Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?
The confusion
General references
Bible References
They provoke
Jeremiah 2:17 Have you not brought this on yourself
by abandoning the Lord your God
while He was leading you along the way?
by abandoning the Lord your God
while He was leading you along the way?
Deuteronomy 32:16 They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods;
they enraged Him with detestable practices.
they enraged Him with detestable practices.
Isaiah 1:20 But if you refuse and rebel,
you will be devoured by the sword.”
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
you will be devoured by the sword.”
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
Ezekiel 8:17
And He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the detestable things they are practicing here, that they must also fill the land with violence and repeatedly provoke Me to anger, even putting the branch to their nose?
1 Corinthians 10:22
Or are we provoking the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
The confusion
Jeremiah 20:11 But the Lord is with me like a violent warrior.
Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and not prevail.
Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly shamed,
an everlasting humiliation that will never be forgotten.
Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and not prevail.
Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly shamed,
an everlasting humiliation that will never be forgotten.
Ezra 9:7
Our guilt has been terrible from the days of our fathers until the present. Because of our iniquities we have been handed over, along with our kings and priests, to the surrounding kings, and to the sword, captivity, plundering, and open shame, as it is today.
Isaiah 45:16 All of them are put to shame, even humiliated;
the makers of idols go in humiliation together.
the makers of idols go in humiliation together.
Daniel 9:7
Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but this day public shame belongs to us: the men of Judah, the residents of Jerusalem, and all Israel—those who are near and those who are far, in all the countries where You have dispersed them because of the disloyalty they have shown toward You.
General references
Job 35:6 If you sin, how does it affect God?
If you multiply your transgressions, what does it do to Him?
If you multiply your transgressions, what does it do to Him?