Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
Before the lord
General references
Bible References
A mighty
Genesis 6:4
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days. And also after that, when the sons of God came to the daughters of men, and they bore sons to them, the same were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.
Genesis 25:27
And the boys grew. And Esau was a skilful hunter, a man of the field. And Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents.
Genesis 27:30
And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
Jeremiah 16:16
Behold, I will send for many fishermen, says LORD, and they shall fish them up. And afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.
Ezekiel 13:18
And say, Thus says lord LORD: Woe to the women who sew pillows upon all elbows, and make headdresses for the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and save souls alive for yourselves?
Micah 7:2
The devout man has perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men. They all lay in wait for blood. They hunt every man his brother with a net.
Before the lord
Genesis 6:11
And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
Genesis 13:13
Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinners against LORD.
Even
2 Chronicles 28:22
And in the time of his distress he trespassed yet more against LORD, this same king Ahaz.
Psalm 52:7
Lo, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
General references
1 Chronicles 1:10
And Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth.