LIBRARY or PRINCETON JUL - T THEOLOGiCAL S: BS432 .N38 1903 Nave, Orville J. (Orville James), 1841-1917. Nave's Topical Bible ; a digest of the Holy Scriptures . . / \ NAVE'S TOPICAL BIBLE A DIGEST OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES MORE THAN TWENTY THOUSAND TOPICS AND SUBTOPICS, AND ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND REFERENCES TO THE SCRIPTURES, EMBRACING ALL DOCTRINES OF BIBLICAL RELIGION, AND ALL PHASES OF ANCIENT SOCIETY, HISTORY, LAW, POLITICS, AND OTHER SECULAR SUBJECTS; ARCHAEOLOGY, THE ARTS. SCIENCES, PHILOSOPHY, ETHICS. AND ECONOMICS: PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT. EQUITY, AND RIGHT PERSONAL CONDUCT; BIOG- RAPHY, PERSONAL INCIDENT, AND ILLUSTRATIVE FACTS; GEOGRAPHY. THE HISTORY OF NATIONS. STATES, AND CITIES, AND A MULTITUDE OF COMMON SUBJECTS, ILLUSTRATIVE OF ANCIENT RELIGIONS. GOV- ERNMENTS. MANNERS, FASHIONS. CUSTOMS, AND IDEAS. BY ORVILLE J. NAVE, A.M., D.D., LL.D., CHAPLxVIN IN THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES. EIGHTIETH THOUSAND. Lincoln, Nebraska, TOPICAL BIBLE PUBLISHING COMPANY. 1903. Copyright by ORVILLE J. NAVE, 1896. CoHYKIClIl' BY OKVILI.E J. NAVE, 1897. All ris'hts reserved. PRINTRD AND BOUND BV KA'ION & MAINS, 150 lIF'ni A\ I'.Nl'K, NKW YORK. PREFACE. The object of this book is to bring together in cyclopedic form and under familhir headings all that the Bible contains on particular subjects. The subjects formulated are of practical value to every profession and to all who desire to con- sult the Bible. The method pursued in preparing this Digest has been, first, to analyze top- ically each verse of the Bible, each series of verses, and each chapter and series of chapters ; and, second, to group under suitable headings all the Scriptures related to the subjects found in the analysis. The first verse in the Bible may serve to illus- trate: " In the beffinnino; God created the heaven and the earth." "In the begin- ning." Some authorities interpret this phrase as meaning the beginning of tiiue ; tlierefore the author noted, "Time, Beginning of, Gen. 1:1." Other authorities interpret it as referring to tiie beginning of the creation; therefore the author noted, " Creation, Beginning of. Gen. 1:1." "In the beginning God created." The author noted, " God, Creator, Gen. 1:1." "In the beginning God created the heaven." Note, " Heaven, Creation of, Gen. 1 : 1." " In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." "Earth, Creation of, Gen. 1 : 1." This process was faithfully adhered to throughout the work. Three classifications of Scripture verses have been published in America, two of which are erroneously styled " a complete analysis" of the Scriptures. Each author followed, with slight and unimportant modifications in arrangement, Mr. Matthew Talbot's classification of verses made in England one hundred years ago. Mr. Talbot's mode of treatment was to arrange all verses of the Bible, as best he might, under thirty general headings. Wlieu each verse had been assigned under the heading to which it seemed best adapted the work he undertook was complete. He used no verse more than once, regardless of the many different and distinct subjects it might contain. It was consequently a classification of verses rather than a topical analysis of matter. American publishers have followed this erroneous mode of treatment, and as a result the so-called analyses of the Scriptures hitherto offered to Bible students and Christian teachers have been unsatisfactory. This Digest is an analysis of the matter without regard to verse divisions except for PREFACE. convenience of reference. Verses, parts of verses, series of verses, and chapters are cited or quoted as often as tliej contain distinct subjects. Numerous verses are repeated from one to thirty times eacli, according to the number of subjects they contain and their position in extensive citations or extracts. The verse before referred to lias been quoted or cited under five different and equally important headino;s, while other analyses quote it only once. The familiar verse, Rom. 5:1, '' Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ," is cited under nine headings ; namely, Justification, Faith, Peace, Salva- tion by Faith, Jesus the Saviour, Atonement, Mediation, Propitiation, and Recon- ciliation, while in other analyses it is used but once, under Justification. Passages variously interpreted by different religious schools or accepted author- ities are cited under the subjects they are claimed to support, without reference to the personal views of the author. This work is based on the King James Version, but the increasing demand for the readings of the Revised Version constrains me to introduce these readings more liberally than seemed to be required when the work was first published. In this, the seventh edition, I have inserted them where they affect the topical uses of verses. The phrases and sentences afl'ected are set in smaller type than the rest of the text in order to draw attention, and the revised readings and notes of omissions are set in small type at the ends of paragraphs. To provide against doubt that this Digest would be complete in its classification of matter respecting the principles and practice of law, I secured the assistance of the Ilonorable John Welch, Judge of the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio, U. S. A., and author of Welch's Index-Digest of Ohio Decisions. Judge Welch made a consecutive and analytical study of the Bible for this work, from the stand- point of a learned jurist and successful author, and his notes have been incor- porated with the author's. Lawyers, judges, legislators, and statesmen may, there- fore, rely on this work as a complete and valuable handbook of the Bible for the purposes of their professions. All subjects relating to the principles and practice of law are classified under headings in common use. Some subjects abound in the Scriptures to such an extent, and are used so fre- quently by religious teachers and others, that, were references only given in this work to the bo'oks, chapters, and verses containing them, the student Avould stagger at the thought of developing the topics. Li order to make this class of subjects quickly and easily available the verses, or parts of verses, themselves arc printed. This method of treatment might have been extended, but the size of a convenient volume liad to be taken into consideration. Minor topics are made almost equally available by brief sub-topical divisions followed by references. One of the most important, and it is believed valuable, features of this book is its elaborate system of cross references to kindred and antithetical subjects. 4 PREFACE. Wide scope is thus given each subject by connecting it with those to which it is rehited. Under tiie sub-topic, Instances of, are grouped all the illustrative facts that occur in the Scriptures relating to each subject. As a book of illusti-ations this work should ])rovc valuable. It also contains numerous and elaborate Bible read- ings, with a wide range of subjects. An Index contains a handy reference to the pages and columns in which each vei-se of the Bible is quoted or referred to throughout the woik to enable anyone who may be studying any particular verse to find what topics the author noted in it, and with what Scriptures it is grouped. It was not the object of the author in preparing this Digest to develop religious subjects only, but to note and classify everything found in the Scriptures. It is believed that it is approximately exhaustive. It is the result of fourteen years of delightful and untiring study of the word of God, aided by my wife, Anna Semans Nave, who has been an indefatigable assistant from the inception of the work. All pioneer works of an analytic character, as well as all noteworthy commentaries, liave been consulted, in order to bring into it all useful materials to be found. Its preparation was inspired by the obvious deficiency of such helps in the use of the Scriptures. This deficiency was felt by the author in preparing sermons, lectures, and other forms of religious instruction. The quiet of army ganisons, npart fi'om the rush and distraction of dense communities, has been favorable to its careful preparation. With the belief that it will contribute to make the Scriptures more quickly, easily, and fully available where particular subjects are under considera- tion, I oiier it to the public. Author. Fort McPherson, Ga. 6 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS. A. V. for Authorized Version. Mic. for Micah. E. V. it Revised Version. Nah. 44 Nahum. 