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 Jezebel, his wife, said, Are you now the ruler of Israel? Get up, take food, and let your heart be glad; I will give you the vine-garden of Naboth the Jezreelite.
Esther 5:13
But all this is nothing to me while I see Mordecai the Jew seated by the king's doorway.
Luke 12:32
Have no fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
I love
Isaiah 3:9
Their respect for a man's position is a witness against them; and their sin is open to the view of all; like that of Sodom, it is not covered. A curse on their soul! for the measure of their sin is full.
Jeremiah 8:12
Let them be put to shame because they have done disgusting things. They had no shame, they were not able to become red with shame: so they will come down with those who are falling: in the time of their punishment they will be made low, says the Lord.
Micah 7:3
Their hands are made ready to do evil; the ruler makes requests for money, and the judge is looking for a reward; and the great man gives decisions at his pleasure, and the right is twisted.
My brother
Leviticus 18:9
You may not take your sister, the daughter of your father or of your mother, wherever her birth took place, among you or in another country.
Leviticus 20:17
And if a man takes his sister, daughter of his father or his mother, and has sex relations with her and she with him, it is an act of shame: they are to be cut off before the children of their people; he has had sex relations with his sister, and his sin will be on him.
General references
Numbers 11:6
But now our soul is wasted away; there is nothing at all: we have nothing but this manna before our eyes.