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.
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.
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.
and all our righteous acts are like a polluted
all of us wither like a leaf,
and our iniquities
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.
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.