Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Do ye
Spend
General references
Bible References
Do ye
Isaiah 44:20
They eat ashes because they are deceived. Their own misguided minds lead them astray. They cannot rescue themselves or ask themselves: Is what I hold in my right hand a false god?
Jeremiah 2:13
My people have done two things wrong: (l) They have abandoned me, the fountain (source) of living waters. They have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water. (Revelation 4:11)
Hosea 8:7
The people of Israel plant the wind, but they harvest a storm. A field of grain that does not ripen will never produce any grain. Even if it did produce grain, foreigners would eat it all.
Hosea 12:1
The people of Ephraim try to catch the wind and try to chase the east wind all day. They are very dishonest, violent and destructive. They make treaties with Assyria and take olive oil to Egypt.
Habakkuk 2:13
Is it for Jehovah of Hosts that the peoples labor for the fire? Do the nations weary themselves for vanity?
Matthew 15:9
But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their teaching the rules (commands) of men.'
Luke 15:15
He went to work for a citizen of that country who sent him to his farm to take care of the pigs.
Romans 9:31
But Israel, pursuing after a law of righteousness, has not attained to that law.
Romans 10:2
I testify that they have zeal for God, but not according to [precise and correct] knowledge.
Philippians 3:4
I might have confidence even in the flesh. If any other man thinks to have confidence in the flesh, I have more!
Hebrews 13:9
Do not be carried away by varied (different) and strange teachings. It is good that the heart is established by grace and not by food. Those who are occupied by them are not benefited.
Spend
Isaiah 46:6
Some pour out gold from their bags and weigh out silver on the scales. They hire a goldsmith to make it into a god. They bow down and worship it.
General references
Psalm 107:9
For he satisfies the thirsty and the hungry person.
Proverbs 8:1
Does wisdom cry out? Does understanding direct her voice?
Proverbs 9:5
Come eat my bread, and drink the wine that I have mixed.
Isaiah 1:19
If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best from the land.
Matthew 22:9
Go then, to the main roads, and invite all those whom you see to come to the feast.'