Judges 12:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.

Wherefore

John 10:32

We will burn

James 4:1

General references

Proverbs 26:4

Mark 3:24

Bible References

Wherefore

And the men of Ephraim said unto him - What is this thing thou hast done to us, in not calling us, when thou wentest to fight with Midian? And they did chide with him, sharply.

Then lo! all the men of Israel, were coming unto the king, - and they said unto the king - Why did our brethren the men of Judah steal thee away, and escort the king and his household over the Jordan, and all the men of David with him?

For my love, they have been accusing me, while, I, was at prayer:

Then saw, I, all the toil and all the skill of the work, that, for this, a man was envied of his neighbour, - even this, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.

Jesus answered them - Many works, have I showed you, noble ones, from my Father: For which of those works are ye stoning me?

We will burn

And it came to pass, on the fourth day, that they said to Samson's wife, Entice thy husband, that he may tell us the riddle, lest we burn thee and the house of thy father, with fire. Was it not, to impoverish us, that ye invited us - was it not?

Then said the Philistines - Who hath done this? And they said - Samson, son-in-law of the Timnite, because he hath taken his wife, and given her to his companion. So the Philistines went up and burned her and her father, with fire.

Heavy is a stone, and weighty is sand, - but, the vexation of a fool, is heavier than both.

For, where jealousy and rivalry are, there, are anarchy and every ignoble deed.

Whence wars and whence fightings among you? are they not from hence - due to your pleasures which are taking the field in your members?

General references

Do not answer a dullard, according to his folly, lest, even thou thyself, become like him;

And, if a kingdom against itself be divided, that kingdom cannot be made to stand;