Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

Bible References

Feedeth

Job 15:2
Does a wise man answer with empty counsel
or fill himself with the hot east wind?
Psalm 102:9
I eat ashes like bread
and mingle my drinks with tears
Proverbs 15:14
A discerning mind seeks knowledge,
but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.
Hosea 12:1
Ephraim chases the wind
and pursues the east wind.
He continually multiplies lies and violence.
He makes a covenant with Assyria,
and olive oil is carried to Egypt.
Luke 15:16
He longed to eat his fill from the carob pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him any.

A deceived

1 Kings 22:20
And the Lord said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ So one was saying this and another was saying that.
Job 15:31
Let him not put trust in worthless things, being led astray,
for what he gets in exchange will prove worthless.
Hosea 4:12
My people consult their wooden idols,
and their divining rods inform them.
For a spirit of promiscuity leads them astray;
they act promiscuously
in disobedience to their God.
Romans 1:20
For His invisible attributes, that is, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen since the creation of the world, being understood through what He has made. As a result, people are without excuse.
2 Thessalonians 2:11
For this reason God sends them a strong delusion so that they will believe what is false,
2 Timothy 2:13
if we are faithless, He remains faithful,
for He cannot deny Himself.
Revelation 12:9
So the great dragon was thrown out—the ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, the one who deceives the whole world. He was thrown to earth, and his angels with him.
Revelation 13:14
He deceives those who live on the earth because of the signs that he is permitted to perform on behalf of the beast, telling those who live on the earth to make an image of the beast who had the sword wound and yet lived.
Revelation 18:23
the light of a lamp
will never shine in you again;
and the voice of a groom and bride
will never be heard in you again.
All this will happen
because your merchants
were the nobility of the earth,
because all the nations were deceived
by your sorcery,
Revelation 20:3
He threw him into the abyss, closed it, and put a seal on it so that he would no longer deceive the nations until the 1,000 years were completed. After that, he must be released for a short time.

Is there

Isaiah 28:15
For you said, “We have cut a deal with Death,
and we have made an agreement with Sheol;
when the overwhelming scourge passes through,
it will not touch us,
because we have made falsehood our refuge
and have hidden behind treachery.”
Jeremiah 16:19
Lord, my strength and my stronghold,
my refuge in a time of distress,
the nations will come to You
from the ends of the earth, and they will say,
“Our fathers inherited only lies,
worthless idols of no benefit at all.”
Habakkuk 2:18
What use is a carved idol
after its craftsman carves it?
It is only a cast image, a teacher of lies.
For the one who crafts its shape trusts in it
and makes idols that cannot speak.
2 Thessalonians 2:9
The coming of the lawless one is based on Satan’s working, with all kinds of false miracles, signs, and wonders,
1 Timothy 4:2
through the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared.

General references

Judges 17:13
Then Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.”
Isaiah 40:21
Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
Has it not been declared to you
from the beginning?
Have you not considered
the foundations of the earth?
Isaiah 43:8
Bring out a people who are blind, yet have eyes,
and are deaf, yet have ears.

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