Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:

Bible References

Which

Matthew 6:25
"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Isn't there more to life than food and more to the body than clothing?
Job 2:4
But Satan answered the Lord, "Skin for skin! Indeed, a man will give up all that he has to save his life!
Proverbs 6:4
Permit no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
Mark 13:15
The one on the roof must not come down or go inside to take anything out of his house.
Luke 17:31
On that day, anyone who is on the roof, with his goods in the house, must not come down to take them away, and likewise the person in the field must not turn back.

The house-top

Matthew 10:27
What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light, and what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.
Deuteronomy 22:8
If you build a new house, you must construct a guard rail around your roof to avoid being culpable in the event someone should fall from it.

General references

1 Samuel 20:38
Jonathan called out to the servant, "Hurry! Go faster! Don't delay!" Jonathan's servant retrieved the arrow and came back to his master.
Proverbs 6:4
Permit no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
Mark 13:15
The one on the roof must not come down or go inside to take anything out of his house.

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