Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.

Bible References

Thou

Jeremiah 15:10
I said, "Oh, mother, how I regret that you ever gave birth to me! I am always starting arguments and quarrels with the people of this land. I have not lent money to anyone and I have not borrowed from anyone. Yet all of these people are treating me with contempt."

Our enemies

Psalm 44:13
You made us an object of disdain to our neighbors; those who live on our borders taunt and insult us.
Psalm 79:4
We have become an object of disdain to our neighbors; those who live on our borders taunt and insult us.
Judges 16:25
When they really started celebrating, they said, "Call for Samson so he can entertain us!" So they summoned Samson from the prison and he entertained them. They made him stand between two pillars.
Isaiah 36:8
Now make a deal with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, provided you can find enough riders for them.
Isaiah 37:23
Whom have you taunted and hurled insults at? At whom have you shouted and looked so arrogantly? At the Holy One of Israel!
Jeremiah 48:27
For did not you people of Moab laugh at the people of Israel? Did you think that they were nothing but thieves, that you shook your head in contempt every time you talked about them?
Ezekiel 36:4
therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the sovereign Lord: This is what the sovereign Lord says to the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, and to the desolate ruins and the abandoned cities that have become prey and an object of derision to the rest of the nations round about --
Revelation 11:10
And those who live on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate, even sending gifts to each other, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.

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