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! listen. Satan demanded leave to sift you all like wheat,
2 Thessalonians 2:8
Then will 'Wickedness Incarnate' appear, but the Lord Jesus will destroy him with the breath of his lips, and annihilate him by the splendor of his Coming.
Hebrews 4:12
God's Message is a living and active power, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing its way till it penetrates soul and spirit--not the joints only but the very marrow--and detecting the inmost thoughts and purposes of the mind.
Revelation 1:16
in his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like 'the sun in the fulness of its power.'
Revelation 2:16
Therefore repent, or else, I will come quickly and contend with such men with words that will cut like a sword.
To sift
Matthew 3:12
His winnowing-fan is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing-floor, and store his grain in the barn, but the chaff he will burn with inextinguishable fire."
Causing
2 Thessalonians 2:11
That is why God places them under the influence of a delusion, to cause them to believe a lie;