Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.

Bible References

I will hide

Deuteronomy 31:17
My anger will burn against them on that day; I will abandon them and hide My face from them so that they will become easy prey. Many troubles and afflictions will come to them. On that day they will say, ‘Haven’t these troubles come to us because our God is no longer with us?’
Job 13:24
Why do You hide Your face
and consider me Your enemy?
Job 34:29
But when God is silent, who can declare Him guilty?
When He hides His face, who can see Him?
Yet He watches over both individuals and nations,
Isaiah 64:7
No one calls on Your name,
striving to take hold of You.
For You have hidden Your face from us
and made us melt because of our iniquity.
Jeremiah 18:17
I will scatter them before the enemy like the east wind.
I will show them My back and not My face
on the day of their calamity.
Hosea 9:12
Even if they raise children,
I will bereave them of each one.
Yes, woe to them when I depart from them!

A very

Deuteronomy 32:5
His people have acted corruptly toward Him;
this is their defect—they are not His children
but a devious and crooked generation.
Isaiah 65:2
I spread out My hands all day long
to a rebellious people
who walk in the wrong path,
following their own thoughts.
Matthew 11:16
“To what should I compare this generation? It’s like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to each other:
Luke 7:31
“To what then should I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like?

Children

2 Chronicles 20:20
In the morning they got up early and went out to the wilderness of Tekoa. As they were about to go out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Hear me, Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem. Believe in Yahweh your God, and you will be established; believe in His prophets, and you will succeed.”
Isaiah 7:9
the head of Ephraim is Samaria,
and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah.
If you do not stand firm in your faith,
then you will not stand at all.
Isaiah 30:9
They are a rebellious people,
deceptive children,
children who do not want to obey the Lord’s instruction.
Matthew 17:17
Jesus replied, “You unbelieving and rebellious generation! How long will I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to Me.”
Mark 9:19
He replied to them, “You unbelieving generation! How long will I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him to Me.”
Luke 18:8
I tell you that He will swiftly grant them justice. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find that faith on earth?”
2 Thessalonians 3:2
and that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men, for not all have faith.
Hebrews 11:6
Now without faith it is impossible to please God, for the one who draws near to Him must believe that He exists and rewards those who seek Him.

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