0. T. ti Old Testament. Hab. 44 Ilabakkuk. N. T. (( New Testament. Zeph. 44 Zephaniah. Gen. , called also AiiiiiUD, son of Bela. 1 Chr. 8:3. ABIJAH. 1. Son of Jeroboam, 1 Kin. 14:1-18. 2. See Abia; Abi.IAM. ABIJAM, called also Abijah and Abia. King of Judah, 1 Kin. 14:31; 15:1; 2 Chr. 12:16. History of, 1 Kin. 15:1-8; 2 Chr. 11:22; 13. Succeeded by Asa, 1 Kin. 15:8; 2 Chr. 14:1. ABILENE, a Roman province in Pales- tine, Luke 3:1. ABIMAEL, son of Joktan, Gen. 10:28; 1 Chr. 1:22. ABI3IELECH. 1. King of Gerar, Gen. 20; 21:22-32. 2. King of Gerar, Gen. 26. 3. Sonof Gideon, Judg.8:31; 9;2Sam.ll:21. 4. See Achish ; Ahimelech. ABINADAB. 1. A Levite, in whose house the ark of God rested twenty years, 1 Sam. 7:1,2; 2 Sam. 6:3,4; 1 Chr. 13:7. 2. Son of Jesse, 1 Sam. 16:8; 17:13. 3. Called also Ishui, son of Saul, 1 Sam. 14:49; 31:2. 4. Father of one of Solomon's purveyors. Called in R. V. Ben-Abinadab, 1 Kin. 4:11. ABINOAM, father of Barak, Judg. 4:6. ABIRAM. 1. An Israelite who conspired with Dathan against Moses and Aaron, Num. 16; 26:9,10; Deut. 11:6; Psa. 106:17. 2. Son of Hiel, 1 Kin. 16.34. ABISHAG, wife of David, 1 Kin. 1:1^; 2:13-25. ABISHAI. Son of Zeniiah, David's sis- ter, 1 Chr. 2:16. One of David's chief men, 2 Sam. 23:18. Seeks Saul's life, 1 Sam. 26:6-8. Pursues and slays Abner, 2 Sam. 2:24; 3:30. Defeats the Edomites, 1 Chr. 18:12; the Am- monites, 2 Sam. 10:10,14. Seeks the life of Shimei, 2 Sam. 16:9; 19:21. Leads a division of David's armv against Absalom, 2 Sam. 18:2,5. Overthrows Sheba, 2 Sam. 20:1-22. Saves David from being slain by a Philistine, 2 Sam. 21:17. Obtains water from the well of Bethlehem for David, 1 Chr. 11:15-20. ABISHALOM. 1 Kin. 15:2,10. See Ab- salom. ABISHUA. 1. A high priest, 1 Chr. 6:4, 5,50. 2. A son of Bela, 1 Chr. 8:4. ABISHUR, son of Shammai, 1 Chr. 2: 2S 29. ABITAL, wife of David, 2 Sam. 3:4; 1 Chr. 3:3. ABITUB, a Benjamite, 1 Chr. 8:11. ABIUI), ancestor of Jesus, Matt. 1:13. ABLUTION, E.x. 19:10,14; Matt. 15:2; Mark 7:2-5,8,9; Luke 11:38; Heb. 9:10. Of priests, Ex. 29:4; 30:18-21: 40:12,31,32; Lev. 8:6; 16:4,24,26,28; Nmn. 19:7-10,19; 2 Chr. 4:6. Of burnt offerings, Lev. 1:9, 13; 9:14; 2 Chr. 4:6. Of the dead. Acts 9:37. Of infants, Ezek. 16:4. Of the face, Matt. 6:17; feet, Gen. 18:4; 19:2; 24:32; 43:24; Ex. 30:19.21; 40:31; Judg. 19:21; 2Sam. 11:8; Song5:3; Luko 7:38,44; John 13:5; 1 Tim. 5:10; hands, Ex. 30:18-21 ; 40:30-32. Of the hands, as a token of innocency, Deut. 21:6: Psa. 26:6; Matt. 27:24. For defilement: Of lepers, Lev. 14:8,9; those having bloody issue, Lev. 15:5-13; those having eaten ihat which died. Lev. 17:15,16. Traditional forms of, not observed by Je- sus, Luke 11:38,39. See Purification; De- filement. 9 ABLUTION. ABOMINATION. FIGURATIVE: Psa. 51:2. Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. 7. Purge me with hysso] :>, and I shall be clean : wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow, Psa. 65:3. Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt piu'ge them away. Psa. 73:13. Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in in- nocency. Psa. 79:9. Help us, O God of our salva- tion, for the gloiy of thy name : and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake. Prov. 16:6. By mercy and truth iniquity is purged : Prov. 20:9. Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin ? Isa. 1:16. Wash you, make you clean; ^j.18. Isa. 4:3. And it shall come to pass, that he that >s left in Zion, and he that remain- eth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, eveii every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem : 4. When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have piu'ged the blood of Je- rusalem from the midst thereof by the s])irit of jvidgment, and by the spirit of burning. Dan. 12:10. Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried. Zech. 13:1; John 13:8. Acts 22:16. Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord. 1 Cor. 5:7. Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump. 1 Cor. 6:11. But ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. 2 Cor. 7:1; Eph. 5:26. Tit. 3:5. Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regen- eration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; 6. Which he shed on us abundantly through .lesus Christ our Saviour ; Heb. 1:3. Who . . . when he had by him- self purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high. Heb. 9:14. Kow much more shall the blood of Christ, wlio tlirough the eternal Spirit offered himself A\'ithout spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God ? rhap. 10:22. Jas. 4:8. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners ; and purify your hearts, ye doiibleminded. 2 Pet. 1:9. But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off. and hath for- gotten that he was purged from his old sins. 1 John 1.7. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Soncleansethusfromallsin. . . . 9. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Rev. 1:5. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, Rev. 7: 1 4. These are they which came out of great triliulation, and have washed their robes, and made tlicin wliit<^ in thebloodof the Lamb. Rev. 22:14 | /t. U. |. SeeREOENEHATioN. ABNKK, son of Ner. Cousin of Saul, 1 Sam. 14:50,51, with 1 Sam. 9:1. Captain of tlie host, 1 Sam. 14:50; 17:55; 26:5,14. Dedicated spoils of war to the tabernacle, 1 Chr.26:27,28. Loyalty of, to tlie house of Saul, 2 Sam. 2:8-32. Alienation of, from the house of Sau I, 2 Sam. 3:6-21. Murdered by Joab; Davids sorrow for, 2 Sam. 3:27-39. ABOMINATION. Things that are, to God: Idolatry, Deut. 7:25; 27:15; 32:16; un- just weights and measures, Deut. 25:13-16; Prov. 11:1; 20:10,23; uncleanness. Lev. 18: 22; 20:13; Deut. 24:4; incest, Lev. 18:6-18; lying with a woman in her menses. Lev. 18:19; adultery. Lev. 18:20; sodomy. Lev. 18:22,23; offering seed to Molech, Lev. 18:21, or children in sacrifice, Deut. 18:10; sorcery and necromancy, Deut. 18:10,11; the hire of a whore and price of a dog, as a consecrated gift, Deut. 23:18. UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELAX- ING TO : Deut. 22:5. The woman shall not wear that Avhich pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's gar- ment : for all that do so are abomination unto the Lord thy God, Prov. 3:32. For the fro ward is abomina- tion to the Lord : but his secret is with the righteous. Prov. 6:16. These six things doth the Lord hate ; yea, seven are an abomination unto him : 17. A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18, A heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief. 19, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren, Prov, 8:7. Wickedness is an abommation to my lips. Prov. 11:20. They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the Lord, Prov, 12:22. Lying lips are abomination to the Lord : but they that deal truly are his delight. Prov. 15:8. The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord : but the prayer of the upright is his delight. 