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Rain

  • Occasioned by the condensing of the clouds — Job 36:27,28; Ps 77:17; Ec 11:3
  • God
    • Made a decree for - Job 28:26
    • Prepares - Ps 147:8
    • Gives - Job 5:10
    • Causes, to come down - Joe 2:23
    • Exhibits goodness in giving - Ac 14:17
    • Exhibits greatness in giving - Job 36:26,27
    • Sends upon the evil and good - Mt 5:45
    • Should be praised for - Ps 147:7,8
    • Should be feared on account of - Jer 5:24
  • Impotence of idols exhibited in not being able to give — Jer 14:22
  • Not sent upon the earth immediately after creation — Ge 2:5
  • Rarely falls in Egypt — De 11:10; Zec 14:18
  • Canaan abundantly supplied with — De 11:11
  • Designed for
    • Refreshing the earth - Ps 68:9; 72:6
    • Making fruitful the earth - Heb 6:7
    • Replenishing the springs and fountains of the earth - Ps 104:8
  • Promised in due season to the obedient — Le 26:4; De 11:14; Eze 34:26,27
  • Frequently withheld on account of iniquity — De 11:17; Jer 3:3; 5:25; Am 4:7
  • The want of
    • Causes the earth to open - Job 29:23; Jer 14:4
    • Dries up springs and fountains - 1Ki 17:7
    • Occasions famine - 1Ki 18:1,2
    • Removed by prayer - 1Ki 8:35,36; Jas 5:18
  • Withheld for three years and six months in the days of Elijah — 1Ki 17:1; Jas 5:17
  • Divided into
    • Great - Ezr 10:9
    • Plentiful - Ps 68:9
    • Overflowing - Eze 38:22
    • Sweeping - Pr 28:3
    • Small - Job 37:6
  • The former, after harvest, to prepare for sowing — De 11:14; Jer 5:24
  • The latter, before harvest — Joe 2:23; Zec 10:1
  • The rainbow often appears during — Ge 9:14; Eze 1:28
  • Often succeeded by heat and sunshine — 2Sa 23:4; Isa 18:4
  • The appearance of a cloud from the west indicated — 1Ki 18:44; Lu 12:54
  • The north wind drives away — Pr 25:23
  • Unusual in harvest time — Pr 26:1
  • Thunder and lightning often with — Ps 135:7
  • Storm and tempest often with — Mt 7:25,27
  • Instances of extraordinary
    • Time of the flood - Ge 7:4,12
    • Plague of, upon Egypt - Ex 9:18,23
    • During wheat harvest in the days of Samuel - 1Sa 12:17,18
    • After long drought in Ahab's reign - 1Ki 18:45
    • After the captivity - Ezr 10:9,13
  • Often impeded travelling in the east — 1Ki 18:44; Isa 4:6
  • Often destroyed houses — Eze 13:13-15; Mt 7:27
  • Illustrative
    • Of the word of God - Isa 55:10,11
    • Of the doctrine of faithful ministers - De 32:2
    • Of Christ in the communication of his graces - Ps 72:6; Ho 6:3
    • Of spiritual blessings - Ps 68:9; 84:6; Eze 34:26
    • Of righteousness - Ho 10:12
    • (Destructive,) of God's judgments - Job 20:23; Ps 11:6; Eze 38:22
    • (Destructive,) of a poor man oppressing the poor - Pr 28:3

Raven, The

  • Unclean and not to be eaten — Le 11:15; De 14:14
  • Called the raven of the valley — Pr 30:17
  • Described as
    • Black - Song 5:11
    • Solitary in disposition - Isa 34:11
    • Improvident - Lu 12:24
    • Carnivorous - Pr 30:17
  • God provides food for — Job 38:41; Ps 147:9; Lu 12:24
  • Sent by Noah from the ark — Ge 8:7
  • Elijah fed by — 1Ki 17:4-6
  • Plumage of, illustrative of the glory of Christ — Song 5:11

Reaping

  • Is the cutting of the corn in harvest — Job 24:6; Le 23:10
  • The sickle used for — De 16:9; Mr 4:29
  • Both men and women engaged in — Ru 2:8,9
  • The Jews not to reap
    • The corners of their fields - Le 19:9; 23:22
    • During the Sabbatical year - Le 25:5
    • During the year of jubilee - Le 25:11
    • The fields of others - De 23:25
  • Mode of gathering the corn for, alluded to — Ps 129:7; Isa 17:5
  • Corn after, was bound up into sheaves — Ge 37:7; Ps 129:7
  • Persons engaged in
    • Under the guidance of a steward - Ru 2:5,6
    • Visited by the master - Ru 2:4; 2Ki 4:18
    • Fed by the master who himself presided at their meals - Ru 2:14
    • Received wages - Joh 4:36; Jas 5:4
  • A time of great rejoicing — Ps 126:5,6
  • The Jews often hindered from, on account of their sins — Mic 6:15
  • Often unprofitable on account of sin — Jer 12:13
  • Illustrative of
    • Receiving the reward of wickedness - Job 4:8; Pr 22:8; Ho 8:7; Ga 6:8
    • Receiving the reward of righteousness - Ho 10:12; Ga 6:8,9
    • Ministers receiving temporal provision for spiritual labours - 1Co 9:11
    • Gathering in souls to God - Joh 4:38
    • The judgments of God on the antichristian world - Re 14:14-16
    • The final judgment - Mt 13:30,39-43

Rebellion Against God

  • Forbidden — Nu 14:9; Jos 22:19
  • Provokes God — Nu 16:30; Ne 9:26
  • Provokes Christ — Ex 23:20,21; 1Co 10:9
  • Vexes the Holy Spirit — Isa 63:10
  • Exhibited in
    • Unbelief - De 9:23; Ps 106:24,25
    • Rejecting his government - 1Sa 8:7; 15:23
    • Revolting from him - Isa 1:5; 31:6
    • Despising his law - Ne 9:26
    • Despising his counsels - Ps 107:11
    • Distrusting his power - Eze 17:15
    • Murmuring against him - Nu 20:3,10
    • Refusing to hearken to him - De 9:23; Eze 20:8; Zec 7:11
    • Departing from him - Isa 59:13
    • Rebellion against governors appointed by him - Jos 1:18
    • Departing from his precepts - Da 9:5
    • Departing from his instituted worship - Ex 32:8,9; Jos 22:16-19
    • Sinning against light - Job 24:13; Joh 15:22; Ac 13:41
    • Walking after our own thoughts - Isa 65:2
  • Connected with
    • Stubbornness - De 31:27
    • Injustice and corruption - Isa 1:23
    • Contempt of God - Ps 107:11
    • Man is prone to - De 31:27; Ro 7:14-18
    • The heart is the seat of - Jer 5:23; Mt 15:18,19; Heb 3:12
  • They who are guilty of
    • Aggravate their sin by - Job 34:27
    • Practise hypocrisy to hide - Ho 7:14
    • Persevere in - De 9:7,24
    • Increase in, though chastised - Isa 1:5
    • Warned not to exalt themselves - Ps 66:7
    • Denounced - Isa 30:1
    • Have God as their enemy - Isa 63:10
    • Have God's hand against them - 1Sa 12:15; Ps 106:26,27
    • Impoverished for - Ps 68:6
    • Brought low for - Ps 107:11,12
    • Delivered into the hands of enemies on account of - Ne 9:26,27
    • Cast out in their sins for - Ps 5:10
    • Cast out of the church for - Eze 20:38
    • Restored through Christ alone - Ps 68:18
  • Heinousness of — 1Sa 15:23
  • Guilt of
    • Aggravated by God's fatherly care - Isa 1:2
    • Aggravated by God's unceasing invitations to return to him - Isa 65:2
    • To be deprecated - Jos 22:29
    • To be confessed - La 1:18,20; Da 9:5
  • God alone can forgive — Da 9:9
  • God is ready to forgive — Ne 9:17
  • Religious instruction designed to prevent — Ps 78:5,8
  • Promises to those who avoid — De 28:1-13; 1Sa 12:14
  • Forgiven upon repentance — Ne 9:26,27
  • Ministers
    • Cautioned against - Eze 2:8
    • Sent to those guilty of - Eze 2:3-7; 3:4-9; Mr 12:4-8
    • Should warn against - Nu 14:9
    • Should testify against - Isa 30:8,9; Eze 17:12; 44:6
    • Should remind their people of past - De 9:7; 31:27
  • Punishment for — Le 26:14-39; 1Sa 12:15; Isa 1:20; Jer 4:16-18; Eze 20:8,38
  • Punishment for teaching — Jer 28:16
  • Ingratitude of — Illustrated — Isa 1:2,3
  • Exemplified
    • Pharaoh - Ex 5:1,2
    • Korah &c - Nu 16:11
    • Moses and Aaron - Nu 20:12,24
    • Israelites - De 9:23,24
    • Saul - 1Sa 15:9,23
    • Jeroboam - 1Ki 12:28-33
    • Zedekiah - 2Ch 36:13
    • Kingdom of Israel - Ho 7:14; 13:16

