Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.

Bible References

A by-word

Job 30:9
“And now I have become their taunt,
I have even become a byword to them.
1 Kings 9:7
then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them, and the house which I have consecrated for My name, I will cast out of My sight. So Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
Psalm 44:14
You make us a byword among the nations,
A laughingstock among the peoples.

As a tabret

Genesis 31:27
Why did you flee secretly and deceive me, and did not tell me so that I might have sent you away with joy and with songs, with timbrel and with lyre;
Isaiah 5:12
Their banquets are accompanied by lyre and harp, by tambourine and flute, and by wine;
But they do not pay attention to the deeds of the Lord,
Nor do they consider the work of His hands.