the vineyard

Psalm 80:8-11, 15
You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it. . . .

Jeremiah 12:10
Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of land. They have turned My pleasant field into a desolate wasteland.

his pleasant plant.

Isaiah 62:5
For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a groom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.

Psalm 147:11
The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion.

Psalm 149:4
For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the afflicted with salvation.

Song of Solomon 7:6
How fair and how pleasant you are, O love, with your delights!

Zephaniah 3:17
The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing."

he looked

Isaiah 5:2
He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour!

Isaiah 58:6-8
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? . . .

Exodus 22:22-27
You must not mistreat any widow or orphan. . . .

Micah 6:8
He has shown you, O mankind, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

Zechariah 7:9-14
"This is what the LORD of Hosts says: 'Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another. . . .

Matthew 3:8-10
Produce fruit worthy of repentance. . . .

Matthew 23:23
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin, but you have disregarded the weightier matters of the Law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.

John 15:2
He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful.

1 Corinthians 6:8-11
Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, even against your own brothers! . . .

1 John 3:7, 8
Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous. . . .

but.

oppression.

Isaiah 1:6
From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness--only wounds and welts and festering sores not cleansed or bandaged or soothed with oil.

Isaiah 3:17
the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.

a cry

Genesis 4:10
"What have you done?" replied the LORD. "The voice of your brother's blood cries out to Me from the ground.

Exodus 2:23, 24
After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God. . . .

Exodus 3:7
The LORD said, "I have indeed seen the misery of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.

Exodus 22:21-24, 27
You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt. . . .

Deuteronomy 15:9
Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart, "The seventh year, the year of release, is near, " so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

Nehemiah 5:1-5
About this time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews. . . .

Job 31:38, 39
If my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together, . . .

Job 34:28
They caused the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.

Proverbs 21:13
Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.

Luke 18:7
Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He continue to defer their help?

James 5:4
Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.