Torrey Topical Textbook

Jerusalem celebrated for — Ps 48:3,13
The term applied to
- Residences of kings - Da 4:4; 6:18
- Houses of great men - Am 3:9; Mic 5:5
- The temple of God - 1Ch 29:1,19
- The house of the high priest - Mt 26:58
Described as
- High - Ps 78:69
- Polished - Ps 144:12
- Pleasant - Isa 13:22
Of kings
- Called the king's house - 2Ki 25:9; 2Ch 7:11
- Called the house of the kingdom - 2Ch 2:1,12
- Called the king's palace - Es 1:5
- Called the royal house - Es 1:9
- Splendidly furnished - Es 1:6
- Surrounded with gardens - Es 1:5
- Surrounded with terraces - 2Ch 9:11
- Under governors - 1Ki 4:6; Ne 7:2
- Often attended by eunuchs as servants - 2Ki 20:18; Da 1:3,4
- Were strictly guarded - 2Ki 11:5
- Afforded support to all the King's retainers - Ezr 4:14; Da 1:5
- Royal decrees issued from - Es 3:15; 8:14
- Royal decrees laid up in - Ezr 6:2
- Contained treasures of the king - 1Ki 15:18; 2Ch 12:9; 25:24
- Gorgeous apparel suited to, alone - Lu 7:25
Were entered by gates — Ne 2:8
Often the storehouses of rapine — Am 3:10
Often as punishment
- Spoiled - Am 3:11
- Forsaken - Isa 32:14
- Desolate - Ps 69:25; Eze 19:7
- Scenes of bloodshed - Jer 9:21
- Burned with fire - 2Ch 36:19; Jer 17:27
- Overgrown with thorns, &c - Isa 34:13
- The habitation of dragons, &c - Isa 13:22
The spider makes its way even into — Pr 30:28
Illustrative of
The splendour of the church - Song 8:9
The godly children of saints - Ps 144:12
The place of Satan's dominion - Lu 11:21
The upright appearance of idols - Jer 10:5

First mention of, in Scripture — Ex 15:27
Jericho celebrated for — De 34:3; Judg 1:16
Described as
- Tall - Song 7:7
- Upright - Jer 10:5
- Flourishing - Ps 92:12
- Fruitful to a great age - Ps 92:14
The fruit of, called dates — 2Ch 31:5
Requires a moist and fertile soil — Ex 15:27
Tents often pitched under the shade of — Judg 4:5
The branches of, were
- The emblem of victory - Re 7:9
- Carried at feast of tabernacles - Le 23:40
- Used for constructing booths - Ne 8:15
- Spread before Christ - Joh 12:13
Blasted as a punishment — Joe 1:12
Represented in carved work on the walls and doors of the temple of Solomon — 1Ki 6:29,32,35; 2Ch 3:5
Illustrative of
- The church - Song 7:7,8
- The righteous - Ps 92:12
- The upright appearance of idols - Jer 10:5

Remarkable Parables of the Old Testament — Judg 9:8-15; 2Sa 12:1-4; 14:5-7
Parables of christ
- Wise and foolish builders - Mt 7:24-27
- Children of the bride chamber - Mt 9:15
- New cloth and old garment - Mt 9:16
- New wine and old bottles - Mt 9:17
- Unclean spirit - Mt 12:43
- Sower - Mt 13:3-23; Lu 8:5-15
- Tares - Mt 13:24-30,36-43
- Mustard-seed - Mt 13:31,32; Lu 13:19
- Leaven - Mt 13:33
- Treasure hid in a field - Mt 13:44
- Pearl of great price - Mt 13:45,46
- Net cast into the sea - Mt 13:47-50
- Meats defiling not - Mt 15:10-15
- Unmerciful servant - Mt 18:23-35
- Labourers hired - Mt 20:1-16
- Two sons - Mt 21:28-32
- Wicked husbandmen - Mt 21:33-45
- Marriage-feast - Mt 22:2-14
- Fig-tree leafing - Mt 24:32-34
- Man of the house watching - Mt 24:43
- Faithful, and evil servants - Mt 24:45-51
- Ten virgins - Mt 25:1-13
- Talents - Mt 25:14-30
- Kingdom, divided against itself - Mr 3:24
- House, divided against itself - Mr 3:25
- Strong man armed - Mr 3:27; Lu 11:21
- Seed growing secretly — Mr 4:26-29
- Lighted candle — Mr 4:21; Lu 11:33-36
- Man taking a far journey — Mr 13:34-37
- Blind leading the blind — Lu 6:39
- Beam and mote — Lu 6:41,42
- Tree and its fruit — Lu 6:43-45
- Creditor and debtors — Lu 7:41-47
- Good Samaritan — Lu 10:30-37
- Importunate friend — Lu 11:5-9
- Rich fool — Lu 12:16-21
- Cloud and wind — Lu 12:54-57
- Barren fig-tree — Lu 13:6-9
- Men bidden to a feast — Lu 14:7-11
- Builder of a tower — Lu 14:28-30,33
- King going to war — Lu 14:31-33
- Savour of salt — Lu 14:34,35
- Lost sheep — Lu 15:3-7
- Lost piece of silver — Lu 15:8-10
- Prodigal son — Lu 15:11-32
- Unjust steward — Lu 16:1-8
- Rich man and Lazarus — Lu 16:19-31
- Importunate widow — Lu 18:1-8
- Pharisee and Publican — Lu 18:9-14
- Pounds — Lu 19:12-27
- Good Shepherd — Joh 10:1-6
- Vine and branches — Joh 15:1-5

Promised — Isa 1:18; Jer 31:34; Heb 8:12; Jer 50:20
None without shedding of blood — Le 17:11; Heb 9:22
Legal sacrifices, ineffectual for — Heb 10:4
Outward purifications, ineffectual for — Job 9:30,31; Jer 2:22
The blood of Christ, alone, is efficacious for — Zec 13:1; 1Jo 1:7
Is granted
- By God alone - Da 9:9; Mr 2:7
- By Christ - Mr 2:5; Lu 7:48
- Through Christ - Lu 1:69,77; Ac 5:31; 13:38
- Through the blood of Christ - Mt 26:28; Ro 3:25; Col 1:14
- For the name's sake of Christ - 1Jo 2:12
- According to the riches of grace - Eph 1:7
- On the exaltation of Christ - Ac 5:31
- Freely - Isa 43:25
- Readily - Ne 9:17; Ps 86:5
- Abundantly - Isa 55:7; Ro 5:20
- To those who confess their sins - 2Sa 12:13; Ps 32:5; 1Jo 1:9
- To those who repent - Ac 2:38
- To those who believe - Ac 10:43
Should be preached in the name of Christ — Lu 24:47
Exhibits the
- Compassion of God - Mic 7:18,19
- Grace of God - Ro 5:15,16
- Mercy of God - Ex 34:7; Ps 51:1
- Goodness of God - 2Ch 30:18; Ps 86:5
- Forbearance of God - Ro 3:25
- Loving-kindness of God - Ps 51:1
- Justice of God - 1Jo 1:9
- Faithfulness of God - 1Jo 1:9
Expressed by
- Forgiving transgression - Ps 32:1
- Removing transgression - Ps 103:12
- Blotting out transgression - Isa 44:22
- Covering sin - Ps 32:1
- Blotting out sin - Ac 3:19
- Casting sins into the sea - Mic 7:19
- Not imputing sin - Ro 4:8
- Not mentioning transgression - Eze 18:22
- Remembering sins no more - Heb 10:17
All saints enjoy — Col 2:13; 1Jo 2:12
Blessedness of — Ps 32:1; Ro 4:7
Should lead to
- Returning to God - Isa 44:22
- Loving God - Lu 7:47
- Fearing God - Ps 130:4
- Praising God - Ps 103:2,3
Ministers are appointed to proclaim — Isa 40:1,2; 2Co 5:19
Pray for
- For yourselves - Ps 25:11,18; 51:1; Mt 6:12; Lu 11:4
- For others - Jas 5:15; 1Jo 5:16
Encouragement to pray for — 2Ch 7:14
Withheld from
- The unforgiving - Mr 11:26; Lu 6:37
- The unbelieving - Joh 8:21,24
- The impenitent - Lu 13:2-5
- Blasphemers against the Holy Spirit - Mt 12:32; Mr 3:28,29
- Apostates - Heb 10:26,27; 1Jo 5:16
Illustrated — Lu 7:42; 15:20-24
Exemplified
- Israelites - Nu 14:20
- David - 2Sa 12:13
- Manasseh - 2Ch 33:13
- Hezekiah - Isa 38:17
- The Paralytic - Mt 9:2
- The Penitent - Lu 7:47

Receive their children from God — Ge 33:5; 1Sa 1:27; Ps 127:3
Their duty to their children is
- To love them - Tit 2:4
- To bring them to Christ - Mt 19:13,14
- To train them up for God - Pr 22:6; Eph 6:4
- To instruct them in God's word - De 4:9; 11:19; Isa 38:19
- To tell them of God's judgments - Joe 1:3
- To tell them of the miraculous works of God - Ex 10:2; Ps 78:4
- To command them to obey God - De 32:46; 1Ch 28:9
- To bless them - Ge 48:15; Heb 11:20
- To pity them - Ps 103:13
- To provide for them - Job 42:15; 2Co 12:14; 1Ti 5:8
- To rule them - 1Ti 3:4,12
- To correct them - Pr 13:24; 19:18; 23:13; 29:17; Heb 12:7
- Not to provoke them - Eph 6:4; Col 3:21
- Not to make unholy connections for them - Ge 24:1-4; 28:1,2
Wicked children, a cause of grief to — Pr 10:1; 17:25
Should pray for their children
- For their spiritual welfare - Ge 17:18; 1Ch 29:19
- When in temptation - Job 1:5
- When in sickness - 2Sa 12:16; Mr 5:23; Joh 4:46,49
When Faithful
- Are blessed by their children - Pr 31:28
- Leave a blessing to their children - Ps 112:2; Pr 11:21; Isa 65:23
Sins of, visited on their children — Ex 20:5; Isa 14:20; La 5:7
Negligence of, sorely punished — 1Sa 3:13
When wicked
- Instruct their children in evil - Jer 9:14; 1Pe 1:18
- Set a bad example to their children - Eze 20:18; Am 2:4
Good - Exemplified
- Abraham - Ge 18:19
- Jacob - Ge 44:20,30
- Joseph - Ge 48:13-20
- Mother of Moses - Ex 2:2,3
- Manoah - Judg 13:8
- Hannah - 1Sa 1:28
- David - 2Sa 18:5,33
- Shunammite - 2Ki 4:19,20
- Job - Job 1:5
- Mother of Lemuel - Pr 31:1
- Nobleman - Joh 4:49
- Lois and Eunice - 2Ti 1:5
Bad - Exemplified
- Mother of Micah - Judg 17:3
- Eli - 1Sa 3:13
- Saul - 1Sa 20:33
- Athaliah - 2Ch 22:3
- Manasseh - 2Ch 33:6
- Herodias - Mr 6:24

A type of Christ — Ex 12:3; 1Co 5:7
A male of the first year — Ex 12:5; Isa 9:6
Without blemish — Ex 12:5; 1Pe 1:19
Taken out of the flock — Ex 12:5; Heb 2:14,17
Chosen before-hand — Ex 12:3; 1Pe 2:4
Shut up four days that it might be closely examined — Ex 12:6; Joh 8:46; 18:38
Killed by the people — Ex 12:6; Ac 2:23
Killed at the place where the Lord put his name — De 16:2,5-7; 2Ch 35:1; Lu 13:33
Killed in the evening — Ex 12:6; Mr 15:34,37
Its blood to be shed — Ex 12:7; Lu 22:20
Blood of, sprinkled on lintel and door-posts — Ex 12:22; Heb 9:13,14; 10:22; 1Pe 1:2
Blood of, not sprinkled on threshold — Ex 12:7; Heb 10:29
Not a bone of, broken — Ex 12:46; Joh 19:36
Not eaten raw — Ex 12:9; 1Co 11:28,29
Roasted with fire — Ex 12:8; Ps 22:14,15
Eaten with bitter herbs — Ex 12:8; Zec 12:10
Eaten with unleavened bread — Ex 12:39; 1Co 5:7,8; 2Co 1:12
Eaten in haste — Ex 12:11; Heb 6:18
Eaten with the loins girt — Ex 12:11; Lu 12:35; Eph 6:14; 1Pe 1:13
Eaten with staff in hand — Ex 12:11; Ps 23:4
Eaten with shoes on — Ex 12:11; Eph 6:15
Not taken out of the house — Ex 12:46; Eph 3:17
What remained of it till morning to be burned — Ex 12:10; Mt 7:6; Lu 11:3

God, is the God of — Ro 15:5
Christ, an example of — Isa 53:7; Ac 8:32; Mt 27:14
Enjoined — Tit 2:2; 2Pe 1:6
Should have its perfect work — Jas 1:4
Trials of saints lead to — Ro 5:3; Jas 1:3
Produces
- Experience - Ro 5:4
- Hope - Ro 15:4
Suffering with, for well-doing, is acceptable with God — 1Pe 2:20
To be exercised
- Running the race set before us - Heb 12:1
- Bringing forth fruits - Lu 8:15
- Well-doing - Ro 2:7; Ga 6:9
- Waiting for God - Ps 37:7; 40:1
- Waiting for Christ - 1Co 1:7; 2Th 3:5
- Waiting for the hope of the gospel - Ro 8:25; Ga 5:5
- Waiting for God's salvation - La 3:26
- Bearing the yoke - La 3:27
- Tribulation - Lu 21:19; Ro 12:12
Necessary to the inheritance of the promises — Heb 6:12; 10:36
Exercise, towards all — 1Th 5:14
They who are in authority, should exercise — Mt 18:26; Ac 26:3
Ministers should follow after — 1Ti 6:11
Ministers approved by — 2Co 6:4
Should be accompanied by
- Godliness - 2Pe 1:6
- Faith - 2Th 1:4; Heb 6:12; Re 13:10
- Temperance - 2Pe 1:6
- Long-suffering - Col 1:11
- Joyfulness - Col 1:11
Saints strengthened to all — Col 1:11
Commended — Ec 7:8; Re 2:2,3
Illustrated — Jas 5:7
Exemplified
- Job - Job 1:21; Jas 5:11
- Simeon - Lu 2:25
- Paul - 2Ti 3:10
- Abraham - Heb 6:15
- Prophets - Jas 5:10
- John - Re 1:9

Vested in the heads of families — Ge 18:19
Exercised in
- Training, &c their servants for war - Ge 14:14
- Vindicating their wrongs - Ge 14:12,15,16
- Forming treaties and alliances - Ge 14:13; 21:22-32; 26:28-33
- Acting as priests - Ge 8:20; 12:7,8; 35:1-7; Job 1:5
- Acting as judges - Ge 38:24
- Arbitrarily disinheriting and putting away servants and children - Ge 21:14; 1Ch 5:1
- Blessing and cursing their children - Ge 9:25,26; 27:28,29; 49:1-33
- The authority of heads of families for, acknowledged - Ge 23:6

God is the author of — Ps 147:14; Isa 45:7; 1Co 14:33
Results from
- Heavenly wisdom - Jas 3:17
- The government of Christ - Isa 2:4
- Praying for rulers - 1Ti 2:2
- Seeking the peace of those with whom we dwell - Jer 29:7
Necessary to the enjoyment of life — Ps 34:12,14; 1Pe 3:10,11
God bestows upon those who
- Obey him - Le 26:6
- Please him - Ps 16:7
- Endure his chastisements - Job 5:17,23,24
Is a bond of union — Eph 4:3
The fruit of righteousness should be sown in — Jas 3:18
The church shall enjoy — Ps 125:5; 128:6; Isa 2:4; Ho 2:18
Saints should
- Love - Zec 8:19
- Seek - Ps 34:14; 1Pe 3:11
- Follow - 2Ti 2:22
- Follow the things which make for - Ro 14:19
- Cultivate - Ps 120:7
- Speak - Es 10:3
- Live in - 2Co 13:11
- Have, with each other - Mr 9:50; 1Th 5:13
- Endeavour to have will all men - Ro 12:18; Heb 12:14
Pray for that of the church — Ps 122:6-8
Exhort others to — Ge 45:24
Ministers should exhort to — 2Th 3:12
Advantages of — Pr 17:1; Ec 4:6
Blessedness of — Ps 133:1
Blessedness of promoting — Mt 5:9
The wicked
- Hypocritically speak - Ps 28:3
- Speak not - Ps 35:20
- Enjoy not - Isa 48:22; Eze 7:25
- Opposed to - Ps 120:7
- Hate - Ps 120:6
Shall abound in the latter days — Isa 2:4; 11:13; 32:18
Exemplified
- Abraham - Ge 13:8,9
- Abimelech - Ge 26:29
- Mordecai - Es 10:3
- David - Ps 120:7

