Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.

Bible References

Merry

Isaiah 16:9
So I join with Jazer
to weep for the vines of Sibmah;
I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears.
Triumphant shouts have fallen silent
over your summer fruit and your harvest.
Isaiah 24:7
The new wine mourns;
the vine withers.
All the carousers now groan.
Jeremiah 25:30
“As for you, you are to prophesy all these things to them, and say to them:

The Lord roars from heaven;
He raises His voice from His holy dwelling.
He roars loudly over His grazing land;
He calls out with a shout, like those who tread grapes,
against all the inhabitants of the earth.
Amos 6:3
You dismiss any thought of the evil day
and bring in a reign of violence.

The house

Judges 9:4
So they gave him 70 pieces of silver from the temple of Baal-berith. Abimelech hired worthless and reckless men with this money, and they followed him.
Judges 16:23
Now the Philistine leaders gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon. They rejoiced and said:

Our god has handed over
our enemy Samson to us.
Exodus 32:6
Early the next morning they arose, offered burnt offerings, and presented fellowship offerings. The people sat down to eat and drink, then got up to play.
Daniel 5:1
King Belshazzar held a great feast for 1,000 of his nobles and drank wine in their presence.

Did eat

Isaiah 22:12
On that day the Lord God of Hosts
called for weeping, for wailing, for shaven heads,
and for the wearing of sackcloth.
Luke 12:19
Then I’ll say to myself, “You have many goods stored up for many years. Take it easy; eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.”’
Luke 17:26
“Just as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man:

Cursed

Leviticus 24:11
Her son cursed and blasphemed the Name, and they brought him to Moses. (His mother’s name was Shelomith, a daughter of Dibri of the tribe of Dan.)
1 Samuel 17:43
He said to David, “Am I a dog that you come against me with sticks?” Then he cursed David by his gods.
Psalm 109:17
He loved cursing—let it fall on him;
he took no delight in blessing—let it be far from him.

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