Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.
The unclean
He walketh
Seeking
Bible References
The unclean
Matthew 12:43 “When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it roams through waterless places looking for rest but doesn’t find any.
He walketh
Job 1:7
The Lord asked Satan, “Where have you come from?”
“From roaming through the earth,” Satan answered Him, “and walking around on it.”
“From roaming through the earth,”
Job 2:2
The Lord asked Satan, “Where have you come from?”
“From roaming through the earth,” Satan answered Him, “and walking around on it.”
“From roaming through the earth,” Satan answered Him, “and walking around on it.”
1 Peter 5:8
Be serious! Be alert! Your adversary the Devil is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour.
Dry
Judges 6:37
I will put a fleece of wool here on the threshing floor. If dew is only on the fleece, and all the ground is dry, I will know that You will deliver Israel by my strength, as You said.”
Psalm 63:1
A Davidic psalm. When he was in the Wilderness of Judah.God, You are my God; I eagerly seek You.
I thirst for You;
my body faints for You
in a land that is dry, desolate, and without water.
I thirst for You;
my body faints for You
in a land that is dry, desolate, and without water.
Isaiah 35:1 The wilderness and the dry land will be glad;
the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.
the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.
Isaiah 41:17 The poor and the needy seek water, but there is none;
their tongues are parched with thirst.
I, Yahweh, will answer them;
I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
their tongues are parched with thirst.
I, Yahweh, will answer them;
I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
Isaiah 44:3 For I will pour water on the thirsty land
and streams on the dry ground;
I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants
and My blessing on your offspring.
and streams on the dry ground;
I will pour out My Spirit
and My blessing on your offspring.
Ezekiel 47:8
He said to me, “This water flows out to the eastern region and goes down to the Arabah. When it enters the sea, the sea of foul water, the water of the sea becomes fresh.
Ephesians 2:2
in which you previously walked according to the ways of this world, according to the ruler who exercises authority over the lower heavens, the spirit now working in the disobedient.
Seeking
Proverbs 4:16 For they can’t sleep
unless they have done what is evil;
they are robbed of sleep
unless they make someone stumble.
unless they have done what is evil;
they are robbed of sleep
unless they make someone stumble.
Isaiah 48:22 “There is no peace for the wicked,” says the Lord.
Isaiah 57:20 But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea,
for it cannot be still,
and its waters churn up mire and muck.
for it cannot be still,
and its waters churn up mire and muck.