Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.
If a man
Shall not that
But thou hast
Yet return
General references
Bible References
If a man
Deuteronomy 24:1
“If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds something improper about her, he may write her a divorce certificate, hand it to her, and send her away from his house.
Shall not that
Jeremiah 3:9
Indifferent to her prostitution, she defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees.
Jeremiah 2:7 I brought you to a fertile land
to eat its fruit and bounty,
but after you entered, you defiled My land;
you made My inheritance detestable.
to eat its fruit and bounty,
but after you entered, you defiled My land;
you made My inheritance
Leviticus 18:24
“Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves by all these things.
Isaiah 24:5 The earth is polluted by its inhabitants,
for they have transgressed teachings,
overstepped decrees,
and broken the everlasting covenant.
for they have transgressed teachings,
overstepped decrees,
and broken the everlasting covenant.
Micah 2:10 Get up and leave,
for this is not your place of rest,
because defilement brings destruction—
a grievous destruction!
for this is not your place of rest,
because defilement
a grievous destruction!
But thou hast
Jeremiah 2:20 For long ago I broke your yoke;
I tore off your chains.
You insisted, “I will not serve!”
On every high hill
and under every green tree
you lie down like a prostitute.
I
You insisted, “I will not serve!”
On every high hill
and under every green tree
you lie down like a prostitute.
Deuteronomy 22:21
they will bring the woman to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. You must purge the evil from you.
Judges 19:2
But she was unfaithful to him and left him for her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. She was there for a period of four months.
Ezekiel 16:26
You engaged in promiscuous acts with Egyptian men, your well-endowed neighbors, and increased your prostitution to provoke Me to anger.
Ezekiel 23:4
The older one was named Oholah, and her sister was Oholibah. They became Mine and gave birth to sons and daughters. As for their names, Oholah represents Samaria and Oholibah represents Jerusalem.
Hosea 1:2
When the Lord first spoke to Hosea, He said this to him:
Go and marry a promiscuous wife
and have children of promiscuity,
for the land is committing blatant acts of promiscuity
by abandoning the Lord.
and have children of promiscuity,
for the land is committing blatant acts of promiscuity
by abandoning the Lord.
Hosea 2:5 Yes, their mother is promiscuous;
she conceived them and acted shamefully.
For she thought, “I will go after my lovers,
the men who give me my food and water,
my wool and flax, my oil and drink.”
she conceived them and acted shamefully.
For she thought, “I will go after my lovers,
the men who give me my food and water,
my wool and flax, my oil and drink.”
Yet return
Jeremiah 3:12
Go, proclaim these words to the north, and say:
Return, unfaithful Israel.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
I will not look on you with anger,
for I am unfailing in My love.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
I will not be angry forever.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
I will not look on you with anger,
for I am unfailing in My love.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
I will not be angry forever.
Jeremiah 4:1 If you return, Israel—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
you will return to Me,
if you remove your detestable idols
from My presence
and do not waver,
this is the Lord’s declaration—
you will return to Me,
if you remove your detestable idols
from My presence
and do not waver,
Jeremiah 8:4
“You are to say to them: This is what the Lord says:
Do people fall and not get up again?
If they turn away, do they not return?
If they turn away, do they not return?
Deuteronomy 4:29
But from there, you will search for the Lord your God, and you will find Him when you seek Him with all your heart and all your soul.
Isaiah 55:6 Seek the Lord while He may be found;
call to Him while He is near.
call to Him while He is near.
Ezekiel 33:11
Tell them: As I live”—the declaration of the Lord God—“I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked person should turn from his way and live. Repent, repent of your evil ways! Why will you die, house of Israel?
Hosea 14:1 Israel, return to Yahweh your God,
for you have stumbled in your sin.
for you have stumbled in your sin.
Zechariah 1:3
So tell the people: This is what the Lord of Hosts says: Return to Me”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts—“and I will return to you, says the Lord of Hosts.
Luke 15:16 He longed to eat his fill from the carob pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him any.
General references
Isaiah 55:8 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
and your ways are not My ways.”
This is the Lord’s declaration.
and your ways are not My ways.”
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Ezekiel 16:32
You adulterous wife, who receives strangers instead of her husband!
Mark 10:4
They said, “Moses permitted us to write divorce papers and send her away.”