Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.

Bible References

We call

Acts 12:21
So a day was fixed and on it Herod, dressed in his robes of state, took his seat on his throne in the theater, and made them an address,
1 Peter 5:5
You younger men must show deference to the elders. And you must all clothe yourselves in humility toward one another, for God opposes the proud, but shows mercy to the humble.

They that tempt

Matthew 4:6
and said to him, "If you are God's son, throw yourself down, for the Scripture says, " 'He will give his angels orders about you, And they will lift you up with their hands So that you may never strike your foot against a stone!' "
Acts 5:9
Peter said to her, "How could you two agree to test the Spirit of the Lord? There at the door are the footsteps of the men who buried your husband, and they will carry you out also."
1 Corinthians 10:9
Let us not try the Lord's patience too far, as some of them did, for they were killed for it by the snakes.
Hebrews 3:9
Where your forefathers put my doings to the proof for forty years, Though they saw them all the time.