9. The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the Lord: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness. 2C\ The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord : but the loords of the pure are pleasant words. Prov. 16:5. Eveiy one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord : th ough hand join in hand, he shall not be unpun- ished. Prov. 17:15. He that justifieth the wick- ed, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord. Prov, 20:10. Divers w^eights, and divei*s measures, both of them are alike abomina- tion to the Lord. v. 23. Prov. 21:27. The sacrifice of the wicked ia ABOMINATION. ABSTINENCE, TOTAl.. abomination: how much more, loJien he bringeth it with a wicked mind? Prov. 24:9, The thought of fooHshness is sin : and the scorner is an abomination to men. Prov. 28:9. He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his ■^vajqt shall be abomination. Prov. 29:27. An unjust man is an abomi- nation to the just. ABOKTION. Ex. 21:22. If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart froia her, and yet no mischief follow : he shall be surely punished, accord- ing as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges deter- mine. 23. And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life. As a judgment, Hos. 9:14. Of animals, caused by thunder, Psa. 29:9. ABRAHAM, called also Abram. Son of Terah, Gen. 11:26,27. Marries Sarah, Gen. 11:29. Dwells in Ur, but removes to Haran, Gen. 11:31; Neh. 9:7; Acts 7:4, and Canaan, Gen. 12:4, 5, C; Acts 7:4. Divine call of. Gen. 12:1-3; Josh. 24:3; Neh. 9:7; Isa. 51:2; Acts 7:2,3; Heb. 11:8. Canaan given to, Gen. 12:1,7; 15:7-21; Ezek. 33:24. Dwells in Beth-el, Gen. 12:8. Sojourns in Egypt, Gen. 12:10-20; 26:1. Deferring to Lot, chooses Hebron, Gen. 13; 14:13; 35:27. Dwells in Gerar, Gen. 20; 21:22-34. Defeats Chedorlaomer, Gen. 14:5-24; Heb. 7:1. Is blessed by Melchizedek, Gen, 14:18- 20: Heb. 7:1-10. God's covenant with, Gen. 15; 17:1-22; Mic. 7:20; Luke 1:73; Eom. 4:13; 15:8; Heb. 6:13, 14; Gal. 3:6-18,29; 4:22-31, Called Abraham, Gen. 17:5; Neh. 9:7. Cii-cumcision of, Gen. 17:10-14,23-27. Angels appear to. Gen. 18:1- 16; 22:11,15; 24:7. His questions about the de- struction of tlie righteous and wicked in Sod- om,Gen. 18:23-32. "Witnesses the destruction of Sodom, Gen. 19:27,28. Ishmael born to, Gen.l6:3,15. Dwellsin Gerar ; deceives Abim- elech concerning Sarah, his Avife, Gen. 20. Isaac born to, Gen. 21:2,3; Gal. 4:22-30. Sends Hagar and Ishmael away, Gen. 21:10-14; Gal. 4:22-30. Trial of his faith in the offering of Isaac, Gen. 22:1-19; Heb. 11:17; Jas. 2:21. Sarah, his Avife, dies. Gen. 23:1,2. He purchases a place for her burial, and buries her in a cave. Gen. 23:3-20. Marries Keturah, Gen. 25:1. Pro- vides a wife for Isaac, Gen. 24. Children of, Gen. 16:15; 21:2,3; 25:1-4; 1 Chr. 1:32-34. Testament of. Gen. 25:5,6. Wealth of. Gen. 13:2; 24:35; Isa. 51:2. Age of, at different periods, Gen. 12:4; 16:16; 21:5; 25:7. Death, Gen. .15:15; 25:8-10. In Para- dise, Matt. 8:11; Luke 13:28; 16:22-31. Friend of God, Isa. 41:8; 2 Chr. 2(i:7; Jas. 2:23. Piety of. Gen. 12:7,8; 13:4, IS; 18:19; 20:7; 21:33; 22:3-13; 26:5; Neh. 9:7,8; Rom. 4:16-18; 2 Chr. 20:7; Isa. 41:8; Jas. 2:23. A prophet, Gen. 20:7. Faith of. Gen. 15:6; JRom. 4:1-22; Gal. 3:6-9: Heb. 11:8-10, 17-19; Jas. 2-21-2A. Unselfishness of, Gen. 13:9; 21:25-30. Independence of, in character, Gen. 14:23; 23:6-16. Ancestors of, idolatrous, Josh. 24:2, How regarded by his descendants. Matt, 3:9; Luke 13:16,28; 19:9; John 8:33-40,52-59, ABSALOM, called also Abishalom, Son of David by Maacah, 2 Sam. 3:3; 1 Chr, 3:2, Beauty of, 2 Sam. 14:25. Slays Amnon, 2 Sam. 13:22-29. Flees to Geshur, 2 Sam. 13:37, 38. Is permitted by David to return to Jeru- salem, 2 Sam. 14:1-24. His demagogism, 2 Sam. 15:2-6,13; cons])iracy, 2 Sam. chapters 15-17; death and burial, 2 Sam. 18:9-17. Da- vid's mourning for, 2 Sam. 18:33; 19:1-8. Children of, 2 Sam. 14:27; 18:18; 1 Kin. 15:2; 2 Chr. 11:20. Pillar of, 2 Sam. 18:18. ABSTEMIOUSNESS, Prov. 23:1-3. INSTANCES OF: Daniel and his Hebrew companions, Dan. 1:8-16. John the Baptist, Matt. 11:18. See Abstinence ; Temperance. ABSTINENCE, TOTAL. FROM IN- TOXICATING BEVERAOES : Lev. 108. And the Lord spake unto Aaron, saying, 9. Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tab- ernacle of the congregation, lest ye die : it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations : 10. And that ye may put dif- ference between holy and imholy, and be- tween unclean and clean. Num. 6:3. He shall separate A «r/Kse// from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried. 4. All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the ker- nels even to the husk. Judg. 13:4. Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean ?'/iM?gr; ... 13. And the angel of the Lord said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her be- ware, 14. She may not eat of any tJiing that cometh of the vine, neither let her drmk wine or strong drink. Esth. 1:8. And the drinking v^is accord- ing to the law; none did compel ; for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to eveiy man's yjleasure. Prov. 23:20. Be not among winebibbers, 31 . Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, 'when it moveth itself aright. 32. At the last it biteth like a sei-jient, and stingeth like an adder. Pr(W. 31:4. It is not for kings, O Lenuicl, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink : Jer. 35:6. But they said. We will drink no wine : for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, 'neither ye, nor your sons forever: 7. Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor hnvea???/.* but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land 10 ABSTINENCE, TOTAL. ADAH. where ye be stranger.s. 8. Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters : 14. The words of Jonadab the son of Re- chab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, ai^e performed ; for imto this day they drink none, but obey their father's commandment : notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking ; but ye hearkened not imto me. Luke 1:15. For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink ; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb. See Temperance. INSTANCES OF : Israelites in the wilder- ness, Deut. 29:6. Samson, Jvidg. 16:17, with 13:3-5,13,14; Num. 6:3,4. Daniel, Dan. 1:8,12. Rechabites, Jer. 35:6-14. John the Baptist, Matt. 11:18; Luke 1:15; 7:33. ACCAD, a city conquered by Nimrod, Gen. 10:10. ACCESSORY. See Complicity. ACCHO, called also Ptolemais, a town of Phenicia, Judg. 1:31; Acts 21:7. ACCOMPLICE. See Complicity. ACCOUNTABILITY. See Responsi- bility. ACCURSED, what so called, Deut. 21: 23; Josh. 6:17; 7:1; 1 Chr. 2:7; Isa. 65:20; Gal. 1:8. ACCUSATION, FALSE. Ex. 23:1. Thou shalt not raise a false report : put not thine hand Avith the wicked to be an un- righteous witness. 7. Keep thee far from a false matter ; and the innocent and right- eous slay thou not . for I will not justify the wicked. Lev. 19:16. Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people ; neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour : I am the Lord. Psa. 41:5. Mine enemies speak evil of me. When shall he die, and his name perish? 6. And if he come to see me, he speaketh van- ity : his heart gathereth iniquity to itself ; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it. 7. All that hate me whisper together against me : against me do they devise my hurt. 8. An evil disease, say then, cleaveth fast unto him: and noio that he lieth he shall rise up no more. 9. Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. Matt. 5:11. Blessed are ye, when ?>itfn shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Luke 3:14. And the soldiers likewise de- manded of him, saying, And what shall we do ? And he said unto them. Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely. 2Tim.3:3. Without natural affection, truce- bi'oakers, ) false accusers, [' R- v. siandtrers] 1 Pet. 4:14. If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the Spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you. See Conspiracy ; Evidence ; False Wit- ness ; Persecution ; Speaking, Evil ; Tale- bearer. INCIDENTS ILLUSTRATIVE OF: Against Joseph by Potiphar's wife. Gen. 39:7-20; against Joseph's bi-ethren by Joseph, Gen. 42:9-14; against Moses by Korah, Num. 16:3,13; against the prophet Ahimelech by Saul, 1 Sam. 22:11-16; against Abner by Joab, 2 Sam. 3:24-27; against David by the princes of Ammon, 2 Sam. 10:3; against Eli- jah by Ahab, 1 ICin. 18:17,18; against Na- both by Jezebel, 1 Kin. 21:10,13; against Jews, returned under Ezra, Ezra 4:6-16; Neh. 6:6-8; against Jeremiah, Jer. 26:8,11; 37:13,14; 43:2,3; against Amos, Am. 7:10,11; against Mary, Matt. 1:19; against Jesus, Matt. 9:34; 10:25; 12:2-14; 26:59-61; Mark 3:22; 14:53-65; Luke 23:2; John 18:30; against Stephen,Acts 6:11,13; against Paul, Acts 17:7; 21:28; 24:5, 6,13; 25:2,7; Rom. 3:8; against Paul and Silas, Acts 16:20,21. Satan falsely accuses Job, Job 1:9,10; 2:4,5. ACELDAMA, the field of blood. Matt. 27:8; Acts 1:19. ACH AI A, a region of Greece. Paul visits, Acts 18; 19:21; Rom. 16:5; lCor.l6:15; 2 Cor. 1:1. Benevolence of the Christians in, Rom. 15:26; 2 Cor. 9:2; 11:10. ACHAICUS, a citizen of Corinth, 1 Cor. 16:17,18. ACHAN, sin and punishment of, Josh. 7; 22:20; 1 Chr. 2:7. ACHAZ. SeeAHAZ. ACHBOR. 