Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

Bible References

There

1 Samuel 3:1
Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord before Eli. And word from the Lord was rare in those days, visions were infrequent.
Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
Because you have rejected knowledge,
I also will reject you from being My priest.
Since you have forgotten the law of your God,
I also will forget your children.
Amos 8:11
“Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord God,
“When I will send a famine on the land,
Not a famine for bread or a thirst for water,
But rather for hearing the words of the Lord.
Matthew 9:36
Seeing the people, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dispirited like sheep without a shepherd.
Romans 10:13
for “Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Perish

2 Chronicles 28:19
For the Lord humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Israel, for he had brought about a lack of restraint in Judah and was very unfaithful to the Lord.

But

Proverbs 19:16
He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul,
But he who is careless of conduct will die.
Psalm 19:11
Moreover, by them Your servant is warned;
In keeping them there is great reward.
Psalm 119:2
How blessed are those who observe His testimonies,
Who seek Him with all their heart.
Luke 11:28
But He said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it.”
John 13:17
If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.
John 14:21
He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him.”
James 1:25
But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man will be blessed in what he does.
Revelation 22:14
Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter by the gates into the city.

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