Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.
A fountain
Bible References
A fountain
Proverbs 4:23
With all vigilance, keep your heart, for from it [comes] the source of life.
Isaiah 57:20
But the wicked [are] like the churning sea, that is not able to keep quiet, and its waters toss up mire and mud.
James 3:10
From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these [things] ought not to be so!
Violence
Jeremiah 20:8
For {as often as} I speak, I must cry out violence and destruction. I must shout, for the word of Yahweh has become for me a disgrace and derision all day [long].
Psalm 55:9
Confuse, O Lord; divide their speech, because I see violence and strife in the city.
Ezekiel 7:11
Violence has grown to [become] a staff of wickedness; {none} from them [will remain], and {none} from their abundance nor from their wealth; and prominence [will] not [be] among them.
Ezekiel 22:3
And you must say, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "A city pouring out blood in the midst of her; {its time has come}, and it made idols for itself, becoming unclean.
Ezekiel 24:7
For her blood was in the midst of her; {she put it on a bare rock}; she [did] not pour it on the ground to cover it [with] dust.
Micah 2:1
Woe [to] those who plan wickedness and evil deeds upon their beds! In the light of the morning they did it, because they have power in their hands.
Micah 3:1
And I said, "Listen, O heads of Jacob and leaders of the house of Israel! [Is it] not for you to know justice?
Micah 7:2
The faithful [person] has perished from the land, and there is none who is upright among humankind. All of them lie in wait; each hunts his brother [with] a net.