Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

A piece

The adulteress

General references

Bible References

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Proverbs 5:10
And strangers will be filled with your strength
And your hard-earned goods will go to the house of an alien;
Proverbs 29:3
A man who loves wisdom makes his father glad,
But he who keeps company with harlots wastes his wealth.
Luke 15:13
And not many days later, the younger son gathered everything together and went on a journey into a distant country, and there he squandered his estate with loose living.

A piece

1 Samuel 2:36
Everyone who is left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread and say, “Please assign me to one of the priest’s offices so that I may eat a piece of bread.”’”

The adulteress

Genesis 39:14
she called to the men of her household and said to them, “See, he has brought in a Hebrew to us to make sport of us; he came in to me to lie with me, and I screamed.
Ezekiel 13:8
Therefore, thus says the Lord God, “Because you have spoken falsehood and seen a lie, therefore behold, I am against you,” declares the Lord God.

General references

Judges 16:6
So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me where your great strength is and how you may be bound to afflict you.”

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