A male or female of herd or flock — Le 3:1,6,12
The offerer required
- To give it freely - Le 19:5
- To bring it himself - Le 7:29,30
- To lay his hand upon its head - Le 3:2,8,13
- To kill it at tabernacle door - Le 3:2; 8:13
Required to be perfect and free from blemish — Le 3:1,6; 22:21
The priest
- Prepared - Eze 46:2
- Sprinkled the blood on the altar - Le 3:2,8,13
- Offered the inside fat, &c by fire - Le 3:3,4,9,10
- Laid it upon the daily burnt offering to be consumed with it - Le 3:5; 6:12,13
- Waved the breast as a wave-offering - Ex 29:26,28; Le 7:29,30
- Heaved the right shoulder as an heave-offering - Ex 29:22-27
- Had the shoulder and breast as his portion - Ex 29:28; Le 7:31-34
- An offering most acceptable - Le 3:5,16
- Generally accompanied by a burnt-offering - Judg 21:4; 1Sa 10:8; 1Ki 3:15
- Often accompanied by a sin-offering - Le 23:19
Was offered
- As a thanksgiving-offering - Le 7:12,13
- As a votive offering - Le 7:16
- For reconciliation - Eze 45:15; Eph 2:13,14
- For confirming the legal covenant - Ex 24:5
- At consecration of priests - Ex 29:22,29
- For the people at large - Le 9:4
- At expiration of Nazarite's vow - Nu 6:14
- At all the festivals - Nu 10:10
- At dedication of tabernacle - Nu 7:17,23
- At dedication of temple - 1Ki 8:62-64
- At coronation of kings - 1Sa 11:15
- By Joshua after his victories - Jos 8:31
- By Israel after their defeat - Judg 20:26
- By David on bringing up the ark - 2Sa 6:17
- By David after the plague - 2Sa 24:25
- By Solomon three times a year - 1Ki 9:25
- By Manasseh on repairing and restoring the altar - 2Ch 33:15,16
If a thanksgiving offering to be eaten the day offered — Le 7:15
If a votive offering to be eaten the same day or the next — Le 7:16,17; 19:6-8
To be eaten before the Lord — De 12:17,18
No unclean person to eat of — Le 7:20,21
The upright appearance of idols - Jer 10:5

God is the God of — Ro 15:33; 2Co 13:11; 1Th 5:23; Heb 13:20
God ordains — Isa 26:12
God speaks, to his saints — Ps 85:8
Christ is the Lord of — 2Th 3:16
Christ is the prince of — Isa 9:6
Christ gives — 2Th 3:16
Christ guides into the way of — Lu 1:79
Christ is our — Eph 2:14
Is through the atonement of Christ — Isa 53:5; Eph 2:14,15; Col 1:20
Bequeathed by Christ — Joh 14:27
Preached
- By Christ - Eph 2:17
- Through Christ - Ac 10:36
- By ministers - Isa 52:7; Ro 10:15
Announced by angels — Lu 2:14
Follows upon justification — Ro 5:1
A fruit of the Spirit — Ro 14:17; Ga 5:22
Divine wisdom is the way of — Pr 3:17
Accompanies
- Faith - Ro 15:13
- Righteousness - Isa 32:17
- Acquaintance with God - Job 22:21
- The love of God's law - Ps 119:165
- Spiritual-mindedness - Ro 8:6
Established by covenant — Isa 54:10; Eze 34:25; Mal 2:5
Promised to
- The Church - Isa 66:12
- The Gentiles - Zec 9:10
- Saints - Ps 72:3,7; Isa 55:12
- The meek - Ps 37:11
- Those who confide in God - Isa 26:3
- Returning backsliders - Isa 57:18,19
We should love — Zec 8:19
The benediction of ministers should be — Nu 6:26; Lu 10:5
Saints
- Have in Christ - Joh 16:33
- Have, with God - Isa 27:5; Ro 5:1
- Enjoy - Ps 119:165
- Repose in - Ps 4:8
- Blessed with - Ps 29:11
- Kept in perfect - Isa 26:3
- Ruled by - Col 3:15
- Kept by - Php 4:7
- Die in - Ps 37:37; Lu 2:29
- Wish, to each other - Ga 6:16; Php 1:2; Col 1:2; 1Th 1:1
Of saints
- Great - Ps 119:165; Isa 54:13
- Abundant - Ps 72:7; Jer 33:6
- Secure - Job 34:29
- Passes all understanding - Php 4:7
- Consummated after death - Isa 57:2
The gospel is good tidings of — Ro 10:15
The wicked
- Know not the way of - Isa 57:2; Ro 3:17
- Know not the things of - Lu 19:42
- Promise, to themselves - De 29:19
- Are promised, by false teachers - Jer 6:14
- There is none for - Isa 48:22; 57:21
Supports under trials — Joh 14:27; 16:33

Is of God — Ps 18:32; 138:8
All saints have, in Christ — 1Co 2:6; Php 3:15; Col 2:10
God's perfection the standard of — Mt 5:48
Implies
- Entire devotedness - Mt 19:21
- Purity and holiness in speech - Jas 3:2
Saints commanded to aim at — Ge 17:1; De 18:13
Saints claim not — Job 9:20; Php 3:12
Saints follow after — Pr 4:18; Php 3:12
Ministers appointed to lead saints to — Eph 4:12; Col 1:28
Exhortation to — 2Co 7:1; 13:11
Impossibility of attaining to — 2Ch 6:36; Ps 119:96
The word of God is
- The rule of - Jas 1:25
- Designed to lead us to - 2Ti 3:16,17
Charity is the bond of — Col 3:14
Patience leads to — Jas 1:4
Pray for — Heb 13:20,21; 1Pe 5:10
The Church shall attain to — Joh 17:23; Eph 4:13
Blessedness of — Ps 37:37; Pr 2:21

Christ suffered — Ps 69:26; Joh 5:16
Christ voluntarily submitted to — Isa 50:6
Christ was patient under — Isa 53:7
Saints may expect — Mr 10:30; Lu 21:12; Joh 15:20
Saints suffer, for the sake of God — Jer 15:15
Of saints, is a persecution of Christ — Zec 2:8; Ac 9:4,5
All that live godly in Christ, shall suffer — 2Ti 3:12
Originates
- Ignorance of God and Christ - Joh 16:3
- Hated to God and Christ - Joh 15:20,24
- Hatred to the gospel - Mt 13:21
- Pride - Ps 10:2
- Mistaken zeal - Ac 13:50; 26:9-11
Is inconsistent with the spirit of the gospel — Mt 26:52
Men by nature addicted to — Ga 4:29
Preacher of the gospel subject to — Ga 5:11
Is sometimes to death — Ac 22:4
God forsakes not his saints under — 2Co 4:9
God delivers out of — Da 3:25,28; 2Co 1:10; 2Ti 3:11
Cannot separated from Christ — Ro 8:35
Lawful means may be used to escape — Mt 2:13; 10:23; 12:14,15
Saints suffering, should
- Commit themselves to God - 1Pe 4:19
- Exhibit patience - 1Co 4:12
- Rejoice - Mt 5:12; 1Pe 4:13
- Glorify God - 1Pe 4:16
- Pray for deliverance - Ps 7:1; 119:86
- Pray for those who inflict - Mt 5:44
- Return blessing for - Ro 12:14
The hope of future blessedness supports under — 1Co 15:19,32; Heb 10:34,35
Blessedness of enduring, for Christ's sake — Mt 5:10; Lu 6:22
Pray for those suffering — 2Th 3:2
Hypocrites cannot endure — Mt 4:17
False teachers shrink from — Ga 6:12
The wicked
- Addicted to - Ps 10:2; 69:26
- Active in - Ps 143:3; La 4:19
- Encourage each other in - Ps 71:11
- Rejoice in its success - Ps 13:4; Re 11:10
- Punishment for - Ps 7:13; 2Th 1:6
- Illustrated - Mt 21:33-39
Spirit of — Exemplified Pharaoh &c - Ex 1:8-14
- Saul - 1Sa 26:18
- Jezebel - 1Ki 19:2
- Zedekiah &c - Jer 38:4-6
- Chaldeans - Da 3:8-30
- Pharisees - Mt 12:14
- Jews - Joh 5:16; 1Th 2:15
- Herod - Ac 12:1
- Gentiles - Ac 14:5
- Paul - Php 3:6; 1Ti 1:13
Suffering of — Exemplified Micaiah - 1Ki 22:27
- David - Ps 119:161
- Jeremiah - Jer 32:2
- Daniel - Da 6:5-17
- Peter &c - Ac 4:3
- Apostles - Ac 5:18
- The Prophets - Ac 7:52
- The Church - Ac 8:1
- Paul and Barnabas - Ac 13:50
- Paul and Silas - Ac 16:23
- Hebrews - Heb 10:33
- Saints of old - Heb 11:36

An evidence of reconciliation with God — Col 1:21-23
An evidence of belonging to Christ — Joh 8:31; Heb 3:6,14
A characteristic of saints — Pr 4:18
To be manifested in
- Seeking God - 1Ch 16:11
- Waiting upon god - Ho 12:6
- Prayer - Ro 12:12; Eph 6:18
- Well-doing - Ro 2:7; 2Th 3:13
- Continuing in the faith - Ac 14:22; Col 1:23; 2Ti 4:7
- Holding fast hope - Heb 3:6
Maintained through
- The power of God - Ps 37:24; Php 1:6
- The power of Christ - Joh 10:28
- The intercession of Christ - Lu 22:31,32; Joh 17:11
- The fear of God - Jer 32:40
- Faith - 1Pe 1:5
Promised to saints — Job 17:9
Leads to increase of knowledge — Joh 8:31,32
IN WELL-DOING
- Leads to assurance of hope - Heb 6:10,11
- Is not in vain - 1Co 15:58; Ga 6:9
- Ministers should exhort to — Ac 13:43; 14:22
- Encouragement to — Heb 12:2,3
- Promises to — Mt 10:22; 24:13; Re 2:26-28
- Blessedness of — Jas 1:25
Want of
- Excludes from the benefits of the gospel - Heb 6:4-6
- Punished - Joh 15:6; Ro 11:22
- Illustrated - Mr 4:5,17

A sect of the Jews — Ac 15:5
The strictest observers of the Mosaic ritual — Ac 26:5
By descent, especially esteemed — Ac 23:6
Character of
- Zealous of the law - Ac 15:5; Php 3:5
- Zealous of tradition - Mr 7:3,5-8; Ga 1:14
- Outwardly moral - Lu 18:11; Php 3:5,6
- Rigid in fasting - Lu 5:33; 18:12
- Active in proselytising - Mt 23:15
- Self-righteous - Lu 16:15; 18:9
- Avaricious - Mt 23:14; Lu 16:14
- Ambitious of precedence - Mt 23:6
- Fond of public salutations - Mt 23:7
- Fond of distinguished titles - Mt 23:7-10
- Particular in paying all dues - Mt 23:23
- Oppressive - Mt 23:4
- Cruel in persecuting - Ac 9:1,2
Believed in the resurrection &c — Ac 23:8
Made broad their phylacteries — Mt 23:5
Their opinions, a standard for others — Joh 7:48
Many priest and Levites were of — Joh 1:19,24
Many rulers, lawyers, and scribes were of — Joh 3:1; Ac 5:34; 23:9
Had disciples — Lu 5:33; Ac 22:3
Some came to John for baptism — Mt 3:7
As a body, rejected John's baptism — Lu 7:30
Christ
- Often invited by - Lu 7:36; 11:37
- Condemned by, for associating with sinners - Mt 9:11; Lu 7:39; 15:1,2
- Asked for signs by - Mt 12:38; 16:1
- Tempted by, with questions about the law - Mt 19:3; 22:15,16,35
- Watched by, for evil - Lu 6:7
- Offended, by his doctrine - Mt 15:12; 21:45; Lu 16:14
- Declared the imaginary righteousness of, to be insufficient for salvation - Mt 5:20
- Declared the doctrines of, to be hypocrisy - Mt 16:6,11,12; Lu 12:1
- Denounced woes against - Mt 23:13-33
- Called, and evil and adulterous generation - Mt 12:39
- Called, serpents and generation of vipers - Mt 23:33
- Called fools and blind guides - Mt 23:17,24
- Compared, to whited sepulchres - Mt 23:27
- Compared, to graves that appear not - Lu 11:44
- Left Judea for a time on account of - Joh 4:1-3
Imputed Christ's miracles to Satan's power — Mt 9:34; 12:24
Sent officers to apprehend Christ — Joh 7:32,45
Often sought to destroy Christ — Mt 12:14; 21:46; Joh 11:47,53,57

Descended from Casluhim — Ge 10:13,14
Originally dwelt in the land of Caphtor — Jer 47:4; Am 9:7
Conquered the Avims and took from them the west coast of Canaan — De 2:23
Called
- The Caphtorims - De 2:23
- The Cherethites - 1Sa 30:14; Zep 2:5
Country of
- Called Philistia - Ps 87:4; 108:9
- Divided into five sates of lordships - Jos 13:3; Judg 3:3; 1Sa 6:16
- Had many flourishing cities - 1Sa 6:17
- Given by God to the Israelites - Jos 13:2,3; 15:45,47
Were a great people and governed by kings in the patriarchal age — Ge 21:22,34; 26:8
Character of
- Proud - Zec 9:6
- Idolatrous - Judg 16:23; 1Sa 5:2
- Superstitious - Isa 2:6
- Warlike - 1Sa 17:1; 28:1
Men of great strength and stature amongst — 1Sa 17:4-7; 2Sa 21:16,18-20
Some of, left to prove Israel — Judg 3:1-3
Always confederated with the enemies of Israel — Ps 83:7; Isa 9:11,12
Shamgar slew six hundred of, and delivered Israel — Judg 3:31
Oppressed Israel after the death of Jair for eighteen years — Judg 10:7,8
Oppressed Israel after the death of Abdon forty years — Judg 13:1
Samson
- Promised as a deliverer from - Judg 13:5
- Intermarried with - Judg 14:1,10
- Slew thirty, near Askelon - Judg 14:19
- Burned vineyards &c of - Judg 15:3-5
- Slew many for burning his wife - Judg 15:7,8
- Slew a thousand with the jawbone of an ass - Judg 15:15,16
- Blinded and imprisoned by - Judg 16:21
- Pulled down the house of Dagon and destroyed immense numbers of - Judg 16:29,30
Defeated Israel at Ebenezer — 1Sa 4:1,2
Defeated Israel and took the ark — 1Sa 4:3-11
Put the ark into Dagon's house — 1Sa 5:1-4
Plagued for retaining the ark — 1Sa 5:6-12
Sent back the ark and were healed — 1Sa 6:1-18
Miraculously routed at Mizpeh — 1Sa 7:7-14
Jonathan smote a garrison of, at Geba and provoked them — 1Sa 13:3,4
Invaded the land of Israel with a great army — 1Sa 13:5,17-23
Jonathan and his armour-bearer smote a garrison of, at the passages — 1Sa 14:1-14
Miraculously discomfited — 1Sa 14:15-23
Saul constantly at war with — 1Sa 14:52
Defied Israel by their champion — 1Sa 17:4-10
Defeated Israel at Ephesdammim and pursued to Ekron — 1Sa 17:1,52
David
- Slew Goliath the champion of - 1Sa 17:40-50
- Procured Saul's daughter for and hundred foreskins of - 1Sa 18:25-27
- Often defeated during Saul's reign - 1Sa 19:8; 23:1-5
- Fled to, for safety - 1Sa 27:1-7
- Gained the confidence of Achish king of - 1Sa 28:2; 29:9
- Distrusted by - 1Sa 29:2-7
- Often defeated in the course of his reign - 2Sa 5:17-23; 8:1; 21:15-22; 23:8-12
- Had a guard composed of - 2Sa 8:18; Eze 25:16; Zep 2:5
Gathered all their armies to Aphek against Israel — 1Sa 28:1; 29:1
Ziklag a town of, taken and plundered by the Amalekites — 1Sa 30:1,2,16
Israel defeated by, and Saul slain — 1Sa 31:1-10
Besieged in Gibbethon by Nadab — 1Ki 15:27
Sent by God against Jehoram — 2Ch 21:16,17
Defeated by Uzziah — 2Ch 26:6,7
Distressed Judah under Ahaz — 2Ch 28:18,19
Defeated by Hezekiah — 2Ki 18:8
Israel condemned for imitating — Judg 10:6; Am 6:2; 9:7
Prophecies respecting
- Union with Syria against Israel - Isa 9:11,12
- Punishment with other nations - Jer 25:20
- Dismay at ruin of Tyre - Zec 9:3,5
- Base men to be their rulers - Zec 9:6
- Hatred and revenge against Israel to be fully recompensed - Eze 25:15-17; Am 1:6-8
- Utter destruction by Pharaoh king of Egypt - Jer 47:1-4; Zep 2:5,6
- Destruction and desolation of their cities - Jer 47:5; Zep 2:4
- Their country to be a future possession to Israel - Ob 1:19; Zep 2:7
- To help in Israel's restoration - Isa 11:14

