Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.

Bible References

Perverse

Deuteronomy 32:5
It hath done corruptly to Him; Their blemish is not His sons', A generation perverse and crooked!
Psalm 78:8
And they are not like their fathers, A generation apostate and rebellious, A generation! it hath not prepared its heart, Nor stedfast with God is its spirit.
Matthew 3:7
And having seen many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming about his baptism, he said to them, 'Brood of vipers! who did shew you to flee from the coming wrath?
Matthew 12:39
And he answering said to them, 'A generation, evil and adulterous, doth seek a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet;
Matthew 16:4
'A generation evil and adulterous doth seek a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet;' and having left them he went away.
Matthew 23:36
verily I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation.
Acts 2:40
Also with many more other words he was testifying and exhorting, saying, 'Be saved from this perverse generation;'

How

Exodus 10:3
And Moses cometh in -- Aaron also -- unto Pharaoh, and they say unto him, 'Thus said Jehovah, God of the Hebrews, Until when hast thou refused to be humbled at My presence? send My people away, and they serve Me,
Exodus 16:28
And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'How long have ye refused to keep My commands, and My laws?
Numbers 14:11
And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Until when doth this people despise Me? and until when do they not believe in Me, for all the signs which I have done in its midst?
Jeremiah 4:14
Wash from evil thy heart, O Jerusalem, That thou mayest be saved, Till when dost thou lodge in thy heart Thoughts of thy strength?
Matthew 17:17
And Jesus answering said, 'O generation, unstedfast and perverse, till when shall I be with you? till when shall I bear you? bring him to me hither;'
John 14:9
Jesus saith to him, 'So long time am I with you, and thou hast not known me, Philip? he who hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how dost thou say, Shew to us the Father?

And suffer

Acts 13:18
and about a period of forty years He did suffer their manners in the wilderness,
Romans 2:4
or the riches of His goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering, dost thou despise? -- not knowing that the goodness of God doth lead thee to reformation!
Hebrews 3:9
in which tempt Me did your fathers, they did prove Me, and saw My works forty years;

Bring

2 Kings 5:8
And it cometh to pass, at Elisha the man of God's hearing that the king of Israel hath rent his garments, that he sendeth unto the king, saying, 'Why hast thou rent thy garments? let him come, I pray thee, unto me, and he doth know that there is a prophet in Israel.'
Matthew 11:28
'Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,
Mark 10:14
and Jesus having seen, was much displeased, and he said to them, 'Suffer the children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the reign of God;
Hebrews 7:25
whence also he is able to save to the very end, those coming through him unto God -- ever living to make intercession for them.