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
But, when he came to himself, he said 'How many of my father's hired servants have more bread than they can eat, while here am I starving to death!
John 6:44
"No one can come to me, unless the Father who sent me draws him to me; and I will raise him up at the Last Day.
Ephesians 2:3
And it was among them that we all once lived our lives, indulging the cravings of our earthly nature, and carrying out the desires prompted by that earthly nature and by our own thoughts. Our very nature exposed us to the Divine Wrath, like the rest of mankind.
2 Timothy 2:25
He should instruct his opponents in a gentle spirit; for, possibly, God may give them a repentance that will lead to a fuller knowledge of Truth,
Titus 3:3
There was, you remember, a time when we ourselves were foolish, disobedient, misled, slaves to all kinds of passions and vices, living in a spirit of malice and envy, detested ourselves and hating one another.
I smote
Luke 18:13
Meanwhile the tax-gatherer stood at a distance, not venturing even 'to raise his eyes to Heaven'; but he kept striking his breast and saying 'O God, have mercy on me, a sinner.'
2 Corinthians 7:10
For, when sorrow is in accordance with God's will, it results in a repentance leading to Salvation, and which will never be regretted. The sure result of the sorrow that the world knows is Death.
I was ashamed
Romans 6:21
But what were the fruits that you reaped from those things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of such things is Death.
I did
Luke 15:30
But, no sooner has this son of yours come, who has eaten up your property in the company of prostitutes, than you have killed the fattened calf for him.'
General references
1 Corinthians 11:31
But, if we judged ourselves rightly, we should not be judged.