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 then shall such one teach knowledge? And whom shall he make to understand the thing that he heareth? For they are as ignorant as young children, which are weeded from suck or taken from the breasts.
1 Corinthians 9:19
For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all men, that I might win the more.
Piped
Matthew 9:15
And Jesus said unto them, "Can the wedding children mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The time 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 piping with pipes and rejoicing greatly, so that the earth rang with the sound of them.
Isaiah 30:29
But ye shall sing, as the use is in the night of the holy solemnity. Ye shall rejoice from your heart, as they that come with the pipe, when they go up to the mount of the LORD, unto the rock of Israel.
Jeremiah 9:17
Moreover, thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts, "Look that ye call for mourning wives, and send for wise women: that they come shortly,
Jeremiah 31:4
I will repair thee again, O thou daughter of Israel, that thou mayest be fast and sure. Thou shalt take thy tabrets again, and go forth, with them that lead the dance.
Luke 15:25
The elder brother was in the field, and when he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard minstrelsy, and dancing,
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Proverbs 29:9
If a wise man go to law with a fool - whether he deal with him friendly or roughly - he getteth no rest.