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
Wait patiently for the Lord! Wait confidently for him! Do not fret over the apparent success of a sinner, a man who carries out wicked schemes!
Psalm 46:10
He says, "Stop your striving and recognize that I am God! I will be exalted over the nations! I will be exalted over the earth!"
Amos 8:3
The women singing in the temple will wail in that day." The sovereign Lord is speaking. "There will be many corpses littered everywhere! Be quiet!"
Habakkuk 2:20
But the Lord is in his majestic palace. The whole earth is speechless in his presence!"
Make
Jeremiah 16:4
They will die of deadly diseases. No one will mourn for them. They will not be buried. Their dead bodies will lie like manure spread on the ground. They will be killed in war or die of starvation. Their corpses will be food for the birds and wild animals.
Bind
Ezekiel 24:23
Your turbans will be on your heads and your sandals on your feet; you will not mourn or weep, but you will rot for your iniquities and groan among yourselves.
Leviticus 10:6
Then Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar his other two sons, "Do not dishevel the hair of your heads and do not tear your garments, so that you do not die and so that wrath does not come on the whole congregation. Your brothers, all the house of Israel, are to mourn the burning which the Lord has caused,
Leviticus 21:10
"'The high priest -- who is greater than his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil is poured, who has been ordained to wear the priestly garments -- must neither dishevel the hair of his head nor tear his garments.
Cover
Ezekiel 24:22
Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lip or eat food brought by others.
Leviticus 13:45
"As for the diseased person who has the infection, his clothes must be torn, the hair of his head must be unbound, he must cover his mustache, and he must call out 'Unclean! Unclean!'
Micah 3:7
The prophets will be ashamed; the omen readers will be humiliated. All of them will cover their mouths, for they will receive no divine oracles."
Lips
Ezekiel 24:22
Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lip or eat food brought by others.
Eat
Hosea 9:4
They will not pour out drink offerings of wine to the Lord; they will not please him with their sacrifices. Their sacrifices will be like bread eaten while in mourning; all those who eat them will make themselves ritually unclean. For their bread will be only to satisfy their appetite; it will not come into the temple of the Lord.
The bread of men
Jeremiah 16:7
No one will take any food to those who mourn for the dead to comfort them. No one will give them any wine to drink to console them for the loss of their father or mother.
General references
Ezekiel 24:22
Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lip or eat food brought by others.