Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.

Bible References

Accomplished

Job 22:16
who were snatched away before their time; when their foundation was swept away by a river?
Psalm 55:23
But you, God, bring them down to the Pit of corruption; bloodthirsty and deceitful people will not live out half their days. But I put my full confidence in you. To the Director: A special Davidic psalm to the tune of "A Silent Dove Far Away," when the Philistines seized him in Gath.
Ecclesiastes 7:17
Do not excel at wickedness, nor be a fool. Why die before your time?

And his branch

Job 8:16
He is a fresh sapling planted in the sunlight, spreading out its branches over its garden.
Job 14:7
"There is hope for the tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots won't stop growing.
Job 18:16
His roots wither underneath, while his branches above are being cut off.
Psalm 52:5
But God will tear you down forever; he will take you away, even snatching you out of your tent! He will uproot you from the land of the living. Interlude
Isaiah 27:11
When its branches are dry, they are broken off, and women come and kindle fires with them, since this is a people who show no consideration. That is why the One who made them shows them no compassion; the One who created them shows them no mercy.
Ezekiel 17:8
It was transplanted into good soil near abundant water, and it produced branches and bore fruit, becoming a magnificent vine."'
Hosea 9:16
Ephraim is blighted; its roots shriveled. It can bear no fruit. Even if they bear children, I will kill their cherished offspring.
Hosea 14:5
I will be like the dew to Israel; Israel will blossom like a lily, growing roots like the cedars of Lebanon.
John 15:6
Unless a person abides in me, he is thrown away like a pruned branch and dries up. People gather such branches, throw them into a fire, and they are burned up.

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