Isaiah 28:20

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Isaiah 28:20

Isaiah 28:20

Indeed, the bed is too short to stretch out on,
and its cover too small to wrap up in.

Isaiah 57:12-13

I will expose your righteousness,
and your works—they will not profit you.

Isaiah 59:5-6

They hatch viper’s eggs
and weave spider’s webs.
Whoever eats their eggs will die;
crack one open, and a viper is hatched.

Isaiah 64:6

All of us have become like something unclean,
and all our righteous acts are like a polluted garment;
all of us wither like a leaf,
and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.

Isaiah 66:3-6

One slaughters an ox, one kills a man;
one sacrifices a lamb, one breaks a dog’s neck;
one offers a grain offering, one offers pig’s blood;
one offers incense, one praises an idol—
all these have chosen their ways
and delight in their detestable practices.

Jeremiah 7:8-10

But look, you keep trusting in deceitful words that cannot help.

Romans 9:30-32

What should we say then? Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained righteousness—namely the righteousness that comes from faith.

1 Corinthians 1:18-31

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but it is God’s power to us who are being saved.

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Summary

For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.

The bed

1 Corinthians 1:18

Bible References

The bed

I will expose your righteousness,
and your works—they will not profit you.

They hatch viper’s eggs
and weave spider’s webs.
Whoever eats their eggs will die;
crack one open, and a viper is hatched.

All of us have become like something unclean,
and all our righteous acts are like a polluted garment;
all of us wither like a leaf,
and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.

One slaughters an ox, one kills a man;
one sacrifices a lamb, one breaks a dog’s neck;
one offers a grain offering, one offers pig’s blood;
one offers incense, one praises an idol—
all these have chosen their ways
and delight in their detestable practices.

But look, you keep trusting in deceitful words that cannot help.

What should we say then? Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained righteousness—namely the righteousness that comes from faith.

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but it is God’s power to us who are being saved.

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