Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
That i had
An assembly
General references
Bible References
That i had
Psalm 55:6
I say, "I wish I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and settle in a safe place!
Psalm 120:5
How miserable I am! For I have lived temporarily in Meshech; I have resided among the tents of Kedar.
Micah 7:1
I am depressed! Indeed, it is as if the summer fruit has been gathered, and the grapes have been harvested. There is no grape cluster to eat, no fresh figs that I crave so much.
For
Jeremiah 5:7
The Lord asked, "How can I leave you unpunished, Jerusalem? Your people have rejected me and have worshiped gods that are not gods at all. Even though I supplied all their needs, they were like an unfaithful wife to me. They went flocking to the houses of prostitutes.
Jeremiah 23:10
For the land is full of people unfaithful to him. They live wicked lives and they misuse their power. So the land is dried up because it is under his curse. The pastures in the wilderness are withered.
Ezekiel 22:10
They have sex with their father's wife within you; they violate women during their menstrual period within you.
Hosea 4:2
There is only cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery. They resort to violence and bloodshed.
Hosea 7:4
They are all like bakers, they are like a smoldering oven; they are like a baker who does not stoke the fire until the kneaded dough is ready for baking.
James 4:4
Adulterers, do you not know that friendship with the world means hostility toward God? So whoever decides to be the world's friend makes himself God's enemy.
An assembly
Jeremiah 12:1
Lord, you have always been fair whenever I have complained to you. However, I would like to speak with you about the disposition of justice. Why are wicked people successful? Why do all dishonest people have such easy lives?
Hosea 5:7
They have committed treason against the Lord, because they bore illegitimate children. Soon the new moon festival will devour them and their fields.
Hosea 6:7
At Adam they broke the covenant; Oh how they were unfaithful to me!
Micah 7:2
Faithful men have disappeared from the land; there are no godly men left. They all wait in ambush so they can shed blood; they hunt their own brother with a net.
Zephaniah 3:4
Her prophets are proud; they are deceitful men. Her priests defile what is holy; they break God's laws.
Malachi 2:11
Judah has become disloyal, and unspeakable sins have been committed in Israel and Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the holy things that the Lord loves and has turned to a foreign god!
General references
Judges 16:6
So Delilah said to Samson, "Tell me what makes you so strong and how you can be subdued and humiliated."
Psalm 55:7
Look, I will escape to a distant place; I will stay in the wilderness. (Selah)
Hosea 7:3
The royal advisers delight the king with their evil schemes, the princes make him glad with their lies.
Habakkuk 1:3
Why do you force me to witness injustice? Why do you put up with wrongdoing? Destruction and violence confront me; conflict is present and one must endure strife.