Described — Joh 17:16
Saints are called to be — Ge 12:1; Ac 7:3; Lu 14:26,27,33
All saints are — Ps 39:12; 1Pe 1:1
Saints confess themselves — 1Ch 29:15; Ps 39:12; 119:19; Heb 11:13
As saints they
- Have the example of Christ - Lu 9:58
- Are strengthened by God - De 33:25; Ps 84:6,7
- Are actuated by faith - Heb 11:9
- Have their faces toward Zion - Jer 50:5
- Keep the promised in view - Heb 11:13
- Forsake all for Christ - Mt 19:27
- Look for a heavenly country - Heb 11:16
- Look for a heavenly city - Heb 11:10
- Pass their sojourning in fear - 1Pe 1:17
- Rejoice in the statutes of God - Ps 119:54
- Pray for direction - Ps 43:3; Jer 50:5
- Have a heavenly conversation - Php 3:20
- Hate worldly fellowship - Ps 120:5,6
- Are not mindful of this world - Heb 11:15
- Are not at home in this world - Heb 11:9
- Shine as lights in the world - Php 2:15
- Invite others to go with them - Nu 10:29
- Are exposed to persecution - Ps 120:5-7; Joh 17:14
- Should abstain from fleshly lusts - 1Pe 2:11
- Should have their treasure in heaven - Mt 6:19; Lu 12:33; Col 3:1,2
- Should not be over anxious about worldly things - Mt 6:25
- Long for their pilgrimage to end - Ps 55:6; 2Co 5:1-8
- Die in faith - Heb 11:13
- The world is not worthy of - Heb 11:38
God is not ashamed to be called their God — Heb 11:16
Typified
- Israel - Ex 6:4; 12:11
Exemplified
- Abraham - Ge 23:4; Ac 7:4,5
- Jacob - Ge 47:9
- Saints of old - 1Ch 29:15; Heb 11:13,38
- David - Ps 39:12
- The Apostles - Mt 19:27

The supports of a building — Judg 16:29
Things raised up as memorials — Ge 31:51
Made of
- Marble - Es 1:6
- Wood - 1Ki 10:12
- Iron - Jer 1:18
- Brass - 1Ki 7:15
- Silver - Song 3:10
The vail and hangings of the tabernacle supported by — Ex 26:32,37; 36:36,38
Two, placed in the temple porch — 1Ki 7:15-21
Of memorial
- Sometimes of a single stone - Ge 28:18
- Sometimes of a heap of stones - Jos 4:8,9,20
- To witness vows - Ge 28:18; 31:13
- To witness covenants - Ge 31:52
- To mark the graves of the dead - Ge 35:20
- To commemorate remarkable events - Ex 24:4; Jos 4:20,24
- To perpetuate names - 2Sa 18:18
- In honour of idols - Le 26:1; De 7:5
- Often anointed - Ge 28:18; 31:13
- Often had inscriptions - Job 19:24
The divine glory appeared to Israel in the form of — Ex 13:21,22; Nu 12:5
Lot's wife became a pillar of salt — Ge 19:26
Illustrative of
- Stability of the heavens - Job 26:11
- Stability of the earth - 1Sa 2:8; Ps 75:3
- The church - 1Ti 3:15
- Stability of Christ - Song 5:15; Re 10:1
- Ministers - Jer 1:18; Ga 2:9
- Saints who overcome in Christ - Re 3:12

Inflicted by God — Eze 14:19; Hab 3:5
One of God's four sore judgments — Eze 14:21
Described as noisome — Ps 9:13
Israel threatened with, as a punishment for disobedience — Le 26:24,25; De 28:21
Desolating effects of — Ps 91:7; Jer 16:6,7; Am 6:9,10
Equally fatal day and night — Ps 91:5,6
Fatal to man and beast — Ps 78:50; Jer 21:6
Sent upon
- The Egyptians - Ex 12:29,30
- Israel for making golden calf - Ex 32:35
- Israel for despising manna - Nu 11:33
- Israel for murmuring at destruction of Korah - Nu 16:46-50
- Israel for worshipping Baal-peor - Nu 25:18
- David's subjects for his numbering the people - 2Sa 24:15
Often broke out suddenly — Ps 106:29
Often followed war and famine — Jer 27:13; 28:8; 29:17,18
Egypt often afflicted with — Jer 42:17; Am 4:10
Specially fatal in cities — Le 26:25; Jer 21:6,9
Was attributed to a destroying angel — Ex 12:23; 2Sa 24:16
The Jews sought deliverance from, by prayer — 1Ki 8:37,38; 2Ch 20:9
Predicted to happen before destruction of Jerusalem — Mt 24:7; Lu 21:11
Illustrative of
- God's judgments upon the apostasy - Re 18:4,8
- The diseased state of man's heart - 1Ki 8:38

The breaking up or tilling of the earth — Jer 4:3; Ho 10:12
Noah the supposed inventor of — Ge 5:29
Performed
- By a plough - Lu 9:62
- With oxen - 1Sa 14:14; Job 1:14
- During the cold winter season - Pr 20:4
- In long and straight furrows - Ps 129:3
- Generally by servants - Isa 61:5; Lu 17:7
- Sometimes by the owner of the land himself - 1Ki 19:19
With an ox and an ass yoked together forbidden to the Jews — De 22:10
Difficulty of, on rocky ground — Am 6:12
Followed by harrowing and sowing — Isa 28:24,25
Illustrative
- Of repentance and reformation - Jer 4:3
- Of peace and prosperity - Isa 2:4; Mic 4:3
- Of a severe course of affliction - Ho 10:11
- Of a course of sin - Job 4:8; Ho 10:13
- Of the labour ministers - 1Co 9:10
- (Attention and constancy required in,) of continued devotedness - Lu 9:62

Egypt abounded with — Nu 20:5
Canaan abounded with — Nu 13:23; De 8:8
The Jews
- Cultivated, in orchards - Song 4:13
- Often dwelt under shade of - 1Sa 14:2
- Drank the juice of - Song 8:2
The blasting of, a great calamity — Joe 1:12
God's favour exhibited, in making fruitful — Hag 2:19
Representations of its fruit
- On the high priest's robe - Ex 39:24-26
- On the pillars of the temple - 1Ki 7:18
Illustrative
- Of saints - Song 6:11; 7:12
- (An orchard of,) of the church - Song 4:13
- (Fruit of,) of the graces of the church - Song 4:3; 6:7

Made by God — Isa 35:7
Made by man — Isa 19:10
Artificial, designed for
- Supplying cities with water - 2Ki 20:20
- Supplying gardens with water - Ec 2:6
- Preserving fish - Isa 19:10
Water of, brought into the city by a ditch or conduit — Isa 22:11; 2Ki 20:20
Filled by the rain — Ps 84:6
Mentioned in scripture
- Bethesda - Joh 5:2
- Gibeon - 2Sa 2:13
- Hebron - 2Sa 4:12
- Samaria - 1Ki 22:38
- Siloam - Joh 9:7
- The upper pool - 2Ki 18:17; Isa 7:3
- The lower pool - Isa 22:9
- The king's pool - Ne 2:14
- The old pool - Isa 22:11
The land of Egypt abounded in — Ex 7:19
Illustrative
- Of Nineveh - Na 2:8
- (In the wilderness,) of the gifts of the Spirit - Isa 35:7; 41:18
- (Turning cities into,) of great desolation - Isa 14:23

Made by God — Job 34:19; Pr 22:2
Are such by God's appointment — 1Sa 2:7; Job 1:21
Condition of, often results from
- Sloth - Pr 20:13
- Bad company - Pr 28:19
- Drunkenness and gluttony - Pr 23:21
God
- Regards equally with the rich - Job 34:19
- Forgets not - Ps 9:18
- Hears - Ps 69:33; Isa 41:17
- Maintains the right of - Ps 140:12
- Delivers - Job 36:15; Ps 35:10
- Protects - Ps 12:5; 109:31
- Exalts - 1Sa 2:8; Ps 107:41
- Provides for - Ps 68:10; 146:7
- Despises no the prayer of - Ps 102:17
- Is the refuge of - Ps 14:6
Shall never cease out of the land — De 15:11; Zep 3:12; Mt 26:11
May be
- Rich in faith - Jas 2:5
- Liberal - Mr 12:42; 2Co 9:12
- Wise - Pr 28:11
- Upright - Pr 19:1
Christ lived as one of — Mt 8:20
Christ preached to — Lu 4:18
Christ delivers — Ps 72:12
Offerings of, acceptable to God — Mr 12:42-44; 2Co 8:2,12
Should
- Rejoice in God - Isa 29:19
- Hope in God - Job 5:16
- Commit themselves to God - Ps 10:14
- When converted, rejoice in their exaltation - Jas 1:9
- Provided for under the Law - Ex 23:11; Le 19:9,10
Neglect towards is
- A neglect of Christ - Mt 25:42-45
- Inconsistent with love to God - 1Jo 3:17
- A proof of unbelief - Jas 2:15-17
Rob not — Pr 22:22
Wrong not in judgment — Ex 23:6
Take no usury from — Le 25:36
Harden not the heart against — De 15:7
Shut not the hand against — De 15:7
Rule not, with vigour — Le 25:39,43
Oppress not — De 24:14; Zec 7:10
Despise not — Pr 14:21; Jas 2:2-4
Relive — Le 25:35; Mt 19:21
Defend — Ps 82:3,4
Do justice to — Ps 82:3; Jer 22:3,16
A care for
- Is characteristic of saints - Ps 112:9; 2Co 9:9; Pr 29:7
- Is a fruit of repentance - Lu 3:11
- Should be urged - 2Co 8:7,8; Ga 2:10
Give to
- Not grudgingly - De 15:10; 2Co 9:7
- Liberally - De 14:29; 15:8,11
- Cheerfully - 2Co 8:12; 9:7
- Without ostentation - Mt 6:1
- Specially if saints - Ro 12:13; Ga 6:10
- Pray for - Ps 74:19,21
They who in faith, believe
- Are happy - Pr 14:21
- Are blessed - De 15:10; Ps 41:1; Pr 22:9; Ac 20:35
- Have the favour of God - Heb 13:16
- Have promises - Pr 28:27; Lu 14:13,14
By oppressing, God is reproached — Pr 14:31
By mocking, God is reproached — Pr 17:5
The wicked
- Care not for - Joh 12:6
- Oppress - Job 24:4-10; Eze 18:12
- Vex - Eze 22:20
- Regard not the cause of - Pr 29:7
- Sell - Am 2:6
- Crush - Am 4:1
- Tread down - Am 5:11
- Grind the faces of - Isa 3:15
- Devour - Hab 3:14
- Persecute - Ps 10:2
- Defraud - Am 8:5,6
- Despise the counsel of - Ps 14:6
Guilt of defrauding — Jas 5:4
Punishment for
- Oppressing - Pr 22:16; Eze 22:29,31
- Spoiling - Isa 3:13-15; Eze 18:13
- Refusing to assist - Job 22:7,10; Pr 21:13
- Acting unjustly towards - Job 20:19,29; 22:6,10; Isa 10:1-3; Am 5:11,12
Oppression of — Illustrated — 2Sa 12:1-6
Care for — Illustrated — Lu 10:33-35
Exemplified
- Gideon - Judg 6:15
- Ruth - Ru 2:2
- Widow of Zarephath - 1Ki 17:12
- Prophet's widow - 2Ki 4:2
- Saints of old - Heb 11:37
Regard for — Exemplified Boaz - Ru 2:14
- Job - Job 29:12-16
- Nebuzaradan - Jer 39:10
- Zacchaeus - Lu 19:8
- Peter and John - Ac 3:6
- Dorcas - Ac 9:36,39
- Cornelius - Ac 10:2
- Church at Antioch - Ac 11:29,30
- Paul - Ro 15:25
- Churches of Macedonia and Achaia - Ro 15:26; 2Co 8:1-5

As the Son of God, is the power of God — Joh 5:17-19; 10:28-30
As man, is from the Father — Ac 10:38
Described as
- Supreme - Eph 1:20,21; 1Pe 3:22
- Unlimited - Mt 28:18
- Over all flesh - Joh 17:2
- Over all things - Joh 3:35; Eph 1:22
- Glorious - 2Th 1:9
- Everlasting - 1Ti 6:16
Is able to subdue all things — Php 3:21
Exhibited in
- Creation - Joh 1:3,10; Col 1:16
- Upholding all things - Col 1:17; Heb 1:3
- Salvation - Isa 63:1; Heb 7:25
- His teaching - Mt 7:28,29; Lu 4:32
- Working miracles - Mt 8:27; Lu 5:17
- Enabling others to work miracles - Mt 10:1; Mr 16:17,18; Lu 10:17
- Forgiving sins - Mt 9:6; Ac 5:31
- Giving spiritual life - Joh 5:21,25,26
- Giving eternal life - Joh 17:2
- Raising the dead - Joh 5:28,29
- Raising himself from the dead - Joh 2:19-21; 10:18
- Overcoming the world - Joh 16:33
- Overcoming Satan - Col 2:15; Heb 2:14
- Destroying the works of Satan - 1Jo 3:8
Ministers should make known — 2Pe 1:16
Saints
- Made willingly by - Ps 110:3
- Helped by - Heb 2:18
- Strengthened by - Php 4:13; 2Ti 4:17
- Preserved by - 2Ti 1:12; 4:18
- Bodies of, shall be changed by - Php 3:21
Rests upon saints — 2Co 12:9
Present in the assembly of saints — 1Co 5:4
Shall be specially manifested at his second coming — Mr 13:26; 2Pe 1:16
Shall subdue all power — 1Co 15:24
The wicked shall be destroyed by — Ps 2:9; Isa 11:4; 63:3; 2Th 1:9

