Luke 12:45

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;

And if

Ezekiel 12:22

Matthew 24:48

2 Peter 2:3

To beat

To eat

Revelation 18:7

Bible References

And if

“Son of man, what is this proverb you people have concerning the land of Israel, saying, ‘The days are long and every vision fails’?

But if that evil slave says in his heart, ‘My master is not coming for a long time,’

and in their greed they will exploit you with false words; their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

To beat

“Behold, it is written before Me,
I will not keep silent, but I will repay;
I will even repay into their bosom,

Pashhur had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put him in the stocks that were at the upper Benjamin Gate, which was by the house of the Lord.

You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fat sheep without feeding the flock.

and the rest seized his slaves and mistreated them and killed them.

For you tolerate it if anyone enslaves you, anyone devours you, anyone takes advantage of you, anyone exalts himself, anyone hits you in the face.

I wrote something to the church; but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, does not accept what we say.

It was also given to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them, and authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation was given to him.

for they poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink. They deserve it.”

and on her forehead a name was written, a mystery, “BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”

And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints and of all who have been slain on the earth.”

To eat

His watchmen are blind,
All of them know nothing.
All of them are mute dogs unable to bark,

Dreamers lying down, who love to slumber;

“As I live,” declares the Lord God, “surely because My flock has become a prey, My flock has even become food for all the beasts of the field for lack of a shepherd, and My shepherds did not search for My flock, but rather the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock;

For such men are slaves, not of our Lord Christ but of their own appetites; and by their smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.

For many walk, of whom I often told you, and now tell you even weeping, that they are enemies of the cross of Christ,

suffering wrong as the wages of doing wrong. They count it a pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are stains and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, as they carouse with you,

These are the men who are hidden reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you without fear, caring for themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted;

To the degree that she glorified herself and lived sensuously, to the same degree give her torment and mourning; for she says in her heart, ‘I sit as a queen and I am not a widow, and will never see mourning.’