Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

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Ruth 2:3
So Ruth left and entered the field to gather grain behind the harvesters. She happened to be in the portion of land belonging to Boaz, who was from Elimelech’s family.
Ecclesiastes 9:11
Again I saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, or the battle to the strong, or bread to the wise, or riches to the discerning, or favor to the skillful; rather, time and chance happen to all of them.

Priest

Jeremiah 5:31
The prophets prophesy falsely,
and the priests rule by their own authority.
My people love it like this.
But what will you do at the end of it?
Hosea 5:1
Hear this, priests!
Pay attention, house of Israel!
Listen, royal house!
For the judgment applies to you
because you have been a snare at Mizpah
and a net spread out on Tabor.
Hosea 6:9
Like raiders who wait in ambush for someone,
a band of priests murders on the road to Shechem.
They commit atrocities.
Malachi 1:10
“I wish one of you would shut the temple doors, so you would no longer kindle a useless fire on My altar! I am not pleased with you,” says the Lord of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.

He passed

Job 6:14
A despairing man should receive loyalty from his friends,
even if he abandons the fear of the Almighty.
Psalm 38:10
My heart races, my strength leaves me,
and even the light of my eyes has faded.
Psalm 69:20
Insults have broken my heart,
and I am in despair.
I waited for sympathy,
but there was none;
for comforters, but found no one.
Psalm 142:4
Look to the right and see:
no one stands up for me;
there is no refuge for me;
no one cares about me.
Proverbs 21:13
The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor
will himself also call out and not be answered.
Proverbs 24:11
Rescue those being taken off to death,
and save those stumbling toward slaughter.
James 2:13
For judgment is without mercy to the one who hasn’t shown mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
1 John 3:16
This is how we have come to know love: He laid down His life for us. We should also lay down our lives for our brothers.

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Proverbs 24:11
Rescue those being taken off to death,
and save those stumbling toward slaughter.

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