Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.

Bible References

He put on righteousness

Isaiah 11:5
Also righteousness will be the belt about His loins,
And faithfulness the belt about His waist.
Isaiah 51:9
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord;
Awake as in the days of old, the generations of long ago.
Was it not You who cut Rahab in pieces,
Who pierced the dragon?
Job 29:14
“I put on righteousness, and it clothed me;
My justice was like a robe and a turban.
Romans 13:12
The night is almost gone, and the day is near. Therefore let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
2 Corinthians 6:7
in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and the left,
Ephesians 6:14
Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
1 Thessalonians 5:8
But since we are of the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation.
Revelation 19:11
And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war.

The garments

Deuteronomy 32:35
Vengeance is Mine, and retribution,
In due time their foot will slip;
For the day of their calamity is near,
And the impending things are hastening upon them.’
Psalm 94:1
O Lord, God of vengeance,
God of vengeance, shine forth!
2 Thessalonians 1:8
dealing out retribution to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
Hebrews 10:30
For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge His people.”

With zeal

Isaiah 9:7
There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace,
On the throne of David and over his kingdom,
To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness
From then on and forevermore.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will accomplish this.
Isaiah 63:15
Look down from heaven and see from Your holy and glorious habitation;
Where are Your zeal and Your mighty deeds?
The stirrings of Your heart and Your compassion are restrained toward me.
Psalm 69:9
For zeal for Your house has consumed me,
And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.
Zechariah 1:14
So the angel who was speaking with me said to me, “Proclaim, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “I am exceedingly jealous for Jerusalem and Zion.
John 2:17
His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for Your house will consume me.”

General references

Exodus 39:8
He made the breastpiece, the work of a skillful workman, like the workmanship of the ephod: of gold and of blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen.
Isaiah 34:8
For the Lord has a day of vengeance,
A year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
Ezekiel 39:24
According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions I dealt with them, and I hid My face from them.”’”