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
Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jehucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malchiah heard what I was telling the people.
Esther 7:4
For my people and I have been sold for slaughter and destruction. If we had been taken as men-servants and women-servants for a price, I would have said nothing, for our trouble is little in comparison with the king's loss.
Job 31:34
because I stood in great fear of the multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silent and did not go out of doors.
Proverbs 24:11
If you do not deliver those who are condemned to death,
Proverbs 31:8
Open your mouth for the dumb in the cause of all who are appointed to destruction.
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Genesis 47:18
The following year they said to him: We will not hide the fact from you, Sir, that our money is all gone and our livestock belongs to you. There is nothing left to give you except our bodies and our lands.