Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
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Bible References
We
Isaiah 28:9
Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand the report? Them that are weaned from the milk, withdrawn from the breasts?
1 Corinthians 9:19
For being free from all, I have made myself bondman to all, that I might gain the most possible.
Piped
Matthew 9:15
And Jesus said to them, Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn so long as the bridegroom is with them? But days will come when the bridegroom will have been taken away from them, and then they will fast.
1 Kings 1:40
And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.
Isaiah 30:29
Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a feast is sanctified; and joy of heart, as of one who goeth with a pipe to come unto the mountain of Jehovah, to the Rock of Israel.
Jeremiah 9:17
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider, and call for the mourning women, that they may come, and send for the skilful women, that they may come;
Jeremiah 31:4
I will build thee again, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel! Thou shalt again be adorned with thy tambours, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
Luke 15:25
And his elder son was in the field; and as, coming up, he drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing.
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Proverbs 29:9
If a wise man contendeth with a fool, whether he rage or laugh, he hath no rest.