Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.

Whether thou refuse

What

Bible References

Should

Job 9:12

“Behold, He snatches away; who can restrain or turn Him back?
Who will say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’
Job 18:4

“You who tear yourself apart in anger,
Is the earth to be abandoned for your sake,
Or the rock to be moved out of its place?
Isaiah 45:9

“Woe (judgment is coming) to him who quarrels with his Maker—
A [worthless] piece of broken pottery among other broken pieces [equally worthless]!
Shall the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you doing?’
Or does the thing say, ‘He has no hands’?
Romans 9:20
On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers [arrogantly] back to God and dares to defy Him? Will the thing which is formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”
Romans 11:35
Or who has first given to Him that it would be paid back to him?

He will

Job 34:11

“For God pays a man according to his work,
And He will make every man find [appropriate] compensation according to his way.
Job 15:31

“Let him not trust in vanity (emptiness, futility) and be led astray;
For emptiness will be his reward [for such living].
Psalm 89:30

“If his children turn away from My law
And do not walk in My ordinances,
Proverbs 11:31

If the righteous will be rewarded on the earth [with godly blessings],
How much more [will] the wicked and the sinner [be repaid with punishment]!
2 Thessalonians 1:6
For after all it is only just for God to repay with distress those who distress you,
Hebrews 2:2
For if the message given through angels [the Law given to Moses] was authentic and unalterable, and every violation and disobedient act received an appropriate penalty,
Hebrews 11:26
He considered the reproach of the Christ [that is, the rebuke he would suffer for his faithful obedience to God] to be greater wealth than all the treasures of Egypt; for he looked ahead to the reward [promised by God].

Whether thou refuse

Psalm 135:6

Whatever the Lord pleases, He does,
In the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all deeps—
Matthew 20:12
saying, ‘These men who came last worked [only] one hour, and yet you have made them equal [in wages] to us who have carried [most of] the burden and [worked in] the scorching heat of the day.’

What

Job 33:5

“Answer me, if you can;
Set yourselves before me, take your stand.