Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
Thou bearest
General references
Bible References
Boast not
Romans 11:20
well, be it so, for their incredulity they were broken off, and you by faith stand firm: be not then elated, but let this be your fear,
Romans 3:27
what reason then is there for boasting? it is excluded. what, by the ceremonial law? no: but by the law of faith.
Matthew 26:33
Peter thereupon said, tho' all the rest should abandon you, I never will.
Luke 18:9
Then he propos'd this parable, concerning those who had a great opinion of their own justice, and look'd with contempt upon others.
1 Corinthians 10:12
wherefore let him that thinks he stands firm, take heed lest he fall.
Thou bearest
Romans 4:16
therefore the inheritance is of faith, that it might be meerly of favour, to the end the promise might be assured to all his posterity, not to that part only who have the law, but to that also who have the faith of Abraham, the father of us all, as it is written,
John 10:16
other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring; they will hear my voice; and so there shall be but one fold, and one pastor.
Galatians 3:29
and if you belong to Christ, you are Abraham's offspring, and his heirs by virtue of the promise.
Ephesians 2:19
Therefore now, you are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and domesticks of God's family,
General references
Romans 11:24
for if you were taken from the wild olive, which was natural to you, to be grafted into a good olive-stock of a different nature, with how much greater reason shall these who are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive-tree?