Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

Bible References

As the

Psalm 5:9
For there is no truth in their mouth; their inmost self is destruction; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.
Romans 3:13
"Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive." "The venom of asps is under their lips."

Whole

Numbers 16:30
But if the LORD creates something new, and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that belongs to them, and they go down alive into Sheol, then you shall know that these men have despised the LORD."
Numbers 26:10
and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, when the fire devoured 250 men, and they became a warning.
Psalm 28:1
To you, O LORD, I call; my rock, be not deaf to me, lest, if you be silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit.
Psalm 143:7
Answer me quickly, O LORD! My spirit fails! Hide not your face from me, lest I be like those who go down to the pit.

General references

Genesis 34:23
Will not their livestock, their property and all their beasts be ours? Only let us agree with them, and they will dwell with us."
Judges 9:25
And the leaders of Shechem put men in ambush against him on the mountaintops, and they robbed all who passed by them along that way. And it was told to Abimelech.
Psalm 83:4
They say, "Come, let us wipe them out as a nation; let the name of Israel be remembered no more!"
Proverbs 16:29
A man of violence entices his neighbor and leads him in a way that is not good.

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