1. Father of King Baal-ha- nan. Gen. 36:39; 1 Chr. 1:49. _ 2. Or Abdon. One of Josiah's courtiers, 2 Kin. 22:14; 2 Chr. 34.20. 3. Father of Elnathan, Jer. 26:22; 36:12,25. ACHI3I, ancestor of Jesus, Matt. 1:14. ACHISH. King of the Philistines, called also Abimelech. David escapes to, 1 Sam. 21:10-15; 27; 28:1,2; 29; 1 Kin. 2:39,40. ACHMETHA, a Persian city, Ezra 6:2. ACHOR, a valley near Jericho, Josh. 7:26; 15:7; Isa. 65;10; Hos. 2:15. ACHSAH, Caleb's daughter. Josh. 15:16- 19; Judg. 1:9-13. Called Achsa, 1 Chr. 2:49. ACHSHAPH, an ancient city in N. Pal- estine, Josh. 11:1; 12:20; 19:25. ACHZIB. 1. Acityof Asher, Josh.l9:29; Judg. 1:31. 2. Called also Chezib, a city of Judah, Gen. 38-5; Josh. 15:44. ACRE, the indefinite quantity of land a yoke of oxen could plow in a day, with the kinds of plows, and modes of plowing, used in the times referred to, 1 Sam. 14:14; Isa. 5:10. ACROSTIC POETRY. See Poetry. ACTIONS AT LAW, duty of defend- ant, Matt. 5:40. See Ad-iudication; Arbitration. ADADAH, a city of Judah, Josh. 15:22. ADAH. 1. Wife of Lamech,Gen. 4:19-23. 2. Wife of Esau, Gen. 36:10-12. 11 ADAIAH. ADOPTION. ADAIAH. 1. Grandfather of Josiah, 2 Kin. 22:1. 2. A mnsician, 1 Chr. 6:41. 3. A priest, 1 Chr. 9:12; Neh. 11:12. 4. A Benjamite, 1 Chr. 8:21. 5. Father of Maaseiah, 2 Chr. 23:1, 6. Two sons of Uani, Ezra 10:29,39. 7. Son of Joiarib, Neh. 11:5. ADALIA, son of Haman, Esth. 9:8. ADAM. 1. The first man. Creation of, Gen. 1:26-28; 2:7; 1 Cor. 15:45; 1 Tim. 2:13. History of, before he sinned, Gen. 1:26-30; 2:16-25. Tem]jtation and sin of, Gen. 3; Job 31:33; Isa. 43:27; Hos. 6:7 [see R. V.]; Eom. 5:14-21; 1 Tim. 2:14. Subseqnent history of, Gen. 3:20-24; 4:1,2,25; 5:1-5. His death. Gen. 5:5. Progenitor of the hnman race, Dent. 32:8; Mai. 2:10. Brought sin into the world, 1 Cor. 15:22,45. Type of Christ, Rom. 5:14. 2. A name of Christ, 1 Cor. 15:45,47. 3. A city near the Jordan, Josh. 3:16. ADAMAH, called also Adajvii, a city of Naphtali, Josh. 19:33,36. ADAMANT, a flint, Ezek. 3:9; Zech. 7:12. See DiAJMOND. ADAM I. See Adamah. ADAR. 1. Twelfth month in Jewish calendar, Ezra 6:15; Esth. 3:7; 8:12; 9:1. 2. Son of Bela, 1 Chr. 8:3. 3. See Hazar-Adar. ADBEEL, son of Ishmael, Gen. 25:13; 1 Chr. 1:29. ADDAlN", called also Addon, uncertain whether person or town, Ezra 2:59; Neh. 7:61. ADDEK, a venomous serpent,Gen.49:17; Psa. 91:13; 58:4; 140:3; Prov. 23:32. ADDON. See Addan. ADEK, a Benjamite, 1 Chr. 8:15. ADIEL. 1. A man of the ti'ibe of Sim- eon, 1 Chr. 4:30. 2. A priest, 1 Chr. 9:12. 3. Father of Azmaveth, 1 Chr. 27:25. ADIN, a Jewish captive, Ezra 2:15; 8:6; Neh. 7:20. ADINAjOne of David's heroes,lChr.ll:42. ADINO, one of David's valiant men, 2 Sam. 23:8. ADITHATM, a city of Judah, Josh. 15:36. ADJUDICATION AT LAW. TO BE AVOIDED. Prov. 17:14. The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: there- fore leave off contention, before it be med- dled vvith. Prov. 20:3. If is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling. Pi-ov. 25:8. Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou kiiow) not wliat to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath ])ut thee to shame. 9. Debate thy cause with thy neighl)our himself; and discover not a se- cret to another: 10. I^est he that heareth ^'Z' put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away. Matt. 5:25. Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. See Actions at Law ; Arbitration ; Com- promise ; Courts ; Justice. AD LAI, father of Shaphat, 1 Chr. 27:29. ADMAH, a city in the vale of Siddim, Gen. 10:19; 14:2; Dent. 29:23; Hos. 11:8. ADMATHA, a Persian prince, Esth. 1:14. ADMONITION. See Wicked, Warned. ADNA. 1. A son of Pahath-Moab, Ezra 10:30. 2. A priest, Neh. 12:15. ADNAH. 1. One of David's captains, 1 Chr. 12:20. 2. A military chief, 2 Chr. 17:14. ADONI-BEZEK, king of Bezek, Judg. 1:4-7. ADONIJAH. 1. Son of David and Hag- gith, 2 Sam. 3:4; 1 Kin. 1:5,6; 1 Chr. 3:2. Usurpation of, and downfall, 1 Kin. 1. Exe- cuted by Solomon, 1 Kin. 2:13 25. 2. A Levite, 2 Chr. 17:8. 3. See Adonikam. ADONIKAM, called also Adonijah, a Jew who returned with Ezra from Babylon, Ezra 2:13; Neh. 7:18; 10:16. ADONIRAM, called also ADORAM,atax- gatherer, 2 Sam. 20:24; 1 Kin. 4:6; 5:14; 12:18. ADONI-ZEDEK, a king of Jerusalem, Josh. 10:1-27. ADOPTION. Gen. 15:3. OF CHILDREN. Instances OF: Of Joseph's sons. Gen. 48:5,14,16,22. Of Moses, Ex.2:5-10; Acts 7:21; Heb. 11:24. Of Esther, Esth. 2:7. SPIRITUAL: Ex. 4:22. And thou shalt say imto Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my son, even my firstborn : 23. And I say unto thee. Let my son go, that he may serve me : and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn. Num. 6:27. And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel, and I will bless them. Deut. 28:10; 2 Chr. 7:14; Isa. 43:7. Deut. 14:1. Ye are the children of the Lord your God. Deut. 26:18. The Lord hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments. Deut. 27:9. Moses and the priests the Lev- ites spake unto all Israel, saying. Take heed, and hearken, O Israel ; this day thou art be- come the people of the Lord thy God. Deut. 32:5. They have corrupted them- selves, their spot is not the spot of his chil- dren. 6. Do ye thus requite the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father t/uU hath bought thee? 2 Sam. 7:14. I will be his father, and he shall be my son. 1 Chr. 22:1 0. He shall build a house for my name ; and he shall be my son, and I loill be liis father ; 1 Chr. 28:6. Prov. 14:26. His children shall have a place of refuge. Isa. 8:18. Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath ^iven me Isa. 43:6. I will say to the north, Give up ; la ADOPTION. and to the south, Keep not back : bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth ; Isa. 63:16. Doubtless tliou art our Father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Is- rael acknowledge us not : thou, O Lord, art our Father, our Redeemer ; thy name is from everlasting, v. 8. Jer, 3:19. I said. How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a ])leasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of na- tions ? and I said. Thou shalt call me. My fa- ther ; and shalt not turn away from me. Jer. 31:1). I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim U my firstborn, 20. Is Ephraim my dear son ? is he a pleasant child ? Hos, 1:9. Then said God, Call his name Lo- ammi : for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God. 10, It shall come to pass, that in the place where it w^as said unto them. Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God. Hos. 11:1. When Israel ■?/.'«« a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt. Matt. 5:9. Blessed are the peacemakers : for they shall be called the children of God. 45. That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven : Matt. 13:43. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Fa- ther. Luke 6:35, Ye shall be the children of the Highest : John 1:12, As many as received him, to them gave he 'power to become 2 the sons of God. even to them that believe on his name : 13. Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. [K V. 1 the right 2 rhildrenl John 11:52. And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad. Acts 15:17. That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things. Eom. 8:14, For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. 15. For ye have not received the spirit of bond- age again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father, 16. