Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.

Bible References

To whom

Jeremiah 5:4
Then I said, “They are only the poor,
They are foolish;
For they do not know the way of the Lord
Or the ordinance of their God.
Isaiah 28:9
“To whom would He teach knowledge,
And to whom would He interpret the message?
Those just weaned from milk?
Those just taken from the breast?
Isaiah 53:1
Who has believed our message?
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?

Give

Ezekiel 3:18
When I say to the wicked, ‘You will surely die,’ and you do not warn him or speak out to warn the wicked from his wicked way that he may live, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.
Ezekiel 33:3
and he sees the sword coming upon the land and blows on the trumpet and warns the people,
Matthew 3:7
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Colossians 1:28
We proclaim Him, admonishing every man and teaching every man with all wisdom, so that we may present every man complete in Christ.
Hebrews 11:7
By faith Noah, being warned by God about things not yet seen, in reverence prepared an ark for the salvation of his household, by which he condemned the world, and became an heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

Their ear

Jeremiah 4:4
Circumcise yourselves to the Lord
And remove the foreskins of your heart,
Men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,
Or else My wrath will go forth like fire
And burn with none to quench it,
Because of the evil of your deeds.”
Jeremiah 7:26
Yet they did not listen to Me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck; they did more evil than their fathers.
Exodus 6:12
But Moses spoke before the Lord, saying, “Behold, the sons of Israel have not listened to me; how then will Pharaoh listen to me, for I am unskilled in speech?”
Deuteronomy 29:4
Yet to this day the Lord has not given you a heart to know, nor eyes to see, nor ears to hear.
Isaiah 6:9
He said, “Go, and tell this people:
‘Keep on listening, but do not perceive;
Keep on looking, but do not understand.’
Isaiah 42:23
Who among you will give ear to this?
Who will give heed and listen hereafter?
Acts 7:51
“You men who are stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears are always resisting the Holy Spirit; you are doing just as your fathers did.

The word

Jeremiah 20:8
For each time I speak, I cry aloud;
I proclaim violence and destruction,
Because for me the word of the Lord has resulted
In reproach and derision all day long.
2 Chronicles 36:15
The Lord, the God of their fathers, sent word to them again and again by His messengers, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place;
Amos 7:10
Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is unable to endure all his words.
Luke 11:45
One of the lawyers *said to Him in reply, “Teacher, when You say this, You insult us too.”
Luke 20:19
The scribes and the chief priests tried to lay hands on Him that very hour, and they feared the people; for they understood that He spoke this parable against them.
John 7:7
The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it, that its deeds are evil.
John 9:40
Those of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and said to Him, “We are not blind too, are we?”
2 Timothy 4:3
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires,

Delight

Psalm 1:2
But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
And in His law he meditates day and night.
Psalm 40:8
I delight to do Your will, O my God;
Your Law is within my heart.”
Psalm 119:16
I shall delight in Your statutes;
I shall not forget Your word.
Romans 7:22
For I joyfully concur with the law of God in the inner man,

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