Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
General references
Bible References
Wandereth
Job 30:3
“They are gaunt with want and famine;
They gnaw the dry and barren ground by night in [the gloom of] waste and desolation.
“They are gaunt with want and famine;
They gnaw the dry and barren ground by night in [the gloom of] waste and desolation.
Genesis 4:12
When you cultivate the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength [it will resist producing good crops] for you; you shall be a fugitive and a vagabond [roaming aimlessly] on the earth [in perpetual exile without a home, a degraded outcast].”
Psalm 59:15
They wander around for food [to devour]
And growl all night if they are not satisfied.
They wander around for food [to devour]
And growl all night if they are not satisfied.
Psalm 109:10
Let his children wander and beg;
Let them seek their food and be driven far from their ruined homes.
Let his children wander and beg;
Let them seek their food and be driven far from their ruined homes.
Lamentations 5:6
We have given the hand [as a pledge of fidelity and submission] to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
We have given the hand [as a pledge of fidelity and submission] to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
Hebrews 11:37
They were stoned [to death], they were sawn in two, they were lured with tempting offers [to renounce their faith], they were put to death by the sword; they went about wrapped in the skins of sheep and goats, utterly destitute, oppressed, cruelly treated
The day
Job 18:5
“Indeed, the light of the wicked will be put out,
And the flame of his fire will not shine.
“Indeed, the light of the wicked will be put out,
And the flame of his fire will not shine.
Ecclesiastes 11:8
Yes, if a man should live many years, let him rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. All that is to come will be futility.
Joel 2:2
A day of darkness and gloom,
A day of clouds and of thick [dark] mist,
Like the dawn spread over the mountains;
There is a [pagan, hostile] people numerous and mighty,
The like of which has never been before
Nor will be again afterward
Even for years of many generations.
A day of darkness and gloom,
A day of clouds and of thick [dark] mist,
Like the dawn spread over the mountains;
There is a [pagan, hostile] people numerous and mighty,
The like of which has never been before
Nor will be again afterward
Even for years of many generations.
Amos 5:20
Will not the day of the Lord be darkness, instead of light,
Even very dark with no brightness in it?
Will not the day of the Lord be darkness, instead of light,
Even very dark with no brightness in it?
Zephaniah 1:15
That day is a day of [the outpouring of the] wrath [of God],
A day of trouble and distress,
A day of destruction and devastation,
A day of darkness and gloom,
A day of clouds and thick darkness,
That day is a day of [the outpouring of the] wrath [of God],
A day of trouble and distress,
A day of destruction and devastation,
A day of darkness and gloom,
A day of clouds and thick darkness,
Hebrews 10:27
but a kind of awful and terrifying expectation of [divine] judgment and the fury of a fire and burning wrath which will consume the adversaries [those who put themselves in opposition to God].
General references
Isaiah 48:22
“There is no peace for the wicked,” says the Lord.
“There is no peace for the wicked,” says the Lord.