Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

The inhabitants

Bible References

We have been in

Isaiah 37:3
And they said to him, So says Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy! For the sons have come to the birth, and no strength to bring forth.
2 Kings 19:3
And they said to him, So says Hezekiah, This is a day of trouble and of rebuke and contempt. For the sons have come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring forth.
Hosea 13:13
The pains of a woman in travail shall come to him. He is an unwise son; for he cannot stand still in the time of the breaking forth of sons.

We have not

Exodus 5:22
And Moses returned to Jehovah, and said, Lord, why have You treated this people ill? Why then have you sent me?
Joshua 7:7
And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord God, why have You at all brought this people over Jordan to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites, to destroy us? And, oh that we had been content and lived on the other side Jordan!
1 Samuel 11:13
And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day, for today Jehovah has worked salvation in Israel.
1 Samuel 14:45
And the people said to Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who has worked out this great salvation in Israel? Far be it! As Jehovah lives, not one hair of his head shall fall to the ground, for he has worked with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, so that he did not die.

The inhabitants

Psalm 17:14
from men by Your hand, O Jehovah, from men of the world whose portion is in this life, and whose belly You fill with Your treasure. They are satisfied with sons, and will leave their riches to their babes.
John 7:7
The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it, that its works are evil.
1 John 5:19
We know that we are of God, and all the world lies in evil.