Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.
House
Bible References
House
Judges 9:46
When all the lords of the tower of Shechem heard, they went to the vault of the temple of El-Berith.
Judges 8:33
And it happened, as soon as Gideon died, the {Israelites} returned and prostituted [themselves] after the Baals, and they made for themselves Baal-Berith as god.
Vain, etc
Judges 11:3
So Jephthah fled from the presence of his brothers, and he lived in the land of Tob. And {outlaws} gathered around Jephthah and went with him.
1 Samuel 22:2
Every man in distress and every man who had a creditor and every embittered man gathered to him, and he became {their commander}. Now there [were] about four hundred men with him.
2 Chronicles 13:7
and worthless men, {sons of wickedness}, were gathered about him and became hostile against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was a boy and gentle of heart and was not strong enough [to stand] before them.
Job 30:8
{A senseless crowd}, yes, {a disreputable brood}, they were cast out from the land.
Proverbs 12:11
He who works his land will have plenty of food, but he who follows worthless things lacks {sense}.
Acts 17:5
But the Jews were filled with jealousy and, taking along some worthless men from the rabble in the marketplace and forming a mob, threw the city into an uproar. And attacking Jason's house, they were looking for them to bring [them] out to the popular assembly.