Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
The house-top
General references
Bible References
Which
Matthew 6:25
So I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about food or drink, or about clothing for your body. Is not life more than food, and the body more than its clothing?
Job 2:4
And the Satan said in answer to the Lord, Skin for skin, all a man has he will give for his life.
Proverbs 6:4
Give no sleep to your eyes, or rest to them;
Mark 13:15
And let him who is on the house-top not go down, or go in, to take anything out of his house:
Luke 17:31
On that day, if anyone is on the roof of the house, and his goods are in the house, let him not go down to take them away; and let him who is in the field not go back to his house.
The house-top
Matthew 10:27
What I say to you in the dark, say in the light: and what comes to your ear secretly, say publicly from the house-tops.
Deuteronomy 22:8
If you are building a house, make a railing for the roof, so that the blood of any man falling from it will not come on your house.
General references
1 Samuel 20:38
And Jonathan went on crying out after the boy, Be quick, do not keep waiting about, go quickly. And Jonathan's boy got the arrow and came back to his master.
Proverbs 6:4
Give no sleep to your eyes, or rest to them;
Mark 13:15
And let him who is on the house-top not go down, or go in, to take anything out of his house: