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 thus hath the LORD spoken: Behold, they that men thought were unmete to drink of the cup, have drunken with the first: and thinkest thou then to be free? No, no: thou shalt neither be quit nor free, but thou must drink also.
Proverbs 11:31
If the righteous be recompensed upon earth, how much more then the ungodly and the sinner?
Ezekiel 9:6
kill and destroy both old man and young, maidens, children and wives. But as for those, that have the mark upon them: see that ye touch them not. And begin at my Sanctuary." Then they began at the elders, which were in the temple,
Ezekiel 38:21
I will call for a sword upon them in all my mountains, sayeth the LORD God: so that every man's sword shall be upon another.
Obadiah 1:16
For likewise as ye have drunken upon mine holy hill, so shall all Heathen drink continually: yea drink shall they, and swallow up, so that ye shall be as though ye had never been.
Luke 23:31
For if they do this to a green tree: what shall be done to the dry?"
1 Peter 4:17
For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God. If it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them which believe not the gospel of God?
Ye shall
Jeremiah 30:11
For I am with thee, to help thee, sayeth the LORD. And though I shall destroy all the people among whom I have scattered thee, yet will I not destroy thee, but correct thee, and that with discretion. For I know, that thou art in no wise without fault.
Jeremiah 46:28
Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, sayeth the LORD, for I am with thee: and will destroy all nations, among whom I have scattered thee. Nevertheless I will not consume thee, but chasten thee and correct thee: yea and that with discretion: neither will I spare thee as one that were faultless."
Proverbs 11:21
It shall not help the wicked, though they lay all their hands together; but the seed of the righteous shall be preserved.
Proverbs 17:5
Whoso laugheth the poor to scorn, blasphemeth his maker; and he that is glad of another man's hurt, shall not be unpunished.
I will
Ezekiel 14:17
Or if I bring a sword into the land, and charge it to go through the land, so that I slay down man and beast in it,
Ezekiel 38:21
I will call for a sword upon them in all my mountains, sayeth the LORD God: so that every man's sword shall be upon another.
Zechariah 13:7
"Arise, O thou sword, upon my shepherd, and upon the prince of my people, sayeth the LORD of Hosts: Smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered abroad, and so will I turn mine hand to the little ones.
General references
Deuteronomy 30:7
And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies and on them that hate thee and persecute thee.
Proverbs 11:31
If the righteous be recompensed upon earth, how much more then the ungodly and the sinner?
Jeremiah 30:16
And therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured, and all thine enemies shall be led into captivity. All they that make thee waste, shall be wasted themselves: and all those that rob thee, will I make also to be robbed.
Luke 23:31
For if they do this to a green tree: what shall be done to the dry?"