Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
The contempt
Bible References
Did i
Exodus 23:2
Do not follow the majority to do wrong. Do not give testimony that perverts justice.
Proverbs 29:25
Fear of man brings a snare (trap). He who trusts in Jehovah will be safe.
Jeremiah 38:4
The officials went to the king and said: This man must be put to death. By talking like this he is making the soldiers in the city lose their courage. He is doing the same thing to everyone else left in the city. He is not trying to help the people. He only wants to hurt them.
Matthew 27:20
The chief priests and elders got the people to request Barabbas, and for Jesus to be put to death.
The contempt
Job 22:8
The powerful possess the land, and the favored live in it.
Job 34:19
The one who is righteous and mighty does not grant special favors to princes or prefer important people to poor people because his hands made them all.
Exodus 32:27
He said to them, Jehovah, the God of Israel says: 'Each man put his sword by his side. Go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp. Kill each one his brother, and each one his neighbor, and each one his kindred.'
Numbers 25:14
The name of the Israelite man who was killed with the Midianite woman was Zimri, son of Salu. Salu was the leader of a family from Simeon.
Nehemiah 5:7
After giving it much thought, I made a protest to the chiefs and the rulers, and said to them: Everyone of you is collecting interest from his brothers. I organized a big meeting of protest.
Nehemiah 13:4
Before this, Eliashib the priest had been placed over the rooms of the house of our God. He was a friend of Tobiah.
2 Corinthians 5:16
From now on we know no man according to the flesh: even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him so no longer.
That i
Esther 4:11
It is common knowledge among all the king's servants and the people of every part of the kingdom, that if anyone, man or woman, comes to the king in his inner room without being sent for, there is only one law for him, that he is to be put to death. Only those to whom the king's rod of gold is stretched out may keep their lives. I have not been sent for to come before the king in the past thirty days.
Proverbs 24:11
If you do not deliver those who are condemned to death,
Amos 5:11
You impose unfair rent on the poor and defraud a tribute of grain from them. You haave built houses of hewn stone yet you will not live in them. You planted pleasant vineyards, but you will not drink the wine from them.
Micah 7:3
They diligently seek to do evil with their hands. The prince asks and the judge is ready for a bribe. The great man utters his own evil desire. They weave it together.