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
What man is there who has planted a vineyard, and has not used its fruit? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man use its fruit.
Job 31:10
then let my wife grind for another, and let others sleep with her.
Jeremiah 8:10
therefore I will give their wives to others, and their fields to those who shall possess them: for everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even to the priest every one deals falsely.
Hosea 4:2
There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed.
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Job 3:18
There the prisoners are at ease together. They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.
Isaiah 5:9
In my ears, the LORD of hosts says: "Surely many houses will be desolate, even great and beautiful, unoccupied.
Isaiah 65:21
They shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.
Jeremiah 12:13
They have sown wheat, and have reaped thorns; they have put themselves to pain, and profit nothing: and you shall be ashamed of your fruits, because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
Lamentations 5:2
Our inheritance is turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.
Amos 5:11
Forasmuch therefore as you trample on the poor, and take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.
Micah 6:15
You will sow, but won't reap. You will tread the olives, but won't anoint yourself with oil; and crush grapes, but won't drink the wine.
Zephaniah 1:13
Their wealth will become a spoil, and their houses a desolation. Yes, they will build houses, but won't inhabit them. They will plant vineyards, but won't drink their wine.
General references
Ecclesiastes 3:13
Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.
Isaiah 65:21
They shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.
Lamentations 5:11
They raped the women in Zion, the virgins in the cities of Judah.