Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.
But
They shall build
The border
Bible References
But
Isaiah 9:9
And all the people will have experience of it, even Ephraim and the men of Samaria, who say in the pride of their uplifted hearts,
James 4:13
How foolish it is to say, Today or tomorrow we will go into this town, and be there for a year and do business there and get wealth:
They shall build
Job 9:4
He is wise in heart and great in strength: who ever made his face hard against him, and any good came of it?
Job 12:14
Truly, there is no building up of what is pulled down by him; when a man is shut up by him, no one may let him loose.
Job 34:29
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Psalm 127:1
If the Lord is not helping the builders, then the building of a house is to no purpose: if the Lord does not keep the town, the watchman keeps his watch for nothing.
Proverbs 21:30
Wisdom and knowledge and wise suggestions are of no use against the Lord.
Isaiah 10:4
... For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Lamentations 3:37
Who is able to say a thing, and give effect to it, if it has not been ordered by the Lord?
Matthew 12:30
Whoever is not with me is against me; and he who does not take part with me in getting people together, is driving them away.
The border
Jeremiah 31:17
And there is hope for the future, says the Lord; and your children will come back to the land which is theirs.
Ezekiel 11:10
You will come to your death by the sword; and I will be your judge in the land of Israel; and you will be certain that I am the Lord.
Amos 6:2
Go on to Calneh and see; and from there go to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines: are you better than these kingdoms? or is your land wider than theirs?
The people
Malachi 1:3
And Esau was hated, and I sent destruction on his mountains, and gave his heritage to the beasts of the waste land.
Psalm 137:7
O Lord, keep in mind against the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem; how they said, Let it be uncovered, uncovered even to its base.
Isaiah 11:14
And they will be united in attacking the Philistines on the west, and together they will take the goods of the children of the east: their hand will be on Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon will be under their rule.
Isaiah 34:5
For my sword in heaven is full of wrath: see, it is coming down on Edom, in punishment on the people of my curse.
Isaiah 63:1
Who is this who comes from Edom, with blood-red robes from Bozrah? he whose clothing is fair, stepping with pride in his great strength? I whose glory is in the right, strong for salvation.
Lamentations 4:21
Have joy and be glad, O daughter of Edom, living in the land of Uz: the cup will be given to you in your turn, and you will be overcome with wine and your shame will be seen.
Ezekiel 25:14
I will take payment from Edom because of my people Israel; and I will take Edom in hand in my wrath and in my passion: and they will have experience of my reward, says the Lord.
Ezekiel 35:9
I will make you waste for ever, and your towns will be unpeopled: and you will be certain that I am the Lord.