Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
Trust
For vanity
Bible References
Not him
Job 12:16
To him belong strength and victory. Both deceived and deceivers are his.
Isaiah 44:20
They eat ashes because they are deceived. Their own misguided minds lead them astray. They cannot rescue themselves or ask themselves: Is what I hold in my right hand a false god?
Galatians 6:3
So if any one of you thinks you are important when you really are not, you are only fooling yourself.
Ephesians 5:6
Let no one deceive you with empty words. It is because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
Trust
Psalm 62:10
Do not count on extortion to make you rich. Do not hope to gain anything through robbery. When riches increase, do not depend on them.
Isaiah 59:4
No one calls for justice and no one pleads his case truthfully. People trust pointless arguments and speak lies. They conceive trouble and give birth to evil.
Jonah 2:8
They that regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
For vanity
Job 4:8
When I saw those who plowed wickedness and planted misery, they gathered its harvest.
Proverbs 22:8
He who sows unrighteousness will reap vanity. The rod of his anger will fail.
Isaiah 17:10
Because you have forgotten the God of your salvation. You have not been mindful of the Rock of your stronghold. Therefore you will plant pleasant plants and set out foreign (imported) (unusual) seedlings.
Hosea 8:7
The people of Israel plant the wind, but they harvest a storm. A field of grain that does not ripen will never produce any grain. Even if it did produce grain, foreigners would eat it all.
Galatians 6:8
He that sows to his own flesh will harvest corruption of the flesh. But he that sows to the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit.