Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

Bible References

This

Genesis 15:16
Then in the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.”
Matthew 23:32
Fill up, then, the measure of the guilt of your fathers.
1 Thessalonians 2:16
hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved; with the result that they always fill up the measure of their sins. But wrath has come upon them to the utmost.

The weight

Zechariah 5:7
(and behold, a lead cover was lifted up); and this is a woman sitting inside the ephah.”
Psalm 38:4
For my iniquities are gone over my head;
As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.
Proverbs 5:22
His own iniquities will capture the wicked,
And he will be held with the cords of his sin.
Lamentations 1:14
“The yoke of my transgressions is bound;
By His hand they are knit together.
They have come upon my neck;
He has made my strength fail.
The Lord has given me into the hands
Of those against whom I am not able to stand.
Amos 9:1
I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said,
“Smite the capitals so that the thresholds will shake,
And break them on the heads of them all!
Then I will slay the rest of them with the sword;
They will not have a fugitive who will flee,
Or a refugee who will escape.