Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Violence
Bible References
Blessings
Proverbs 11:26
People will curse whoever withholds grain, but blessing will come to whoever is selling.
Proverbs 24:25
But as for people who rebuke the wicked; a good blessing will fall upon them.
Proverbs 28:20
The faithful man will prosper with blessings, but whoever is in a hurry to get rich will not escape punishment.
Deuteronomy 28:2
Moreover, all these blessings will come upon you in abundance, if you obey the LORD your God:
Job 29:13
Those who were about to die blessed me, and I made widows sing for joy.
2 Timothy 1:16
May the Lord grant mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, for he often took care of me and was not ashamed that I was a prisoner.
Violence
Proverbs 10:11
What the righteous say is a flowing fountain, but what the wicked say conceals violence.
Esther 7:8
When the king returned to the banquet hall from the palace garden, Haman was prostrate on the couch where Esther was. The king asked, "Will this man even assault the queen with me in the house?" The king had no sooner spoken than they covered Haman's face.
Psalm 107:42
The upright see it and rejoice, but the mouth of an evil person is shut.
Romans 3:19
Now we know that whatever the Law says applies to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.