Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.

Bible References

Not him

Job 12:16
True wisdom and power belong to Him.
The deceived and the deceiver are His.
Isaiah 44:20
He feeds on ashes.
His deceived mind has led him astray,
and he cannot deliver himself,
or say, “Isn’t there a lie in my right hand?”
Galatians 6:3
For if anyone considers himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
Ephesians 5:6
Let no one deceive you with empty arguments, for God’s wrath is coming on the disobedient because of these things.

Trust

Psalm 62:10
Place no trust in oppression,
or false hope in robbery.
If wealth increases,
pay no attention to it.
Isaiah 59:4
No one makes claims justly;
no one pleads honestly.
They trust in empty and worthless words;
they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.
Jonah 2:8
Those who cling to worthless idols
forsake faithful love,

For vanity

Job 4:8
In my experience, those who plow injustice
and those who sow trouble reap the same.
Proverbs 22:8
The one who sows injustice will reap disaster,
and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
Isaiah 17:10
For you have forgotten the God of your salvation,
and you have failed to remember
the rock of your strength;
therefore you will plant beautiful plants
and set out cuttings from exotic vines.
Hosea 8:7
Indeed, they sow the wind
and reap the whirlwind.
There is no standing grain;
what sprouts fails to yield flour.
Even if they did,
foreigners would swallow it up.
Galatians 6:8
because the one who sows to his flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

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