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 declare thy righteousness, and thy works; and they shall not profit thee.
Isaiah 59:5
They hatch serpents' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.
Isaiah 64:6
And we are all become as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have carried us away;
Isaiah 66:3
He that slaughtereth an ox, smiteth a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, breaketh a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, it is as swine's blood; he that presenteth a memorial of incense, is as he that blesseth an idol. As they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations,
Jeremiah 7:8
Behold, ye confide in words of falsehood that cannot profit.
Romans 9:30
What then shall we say? That they of the nations, who did not follow after righteousness, have attained righteousness, but the righteousness that is on the principle of faith.
1 Corinthians 1:18
For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness, but to us that are saved it is God's power.