Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
My glory
General references
Bible References
O
Psalm 57:4
I am surrounded by lions; I lie down among those who want to devour me; men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are a sharp sword.
Psalm 58:1
For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a prayer of David. Do you rulers really pronounce just decisions? Do you judge people fairly?
Ecclesiastes 8:11
When a sentence is not executed at once against a crime, the human heart is encouraged to do evil.
Ecclesiastes 9:3
This is the unfortunate fact about everything that happens on earth: the same fate awaits everyone. In addition to this, the hearts of all people are full of evil, and there is folly in their hearts during their lives -- then they die.
My glory
Psalm 3:3
But you, Lord, are a shield that protects me; you are my glory and the one who restores me.
Psalm 14:6
You want to humiliate the oppressed, even though the Lord is their shelter.
Psalm 106:20
They traded their majestic God for the image of an ox that eats grass.
Isaiah 20:5
Those who put their hope in Cush and took pride in Egypt will be afraid and embarrassed.
Isaiah 45:17
Israel will be delivered once and for all by the Lord; you will never again be ashamed or humiliated.
Jeremiah 2:11
Has a nation ever changed its gods (even though they are not really gods at all)? But my people have exchanged me, their glorious God, for a god that cannot help them at all!
Hosea 4:7
The more the priests increased in numbers, the more they rebelled against me. They have turned their glorious calling into a shameful disgrace!
1 Corinthians 1:31
so that, as it is written, "Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord."
Love
Psalm 2:1
Why do the nations rebel? Why are the countries devising plots that will fail?
1 Samuel 12:21
You should not turn aside after empty things that can't profit and can't deliver, since they are empty.
Isaiah 59:4
No one is concerned about justice; no one sets forth his case truthfully. They depend on false words and tell lies; they conceive of oppression and give birth to sin.
Jeremiah 2:5
This is what the Lord says: "What fault could your ancestors have possibly found in me that they strayed so far from me? They paid allegiance to worthless idols, and so became worthless to me.
Jonah 2:8
Those who worship worthless idols forfeit the mercy that could be theirs.
Leasing
Psalm 5:6
You destroy liars; the Lord despises violent and deceitful people.
Psalm 58:3
The wicked turn aside from birth; liars go astray as soon as they are born.
Psalm 63:11
But the king will rejoice in God; everyone who takes oaths in his name will boast, for the mouths of those who speak lies will be shut up.
Jeremiah 9:3
The Lord says, "These people are like soldiers who have readied their bows. Their tongues are always ready to shoot out lies. They have become powerful in the land, but they have not done so by honest means. Indeed, they do one evil thing after another and do not pay attention to me.
Ephesians 4:25
Therefore, having laid aside falsehood, each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.
General references
Isaiah 36:15
Don't let Hezekiah talk you into trusting in the Lord by saying, "The Lord will certainly rescue us; this city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria."
Acts 24:9
The Jews also joined in the verbal attack, claiming that these things were true.