Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
That increaseth
Ladeth
General references
Bible References
Take
Numbers 23:7
Balaam delivered this message: Balak brought me from Aram. The king of Moab summoned me from the eastern mountains. Come and curse Jacob for me, he said. 'Come and condemn Israel.
Isaiah 14:4
You will mock the king of Babylon with this saying: How the tyrant has come to an end! How his attacks have come to an end!
Jeremiah 29:22
Because of them, all the captives from Judah who are in Babylon will use this curse: May Jehovah curse you as he cursed Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon burned to death.
Jeremiah 50:13
No one will live in Babylon because of Jehovah's anger. It will be completely abandoned. Everyone who passes by Babylon will be horrified and hiss at all its wounds.
Ezekiel 32:21
The mightiest warriors will say to Pharaoh from the grave: You and your defenders have come down. You now lie with the godless people who were killed in battle.
Micah 2:4
In that day they will taunt you and speak mournfully with sorrow and much grief: 'We are utterly ruined! He exchanged the portion of my people and removed it from me. He divided our fields and gave them to the apostate.'
That increaseth
Habakkuk 1:9
They all come for violence. Their crowds look straight ahead and gather prisoners like the sand.
Job 20:15
He will spit out the riches he swallowed. God will make his stomach vomit them up.
Job 22:6
You have indeed exacted pledges from your family for no reason, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
Proverbs 22:16
He who gets ahead by oppressing the poor and giving to the rich will certainly suffer loss.
Jeremiah 51:34
The people of Jerusalem say: King Nebuchadnezzar made us panic. That monster (big snake) filled up with our treasures, leaving us empty. He gobbled down what he wanted and spit out the rest.
James 5:1
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.
How
Psalm 94:3
O Jehovah, how long shall the wicked exult?
Luke 12:20
But God said to him: 'You fool this night you will give up your life. Then who will have all these things you accumulated?'
1 Corinthians 7:29
I will say this brothers the time remaining is short. So from now on those who have wives should be like those who have none.
1 Peter 4:7
The end of all things is near. Be of sound mind and judgment. Also be sober for the purpose of prayer.
Ladeth
Habakkuk 2:13
Is it for Jehovah of Hosts that the peoples labor for the fire? Do the nations weary themselves for vanity?
Isaiah 44:20
They eat ashes because they are deceived. Their own misguided minds lead them astray. They cannot rescue themselves or ask themselves: Is what I hold in my right hand a false god?
Isaiah 55:2
Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and you will delight in the richest of fare.
General references
Numbers 21:27
That is why the Amorites had written this poem about Heshbon: Come and rebuild Heshbon, King Sihon's capital city!