Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.
Forbear to cry
Make
Lips
Eat
The bread of men
General references
Bible References
Forbear to cry
Psalm 37:7 Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him;
Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way,
Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.
Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.
Psalm 46:10 “Cease striving and know that I am God;
I will beexalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”
I will be
Amos 8:3 The songs of the palace will turn to wailing in that day,” declares the Lord God. “Many will be the corpses; in every place they will cast them forth in silence.”
Habakkuk 2:20 “But the Lord is in His holy temple.
Let all the earth be silent before Him.”
Make
Jeremiah 16:4
“They will die of deadly diseases, they will not be lamented or buried; they will be as dung on the surface of the ground and come to an end by sword and famine, and their carcasses will become food for the birds of the sky and for the beasts of the earth.”
Bind
Ezekiel 24:23
Your turbans will be on your heads and your shoes on your feet. You will not mourn and you will not weep, but you will rot away in your iniquities and you will groan to one another.
Leviticus 10:6
Then Moses said to Aaron and to his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not uncover your heads nor tear your clothes, so that you will not die and that He will not become wrathful against all the congregation. But your kinsmen, the whole house of Israel, shall bewail the burning which the Lord has brought about.
Leviticus 21:10
‘The priest who is the highest among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil has been poured and who has been consecrated to wear the garments, shall not uncover his head nor tear his clothes;
Cover
Ezekiel 24:22
You will do as I have done; you will not cover your mustache and you will not eat the bread of men.
Leviticus 13:45
“As for the leper who has the infection, his clothes shall be torn, and the hair of his head shall be uncovered, and he shall cover his mustache and cry, ‘Unclean! Unclean!’
Micah 3:7 The seers will be ashamed
And thediviners will be embarrassed.
Indeed, they will allcover their mouths
Because there isno answer from God.
And the
Indeed, they will all
Because there is
Lips
Ezekiel 24:22
You will do as I have done; you will not cover your mustache and you will not eat the bread of men.
Eat
Hosea 9:4 They will not pour out drink offerings of wine to the Lord,
Their sacrifices will not please Him.
Their bread willbe like mourners’ bread;
All who eat of it will bedefiled,
For their bread will be forthemselves alone;
It will not enter the house of the Lord.
Their bread will
All who eat of it will be
For their bread will be for
It will not enter the house of the Lord.
The bread of men
Jeremiah 16:7
Men will not break bread in mourning for them, to comfort anyone for the dead, nor give them a cup of consolation to drink for anyone’s father or mother.
General references
Ezekiel 24:22
You will do as I have done; you will not cover your mustache and you will not eat the bread of men.