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
Daleth Be silent before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not be angry with him who prospers in his way, with the man who brings wicked devices to pass.
Psalm 46:10
Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted in the Gentiles, I will be exalted in the earth.
Amos 8:3
And the cantors of the temple shall howl in that day, said the Lord GOD; there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.
Habakkuk 2:20
But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
Make
Jeremiah 16:4
They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth; and they shall be consumed by the sword and by famine; and their carcasses shall be food for the fowls of heaven and for the beasts of the earth.
Bind
Ezekiel 24:23
And your turbans shall be upon your heads and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities and cry out one with another.
Leviticus 10:6
Then Moses said unto Aaron and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Do not uncover your heads, neither rend your clothes lest ye die and lest wrath come upon the whole congregation; but your brethren, the whole house of Israel, shall lament the burning which the LORD has done.
Leviticus 21:10
And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head nor rend his clothes;
Cover
Ezekiel 24:22
And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips nor eat the bread of men.
Leviticus 13:45
And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent and his head uncovered, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.
Micah 3:7
Then the prophets shall be ashamed, and the diviners confounded; and they shall all cover their lips because they shall have no answer from God.
Lips
Ezekiel 24:22
And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips nor eat the bread of men.
Eat
Hosea 9:4
They shall not pour out wine unto the LORD, neither shall he take pleasure in their sacrifices; as the bread of mourners shall they be unto them; all that eat thereof shall be polluted; for their bread shall not enter into the house of the LORD because of their soul.
The bread of men
Jeremiah 16:7
neither shall they break the bread of mourning for them, to comfort themselves for their death; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.
General references
Ezekiel 24:22
And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips nor eat the bread of men.