Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

General references

Bible References

Abominable

Job 4:19
‘How much more those who dwell in houses of clay,
Whose foundation is in the dust,
Who are crushed before the moth!
Job 42:6
Therefore I retract,
And I repent in dust and ashes.”
Psalm 14:1
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, they have committed abominable deeds;
There is no one who does good.
Psalm 53:3
Every one of them has turned aside; together they have become corrupt;
There is no one who does good, not even one.
Romans 1:28
And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper,
Romans 3:9
What then? Are we better than they? Not at all; for we have already charged that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin;
Titus 3:3
For we also once were foolish ourselves, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.

Drinketh

Job 20:12
“Though evil is sweet in his mouth
And he hides it under his tongue,
Job 34:7
“What man is like Job,
Who drinks up derision like water,
Proverbs 19:28
A rascally witness makes a mockery of justice,
And the mouth of the wicked spreads iniquity.

General references

Job 34:7
“What man is like Job,
Who drinks up derision like water,
Jeremiah 17:9
“The heart is more deceitful than all else
And is desperately sick;
Who can understand it?
Luke 18:19
And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone.