Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
Bible References
What
Judges 6:13
Then Gideon said to him, “O my lord, if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about, saying, ‘Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the Lord has abandoned us and given us into the hand of Midian.”
Jeremiah 44:17
But rather we will certainly carry out every word that has proceeded from our mouths, by burning sacrifices to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, just as we ourselves, our forefathers, our kings and our princes did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then we had plenty of food and were well off and saw no misfortune.
Wisely
Genesis 6:11
Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth was filled with violence.
Psalm 14:2 The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men
To see if there are any whounderstand,
Whoseek after God.
To see if there are any who
Who
Isaiah 50:1
Thus says the Lord,
“Where is thecertificate of divorce
By which I havesent your mother away?
Or to whom of My creditors did Isell you?
Behold, you were sold for youriniquities,
And for yourtransgressions your mother was sent away.
“Where is the
By which I have
Or to whom of My creditors did I
Behold, you were sold for your
And for your
Romans 1:22 Professing to be wise, they became fools,
Romans 3:9
What then? Are we better than they? Not at all; for we have already charged that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin;