Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.

The unclean

Bible References

The unclean

Luke 11:24
"Whenever an unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it travels through waterless places searching for rest, and does not find [it]. It says, 'I will return to my house from which I came out.'
Acts 8:13
And Simon himself also believed, and [after he] was baptized he was {keeping close company with} Philip. And [when he] saw the signs and great miracles that were taking place, he was astonished.

He

Job 1:7
So Yahweh said to Satan, "From where have you come?" Then Satan answered Yahweh and said, "From roaming on the earth and from walking about in it."
Job 2:2
So Yahweh {asked} Satan, "From where have you come?" And Satan answered Yahweh and said, "From roaming on the earth and from walking about in it."
1 Peter 5:8
Be sober; be on the alert. Your adversary the devil walks around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.

Dry

Psalm 63:1
O God, you [are] my God; I will seek you diligently. My soul thirsts for you; my flesh longs for you [as] in a dry and weary land without water.
Isaiah 35:6
Then [the] lame shall leap like the deer, and [the] tongue of [the] dumb shall sing for joy, for waters shall break forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert.
Isaiah 41:18
I will open rivers on [the] barren heights and fountains in [the] midst of [the] valleys. I will make [the] wilderness like a pool of water and [the] land of dryness like springs of water.
Ezekiel 47:8
And he said to me, "These waters [are] going out to the eastern region, and they go down to the {Jordan Valley}, and they come [to] the sea [and flow] into the sea [where] {they issue out}, and the waters [in the sea] will be healed.
Amos 8:11
Look, the days are coming," {declares} my Lord Yahweh, "when I will send a famine in the land, not a famine for bread and not a thirst for water, but {of hearing} the words of Yahweh!

Seeking

Matthew 8:29
And behold, they cried out, saying, "{What do you have to do with us}, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?"
Mark 5:7
And crying out with a loud voice he said, "{What have I to do with you}, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore you by God, do not torment me!"
Luke 8:28
And [when he] saw Jesus, he cried out, fell down before him, and said with a loud voice, "{What do I have to do with you}, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me!"

General references

Jeremiah 34:11
But {afterward} they turned back and they brought back the [male] slaves and the female slaves whom they had let go free, and they subdued them as [male] slaves and female slaves.
Matthew 7:27
And the rain came down and the rivers came and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it collapsed, and its fall was great."
Matthew 22:1
And continuing, Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying,