Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
The apple
General references
Bible References
Sent
John 14:23
Jesus answered him, "If a person loves me, he will obey my teaching, and my Father will love him and we will come to him and make our home with him [i.e., in the person of the indwelling Holy Spirit].
John 15:21
But they [i.e., the world] will do all these things to you for my name's sake [i.e., because you are my disciples], for they do not know Him [i.e., God], who sent me.
John 17:18
Just as you have sent me into the world, so I have sent [i.e., will send] them into the world.
1 John 4:9
Here is the way God's love for us was demonstrated; He sent His one and only Son into the world so that we could have [spiritual] life through Him.
For
Acts 9:4
He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?"
2 Thessalonians 1:6
For it is a just thing for God to repay with affliction those people who are troubling you,
The apple
Matthew 25:40
And the King will answer them and say, 'Truly I tell you, since you did all this for one of my least [significant] brothers, you did it for me.'
General references
2 Thessalonians 1:6
For it is a just thing for God to repay with affliction those people who are troubling you,