Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.

Take away

General references

Bible References

An accursed

Joshua 7:11
Israel has done wrong, sinning against the agreement which I made with them: they have even taken of the cursed thing; acting falsely like thieves they have put it among their goods.
2 Chronicles 28:10
And now your purpose is to keep the children of Judah and Jerusalem as men-servants and women-servants under your yoke: but are there no sins against the Lord your God to be seen among yourselves?
Matthew 7:5
You false one, first take out the bit of wood from your eye, then will you see clearly to take out the grain of dust from your brother's eye.

Take away

1 Corinthians 5:1
It is said, in fact, that there is among you a sin of the flesh, such as is not seen even among the Gentiles, that one of you has his father's wife.

General references

Deuteronomy 23:9
When you go out to war and put your tents in position, keep from every evil thing.
Malachi 3:9
You are cursed with a curse; for you have kept back from me what is mine, even all this nation.

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain