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

Later on, the descendants of Ephraim spoke to Gideon. They argued vehemently, "What are you doing to us? You never called us! But you went out to fight Midian!"

Not long afterward, all the men of Israel started coming to the king, complaining to him, "Why did our relatives in Judah's army sneak you away, taking the king and his household over the Jordan River, along with David's army?"

Instead of receiving my love, they accuse me, though I continue in prayer.

Then I examined all sorts of work, including all kinds of excellent achievements that create envy in others. This also is pointless and chasing after the wind.

Jesus replied to them, "I've shown you many good actions from my Father. For which of them are you going to stone me?"

We will burn

The next day, they told Samson's wife, "Coax your husband to explain the riddle or we'll set fire to your father's house with you in it! You've invited us here to make us paupers, haven't you?"

Then the Philistines demanded, "Who did this?" Someone said, "Samson, son-in-law of the Timnite, because his father-in-law took Samson's wife and gave her to the best man at Samson's wedding." In retaliation, the Philistines came up and burned her and her father to death.

Rocks are heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's provocation outweighs them both.

For wherever jealousy and rivalry exist, there is disorder and every kind of evil.

Where do those fights and quarrels among you come from? They come from your selfish desires that are at war in your bodies, don't they?

General references

Don't answer a fool according to his foolishness, or you will be just like him.

If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.