Rechabites

  • Descended from Hemath — 1Ch 2:55
  • The head of, assisted Jehu in his conspiracy against the house of Ahab — 2Ki 10:15-17
  • Prohibited by Jonadab from forming settlements or drinking wine — Jer 35:6-8
  • Obedience of, a sign to Israel — Jer 35:12-17
  • Perpetuity to, promised — Jer 35:18,19

Reconciliation With God

  • Predicted — Da 9:24; Isa 53:5
  • Proclaimed by angels at the birth of Christ — Lu 2:14
  • Blotting out the hand-writing of ordinances is necessary to — Eph 2:16; Col 2:14
  • Effected for men
    • By God in Christ - 2Co 5:19
    • By Christ as High Priest - Heb 2:17
    • By the death of Christ - Ro 5:10; Eph 2:16; Col 1:21,22
    • By the blood of Christ - Eph 2:13; Col 1:20
    • While alienated from God - Col 1:21
    • Without strength - Ro 5:6
    • Yet sinners - Ro 5:8
    • While enemies to God - Ro 5:10
    • The ministry of committed to ministers — 2Co 5:18,19
    • Ministers, in Christ's stead, should beseech men to seek — 2Co 5:20
  • Effects of
    • Peace of God - Ro 5:1; Eph 2:16,17
    • Access to God - Ro 5:2; Eph 2:18
    • Union of Jews and Gentiles - Eph 2:14
    • Union of things in heaven and earth - Col 1:20; Eph 1:10
  • A pledge of final salvation — Ro 5:10
  • Necessity for — Illustrated — Mt 5:24-26
  • Typified — Le 8:15; 16:20

Redemption

  • Defined — 1Co 6:20; 7:23
  • Is of God — Isa 44:21-23; 43:1; Lu 1:68
  • Is by Christ — Mt 20:28; Ga 3:13
  • Is by the blood of Christ — Ac 20:28; Heb 9:12; 1Pe 1:19; Re 5:9
  • Christ sent to effect — Ga 4:4,5
  • Christ is made, to us — 1Co 1:30
  • Is from
    • The bondage of the law - Ga 4:5
    • The curse of the law - Ga 3:13
    • The power of sin - Ro 6:18,22
    • The power of the grave - Ps 49:15
    • All troubles - Ps 25:22
    • All iniquity - Ps 130:8; Tit 2:14
    • All evil - Ge 48:16
    • The present evil world - Ga 1:4
    • Vain conversation - 1Pe 1:18
    • Enemies - Ps 106:10,11; Jer 15:21
    • Death - Ho 13:14
    • Destruction - Ps 103:4
  • Man cannot effect — Ps 49:7
  • Corruptible things cannot purchase — 1Pe 1:18
  • Procures for us
    • Justification - Ro 3:24
    • Forgiveness of sin - Eph 1:7; Col 1:14
    • Adoption - Ga 4:4,5
    • Purification - Tit 2:14
  • The present life, the only season for — Job 36:18,19
  • Described as
    • Precious - Ps 49:8
    • Plenteous - Ps 130:7
    • Eternal - Heb 9:12
  • Subjects of
    • The soul - Ps 49:8
    • The body - Ro 8:23
    • The life - Ps 103:4; La 3:58
    • The inheritance - Eph 1:14
  • Manifests the
    • Power of God - Isa 50:2
    • Grace of God - Isa 52:3
    • Love and pity of God - Isa 63:9; Joh 3:16; Ro 6:8; 1Jo 4:10
  • A subject for praise — Isa 44:22,23; 51:11
  • Old Testament saints partakers of — Heb 9:15
  • They who partake of
    • Are the property of God - Isa 43:1; 1Co 6:20
    • Are first-fruits to God - Re 14:4
    • Are a peculiar people - 2Sa 7:23; Tit 2:14; 1Pe 2:9
    • Are assured of - Job 19:25; Ps 31:5
    • Are sealed to the day of - Eph 4:30
    • Are Zealous of good works - Eph 2:10; Tit 2:14; 1Pe 2:9
    • Walk safely in holiness - Isa 35:8,9
    • Shall return to Zion with joy - Isa 35:10
    • Alone can learn the songs of heaven - Re 14:3,4
    • Commit themselves to God - Ps 31:5
    • Have an earnest of the completion of - Eph 1:14; 2Co 1:22
    • Wait for the completion of - Ro 8:23; Php 3:20,21; Tit 2:11-13
    • Pray for the completion of - Ps 26:11; 44:26
    • Praise God for - Ps 71:23; 103:4; Re 5:9
    • Should glorify God for - 1Co 6:20
    • Should be without fear - Isa 43:1
  • Typified
    • Israel - Ex 6:6
    • First-born - Ex 13:11-15; Nu 18:15
    • Atonement-money - Ex 30:12-15
    • Bond-servant - Le 25:47-54

Red Heifer, The

  • To be without spot or blemish — Nu 19:2
  • To ge given to Eleazar the second priest to offer — Nu 19:3
  • To be slain without the camp — Nu 19:3
  • Entire of, to be burned — Nu 19:5
  • Blood of, sprinkled seven times before the tabernacle — Nu 19:4
  • Cedar, hyssop, burned with — Nu 19:6
  • Ashes of, collected and mixed with water for purification — Nu 19:9,11-22
  • Communicated uncleanness to
    • The priest that offered her - Nu 19:7
    • The man that burned her - Nu 19:8
    • The man who gathered the ashes - Nu 19:10
  • Could only purify the flesh — Heb 9:13
  • A type of Christ — Heb 9:12-14

Repentance

  • What it is — Isa 45:22; Mt 6:19-21; Ac 14:15; 2Co 5:17; Col 3:2; 1Th 1:9; Heb 12:1,2
  • Commanded to all by God — Eze 18:30-32; Ac 17:30
  • Commanded by Christ — Re 2:5,16; 3:3
  • Given by God — Ac 11:18; 2Ti 2:25
  • Christ came to call sinners to — Mt 9:13
  • Christ exalted to give — Ac 5:31
  • By the operation of the Holy Spirit — Zec 12:10
  • Called repentance to life — Ac 11:18
  • Called repentance to salvation — 2Co 7:10
  • We should be led to, by
    • The long-suffering of God - Ge 6:3; 1Pe 3:20; 2Pe 3:9
    • The goodness of God - Ro 2:4
    • The chastisements of God - 1Ki 8:47; Re 3:19
    • Godly sorrow works - 2Co 7:10
  • Necessary to the pardon of sin — Ac 2:38; 3:19; 8:22
  • Conviction of sin necessary to — 1Ki 8:38; Pr 28:13; Ac 2:37,38; 19:18
  • Preached
    • By Christ - Mt 4:17; Mr 1:15
    • By John the Baptist - Mt 3:2
    • By the Apostles - Mr 6:12; Ac 20:21
    • In the name of Christ - Lu 24:47
  • Not to be repented of — 2Co 7:10
  • The present time the season for — Ps 95:7,8; Heb 3:7,8; Pr 27:1; Isa 55:6; 2Co 6:2; Heb 4:7
  • There is joy in heaven over one sinner brought to — Lu 15:7,10
  • Ministers should rejoice over their people on their — 2Co 7:9
  • Should be evidenced by fruits — Isa 1:16,17; Da 4:27; Mt 3:8; Ac 26:20
  • Should be accompanied by
    • Humility - 2Ch 7:14; Jas 4:9,10
    • Shame and confusion - Ezr 9:6-15; Jer 31:19; Eze 16:61,63; Da 9:7,8
    • Self-abhorrence - Job 42:6
    • Confession - Le 26:40; Job 33:27
    • Faith - Mt 21:32; Mr 1:15; Ac 20:21
    • Prayer - 1Ki 8:33; Ac 8:22
    • Conversion - Ac 3:19; 26:20
    • Turning from sin - 2Ch 6:26
    • Turning from idolatry - Eze 14:6; 1Th 1:9
    • Greater zeal in the path of duty - 2Co 7:11
  • Exhortations to — Eze 14:6; 18:30; Ac 2:38; 3:19
  • The wicked
    • Averse to - Jer 8:6; Mt 21:32
    • Not led to by the judgments of God - Re 9:20,21; 16:9
    • Not led to, by miraculous interference - Lu 16:30,31
    • Neglect the time given for - Re 2:21
    • Condemned for neglecting - Mt 11:20
  • Danger of neglecting — Mt 11:20-24; Lu 13:3,5; Re 2:22
  • Neglect of, followed by swift judgment — Re 2:5,16
  • Denied to apostates — Heb 6:4-6
  • Illustrated — Lu 15:18-21; 18:13
    • The Prodigal Son - Lu 15:17-19
    • The Repentant Son - Mt 21:29
    • Paul - Ga 1:23
  • True — Exemplified
    • Israelites - Judg 10:15,16
    • David - 2Sa 12:13
    • Manasseh - 2Ch 33:12,13
    • Job - Job 42:6
    • Nineveh - Jon 3:5-8; Mt 12:41
    • Peter - Mt 26:75
    • Zacchaeus - Lu 19:8
    • Thief on the Cross - Lu 23:40,41
    • Corinthians - 2Co 7:9,10
  • False — Exemplified
    • Saul - 1Sa 15:24-30
    • Ahab - 1Ki 21:27-29
    • Judas - Mt 27:3-5

