Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.
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Jeremiah 38:1
Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying,
Esther 7:4
For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. If we had been sold for menslaves and womenslaves, I would remain silent, even though the enemy could not recompense the damage to the king.
Job 31:34
if I feared a great multitude or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and did not go out of the door?
Proverbs 24:11
If thou forbear to deliver those that are drawn unto death and those that are ready to be slain,
Proverbs 31:8
Open thy mouth for those who cannot speak in the judgment of all the sons of death.
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Genesis 47:18
When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord how that the money is gone; my lord also has our herds of cattle; there is not nothing left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies and our lands.