Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
A green bay-tree
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I have
Psalm 73:3
because I envied the boastful [when] I saw [the] well-being of [the] wicked.
Esther 5:11
And Haman recounted to them the splendor of his wealth and the number of his sons and all [the ways] that the king had honored him and promoted him above the officials and king's servants.
Job 5:3
I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling.
Job 21:7
"Why do [the] wicked live, grow old, even grow mighty [in] power?
Isaiah 14:14
I will ascend to [the] high places of [the] clouds, I will make myself like the Most High.'
A green bay-tree
Job 8:13
So [are] the paths of all who forget God; and [the] hope of [the] godless will perish,
Ezekiel 31:6
In its branches all the birds of the heaven made their nest, and under its branches all the animals of the field gave birth, and in its shadow all [the] many nations lived.
Daniel 4:20
The tree that you saw, which grew and became strong and its height reached to heaven and {it was visible to the end of the whole earth},
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Psalm 37:2
For like the grass they will dry up quickly, and like green vegetation they will wither.
Jeremiah 49:25
How [the] city of praise has not been abandoned! The city of my joy!