Luke 12:45

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;

And if

Ezekiel 12:22

Matthew 24:48

2 Peter 2:3

To beat

To eat

Revelation 18:7

Bible References

And if

“Son of man, what is this proverb you people have about the land of Israel, which goes:

The days keep passing by,
and every vision fails?

But if that wicked slave says in his heart, ‘My master is delayed,’

They will exploit you in their greed with deceptive words. Their condemnation, pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.

To beat

It is written before Me:
I will not keep silent, but I will repay;
I will repay them fully

So Pashhur had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put him in the stocks at the Upper Benjamin Gate in the Lord’s temple.

You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened animals, but you do not tend the flock.

And the others seized his slaves, treated them outrageously and killed them.

In fact, you put up with it if someone enslaves you, if someone devours you, if someone captures you, if someone dominates you, or if someone hits you in the face.

I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to have first place among them, does not receive us.

And he was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them. He was also given authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation.

Because they poured out
the blood of the saints and the prophets,
You also gave them blood to drink;
they deserve it!

On her forehead a cryptic name was written:

BABYLON THE GREAT

THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES

AND OF THE VILE THINGS OF THE EARTH.

and the blood of prophets and saints,
and of all those slaughtered on earth,
was found in you.

To eat

Israel’s watchmen are blind, all of them,
they know nothing;
all of them are mute dogs,
they cannot bark;
they dream, lie down,
and love to sleep.

As I live”—the declaration of the Lord God—“because My flock has become prey and food for every wild animal since they lack a shepherd, for My shepherds do not search for My flock, and because the shepherds feed themselves rather than My flock,

for such people do not serve our Lord Christ but their own appetites.

They deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting with smooth talk and flattering words.

For I have often told you, and now say again with tears, that many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.

suffering harm as the payment for unrighteousness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in the daytime. They are spots and blemishes, delighting in their deceptions as they feast with you.

These are the ones who are like dangerous reefs at your love feasts. They feast with you, nurturing only themselves without fear. They are waterless clouds carried along by winds; trees in late autumn—fruitless, twice dead, pulled out by the roots;

As much as she glorified herself and lived luxuriously,
give her that much torment and grief,
for she says in her heart,
“I sit as a queen;
I am not a widow,
and I will never see grief.”