Rephaim, or Giants, The

  • Subdued by Chedorlaomer — Ge 14:5
  • Dwelt in Canaan — Jos 17:15
  • Og the king of Bashan was of — Jos 13:12
  • The valley of
    • A border of Judah - Jos 15:8
    • Was exceedingly fruitful - Isa 17:5
    • David obtained victories over the Philistines in - 2Sa 5:18,25
  • The last of, destroyed by David and his warriors — 1Sa 17:4,49,50; 2Sa 21:15-22

Reproof

  • God gives reproof to his own children — 2Sa 7:14; Job 5:17; Ps 94:12; 119:67,71,75; Heb 12:6,7
  • God gives, to the wicked — Ps 50:21; Isa 51:20
  • Christ sent to give — Isa 2:4; 11:3
  • The Holy Spirit gives — Joh 16:7,8
  • Christ gives, in love — Re 3:19
  • On account of
    • Impenitence - Mt 11:20-24
    • Not understanding - Mt 16:9,11; Mr 7:18; Lu 24:25; Joh 8:43; 13:7,8
    • Hardness of heart - Mr 8:17; 16:14
    • Fearfulness - Mr 4:40; Lu 24:37,38
    • Unbelief - Mt 17:17,20; Mr 16:14
    • Vain boasting - Lu 22:34
    • Hypocrisy - Mt 15:7; 23:13
    • Reviling Christ - Lu 23:40
    • Unruly conduct - 1Th 5:14
    • Oppressing out brethren - Ne 5:7
    • Sinful practices - Mt 21:13; Lu 3:19; Joh 2:16
  • The Scriptures are profitable for — Ps 19:7-11; 2Ti 3:16
  • When from God
    • Is for correction - Ps 39:11
    • Is despised by the wicked - Pr 1:30
    • Should not discourage saints - Heb 12:5
    • Pray that it be not be in anger - Ps 6:1
    • Should be accompanied by exhortation to repentance - 1Sa 12:20-25
  • Declared to be
    • Better than secret love - Pr 27:5
    • Better than the praise of fools - Ec 7:5
    • An excellent oil - Ps 141:5
    • More profitable to saints, than stripes to a fool - Pr 17:10
  • A proof of faithful friendship — Pr 27:6
  • Leads to
    • Understanding - Pr 15:32
    • Knowledge - Pr 19:25
    • Wisdom - Pr 15:31; 29:15
    • Honour - Pr 13:18
    • Happiness - Pr 6:23
  • Eventually brings more respect than flattery — Pr 28:23
  • Of those who offend, a warning to others — Le 19:17; Ac 5:3,4,9; 1Ti 5:20; Tit 1:10,13
  • Hypocrites not qualified to give — Mt 7:5
  • Ministers are sent to give — Jer 44:4; Eze 3:17
  • Ministers are empowered to give — Mic 3:8
  • Ministers should give
    • Openly - 1Ti 5:20
    • Fearlessly - Eze 2:3-7
    • With all authority - Tit 2:15
    • With longsuffering &c - 2Ti 4:2
    • Unreservedly - Isa 58:1
    • Sharply, if necessary - Tit 1:13
    • With Christian love - 2Th 3:15
  • They who give, are hated by scorners — Pr 9:8; 15:12
  • Hatred of, a proof of brutishness — Pr 12:1
  • Hatred of, leads to destruction — Pr 15:10; 29:1
  • Contempt of, leads to remorse — Pr 5:12
  • Rejection of, leads to error — Pr 10:17
  • Saints should
    • Give - Le 19:17; Eph 5:11
    • Give no occasion for - Php 2:15
    • Receive kindly - Ps 141:5
    • Love those who give - Pr 9:8
    • Delight in those who give - Pr 24:25
  • Attention to a proof of prudence — Pr 15:5
  • Exemplified
    • Samuel - 1Sa 13:13
    • Nathan - 2Sa 12:7-9
    • Ahijah - 1Ki 14:7-11
    • Elijah - 1Ki 21:20
    • Elisha - 2Ki 5:26
    • Joab - 1Ch 21:3
    • Shemaiah - 2Ch 12:5
    • Hanani - 2Ch 16:7
    • Zechariah - 2Ch 24:20
    • Daniel - Da 5:22,23
    • John the Baptist - Mt 3:7; Lu 3:19
    • Stephen - Ac 7:51
    • Peter - Ac 8:20
    • Paul - 1Co 1:10-13; 5:1-5; 6:1-8; 11:17-22; Ga 2:11

Reptiles

  • Created by God — Ge 1:24,25
  • Made for praise and glory of God — Ps 148:10
  • Placed under the dominion of man — Ge 1:26
  • Unclean and not eaten — Le 11:31,40-43; Ac 10:11-14
  • Mentioned in scripture
    • Chameleon - Le 11:30
    • Lizard - Le 11:30
    • Tortoise - Le 11:29
    • Snail - Le 11:30; Ps 58:8
    • Frog - Ex 8:2; Re 16:13
    • Horseleech - Pr 30:15
    • Scorpion - De 8:15
    • Serpent - Job 26:13; Mt 7:10
    • Flying fiery serpent - De 8:15; Isa 30:6
    • Dragon - De 32:33; Job 30:29; Jer 9:11
    • Viper - Ac 28:3
    • Adder or Asp - Ps 58:4; 91:13; Pr 23:32
    • Cockatrice or basilisk - Isa 11:8; 59:5
  • Solomon wrote a history of — 1Ki 4:33
  • Worshipped by Gentiles — Ro 1:23
  • No image of similitude of, to be made for worshipping — De 4:16,18
  • Jews condemned for worshipping — Eze 8:10

Resignation

  • Christ set and example of — Mt 26:39-44; Joh 12:27; 18:11
  • Commanded — Ps 37:7; 46:10
  • Should be exhibited in
    • Submission to the will of God - 2Sa 15:26; Ps 42:5,11; Mt 6:10
    • Submission to the sovereignty of God in his purposes - Ro 9:20,21
    • The prospect of death - Ac 21:13; 2Co 4:16-5:1
    • Loss of goods - Job 1:15,16,21
    • Loss of children - Job 1:18,19,21
    • Chastisements - Heb 12:9
    • Bodily suffering - Job 2:8-10
  • The wicked are devoid of — Pr 19:3
  • Exhortation to — Ps 37:1-11
  • Motives to
    • God's greatness - Ps 46:10
    • God's love - Heb 12:6
    • God's justice - Ne 9:33
    • God's wisdom - Ro 11:32,33
    • God's faithfulness - 1Pe 4:19
    • Our own sinfulness - La 3:39; Mic 7:9
  • Exemplified
    • Jacob - Ge 43:14
    • Aaron - Le 10:3
    • Israelites - Judg 10:15
    • Eli - 1Sa 3:18
    • David - 2Sa 12:23
    • Hezekiah - 2Ki 20:19
    • Job - Job 2:10
    • Stephen - Ac 7:59
    • Paul - Ac 21:13
    • Disciples - Ac 21:14
    • Peter - 2Pe 1:14

