Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?

Bible References

Down

Deuteronomy 26:15
Look down from Your holy dwelling, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land You have given us as You swore to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Psalm 33:14
He gazes on all the inhabitants of the earth
from His dwelling place.
Psalm 80:14
Return, God of Hosts.
Look down from heaven and see;
take care of this vine,
Psalm 102:19
He looked down from His holy heights—
the Lord gazed out from heaven to earth
Lamentations 3:50
until the Lord looks down
from heaven and sees.

The habitation

Isaiah 57:15
For the High and Exalted One
who lives forever, whose name is Holy says this:
“I live in a high and holy place,
and with the oppressed and lowly of spirit,
to revive the spirit of the lowly
and revive the heart of the oppressed.
Isaiah 66:1
This is what the Lord says:

Heaven is My throne,
and earth is My footstool.
What house could you possibly build for Me?
And what place could be My home?
1 Kings 8:27
But will God indeed live on earth?
Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You,
much less this temple I have built.
2 Chronicles 30:27
Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy dwelling place in heaven.
Psalm 113:5
Who is like Yahweh our God—
the One enthroned on high,
Psalm 123:1
A song of ascents.I lift my eyes to You,
the One enthroned in heaven.

Where

Isaiah 51:9
Wake up, wake up!
Put on the strength of the Lord’s power.
Wake up as in days past,
as in generations of long ago.
Wasn’t it You who hacked Rahab to pieces,
who pierced the sea monster?
Psalm 89:49
Lord, where are the former acts of Your faithful love
that You swore to David in Your faithfulness?

Thy bowels

Isaiah 63:9
In all their suffering, He suffered,
and the Angel of His Presence saved them.
He redeemed them
because of His love and compassion;
He lifted them up and carried them
all the days of the past.
Isaiah 49:15
“Can a woman forget her nursing child,
or lack compassion for the child of her womb?
Even if these forget,
yet I will not forget you.
Psalm 25:6
Remember, Lord, Your compassion
and Your faithful love,
for they have existed from antiquity.
Hosea 11:8
How can I give you up, Ephraim?
How can I surrender you, Israel?
How can I make you like Admah?
How can I treat you like Zeboiim?
I have had a change of heart;
My compassion is stirred!
Luke 1:78
Because of our God’s merciful compassion,
the Dawn from on high will visit us
1 John 3:17
If anyone has this world’s goods and sees his brother in need but closes his eyes to his need—how can God’s love reside in him?

Are

Psalm 77:7
“Will the Lord reject forever
and never again show favor?

General references

Lamentations 3:50
until the Lord looks down
from heaven and sees.
Micah 7:15
I will perform miracles for them
as in the days of your exodus
from the land of Egypt.
Hebrews 11:29
By faith they crossed the Red Sea as though they were on dry land. When the Egyptians attempted to do this, they were drowned.

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