Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

General references

Bible References

Taking

Job 27:8
“For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off,
When God requires his life?
Psalm 37:35
I have seen a wicked, violent man
Spreading himself like a luxuriant tree in its native soil.
Psalm 73:3
For I was envious of the arrogant
As I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Psalm 92:7
That when the wicked sprouted up like grass
And all who did iniquity flourished,
It was only that they might be destroyed forevermore.
Jeremiah 12:1
Righteous are You, O Lord, that I would plead my case with You;
Indeed I would discuss matters of justice with You:
Why has the way of the wicked prospered?
Why are all those who deal in treachery at ease?

Cursed

Deuteronomy 27:15
‘Cursed is the man who makes an idol or a molten image, an abomination to the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret.’ And all the people shall answer and say, ‘Amen.’
Psalm 69:25
May their camp be desolate;
May none dwell in their tents.
Acts 1:20
“For it is written in the book of Psalms,
Let his homestead be made desolate,
And let no one dwell in it’;
and,Let another man take his office.’

General references

Job 21:8
“Their descendants are established with them in their sight,
And their offspring before their eyes,

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