Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
General references
Bible References
Horses
Isaiah 48:4
I knew that you would prove to be stubborn. You were as rigid as iron and unyielding as copper.
Jeremiah 5:3
Jehovah looks for faithfulness. He struck you, but you paid no attention. He crushed you, but you refused to learn. You were stubborn and would not turn from your sins.
Jeremiah 6:29
The bellows blow fiercely and the fire consumes the lead. The refining goes on in vain, but the wicked are not separated.
Zechariah 7:11
They refused to pay heed, turned a stubborn shoulder (resisted), and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.
For
Amos 5:7
You who turn justice to wormwood (a curse), and cast righteousness down to the earth
1 Kings 21:7
Then his wife Jezebel said: Are you now the ruler of Israel? Get up, eat and be happy. I will give you the garden of Naboth the Jezreelite.
Psalm 94:20
Can wicked rulers be allied with you? They frame mischief by decree (the law).
Isaiah 59:13
We rebelled and denied Jehovah. We turned away from our God. We spoke about oppression and revolt. We conceived and uttered lies in our hearts.
Hosea 10:4
They utter empty words and make false promises and useless treaties. Justice has become injustice, growing like poisonous weeds in a plowed field.
Micah 7:3
They diligently seek to do evil with their hands. The prince asks and the judge is ready for a bribe. The great man utters his own evil desire. They weave it together.
Habakkuk 1:3
Why do you make me see wickedness and immorality? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife exists and contention arises.
Acts 7:51
You obstinate men who are uncircumcised in heart and ears. You always resist the Holy Spirit as your fathers did.
General references
Matthew 13:5
Others fell on rocky places and did not have much soil.
Mark 4:5
Other seed fell on the rocky ground and did not have good soil. Immediately it sprang up, because it had no good soil
Luke 8:6
Other seed fell on the rock. As soon as it grew it withered away because it had no moisture.