Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

Bible References

Swift

Psalm 58:7

Let them flow away like water that runs off;
When he aims his arrows, let them be as headless shafts.
Psalm 73:18

Surely You set the wicked-minded and immoral on slippery places;
You cast them down to destruction.
Isaiah 23:10

Overflow your land like [the overflow of] the Nile, O Daughter of Tarshish;
There is no more restraint [on you to make you pay tribute to Tyre].

Their portion

Deuteronomy 28:16
“You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the field.
Psalm 69:22

May their table [with all its abundance and luxury] become a snare [to them];
And when they are in peace [secure at their sacrificial feasts], may it become a trap.
Proverbs 3:33

The curse of the Lord is on the house of the wicked,
But He blesses the home of the just and righteous.
Malachi 2:2
If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the Lord of hosts, “then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings [on the people]. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you are not taking it to heart.