Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
Peaceably even upon the fattest
Forecast his devices
Bible References
Peaceably even upon the fattest
Judges 9:4
And they gave him seventy [pieces] of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired vain and unstable fellows who followed him.
Proverbs 17:8
A bribe is a precious stone in the eyes of him who has it; wherever it turns, it prospers.
Proverbs 19:6
Many will entreat the favor of a generous man, and every man is a friend to him who gives gifts.
Forecast his devices
Daniel 7:25
And he shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the sanctified of the Most High. And he shall think to change the times and the law, and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and half a time.
Ezekiel 38:10
Thus says lord LORD: It shall come to pass in that day, that things shall come into thy mind, and thou shall devise an evil plan.
Matthew 9:4
And having known their thoughts Jesus said, Why think ye evil in your hearts?