Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

Bible References

The bed

Isaiah 57:12
I will expose your righteousness,
and your works—they will not profit you.
Isaiah 59:5
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
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
But look, you keep trusting in deceitful words that cannot help.
Romans 9:30
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
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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