Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
General references
Bible References
Day
Psalm 59:6
Let them go to and fro, and run about the city, howling like dogs.
1 Samuel 19:11
Then Saul sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him and to slay him in the morning. But Michal his wife told it him saying, "If thou save not thyself this night, tomorrow thou art a dead man."
2 Samuel 17:1
Then Ahithophel said unto Absalom, "Let me choose out, I pray thee, twelve thousand men. And I will up and follow after David by night.
Hosea 7:6
They with the imagination of their heart are like an oven, their sleep is all night like the sleep of a baker, in the morning is he as hot as the flame of fire:
Micah 2:1
Woe unto them that imagine to do harm, and devise ungraciousness upon their beds, to perform it in the clear day: for their power is against God.
John 18:3
Judas then after he had received a bond of men, and ministers of the high priests, and of the Pharisees, came thither with lanterns, and firebrands, and weapons.
Acts 9:24
But their layings wait was known of Saul. And they watched at the gates day and night to kill him.
Mischief
2 Samuel 16:21
And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, "Get thee in unto thy father's concubines which he hath left to keep the house. For when all Israel shall hear that thou hast made thy father to stink, then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong."
Isaiah 59:6
Their web maketh no cloth and they may not cover themselves with their labours. Their deeds are the deeds of wickedness, and the work of robbery is in their hands.
Ezekiel 9:4
and the LORD said unto him, "Go thy way through the city of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of them that mourn and are sorry for all the abominations that be done therein."
Zephaniah 3:1
Woe to the abominable, filthy and cruel city:
General references
Habakkuk 1:3
Why lettest thou me see weariness and labour? Tyranny and violence are before me, power overgoeth right: