Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.

Bible References

Waxed

Deuteronomy 31:20
When I bring them into the land I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. They will turn to other gods and worship them, despising Me and breaking My covenant.
Esther 9:4
For Mordecai exercised great power in the palace, and his fame spread throughout the provinces as he became more and more powerful.
Jeremiah 5:27
Like a cage full of birds,
so their houses are full of deceit.
Therefore they have grown powerful and rich.
Ezekiel 16:7
I made you thrive like plants of the field. You grew up and matured and became very beautiful. Your breasts were formed and your hair grew, but you were stark naked.

When

Daniel 4:31
While the words were still in the king’s mouth, a voice came from heaven: “King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is declared that the kingdom has departed from you.
Daniel 5:20
But when his heart was exalted and his spirit became arrogant, he was deposed from his royal throne and his glory was taken from him.
2 Chronicles 26:16
But when he became strong, he grew arrogant and it led to his own destruction. He acted unfaithfully against the Lord his God by going into the Lord’s sanctuary to burn incense on the incense altar.
Psalm 82:6
I said, “You are gods;
you are all sons of the Most High.
Ezekiel 28:9
Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’
in the presence of those who kill you?
Yet you will be only a man, not a god,
in the hands of those who kill you.

Toward

Daniel 7:2
Daniel said, “In my vision at night I was watching, and suddenly the four winds of heaven stirred up the great sea.
Matthew 24:31
He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.
Mark 13:27
He will send out the angels and gather His elect from the four winds, from the end of the earth to the end of the sky.
Revelation 7:1
After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, restraining the four winds of the earth so that no wind could blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree.

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