Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
The strait
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General references
Bible References
The strait
Matthew 7:13 “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad and easy to travel is the path that leads the way to destruction and eternal loss, and there are many who enter through it.
For
Proverbs 1:24
“Because I called and you refused [to answer],
I stretched out my hand and no one has paid attention [to my offer];
“Because I called and you refused [to answer],
I stretched out my hand and no one has paid attention [to my offer];
Proverbs 14:6
A scoffer seeks wisdom and finds none [for his ears are closed to wisdom],
But knowledge is easy for one who understands [because he is willing to learn].
A scoffer seeks wisdom and finds none [for his ears are closed to wisdom],
But knowledge is easy for one who understands [because he is willing to learn].
Proverbs 21:25
The desire of the lazy kills him,
For his hands refuse to labor;
The desire of the lazy kills him,
For his hands refuse to labor;
Ecclesiastes 10:15
The labor of a fool so wearies him [because he is ignorant] that he does not even know how to go to a city.
Isaiah 1:15
“So when you spread out your hands [in prayer, pleading for My help],
I will hide My eyes from you;
Yes, even though you offer many prayers,
I will not be listening.
Your hands are full of blood!
“So when you spread out your hands [in prayer, pleading for My help],
I will hide My eyes from you;
Yes, even though you offer many prayers,
I will not be listening.
Your hands are full of blood!
Isaiah 58:2
“Yet they seek Me day by day and delight [superficially] to know My ways,
As [if they were in reality] a nation that has done righteousness
And has not abandoned (turned away from) the ordinance of their God.
They ask of Me righteous judgments,
They delight in the nearness of God.
“Yet they seek Me day by day and delight [superficially] to know My ways,
As [if they were in reality] a nation that has done righteousness
And has not abandoned (turned away from) the ordinance of their God.
They ask of Me righteous judgments,
They delight in the nearness of God.
Ezekiel 33:31
They come to you as people come, and they sit before you as My people, and they hear your words, but they do not practice them; for with their mouth they express loving devotion, but their heart goes after their (unlawful) gain.
Mark 6:18
For John had been saying to Herod, “It is not lawful [under Mosaic Law] for you to have your brother’s wife.”
John 7:34 You will look for Me, and will not [be able to] find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”
John 8:21
Then He said again to them, “I am going away, and you will look for Me, and you will die [unforgiven and condemned] in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”
John 13:33 Little children, I am with you [only] a little longer. You will look for Me and, as I told the Jews, so I tell you now, ‘Where I am going, you are not able to come.’
Romans 9:31
whereas Israel, [though always] pursuing the law of righteousness, did not succeed in fulfilling the law.
Romans 10:3
For not knowing about God’s righteousness [which is based on faith], and seeking to establish their own [righteousness based on works], they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
General references
Proverbs 14:12
There is a way which seems right to a man and appears straight before him,
But its end is the way of death.
There is a way which seems right to a man and appears straight before him,
But its end is the way of death.
Matthew 22:14 For many are called (invited, summoned), but few are chosen.”
John 7:34 You will look for Me, and will not [be able to] find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”