Resurrection, The

  • A doctrine of the Old Testament — Job 19:26; Ps 16:10; 49:15; Isa 26:19; Da 12:2; Ho 13:14
  • A first principle of the gospel — 1Co 15:13,14; Heb 6:1,2
  • Expected by the Jews — Joh 11:24; Heb 11:35
  • Denied by the Sadducees — Mt 22:23; Lu 20:27; Ac 23:8
  • Explained away by false teachers — 2Ti 2:18
  • Called in question by some in the church — 1Co 15:12
  • Is not incredible — Mr 12:24; Ac 26:8
  • Is not contrary to reason — Joh 12:24; 1Co 15:35-49
  • Assumed and proved by our Lord — Mt 22:29-32; Lu 14:14; Joh 5:28,29
  • Preached by the Apostles — Ac 4:2; 17:18; 24:15
  • Credibility of, shown by the resurrection of individuals — Mt 9:25; 27:53; Lu 7:14; Joh 11:44; Heb 11:35
  • Certainty of, proved by the resurrection of Christ — 1Co 15:12-20
  • Effected by the power of
    • God - Mt 22:29
    • Christ - Joh 5:28,29; 6:39,40,44
    • The Holy Spirit - Ro 8:11
  • Shall be of all the dead — Joh 5:28; Ac 24:15; Re 20:13
  • Saints in, shall
    • Rise through Christ - Joh 11:25; Ac 4:2; 1Co 15:21,22
    • Rise first - 1Co 15:23; 1Th 4:16
    • Rise to eternal life - Da 12:2; Joh 5:29
    • Be glorified with Christ - Col 3:4
    • Be as the angels - Mt 22:30
    • Have incorruptible bodies - 1Co 15:42
    • Have glorious bodies - 1Co 15:43
    • Have powerful bodies - 1Co 15:43
    • Have spiritual bodies - 1Co 15:44
    • Have bodies like Christ's - Php 3:21; 1Jo 3:2
    • Be recompensed - Lu 14:14
  • Saints should look forward to — Da 12:13; Php 3:11; 2Co 5:1
  • Of saints shall be followed by the change of those then alive — 1Co 15:51; 1Th 4:17
  • The preaching of, caused
    • Mocking - Ac 17:32
    • Persecution - Ac 23:6; 24:11-15
  • Blessedness of those who have part in the first — Re 20:6
  • Of the wicked, shall be to
    • Shame and everlasting contempt - Da 12:2
    • Damnation - Joh 5:29
  • Illustrative of the new birth — Joh 5:25
  • Illustrated — Eze 37:1-10; 1Co 15:36,37

Resurrection of Christ, The

  • Foretold by the prophets — Ps 16:10; Ac 13:34,35; Isa 26:19
  • Foretold by Himself — Mt 20:19; Mr 9:9; 14:28; Joh 2:19-22
  • Was necessary to
    • The fulfilment of Scripture - Lu 24:45,46
    • Forgiveness of sins - 1Co 15:17
    • Justification - Ro 4:25; 8:34
    • Hope - 1Co 15:19
    • The efficacy of preaching - 1Co 15:14
    • The efficacy of faith - 1Co 15:14,17
  • A proof of his being the Son of God — Ps 2:7; Ac 13:33; Ro 1:4
  • Effected by
    • The power of God - Ac 2:24; 3:15; Ro 8:11; Eph 1:20; Col 2:12
    • His own power - Joh 2:19; 10:18
    • The power of the Holy Spirit - 1Pe 3:18
  • On the first day of the week — Mr 16:9
  • On the third day after his death — Mr 16:9
  • On the third day after His death — Lu 24:46; Ac 10:40; 1Co 15:4
  • The apostles
    • At first did not understand the predictions respecting - Mr 9:10; Joh 20:9
    • Very slow to believe - Mr 16:13; Lu 24:9,11,37,38
    • Reproved for their unbelief of - Mr 16:14
  • He appeared after to
    • Mary Magdalene - Mr 16:9; Joh 20:18
    • The women - Mt 28:9
    • Simon Peter - Lu 24:34
    • Two disciples - Lu 24:13-31
    • Apostles, except Thomas - Joh 20:19,24
    • Apostles, Thomas being present - Joh 20:26
    • Apostles at the sea of Tiberias - Joh 21:1
    • Apostles in Galilee - Mt 28:16,17
    • About five hundred brethren - 1Co 15:6
    • James - 1Co 15:7
    • All the Apostles - Lu 24:51; Ac 1:9; 1Co 15:7
    • Paul - 1Co 15:8
  • Fraud impossible in — Mt 27:63-66
  • He gave many infallible proofs of — Lu 24:35,39,43; Joh 20:20,27; Ac 1:3
  • Was attested by
    • Angels - Mt 28:5-7; Lu 24:4-7,23
    • Apostles - Ac 1:22; 2:32; 3:15; 4:33
    • His enemies - Mt 28:11-15
  • Asserted and preached by the Apostles — Ac 25:19; 26:23
  • Saints
    • Begotten to a lively hope - 1Pe 1:3,21
    • Desire to know the power of - Php 3:10
    • Should keep, in remembrance - 2Ti 2:8
    • Shall rise in the likeness of - Ro 6:5; 1Co 15:49; Php 3:21
  • Is an emblem of the new birth — Ro 6:4; Col 2:12
  • The first-fruits of our resurrection — Ac 26:23; 1Co 15:20,23
  • The truth of the gospel involved in — 1Co 15:14,15
  • Followed by his exaltation — Ac 4:10,11; Ro 8:34; Eph 1:20; Php 2:9,10; Re 1:18
  • An assurance of the judgment — Ac 17:31
  • Typified
    • Isaac - Ge 22:13; Heb 11:19
    • Jonah - Jon 2:10; Mt 12:40

Reuben, the Tribe Of

  • Descended from Jacob's first son — Ge 29:32
  • Predictions respecting — Ge 49:4; De 33:6
  • Persons selected from
    • To number the people - Nu 1:5
    • To spy out the land - Nu 13:4
  • Strength of, on leaving Egypt — Nu 1:20,21
  • Led the second division of Israel in their journey's — Nu 10:18
  • Encamped with its standard south of the tabernacle — Nu 2:10
  • Offering of, at the dedication — Nu 7:30-35
  • Families of — Nu 26:5,6,8,9
  • Obtained inheritance east of Jordan on condition of helping to conquer Canaan — Nu 32:1-33; De 3:18-20
  • Bounds of their inheritance — De 3:16,17; Jos 13:15-23
  • Strength of, at the time of receiving their inheritance — Nu 26:7
  • Cities built by — Nu 32:37,38
  • On Ebal, said amen to the curses — De 27:13
  • Dismissed by Joshua after the conquest of Canaan — Jos 22:1-9
  • Assisted in building the altar of witness which offended the other tribes — Jos 22:10-29
  • Did not assist against Sisera — Judg 5:15,16
  • Some of, at David's coronation — 1Ch 12:37,38
  • Officers appointed over, by David — 1Ch 26:32; 27:16
  • Took land of the Hagarites — 1Ch 5:10,18-22
  • Invaded and conquered by Hazael king of Syria — 2Ki 10:32,33
  • Carried away by Tiglathpileser — 2Ki 15:29; 1Ch 5:6,26
  • Remarkable persons of
    • Dathan, Abiram, and On - Nu 16:1; 26:9,10
    • Adina &c - 1Ch 11:42

Revenge

  • Forbidden by our Lord — Le 19:18; Pr 24:17,29; Mt 5:39-41; Ro 12:17,19; 1Th 5:15; 1Pe 3:9
  • Christ an example of forbearing — Isa 53:7; 1Pe 2:23
  • Rebuked by Christ — Lu 9:54,55
  • Inconsistent with Christian spirit — Lu 9:55
  • Proceeds from a spiteful heart — Eze 25:15
  • Instead of taking, we should
    • Trust in God - Pr 20:22; Ro 12:16
    • Exhibit love - Le 19:18; Lu 6:35
    • Give place to wrath - Ro 12:19
    • Exercise forbearance - Mt 5:38-41
    • Bless - Ro 12:14
    • Overcome others by kindness - Pr 25:21,22; Ro 12:20
  • Keep others from taking — 1Sa 24:10; 25:24-31; 26:9
  • Be thankful for being kept from taking — 1Sa 25:32,33
  • The wicked are earnest after — Jer 20:10
  • Punishment for — Eze 25:15-17; Am 1:11,12
  • Exemplified
    • Simon and Levi - Ge 34:25
    • Samson - Judg 15:7,8; 16:28-30
    • Joab - 2Sa 3:27
    • Absalom - 2Sa 13:23-29
    • Jezebel - 1Ki 19:2
    • Ahab - 1Ki 22:26
    • Haman - Es 3:8-15
    • Edomites - Eze 25:12
    • Philistines - Eze 25:15
    • Herodias - Mr 6:19-24
    • James and John - Lu 9:54
    • Chief priests - Ac 5:33
    • Jews - Ac 7:54,59; 23:12

