Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
Perish
Bible References
There
1 Samuel 3:1
Now the boy Samuel was serving Yahweh {in the presence} of Eli. The word of Yahweh was rare in those days; visions were not widespread.
Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from acting as a priest for me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
Amos 8:11
Look, the days are coming," {declares} my Lord Yahweh, "when I will send a famine in the land, not a famine for bread and not a thirst for water, but {of hearing} the words of Yahweh!
Matthew 9:36
And [when he] saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were weary and dejected, like sheep that did not have a shepherd.
Romans 10:13
For "everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved."
Perish
2 Chronicles 28:19
For Yahweh subdued Judah for the sake of Ahaz, king of Israel, for he created disorder in Judah and acted unfaithfully against Yahweh.
But
Proverbs 19:16
He who guards commandments guards his life; he who is careless of his ways will be killed.
Psalm 19:11
Moreover, your servant [is] warned by them; in keeping them [is] great reward.
Psalm 119:2
Blessed [are] those who keep his testimonies; they seek him with a whole heart.
Luke 11:28
But he said, "On the contrary, blessed [are] those who hear the word of God and follow [it]!"
John 13:17
If you understand these [things], you are blessed if you do them.
John 14:21
The one who has my commandments and keeps them--that one is the one who loves me. And the one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will reveal myself to him."
James 1:25
But the one who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues [to do it], not being a forgetful hearer but a doer who acts, this one will be blessed {in what he does}.
Revelation 22:14
Blessed [are] the ones who wash their robes, so that their authority will be over the tree of life and they may enter into the city through the gates.