Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together.
Because
His priests
General references
Bible References
Because
Jeremiah 9:23
Thus said Jehovah, The wise shall not boast in his wisdom, and the strong shall not boast in his strength; the rich shall not boast in his riches:
Jeremiah 13:25
This thy lot and the portion of thy measure from me, says Jehovah; because thou didst forget me and thou wilt trust in falsehood.
Psalm 40:4
Happy the man who set Jehovah his trust, and turned not to the arrogant, and those turning aside to falsehood.
Psalm 49:6
They trusting upon their wealth, and they will glory in the multitude of their riches.
Psalm 52:7
Behold, the man will not set God his strength, and he will trust in the multitude of his riches he will be strengthened in his mischief.
Psalm 62:8
Trust in him in all time; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Silence.
Isaiah 59:4
None called upon justice, and none judged in truth: trusting in vanity and speaking evil, they conceived labor and brought forth vanity.
Ezekiel 28:2
Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because thy heart was lifted up, and thou wilt say, I am God, I sat upon the seat of God in the heart of the seas; and thou art man and not God, and thou wilt give thy heart as the heart of God.
Hosea 10:13
Ye ploughed injustice, ye reaped iniquity; ye ate the fruit of falsehood: for thou didst trust in thy way in the multitude of thy strong ones.
1 Timothy 6:17
To the rich now in this life, proclaim not to be highminded, nor to be hoping upon the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, offering us all things richly for profit;
Revelation 18:7
As much as she glorified herself, and led an insolent life, give her so much torture and grief: for in her heart she says, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and I should see no grief.
His priests
Jeremiah 49:3
Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai was laid waste: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird yourselves with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro in the walled places; for their king shall go into captivity, his priests and his chiefs together.
General references
Numbers 21:29
Wo to thee, Moab! thou wert destroyed, O people of Chemosh: he gave his sons escaping, and his daughters, into captivity to the king of the Amorites, Sihon.
Amos 2:3
And I cut off the judge from the midst of her, and I will slay all her chiefs with him, said Jehovah.