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
'Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, and what ye may drink, nor for your body, what ye may put on. Is not the life more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing?
Job 2:4
And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, 'A skin for a skin, and all that a man hath he doth give for his life.
Proverbs 6:4
Give not sleep to thine eyes, And slumber to thine eyelids,
Mark 13:15
and he upon the house-top, let him not come down to the house, nor come in to take anything out of his house;
Luke 17:31
in that day, he who shall be on the house top, and his vessels in the house, let him not come down to take them away; and he in the field, in like manner, let him not turn backward;
The house-top
Matthew 10:27
that which I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light, and that which you hear at the ear, proclaim on the house-tops.
Deuteronomy 22:8
'When thou buildest a new house, then thou hast made a parapet to thy roof, and thou dost not put blood on thy house when one falleth from it.
General references
1 Samuel 20:38
and Jonathan calleth after the youth, 'Speed, haste, stand not;' and Jonathan's youth gathereth the arrows, and cometh unto his lord.
Proverbs 6:4
Give not sleep to thine eyes, And slumber to thine eyelids,
Mark 13:15
and he upon the house-top, let him not come down to the house, nor come in to take anything out of his house;