Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.

Drunkards

General references

Bible References

They

Deuteronomy 16:18
"You shall appoint judges and officials for you in all your {towns} that Yahweh your God [is] giving to you throughout your tribes, and you shall render [for] the people {righteous judgments}.
Matthew 27:12
And {when he was being accused} by the chief priests and elders he answered nothing.
Luke 23:2
And they began to accuse him, saying, "We have found this man misleading our nation and forbidding [us] to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying [he] himself is Christ, a king!"
Acts 4:26
The kings of the earth stood opposed, and the rulers assembled together at the same [place], against the Lord and against his Christ.'

I was

Psalm 35:15
But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered together; smiters whom I did not know gathered against me. They tore and did not cease.
Job 30:8
{A senseless crowd}, yes, {a disreputable brood}, they were cast out from the land.
Mark 15:17
And they put a purple cloak on him, and [after] weaving a crown of thorns they placed [it] on him.

Drunkards

Daniel 5:2
{When he tasted the wine}, Belshazzar commanded [that they] bring [the] vessels of gold and silver that Nebuchadnezzar his {predecessor} had taken from the temple that [was] in Jerusalem, so that the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines may drink from them.

General references

Isaiah 24:9
They do not drink wine with song; strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.
Lamentations 3:14
I have become a laughingstock for all the people, their mocking song all day long.