Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies?
For handfuls
To slay
Bible References
For handfuls
Romans 16:18
for such as these serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own selfishness; and by flourish and flattery, deceive the open-hearted simple.
1 Peter 5:2
to exhort you to feed the flock of God, which is among you: to take care of it, voluntarily, without reluctance, not from any view to sordid gain, but out of real affection;
2 Peter 2:2
many will follow their destructive maxims, and by their means christianity will be traduc'd.
To slay
Romans 14:15
now if your brother be endanger'd by your eating, you violate the obligations of love: for such a matter as eating, will you risk his life, for whom Christ died?
1 Corinthians 8:11
so that your notions may endanger the life of thy weak brother, for whom Christ died.