Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

General references

Bible References

Their silver

Zephaniah 1:11
Wail, you residents of the Hollow,
for all the merchants will be silenced;
all those loaded with silver will be cut off.
Psalm 49:6
They trust in their wealth
and boast of their abundant riches.
Psalm 52:5
This is why God will bring you down forever.
He will take you, ripping you out of your tent;
He will uproot you from the land of the living.Selah
Proverbs 11:4
Wealth is not profitable on a day of wrath,
but righteousness rescues from death.
Proverbs 18:11
A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city;
in his imagination it is like a high wall.
Isaiah 2:20
On that day people will throw
their silver and gold idols,
which they made to worship,
to the moles and the bats.
Jeremiah 9:23
This is what the Lord says:

The wise man must not boast in his wisdom;
the strong man must not boast in his strength;
the wealthy man must not boast in his wealth.
Ezekiel 7:19
They will throw their silver into the streets,
and their gold will seem like something filthy.
Their silver and gold will be unable to save them
in the day of the Lord’s wrath.
They will not satisfy their appetites
or fill their stomachs,
for these were the stumbling blocks
that brought about their iniquity.
Matthew 16:26
What will it benefit a man if he gains the whole world yet loses his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
Luke 12:19
Then I’ll say to myself, “You have many goods stored up for many years. Take it easy; eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.”’
Luke 16:22
One day the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.

In the day

Zephaniah 1:15
That day is a day of wrath,
a day of trouble and distress,
a day of destruction and desolation,
a day of darkness and gloom,
a day of clouds and blackness,
Job 21:30
Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of disaster,
rescued from the day of wrath.

The fire

Zephaniah 3:8
Therefore, wait for Me
this is the Lord’s declaration—
until the day I rise up for plunder.
For My decision is to gather nations,
to assemble kingdoms,
in order to pour out My indignation on them,
all My burning anger;
for the whole earth will be consumed
by the fire of My jealousy.
Deuteronomy 32:21
They have provoked My jealousy
with their so-called gods;
they have enraged Me with their worthless idols.
So I will provoke their jealousy
with an inferior people;
I will enrage them with a foolish nation.
1 Kings 14:22
Judah did what was evil in the Lord’s eyes. They provoked Him to jealous anger more than all that their ancestors had done with the sins they committed.
Psalm 78:58
They enraged Him with their high places
and provoked His jealousy with their carved images.
Psalm 79:5
How long, Yahweh? Will You be angry forever?
Will Your jealousy keep burning like fire?
Ezekiel 8:3
He stretched out what appeared to be a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the inner gate that faces north, where the offensive statue that provokes jealousy was located.
Ezekiel 16:38
I will judge you the way adulteresses and those who shed blood are judged. Then I will bring about your bloodshed in wrath and jealousy.
Ezekiel 36:5
“This is what the Lord God says: Certainly in My burning zeal I speak against the rest of the nations and all of Edom, who took My land as their own possession with wholehearted rejoicing and utter contempt so that its pastureland became plunder.
1 Corinthians 10:22
Or are we provoking the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

He shall

Zephaniah 1:2
I will completely sweep away everything
from the face of the earth
this is the Lord’s declaration.
Isaiah 1:24
Therefore the Lord God of Hosts,
the Mighty One of Israel, declares:
“Ah, I will gain satisfaction from My foes;
I will take revenge against My enemies.

General references

Matthew 6:19
“Don’t collect for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.
Mark 13:24
“But in those days, after that tribulation:

The sun will be darkened,
and the moon will not shed its light;
Acts 2:19
I will display wonders in the heaven above
and signs on the earth below:
blood and fire and a cloud of smoke.

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