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.
Lest
That take
General references
Bible References
Lest
Matthew 15:12
Then His disciples came and said to Him, Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?
Romans 14:21
It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor anything by which your brother stumbles, or is offended, or is made weak.
Romans 15:1
Then we who are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
1 Corinthians 8:9
But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours becomes a stumbling block to those who are weak.
1 Corinthians 9:19
For though I am free from all, yet I have made myself servant to all, so that I might gain the more.
1 Corinthians 10:32
Give no offense, either to the Jews, or to the Greeks or to the church of God;
2 Corinthians 6:3
We are in nothing giving cause of stumbling, in no way, so that the ministry may not be blamed,
1 Thessalonians 5:22
Abstain from every appearance of evil.
Titus 2:7
In all things having shown yourself a pattern of good works: in the doctrine, purity, sensibleness, without corruption,
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 all animals that move upon the earth.
1 Kings 17:4
And it shall be, you shall drink of the brook. And I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.
Psalm 8:8
the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, and all that pass through the paths of the seas.
Jonah 1:17
And Jehovah had 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 spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out on the dry land.
Hebrews 2:7
You have made him a little lower than the angels. You crowned him with glory and honor and set him over the works of Your hands.
That take
2 Corinthians 8:9
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, for your sakes He became poor, in order that you might be made rich through His poverty.
James 2:5
Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He has promised to those who love Him?
General references
2 Corinthians 6:3
We are in nothing giving cause of stumbling, in no way, so that the ministry may not be blamed,
1 Thessalonians 5:22
Abstain from every appearance of evil.