Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
Things which
To bring
General references
Bible References
Things which
Romans 4:17
in God’s sight. As it is written: I have made you the father of many nations. He believed in God, who gives life to the dead and calls things into existence that do not exist.
2 Corinthians 12:11
I have become a fool; you forced it on me. I should have been endorsed by you, since I am not in any way inferior to the “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
To bring
1 Corinthians 2:6
However, we do speak a wisdom among the mature, but not a wisdom of this age, or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.
Deuteronomy 28:63
Just as the Lord was glad to cause you to prosper and to multiply you, so He will also be glad to cause you to perish and to destroy you. You will be deported from the land you are entering to possess.
Job 34:19 God is not partial to princes
and does not favor the rich over the poor,
for they are all the work of His hands.
and does not favor the rich over the poor,
for they are all the work of His hands.
Psalm 32:10 Many pains come to the wicked,
but the one who trusts in the Lord
will have faithful love surrounding him.
but the one who trusts in the Lord
will have faithful love surrounding him.
Psalm 37:35 I have seen a wicked, violent man
well-rooted like a flourishing native tree.
well-rooted
Isaiah 2:11 Human pride will be humbled,
and the loftiness of men will be brought low;
the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.
and the loftiness of men will be brought low;
the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.
Isaiah 17:13 The nations rage like the raging of many waters.
He rebukes them, and they flee far away,
driven before the wind like chaff on the hills
and like tumbleweeds before a gale.
He rebukes them, and they flee far away,
driven before the wind like chaff on the hills
and like tumbleweeds before a gale.
Isaiah 37:36
Then the angel of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies!
Isaiah 41:12 You will look for those who contend with you,
but you will not find them.
Those who war against you
will become absolutely nothing.
but you will not find them.
Those who war against you
will become absolutely nothing.
Daniel 2:34
As you were watching, a stone broke off without a hand touching it, struck the statue on its feet of iron and fired clay, and crushed them.
Revelation 18:17 for in a single hour
such fabulous wealth was destroyed!
And every shipmaster, seafarer, the sailors, and all who do business by sea, stood far off
such fabulous wealth was destroyed!
And every shipmaster, seafarer, the sailors, and all who do business by sea, stood far off
General references
Proverbs 8:5 Learn to be shrewd, you who are inexperienced;
develop common sense, you who are foolish.
develop common sense, you who are foolish.
Romans 9:16
So then it does not depend on human will or effort but on God who shows mercy.