Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.
Thy tacklings are loosed
Bible References
Thy tacklings are loosed
Isaiah 33:21
For the glorious Majesty of the LORD shall there be present among us. In that place, where fair broad rivers and streams are, shall neither Galley row, nor great ship sail.
Ezekiel 27:26
"'Thy mariners were ever bringing unto thee out of many waters. But the east wind shall overbear thee into the midst of the sea:
Acts 27:19
and the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.
Then
Isaiah 33:1
Wherefore woe be unto thee, O robber: shalt not thou be robbed also? And unto thee that layest wait: as who say there should no wait be laid for thee? Woe unto thee which doest hurt: even so shalt thou be hurt also. And as thou layest wait, so shall wait be laid for thee also.
2 Chronicles 20:25
And Jehoshaphat and his people went to rob away the spoil of them and found among them abundance of goods and raiment and of pleasant Jewels, and caught from them more than they could carry away: so that they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.
The lame
1 Samuel 30:10
But David and four hundred men followed: But two hundred abode, behind being too weary to go over the river Besor.
2 Kings 7:8
And when these lepers came to the edge of the Host, they went into a tent and did eat and drink and carried thence silver, gold and raiment, and went and hid it: and came again and entered into another, and carried thence also, and went and hid it.
Psalm 68:12
Kings with their armies did flee, and were discomfited; and they of the household divided the spoil.
1 Corinthians 1:27
But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world, to confound the wise. And God hath chosen the weak things of the world, to confound things which are mighty.