Reviling and Reproaching

  • Forbidden — 1Pe 3:9
  • Of rulers specially forbidden — Ex 22:28; Ac 23:4,5
  • The wicked utter, against
    • God - Ps 74:22; 79:12
    • God, by opposing the poor - Pr 14:31
    • Christ - Mt 27:39; Lu 7:34
    • Saints - Ps 102:8; Zep 2:8
    • Rulers - 2Pe 2:10,11; Jude 1:8,9
  • Of Christ, predicted — Ps 69:9; Ro 15:3; Ps 89:51
  • The conduct of Christ under — 1Pe 2:23
  • Saints
    • Endure - 1Ti 4:10; Heb 10:33
    • Endure for God's sake - Ps 69:7
    • Endure for Christ's sake - Lu 6:22
    • Should expect - Mt 10:25
    • Should not fear - Isa 51:7
    • Sometimes depressed by - Ps 42:10,11; 44:16; 69:20
    • May take pleasure in - 2Co 12:10
    • Supported under - 2Co 12:10
    • Trust in God under - Ps 57:3; 119:42
    • Pray under - 2Ki 19:4,16; Ps 89:50
    • Return blessings for - 1Co 4:12; 1Pe 3:9
  • Ministers should not fear — Eze 2:6
  • Happiness of enduring, for Christ's sake — 1Pe 4:14
  • Blessedness of enduring, for Christ's sake — Mt 5:11; Lu 6:22
  • Excludes from heaven — 1Co 6:10
  • Punishment for — Zep 2:8,9; Mt 5:22
  • Exemplified
    • Joseph's brethren - Ge 37:19
    • Goliath - 1Sa 17:43
    • Michal - 2Sa 6:20
    • Shimei - 2Sa 16:7,8
    • Sennacherib - Isa 37:17,23,24
    • Moabites and Ammonites - Zep 2:8
    • Pharisees - Mt 12:24
    • Jews - Mt 27:39,40; Joh 8:48
    • Malefactor - Lu 23:39
    • Athenian philosophers - Ac 17:18

Reward of Saints, The

  • Is from God — Ro 2:7; Col 3:24; Heb 11:6
  • Is of grace, through faith alone — Ro 4:4,5,16; 11:6
  • Is of God's good pleasure — Mt 20:14,15; Lu 12:32
  • Prepared by God — Heb 11:16
  • Prepared by Christ — Joh 14:2
  • As servants of Christ — Col 3:24
  • Not on account of their merits — Ro 4:4,5
  • Described as
    • Being with Christ - Joh 12:26; 14:3; Php 1:23; 1Th 4:17
    • Beholding the face of God - Ps 17:15; Mt 5:8; Re 22:4
    • Beholding the glory of Christ - Joh 17:24
    • Being glorified with Christ - Ro 8:17,18; Col 3:4; Php 3:21; 1Jo 3:2
    • Sitting in judgment with Christ - Da 7:22; Mt 19:28; Lu 22:30; 1Co 6:2
    • Reigning with Christ - 2Ti 2:12; Re 3:21; 5:10; 20:4
    • Reigning for ever and ever - Re 22:5
    • A crown of righteousness - 2Ti 4:8
    • A crown of glory - 1Pe 5:4
    • A crown of life - Jas 1:12; Re 2:10
    • An incorruptible crown - 1Co 9:25
    • Joint heirship with Christ - Ro 8:17
    • Inheritance of all things - Re 21:7
    • Inheritance with saints in light - Ac 20:32; 26:18; Col 1:12
    • Inheritance eternal - Heb 9:15
    • Inheritance incorruptible - 1Pe 1:4
    • A kingdom - Mt 25:34; Lu 22:29
    • A kingdom immovable - Heb 12:28
    • Shining as the stars - Da 12:3
    • Everlasting light - Isa 60:19
    • Everlasting life - Lu 18:30; Joh 6:40; 17:2,3; Ro 2:7; 6:23; 1Jo 5:11
    • An enduring substance - Heb 10:34
    • A house eternal in the heavens - 2Co 5:1
    • A city which had foundation - Heb 11:10
    • Entering into the joy of the Lord - Mt 25:21; Heb 12:2
    • Rest - Heb 4:9; Re 14:13
    • Fulness of joy - Ps 16:11
    • The prize of the high calling of God in Christ - Php 3:14
    • Treasure in heaven - Mt 19:21; Lu 12:33
    • An eternal weight of glory - 2Co 4:17
  • Is great — Mt 5:12; Lu 6:35; Heb 10:35
  • Is full — 2Jo 1:8
  • Is sure — Pr 11:18
  • Is satisfying — Ps 17:15
  • Is inestimable — Isa 64:4; 1Co 2:9
  • Saints may feel confident of — Ps 73:24; Isa 25:8,9; 2Co 5:1; 2Ti 4:8
  • Hope of, a cause of rejoicing — Ro 5:2
  • Be careful not to lose — 2Jo 1:8
  • The prospect of, should lead to
    • Diligence - 2Jo 1:8
    • Pressing forward - Php 3:14
    • Enduring suffering for Christ - 2Co 4:16-18; Heb 11:26
    • Faithfulness to death - Re 2:10
  • Present afflictions not to be compared with — Ro 8:18; 2Co 5:17
  • Shall be given at the second coming of Christ — Mt 16:27; Re 22:12

