Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.
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General references
Bible References
Betroth
Deuteronomy 20:6
And is there a man here who has planted a vineyard and not yet benefited from it? Let him go home. Otherwise, he may die in battle and another man use it.
Job 31:10
then let my wife cook for another person and may someone else sleep with her,
Jeremiah 8:10
Therefore, I'll give their wives to others, and their fields to new owners. Indeed, from the least important to the most important, they're all greedy for dishonest gain. From prophet to priest, they all act deceitfully.
Hosea 4:2
Swearing, lying, murder, theft, and adultery are rampant, and blood mingles with blood.
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Job 3:18
In that place, those who once were prisoners will be at ease together; they won't hear the voice of oppressors.
Isaiah 5:9
The LORD of the Heavenly Armies has declared this so I could hear it: "Surely many houses will become desolate, great and beautiful houses, without occupants.
Isaiah 65:21
People will build houses and live in them; They'll plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
Jeremiah 12:13
They have sown wheat, but they have harvested thorns. They have tired themselves out, but they don't show a profit. Now be disappointed about your harvest because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
Lamentations 5:2
Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, and our homes to foreigners.
Amos 5:11
"Therefore, since you trample the poor continuously, taxing his grain, building houses of stone in which you won't live and planting fine vineyards from which you won't drink
Micah 6:15
You'll plant, but you won't reap. You'll crush the olive harvest, but you'll have no oil to anoint yourself. You'll tread out the grapes, but you'll never drink wine.
Zephaniah 1:13
Therefore their possessions will be seized as plunder and their homes left in ruins. They may build houses, but they won't live in them. They may plant vineyards, but they won't drink their wine."
General references
Ecclesiastes 3:13
moreover, every person should eat, drink, and enjoy the benefits of everything that he undertakes, since it is a gift from God.
Isaiah 65:21
People will build houses and live in them; They'll plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
Lamentations 5:11
They have raped women in Zion, young women in the towns of Judah.