Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?

How much rather

Bible References

His servants

2 Kings 5:3
And she said to her mistress, I wish my lord were with the prophet in Samaria! For he would recover him from his leprosy.
1 Samuel 25:14
And one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold! David sent messengers out of the wilderness to greet our master, and he screamed at them.
1 Kings 20:23
And the servants of the king of Syria said to him, Their gods are gods of the hills. On account of this they were stronger than we were. But let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.
Job 32:8
But a spirit is in man giving them perception, even the breath of the Almighty.
Jeremiah 38:7
And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, of the eunuchs in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the pit (the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin),

How much rather

1 Corinthians 1:21
For since, in the wisdom of God, the world by wisdom did not know God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe.

Wash

2 Kings 5:10
And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall come to you, and you shall be clean.
Psalm 51:2
Wash me completely from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
Isaiah 1:16
Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes; cease to do evil;
John 13:8
Peter said to Him, You shall never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, Unless I wash you, you have no part with Me.
Acts 22:16
And now what do you intend? Arise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
Ephesians 5:26
that He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the Word,
Titus 3:5
not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,
Hebrews 10:22
let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies having been washed with pure water.
1 Peter 3:21
which figure now also saves us, baptism; not a putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ;
Revelation 7:14
And I said to him, Sir, you know. And he said to me, These are the ones who came out of the great tribulation and have washed their robes, and have whitened them in the blood of the Lamb.