Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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And took

2 Chronicles 33:1
Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.
Job 21:13
“They spend their days in prosperity,
And suddenly they go down to Sheol.
Job 22:17
“They said to God, ‘Depart from us!’
And ‘What can the Almighty do to them?’
Psalm 10:4
The wicked, in the haughtiness of his countenance, does not seek Him.
All his thoughts are, “There is no God.”
Psalm 73:27
For, behold, those who are far from You will perish;
You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to You.
Proverbs 27:8
Like a bird that wanders from her nest,
So is a man who wanders from his home.
Isaiah 1:4
Alas, sinful nation,
People weighed down with iniquity,
Offspring of evildoers,
Sons who act corruptly!
They have abandoned the Lord,
They have despised the Holy One of Israel,
They have turned away from Him.
Isaiah 30:11
“Get out of the way, turn aside from the path,
Let us hear no more about the Holy One of Israel.”
Jeremiah 2:5
Thus says the Lord,
What injustice did your fathers find in Me,
That they went far from Me
And walked after emptiness and became empty?
Micah 6:3
My people, what have I done to you,
And how have I wearied you? Answer Me.
Ephesians 2:13
But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

Wasted

Luke 15:30
but when this son of yours came, who has devoured your wealth with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.’
Luke 16:1
Now He was also saying to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and this manager was reported to him as squandering his possessions.
Proverbs 5:8
Keep your way far from her
And do not go near the door of her house,
Proverbs 6:26
For on account of a harlot one is reduced to a loaf of bread,
And an adulteress hunts for the precious life.
Proverbs 18:9
He also who is slack in his work
Is brother to him who destroys.
Proverbs 21:17
He who loves pleasure will become a poor man;
He who loves wine and oil will not become rich.
Proverbs 23:19
Listen, my son, and be wise,
And direct your heart in the way.
Proverbs 28:7
He who keeps the law is a discerning son,
But he who is a companion of gluttons humiliates his father.
Proverbs 29:3
A man who loves wisdom makes his father glad,
But he who keeps company with harlots wastes his wealth.
Ecclesiastes 11:9
Rejoice, young man, during your childhood, and let your heart be pleasant during the days of young manhood. And follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes. Yet know that God will bring you to judgment for all these things.
Isaiah 22:13
Instead, there is gaiety and gladness,
Killing of cattle and slaughtering of sheep,
Eating of meat and drinking of wine:
Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we may die.”
Isaiah 56:12
“Come,” they say, “let us get wine, and let us drink heavily of strong drink;
And tomorrow will be like today, only more so.”
Amos 6:3
Do you put off the day of calamity,
And would you bring near the seat of violence?
Romans 13:13
Let us behave properly as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy.
1 Peter 4:3
For the time already past is sufficient for you to have carried out the desire of the Gentiles, having pursued a course of sensuality, lusts, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties and abominable idolatries.
2 Peter 2:13
suffering wrong as the wages of doing wrong. They count it a pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are stains and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, as they carouse with you,

General references

Jeremiah 35:16
Indeed, the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have observed the command of their father which he commanded them, but this people has not listened to Me.’”’