Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
Surely after
I smote
I was ashamed
I did
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Bible References
Surely after
Luke 15:17
When he came to himself he said, 'How many hired men my father has, who have more than enough to eat, and here I am, dying of hunger!
John 6:44
No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him to me; then I myself will raise him to life on the Last Day.
Ephesians 2:3
We all lived among them once, indulging our physical cravings and obeying the impulses of our lower nature and its thoughts, and by nature we were doomed to God's wrath like other men.
2 Timothy 2:25
correcting his opponents with gentleness; for God may possibly let them repent and acknowledge the truth,
Titus 3:3
For we ourselves were once without understanding, disobedient, deluded, enslaved to all kinds of passions and pleasures. Our minds were full of malice and envy. Men hated us and we hated one another.
I smote
Luke 18:13
But the tax-collector stood at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven, but struck his breast, and said, 'O God, have mercy on a sinner like me!'
2 Corinthians 7:10
For the pain that God approves results in a repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regrets; but the world's pain results in death.
I was ashamed
Romans 6:21
What good did you get from doing the things you are now ashamed of? Why, they result in death!
I did
Luke 15:30
But when your son here came, who has eaten up your property with women of the street, for him you killed the calf you have been fattening!'
General references
1 Corinthians 11:31
But if we recognized our own condition, we would not incur this judgment.