Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.

Bible References

A vile

Psalm 101:4
A perverse heart shall depart from me;
I will know no evil.
2 Kings 3:13
Now Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What do I have to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father and to the prophets of your mother.” And the king of Israel said to him, “No, for the Lord has called these three kings together to give them into the hand of Moab.”
Esther 3:2
All the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman; for so the king had commanded concerning him. But Mordecai neither bowed down nor paid homage.
Job 32:21
“Let me now be partial to no one,
Nor flatter any man.
Isaiah 32:5
No longer will the fool be called noble,
Or the rogue be spoken of as generous.
Daniel 5:17
Then Daniel answered and said before the king, “Keep your gifts for yourself or give your rewards to someone else; however, I will read the inscription to the king and make the interpretation known to him.
Acts 24:2
After Paul had been summoned, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying to the governor,“Since we have through you attained much peace, and since by your providence reforms are being carried out for this nation,
James 2:1
My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism.

But

Psalm 16:3
As for the saints who are in the earth,
They are the majestic ones in whom is all my delight.
Psalm 101:6
My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me;
He who walks in a blameless way is the one who will minister to me.
Psalm 119:63
I am a companion of all those who fear You,
And of those who keep Your precepts.
Matthew 12:49
And stretching out His hand toward His disciples, He said, “Behold My mother and My brothers!
1 John 3:14
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death.

Sweareth

Joshua 9:18
The sons of Israel did not strike them because the leaders of the congregation had sworn to them by the Lord the God of Israel. And the whole congregation grumbled against the leaders.
Judges 11:35
When he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you are among those who trouble me; for I have given my word to the Lord, and I cannot take it back.”
2 Samuel 21:1
Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David sought the presence of the Lord. And the Lord said, “It is for Saul and his bloody house, because he put the Gibeonites to death.”
Matthew 5:33
“Again, you have heard that the ancients were told, ‘You shall not make false vows, but shall fulfill your vows to the Lord.’