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God : 17. And if children, then heirs ; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; 19. For the earnest expectation of the creature w^ait- eth for the manifestation of the sons of God, 21, Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption in- to the glorious liberty of the children of God. 29. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to he conformed t(^ the image of the Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Rom. 9:8. They w^hich are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God : but the children of the promise are coimted for the seed. v. 26; 2 Sam. 7:14; Heb. 1:5. 2 Cor. 6:17, Wherefore come out from among theni, and be ye sei)arate, saith tbe Lord, and touch not the unclean t/iliKj ; and I will receive you, 18. And will be a Father unto yovi, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almightv. Gal. 3:26. For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. 29. And if ye t>e Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the jiromise. Gal. 4:5. To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons, 6. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. 7. Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son ; and if a son, then an heir i of (Uxi through Christ. _ f R. V. tlironfili codi Eph. 1:5. Having predestinated us unto the adoi^tion of children by Jesus Christ to himself, Eph. 2.19. Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God; Eph. 3:6. Tliat the Gentiles should be fel- lowheirs, and of the same body, and par- takers of his i^romise in Christ by the gos- pel: 15. Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, Phil. 2:15. That ye may be blameless and hamiless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse na- tion, among whom ye shine as lights in the world. Heb, 2:10. It became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation jierfect through sutferings, 11. For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one : for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren. 13, Behold I and the chil- dren which God hath given me, Heb, 12:6. Whom the Lord loveth he chas- teneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. ^ 7. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth wdtli you as with sons; for Avhat son is he whom the father chasteneth not ? 9. . . Shall we not much i-ather be in sub- jection unto the Father of spirits, and live? 1 John 3:1, Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed u]ion us, that we should be called the sons of God: 2. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be : but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like hini; 10. In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. 1 John 4:4. Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the woi'ld. 18 ADOPTION. ADULTERY. Rev. 21:7. He that overcometh shall in- herit all things ; and I Avill be his God, and he shall be my son. TYPIFIED," in Israel, Ex. 4:22; Hos. 11:1; Kom. 9:4. See God, Fatherhood of; Righteous, Union of, with Christ. ADORAIM, a city of Judah, 2 Chr. 11:9. ADORAM. 1. Officer over the tribute, 2 Sam. 20:24. 2. See Adoniram. ADR A3IME LECH. 1. An Assyrian idol, 2 Kin. 17:31. 2. Son of Sennacherib, 2 Kin. 19:37; Isa. 37: 38 ' "adRAMYTTIUM, a city of Mysia, Acts 27'2 ADRIA, sea of, Acts 27:27. ADRIEL, Saul's son-in-law, 1 Sam. 18:19; 2 Sam. 21:8,9. ADULLAM. 1, A cave near the Dead Sea. David takes refuge in, 1 Sam. 22:1; 2 Sam. 23:13; 1 Chr. 11:15. See titles of Psalms 57 and 142. 2. An ancient city of Canaan, Gen. 38:1; Josh. 12:15; 15:35; 2 Chr. 11.7; Neh. 11:30; Mic. 1:15. ADULTERY. Gen. 20:3. But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken ; for she h a man's wife. 2 Sam. 12:14. Howbeit,because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also that is born imto thee shall surely die. Job 24:15. The eye also of the adidterer waitethforthe twilight, saying, No eye shall see me : and disguiseth // is face. 16. In the dark they dig tlu'ough houses, which tJiey had marked for themselves in the daytime : they know not the light. 17. I'or the morn- ing is to them even as the shadow of death : if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death, v. 18. Job 31:1. I made a covenant with mine eyes ; why then should I think upon a maid ? 9. If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neigh- bour's door ; 10. Then let my wife gi'ind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. 11. For this is a heinous crime; yet it is an iniquity to he punished by the jiidges. 12. For it is a fire tJiat consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase. Prov. 2:10. To deliver thee from the sti'ange woman, eren from the stranger vjhich. flat- tercth with her words; 18. Her house in- clineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. 19. None tliat go unto her retm-n again, neither take they hold of the paths of life. V. 17. Prov. 5:3. The lips of a strange woman drop (IS an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother tlian oil : 4. But her end is bitter as wonnwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. vs. 5-22. Prov. 6:24. To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. 25. Lust not after her beauty in thine heai't ; neither let her take thee Avith her eyelids. 26. For by means of a v/horish woman a nia>i is brought to a piece of bread : and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. 27. Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? 28. Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? 29. So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife ; whosoever touch- eth her shall not be innocent. 32. But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroy eth his own soul, 33. A wound and dishonour shall he get ; and his reproach shall not be wiped away. Prov. 7:5. That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words. 6. For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, 7. And beheld among the sim- ple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, 8. Pass- ing through the street near her corner ; and he went the way to her house, 9. In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night : 10. And, behold, there met him a woman ivifh the attire of a harlot, and subtle of heart. 11. (She is loud and stub- born ; her feet abide not in her house : 12. Now is she without, noAv in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.) 13. So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him, 14. / have peace offerings with me ; this day have I paid my vows. 15. Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. 1(5. I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestiy. Avith carved v^orks, with fine linen of Egypt. 17. I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cimiamon. 18. Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning : let us solace ourselves with loves. 19. For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey : 20. He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed. 21 . With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him. 22. He goeth after her straightway', as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks ; 23. Till a dart strike through his liver ; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life. Prov. 9:13. A foolish woman is clamorous : she is simple, and knoweth nothing. 14. For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, 15. To call l)assengers Avho go right on their Avays: 16. Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither : and as for him that Avanteth understanding, she saith to him, 17. Stolen Avaters are SAveet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. 