Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:

Bible References

The merchants

Revelation 18:3
For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the passion of her immorality, and the kings of the earth have committed acts of immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich by the wealth of her sensuality.”
Revelation 13:16
And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead,
Isaiah 23:1
The oracle concerning Tyre.
Wail, O ships of Tarshish,
For Tyre is destroyed, without house or harbor;
It is reported to them from the land of Cyprus.
Isaiah 47:15
“So have those become to you with whom you have labored,
Who have trafficked with you from your youth;
Each has wandered in his own way;
There is none to save you.
Ezekiel 26:17
They will take up a lamentation over you and say to you,
How you have perished, O inhabited one,
From the seas, O renowned city,
Which was mighty on the sea,
She and her inhabitants,
Who imposed her terror
On all her inhabitants!
Ezekiel 27:27
“Your wealth, your wares, your merchandise,
Your sailors and your pilots,
Your repairers of seams, your dealers in merchandise
And all your men of war who are in you,
With all your company that is in your midst,
Will fall into the heart of the seas
On the day of your overthrow.
Zephaniah 1:11
“Wail, O inhabitants of the Mortar,
For all the people of Canaan will be silenced;
All who weigh out silver will be cut off.

Buyeth

Proverbs 3:14
For her profit is better than the profit of silver
And her gain better than fine gold.
Matthew 22:5
But they paid no attention and went their way, one to his own farm, another to his business,
John 2:16
and to those who were selling the doves He said, “Take these things away; stop making My Father’s house a place of business.”
2 Peter 2:3
and in their greed they will exploit you with false words; their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.