Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:

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And trust

Isaiah 28:15
Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death,
And with Sheol we have made a pact.
The overwhelming scourge will not reach us when it passes by,
For we have made falsehood our refuge and we have concealed ourselves with deception.”
Isaiah 47:10
“You felt secure in your wickedness and said,
No one sees me,’
Your wisdom and your knowledge, they have deluded you;
For you have said in your heart,
I am, and there is no one besides me.’
Psalm 52:7
“Behold, the man who would not make God his refuge,
But trusted in the abundance of his riches
And was strong in his evil desire.”
Psalm 62:10
Do not trust in oppression
And do not vainly hope in robbery;
If riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
Jeremiah 13:25
“This is your lot, the portion measured to you
From Me,” declares the Lord,
“Because you have forgotten Me
And trusted in falsehood.

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Proverbs 2:15
Whose paths are crooked,
And who are devious in their ways;

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