Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;
Put to the worse
Because
Shall return
Bible References
Put to the worse
Leviticus 26:17
I will condemn you so that you will go down in defeat in front of your enemies. Those who hate you will be your rulers. You will run away even when no one is chasing you.
Deuteronomy 28:25
Jehovah will cause you to be stricken before your enemies. You will go out one way against them, and flee seven ways from them. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
Joshua 7:8
O Jehovah, what shall I say, when Israel turned their backs before its enemies!
1 Kings 8:33
When your people Israel have sinned against you their enemies defeat them. They can turn to you and come to this Temple, humbly praying to you for forgiveness.
Psalm 44:10
You make us retreat from the enemy. Those who hate us rob us at will.
Because
Joshua 7:11
Israel has sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant I commanded them to keep. They have taken some of the devoted things and put them in their own possessions.
Judges 2:11
The children of Israel did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and served Baalim:
2 Kings 17:7
The wrath (intense anger) of Jehovah came on Israel because they had done evil against Jehovah their God, who took them out of the land of Egypt from under the yoke of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. They worshipped other gods.
Shall return
Leviticus 26:40
However if they confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors and the treacherous things they did to oppose me,
Deuteronomy 4:29
From there you will seek Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your being. And you will find him!
Deuteronomy 30:1
All these blessings and curses I have spoken about will happen to you. Take them to heart when you are among all the nations where Jehovah your God will scatter you.
Nehemiah 1:8
Keep in mind, O Jehovah, the order you gave your servant Moses, saying: 'If you do wrong I will send you wandering among the peoples:
Proverbs 28:13
The man who covers his sins will not be blessed; but whoever confesses and leaves them will have mercy.
Jeremiah 3:12
Go and proclaim this message to the north: 'Come back, unfaithful Israel. It is Jehovah speaking. I will no longer frown on you because I am merciful,' declares Jehovah. 'I will no longer be angry with you.
Pray
Ezra 9:5
I humbled myself before God at the evening offering. I got up, with signs of grief, and fell on my knees with my hands stretched out to Jehovah my God,
Nehemiah 9:1
Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel came together, taking no food and putting sackcloth and dust on their bodies.
Daniel 9:3
I looked to Jehovah God to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
In
2 Chronicles 6:20
Day and night may your eyes be on this Temple, the place where you said your name will be. Listen to me as I pray toward this place.