Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.

Bible References

Lest

Matthew 15:12
Then his disciples, coming up, said to him, Dost thou know that the Pharisees, having heard this word, have been offended?
Romans 14:21
It is right not to eat meat, nor drink wine, nor do anything in which thy brother stumbles, or is offended, or is weak.
Romans 15:1
But we ought, we that are strong, to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
1 Corinthians 8:9
But see lest anywise this your right to eat itself be a stumbling-block to the weak.
1 Corinthians 9:19
For being free from all, I have made myself bondman to all, that I might gain the most possible.
1 Corinthians 10:32
Give no occasion to stumbling, whether to Jews, or Greeks, or the assembly of God.
2 Corinthians 6:3
giving no manner of offence in anything, that the ministry be not blamed;
1 Thessalonians 5:22
hold aloof from every form of wickedness.
Titus 2:7
in all things affording thyself as a pattern of good works; in teaching uncorruptedness, gravity,

And take

Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them; and God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over every animal that moveth on the earth.
1 Kings 17:4
And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the torrent; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
Psalm 8:8
The fowl of the heavens, and the fishes of the sea, whatever passeth through the paths of the seas.
Jonah 1:17
And Jehovah prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Jonah 2:10
And Jehovah commanded the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
Hebrews 2:7
Thou hast made him some little inferior to the angels; thou hast crowned him with glory and honour, and hast set him over the works of thy hands;

That take

2 Corinthians 8:9
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sakes he, being rich, became poor, in order that ye by his poverty might be enriched.
James 2:5
Hear, my beloved brethren: Has not God chosen the poor as to the world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to them that love him?

General references

2 Corinthians 6:3
giving no manner of offence in anything, that the ministry be not blamed;
1 Thessalonians 5:22
hold aloof from every form of wickedness.