Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.
To sift
Causing
Bible References
His breath
Luke 22:31
Simon, Simon, Satan has claimed the right to sift you all like wheat,
2 Thessalonians 2:8
Then shall the Lawless One be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will destroy with the breath of his lips and quell by his appearing and arrival ??9 that One whose arrival is due to Satan's activity, with the full power, the miracles and portents, of falsehood,
Hebrews 4:12
For the Logos of God is a living thing, active and more cutting than any sword with double edge, penetrating to the very division of soul and spirit, joints and marrow ??scrutinizing the very thoughts and conceptions of the heart.
Revelation 1:16
in his right hand he held seven stars, a sharp sword with a double edge issued from his mouth, and his face shone like the sun in full strength.
Revelation 2:16
Repent; if not, I will very soon come to you and make war upon them with the sword of my mouth.
To sift
Matthew 3:12
His winnowing-fan is in his hand, he will clean out his threshing-floor, his wheat he will gather into the granary, but the straw he will burn with fire unquenchable."
Causing
2 Thessalonians 2:11
Therefore God visits them with an active delusion, till they put faith in falsehood,