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 doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
1 Corinthians 9:19
For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
Piped
Matthew 9:15
And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they 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 holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.
Jeremiah 9:17
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:
Jeremiah 31:4
Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
Luke 15:25
Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.
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Proverbs 29:9
If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.