Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.

A conspiracy

Bible References

A conspiracy

2 Peter 2:1
But there were false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers also among you; and these will stealthily introduce ruinous sects, and deny the Lord that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction:

Like

Revelation 13:11
And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke as a dragon.

They have devoured

Matthew 23:14
Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you close the kingdom of heaven in the face of men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you suffer those who are entering, to go in.
Mark 12:40
who eat up the houses of widows, and, as a pretext, make long prayers: these shall receive more abundant condemnation.
Luke 20:47
who eat up the houses of widows, and, for a pretext, make long prayers. These shall receive the greater condemnation.
Revelation 17:6
And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus; and when I saw her, I wondered with great astonishment.
Revelation 18:13
and cinnamon and amomum and incense, and ointment and frankincense, and wine and oil, and fine flour and wheat, and beasts and sheep, and horses and chariots, and bodies and souls of men.