Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.

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As though

Psalm 38:12
Those who seek my life set traps,
and those who want to harm me threaten to destroy me;
they plot treachery all day long.
Psalm 39:1
For the choir director, for Jeduthun. A Davidic psalm.I said, “I will guard my ways
so that I may not sin with my tongue;
I will guard my mouth with a muzzle
as long as the wicked are in my presence.”
Proverbs 26:17
A person who is passing by and meddles in a quarrel that’s not his
is like one who grabs a dog by the ears.
Ecclesiastes 3:7
a time to tear and a time to sew;
a time to be silent and a time to speak;
Amos 5:10
They hate the one who convicts the guilty
at the city gate
and despise the one who speaks with integrity.
Matthew 10:16
“Look, I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as serpents and as harmless as doves.
Matthew 15:23
Yet He did not say a word to her. So His disciples approached Him and urged Him, “Send her away because she cries out after us.”
Matthew 26:63
But Jesus kept silent. Then the high priest said to Him, “By the living God I place You under oath: tell us if You are the Messiah, the Son of God!”

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John 9:13
They brought the man who used to be blind to the Pharisees.

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