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 must appoint judges and civil servants for each tribe in all your villages that the Lord your God is giving you, and they must judge the people fairly.
Matthew 27:12
But when he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he did not respond.
Luke 23:2
They began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding us to pay the tribute tax to Caesar and claiming that he himself is Christ, a king."
Acts 4:26
The kings of the earth stood together, and the rulers assembled together, against the Lord and against his Christ.'

I was

Psalm 35:15
But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; they gathered together to ambush me. They tore at me without stopping to rest.
Job 30:8
Sons of senseless and nameless people, they were driven out of the land with whips.
Mark 15:17
They put a purple cloak on him and after braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on him.

Drunkards

Daniel 5:2
While under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar issued an order to bring in the gold and silver vessels -- the ones that Nebuchadnezzar his father had confiscated from the temple in Jerusalem -- so that the king and his nobles, together with his wives and his concubines, could drink from them.

General references

Isaiah 24:9
They no longer sing and drink wine; the beer tastes bitter to those who drink it.
Lamentations 3:14
I have become the laughingstock of all people, their mocking song all day long.

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