Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:
Given
I shall not
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Bible References
Given
Revelation 18:3
for after drinking the wine of the passion of her immorality all the heathen have fallen; the kings of the earth have joined in her idolatry, and the traders of the earth have grown rich from her excessive luxury!"
I shall not
Luke 12:18
Then he said, 'This is what I will do; I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and in them I will store all my grain and my goods.
Luke 17:27
People went on eating, drinking, marrying, and being married up to the very day that Noah got into the ark and the flood came and destroyed them all.
Revelation 18:7
The more she has given herself to pride and luxury the more you must give her torture and grief. Because she says to herself, 'I sit on a throne; I am not a widow, I shall never have any sorrow,'
General references
James 4:16
But, as it is, you pride yourselves on your pretensions. All such pride is wrong.