Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom.

Bible References

Give

Genesis 38:16
He turned aside to her along the road and said, "Come on! I want to have sex with you." (He did not realize it was his daughter-in-law.) She asked, "What will you give me in exchange for having sex with you?"
Deuteronomy 23:17
There must never be a sacred prostitute among the young women of Israel nor a sacred male prostitute among the young men of Israel.
Hosea 2:12
I will destroy her vines and fig trees, about which she said, "These are my wages for prostitution that my lovers gave to me!" I will turn her cultivated vines and fig trees into an uncultivated thicket, so that wild animals will devour them.
Joel 3:3
and they cast lots for my people. They traded a boy for a prostitute; they sold a little girl for wine so they could drink.
Micah 1:7
All her carved idols will be smashed to pieces; all her metal cult statues will be destroyed by fire. I will make a waste heap of all her images. Since she gathered the metal as a prostitute collects her wages, the idols will become a prostitute's wages again."
Luke 15:30
But when this son of yours came back, who has devoured your assets with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!'

But thou

Isaiah 30:3
But Pharaoh's protection will bring you nothing but shame, and the safety of Egypt's protective shade nothing but humiliation.
Isaiah 57:9
You take olive oil as tribute to your king, along with many perfumes. You send your messengers to a distant place; you go all the way to Sheol.
Hosea 8:9
They have gone up to Assyria, like a wild donkey that wanders off. Ephraim has hired prostitutes as lovers.

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