Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.
Tear themselves
Cup
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Bible References
Tear themselves
Deuteronomy 26:14
I have not eaten thereof in my mourning nor taken away thereof unto any uncleanness, nor spent thereof about any dead corpse: but have hearkened unto the voice of the LORD my God, and have done after all that he commanded me.
Job 42:11
And then came there unto him all his brethren, all his sisters, with all them that had been of his acquaintance afore, and ate bread with him in his house: wondering at him, and comforting him over all the trouble that the LORD had brought upon him. Every man gave him a sheep and a Jewel of gold.
Ezekiel 24:17
Thou mayest mourn by thyself alone, but use no deadly lamentation. Hold on thy bonnet, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, cover not thy face, and eat no mourner's bread."
Hosea 9:4
They pour out no wine for a drink offering unto the LORD, neither give they him their slain offerings: but they be unto them as mourner's meats, wherein all they that eat them are defiled. For the bread that they have such lust unto, shall not come into the house of the LORD.
Cup
Proverbs 31:6
Give strong drink unto such as are condemned to death, and wine unto those that mourn:
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Ezekiel 24:22
Like as I have done, so shall ye do also: Ye shall not hide your faces, ye shall eat no mourner's bread;