Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.
The kingdom
But that by keeping of his covenant it might stand
Bible References
The kingdom
Ezekiel 17:6
And its growth went on and it became a vine, low and widely stretching, whose branches were turned to him and its roots were under him: so it became a vine, putting out branches and young leaves.
Ezekiel 29:14
I will let the fate of Egypt be changed, and will make them come back into the land of Pathros, into the land from which they came; and there they will be an unimportant kingdom.
Deuteronomy 28:43
The man from a strange land who is living among you will be lifted up higher and higher over you, while you go down lower and lower.
1 Samuel 2:7
The Lord gives wealth and takes a man's goods from him: crushing men down and again lifting them up;
Nehemiah 9:36
Now, today, we are servants, and as for the land which you gave to our fathers, so that the produce of it and the good might be theirs, see, we are servants in it:
Lamentations 5:10
Our skin is heated like an oven because of our burning heat from need of food.
Matthew 22:17
Give us, then, your opinion of this: Is it right to give tax to Caesar, or not?
But that by keeping of his covenant it might stand
Jeremiah 27:12
And I said all this to Zedekiah, king of Judah, saying, Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon and become his servants and his people, so that you may keep your lives.
Jeremiah 38:17
Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, These are the words of the Lord, the God of armies, the God of Israel: If you go out to the king of Babylon's captains, then you will have life, and the town will not be burned with fire, and you and your family will be kept from death: