Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.

Our fathers

Bible References

If the lord

Genesis 25:22
And the children struggled together within her. And she said, If it be so, wherefore do I live? And she went to inquire of Jehovah.
Exodus 33:14
And he said, My presence shall go with thee , and I will give thee rest.
Numbers 14:14
and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that thou Jehovah art in the midst of this people; for thou Jehovah art seen face to face, and thy cloud standeth over them, and thou goest before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night.
Romans 8:31
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?

Why then

Deuteronomy 29:24
even all the nations shall say, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?
Deuteronomy 30:17
But if thy heart turn away, and thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
Psalm 77:7
Will the Lord cast off for ever? And will he be favorable no more?
Psalm 89:49
Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, Which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?
Isaiah 59:1
Behold, Jehovah's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
Isaiah 63:15
Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where are thy zeal and thy mighty acts? the yearning of thy heart and thy compassions are restrained toward me.

Our fathers

Psalm 44:1
We have heard with our ears, O God, Our fathers have told us, What work thou didst in their days, In the days of old.
Psalm 78:3
Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.

Forsaken us

Deuteronomy 31:17
Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come upon them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us?
2 Chronicles 15:2
and he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Jehovah is with you, while ye are with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
Psalm 27:9
Hide not thy face from me; Put not thy servant away in anger: Thou hast been my help; Cast me not off, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
Isaiah 41:17
The poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst; I, Jehovah, will answer them, I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
Jeremiah 23:33
And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of Jehovah? then shalt thou say unto them, What burden! I will cast you off, saith Jehovah.

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