Is one of his attributes — Ps 62:11
Expressed by the
- Voice of God - Ps 29:3,5; 68:33
- Finger of God - Ex 8:19; Ps 8:3
- Hand of God - Ex 9:3,15; Isa 48:13
- Arm of God - Job 40:9; Isa 52:10
- Thunder of his power - Job 26:14
Described as
- Great - Ps 79:11; Na 1:3
- Strong - Ps 89:13; 136:12
- Glorious - Ex 15:6; Isa 63:12
- Mighty - Job 9:4; Ps 89:13
- Everlasting - Isa 26:4; Ro 1:20
- Sovereign - Ro 9:21
- Effectual - Isa 43:13; Eph 3:7
- Irresistible - De 32:39; Da 4:35
- Incomparable - Ex 15:11,12; De 3:24; Job 40:9; Ps 89:8
- Unsearchable - Job 5:9; 9:10
- Incomprehensible - Job 26:14; Ec 3:11
All things possible to — Mt 19:26
Nothing too hard for — Ge 18:14; Jer 32:27
Can save by many or by few — 1Sa 14:6
Is the source of all strength — 1Ch 29:12; Ps 68:35
Exhibited in
- Creation - Ps 102:25; Jer 10:12
- Establishing and governing all things - Ps 65:6; 66:7
- The miracles of Christ - Lu 11:20
- The resurrection of Christ - 2Co 13:4; Col 2:12
- The resurrection of saints - 1Co 6:14
- Making the gospel effectual - Ro 1:16; 1Co 1:18,24
- Delivering his people - Ps 106:8
- The destruction of the wicked - Ex 9:16; Ro 9:22
Saints
- Long for exhibitions - Ps 63:1,2
- Have confidence in - Jer 20:11
- Receive increase of grace by - 2Co 9:8
- Strengthened by - Eph 6:10; Col 1:11
- Upheld by - Ps 37:17; Isa 41:10
- Supported in affliction by - 2Co 6:7; 2Ti 1:8
- Delivered by - Ne 1:10; Da 3:17
- Exalted by - Job 36:22
- Kept by, to salvation - 1Pe 1:5
Exerted in behalf of saints — 2Ch 16:9
Works in, and for saints — 2Co 13:4; Eph 1:19; 3:20
The faith of saints stands in — 1Co 2:5
Should be
- Acknowledged - 1Ch 29:11; Isa 33:13
- Pleaded in prayer - Ps 79:11; Mt 6:13
- Feared - Jer 5:22; Mt 10:28
- Magnified - Ps 21:13; Jude 1:25
Efficiency of ministers is through — 1Co 3:6-8; Ga 2:8; Eph 3:7
Is a ground of trust — Isa 26:4; Ro 4:21
The wicked
- Know not - Mt 22:29
- Have against them - Ezr 8:22
- Shall be destroyed by - Lu 12:5
The heavenly host magnify — Re 4:11; 5:13; 11:17

Is the power of God — Mt 12:28; Lu 11:20
Christ commenced his ministry in — Lu 4:14
Christ wrought his miracles by — Mt 12:28
Exhibited in
- Creation - Ge 1:2; Job 26:13; Ps 104:30
- The conception of Christ - Lu 1:35
- Raising Christ from the dead - 1Pe 3:18
- Giving spiritual life - Eze 37:11-14; Ro 8:11
- Working miracles - Ro 15:19
- Making the gospel efficacious - 1Co 2:4; 1Th 1:5
- Overcoming all difficulties - Zec 4:6,7
- Promised by the Father - Lu 24:49
- Promised by Christ - Ac 1:8
Saints
- Upheld by - Ps 51:12
- Strengthened by - Eph 3:16
- Enable to speak the truth boldly by - Mic 3:8; Ac 6:5,10; 2Ti 1:7,8
- Helped in prayer by - Ro 8:26
Abound in hope by - Ro 15:13Qualifies ministers — Lu 24:49; Ac 1:8
God's word the instrument of — Eph 6:17

God is worthy of — 2Sa 22:4
Christ is worthy of — Re 5:12
God is glorified by — Ps 22:23; 50:23
Offered to Christ — Joh 12:13
Acceptable through Christ — Heb 13:15
Is due to God on account of
- His majesty - Ps 96:1,6; Isa 24:14
- His glory - Ps 138:5; Eze 3:12
- His excellency - Ex 15:7; Ps 148:13
- His greatness - 1Ch 16:25; Ps 145:3
- His holiness - Ex 15:11; Isa 6:3
- His wisdom - Da 2:20; Jude 1:25
- His power - Ps 21:13
- His goodness - Ps 107:8; 118:1; 136:1; Jer 33:11
- His mercy - 2Ch 20:21; Ps 89:1; 118:1-4; 136:1-26
- His loving-kindness and truth - Ps 138:2
- His faithfulness and truth - Isa 25:1
- His salvation - Ps 18:46; Isa 35:10; 61:10; Lu 1:68,69
- His wonderful works - Ps 89:5; 150:2; Isa 25:1
- His consolation - Ps 42:5; Isa 12:1
- His judgment - Ps 101:1
- His counsel - Ps 16:7; Jer 32:19
- Fulfilling of his promises - 1Ki 8:56
- Pardon of sin - Ps 103:1-3; Ho 14:2
- Spiritual health - Ps 103:3
- Constant preservation - Ps 71:6-8
- Deliverance - Ps 40:1-3; 124:6
- Protection - Ps 28:7; 59:17
- Answering prayer - Ps 28:6; 118:21
- The hope of glory - 1Pe 1:3,4
- All spiritual blessings - Ps 103:2; Eph 1:3
- All temporal blessings - Ps 104:1,14; 136:25
- The continuance of blessings - Ps 68:19
Is obligatory upon
- Angels - Ps 103:20; 148:2
- Saints - Ps 30:4; 149:5
- Gentiles - Ps 117:1; Ro 15:11
- Children - Ps 8:2; Mt 21:16
- High and low - Ps 148:1,11
- Young and old - Ps 148:1,12
- Small and great - Re 19:5
- All men - Ps 107:8; 145:21
- All creation - Ps 148:1-10; 150:6
Is good and comely — Ps 33:1; 147:1
Should be offered
- With the understanding - Ps 47:7; 1Co 14:15
- With the soul - Ps 103:1; 104:1,35
- With the whole heart - Ps 9:1; 111:1; 138:1
- With uprightness of heart - Ps 119:7
- With the lips - Ps 63:3; 119:171
- With the mouth - Ps 51:15; 63:5
- With joy - Ps 63:5; 98:4
- With gladness - 2Ch 29:30; Jer 33:11
- With thankfulness - 1Ch 16:4; Ne 12:24; Ps 147:7
- Continually - Ps 35:28; 71:6
- During life - Ps 104:33
- More and more - Ps 71:14
- Day and night - Re 4:8
- Day by day - 2Ch 30:21
- For ever and ever - Ps 145:1,2
- Throughout the world - Ps 113:3
- In psalms and hymns &c - Ps 105:2; Eph 5:19; Col 3:16
Accompanied with musical instruments — 1Ch 16:41,42; Ps 150:3,5
Is a part of public worship — Ps 9:14; 100:4; 118:19,20; Heb 2:12
Saints should
- Show forth - Isa 43:21; 1Pe 2:9
- Be endued with the spirit of - Isa 61:3
- Render, under affliction - Ac 16:25
- Glory in - 1Ch 16:35
- Triumph in - Ps 106:47
- Express their joy by - Jas 5:13
- Declare - Isa 42:12
- Invite others to - Ps 34:3; 95:1
- Pray for ability to offer - Ps 51:15; 119:175
- Posture suited to - 1Ch 23:30; Ne 9:5
Called the
- Fruit of the lips - Heb 13:15
- Voice of praise - Ps 66:8
- Voice of triumph - Ps 47:1
- Voice of melody - Isa 51:3
- Voice of a psalm - Ps 98:5
- Garment of praise - Isa 61:3
- Sacrifice of praise - Heb 13:15
- Sacrifices of joy - Ps 27:6
- Calves of the lips - Ho 14:2
The heavenly host engage in — Isa 6:3; Lu 2:13; Re 4:9-11; 5:12
Exemplified
- Melchizedek - Ge 14:20
- Moses - Ex 15:1-21
- Jethro - Ex 18:10
- Israelites - 1Ch 16:36
- David - 1Ch 29:10-13; Ps 119:164
- Priests and Levites - Ezr 3:10-11
- Ezra - Ne 8:6
- Hezekiah - Isa 38:19
- Zacharias - Lu 1:64
- Shepherds - Lu 2:20
- Simeon - Lu 2:28
- Anna - Lu 2:38
- Multitudes - Lu 18:43
- Disciples - Lu 19:37,38
- The Apostles - Lu 24:53
- First converts - Ac 2:47
- Lame man - Ac 3:8
- Paul and Silas - Ac 16:25

Commanded — Isa 55:6; Mt 7:7; Php 4:6
To be offered
- To God - Ps 5:2; Mt 4:10
- To Christ - Lu 23:42; Ac 7:59
- To the Holy Spirit - 2Th 3:5
- Through Christ - Eph 2:18; Heb 10:19
God hears — Ps 10:17; 65:2
God answers — Ps 99:6; Isa 58:9
Is described as
- Bowing the knees - Eph 3:14
- Looking up - Ps 5:3
- Lifting up the soul - Ps 25:1
- Lifting up the heart - La 3:41
- Pouring out the heart - Ps 62:8
- Pouring out the soul - 1Sa 1:15
- Calling upon the name of the Lord - Ge 12:8; Ps 116:4; Ac 22:16
- Crying to God - Ps 27:7; 34:6
- Drawing near to God - Ps 73:28; Heb 10:22
- Crying to heaven - 2Ch 32:20
- Beseeching the Lord - Ex 32:11
- Seeking to God - Job 8:5
- Seeking the face of the Lord - Ps 27:8
- Making supplication - Job 8:5; Jer 36:7
Acceptable through Christ — Joh 14:13,14; 15:16; 16:23,24
Ascends to heaven — 2Ch 30:27; Re 5:8Quickening grace necessary to — Ps 80:18
The holy spirit
- Promised as a Spirit of - Zec 12:10
- As the Spirit of adoptions, leads to - Ro 8:15; Ga 4:6
- Helps our infirmities in - Ro 8:26
An evidence of conversion — Ac 9:11
Of the righteous, avails much — Jas 5:16
Of the upright, a delight to God — Pr 15:8
Should be offered up
- In the Holy Spirit - Eph 6:18; Jude 1:20
- In faith - Mt 21:22; Jas 1:6
- In full assurance of faith - Heb 10:22
- In a forgiving spirit - Mt 6:12
- With the heart - Jer 29:13; La 3:41
- With the whole heart - Ps 119:58,145
- With preparation of heart - Job 11:13
- With a true heart - Heb 10:22
- With the soul - Ps 42:4
- With the spirit and understanding - Joh 4:22-24; 1Co 14:15
- With confidence in God - Ps 56:9; 86:7; 1Jo 5:14
- With submission to God - Lu 22:42
- With unfeigned lips - Ps 17:1
- With deliberation - Ec 5:2
- With holiness - 1Ti 2:8
- With humility - 2Ch 7:14; 33:12
- With truth - Ps 145:18; Joh 4:24
- With desire to be heard - Ne 1:6; Ps 17:1; 55:1,2; 61:1
- With desire to be answered - Ps 27:7; 102:2; 108:6; 143:1
- With boldness - Heb 4:16
- With earnestness - 1Th 3:10; Jas 5:17
- With importunity - Ge 32:26; Lu 11:8,9; 18:1-7
- Night and day - 1Ti 5:5
- Without ceasing - 1Th 5:17
- Everywhere - 1Ti 2:8
- In everything - Php 4:6
For temporal blessings — Ge 28:20; Pr 30:8; Mt 6:11
For spiritual blessings — Mt 6:33
For mercy and grace to help in time of need — Heb 4:16
Model for — Mt 6:9-13
Vain repetitions in, forbidden — Mt 6:7
Ostentation in, forbidden — Mt 6:5
Accompanied with
- Repentance - 1Ki 8:33; Jer 36:7
- Confession - Ne 1:4,7; Da 9:4-11
- Self-abasement - Ge 18:27
- Weeping - Jer 31:9; Ho 12:4
- Fasting - Ne 1:4; Da 9:3; Ac 13:3
- Watchfulness - Lu 21:36; 1Pe 4:7
- Praise - Ps 66:17
- Thanksgiving - Php 4:6; Col 4:2
Plead in the
- Promises of God - Ge 32:9-12; Ex 32:13; 1Ki 8:26; Ps 119:49
- Covenant of God - Jer 14:21
- Faithfulness of God - Ps 143:1
- Mercy of God - Ps 51:1; Da 9:18
- Righteousness of God - Da 9:16
Rise early for — Ps 5:3; 119:147
Seek divine teaching for — Lu 11:1
Faint not in — Lu 18:1
Continue instant in — Ro 12:12
Avoid hindrances in — 1Pe 3:7
Suitable in affliction — Isa 26:16; Jas 5:13
Shortness of time a motive to — 1Pe 4:7
Postures in
- Standing - 1Ki 8:22; Mr 11:25
- Bowing down - Ps 95:6
- Kneeling - 2Ch 6:13; Ps 95:6; Lu 22:41; Ac 20:36
- Falling on the face - Nu 16:22; Jos 5:14; 1Ch 21:16; Mt 26:39
- Spreading forth the hands - Isa 1:15
- Lifting up the hands - Ps 28:2; La 2:19; 1Ti 2:8
The promises of God encourage to — Isa 65:24; Am 5:4; Zec 13:9
The promises of Christ encourage to — Lu 11:9,10; Joh 14:13,14
Experience of past mercies an incentive to — Ps 4:1; 112:2

God gives — Ps 99:6; 118:5; 138:3
Christ gives — Joh 4:10,14; 14:14
Christ received — Joh 11:42; Heb 5:7
Granted
- Through the grace of God - Isa 30:19
- Sometimes immediately - Isa 65:24; Da 9:21,23; 10:12
- Sometimes after delay - Lu 18:7
- Sometimes differently from our desire - 2Co 12:8,9
- Beyond expectation - Jer 33:3; Eph 3:20
Promised — Isa 58:9; Jer 29:12; Mt 7:7
Promised especially in times of trouble — Ps 50:15; 91:15
Received by those who
- Seek God - Ps 34:4
- Seek God with all the heart - Jer 29:12,13
- Wait upon God - Ps 40:1
- Return to God - 2Ch 7:14; Job 22:23,27
- Ask in faith - Mt 21:11; Jas 5:15
- Ask in the name of Christ - Joh 14:13
- Ask according to God's will - 1Jo 5:14
- Call upon God in truth - Ps 145:18
- Fear God - Ps 145:19
- Set their love upon God - Ps 91:14,15
- Keep God's commandments - 1Jo 3:22
- Call upon God under oppression - Isa 19:20
- Call upon God under affliction - Ps 18:6; 106:44; Isa 30:19,20
- Abide in Christ - Joh 15:7
- Humble themselves - 2Ch 7:14; Ps 9:12
- Are righteous - Ps 34:15; Jas 5:16
- Are poor and needy - Isa 41:17
Saints
- Are assured of - 1Jo 5:15
- Love God for - Ps 116:1
- Bless God for - Ps 66:20
- Praise God for - Ps 116:17; 118:21
A motive for continued prayer — Ps 116:2
Denied to those who
- Ask amiss - Jas 4:3
- Regard iniquity in the heart - Ps 66:18
- Live in sin - Isa 59:2; Joh 9:31
- Offer unworthy service to God - Mal 1:7-9
- Forsake God - Jer 14:10,12
- Reject the call of God - Pr 1:24,25,28
- Hear not the law - Pr 28:9; Zec 7:11-13
- Are deaf to the cry of the poor - Pr 21:13
- Are blood shedders - Isa 1:15; 59:3
- Are idolaters - Jer 11:11-14; Eze 8:15-18
- Are wavering - Jas 1:6,7
- Are hypocrites - Job 27:8,9
- Are proud - Job 35:12,13
- Are self-righteous - Lu 18:11,12,14
- Are the enemies of saints - Ps 18:40,41
- Cruelly oppress saints - Mic 3:2-4
Exemplified
- Abraham - Ge 17:20
- Lot - Ge 19:19-21
- Abraham's servant - Ge 24:15-27
- Jacob - Ge 32:24-30
- Israelites - Ex 2:23,24
- Moses - Ex 17:4-6,11-13; 32:11-14
- Samson - Judg 15:18,19
- Hannah - 1Sa 1:27
- Samuel - 1Sa 7:9
- Solomon - 1Ki 3:9,12
- Man of God - 1Ki 13:6
- Elijah - 1Ki 18:36-38; Jas 5:17,18
- Elisha - 2Ki 4:33-35
- Jehoahaz - 2Ki 13:4
- Hezekiah - 2Ki 19:20
- Jabez - 1Ch 4:10
- Asa - 2Ch 14:11,12
- Jehoshaphat - 2Ch 20:6-17
- Manasseh - 2Ch 33:13,19
- Ezra - Ezr 8:21-23
- Nehemiah - Ne 4:9,15
- Job - Job 42:10
- David - Ps 18:6
- Jeremiah - La 3:55,56
- Daniel - Da 9:20-23
- Jonah - Jon 2:2,10
- Zacharias - Lu 1:13
- Blind man - Lu 18:38,41-43
- Thief on the cross - Lu 23:42,43
- Apostles - Ac 4:29-31
- Cornelius - Ac 10:4,31
- The Christians - Ac 12:5,7
- Paul and Silas - Ac 16:25,26
- Paul - Ac 28:8
Refusal of, exemplified
Saul - 1Sa 28:15
Elders of Israel - Eze 20:3
Pharisees - Mt 23:14

