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:
The merchants
Bible References
The merchants
Revelation 18:3
All nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication (immorality). The kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are very rich through the abundance of her luxury.
Revelation 13:16
And he forces all persons, the great and the small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads.
Isaiah 23:1
Wail, O ships of Tarshish! For Tyre is destroyed and left without house or harbor. From the land of Cyprus (Kittim) word has come to them.
Isaiah 47:15
That is all they can do for you, these you have labored with and trafficked with since childhood. Each of them goes on in his error. No one can 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. You were mighty on the sea. She and her inhabitants 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, you inhabitants of Maktesh! The people of Canaan have perished. Those wealthy with silver will be destroyed.
Buyeth
Proverbs 3:14
The profit from wisdom is better than the profit from silver. Her gain is better than fine gold.
Matthew 22:5
But they paid no attention and went about their business. One went to his farm and another went to his trade.
John 2:16
He told those who sold doves: Take these things away. Do not make my Father's house a house of merchandise.
2 Peter 2:3
They speak evil words about you because of their extreme greed. They will exploit you with false evil words. Their judgment from long ago is not idle. Their destruction will not delay.