Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord.
The tekoites
Their nobles
Bible References
The tekoites
Nehemiah 3:27
After them the Tekoites repaired another section in front of the great projecting tower and as far as the wall of Ophel.
2 Samuel 14:2
So Joab sent to Tekoa and brought a wise woman from there and said to her, “Please pretend to be a mourner, and put on mourning garments now, and do not anoint yourself with oil, but be like a woman who has been mourning for the dead many days;
Amos 1:1
The words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders from Tekoa, which he envisioned in visions concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
Their nobles
Judges 5:23 ‘Curse Meroz,’ said the angel of the Lord,
‘Utterly curse its inhabitants;
Because they did not come to the help of the Lord,
To the help of the Lord against the warriors.’
‘Utterly curse its inhabitants;
To the help of the Lord against the warriors.’
Jeremiah 5:4 Then I said, “They are only the poor,
They are foolish;
For theydo not know the way of the Lord
Or the ordinance of their God.
They are foolish;
For they
Or the ordinance of their God.
1 Corinthians 1:26
For consider your calling, brethren, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;
1 Timothy 6:17
Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy.
Put not
Jeremiah 27:2
thus says the Lord to me—“Make for yourself bonds and yokes and put them on your neck,
Jeremiah 30:8
‘It shall come about on that day,’ declares the Lord of hosts, ‘that I will break his yoke from off their neck and will tear off their bonds; and strangers will no longer make them their slaves.
Matthew 11:29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Acts 15:10
Now therefore why do you put God to the test by placing upon the neck of the disciples a yoke which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?