18. But he knoAveth not that the dead are there : and that her guests are in the depths of hell. Prov. 22:14. The mouth of strange women 14 ADULTERY. is a deep pit : he that is abhoiTed of the Lord shall fall therein. Prov. 2'A:27. Foi' a whore is a deep ditch ; and a strange woman is a narrow pit. 28. She also lioth in wait as /or a prey, and in- ci-easeth the transgressors among men. Prov. 29:3. He that keepeth company with harlots spendeth h is substance. Prov. 30:18. There be three things v^hicli are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not : 19. The" way of an eagle in the air ; the way of a serpent upon a rock ; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea ; and the way of a man with a maid. 20. Such /is> the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness. Prov. 31:3. Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroy- eth kings. Isa. 57:3. But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore. 4. Against whom do ye sport yoiu'selves ? against whom make ye a wide mouth, f//? (7 draw out the tongue ? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood, Jer. 3:1. If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again ? shall not that land be greatly polluted ? Jer. 5:7. How shall I pardon thee for this ? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods; when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adul- tery, and assembled themselves by troops in the*^ harlots' houses. 8. They were as fed horses in the morning : every one neighed after his neighbour's wife. Jer. 7:9. Will ye steal, murder, and com- mit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whtim ye know not ; 10. And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations ? Jer. 23:10. The land is full of adulterers. Ezek. 18:5. But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right, 6. And hath not eaten upon the moimtains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstru- ous woman, 9. . . . He <'.'* just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord God. Hos. 4:1. The Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. 2. By swearing, and ly- ing, and killing, and stealing, and commit- ting adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. 11. Whoredom, and wine, and new wine, take away the heart. Matt. 5-28. Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adulterj^ with her ah'eady in his heart. 32. Whos<5- ever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to cf)mmit adultery; and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery. Mark 10:11,12; Luke 10:18. Matt. 15:19. Out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, Mark 7:21. Matt. 19.9. And I say unto you. Whoso- ever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth conmiit adul- tery. Mark 10:11. Mark 10:19. Thou knowest the command- ments. Do not commit adultery, Do not kill. Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, De- fraud not, Honour thy father and moth(!r. Jas.2:ll. Acts 15:20. We write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and/ry/yt fornication, v. 29. Kom. 1:28. As they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient ; 29. Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wick- edness, covetousness, . . . 32. Who, know- ing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. Eom. 7:3. So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress : but if her hus- band be dead, she is free from that law ; no that she is no adulteress, though she be mar- ried to another man. 1 Cor. 5:9. I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: 10. Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters: for then must ye needs go out of the world. 1 Cor. 6:15. Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the membersof an harlot? Godforbid. 10. What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body ? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. 18. Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. 1 Cor. 10:8. Neither let us commit forni- cation, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and tNventy th(xisand. 2 Cor. 12:21. A^^fHest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and tliat I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the un- cleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed. Gal. 5:19. The works of the flesh are man- ifest, which are tJicse; Adultery, fornication, uncleanuess, lasciviousness, 21. Of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. 1 Tim. 1:9. Knowing this, that the law is not made for a rigliteous man, but . . . 10. For whoremongers, for them that defile 16 ADULTERY. themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for ]:)erjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine. 2 Tim. 3:6. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with di- '•ers lusts, 1 Pet. 4:3. The time past of our life may uffice us to have wrought the will of the jrentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, usts, . . . 4. Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with tJu'in to the same ex- cess of riot, speaking evil of you. 2 Pet. 2:9. The Lord knoweth how to de- liver the godly out of temptations, and to re- serve the unjust imto the day of judgment to be punished: 10. But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of luiciean- ness. 14. Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin ; beguiling unsta- ble souls : Jude 7. Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. Rev. 2:20. Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel ... to teach and to se- duce my servants to commit fornication, . . . 21. And I gave her space to repent of her for- nication ; and she repented not. 22. Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that com- mit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. Rev. 9:21. Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, See Lasciviousness; Rape; Sensuality; Sodomy; Whore; Whoredom. FORBIDDEN : Ex. 20:14. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Deut. 5:18; Matt. 5:27; 19: 18; Luke 18:20; Rom. 13:9; Jas. 2:11. Lev. 18:20. Moreover thou shalt not lie car- nally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thy- self Avith lier. Lev. 1 9 :29. Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a wiiore ; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness. Deut. 23:17. There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel. Acts 1 5:20. We write unto them, that they abstain from fornicatif)n. Rom. 1 3:13. Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness. 1 Cor. 5:1 1 . I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, . . . with such an one no not to eat. vs. 9,10. 1 Cor. 6:13. Now the body is not for forni- cation, but for the Lord ; and the Lord for the body. 1 5. Know ye not that y oiu" bodies are the members of Christ ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot ? God forbid. 18. Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication smneth against his own body. 1 Cor. 10:8. Neither let us commit fornica- tion, as some of them conmiitted, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. Eph. 4:17. This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, iii the vanity of their mind; 19. W^ho, being past feeling, have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. 20. But ye have not so learned Christ ; Eph. 5:3. But fornication, and all unclean- ness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; 11. Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of dai'kness, but I'ather reprove them. 12. For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret. Col. 3:5. Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, un- cleanness, inordinate afi'ection, evil concu- piscence. 1 Thes. 4:3. This is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication : 4. That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; 5. Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God : 7. For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. FORGIVENESS OF: Instances of. Judg. 19:1-4. John 8:10. Woman, where are those thine accusers ? hath no man condemned thee ? 11. She said, No man. Lord. And Jesus said unto her. Neither do 1 condemn thee : go, and sin no more. PENALTIES FOR: Gen. 20:7. Now there- fore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live : and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine. Gen. 26:11. And Abimelech charged all his people, saying. He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death. Gen. 38:24. And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said. Bring her forth, and let her be burnt. Ex. 22:16. And if a inan entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. 