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
In the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.”
Matthew 23:32
Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers’ sins!
1 Thessalonians 2:16
hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. As a result, they are always completing the number of their sins, and wrath has overtaken them at last.

The weight

Zechariah 5:7
Then a lead cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting inside the basket.
Psalm 38:4
For my sins have flooded over my head;
they are a burden too heavy for me to bear.
Proverbs 5:22
A wicked man’s iniquities entrap him;
he is entangled in the ropes of his own sin.
Lamentations 1:14
נ NunMy transgressions have been formed into a yoke,
fastened together by His hand;
they have been placed on my neck,
and the Lord has broken my strength.
He has handed me over
to those I cannot withstand.
Amos 9:1
I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said:

Strike the capitals of the pillars
so that the thresholds shake;
knock them down on the heads of all the people.
Then I will kill the rest of them with the sword.
None of those who flee will get away;
none of the fugitives will escape.

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