Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.
I begin
General references
Bible References
I begin
Jeremiah 49:12
For the Lord has said, Those for whom the cup was not made ready will certainly be forced to take of it; and are you to go without punishment? you will not be without punishment, but will certainly be forced to take from the cup.
Proverbs 11:31
If the upright man is rewarded on earth, how much more the evil-doer and the sinner!
Ezekiel 9:6
Give up to destruction old men and young men and virgins, little children and women: but do not come near any man who has the mark on him: and make a start at my holy place. So they made a start with the old men who were before the house.
Ezekiel 38:21
And I will send to all my mountains for a sword against him, says the Lord: every man's sword will be against his brother.
Obadiah 1:16
For as you have been drinking on my holy mountain, so will all the nations go on drinking without end; they will go on drinking and the wine will go down their throats, and they will be as if they had never been.
Luke 23:31
For if they do these things when the tree is green, what will they do when it is dry?
1 Peter 4:17
For the time has come for the judging, starting with the church of God; but if it makes a start with us, what will be the end of those who are not under the rule of God?
Ye shall
Jeremiah 30:11
For I am with you, says the Lord, to be your saviour: for I will put an end to all the nations where I have sent you wandering, but I will not put an end to you completely: though with wise purpose I will put right your errors, and will not let you go quite without punishment.
Jeremiah 46:28
Have no fear, O Jacob, my servant, says the Lord; for I am with you: for I will put an end to all the nations where I have sent you, but I will not put an end to you completely: though with wise purpose I will put right your errors, and will not let you go quite without punishment.
Proverbs 11:21
Certainly the evil-doer will not go free from punishment, but the seed of the upright man will be safe.
Proverbs 17:5
Whoever makes sport of the poor puts shame on his Maker; and he who is glad because of trouble will not go free from punishment.
I will
Ezekiel 14:17
Or if I send a sword against that land, and say, Sword, go through the land, cutting off from it man and beast:
Ezekiel 38:21
And I will send to all my mountains for a sword against him, says the Lord: every man's sword will be against his brother.
Zechariah 13:7
Awake! O sword, against the keeper of my flock, and against him who is with me, says the Lord of armies: put to death the keeper of the sheep, and the sheep will go in flight: and my hand will be turned against the little ones.
General references
Deuteronomy 30:7
And the Lord your God will put all these curses on those who are against you, and on your haters who put a cruel yoke on you.
Proverbs 11:31
If the upright man is rewarded on earth, how much more the evil-doer and the sinner!
Jeremiah 30:16
For this cause, all those who take you for their food will themselves become your food; and all your attackers, every one of them, will be taken prisoners; and those who send destruction on you will come to destruction; and all those who take away your goods by force will undergo the same themselves.
Luke 23:31
For if they do these things when the tree is green, what will they do when it is dry?