Riches

  • The true riches — Eph 3:8; 1Co 1:30; Col 2:3; 1Pe 2:7
  • God gives — 1Sa 2:7; Ec 5:19
  • To God belongs this world's riches — Hag 2:8
  • God gives power to obtain — De 8:18
  • The blessing of the Lord brings — Pr 10:22
  • Give worldly power — Pr 22:7
  • Described as
    • Temporary - Pr 27:24
    • Uncertain - 1Ti 6:17
    • Unsatisfying - Ec 4:8; 5:10
    • Corruptible - Jas 5:2; 1Pe 1:18
    • Fleeting - Pr 23:5; Re 18:16,17
    • Deceitful - Mt 13:22
    • Liable to be stolen - Mt 6:19
    • Perishable - Jer 48:36
    • Thick clay - Hab 2:6
  • Often an obstruction to the reception of the gospel — Mr 10:23-25
  • Deceitfulness of, chokes the word — Mt 13:22
  • The love of, the root of all evil — 1Ti 6:10
  • Often lead to
    • Pride - Eze 28:5; Ho 12:8
    • Forgetting God - De 8:13,14
    • Denying God - Pr 30:8,9
    • Forsaking God - De 32:15
    • Rebelling against God - Ne 9:25,26
    • Rejecting Christ - Mt 19:22; 10:22
    • Self-sufficiency - Pr 28:11
    • Anxiety - Ec 5:12
    • An overbearing spirit - Pr 18:23
    • Violence - Mic 6:12
    • Oppression - Jas 2:6
    • Fraud - Jas 5:4
    • Sensual indulgence - Lu 16:19; Jas 5:5
  • Life consists not in abundance of — Lu 12:15
  • Be not over-anxious for — Pr 30:8
  • Labour not for — Pr 23:4
  • They who covet
    • Fall into temptation and a snare - 1Ti 6:9
    • Fall into hurtful lusts - 1Ti 6:9
    • Err from the faith - 1Ti 6:10
    • Use unlawful means to acquire - Pr 28:20
    • Bring trouble on themselves - 1Ti 6:10
    • Bring trouble on their families - Pr 15:27
  • Profit not in the day of wrath — Pr 11:4
  • Cannot secure prosperity — Jas 1:11
  • Cannot redeem the soul — Ps 49:6-9; 1Pe 1:18
  • Cannot deliver in the day of God's wrath — Zep 1:18; Re 6:15-17
  • They who possess, should
    • Ascribe them to God - 1Ch 29:12
    • Not trust in them - Job 31:24; 1Ti 6:17
    • Not set the heart on them - Ps 62:10
    • Not boast of obtaining them - De 8:17
    • Not glory in them - Jer 9:23
    • Not hoard them up - Mt 6:19
    • Devote them to God's service - 1Ch 29:3; Mr 12:42-44
    • Give of them to the poor - Mt 19:21; 1Jo 3:17
    • Use them in promoting the salvation of others - Lu 16:9
    • Be liberal in all things - 1Ti 6:18
    • Esteem it a privilege to be allowed to give - 1Ch 29:14
    • Not to be high-minded - 1Ti 6:17
    • When converted, rejoice in being humbled - Jas 1:9,10
  • Heavenly treasures superior to — Mt 6:19,20
  • Of the wicked laid up for the just — Pr 13:22
  • The wicked
    • Often increase in - Ps 73:12
    • Often spend their day in - Job 21:13
    • Swallow down - Job 20:15
    • Trust in the abundance of - Ps 52:7
    • Heap up - Job 27:16; Ps 39:6; Ec 2:26
    • Keep, to their hurt - Ec 5:13
    • Boast themselves in - Ps 49:6; 52:7
    • Profit not by - Pr 11:4; 13:7; Ec 5:11
    • Have trouble with - Pr 15:6; 1Ti 6:9,10
    • Must leave, to others - Ps 49:10
  • Vanity of heaping up — Ps 39:6; Ec 5:10,11
  • Guilt of trusting in — Job 31:24,28; Eze 28:4,5,8
  • Guilt of rejoicing in — Job 31:25,28
  • Denunciations against those who
    • Get, by vanity - Pr 13:11; 21:6
    • Get, unlawfully - Jer 17:11
    • Increase, by oppression - Pr 22:16; Hab 2:6-8; Mic 2:2,3
    • Hoard up - Ec 5:13,14; Jas 5:3
    • Trust in - Pr 11:28
    • Receive their consolation - Lu 6:24
    • Abuse - Jas 5:1,5
    • Spend, upon their appetite - Job 20:15-17
    • Folly and danger of trusting to — Illustrated - Lu 12:16-21
  • Danger of misusing — Illustrated — Lu 16:19-25
  • Examples of saints possessing
    • Abram - Ge 13:2
    • Lot - Ge 13:5,6
    • Isaac - Ge 26:13,14
    • Jacob - Ge 32:5,10
    • Joseph - Ge 45:8,13
    • Boaz - Ru 2:1
    • Barzillai - 2Sa 19:32
    • Shunammite - 2Ki 4:8
    • David - 1Ch 29:28
    • Jehoshaphat - 2Ch 17:5
    • Hezekiah - 2Ch 32:27-29
    • Job - Job 1:3
    • Joseph of Arimathea - Mt 27:57
    • Zacchaeus - Lu 19:2
    • Dorcas - Ac 9:36
  • Examples of those truly rich — Mt 5:8; 8:10; 13:45,46; Lu 10:42; Joh 1:45; Php 3:8; Jas 2:5; 1Pe 2:7; Re 3:18
  • Examples of wicked men possessing
    • Laban - Ge 30:30
    • Esau - Ge 36:7
    • Nabal - 1Sa 25:2
    • Haman - Es 5:11
    • Ammonites - Jer 49:4
    • People of Tyre - Eze 28:5
    • Young man - Mt 19:22

Righteousness

  • Is obedience to God's law — De 6:25; Ro 10:5; Lu 1:6; Ps 1:2
  • God loves — Ps 11:7
  • God looks for — Isa 5:7
  • Christ
    • Is the Son of - Mal 4:2
    • Loves - Ps 45:7; Heb 1:9
    • Was girt with - Isa 11:5
    • Put on, as breast-plate - Isa 59:17
    • Was sustained by - Isa 59:16
    • Preached - Ps 40:9
    • Fulfilled all - Mt 3:15
    • Is made to his people - 1Co 1:30
    • Is the end of the law for - Ro 10:4
    • Has brought in everlasting - Da 9:24
    • Shall judge with - Ps 72:2; Isa 11:4; Ac 17:31; Re 19:11
    • Shall reign in - Ps 45:6; Isa 32:1; Heb 1:8
    • Shall execute - Ps 99:4; Jer 23:6
  • None, by nature have — Job 15:14; Ps 14:3; Ro 3:10
  • Cannot come by the law — Ga 2:21; 3:21
  • No justification by works of — Ro 3:20; 9:31,32; Ga 2:16
  • No salvation by works of — Eph 2:8,9; 2Ti 1:9; Tit 3:5
  • Unregenerate man seeks justification by works of — Lu 18:9; Ro 10:3
  • The blessing of God is not to be attributed to our works of — De 9:5
  • Saints
    • Have, in Christ - Isa 45:24; 54:17; 2Co 5:21
    • Have, imputed - Ro 4:11,22
    • Are covered with the robe of - Isa 61:10
    • Receive, from God - Ps 24:5
    • Are renewed in - Eph 4:24
    • Are led in the paths of - Ps 23:3
    • Are servants of - Ro 6:16,18
    • Characterised by - Ge 18:25; Ps 1:5,6
    • Know - Isa 51:7
    • Do - 1Jo 2:29; 3:7
    • Work, by faith - Heb 11:33
    • Follow after - Isa 51:1
    • Put on - Job 29:14
    • Wait for the hope of - Ga 5:5
    • Pray for the spirit of - Ps 51:10
    • Hunger and thirst after - Mt 5:6
    • Walk before God in - 1Ki 3:6
    • Offer the sacrifice of - Ps 4:5; 51:19
    • Put no trust in their own - Php 3:6-8
    • Count their own, as filthy rags - Isa 64:6
    • Should seek - Zep 2:3
    • Should live in - Tit 2:12; 1Pe 2:24
    • Should serve God in - Lu 1:75
    • Should yield their members as instruments of - Ro 6:13
    • Should yield their members servants to - Ro 6:19
    • Should have on the breast-plate of - Eph 6:14
    • Shall receive a crown of — 2Ti 4:8
    • Shall see God's face in — Ps 17:15
  • Of saints endures forever — Ps 112:3,9; 2Co 9:9
  • An evidence of the new birth — 1Jo 2:29
  • The kingdom of God is — Ro 14:17
  • The fruit of the Spirit is in all — Eph 5:9
  • The Scriptures instruct in — 2Ti 3:16
  • Judgments designed to lead to — Isa 26:9
  • Chastisements yield the fruit of — Heb 12:11
  • Has no fellowship with unrighteousness — 2Co 6:14
  • Ministers should
    • Be preachers of - 2Pe 2:5
    • Reason of - Ac 24:25
    • Follow after - 1Ti 6:11; 2Ti 2:22
    • Be clothed with - Ps 132:9
    • Be armed with - 2Co 6:7
    • Pray for the fruit of, in their people - 2Co 9:10; Php 1:11
  • Keep saints in the right way — Pr 11:5; 13:6
  • Judgment should be executed in — Le 19:15
  • They who walk in, and follow
    • Are righteous - 1Jo 3:7
    • Are the excellent of the earth - Ps 16:3; Pr 12:26
    • Are accepted with God - Ac 10:35
    • Are loved by God - Ps 146:8; Pr 15:9
    • Are blessed by God - Ps 5:12
    • Are heard by God - Lu 18:7; Jas 5:16
    • Are objects of God's watchful care - Job 36:7; Ps 34:15; Pr 10:3; 1Pe 3:12
    • Are tried by God - Ps 11:5
    • Are exalted by God - Job 36:7
    • Dwell in security - Isa 33:15,16
    • Are bold as a lion - Pr 28:1
    • Are delivered out of all troubles - Ps 34:19; Pr 11:8
    • Are never forsaken by God - Ps 37:25
    • Are abundantly provided for - Pr 13:25; Mt 6:25-33
    • Are enriched - Ps 112:3; Pr 15:6
    • Think and desire good - Pr 11:23; 12:5
    • Know the secret of the Lord - Ps 25:14; Pr 3:32
    • Have their prayers heard - Ps 34:17; Pr 15:29; 1Pe 3:12
    • Have their desires granted - Pr 10:24
    • Find it with life and honour - Pr 21:21
    • Shall hold on their way - Job 17:9
    • Shall never be moved - Ps 15:2,5; 55:22; Pr 10:30; 12:3
    • Shall be ever remembered - Ps 112:6
    • Shall flourish as a branch - Pr 11:28
  • Shall be glad in the Lord — Ps 64:10
  • Brings its own reward — Pr 11:18; Isa 3:10
  • Tends to life — Pr 11:19; 12:28
  • The work of, shall be peace — Isa 32:17
  • The effect of, shall be quietness and assurance for ever — Isa 32:17
  • Is a crown of glory to the aged — Pr 16:31
  • The wicked
    • Are far from - Ps 119:150; Isa 46:12
    • Are free from - Ro 6:20
    • Are enemies of - Ac 13:10
    • Leave off - Am 5:7; Ps 36:3
    • Follow not after - Ro 9:30
    • Do not - 1Jo 3:10
    • Do not obey - Ro 2:8; 2Th 2:12
    • Love lying rather than - Ps 52:3
    • Make mention of God, not it - Isa 48:1
    • Though favoured, will not learn - Isa 26:10; Ps 106:43
    • Speak contemptuously against those who follow - Ps 31:18; Mt 27:39-44
    • Hate those who follow - Ps 34:21
    • Slay those who follow - Ps 37:32; 1Jo 3:12; Mt 23:35
    • Should break off their sins by - Da 4:27
    • Should awake to - 1Co 15:34
    • Should sow to themselves in - Ho 10:12
    • Vainly wish to die as those who follow - Nu 23:10
  • The throne of kings established by — Pr 16:12; 25:5
  • Nations exalted by — Pr 14:34
  • Blessedness of
    • Having imputed, without works - Ro 4:6
    • Doing - Ps 106:3
    • Hungering and thirsting after - Mt 5:6
    • Suffering for - 1Pe 3:14
    • Being persecuted for - Mt 5:10
    • Turning others to - Da 12:3
  • Promised to the Church — Isa 32:16; 45:8; 61:11; 62:1
  • Promised to saints — Isa 60:21; 61:3
  • Exemplified
    • Jacob - Ge 30:33
    • David - 2Sa 22:21
    • Zacharias - Lu 1:6
    • Abel - Heb 11:4
    • Lot - 2Pe 2:8

