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 I will reward! Their feet shall slide, when the time cometh. For the time of their destruction is at hand, and the time that shall come upon them maketh haste.'
Psalm 17:5
O hold thou up my goings in thy paths: that my footsteps slip not.
Psalm 94:18
When I said, "My foot hath slipped, thy mercy, O LORD, held me up."
Jeremiah 13:16
Honour the LORD your God herein, or he take his light from you, and before your feet stumble in darkness at the hill: lest when ye look for the light, he turn it into the shadow and darkness of death.
A lamp
Job 18:5
Shall not the light of the ungodly be put out? Yea, the flame of his fire shall not burn.
Proverbs 13:9
The light of the righteous maketh joyful; but the candle of the ungodly shall be put out.
Proverbs 20:20
Whoso curseth his father and mother, his light shall be put out in the midst of darkness.
Matthew 25:8
And the foolish said to the wise, 'Give us of your oil, for our lamps go out.'
Of him
Job 6:5
Doth the wild ass roar when he hath grass? Or crieth the ox, when he hath fodder enough?
Job 16:4
I could speak as ye do also. But would God, that your soul were in my soul's stead: then should I heap up words against you, and shake my head at you.
Psalm 123:3
Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us, for we are utterly despised.
Amos 6:1
O Woe be to the proud wealthy in Zion, to such as think them so sure upon the mount of Samaria: which hold themselves for the best of the world, and rule the house of Israel, even as they list.
Luke 12:19
and I will say to my soul: Soul, thou hast much goods laid up in store for many years, take thine ease: eat, drink and be merry.'
Luke 16:19
"There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple, and fine bysse, and fared deliciously every day.