Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

Bible References

That there

1 Timothy 4:1
Now the Spirit explicitly says that in the later times some will desert the faith and occupy themselves with deceiving spirits and demonic teachings,
2 Timothy 3:1
But understand this, that in the last days difficult times will come.
1 John 2:18
Children, it is the last hour, and just as you heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. We know from this that it is the last hour.
Jude 1:18
For they said to you, "In the end time there will come scoffers, propelled by their own ungodly desires."

Scoffers

Proverbs 1:22
"How long will you simpletons love naivet?? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 3:34
Although he is scornful to arrogant scoffers, yet he shows favor to the humble.
Proverbs 14:6
The scorner seeks wisdom but finds none, but understanding is easy for a discerning person.
Isaiah 5:19
They say, "Let him hurry, let him act quickly, so we can see; let the plan of the Holy One of Israel take shape and come to pass, then we will know it!"
Isaiah 28:14
Therefore, listen to the Lord's word, you who mock, you rulers of these people who reside in Jerusalem!
Isaiah 29:20
For tyrants will disappear, those who taunt will vanish, and all those who love to do wrong will be eliminated --
Hosea 7:5
At the celebration of their king, his princes become inflamed with wine; they conspire with evildoers.

Walking

2 Peter 2:10
especially those who indulge their fleshly desires and who despise authority. Brazen and insolent, they are not afraid to insult the glorious ones,
2 Corinthians 4:2
But we have rejected shameful hidden deeds, not behaving with deceptiveness or distorting the word of God, but by open proclamation of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience before God.
Jude 1:16
These people are grumblers and fault-finders who go wherever their desires lead them, and they give bombastic speeches, enchanting folks for their own gain.

General references

Proverbs 9:12
If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage, but if you are a mocker, you alone must bear it.
Proverbs 14:25
A truthful witness rescues lives, but the one who breathes lies brings deception.
Jeremiah 17:15
Listen to what they are saying to me. They are saying, "Where are the things the Lord threatens us with? Come on! Let's see them happen!"
Zechariah 1:5
"As for your ancestors, where are they? And did the prophets live forever?

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