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.

Bible References

Betroth

Deuteronomy 20:6
And who is the man that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not made it common? -- let him go and turn back to his house, lest he die in battle, and another man make it common.
Job 31:10
Grind to another let my wife, And over her let others bend.
Jeremiah 8:10
Therefore, I give their wives to others, Their fields to dispossessors, For from the least even unto the greatest, Every one is gaining dishonest gain, From prophet even unto priest, every one is dealing falsely.
Hosea 4:2
Swearing, and lying, and murdering, And stealing, and committing adultery -- have increased, And blood against blood hath touched.

Build

Job 3:18
Together prisoners have been at ease, They have not heard the voice of an exactor,
Isaiah 5:9
By the weapons of Jehovah of Hosts Do not many houses a desolation become? Great and good without inhabitant!
Isaiah 65:21
And they have built houses, and inhabited, And planted vineyards, and eaten their fruit.
Jeremiah 12:13
They sowed wheat, and have thorns reaped, They have become sick -- they profit not, And they have been ashamed of your increases, Because of the fierceness of the anger of Jehovah.
Lamentations 5:2
Our inheritance hath been turned to strangers, Our houses to foreigners.
Amos 5:11
Therefore, because of your trampling on the poor, And the tribute of corn ye take from him, Houses of hewn work ye have built, And ye do not dwell in them, Desirable vineyards ye have planted, And ye do not drink their wine.
Micah 6:15
Thou -- thou sowest, and thou dost not reap, Thou -- thou treadest the olive, And thou pourest not out oil, And new wine -- and thou drinkest not wine.
Zephaniah 1:13
And their wealth hath been for a spoil, And their houses for desolation, And they have built houses, and do not inhabit, And they have planted vineyards, And they do not drink their wine.

General references

Ecclesiastes 3:13
yea, even every man who eateth and hath drunk and seen good by all his labour, it is a gift of God.
Isaiah 65:21
And they have built houses, and inhabited, And planted vineyards, and eaten their fruit.
Lamentations 5:11
Wives in Zion they have humbled, Virgins -- in cities of Judah.