Christ set an example of — Lu 22:32; 23:34; Joh 17:9-24
Commanded — 1Ti 2:1; Jas 5:14,16
Should be offered up for
- Kings - 1Ti 2:2
- All in authority - 1Ti 2:2
- Ministers - 2Co 1:11; Php 1:19
- The Church - Ps 122:6; Isa 62:6,7
- All saints - Eph 6:18
- All men - 1Ti 2:1
- Masters - Ge 24:12-14
- Servants - Lu 7:2,3
- Children - Ge 17:18; Mt 15:22
- Friends - Job 42:8
- Fellow-countrymen - Ro 10:1
- The sick - Jas 5:14
- Persecutors - Mt 5:44
- Enemies among whom we dwell - Jer 29:7
- Those who envy us - Nu 12:13
- Those who forsake us - 2Ti 4:16
- Those who murmur against God - Nu 11:1,2; 14:13,19
By ministers for their people — Eph 1:16; 3:14-19; Php 1:4
Encouragement to — Jas 5:16; 1Jo 5:16
Beneficial to the offerer — Job 42:10
Sin of neglecting — 1Sa 12:23
Seek an interest in — 1Sa 12:19; Heb 13:18
Unavailing for the obstinately-impenitent — Jer 7:13-16; 14:10,11
Exemplified
- Abraham - Ge 18:23-32
- Abraham's servant - Ge 24:12-14
- Moses - Ex 8:12; 32:11-13
- Samuel - 1Sa 7:5
- Solomon - 1Ki 8:30-36
- Elisha - 2Ki 4:33
- Hezekiah - 2Ch 30:18
- Isaiah - 2Ch 32:20
- Nehemiah - Ne 1:4-11
- David - Ps 25:22
- Ezekiel - Eze 9:8
- Daniel - Da 9:3-19
- Stephen - Ac 7:60
- Peter and John - Ac 8:15
- Church of Jerusalem - Ac 12:5
- Paul - Col 1:9-12; 2Th 1:11
- Epaphras - Col 4:12
- Philemon - Phm 1:22

Christ was constant in — Mt 14:23; 26:36,39; Mr 1:35; Lu 9:18,29
Commanded — Mt 6:6
Should be offered
- At evening, morning, and noon - Ps 55:17
- Day and night - Ps 88:1
- Without ceasing - 1Th 5:17
Shall be heard — Job 22:27
Rewarded openly — Mt 6:6
An evidence of conversion — Ac 9:11
Nothing should hinder — Da 6:10
Exemplified
- Lot - Ge 19:20
- Eliezer - Ge 24:12
- Jacob - Ge 32:9-12
- Gideon - Judg 6:22,36,39
- Hannah - 1Sa 1:10
- David - 2Sa 7:18-29
- Hezekiah - 2Ki 20:2
- Isaiah - 2Ki 20:11
- Manasseh - 2Ch 33:18,19
- Ezra - Ezr 9:5,6
- Nehemiah - Ne 2:4
- Jeremiah - Jer 32:16-25
- Daniel - Da 9:3,17
- Jonah - Jon 2:1
- Habakkuk - Hab 1:2
- Anna - Lu 2:37
- Paul - Ac 9:11
- Peter - Ac 9:40; 10:9
- Cornelius - Ac 10:30

Acceptable to God — Isa 56:7
God promises to hear — 2Ch 7:14,16
God promises to bless in — Ex 20:24
Christ
- Sanctifies by his presence - Mt 18:20
- Attended - Mt 12:9; Lu 4:16
- Promises answers to - Mt 18:19
Instituted form of — Lu 11:2
Should not be made in an unknown language — 1Co 14:14-16
Saints delight in — Ps 42:4; 122:1
Exhortation to — Heb 10:25
Urge others to join in — Ps 95:6; Zec 8:21
Exemplified
- Joshua - Jos 7:6-9
- David - 1Ch 29:10-19
- Solomon - 2Ch 6:1-42
- Jehoshaphat - 2Ch 20:5-13
- Jeshua - Ne 9:1-38
- Jews - Lu 1:10
- The Christians - Ac 2:46; 4:24; 12:5,12
- Peter - Ac 3:1
- Teachers and Prophets, at Antioch - Ac 13:3
- Paul - Ac 16:16

Dug out of the earth — Job 28:5,6
Brought from Ophir — 1Ki 10:11; 2Ch 9:10
Brought from Sheba — 1Ki 10:1,2; Eze 27:22
Called
- Stones of fire - Eze 28:14,16
- Stones to be set - 1Ch 29:2
- Jewels - Isa 61:10; Eze 16:12
- Precious jewels - 2Ch 20:25; Pr 20:15
Of great variety — 1Ch 29:2
Of many colours — 1Ch 29:2
Brilliant and glittering — 1Ch 29:2; Re 21:11
Mentioned in scripture
- Agate - Ex 28:19; Isa 54:12
- Amethyst - Ex 28:19; Re 21:20
- Beryl - Da 10:6; Re 21:20
- Carbuncle - Ex 28:17; Isa 54:12
- Coral - Job 28:18
- Chalcedony - Re 21:19
- Chrysolite - Re 21:20
- Chrysoprasus - Re 21:20
- Diamond - Ex 28:18; Jer 17:1; Eze 28:13
- Emerald - Eze 27:16; Re 4:3
- Jacinth - Re 9:17; 21:20
- Jasper - Re 4:3; 21:11,19
- Onyx - Ex 28:20; Job 28:16
- Pearl - Job 28:18; Mt 13:45,46; Re 21:21
- Ruby - Job 28:18; La 4:7
- Sapphire - Ex 24:10; Eze 1:26
- Sardine or Sardius - Ex 28:17; Re 4:3
- Sardonyx - Re 21:20
- Topaz - Job 28:19; Re 21:20
Highly prized by the ancients — Pr 17:8
Extensive commerce in — Eze 27:22; Re 18:12
Often given as presents — 1Ki 10:2,10
Art of engraving upon, early known to the Jews — Ex 28:9,11,21
Art of setting, known to the Jews — Ex 28:20
Used for
- Adorning the high priest's ephod - Ex 28:12
- Adorning the breastplate of judgment - Ex 28:17-20; 39:10-14
- Decorating the person - Eze 28:13
- Ornamenting royal crowns - 2Sa 12:30
- Setting in seals and rings - Song 5:12
- Adorning the temple - 2Ch 3:6
- Honouring idols - Da 11:38
A part of the treasure of kings — 2Ch 32:27
Given by the Jews for the tabernacle — Ex 25:7
Prepared by David for the temple — 1Ch 29:2
Given by chief men for the temple — 1Ch 29:8
Illustrative of
- Preciousness of Christ - Isa 28:16; 1Pe 2:6
- Beauty and stability of the church - Isa 54:11,12
- Saints - Mal 3:17; 1Co 3:12
- Seductive splendour and false glory of the apostasy - Re 17:4; 18:16
- Worldly glory of nations - Eze 28:13-16
- Glory of heavenly Jerusalem - Re 21:11
- Stability of heavenly Jerusalem - Re 21:19

To God — Mt 3:17; 1Pe 2:4
To Saints — Song 5:10; Php 3:8; 1Pe 2:7
On account of his
- Goodness and beauty - Zec 9:17
- Excellence and grace - Ps 45:2
- Name - Song 1:3; Heb 1:4
- Atonement - 1Pe 1:19; Heb 12:24
- Words - Joh 6:68
- Promises - 2Pe 1:4
- Care and tenderness - Isa 40:11
As the corner-stone of the Church — Isa 28:16; 1Pe 2:6
As the source of all grace — Joh 1:14; Col 1:19
Unsearchable — Eph 3:8
Illustrated — Song 2:3; 5:10-16; Mt 13:44-46

Antiquity of — Ge 32:13; 43:15
Were given
- To judges to secure a favourable hearing - Pr 17:23; Am 2:6
- To kings to engage their aid - 1Ki 15:18
- By kings to each other in token of inferiority - 1Ki 10:25; 2Ch 9:23,24; Ps 72:10
- To appease the angry feelings of others - Ge 32:20; 1Sa 25:27,28,35
- To confirm covenants - Ge 21:28-30
- To reward service - 2Sa 18:12; Da 2:6,48
- To show respect - Judg 6:18
- In token of friendship - 1Sa 18:3,4
- As tribute - Judg 3:15; 2Sa 8:2; 2Ch 17:5
- On occasions of visits - 2Ki 8:8
- On all occasions of public rejoicing - Ne 8:12; Es 9:19
- At marriages - Ge 24:53; Ps 45:12
- On recovering from sickness - 2Ki 20:12
- On restoration to prosperity - Job 42:10,11
- On sending away friends - Ge 45:22; Jer 40:5
Considered essential on all visits of business — 1Sa 9:7
Not bringing, considered a mark of disrespect and disaffection — Isa 10:27; 2Ki 17:24
Generally procured a favourable reception — Pr 18:16; 19:6
When small or defective, refused — Mal 1:8
Of persons of rank, of great value and variety — 2Ki 5:2; 2Ch 9:1
Receiving of, a token of good will — Ge 33:10,11
Things given as
- Cattle - Ge 32:14,15,18
- Horses and mules - 1Ki 10:25
- Money - Ge 45:22; 1Sa 9:8; Job 42:11
- Food - Ge 43:11; 1Sa 25:18; 1Ki 14:3
- Garments - Ge 45:22; 1Sa 18:4
- Weapons of war - 1Sa 18:4
- Ornaments - Ge 24:22,47; Job 42:11
- Gold and silver vessels - 1Ki 10:25
- Precious stones - 1Ki 10:2
- Servants - Ge 20:14; 29:24,29
Often borne by servants — Judg 3:18
Often conveyed on camels — 1Sa 25:18; 2Ki 8:9; 2Ch 9:1
Sometimes sent before the giver — Ge 32:21
Generally presented in person — Ge 43:15,26; Judg 3:17; 1Sa 25:27
Laid out and presented with great ceremony — Ge 43:25; Judg 3:18; Mt 2:11

A characteristic of the wicked — 2Pe 2:10
A characteristic of Antichrist — 2Th 2:4
Exhibited in
- Opposing God - Job 15:25,26
- Wilful commission of sin - Ro 1:32
- Self-righteousness - Ho 12:8; Re 3:17
- Spiritual pride - Isa 65:5; Lu 18:11
- Esteeming our own ways right - Pr 12:15
- Seeking precedence - Lu 14:7-11
- Planning for the future - Lu 12:18; Jas 4:13
- Pretending to prophecy - De 18:22
Pray to be kept from sins of — Ps 19:13
Saints avoid — Ps 131:1
Punishment for — Nu 15:30; Re 18:7,8
Exemplified
- Builders of Babel - Ge 11:4
- Israelites - Nu 14:44
- Korah &c - Nu 16:3,7
- Men of Bethshemesh - 1Sa 6:19
- Uzzah - 2Sa 6:6
- Jeroboam - 1Ki 13:4
- Benhadad - 1Ki 20:19
- Uzziah - 2Ch 26:16
- Sennacherib - 2Ch 32:13,14
- Theudas - Ac 5:36
- Sons of Sceva - Ac 19:13,14
- Diotrephes - 3Jo 1:9

Is sin — Pr 21:4
Hateful to God — Pr 6:16,17; 16:5
Hateful to Christ — Pr 8:12,13
Often originates in
- Self-righteousness - Lu 18:11,12
- Religious privileges - Zep 3:11
- Unsanctified knowledge - 1Co 8:1
- Inexperience - 1Ti 3:6
- Possession of power - Le 26:19; Eze 30:6
- Possession of wealth - 2Ki 20:13
Forbidden — 1Sa 2:3; Ro 12:3,16
Defiles a man — Mr 7:20,22
Hardens the mind — Da 5:20
Saints
- give not away - Ps 131:1
- Respect not, in others - Ps 40:4
- Mourn over, in others - Jer 13:17
- Hate, in others - Ps 101:5
A hindrance to seeking God — Ps 10:4; Ho 7:10
A hindrance to improvement — Pr 26:12
A characteristic
- The devil - 1Ti 3:6
- The world - 1Jo 2:16
- False teachers - 1Ti 6:3,4
- The wicked - Hab 2:4,5; Ro 1:30
Comes from the heart — Mr 7:21-23
The wicked encompassed with — Ps 73:6
Leads men to
- Contempt and rejection of God's word and ministers - Jer 43:2
- A persecuting spirit - Ps 10:2
- Wrath - Pr 21:24
- Contention - Pr 13:10; 28:25
- Self-deception - Jer 49:16; Ob 1:3
Exhortation against — Jer 13:15
Is followed by
- Shame - Pr 11:2
- Debasement - Pr 29:23; Isa 28:3
- Destruction - Pr 16:18; 18:12
Shall abound in the last days — 2Ti 3:2
Woe to — Isa 28:1,3
They who are guilty of, shall be
- Resisted - Jas 4:6
- Brought into contempt - Isa 23:9
- Recompensed - Ps 31:23
- Marred - Jer 13:9
- Subdued - Ex 18:11; Isa 13:11
- Brought low - Ps 18:27; Isa 2:12
- Abased - Da 4:37; Mt 23:12
- Scattered - Lu 1:51
- Punished - Zep 2:10,11; Mal 4:1
Exemplified
- Ahithophel - 2Sa 17:23
- Hezekiah - 2Ch 32:25
- Pharaoh - Ne 9:10
- Haman - Es 3:5
- Moab - Isa 16:6
- Tyre - Isa 23:9
- Israel - Isa 28:1; Ho 5:5,9
- Judah - Jer 13:9
- Babylon - Jer 50:29,32
- Assyria - Eze 31:3,10
- Nebuchadnezzar - Da 4:30; 5:20
- Belshazzar - Da 5:22,23
- Edom - Ob 1:3
- Scribes - Mr 12:38,39
- Herod - Ac 12:21-23
- Laodiceans - Re 3:17

