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.
Their silver
In the day
The fire
He shall
General references
Bible References
Their silver
Zephaniah 1:11
Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh! The people of Canaan have perished. Those wealthy with silver will be destroyed.
Psalm 49:6
They trust their riches and brag about their abundant wealth.
Psalm 52:5
God will destroy you forever. He will remove you from your dwelling place from out of the land of the living.
Proverbs 11:4
Riches do not profit in the day of wrath. Righteousness delivers from death.
Proverbs 18:11
The rich man's wealth is his strong city. It is his high wall of vanity.
Isaiah 2:20
That day people will throw their silver and gold idols, that they made for themselves to worship, to the moles and the bats.
Jeremiah 9:23
This is what Jehovah says: Do not let wise people brag about their wisdom. Do not let strong people brag about their strength. Do not let rich people brag about their riches.
Ezekiel 7:19
They will throw their gold and silver away in the streets like garbage (like an abhorrent thing), because neither silver nor gold can save them when Jehovah pours out his fury. They cannot use it to satisfy their desires or fill their stomachs. Gold and silver led them into sin.
Matthew 16:26
What will a man profit, if he gains the whole world, and gives up his life? What will a man give in exchange for his life?
Luke 12:19
I will say to my self: 'You have many possessions saved for many years. Take it easy and eat, drink and be merry.'
Luke 16:22
The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man died and was buried.
In the day
Zephaniah 1:15
That day will be a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish. That day will be a day of trouble, devastation and desolation! It will be a day of darkness and gloom. Indeed that day will be a day of clouds and overcast skies.
Job 21:30
They say the wicked are spared in the day of calamity, and are rescued in the day of wrath?
The fire
Zephaniah 3:8
Wait for me, said Jehovah, until the day that I rise up as a witness. I am determined to gather the nations. I will assemble the kingdoms to pour out upon them my indignation, even all my fierce anger! All the earth will be devoured with the fire of my zeal.
Deuteronomy 32:21
They made him furious because they worshiped foreign gods. They angered him because they worshiped worthless idols. So I will use those who are not my people to make them jealous and a nation of godless fools to make them angry.
1 Kings 14:22
The people of Judah sinned against Jehovah. They did more to arouse his anger against them than all their ancestors had done.
Psalm 78:58
They provoked him to anger (indignation) because of their illegal worship sites. They made him furious because they worshiped idols.
Psalm 79:5
How long, O Jehovah? Will you remain angry forever? Will your fury (zeal) continue to burn like fire?
Ezekiel 8:3
It stretched out what looked like a hand and grabbed me by the hair on my head. In these visions from God, the Spirit carried me between heaven and earth. He took me in vision to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the seat of the idol of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy, was located.
Ezekiel 16:38
I will judge you like women who commit adultery or shed blood are judged. I will bring on you the blood of wrath and jealousy.
Ezekiel 36:5
'The Lord Jehovah says: 'Surely in the fire of my jealousy I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who appropriated my land for themselves as a possession with wholehearted joy and with scorn, to drive it out for a prey.''
1 Corinthians 10:22
Do we provoke Jehovah to rivalry (indignation) (anger)? Are we stronger than he?
He shall
Zephaniah 1:2
I will destroy (take away) (remove) (consume) everything on the face of the earth! declared Jehovah. (Zephaniah 2:3)
Isaiah 1:24
That is why Jehovah, Jehovah of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, says: How horrible it will be when I take revenge on my opponents! I will avenge myself against my enemies.
General references
Matthew 6:19
Do not accumulate large amounts of wealth on earth. This is where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal.
Mark 13:24
In those days after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give her light.
Acts 2:19
I will show wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath: blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke.