Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.

General references

Bible References

Was it not thine

Exodus 35:21
Everyone whose heart was moved and whose spirit prompted him came and brought an offering to the Lord for the work on the tent of meeting, for all its services, and for the holy garments.
1 Chronicles 29:3
Moreover, because of my delight in the house of my God, I now give my personal treasures of gold and silver for the house of my God over and above all that I’ve provided for the holy house:
1 Corinthians 8:8
Food will not make us acceptable to God. We are not inferior if we don’t eat, and we are not better if we do eat.
1 Corinthians 9:5
Don’t we have the right to be accompanied by a Christian wife like the other apostles, the Lord’s brothers, and Cephas?
Philemon 1:14
But I didn’t want to do anything without your consent, so that your good deed might not be out of obligation, but of your own free will.

Why

Acts 8:21
You have no part or share in this matter, because your heart is not right before God.
Joshua 7:25
Joshua said, “Why have you troubled us? Today the Lord will trouble you!” So all Israel stoned them to death. They burned their bodies, threw stones on them,
Job 15:35
They conceive trouble and give birth to evil;
their womb prepares deception.
Psalm 7:14
See, the wicked one is pregnant with evil,
conceives trouble, and gives birth to deceit.
Isaiah 59:4
No one makes claims justly;
no one pleads honestly.
They trust in empty and worthless words;
they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.
Ezekiel 38:10
“This is what the Lord God says: On that day, thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.

Thou hast

Acts 5:3
Then Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the proceeds from the field?
Exodus 16:8
Moses continued, “The Lord will give you meat to eat this evening and more than enough bread in the morning, for He has heard the complaints that you are raising against Him. Who are we? Your complaints are not against us but against the Lord.”
Numbers 16:11
Therefore, it is you and all your followers who have conspired against the Lord! As for Aaron, who is he that you should complain about him?”
1 Samuel 8:7
But the Lord told him, “Listen to the people and everything they say to you. They have not rejected you; they have rejected Me as their king.
2 Kings 5:25
Gehazi came and stood by his master. “Where did you go, Gehazi?” Elisha asked him.

“Your servant didn’t go anywhere,” he replied.
Psalm 139:4
Before a word is on my tongue,
You know all about it, Lord.
Luke 10:16
Whoever listens to you listens to Me. Whoever rejects you rejects Me. And whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”
1 Thessalonians 4:8
Therefore, the person who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who also gives you His Holy Spirit.

General references

Ecclesiastes 5:5
Better that you do not vow than that you vow and not fulfill it.
Luke 14:33
In the same way, therefore, every one of you who does not say good-bye to all his possessions cannot be My disciple.

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