First notice of persons acting as — Ge 4:3,4
During patriarchal age heads of families acted as — Ge 8:20; 12:8; 35:7
After the exodus young men (first-born) deputed to act as — Ex 24:5; 19:22
The sons of Aaron appointed as, by perpetual statute — Ex 29:9; 40:15
All except seed of Aaron excluded from being — Nu 3:10; 16:40; 18:7
Sanctified by God for the office — Ex 29:44
Publicly consecrated — Ex 28:3; Nu 3:3
Ceremonies at consecration of
- Washing in water - Ex 29:4; Le 8:6
- Clothing with the holy garments - Ex 29:8,9; 40:14; Le 8:13
- Anointing with oil - Ex 30:30; 40:13
- Offering sacrifices - Ex 29:10-19; Le 8:14-23
- Purification by blood of the consecration ram - Ex 29:20,21; Le 8:23,24
- Placing in their hands the wave-offering - Ex 29:22-24; Le 8:25-27
- Partaking of the sacrifices of consecration - Ex 29:31-33; Le 8:31,32
- Lasted seven days - Ex 29:35-37; Le 8:33
Required to remain in the tabernacle seven days after consecration — Le 8:33-36
No blemished or defective persons could be consecrated — Le 21:17-23
Required to prove their genealogy before they exercised the office — Ezr 2:62; Ne 7:64
Garments of
- The coat or tunic - Ex 28:40; 39:27
- The girdle - Ex 28:40
- The bonnet - Ex 28:40; 39:28
- The linen breeches - Ex 28:42; 39:28
- Worn at consecration - Ex 29:9; 40:15
- Worn always while engaged in the service of the tabernacle - Ex 28:43; 39:41
- Worn by the high priest on the day of atonement - Le 16:4
- Purified by sprinkling of blood - Ex 29:21
- Laid up in holy chambers - Eze 44:19
- Often provided by the people - Ezr 2:68,69; Ne 7:70,72
Required to wash in the brazen laver before they performed their services — Ex 30:18-21
Services of
- Keeping the charge of the tabernacle - Nu 18:1,5,7
- Covering the sacred things of the sanctuary before removal - Nu 4:5-15
- Offering sacrifices - Le 1:1-6:30; 2Ch 29:34; 35:11
- Lighting and trimming the lamps of the sanctuary - Ex 27:20,21; Le 24:3,4
- Keeping the sacred fire always burning on the altar - Le 6:12,13
- Burning incense - Ex 20:7,8; Lu 1:9
- Placing and removing show-bread - Le 24:5-9
- Offering first fruits - Le 23:10,11; De 26:3,4
- Blessing the people - Nu 6:23-27
- Purifying the unclean - Le 15:30,31
- Deciding in cases of jealousy - Nu 5:14,15
- Deciding in cases of leprosy - Le 13:2-59; 14:34-45
- Judging in cases of controversy - De 17:8-13; 21:5
- Teaching the law - De 33:8,10; Mal 2:7
- Blowing the trumpets on various occasions - Nu 10:1-10; Jos 6:3,4
- Carrying the ark - Jos 3:6,17; 6:12
- Encouraging the people when they went to war - De 20:1-4
- Valuing things devoted - Le 27:8
Were to live by the altar as they had no inheritance — De 18:1,2; 1Co 9:13
Revenues of
- Tenth of the tithes paid to the Levites - Nu 18:26,28; Ne 10:37,38; Heb 7:5
- First-fruits - Nu 18:8,12,13; De 18:4
- Redemption-money of the first-born - Nu 3:48,51; 18:15,16
- First-born of animals or their substitutes - Nu 18:17,18; Ex 13:12,13
- First of the wool of sheep - De 18:4
- Show-bread after its removal - Le 24:9; 1Sa 21:4-6; Mt 12:4
- Part of all sacrifices - Le 7:6-10,31,34; Nu 6:19,20; 18:8-11; De 18:3
- All devoted things - Nu 18:14
- All restitutions when the owner could not be found - Nu 5:8
- A fixed portion of the spoil taken in war - Nu 31:29,41
Thirteen of the Levitical cities given to, for residence — 1Ch 6:57-60; Nu 35:1-8
Might purchase and hold other lands in possession — 1Ki 2:26; Jer 32:8,9
Special laws respecting
- Not to marry divorced or improper persons - Le 21:7
- Not to defile themselves for the dead except the nearest of kin - Le 21:1-6
- Not to drink wine, &c while attending in the tabernacle - Le 10:9; Eze 44:21
- Not to defile themselves by eating what died or was torn - Le 22:8
- While unclean could not perform any service - Le 22:1,2; Nu 19:6,7
- While unclean could not eat of the holy things - Le 22:3-7
- No sojourner or hired servant to eat of their portion - Le 22:10
- All bought and home-born servants to eat of their portion - Le 22:11
- Children of, married to strangers, not to eat of their portion - Le 22:12
- Restitution to be made to, by persons ignorantly eating of their holy things - Le 22:14-16
Divided by David into twenty-four courses — 1Ch 24:1-19; 2Ch 8:14; 35:4,5
The four courses which returned from Babylon subdivided into 24 — Ezr 2:36-39; Lu 1:5
Each course of, had its president or chief — 1Ch 24:6,31; 2Ch 36:14
Services of, divided by lot — Lu 1:9
Punishment for invading the office of — Nu 16:1-35; 18:7; 2Ch 26:16-21
On special occasions persons not of Aaron's family acted as — Judg 6:24-27; 1Sa 7:9; 1Ki 18:33
Were sometimes
- Greedy - 1Sa 2:13-17
- Drunken - Isa 28:7
- Profane and wicked - 1Sa 2:22-24
- Unjust - Jer 6:13
- Corrupters of the law - Isa 28:7; Mal 2:8
- Slow to sanctify, themselves for God's services - 2Ch 29:34
Generally participated in punishment of the people — Jer 14:18; La 2:20
Made of the lowest of the people by Jeroboam and others — 1Ki 12:21; 2Ki 17:32
Services of, ineffectual for removing sin — Heb 7:11; 10:11
Illustrative of
- Christ - Heb 10:11,12
- Saints - Ex 19:6; 1Pe 2:9

Antiquity of — Ge 39:20
Kinds of, mentioned
- State - Jer 37:21; Ge 39:20
- Common - Ac 5:18
Dungeons attached to — Jer 38:6; Zec 9:11
Were under the care of a keeper — Ge 39:21
Used for confining
- Persons accused of crimes - Lu 23:19
- Persons accused of heresy - Ac 4:3; 5:18; 8:3
- Suspected persons - Ge 42:19
- Condemned persons till executed - Le 24:12; Ac 12:4,5
- Enemies taken captive - Judg 16:21; 2Ki 17:4; Jer 52:11
- Debtors till they paid - Mt 5:26; 18:30
- Persons under the king's displeasure - 1Ki 22:27; 2Ch 16:10; Mr 6:17
Confinement in, often awarded as a punishment — Ezr 7:26
Confinement in, considered a severe punishment — Lu 22:33
Places used as
- Court of the king's house - Jer 32:2
- House of the king's scribe - Jer 37:15
- House of the captain of the guard - Ge 40:3
- Prisoner's own house, where he was kept bound to a soldier - Ac 28:16,30; 2Ti 1:16-18
The king had power to commit to — 1Ki 22:27
Magistrates had power to commit to — Mt 5:25
Persons confined in
- Said to be in ward - Le 24:12
- Said to be in hold - Ac 4:3
- Often placed in dungeons - Jer 39:6; Ac 16:24
- Often bound with fetters - Ge 42:19; Eze 19:9; Mr 6:17
- Often chained to two soldiers - Ac 12:6
- Often fastened in stocks - Jer 29:26; Ac 16:24
- Often kept to hard labour - Judg 16:21
- Often subjected to extreme suffering - Ps 79:11; 102:20; 105:18
- Fed on bread and water - 1Ki 22:27
- Clothed in prison dress - 2Ki 25:29
- Sometimes allowed to be visited by their friends - Mt 11:2; 25:36; Ac 24:23
- Might have their condition ameliorated by the king - Jer 37:20,21
- Often executed in - Ge 40:22; Mt 14:10
The king had power to release from — Ge 40:21
Magistrates had power to release from — Ac 16:35,36
Keepers of
- Strictly guarded the doors - Ac 12:6
- Responsible for the prisoners - Ac 16:23,27
- Put to death if prisoners escaped - Ac 12:19
- Often used severity - Jer 37:16,20; Ac 16:24
- Sometimes acted kindly - Ge 39:21; Ac 16:33,34
- Sometimes entrusted the care of the prison to well-conducted prisoners - Ge 39:22,23
Illustrative of
- Deep afflictions - Ps 142:7
- Hell - Re 20:7
- Bondage to sin and Satan - Isa 42:7; 49:9; 61:1

Abiding in Christ — Joh 15:4,5
Partaking of the divine nature — 2Pe 1:4
Access to God by Christ — Eph 3:12
Being of the household of God — Eph 2:19
Membership with the Church of the first-born — Heb 12:23
Having
- Christ for their Shepherd - Isa 40:11; Joh 10:14,16
- Christ for their intercessor - Ro 8:34; Heb 7:25; 1Jo 2:1
- The promises of God - 2Co 7:1; 2Pe 1:4
The possession of all things — 1Co 3:21,22
All things working together for their good — Ro 8:28; 2Co 4:15-17
Their names written in the book life — Re 13:8; 20:15
Having God for their
- King - Ps 5:2; 44:4; Isa 44:6
- Glory - Ps 3:3; Isa 60:19
- Salvation - Ps 18:2; 27:1; Isa 12:2
- Father - De 32:6; Isa 63:16; 64:8
- Redeemer - Ps 19:14; Isa 43:14
- Friend - 2Ch 20:7; Jas 2:23
- Helper - Ps 33:20; Heb 13:6
- Keeper - Ps 121:4,5
- Deliverer - 2Sa 22:2; Ps 18:2
- Strength - Ps 18:2; 27:1; 46:1
- Refuge - Ps 46:1,11; Isa 25:4
- Shield - Ge 15:1; Ps 84:11
- Tower - 2Sa 22:3; Ps 61:3
- Light - Ps 27:1; Isa 60:19; Mic 7:8
- Guide - Ps 48:14; Isa 58:11
- Law-giver - Ne 9:13,14; Isa 33:22
- Habitation - Ps 90:1; 91:9
- Portion - Ps 73:26; La 3:24
Union in God and Christ — Joh 17:21
Committing themselves to God — Ps 31:5; Ac 7:59; 2Ti 1:12
Calling upon God in trouble — Ps 50:15
Suffering for Christ — Ac 5:41; Php 1:29
Profiting by chastisement — Ps 119:67; Heb 12:10,11
Secure during public calamities — Job 5:20,23; Ps 27:1-5; 91:5-10
Interceding for others — Ge 18:23-33; Jas 5:16

Condemned by Christ — Lu 9:59-62
Saints avoid — Ps 27:8; 119:60
To be avoided in
- Hearkening to God - Ps 95:7,8; Heb 3:7,8
- Seeking God - Isa 55:6
- Glorifying God - Jer 13:16
- Keeping God's commandments - Ps 119:60
- Making offerings to God - Ex 22:29
- Performance of vows - De 23:21; Ec 5:4
Motives for avoiding
- The present the accepted time - 2Co 6:2
- The present the best time - Ec 12:1
- The uncertainty of life - Pr 27:1
Danger of illustrated — Mt 5:25; Lu 13:25
Exemplified
- Lot - Ge 19:16
- Felix - Ac 24:25

Contained in the Scriptures — Ro 1:2
Made in Christ — Eph 3:6; 2Ti 1:1
Made to
- Christ - Ga 3:16,19
- Abraham - Ge 12:3,7; Ga 3:16
- Isaac - Ge 26:3,4
- Jacob - Ge 28:14
- David - 2Sa 7:12; Ps 89:3,4,35,36
- The Israelites - Ro 9:4
- The Fathers - Ac 13:32; 26:6,7
- All who are called of God - Ac 2:39
- Those who love him - Jas 1:12; 2:5
Confirmed by an oath — Ps 89:3,4; Heb 8:6
Covenant established upon — Heb 8:6
God is faithful to — Tit 1:2; Heb 10:23
God remembers — Ps 105:42; Lu 1:54,55
Are
- Good - 1Ki 8:56
- Holy - Ps 105:42
- Exceeding great and precious - 2Pe 1:4
- Confirmed in Christ - Ro 15:8
- Yea and amen in Christ - 2Co 1:20
- Fulfilled in Christ - Ac 13:23; Lu 1:69-73
- Through the righteousness of faith - Ro 4:13,16
- Obtained through faith - Heb 11:33
- Given to those who believe - Ga 3:22
- Inherited through faith and patience - Heb 6:12,15; 10:36
- Performed in due season - Jer 33:14; Ac 7:17; Ga 4:4
Not one shall fail — Jos 23:14; 1Ki 8:56
The law not against — Ga 3:21
The law could not disannul — Ga 3:17
Subjects of
- Christ - 2Sa 7:12,13; Ac 13:22,23
- The Holy Spirit - Ac 2:33; Eph 1:13
- The gospel - Ro 1:1,2
- Life in Christ - 2Ti 1:1
- A crown of life - Jas 1:12
- Eternal life - Tit 1:2; 1Jo 2:25
- The life that now is - 1Ti 4:8
- Adoption - 2Co 6:18; 7:1
- Preservation in affliction - Isa 43:2
- Blessing - De 1:11
- Forgiveness of sins - Isa 1:18; Heb 8:12
- Putting the law into the heart - Jer 31:33; Heb 8:10
- Second coming of Christ - 2Pe 3:4
- New heavens and earth - 2Pe 3:13
- Entering into rest - Jos 22:4; Heb 4:1
Should lead to perfecting holiness — 2Co 7:1
The inheritance of the saints is of — Ro 4:13; Ga 3:18
Saints
- Children of - Ro 9:8; Ga 4:28
- Heirs of - Ga 3:29; Heb 6:17; 11:9
- Stagger not at - Ro 4:20
- Have implicit confidence in - Heb 11:11
- Expect the performance of - Lu 1:38,45; 2Pe 3:13
- Sometimes, through infirmity, tempted to doubt - Ps 77:8,10
- Plead in prayer - Ge 32:9,12; 1Ch 17:23,26; Isa 43:26
Should wait for the performance of — Ac 1:4
Gentiles shall be partakers of — Eph 3:6
Man, by nature, has no interest in — Eph 2:12
Scoffers despise — 2Pe 3:3,4
Fear, lest ye come short of — Heb 4:1

As the Son of God — Ps 2:7
- Fulfilled - Lu 1:32,35
As the seed of the woman — Ge 3:15
- Fulfilled - Ga 4:4
As the seed of Abraham — Ge 17:7; 22:18
- Fulfilled - Ga 3:16
As the seed of Isaac — Ge 21:12
- Fulfilled - Heb 11:17-19
As the seed of David — Ps 132:11; Jer 23:5
- Fulfilled - Ac 13:23; Ro 1:3
His coming at a set time — Ge 49:10; Da 9:24,25
- Fulfilled - Lu 2:1
His being born a virgin — Isa 7:14
- Fulfilled - Mt 1:22,23; Lu 2:7
His being called Immanuel — Isa 7:14
- Fulfilled - Mt 1:22,23
His being born in Bethlehem of Judea — Mic 5:2
- Fulfilled - Mt 2:1; Lu 2:4-6
Great persons coming to adore him — Ps 72:10
- Fulfilled - Mt 2:1-11
The slaying of the children of Bethlehem — Jer 31:15
- Fulfilled - Mt 2:16-18
His being called out of Egypt — Ho 11:1
- Fulfilled - Mt 2:15
His being preceded by John the Baptist — Isa 40:3; Mal 3:1
- Fulfilled - Mt 3:1,3; Lu 1:17
His being anointed with the Spirit — Ps 45:7; Isa 11:2; 61:1
- Fulfilled - Mt 3:16; Joh 3:34; Ac 10:38
His being a Prophet like to Moses — De 18:15-18
- Fulfilled - Ac 3:20-22
His being a Priest after the order of Melchizedek — Ps 110:4
- Fulfilled - Heb 5:5,6
His entering on his public ministry — Isa 61:1,2
- Fulfilled - Lu 4:16-21,43
His ministry commencing in Galilee — Isa 9:1,2
- Fulfilled - Mt 4:12-16,23
His entering publicly into Jerusalem — Zec 9:9
- Fulfilled - Mt 21:1-5
His coming into the temple — Hag 2:7,9; Mal 3:1
- Fulfilled - Mt 21:12; Lu 2:27-32; Joh 2:13-16
His poverty — Isa 53:2
- Fulfilled - Mr 6:3; Lu 9:58
His meekness and want of ostentatious — Isa 42:2
- Fulfilled - Mt 12:15,16,19
His tenderness and compassion — Isa 40:11; 42:3
- Fulfilled - Mt 12:15,20; Heb 4:15
His being without guile — Isa 53:9
- Fulfilled - 1Pe 2:22
His zeal — Ps 69:9
- Fulfilled - Joh 2:17
His preaching by parables — Ps 78:2
- Fulfilled - Mt 13:34,35
His working miracles — Isa 35:5,6
- Fulfilled - Mt 11:4-6; Joh 11:47
His bearing reproach — Ps 22:6; 69:7,9,20
- Fulfilled - Ro 15:3
His being rejected by his brethren — Ps 69:8; Isa 63:3
- Fulfilled - Joh 1:11; 7:3
His being a stone of stumbling to the Jews — Isa 8:14
- Fulfilled - Ro 9:32; 1Pe 2:8
His being hated by the Jews — Ps 69:4; Isa 49:7
- Fulfilled - Joh 15:24,25
His being rejected by the Jewish rulers — Ps 118:22
- Fulfilled - Mt 21:42; Joh 7:48
That the Jews and Gentiles should combine against Him — Ps 2:1,2
- Fulfilled - Lu 23:12; Ac 4:27
His being betrayed by a friend — Ps 41:9; 55:12-14
- Fulfilled - Joh 13:18,21
His disciples forsaking him — Zec 13:7
- Fulfilled - Mt 26:31,56
His being sold for thirty pieces silver — Zec 11:12
- Fulfilled - Mt 26:15
His price being given for the potter's field — Zec 11:13
- Fulfilled - Mt 27:7
The intensity of his sufferings — Ps 22:14,15
- Fulfilled - Lu 22:42,44
His sufferings being for others — Isa 53:4-6,12; Da 9:26
- Fulfilled - Mt 20:28
His patience and silence under suffering — Isa 53:7
- Fulfilled - Mt 26:63; 27:12-14
His being smitten on the cheek — Mic 5:1
- Fulfilled - Mt 27:30
His visage being marred — Isa 52:14; 53:3
- Fulfilled - Joh 19:5
His being spit on and scourged — Isa 50:6
- Fulfilled - Mr 14:65; Joh 19:1
His hands and feet being nailed to the cross — Ps 22:16
- Fulfilled - Joh 19:18; 20:25
His being forsaken by God — Ps 22:1
- Fulfilled - Mt 27:46
His being mocked — Ps 22:7,8
- Fulfilled - Mt 27:39-44
Gall and vinegar being given him to drink — Ps 69:21
- Fulfilled - Mt 27:34
His garments being parted, and lots cast for his vesture — Ps 22:18
- Fulfilled - Mt 27:35
His being numbered with the transgressors — Isa 53:12
- Fulfilled - Mr 15:28
His intercession for His murderers — Isa 53:12
- Fulfilled - Lu 23:34
His Death — Isa 53:12
- Fulfilled - Mt 27:50
That a bone of him should not be broken — Ex 12:46; Ps 34:20
- Fulfilled - Joh 19:33,36
His being pierced — Zec 12:10
- Fulfilled - Joh 19:34,37
His being buried with the rich — Isa 53:9
- Fulfilled - Mt 27:57-60
His flesh not seeing corruption — Ps 16:10
- Fulfilled - Ac 2:31
His resurrection — Ps 16:10; Isa 26:19
- Fulfilled - Lu 24:6,31,34
His ascension — Ps 68:18
- Fulfilled - Lu 24:51; Ac 1:9
His sitting on the right hand of God — Ps 110:1
- Fulfilled - Heb 1:3
His exercising the priestly office in heaven — Zec 6:13
- Fulfilled - Ro 8:34
His being the chief corner-stone of the Church — Isa 28:16
- Fulfilled - 1Pe 2:6,7
His being King in Zion — Ps 2:6
- Fulfilled - Lu 1:32; Joh 18:33-37
The conversion of the Gentiles to him — Isa 11:10; 42:1
- Fulfilled - Mt 1:17,21; Joh 10:16; Ac 10:45,47
His righteous government — Ps 45:6,7
- Fulfilled - Joh 5:30; Re 19:11
His universal dominion — Ps 72:8; Da 7:14
- Fulfilled - Php 2:9,11
The perpetuity of his kingdom — Isa 9:7; Da 7:14
- Fulfilled - Lu 1:32,33

