Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.

For the day

Bible References

To me

Deuteronomy 32:43
"Sing for joy, nations! Sing for joy, people who belong to him! For he'll avenge the blood of his servants, turn on his adversary, and cleanse both his land and his people."
Psalm 94:1
God of vengeance, LORD God of vengeance, display your splendor!
Nahum 1:2
A jealous God, the LORD avenges. The LORD avenges; The Lord is an angry husband. The LORD takes vengeance on his enemies, reserving anger for his adversaries.
Romans 12:19
Do not take revenge, dear friends, but leave room for God's wrath. For it is written, "Vengeance belongs to me. I will pay them back, declares the Lord."
Romans 13:4
For they are God's servants, working for your good.
Hebrews 10:30
For we know the one who said, "Vengeance belongs to me; I will pay them back," and again, "The Lord will judge his people."

Their foot

Psalm 73:17
until I entered the sanctuaries of God. Then I understood their destiny.
Proverbs 4:19
But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness, and they do not know what they are stumbling over.
Isaiah 8:15
Many will stumble on them; They'll fall and be broken; They'll be snared and captured.
Jeremiah 6:21
Therefore, this is what the LORD says: "I'm about to put stumbling blocks in front of this people, and fathers and sons will stumble over them together. The neighbor and his friends will perish."
Jeremiah 13:16
Give glory to the LORD your God before he brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the mountains at twilight. You hope for light, but he turns it into deep darkness. He changes it into heavy gloom.
1 Peter 2:8
a stone they stumble over and a rock they trip on." They keep on stumbling because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.

For the day

2 Peter 2:3
In their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. The ancient verdict against them is still in force, and their destruction is not delayed.

The things

Isaiah 5:19
who say: "Let God be quick, let him speed up his work so we may see it! Let it happen! let the plan of the Holy One of Israel draw near, so we may recognize it!'"
Isaiah 30:12
Therefore, this is what the Holy One of Israel says: "Because you reject this message, and put your trust in oppression and enjoy it, and since you rely on it,
Isaiah 60:22
The least of them will become a thousand, and the smallest one a mighty nation. "I am the LORD; When the time is right, I will do this swiftly."
Habakkuk 2:3
For the revelation pertains to an appointed time it speaks truthfully about the end. Though it delays, wait for it, because it will surely come about it will not be late!
Luke 18:7
Won't God grant his chosen people justice when they cry out to him day and night? Is he slow to help them?
2 Peter 2:3
In their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. The ancient verdict against them is still in force, and their destruction is not delayed.
2 Peter 3:8
Don't forget this fact, dear friends: With the Lord a single day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a single day.

General references

1 Kings 15:28
Baasha killed him during the third year of the reign of King Asa of Judah and took Nadab's place as king.
Isaiah 34:8
For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for Zion's cause.
Hosea 13:12
"Ephraim's guilt is on record; his sin is stored away.

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