Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
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Hosea 7:4
All of them are adulterers they burn like an oven prepared by the baker, who has ceased stoking it until the dough is leavened.
1 Samuel 19:11
Saul sent messengers to David's house to watch him so they could kill him in the morning. David's wife, Michal, told him, "If you don't escape with your life tonight, tomorrow you'll be put to death."
2 Samuel 13:28
Then Absalom instructed his young men, "Please keep watching Amnon until he's drunk. Then I'll tell you, "Attack Amnon!' As soon as I do, kill him and don't be afraid! You have your orders, so be strong and brave!"
Psalm 10:8
They wait in ambush in the villages, they kill the innocent in secret.
Proverbs 4:16
For they cannot sleep unless they are doing evil, and they are robbed of their sleep unless they cause someone to stumble.
Micah 2:1
"Woe to those who are crafting iniquity, planning evil well into the night! When morning's light comes, they carry out their plans because they have the power to do so.
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Proverbs 6:27
Can a man scoop fire into his bosom without burning his clothes?