Is the foretelling of future events — Ge 49:1; Nu 24:14
God is the author of — Isa 44:7; 45:21
God gives, through Christ — Re 1:1
A gift of Christ — Eph 4:11; Re 11:3
A gift of the Holy Spirit — 1Co 12:10
Came not by the will of man — 2Pe 1:21
Given from the beginning — Lu 1:70
Is a sure word — 2Pe 1:19
They who uttered
- Raised up by God - Am 2:11
- Ordained by God - 1Sa 3:20; Jer 1:5
- Sent by God - 2Ch 36:15; Jer 7:25
- Sent by Christ - Mt 23:34
- Filled with the Holy Spirit - Lu 1:67
- Moved by the Holy Spirit - 2Pe 1:21
- Spoke by the Holy Spirit - Ac 1:16; 11:28; 28:25
- Spoke in the name of the Lord - 2Ch 33:18; Jas 5:10
- Spoke with authority - 1Ki 17:1
God accomplishes — Isa 44:26; Ac 3:18
Christ the great subject of — Ac 3:22-24; 10:43; 1Pe 1:10,11
Fulfilled respecting Christ — Lu 24:44
Gift of, promised — Joe 2:28; Ac 2:16,17
Is for the benefit of after ages — 1Pe 1:12
Is a light in dark place — 2Pe 1:19
Is not of private interpretation — 2Pe 1:20
Despise not — 1Th 5:20
Give heed to — 2Pe 1:19
Receive in faith — 2Ch 20:20; Lu 24:25
Blessedness of reading, hearing, and keeping — Re 1:3; 22:7
Guilt of pretending to the gift of — Jer 14:14; 23:13,14; Eze 13:2,3
Punishment for
- Not giving ear to - Ne 9:30
- Adding to, or taking from - Re 22:18,19
- Pretending to the gift of - De 18:20; Jer 14:15; 23:15
Gift of, sometimes possessed by unconverted men — Nu 24:2-9; 1Sa 19:20,23; Mt 7:22; Joh 11:49-51; 1Co 13:2
How tested — De 13:1-3; 18:22

God spoke of old by — Ho 12:10; Heb 1:1
The messengers of God — 2Ch 36:15; Isa 44:26
The servants of God — Jer 35:15
The watchmen of Israel — Eze 3:17
Were called
- Men of God - 1Sa 9:6
- Prophets of God - Ezr 5:2
- Holy prophets - Lu 1:70; Re 18:20; 22:6
- Holy men of God - 2Pe 1:21
- Seers - 1Sa 9:9
Were esteemed as holy men — 2Ki 4:9
Women sometimes endowed as — Joe 2:28
God communicated to
- His secret things - Am 3:7
- At various time and in different ways - Heb 1:1
- By an audible voice - Nu 12:8; 1Sa 3:4-14
- By angels - Da 8:15-26; Re 22:8,9
- By dreams and visions - Nu 12:6; Joe 2:28
Were under the influence of the Holy Spirit while prophesying — Lu 1:67; 2Pe 1:21
Spoke in the name of the Lord — 2Ch 33:18; Eze 3:11; Jas 5:10
Frequently spoke in parables and riddles — 2Sa 12:1-6; Isa 5:1-7; Eze 17:2-10
Frequently in their actions, &c were made signs to the people — Isa 20:2-4; Jer 19:1,10,11; 27:2,3; 43:9; 51:63; Eze 4:1-13; 5:1-4; 7:23; 12:3-7; 21:6,7; 24:1-24; Ho 1:2-9
Frequently left without divine communication on account of sins of the people — 1Sa 28:6; La 2:9; Eze 7:26
Were required
- To be bold and undaunted - Eze 2:6; 3:8,9
- To be vigilant and faithful - Eze 3:17-21
- To receive with attention all God's communications - Eze 3:10
- Not to speak anything but what they received from God - De 18:20
- To declare everything that the Lord commanded - Jer 26:2
Sometimes received divine communications and uttered predictions under great bodily and mental
excitement — Jer 23:9; Eze 3:14,15; Da 7:28; 10:8; Hab 3:2,16
Sometimes uttered their predictions in verse — De 32:44; Isa 5:1
Often accompanied by music while predicting — 1Sa 10:5; 2Ki 3:15
Often committed their predictions to writing — 2Ch 21:12; Jer 36:2
Writings of, read in the synagogues every Sabbath — Lu 4:17; Ac 13:15
Ordinary
- Numerous in Israel - 1Sa 10:5; 1Ki 18:4
- Trained up and instructed in schools - 2Ki 2:3,5; 1Sa 19:20
- The sacred bards of the Jews - Ex 15:20,21; 1Sa 10:5,10; 1Ch 25:1
Extraordinary
- Specially raised up on occasions of emergency - 1Sa 3:19-21; Isa 6:8,9; Jer 1:5
- Often endued with miraculous power - Ex 4:1-4; 1Ki 17:23; 2Ki 5:3-8
Frequently married men — 2Ki 4:1; Eze 24:18
Wore a coarse dress of hair-cloth — 2Ki 1:8; Zec 13:4; Mt 3:4; Re 11:3
Often led a wandering and unsettled life — 1Ki 18:10-12; 19:3,8,15; 2Ki 4:10
Simple in their manner of life — Mt 3:4
The historiographers of the Jewish nation — 1Ch 29:29; 2Ch 9:29
The interpreters of dreams — Da 1:17
Were consulted in all difficulties — 1Sa 9:6; 28:15; 1Ki 14:2-4; 22:7
Presented with gifts by those who consulted them — 1Sa 9:7,8; 1Ki 14:3
Sometimes thought it right to reject presents — 2Ki 5:15,16
Were sent to
- Reprove the wicked and exhort to repentance - 2Ki 17:13; 2Ch 24:19; Jer 25:4,5
- Denounce the wickedness of kings - 1Sa 15:10,16-19; 2Sa 12:7-12; 1Ki 18:18; 21:17-22
- Exhort to faithfulness and constancy in God's service - 2Ch 15:1,2,7
- Predict the coming of Christ - Lu 24:44; Joh 1:45; Ac 3:24; 10:43
- Predict the downfall of nations - Isa 15:1; 17:1; Jer 47:1-51:64
Felt deeply on account of the calamities which they predicted — Isa 16:9-11; Jer 9:1-7
Predictions of
- Frequently proclaimed at the gate of the Lord's house - Jer 7:2
- Proclaimed in the cities and streets - Jer 11:6
- Written on tables and fixed up in some public place - Hab 2:2
- Written on rolls and read to the people - Isa 8:1; Jer 36:2
- Were all fulfilled - 2Ki 10:10; Isa 44:26; Ac 3:18; Re 10:7
Assisted the Jews in their great national undertakings — Ezr 5:2
Mentioned in scripture
- Enoch - Ge 5:21-24; Jude 1:14
- Noah - Ge 9:25-27
- Jacob - Ge 49:1
- Aaron - Ex 7:1
- Moses - De 18:18
- Miriam - Ex 15:20
- Deborah - Judg 4:4
- Prophet set to Israel - Judg 6:8
- Prophet sent to Eli - 1Sa 2:27
- Samuel - 1Sa 3:20
- David - Ps 16:8-11; Ac 2:25,30
- Nathan - 2Sa 7:2; 12:1; 1Ki 1:10
- Zadok - 2Sa 15:27
- Gad - 2Sa 24:11; 1Ch 29:29
- Ahijah - 1Ki 11:29; 12:15; 2Ch 9:29
- Prophet of Judah - 1Ki 13:1
- Iddo - 2Ch 9:29; 12:15
- Shemaiah - 1Ki 12:22; 2Ch 12:7,15
- Azariah the son of Oded - 2Ch 15:2,8
- Hanani - 2Ch 16:7
- Jehu the son of Hanani - 1Ki 16:1,7,12
- Elijah - 1Ki 17:1
- Elisha - 1Ki 19:16
- Micaiah the son of Imlah - 1Ki 22:7,8
- Jonah - 2Ki 14:25; Jon 1:1; Mt 12:39
- Isaiah - 2Ki 19:2; 2Ch 26:22; Isa 1:1
- Hosea - Ho 1:1
- Amos - Am 1:1; 7:14,15
- Micah - Mic 1:1
- Oded - 2Ch 28:9
- Nahum - Na 1:1
- Joel - Joe 1:1; Ac 2:16
- Zephaniah - Zep 1:1
- Huldah - 2Ki 22:14
- Jeduthun - 2Ch 35:15
- Jeremiah - 2Ch 36:12,21; Jer 1:1,2
- Habakkuk - Hab 1:1
- Obadiah - Ob 1:1
- Ezekiel - Eze 1:3
- Daniel - Da 12:11; Mt 24:15
- Haggai - Ezr 5:1; 6:14; Hag 1:1
- Zechariah son of Iddo - Ezr 5:1; Zec 1:1
- Malachi - Mal 1:1
- Zacharias the father of John - Lu 1:67
- Anna - Lu 2:36
- Agabus - Ac 11:28; 21:10
- Daughters of Philip - Ac 21:9
- Paul - 1Ti 4:1
- Peter - 2Pe 2:1,2
- John - Re 1:1
One generally attached to the king's household — 2Sa 24:11; 2Ch 29:25; 35:15
The Jews
- Require to hear and believe - De 18:15; 2Ch 20:20
- Often tried to make them speak smooth things - 1Ki 22:13; Isa 30:10; Am 2:12
- Persecuted them - 2Ch 36:16; Mt 5:12
- Often imprisoned them - 1Ki 22:27; Jer 32:2; 37:15,16
- Often put them to death - 1Ki 18:13; 19:10; Mt 23:34-37
- Often left without, on account of sin - 1Sa 3:1; Ps 74:9; Am 8:11,12
Were mighty through faith — Heb 11:32-40
Great patience of, under suffering — Jas 5:10
God avenged all injuries done to — 2Ki 9:7; 1Ch 16:21,22; Mt 23:35-38; Lu 11:50
Christ predicted to exercise the office of — De 18:15; Ac 3:22
Christ exercised the office of — Mt 24:1-25:46; Mr 10:32-34

Pretended to be sent by God — Jer 23:17,18,31
Not sent or commissioned by God — Jer 14:14; 23:21; 29:31
Made use of by God to prove Israel — De 13:3
Described as
- Light and treacherous - Zep 3:4
- Covetous - Mic 3:11
- Crafty - Mt 7:15
- Drunken - Isa 28:7
- Immoral and profane - Jer 23:11,14
Women sometimes acted as — Ne 6:14; Re 2:20
Called foolish prophets — Eze 13:2
Compared to foxes in the desert — Eze 13:4
Compared to wind — Jer 5:13
Influenced by evil spirits — 1Ki 22:21,22
Prophesied
- Falsely - Jer 5:31
- Lies in the name of the Lord - Jer 14:14
- Out of their own heart - Jer 23:16,26; Eze 13:2
- In the name of false gods - Jer 2:8
- Peace, when there was no peace - Jer 6:14; 23:17; Eze 13:10; Mic 3:5
Often practised divination and witchcraft — Jer 14:14; Eze 22:28; Ac 13:6
Often pretended to dreams — Jer 23:28,32
Often deceived by God as a judgment — Eze 14:9
The people
- Led into error - Jer 23:13; Mic 3:5
- Made to forget God's name by - Jer 23:27
- Deprived of God's word by - Jer 23:30
- Taught profaneness and sin by - Jer 23:14,15
- Oppressed and defrauded by - Eze 22:25
- Warned not to listen to - De 13:3; Jer 23:16; 27:9,15,16
- Encouraged and praised - Jer 5:31; Lu 6:26
Mode of trying and detecting — De 13:1,2; 18:21,22; 1Jo 4:1-3
Predicted to arise
- Before destruction of Jerusalem - Mt 24:11,24
- In the latter times - 2Pe 2:1
Judgments denounced against — Jer 8:1,2; 14:15; 28:16,17; 29:32
Involved the people in their own ruin — Isa 9:15,16; Jer 20:6; Eze 14:10

Described — Es 8:17; Isa 56:3
Required
- To give up all heathen practices - Ezr 6:21
- To give up all heathen associates - Ru 1:16; 2:11; Ps 45:10; Lu 14:26
- To be circumcised - Ge 17:13; Ex 12:48
- To enter into covenant to serve the Lord - De 29:10-13; Ne 10:28,29
- To observe the law of Moses as Jews - Ex 12:49
Unfaithfulness in, punished — Eze 14:7
From the Ammonites and Moabites restricted for ever from holding office in the congregation — De 23:3
From the Egyptians and Edomites restricted to the third generation from holding office in the
congregation — De 23:7,8
Were entitled to all privileges — Ex 12:48; Isa 56:3-7
Went up to the feasts — Ac 2:10; 8:27
Pharisees, zealous in making — Mt 23:15
Many, embraced the gospel — Ac 6:5; 13:43
Later called devout Greeks — Joh 12:20; Ac 17:4

