in the wicked house wicked treasures and the cursed false measure?

Matthew 21:33

“Listen to this story: There was a man who owned a vineyard. He put a wall around it and dug a hole for a winepress and built a tower. Then he leased the land to some farmers and left for a trip.

James 2:6

But you show no respect to the poor. The rich are always trying to control your lives. They are the ones who take you to court.