Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;
The ancient
To walk
Bible References
My people
Jeremiah 2:13 For My people have committed a double evil:
They have abandoned Me,
the fountain of living water,
and dug cisterns for themselves,
cracked cisterns that cannot hold water.
They have abandoned Me,
the fountain of living water,
and dug cisterns for themselves,
cracked cisterns that cannot hold water.
Jeremiah 3:21 A sound is heard on the barren heights,
the children of Israel weeping and begging for mercy,
for they have perverted their way;
they have forgotten the Lord their God.
the children of Israel weeping and begging for mercy,
for they have perverted their way;
they have forgotten the Lord their God.
Jeremiah 13:25 This is your lot,
what I have decreed for you—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
because you have forgotten Me
and trusted in Falsehood.
what I have decreed for you—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
because you have forgotten Me
and trusted in Falsehood.
Jeremiah 17:13 Lord, the hope of Israel,
all who abandon You
will be put to shame.
All who turn away from Me
will be written in the dirt,
for they have abandoned
the Lord, the fountain of living water.
all who abandon You
will be put to shame.
All who turn away from Me
will be written in the dirt,
for they have abandoned
the Lord, the fountain of living water.
Caused
Isaiah 3:12 Youths oppress My people,
and women rule over them.
My people, your leaders mislead you;
they confuse the direction of your paths.
and women rule over them.
My people, your leaders mislead you;
they confuse the direction of your paths.
Isaiah 9:16 The leaders of the people mislead them,
and those they mislead are swallowed up.
and those they mislead are swallowed up.
Malachi 2:8
“You, on the other hand, have turned from the way. You have caused many to stumble by your instruction. You have violated the covenant of Levi,” says the Lord of Hosts.
Matthew 15:6 he does not have to honor his father.’ In this way, you have revoked God’s word because of your tradition.
Romans 14:21
It is a noble thing not to eat meat, or drink wine, or do anything that makes your brother stumble.
The ancient
Jeremiah 6:16
This is what the Lord says:
Stand by the roadways and look.
Ask about the ancient paths:
Which is the way to what is good?
Then take it
and find rest for yourselves.
But they protested, “We won’t!”
Ask about the ancient paths:
Which is the way to what is good?
Then take it
and find rest for yourselves.
But they protested, “We won’t!”
To walk
Jeremiah 19:5
They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as burnt offerings to Baal, something I have never commanded or mentioned; I never entertained the thought.
Isaiah 57:14 He said,
“Build it up, build it up, prepare the way,
remove every obstacle from My people’s way.”
“Build it up, build it up, prepare the way,
remove every obstacle from My people’s way.”