God is able to afford — 1Pe 1:5; Jude 1:24
God is faithful to afford — 1Th 5:23,24; 2Th 3:3
Of God is
- Indispensable - Ps 127:1
- Seasonable - Ps 46:1
- Unfailing - De 31:6; Jos 1:5
- Effectual - Joh 10:28-30; 2Co 12:9
- Uninterrupted - Ps 121:3
- Encouraging - Isa 41:10; 50:7
- Perpetual - Ps 121:8
- Often afforded through means inadequate in themselves - Judg 7:7; 1Sa 17:45,50; 2Ch 14:11
Is afforded to
- Those who hearken to God - Pr 1:33
- Returning sinners - Job 22:23,25
- The perfect in heart - 2Ch 16:9
- The poor - Ps 14:6; 72:12-14
- The oppressed - Ps 9:9
- The Church - Ps 48:3; Zec 2:4,5
Is vouchsafed to saints in
- Preserving them - Ps 145:20
- Strengthening them - 2Ti 4:17
- Upholding them - Ps 37:17,24; 63:8
- Keeping their feet - 1Sa 2:9; Pr 3:26
- Keeping them from evil - 2Th 3:3
- Keeping them from falling - Jude 1:24
- Keeping them in the way - Ex 23:20
- Keeping them from temptation - Re 3:10
- Providing a refuge for them - Pr 14:26; Isa 4:6; 32:2
- Defending them against their enemies - De 20:1-4; 33:27; Isa 59:19
- Defeating the counsels of enemies - Isa 8:10
- Temptation - 1Co 10:13; 2Pe 2:9
- Persecution - Lu 21:18
- Calamities - Ps 57:1; 59:16
- All dangers - Ps 91:3-7
- All places - Ge 28:15; 2Ch 16:9
- Sleep - Ps 3:5; 4:8; Pr 3:24
- Death - Ps 23:4
Saints
- Acknowledge God as their - Ps 18:2; 62:2; 89:18
- Pray for - Ps 17:5,8; Isa 51:9
- Praise God for - Ps 5:11
Withdrawn from the
- Disobedient - Le 26:14-17
- Backsliding - Jos 23:12,13; Judg 10:13
- Presumptuous - Nu 14:40-45
- Unbelieving - Isa 7:9
- Obstinately impenitent - Mt 23:38
Not to be found in
- Idols - De 32:37-39; Isa 46:7
- Man - Ps 146:3; Isa 30:7
- Riches - Pr 11:4,28; Zep 1:18
- Hosts - Jos 11:4-8; Ps 33:16
- Horses - Ps 33:17; Pr 21:31
Illustrated — De 32:11; Ps 125:1,2; Pr 18:10; Isa 25:4; 31:5; Lu 13:34
Exemplified
- Abraham - Ge 15:1
- Jacob - Ge 48:16
- Joseph - Ge 49:23-25
- Israel - Jos 24:17
- David - Ps 18:1,2
- Shadrach &c - Da 3:28
- Daniel - Da 6:22
- Peter - Ac 12:4-7
- Paul - Ac 18:10; 26:17

Is his care over his works — Ps 145:9
Is exercised in
- Preserving his creatures - Ne 9:6; Ps 36:6; Mt 10:29
- Providing for his creatures - Ps 104:27,28; 136:25; 147:9; Mt 6:26
- The special preservation of saints - Ps 37:28; 91:11; Mt 10:30
- Prospering saints - Ge 24:48,56
- Protecting saints - Ps 91:4; 140:7
- Delivering saints - Ps 91:3; Isa 31:5
- Leading saints - De 8:2,15; Isa 31:5
- Leading saints - De 8:2,15; Isa 63:12
- Bringing His words to pass - Nu 26:65; Jos 21:45; Lu 21:32,33
- Ordering the ways of men - Pr 16:9; 19:21; 20:24
Ordaining the conditions and circumstances of men - 1Sa 2:7,8; Ps 75:6,7
Determining the period of human life - Ps 31:15; 39:5; Ac 17:26
Defeating wicked designs - Ex 15:9-19; 2Sa 17:14,15; Ps 33:10
Overruling wicked designs for good - Ge 45:5-7; 50:20; Php 1:12
Preserving the course of nature - Ge 8:22; Job 26:10; Ps 104:5-9
Directing all events - Jos 7:14; 1Sa 6:7-10,12; Pr 16:33; Isa 44:7; Ac 1:26
Ruling the elements - Job 37:9-13; Isa 50:2; Joh 1:4,15; Na 1:4
Ordering the minutest matters - Mt 10:29,30; Lu 21:18
Is righteous — Ps 145:17; Da 4:37
Is ever watchful — Ps 121:4; Isa 27:3
Is all pervading — Ps 139:1-5
Sometimes dark and mysterious — Ps 36:6; 73:16; 77:19; Ro 11:33
All things are ordered by
- For his glory - Isa 63:14
- For good to saints - Ro 8:28
The wicked made to promote the designs — Isa 10:5-12; Ac 3:17,18
To be acknowledged
- In prosperity - De 8:18; 1Ch 29:12
- In adversity - Job 1:21; Ps 119:15
- In public calamities - Am 3:6
- In our daily support - Ge 48:15
- In all things - Pr 3:6
Cannot be defeated — 1Ki 22:30,34; Pr 21:30
Man's efforts are vain without — Ps 127:1,2; Pr 21:31
Saints should
- Trust in - Mt 6:33,34; 10:9,29-31
- Have full confidence in - Ps 16:8; 139:10
- Commit their works to - Pr 16:3
- Encourage themselves - 1Sa 30:6
- Pray in dependence upon - Ac 12:5
- Pray to be guided by - Ge 24:12-14; 28:20,21; Ac 1:24
Result of depending upon — Lu 22:35
Connected with the use of means — 1Ki 21:19; 22:37,38; Mic 5:2; Lu 2:1-4; Ac 27:22,31,32
Danger of denying — Isa 10:13-17; Eze 28:2-10; Da 4:29-31; Ho 2:8,9

Exhibited in the manifestation of God's grace — Eph 1:8
Exemplified by Christ — Isa 52:13; Mt 21:24-27; 22:15-21
Intimately connected with wisdom — Pr 8:12
The wise celebrated for — Pr 16:21
They who have
- Get knowledge - Pr 18:15
- Deal with knowledge - Pr 13:16
- Look well to their goings - Pr 14:15
- Understand the ways of God - Ho 14:9
- Understand their own ways - Pr 14:8
- Crowned with knowledge - Pr 14:18
- Not ostentatious of knowledge - Pr 12:23
- Foresee and avoid evil - Pr 22:3
- Are preserved by it - Pr 2:11
- Suppress angry feelings - Pr 12:16; 19:11
- Regard reproof - Pr 15:5
- Keep silence in the evil time - Am 5:13
Saints act with — Ps 112:5
Saints should especially exercise, in their intercourse with unbelievers — Mt 10:16; Eph 5:15; Col 4:5
Virtuous wives act with — Pr 31:16,26
The young should cultivate — Pr 3:21
Of the wicked
- Fails in times of perplexity - Jer 49:7
- Keeps them from the knowledge of the gospel - Mt 11:25
- Denounced by God - Isa 5:21; 29:15
- Defeated by God - Isa 29:14; 1Co 1:19
- Necessity for — Illustrated - Mt 25:3,9; Lu 14:28-32
Exemplified
- Jacob - Ge 32:3-23
- Joseph - Ge 41:39
- Jethro - Ex 18:19-23
- Gideon - Judg 8:1-3
- David - 1Sa 16:18
- Abigail - 1Sa 25:23-31; 2Sa 15:32-34; 17:6-14
- Aged counsellors of Rehoboam - 1Ki 12:7
- Solomon - 2Ch 2:12
- Nehemiah - Ne 2:12-16; 4:13-18
- The Poor Wise Man - Ec 9:15
- The Scribe - Mr 12:32-34
- Gamaliel - Ac 5:34-39
- Sergius Paulus - Ac 13:7
- Paul - Ac 23:6

The collectors of the public taxes — Lu 5:27
Suspected of extortion — Lu 3:13
Often guilty of extortion — Lu 19:8
Chiefs of, were very rich — Lu 19:2
The Jews
- Despised - Lu 18:11
- Classed with the most infamous characters - Mt 11:19; 21:32
- Despised our Lord for associating with - Mt 9:11; 11:19
Often kind to their friends — Mt 5:46,47
Often hospitable — Lu 5:29; 19:6
Many of
- Believed the preaching of John - Mt 21:32
- Received John's baptism - Lu 3:12; 7:29
- Attended the preaching of Christ - Mr 2:15; Lu 15:1
- Embraced the gospel - Mt 21:31
Matthew the apostle was of — Mt 10:3

Is from God — Le 26:18; Isa 13:11
On account of their
- Sin - La 3:39
- Iniquity - Jer 36:31; Eze 3:17-18; 18:4,13,20; Am 3:2
- Idolatry - Le 26:30; Isa 10:10,11
- Rejection of the law of God - 1Sa 15:23; Ho 4:6-9
- Ignorance of God - 2Th 1:8
- Evil ways and doings - Jer 21:14; Ho 4:9; 12:2
- Pride - Isa 10:12; 24:21; Lu 14:11
- Unbelief - Mr 16:16; Ro 11:20; Heb 3:18,19; 4:2
- Covetousness - Isa 57:17; Jer 51:13
- Oppressing - Isa 49:26; Jer 30:16,20
- Persecuting - Jer 11:21,22; Mt 23:34-36
- Disobeying God - Ne 9:26,27; Eph 5:6
- Disobeying the gospel - 2Th 1:8
Is the fruit of their sin — Job 4:8; Pr 22:8; Ro 6:21; Ga 6:8
Is the reward of their sins — Ps 91:8; Isa 3:11; Jer 16:18; Ro 6:23; Heb 2:2
Often brought about by their evil designs — Es 7:10; Ps 37:15; 57:6
Often commences in this life — Pr 11:31
In this life by
- Sickness - Le 26:16; Ps 78:50
- Famine - Le 26:19,20,26,29; Ps 107:34
- Noisome beasts - Le 26:22
- War - Le 26:25,32,33; Jer 6:4
- Deliverance to enemies - Ne 9:27
- Fear - Le 26:36,37; Job 18:11
- Reprobate mind - Ro 1:28
- Put in slippery places - Ps 73:3-19
- Trouble and distress - Isa 8:22; Zep 1:15
- Cutting off - Ps 94:23
- Bringing down their pride - Isa 13:11
Future, shall be awarded by Christ — Mt 16:27; 25:31,41
Future described as
- Hell - Ps 9:17; Mt 5:29; Lu 12:5; 16:23
- Darkness - Mt 8:12; 2Pe 2:17
- Death - Ro 5:12-17; 6:23
- Resurrection of damnation - Joh 5:29
- Rising to shame and everlasting contempt - Da 12:2
- Everlasting destruction - Ps 52:5; 92:7; 2Th 1:9
- Everlasting fire - Mt 25:41; Jude 1:7
- Second death - Re 2:11; 21:8
- Damnation of hell - Mt 23:33
- Eternal damnation - Mr 3:29
- Blackness of darkness - 2Pe 2:17; Jude 1:13
- Everlasting burnings - Isa 33:14
- The wrath of God - Joh 3:36
- Wine of the wrath of God - Re 14:10
- Torment with fire - Re 14:10
- Torment for ever and ever - Re 14:11
- The righteousness of God requires - 2Th 1:6
- Often sudden and unexpected - Ps 35:8; 64:7; Pr 29:1; Lu 12:20; 1Th 5:3
Shall be
- According to their deeds - Mt 16:27; Ro 2:6,9; 2Co 5:10
- According to the knowledge possessed by them - Lu 12:47,48
- Increased by neglect of privileges - Mt 11:21-24; Lu 10:13-15
- Without mitigation - Lu 16:23-26
- Accompanied by remorse - Isa 66:24; Mr 9:44
No combination avails against — Pr 11:21
Deferred, emboldens them in sin — Ec 8:11
Should be a warning to others — Nu 26:10; 1Co 10:6-11; Jude 1:7
Consummated at the day of judgment — Mt 25:31,46; Ro 2:5,16; 2Pe 2:9

Antiquity of — Ge 4:13,14
Power of inflicting, given to magistrates — Job 31:11; Ro 13:4
Designed to be a warning to others — De 13:11; 17:13; 19:20
Were inflicted
- On the guilty - De 24:16; Pr 17:26
- Without pity - De 19:13,21
- Without partiality - De 13:6-8
- By order of magistrates - Ac 16:22
- By order of kings - 2Sa 1:13-16; 1Ki 2:23-46
- Immediately after sentence was passed - De 25:2; Jos 7:25
- By the witnesses - De 13:9; 17:7; Joh 8:7; Ac 7:58,59
- By the people - Nu 15:35,36; De 13:9
- By soldiers - 2Sa 1:15; Mt 27:27-35
Sometimes deferred until God was consulted — Nu 15:34
Sometimes deferred for a considerable time — 1Ki 2:5,6,8,9
Secondary kinds of
- Imprisonment - Ezr 7:26; Mt 5:25
- Confinement in a dungeon - Jer 38:6; Zec 9:11
- Confinement in stocks - Jer 20:2; Ac 16:24
- Fine, or giving of money - Ex 21:22; De 22:19
- Restitution - Ex 21:36; 22:1-4; Le 6:4,5; 24:18
- Retaliation or injuring according to the injury done - Ex 21:24; De 19:21
- Binding with chains and fetters - Ps 105:18
- Scourging - De 25:2,3; Mt 27:26; Ac 22:25; 2Co 11:24
- Selling the criminal - Mt 18:25
- Banishment - Ezr 7:26; Re 1:9
- Torturing - Mt 18:34; Heb 11:37
- Putting out the eyes - Judg 16:21; 1Sa 11:2
- Cutting off hands and feet - 2Sa 4:12
- Mutilating the hands and feet - Judg 1:5-7
- Cutting off nose and ears - Eze 23:25
- Plucking out the hair - Ne 13:25; Isa 50:6
- Confiscating the property - Ezr 7:26
Inflicting of capital, not permitted to the Jews by the Romans — Joh 18:31
Capital kinds of
- Burning - Ge 38:24; Le 20:14; Da 3:6
- Hanging - Nu 25:4; De 21:22,23; Jos 8:29; 2Sa 21:12; Es 7:9,10
- Crucifying - Mt 20:19; 27:35
- Beheading - Ge 40:19; Mr 6:16,27
- Slaying with the sword - 1Sa 15:33; Ac 12:2
- Stoning - Le 24:14; De 13:10; Ac 7:59
- Cutting in pieces - Da 2:5; Mt 24:51
- Sawing asunder - Heb 11:37
- Exposing to wild beasts - Da 6:16,24; 1Co 15:32
- Bruising in mortars - Pr 27:22
- Casting headlong from a rock - 2Ch 25:12
- Casting into the sea - Mt 18:6
Strangers not exempted from — Le 20:2
Were sometimes commuted — Ex 21:29,30
For murder not to be commuted — Nu 35:31,32

Of Israel at the exodus — Ex 14:22; 1Co 10:2
Of Israel before receiving the law — Ex 19:10
Of priests before consecration — Ex 29:4
Of Levites before consecration — Nu 8:6,7
Of high priest on day of atonement — Le 16:4,24
Of things for burnt-offerings — 2Ch 4:6
Of individuals who were ceremonially unclean — Le 15:2-13; 17:15; 22:4-7; Nu 19:7-12,21
Of the healed leper — Le 14:8,9
Of Nazarites after vow expired — Ac 21:24,26
Used by the devout before entering God's house — Ps 26:6; Heb 10:22
Multiplied by traditions — Mt 15:2; Mr 7:3,4
Means used for
- Water of separation - Nu 19:9
- Running water - Le 15:13
- Water mixed with blood - Ex 24:5-8; Heb 9:19
Was by
- Sprinkling - Nu 19:13,18; Heb 9:19
- Washing parts of the body - Ex 30:19
- Washing the whole body - Le 8:6; 14:9
Of priests performed in the brazen laver — Ex 30:18; 2Ch 4:6
Vessels in the houses of the Jews for — Joh 2:6
Consequence of neglecting those prescribed by law — Le 17:16; Nu 19:13,20
Availed to sanctifying the flesh — Heb 9:13
Insufficient for spiritual purification — Job 9:30,31; Jer 2:22
The Jews laid great stress on — Joh 3:25
Illustrative of
- Purification by the blood of Christ - Heb 9:9-12
- Regeneration - Eph 5:26; 1Jo 1:7

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