Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
Can i discern
Taste
A burden
Bible References
Can i discern
Job 6:30
Is there injustice on my tongue? Or can my palate not discern calamity?
Job 12:11
Does not [the] ear test words and [the] palate taste food for itself?
Hebrews 5:14
But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have trained their faculties for the distinguishing of both good and evil.
1 Peter 2:3
if you have tasted that the Lord [is] kind,
Taste
Ecclesiastes 12:1
Remember your Creator in the days of your youth-- before the days of trouble come and the years draw near when you will say, "I find no pleasure in them!"
I hear
Ezra 2:65
apart from their male and female servants, of whom were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred male and female singers.
Nehemiah 7:67
besides their servants and female slaves--these were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven. And the male and female singers were two hundred and forty-five,
Exodus 2:8
And the daughter of Pharaoh said to her, "Go." And the girl went, and she called the mother of the boy.
Exodus 12:4
And if the household is too small for a lamb, he and the neighbor nearest to his house will take [one] according to the number of persons; you will count out portions of the lamb {according to how much each one can eat}.
A burden
2 Samuel 13:25
The king said to Absalom, "No my son, not all of us shall go, so that we not be a burden to you." And he urged him, but he [was] not willing to go, but he blessed him.
2 Samuel 15:33
David said to him, "If you move on with me, you will be a burden to me,