Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.

General references

Bible References

Destroyed

Leviticus 26:16
I, in turn, will do this to you: I will appoint over you a sudden terror, consumption and fever that will waste away the eyes and cause the soul to pine away; also, you will sow your seed uselessly, for your enemies will eat it up.
Deuteronomy 28:30
You shall betroth a wife, but another man will violate her; you shall build a house, but you will not live in it; you shall plant a vineyard, but you will not use its fruit.
Micah 6:15
“You will sow but you will not reap.
You will tread the olive but will not anoint yourself with oil;
And the grapes, but you will not drink wine.

Left no

Proverbs 28:3
A poor man who oppresses the lowly
Is like a driving rain which leaves no food.
Jeremiah 49:9
If grape gatherers came to you,
Would they not leave gleanings?
If thieves came by night,
They would destroy only until they had enough.
Obadiah 1:5
“If thieves came to you,
If robbers by night—
O how you will be ruined!—
Would they not steal only until they had enough?
If grape gatherers came to you,
Would they not leave some gleanings?

General references

Ecclesiastes 3:13
moreover, that every man who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor—it is the gift of God.
Isaiah 65:21
“They will build houses and inhabit them;
They will also plant vineyards and eat their fruit.