Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king's son, lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.
Why art
I love
My brother
General references
Bible References
Why art
1 Kings 21:7
Then his wife Jezebel said to him, “Now, exercise your royal power over Israel. Get up, eat some food, and be happy. For I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”
Esther 5:13
Still, none of this satisfies me since I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the King’s Gate all the time.”
Luke 12:32 Don’t be afraid, little flock, because your Father delights to give you the kingdom.
I love
Isaiah 3:9 The look on their faces testifies against them,
and like Sodom, they flaunt their sin.
They do not conceal it.
Woe to them,
for they have brought evil on themselves.
and like Sodom,
They do not conceal it.
Woe to them,
for they have brought evil on themselves.
Jeremiah 8:12 Were they ashamed when they acted so abhorrently?
They weren’t at all ashamed.
They can no longer feel humiliation.
Therefore, they will fall among the fallen.
When I punish them, they will collapse,”
says the Lord.
They weren’t at all ashamed.
They can no longer feel humiliation.
Therefore, they will fall among the fallen.
When I punish them, they will collapse,”
says the Lord.
Micah 7:3 Both hands are good at accomplishing evil:
the official and the judge demand a bribe;
when the powerful man communicates his evil desire,
they plot it together.
the official and the judge demand a bribe;
when the powerful man communicates his evil desire,
they plot it together.
My brother
Leviticus 18:9
You are not to have sexual intercourse with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s, whether born at home or born elsewhere. You are not to have sex with her.
Leviticus 20:17
If a man marries his sister, whether his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off publicly from their people. He has had sexual intercourse with his sister; he will bear his punishment.
General references
Numbers 11:6
But now our appetite is gone; there’s nothing to look at but this manna!”