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
They return in the evening; they growl like a dog and prowl around outside the city.
1 Samuel 19:11
Saul sent messengers to David's house to guard it and to kill him in the morning. Then David's wife Michal told him, "If you do not save yourself tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!"
2 Samuel 17:1
Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Let me pick out twelve thousand men. Then I will go and pursue David this very night.
Hosea 7:6
They approach him, all the while plotting against him. Their hearts are like an oven; their anger smolders all night long, but in the morning it bursts into a flaming fire.
Micah 2:1
Those who devise sinful plans are as good as dead, those who dream about doing evil as they lie in bed. As soon as morning dawns they carry out their plans, because they have the power to do so.
John 18:3
So Judas obtained a squad of soldiers and some officers of the chief priests and Pharisees. They came to the orchard with lanterns and torches and weapons.
Acts 9:24
but Saul learned of their plot against him. They were also watching the city gates day and night so that they could kill him.
Mischief
2 Samuel 16:21
Ahithophel replied to Absalom, "Have sex with your father's concubines whom he left to care for the palace. All Israel will hear that you have made yourself repulsive to your father. Then your followers will be motivated to support you."
Isaiah 59:6
Their webs cannot be used for clothing; they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their deeds are sinful; they commit violent crimes.
Ezekiel 9:4
The Lord said to him, "Go through the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of the people who moan and groan over all the abominations practiced in it."
Zephaniah 3:1
The filthy, stained city is as good as dead; the city filled with oppressors is finished!
General references
Habakkuk 1:3
Why do you force me to witness injustice? Why do you put up with wrongdoing? Destruction and violence confront me; conflict is present and one must endure strife.