17. If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins. Lev. 19:20. And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to a husband, and not at all redeemed, nor f reodcjmgivenher; she shall be scourged: they shall not be put to death, because she was not f i-ee. 21. And he shall bring his trespass ofler- 16 ADULTERY. iiig unto the Lord, unto the door of the taber- nacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass offering, 22. And the priest sliall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the Lord for his sin which he hath done; and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him. Lev. 20:10. And the man that committeth adultery \\ith.another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neigh- boui*'s wife, the adulterer and the adidteress shall surely be put to death. 11. And the man that lieth with his father's Avife hath un- covered his father's nakedness : both of them shall surely be put to death ; their blood sluill he upon them. 12. And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death : they i:ave wrought confusion ; their blood sh all be upon them. Lev. 21:9. And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father : she sliall be burnt with fire. Num. 5:11. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 12. Speak unto the children of Is- rael, and say unto them. If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him, 13. And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken inith the manner [in the act, i^. Y.\\ 14. And the spirit of jealousy come upon him. and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled; or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled: 15. Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal ; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor ]iut frank- incense thereon ; for it is an offering of jeal- ousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniq- uity to remembrance. 16. And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the Lord : 17. And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel ; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water : 18. And the priest shall set the woman before the Lord, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering : and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse : 19. And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the Avoman, If no man have lain Avith thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness tcith another instead of thy husband, be thovi free from this bitter Avater that causeth the curse : 20. But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy hus- band, and if thou be defiled, and some man haA^e lain Avith thee beside thine husband: 21. Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the Avoman, The Lord make thee a curse and an oath among thy i»eople, (2) 11 when the Lord doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to SAvell : 22. And tliis water that causeth the curse .shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot. Andthe woman shall say. Amen, Amen. 23. And the i)riest shall wi'ite these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out Avith the bitter Avater: 24. And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse : and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter. 25. Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the Avoman's hand, and shall AvaA'e the offei'ing before the Lord, and offer it upon tlie altar: 26. And the priest shall take a handful of the offer- ing, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water. 27. And Avhen he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, tJiat if she be defiled, and haA'e done trespass against her husband, that the Avater that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall SAvell and her thigh shall rot : and the Avoman shall be a ciu'se among her people. 28. And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean ; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed. 29. This is the laAV of jeal- ousies, when a Avife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled; 30. Or Avhen the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous OA^er his Avife, and shall set the Avoman before the Lord, and the priest shall execute upon her all this laAV, Deut. 22:13. If any man take a Avife, and go in unto her, and hate her, 14. And giA^e occasion of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and Avhen I came to her, I found her not a maid : 15. Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bi'ing forth tJie tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the eldera of the city in the gate: 16. And the damsel's father shall say imto the elders, I gaA^e my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her; 17. And, lo, he hath giA-en occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid ; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's A'ii-ginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city. 18. And the elders of that city .shall take that man and chastise him; 19, And they shall amerce him in a himdred shekels of sih^er, and giA^e titem imto the father of the dam- sel, because he hath brought up an CA'il name upon a virgin of Israel : and she shall be his Avife ; he may not put her away all his days. 20. But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel: 21. Then they shall bi'ing out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her Avith stones that she die ; because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the Avhore in her father's house: so shalt thou put cA-il aAvay from among you. 22. If a man be found lying ADULTERY. with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman : so shalt thou put away evil from Israel: 23. If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto a husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her; 24. Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, he'mg in the city ; and the man, because lie hath humbled his neighbour's wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among yow. 25. But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her; then the man only that lay with hei- shall die : 2'6. But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin wort It y of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter : 27. For he f oimd her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her. 28. If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found , 20. Then the man that lay with her shall give imto the dam- sel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife ; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days. Deut. 27:20. Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife ; because he tmcovereth his father's skirt : and all the people shall say, Amen. 22. Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother : and all the people shall say. Amen. 23. Cursed be he tliat lieth with his mother in law : and all the people shall say. Amen. 2 Sam. 12:10. Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house ; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. 11. Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neiglibour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of tliis sun. 12. For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. Jer. 29:22. The Lord make thee like Zede- kiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Bab- ylon roasted in the fire; 23. Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have com- mitted adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith the Lord. Ezek. 1():38. And I will judge thee,as wom- en that break wedlock and shed blood are judged: 40. They shall also bring up a com- pany against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust tliee tlirough with their SAvords. 