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
"Haven't you brought this on yourself, in that you have forsaken the LORD your God, when he led you by the way?
Deuteronomy 32:16
They moved him to jealousy with strange gods. They provoked him to anger with abominations.
Isaiah 1:20
but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of the LORD has spoken it."
Ezekiel 8:17
Then he said to me, "Have you seen this, son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? For they have filled the land with violence, and have turned again to provoke me to anger: and behold, they put the branch to their nose.
1 Corinthians 10:22
Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
The confusion
Jeremiah 20:11
But the LORD is with me as an awesome mighty one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail; they shall be utterly disappointed, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which shall never be forgotten.
Ezra 9:7
Since the days of our fathers we have been exceeding guilty to this day; and for our iniquities we, our kings, and our priests, have been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, to plunder, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.
Isaiah 45:16
They will be disappointed, yes, confounded, all of them. Those who are makers of idols will go into confusion together.
Daniel 9:7
Lord, righteousness belongs to you, but to us open shame, as at this day, to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, who are near, and who are far off, through all the countries where you have driven them, because of their unfaithful deeds that they have committed against you.
General references
Job 35:6
If you have sinned, what effect do you have against him? If your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?