Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.
Like people
Reward them
General references
Bible References
Like people
Isaiah 9:14 So the Lord cut off Israel’s head and tail,
palm branch and reed in a single day.
palm branch and reed in a single day.
Isaiah 24:2 people and priest alike,
servant and master,
female servant and mistress,
buyer and seller,
lender and borrower,
creditor and debtor.
servant and master,
female servant and mistress,
buyer and seller,
lender and borrower,
creditor and debtor.
Jeremiah 5:31 The prophets prophesy falsely,
and the priests rule by their own authority.
My people love it like this.
But what will you do at the end of it?
and the priests rule by their own authority.
My people love it like this.
But what will you do at the end of it?
Jeremiah 8:10 Therefore, I will give their wives to other men,
their fields to new occupants,
for from the least to the greatest,
everyone is making profit dishonestly.
From prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.
their fields to new occupants,
for from the least to the greatest,
everyone is making profit dishonestly.
From prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.
Jeremiah 23:11 because both prophet and priest are ungodly,
even in My house I have found their evil.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
even in My house I have found their evil.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Ezekiel 22:26
Her priests do violence to My instruction and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they do not explain the difference between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
Matthew 15:14 Leave them alone! They are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
Reward them
Psalm 109:17 He loved cursing—let it fall on him;
he took no delight in blessing—let it be far from him.
he took no delight in blessing—let it be far from him.
Proverbs 5:22 A wicked man’s iniquities entrap him;
he is entangled in the ropes of his own sin.
he is entangled in the ropes of his own sin.
Isaiah 3:10 Tell the righteous that it will go well for them,
for they will eat the fruit of their labor.
for they will eat the fruit of their labor.
Zechariah 1:6
But didn’t My words and My statutes that I commanded My servants the prophets overtake your ancestors? They repented and said: As the Lord of Hosts purposed to deal with us for our ways and deeds, so He has dealt with us.”
General references
Acts 23:14
These men went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves under a solemn curse that we won’t eat anything until we have killed Paul.