Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom.

Bible References

Give

Genesis 38:16
So he turned aside to her by the road, and said, “Here now, let me come in to you”; for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, “What will you give me, that you may come in to me?”
Deuteronomy 23:17
None of the daughters of Israel shall be a cult prostitute, nor shall any of the sons of Israel be a cult prostitute.
Hosea 2:12
“I will destroy her vines and fig trees,
Of which she said, ‘These are my wages
Which my lovers have given me.’
And I will make them a forest,
And the beasts of the field will devour them.
Joel 3:3
“They have also cast lots for My people,
Traded a boy for a harlot
And sold a girl for wine that they may drink.
Micah 1:7
All of her idols will be smashed,
All of her earnings will be burned with fire
And all of her images I will make desolate,
For she collected them from a harlot’s earnings,
And to the earnings of a harlot they will return.
Luke 15:30
but when this son of yours came, who has devoured your wealth with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.’

But thou

Isaiah 30:3
“Therefore the safety of Pharaoh will be your shame
And the shelter in the shadow of Egypt, your humiliation.
Isaiah 57:9
“You have journeyed to the king with oil
And increased your perfumes;
You have sent your envoys a great distance
And made them go down to Sheol.
Hosea 8:9
For they have gone up to Assyria,
Like a wild donkey all alone;
Ephraim has hired lovers.