Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.
Rent his clothes
Have opened
I cannot
Bible References
Rent his clothes
Genesis 37:29
When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes.
Genesis 42:36
Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my sons. Joseph is gone and Simeon is gone. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything happens to me!”
2 Samuel 13:30
While they were on the way, a report reached David: “Absalom struck down all the king’s sons; not even one of them survived!”
2 Samuel 18:33 The king was deeply moved and went up to the gate chamber and wept. As he walked, he cried, “My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, Absalom, my son, my son!”
Job 1:20
Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,
Have opened
Leviticus 27:28
“Nothing that a man permanently sets apart to the Lord from all he owns, whether a person, an animal, or his inherited landholding, can be sold or redeemed; everything set apart is especially holy to the Lord.
Numbers 30:2
When a man makes a vow to the Lord or swears an oath to put himself under an obligation, he must not break his word; he must do whatever he has promised.
Psalm 15:4 who despises the one rejected by the Lord
but honors those who fear the Lord,
who keeps his word whatever the cost,
but honors those who fear the Lord,
who keeps his word whatever the cost,
Ecclesiastes 5:2 Do not be hasty to speak, and do not be impulsive to make a speech before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few.
I cannot
Judges 21:1
The men of Israel had sworn an oath at Mizpah: “None of us will give his daughter to a Benjaminite in marriage.”
1 Samuel 14:44
Saul declared to him, “May God punish me and do so severely if you do not die, Jonathan!”
Matthew 14:7
So he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask.
Acts 23:14
These men went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves under a solemn curse that we won’t eat anything until we have killed Paul.