Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.

Whither

Bible References

Righteousness

Daniel 9:8
Open shame belongs to us, O Lord, to our kings, our princes and our fathers, because we have sinned against You.
Deuteronomy 32:4
The Rock! His work is perfect,
For all His ways are just;
A God of faithfulness and without injustice,
Righteous and upright is He.
Ezra 9:13
After all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and our great guilt, since You our God have requited us less than our iniquities deserve, and have given us an escaped remnant as this,
Nehemiah 9:33
“However, You are just in all that has come upon us;
For You have dealt faithfully, but we have acted wickedly.
Psalm 51:4
Against You, You only, I have sinned
And done what is evil in Your sight,
So that You are justified when You speak
And blameless when You judge.
Psalm 119:137
Tsadhe.
Righteous are You, O Lord,
And upright are Your judgments.
Jeremiah 12:1
Righteous are You, O Lord, that I would plead my case with You;
Indeed I would discuss matters of justice with You:
Why has the way of the wicked prospered?
Why are all those who deal in treachery at ease?
Luke 23:40
But the other answered, and rebuking him said, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?

Unto us

Ezra 9:6
and I said, “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, for our iniquities have risen above our heads and our guilt has grown even to the heavens.
Psalm 44:15
All day long my dishonor is before me
And my humiliation has overwhelmed me,
Isaiah 45:16
They will be put to shame and even humiliated, all of them;
The manufacturers of idols will go away together in humiliation.
Jeremiah 2:26
“As the thief is shamed when he is discovered,
So the house of Israel is shamed;
They, their kings, their princes
And their priests and their prophets,
Jeremiah 3:25
Let us lie down in our shame, and let our humiliation cover us; for we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day. And we have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.”
Ezekiel 16:63
so that you may remember and be ashamed and never open your mouth anymore because of your humiliation, when I have forgiven you for all that you have done,” the Lord God declares.
Ezekiel 36:31
Then you will remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and your abominations.
Romans 6:21
Therefore what benefit were you then deriving from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome of those things is death.

Near

Deuteronomy 4:27
The Lord will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the Lord drives you.
2 Kings 17:6
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried Israel away into exile to Assyria, and settled them in Halah and Habor, on the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
Isaiah 11:11
Then it will happen on that day that the Lord
Will again recover the second time with His hand
The remnant of His people, who will remain,
From Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath,
And from the islands of the sea.
Jeremiah 24:9
I will make them a terror and an evil for all the kingdoms of the earth, as a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse in all places where I will scatter them.
Amos 9:9
“For behold, I am commanding,
And I will shake the house of Israel among all nations
As grain is shaken in a sieve,
But not a kernel will fall to the ground.
Acts 2:5
Now there were Jews living in Jerusalem, devout men from every nation under heaven.

Whither

Leviticus 26:33
You, however, I will scatter among the nations and will draw out a sword after you, as your land becomes desolate and your cities become waste.

General references

Psalm 106:6
We have sinned like our fathers,
We have committed iniquity, we have behaved wickedly.
Psalm 119:137
Tsadhe.
Righteous are You, O Lord,
And upright are Your judgments.
Jeremiah 22:8
“Many nations will pass by this city; and they will say to one another, ‘Why has the Lord done thus to this great city?’
Ezekiel 39:24
According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions I dealt with them, and I hid My face from them.”’”