Righteousness Imputed

  • Predicted — Isa 56:1; Eze 16:14
  • Revealed in the gospel — Ro 1:17
  • Is of the Lord — Isa 54:17
  • Described as
    • The righteousness of faith - Ro 4:13; 9:30; 10:6
    • The righteousness of God, without the law - Ro 3:21
    • The righteousness of God by faith in Christ - Ro 3:22
    • Christ being made righteousness to us - 1Co 1:30
    • Our being made the righteousness of God, in Christ - 2Co 5:21
  • Christ is the end of the law for — Ro 10:4
  • Christ called THE LORD OF OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS — Jer 23:6
  • Christ brings in an everlasting righteousness — Da 9:24
  • Is a free gift — Ro 5:17
  • God's righteousness never to be abolished — Isa 5:16
  • The promises made through — Ro 4:13
  • Saints
    • Have, on believing - Ro 4:5,11,24
    • Clothed with the robe of righteousness - Isa 61:10
    • Exalted in righteousness - Ps 89:16
    • Desire to be found in - Php 3:9
    • Glory in having - Isa 45:24,25
  • Exhortation to seek righteousness — Mt 6:33
  • The Gentiles attained to — Ro 9:30
  • Blessedness of those who have — Ro 4:6
  • The Jews
    • Ignorant of - Ro 10:3
    • Stumble at righteousness by faith - Ro 9:32
    • Submit not to - Ro 10:3
  • Exemplified
    • Abraham - Ro 4:9,22; Ga 3:6
    • Paul - Php 3:7-9

Righteousness of God, The

  • Is part of his character — Ps 7:9; 116:5; 119:137
  • Described as
    • Very high - Ps 71:19
    • Abundant - Ps 48:10
    • Beyond computation - Ps 71:15
    • Everlasting - Ps 119:142
    • Enduring for ever - Ps 111:3
    • The habitation of his throne - Ps 97:2
  • Christ acknowledged — Joh 17:25
  • Christ committed his cause to — 1Pe 2:23
  • Angels acknowledge — Re 16:5
  • Exhibited in
    • His testimonies - Ps 119:138,144
    • His commandments - De 4:8; Ps 119:172
    • His judgments - Ps 19:9; 119:7,62
    • His word - Ps 119:123
    • His ways - Ps 145:17
    • His acts - Judg 5:11; 1Sa 12:7
    • His government - Ps 96:13; 98:9
    • The gospel - Ps 85:10; Ro 3:25,26
    • The final judgment - Ac 17:31
    • The punishment of the wicked - Ro 2:5; 2Th 1:6; Re 16:7; 19:2
  • Shown to the posterity of saints — Ps 103:17
  • Shown openly before the heathen — Ps 98:2
  • God delights in the exercise of — Jer 9:24
  • The heavens shall declare — Ps 50:6; 97:6
  • Saints
    • Ascribe, to him - Job 36:3; Da 9:7
    • Acknowledge, in his dealings - Ezr 9:15
    • Acknowledge, though the wicked prosper - Jer 12:1; Ps 73:12-17
    • Recognise, in the fulfilment of his promises - Ne 9:8
    • Confident of beholding - Mic 7:9
    • Upheld by - Isa 41:10
    • Do not conceal - Ps 40:10
    • Mention, only - Ps 71:16
    • Talk of - Ps 35:28; 71:15,24
    • Declare to others - Ps 22:31
    • Magnify - Ps 7:17; 51:14; 145:7
    • Plead in prayer - Ps 143:11; Da 9:16
  • Leads God to love righteousness — Ps 11:7
  • We should pray
    • To be led in - Ps 5:8
    • To be quickened in - Ps 119:40
    • To be delivered in - Ps 31:1; 71:2
    • To be answered in - Ps 143:1
    • To be judged according to - Ps 35:24
    • For its continued manifestation - Ps 36:10
  • His care and defence of his people designed to teach — Mic 6:4,5
  • The wicked have no interest in — Ps 69:27
  • Illustrated — Ps 36:6

Rings

  • Antiquity of — Ge 24:22; 38:18
  • Made of gold and set with precious stones — Nu 31:50,51; Song 5:14
  • Were worn
    • On the hands - Ge 41:42
    • On the arms - 2Sa 1:10
    • In the ears - Job 42:11; Ho 2:13; Eze 16:12
    • In the nose - Isa 3:21
  • Rich men distinguished by — Jas 2:2
  • Women of rank adorned with — Isa 3:16,21
  • Of kings
    • Used for sealing decrees - Es 3:12; 8:8,10
    • Given to favourites as a mark of honour - Ge 41:42; Es 3:10; 8:2
  • Numbers of, taken from Midianites — Nu 31:50
  • Illustrative
    • Of the glory of Christ - Song 5:14
    • (Put on the hands,) of favour - Lu 15:22

Rivers

  • Source of — Job 28:10; Ps 104:8,10
  • Enclosed within banks — Da 12:5
  • Flow through valleys — Ps 104:8,10
  • Some of
    • Great and mighty - Ge 15:18; Ps 74:15
    • Deep - Eze 47:5; Zec 10:11
    • Broad - Isa 33:21
    • Rapid - Judg 5:21
    • Parted into many streams - Ge 2:10; Isa 11:5
  • Run into the sea — Ec 1:7; Eze 47:8
  • God's power over, unlimited — Isa 50:2; Na 1:4
  • Useful for
    • Supplying drink to the people - Jer 2:18
    • Commerce - Isa 23:3
    • Promoting vegetation - Ge 2:10
    • Bathing - Ex 2:5
  • Baptism often performed in — Mt 3:6
  • Of Canaan abounded with fish — Le 11:9,10
  • Banks of
    • Covered with flags - Ex 2:3,5
    • Planted with trees - Eze 47:7
    • Frequented by doves - Song 5:12
    • Frequented by wild beasts - Jer 49:19
    • Places of common resort - Ps 137:1
    • Frequently overflowed - Jos 3:15; 1Ch 12:15
    • Peculiarly fruitful - Ps 1:3; Isa 32:20
  • Gardens often made beside — Nu 24:6
  • Cities often built beside — Ps 46:4; 137:1
  • Often the boundaries of kingdoms — Jos 22:25; 1Ki 4:24
  • Mentioned in scripture
    • Of Eden - Ge 2:10
    • Of Jotbath - De 10:7
    • Of Ethiopia - Isa 18:1
    • Of Babylon - Ps 137:1
    • Of Egypt - Ge 15:18
    • Of Damascus - 2Ki 5:12
    • Of Ahava - Ezr 8:15
    • Of Judah - Joe 3:18
    • Of Philippi - Ac 16:13
    • Abana - 2Ki 5:12
    • Arnon - De 2:36; Jos 12:1
    • Chebar - Eze 1:1,3; 10:15,20
    • Euphrates - Ge 2:14
    • Gihon - Ge 2:13
    • Gozan - 2Ki 17:6; 1Ch 5:26
    • Hiddekel - Ge 2:14
    • Jabbok - De 2:37; Jos 12:2
    • Jordan - Jos 3:8; 2Ki 5:10
    • Kanah - Jos 16:8
    • Kishon - Judg 5:21
    • Pharpar - 2Ki 5:12
    • Pison - Ge 2:11
    • Ulai - Da 8:16
  • Many, fordable in some places — Ge 32:22; Jos 2:7; Isa 16:2
  • Illustrative
    • Of the abundance of grace in Christ - Isa 32:2; Joh 1:16
    • Of the gifts and graces of the Holy Spirit - Ps 46:4; Isa 41:18; 43:19,20; Joh 7:38,39
    • Of heavy afflictions - Ps 69:2; Isa 43:2
    • Of abundance - Job 20:17; 29:6
    • Of people flying from judgments - Isa 23:10
    • (Steady course of,) of peace of saints - Isa 66:12
    • (Fruitfulness of trees planted by,) of the permanent prosperity of saints - Ps 1:3; Jer 17:8
    • (Drying up of,) of God's judgments - Isa 19:1-8; Jer 51:36; Na 1:4; Zec 10:11
    • (Overflowing of,) of God's judgments - Isa 8:7,8; 28:2,18; Jer 47:2

