Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

Are spots

Clouds

Carried

General references

Bible References

Are spots

2 Peter 2:13
They think their daily luxurious living real pleasure; they are spots and blots, deceitfully living in luxurious pleasure while they continue their religious feasting with you.

Feasts

1 Corinthians 11:21
for each of you is in a rush to eat his own supper, and one goes hungry while another gets drunk.

Feeding

Luke 12:19
Then I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Go on taking your ease; continue to eat, drink, and enjoy yourself."'
Luke 16:19
"Once there was a rich man who used to dress in purple and fine linen and live in dazzling luxury every day.
Luke 21:34
But ever be on your guard, so that your hearts may not be loaded down with self-indulgence, drunkenness, and worldly worries, and that day, like a trap, catch you unawares.
Philippians 3:19
Their doom is destruction, their stomach is their god, their glory is in their shame, and their minds are feeding on earthly things,
1 Thessalonians 5:6
So let us stop sleeping as others do, but let us stay awake and keep sober.
James 5:5
Here on earth you have lived in luxury and self-indulgence; you have fattened your hearts for the day of slaughter.

Clouds

2 Peter 2:17
Such men are dried-up springs, clouds driven by the storm, and they are doomed to densest darkness.

Carried

Ephesians 4:14
so that we may not be babies any longer, or like sailors tossed about and driven around by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men through their cunning in inventing new methods of error.

Trees

Matthew 13:6
and when the sun was up they were scorched and dried up, because they had no root.
Matthew 21:19
As He saw a fig tree by the roadside, He came to it but found on it nothing but leaves, and said to it, "Never again shall a fig grow on you!" And the fig tree at once withered up.
Mark 4:6
but when the sun came up, they were scorched and withered away, because they had not taken root.
Mark 11:21
And Peter remembered about it, and said to Him, "Look, Teacher! The fig tree which you cursed has withered!"
Luke 8:6
Another portion of them fell upon the rock, and as soon as they sprang up, they withered, because they had no moisture.
John 15:4
You must remain in union with me and I will remain in union with you. Just as no branch by itself can bear fruit unless it remains united to the vine, so you cannot unless you remain in union with me.

Twice

1 Timothy 5:6
while a widow who gives herself up to luxury is really dead though still alive.
Hebrews 6:4
For it is impossible for those who have once for all been enlightened and have experienced the gift from heaven, who have been made sharers of the Holy Spirit
2 Peter 2:18
For by uttering arrogant nonsense, through base desires of the lower nature, they entice into immorality men who are just escaping from those who live in error,

Plucked

Matthew 15:13
He answered, "Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant must be rooted up.
Mark 11:20
In the morning as they were passing along, they noticed that the fig tree was withered, clear down to its roots.

General references

Luke 23:31
For if they do this when the wood is green, what will they do when it is dry?"