Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Bible References

Good

Proverbs 8:6

“Listen, for I will speak excellent and noble things;
And the opening of my lips will reveal right things.
Proverbs 22:20

Have I not written to you excellent things
In counsels and knowledge,
Deuteronomy 32:2

“Let my teaching drop as the rain,
My speech distill as the dew,
As the light rain upon the tender grass,
And as the spring showers upon the herb.
Job 33:3

“My words will express the uprightness of my heart,
And my lips will speak what they know with utter sincerity.
Psalm 49:1
Hear this, all peoples;
Listen carefully, all inhabitants of the world,
John 7:16
Jesus answered them by saying, “My teaching is not My own, but His who sent Me.
1 Timothy 4:6
If you point out these instructions to the brothers and sisters, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, constantly nourished [through study] on the words of the faith and of the good [Christian] doctrine which you have closely followed.
Titus 1:9
He must hold firmly to the trustworthy word [of God] as it was taught to him, so that he will be able both to give accurate instruction in sound [reliable, error-free] doctrine and to refute those who contradict [it by explaining their error].

Forsake

1 Chronicles 28:9
“As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father [have personal knowledge of Him, be acquainted with, and understand Him; appreciate, heed, and cherish Him] and serve Him with a blameless heart and a willing mind; for the Lord searches all hearts and minds, and understands every intent and inclination of the thoughts. If you seek Him [inquiring for and of Him and requiring Him as your first and vital necessity] He will let you find Him; but if you abandon (turn away from) Him, He will reject you forever.
2 Chronicles 7:19
“But if you [people] turn away and abandon My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and you go and serve other gods and worship them,
Psalm 89:30

“If his children turn away from My law
And do not walk in My ordinances,

General references

Jeremiah 35:8
We have obeyed the words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he commanded us, in all our days we have never drunk wine, nor have our wives, our sons, or our daughters,
Colossians 3:21
Fathers, do not provoke or irritate or exasperate your children [with demands that are trivial or unreasonable or humiliating or abusive; nor by favoritism or indifference; treat them tenderly with lovingkindness], so they will not lose heart and become discouraged or unmotivated [with their spirits broken].