Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

Bible References

Ready

Deuteronomy 32:35
Vengeance is Mine, and retribution,
In due time their foot will slip;
For the day of their calamity is near,
And the impending things are hastening upon them.’
Psalm 17:5
My steps have held fast to Your paths.
My feet have not slipped.
Psalm 94:18
If I should say, “My foot has slipped,”
Your lovingkindness, O Lord, will hold me up.
Jeremiah 13:16
Give glory to the Lord your God,
Before He brings darkness
And before your feet stumble
On the dusky mountains,
And while you are hoping for light
He makes it into deep darkness,
And turns it into gloom.

A lamp

Job 18:5
“Indeed, the light of the wicked goes out,
And the flame of his fire gives no light.
Proverbs 13:9
The light of the righteous rejoices,
But the lamp of the wicked goes out.
Proverbs 20:20
He who curses his father or his mother,
His lamp will go out in time of darkness.
Matthew 25:8
The foolish said to the prudent, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’

Of him

Job 6:5
“Does the wild donkey bray over his grass,
Or does the ox low over his fodder?
Job 16:4
“I too could speak like you,
If I were in your place.
I could compose words against you
And shake my head at you.
Psalm 123:3
Be gracious to us, O Lord, be gracious to us,
For we are greatly filled with contempt.
Amos 6:1
Woe to those who are at ease in Zion
And to those who feel secure in the mountain of Samaria,
The distinguished men of the foremost of nations,
To whom the house of Israel comes.
Luke 12:19
And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years to come; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry.”’
Luke 16:19
“Now there was a rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, joyously living in splendor every day.