Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.
Forbear to cry
Make
Lips
Eat
The bread of men
General references
Bible References
Forbear to cry
Psalm 37:7
Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him. Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.
Psalm 46:10
"Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth."
Amos 8:3
The songs of the temple will be wailings in that day," says the Lord GOD. "The dead bodies will be many. In every place they will throw them out with silence.
Habakkuk 2:20
But the LORD is in his holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before him."
Make
Jeremiah 16:4
They shall die grievous deaths: they shall not be lamented, neither shall they be buried; they shall be as dung on the surface of the ground; and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the sky, and for the animals of the earth.
Bind
Ezekiel 24:23
Your turbans shall be on your heads, and your shoes on your feet: you shall not mourn nor weep; but you shall pine away in your iniquities, and moan one toward another.
Leviticus 10:6
Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons, "Do not let the hair of your heads go loose, neither tear your clothes; that you do not die, and that he not be angry with all the congregation: but let your brothers, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD has kindled.
Leviticus 21:10
"'He who is the high priest among his brothers, upon whose head the anointing oil is poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not let the hair of his head hang loose, nor tear his clothes;
Cover
Ezekiel 24:22
You shall do as I have done: you shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
Leviticus 13:45
"The leper in whom the plague is shall wear torn clothes, and the hair of his head shall hang loose. He shall cover his upper lip, and shall cry, 'Unclean. Unclean.'
Micah 3:7
The seers shall be disappointed, and the diviners confounded. Yes, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer from God."
Lips
Ezekiel 24:22
You shall do as I have done: you shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
Eat
Hosea 9:4
They won't pour out wine offerings to the LORD, neither will they be pleasing to him. Their sacrifices will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat of it will be polluted; for their bread will be for their appetite. It will not come into the house of the LORD.
The bread of men
Jeremiah 16:7
neither shall men break bread for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.
General references
Ezekiel 24:22
You shall do as I have done: you shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.