Rocks

  • Often composed of Flint — De 8:15; 32:13
  • Described as
    • Hard - Jer 5:3
    • Durable - Job 19:24
    • Barren - Eze 26:4,14; Am 6:12; Lu 8:6
  • Often sharp-pointed and craggy — 1Sa 14:4
  • Often had holes and clefts — Ex 33:22
  • Were a defence to a country — Isa 33:16
  • Dreaded by mariners — Ac 27:20
  • Inhabited by
    • Wild goats - Job 39:1
    • Conies - Ps 104:18; Pr 30:26
    • Doves - Song 2:14; Jer 48:28
    • Eagles - Job 39:28; Jer 49:16
  • The olive tree flourished amongst — De 32:13; Job 29:6
  • Bees often made their honey amongst — De 32:13; Ps 81:16
  • Used as
    • Altars - Judg 6:20,21,26; 13:19
    • Places for idolatrous worship - Isa 57:5
    • Places of Observation - Ex 33:21; Nu 23:9
    • Places of safety in danger - 1Sa 13:6; Isa 2:19; Jer 16:16; Re 6:15
    • Places for shelter by the poor in their distress - Job 24:8; 30:3,6
  • The shadow of, grateful to travellers during the heat of the day — Isa 32:2
  • Houses often built on — Mt 7:24,25
  • Tombs often hewn out of — Isa 22:16; Mt 27:60
  • Important events often engraved upon — Job 19:24
  • Mentioned in scripture
    • Adullam - 1Ch 11:15
    • Bozez - 1Sa 14:4
    • Engedi - 1Sa 24:1,2
    • Etam - Judg 15:8
    • Horeb in Rephidim - Ex 17:1-6
    • Meribah in Kadesh - Nu 20:1-11
    • Oreb - Judg 7:25; Isa 10:26
    • Rimmon - Judg 20:45
    • Seneh - 1Sa 14:4
    • Selahammahlekoth in the wilderness of Maon - 1Sa 23:25,28
    • Selah in the valley of salt - 2Ki 14:7; 2Ch 25:11,12
  • Man's industry in cutting through — Job 28:9,10
  • Hammers used for breaking — Jer 23:29
  • Casting down from, a punishment — 2Ch 25:12
  • Miracles connected with
    • Water brought from - Ex 17:6; Nu 20:11
    • Fire ascended out of - Judg 6:21
    • Broken in pieces by the wind - 1Ki 19:11
    • Rent at the death of Christ - Mt 27:51
  • God's power exhibited in removing — Job 14:18; Na 1:6
  • Illustrative of
    • God as creator of his people - De 32:18
    • God as the strength of his people - Ps 18:1,2; 67:2; Isa 17:10
    • God as defence of his people - Ps 31:2,3
    • God as refuge of his people - Ps 94:22
    • God as salvation of his people - De 32:15; Ps 89:26; 95:1
    • Christ as refuge of his people - Isa 32:2
    • Christ as foundation of his church - Mt 16:18; 1Pe 2:6
    • Christ as source of spiritual gifts - 1Co 10:4
    • Christ as a stumbling stone to the wicked - Isa 8:14; Ro 9:33; 1Pe 2:8
    • A place of safety - Ps 27:5; 40:2
    • Whatever we trust in - De 32:31,37
    • The ancestor of a nation - Isa 51:1

Roe, The

  • Clean and fit for food — De 12:15; 14:5
  • Male of, called the roebuck — 1Ki 4:23
  • Described as
    • Cheerful - Pr 5:19
    • Wild - 2Sa 2:18
    • Swift - 1Ch 12:8
  • Inhabits the mountains — 1Ch 12:8
  • Often hunted by men — Pr 6:5
  • Illustrative of
    • Christ - Song 2:9,17
    • The church - Song 4:5; 7:3
    • A good wife - Pr 5:19
    • The swift of foot - 2Sa 2:18

Roman Empire, The

  • Called the world from its extent — Lu 2:1
  • Represented by the
    • Legs of iron in Nebuchadnezzar's vision - Da 2:33,40
    • Terrible beast in Daniel's vision - Da 7:7,19
  • Rome the capitol of — Ac 18:2; 19:21
  • Judea a province of, under a procurator or a governor — Lu 3:2; Ac 23:34,26; 25:1
  • Allusions to military affairs of
    • Strict obedience to superiors - Mt 8:8,9
    • Use of the panoply or defensive armour - Ro 13:12; 2Co 6:7; Eph 6:11-17
    • Soldiers not allowed to entangle themselves with earthly cares - 2Ti 2:4
    • Hardship endured by soldiers - 2Ti 2:3
    • The soldier's special comrade who shared his toils and dangers - Php 2:25
    • Danger of sentinels' sleeping - Mt 28:13,14
    • Expunging from the muster roll name of soldiers guilty of crimes - Re 3:5
    • Crowning of soldiers who distinguished themselves - 2Ti 4:7,8
    • Triumphs of victorious generals - 2Co 2:14-16; Col 2:15
    • Different military officers - Ac 21:31; 23:23,24
    • Italian and Augustus' band - Ac 10:1; 27:1
  • Allusions to judicial affairs of
    • Person accused, examined by scourging - Ac 22:24,29
    • Criminals delivered over to the soldiers for execution - Mt 27:26,27
    • Accusation in writing placed over the head of those executed - Joh 19:19
    • Garments of those executed given to the soldiers - Mt 27:35; Joh 19:23
    • Prisoners chained to soldiers for safety - Ac 21:33; 12:6; 2Ti 1:16; Ac 28:16
    • Accusers and accused confronted together - Ac 23:35; 25:16-19
    • Accused person protected from popular violence - Ac 23:20,24-27
    • Power of life and death vested in its authorities - Joh 18:31,39,40; 19:10
    • All appeals made to the emperor - Ac 25:11,12
    • Those who appealed to Caesar, to be brought before him - Ac 26:32
  • Allusions to citizenship of
    • Obtained by purchase - Ac 22:28
    • Obtained by birth - Ac 22:28
    • Exempted from the degradation scourging - Ac 16:37,38; 22:25
  • Allusions to grecian game adapted by
    • Gladiatorial fights - 1Co 4:9; 15:32
    • Foot races - 1Co 9:24; Php 2:16; 3:11-14; Heb 12:1,2
    • Wrestling - Eph 6:12
    • Training of combatants - 1Co 9:25,27
    • Crowning of conquerors - 1Co 9:25; Php 3:14; 2Ti 4:8
    • Rules observed in conducting - 2Ti 2:5
  • Emperors of, mentioned
    • Tiberius - Lu 3:1
    • Augustus - Lu 2:1
    • Claudius - Ac 11:28
    • Nero - Php 4:22; 2Ti 4:22
  • Predictions respecting
    • Its universal dominion - Da 7:23
    • Its division into ten parts - Da 2:41-43; 7:20,24
    • Origin of papal power in - Da 7:8,20-25
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