Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
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Luke 17:10 In the same way, when you have done all that you were commanded, you should say, ‘We are good-for-nothing slaves; we’ve only done our duty.’”
Luke 18:9
He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else:
1 Samuel 15:13
When Samuel came to him, Saul said, “May the Lord bless you. I have carried out the Lord’s instructions.”
Isaiah 58:2 They seek Me day after day
and delight to know My ways,
like a nation that does what is right
and does not abandon the justice of their God.
They ask Me for righteous judgments;
they delight in the nearness of God.”
and delight to know My ways,
like a nation that does what is right
and does not abandon the justice of their God.
They ask Me for righteous judgments;
they delight in the nearness of God.”
Isaiah 65:5 They say, ‘Keep to yourself,
don’t come near me, for I am too holy for you!’
These practices are smoke in My nostrils,
a fire that burns all day long.
don’t come near me, for I am too holy for you!’
These practices are smoke in My nostrils,
a fire that burns all day long.
Zechariah 7:3
by asking the priests who were at the house of the Lord of Hosts as well as the prophets, “Should we mourn and fast in the fifth month as we have done these many years?”
Matthew 20:12 ‘These last men put in one hour, and you made them equal to us who bore the burden of the day and the burning heat!’
Romans 3:20
For no one will be justified in His sight by the works of the law, because the knowledge of sin comes through the law.
Romans 7:9
Once I was alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life
Romans 10:3
Because they disregarded the righteousness from God and attempted to establish their own righteousness, they have not submitted themselves to God’s righteousness.
Philippians 3:4
although I once also had confidence in the flesh. If anyone else thinks he has grounds for confidence in the flesh, I have more:
1 John 1:8
If we say, “We have no sin,” we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Revelation 3:17 Because you say, ‘I’m rich; I have become wealthy and need nothing,’ and you don’t know that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked,
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Luke 15:7 I tell you, in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over 99 righteous people who don’t need repentance.
Luke 19:21 because I was afraid of you, for you’re a tough man: you collect what you didn’t deposit and reap what you didn’t sow.’
Malachi 1:12
But you are profaning it when you say: “The Lord’s table is defiled, and its product, its food, is contemptible.”
Malachi 3:14
You have said: “It is useless to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the Lord of Hosts?
Revelation 2:17 “Anyone who has an ear should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. I will give the victor some of the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name is inscribed that no one knows except the one who receives it.
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Jeremiah 35:16
Yes, the sons of Jonadab son of Rechab carried out their ancestor’s command he gave them, but these people have not obeyed Me.
Luke 15:2
And the Pharisees and scribes were complaining, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them!”
Luke 18:21
“I have kept all these from my youth,” he said.