Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?
And that
Bible References
It is
Job 21:14 “They say to God, ‘Depart from us!
We do not even desire the knowledge of Your ways.
We do not even desire the knowledge of Your ways.
Job 22:17 “They said to God, ‘Depart from us!’
And ‘What canthe Almighty do to them?’
And ‘What can
Job 34:9 “For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing
When heis pleased with God.’
When he
Job 35:3 “For you say, ‘What advantage will it be to You?
What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?’
Psalm 73:8 They mock and wickedly speak of oppression;
Theyspeak from on high.
They
Isaiah 58:3 ‘Why have we fasted and You do not see?
Why have we humbled ourselves and You do notnotice?’
Behold, on theday of your fast you find your desire,
And drive hard all your workers.
Why have we humbled ourselves and You do not
Behold, on the
And drive hard all your workers.
Zephaniah 1:12 “It will come about at that time
That I willsearch Jerusalem with lamps,
And I will punish the men
Who arestagnant in spirit,
Who say in their hearts,
‘The Lord willnot do good or evil!’
That I will
And I will punish the men
Who are
Who say in their hearts,
‘The Lord will
And that
Isaiah 58:3 ‘Why have we fasted and You do not see?
Why have we humbled ourselves and You do notnotice?’
Behold, on theday of your fast you find your desire,
And drive hard all your workers.
Why have we humbled ourselves and You do not
Behold, on the
And drive hard all your workers.
Joel 2:12 “Yet even now,” declares the Lord,
“Return to Me with all your heart,
And withfasting, weeping and mourning;
“
And with
Zechariah 7:3
speaking to the priests who belong to the house of the Lord of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, “Shall I weep in the fifth month and abstain, as I have done these many years?”
James 4:9 Be miserable and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy to gloom.