41 . And they shall burn thine houses with fire,;ind execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women : and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more. Ezek, 23:45. And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adul- teresses, and after the manner of wc)men that shed blood; because they are adulter- esses, and blood is in their hands. 47. And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords ; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire. 48. Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness. Mai. 3:5. And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a SAvift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adul- terers,and against false swearei'S,and against those that oppress the hireling in h is wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts. John 8:4. They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the vei-y act. 5. Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned. 1 Cor. 5:1. It is reported commonly that there ^^5 fornication among you,and such for- nication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife. 2. And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you. 3. For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were "present, concerning him that hath so done this deed, 4. In the name of our Lord Jesvis Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my si:)irit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, 5. To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. 6. Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lum]) ? 7. Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our pass- over is sacrificed for us : 8. Therefore let irs keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 9. I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: 10. Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters ; for then must ye needs go out of the world. 11. But now I have writ- ten unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brothei- be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. 12. For Avhat liave I to do to judge them also that are without ? do not ye judge them that are Avithin? 13. But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put aAvay from among y ourseh^es that Avick- ed person. 1 Cor. 6:9. Be not deceived: neither forni- 18 ADULTERY. AFFLICTED. cators nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10. . . . Shall inherit the kingdom of God. 1 Cor. 10:8. Neither let us commit fornica- tion, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. Gal. 5:19. The works of the flesh are mani- fest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciWousness, 21. Of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. Eph. 5:5. Ye know, that no whoremonger, nor imclean person, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. (5. I^et no man deceive you with vain words : for be- cause of these tilings c(3meth the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. Heb. 13:4. Whoremongers, and adulter- ers, God will judge. Rev. 18:0. And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deli- eiously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, 10. Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saj'ing, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city ! for in one hour is thy judgment come. Rev. 21:8. But the fearful, and unbeliev- ing, and the abominable, and murderers, and wlKjremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burnetii with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. Rev. 22:15. For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murder- ers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie., FIGURATIVE: Jer. 3:2; Ezek. 16:15,16; Hos. 1. See Whoredom; Idolatry. INSTANCES OF: Sodomites, Gen. 19:5-8. Lot, Gen. 19:31-38. Shechem, Gen. 34:2. Reuben, Gen. 35:22. Judah, Gen. 38:1-24. Potiphar's Avife, Gen. 39:7-12. The Levite's concubine, Judg. 19:2. The Gibeahites, Judg. 19:22-25. Gilead, Judg. 11:1. Samson,Judg. 16:1. Sons of Eli, 1 Sam. 2:22. David, 2 Sam. 11:1-5. Aninon, 2 Sam. 13:1-20. Kh- salom, 2 Sam. 16:22. Israelites, Ex. 32:6,25; Jer. 29:23; Ezek. 22:9-11; 33:26; Hos. 7:4. Herod, Matt. 14:3,4; Mark 6:17,18; Luke 3:19. Samaritan woman, John 4:17,18. The woman brought to Jesus in the temple, John 8:4-11. Corinthians, 1 Cor. 5:1-5. Heathen, Eph. 4:17-19; 1 Pet. 4:3. ADU3IMIM, place between the fords of the Jordan and Jerusalem, Josh. 15:7; 18:17. ADVKNT. See Jesus, Second Coming OP; Millennium. ADVKRSITY. See Afflictions, p. 20. ADVICE. See Counsel. ADA^OCATE. Tertullus, Acts 24:1-9. FIGURATIVE: 1 John 2:1. uENEAS, healed. Acts 9:33,34. ^NON. See Enon. AFFECTIONS. Should be supremely set upon God, Deut. 6:5; Mark 12:30. Should be set ui)on the commandments of God, Psa. 19:8-10; 119:20,97,103,167; upon the house and worship of God, 1 Clir. 29:3; Psa. 26:8; 27:4; 84:1,2; upon the people of God. Psa. 16:3; Rom. 12:10; 2 Cor. 7:13-16; 1 Tliess. 2:8; upon heavenly things. Col. 3:1,2. Should be zeal- ously engaged for God, Psa. 69:9; 119:139; Gal. 4:18. Christ claims the first place in, Matt. 10:37: Luke 14:26. Enkindled by com- munion with Christ, Luke 24:32. Blessed- ness of making God the object of, P.sii. 91:14. Should not grow cold, Psii. 106:12,13; Matt. 24:12; Gal. 4:15; Rev. 2:4. Of Siiints, sui)renie- ly set on God, P.sa. 42:1; 73:25; 119:10. Of the wicked, not sincerely set on God, Lsa. 58:1,2: Ezek. 33:31,32; Luke 8:13. Carnal, should be mortified, Rom. 8:13; 13:14; 1 Cor, 9:27, Col. 3:5; 1 Thess. 4:5. Carnal affections cruci- fied in saints, Rom. 6:6; Gal. 5:24. False teachers seek to cai)tivate, Gal. 1:10; 4:17; 2 Tim. 3:6; 2 Pet. 2:3,18; Rev. 2:14,20, Of the wicked, are unnatural and perverted, Rom. 1:31; 2 Tim. 3:3; 2 Pet. 2:10.— Bible Text-Boo/,: AFFLICTED. DUTY TO THE: Job 6:14. To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his fiiend. Job 22:29. When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person, lsa. 58:6. Is not this the fast that I have chosen ? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy bui-dens, and to let the op- pressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? 7. Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house ? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him ; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? 10. And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, anil satisfy the afflicted soul ; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday. Matt. 25:34. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand. Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35. For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink : I was a stranger, and ye took me in: 36. Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 37, Then shall the righteous answer him, stiying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? or thii'sty, and gave thee drink? 38. When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in ? or naked, and clothed thee / 39. Or when saw we thee sick, or in ])rison, and came un- to thee ? 40. And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Ina.s- much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. 41. Then .shall he say also unto them on the left hand, D^)art from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels : 42. For I was an hun- gered, and ye gave me no meat : I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink : 43. I was a stran- ger, and ye took me not in : naked, and ye 19 AFFLICTIONS. clothed me not : sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. 44. Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee anlumgered,orathirst,orastranger,ornaked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee ? 45. Then shall he answer them, saying, Vei'ily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. Luke 10:30. And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which strip- ped him of his raiment, and wounded him, anddeparted,leavingA/>« half dead. 31. And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32. And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side. 33. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was ; and when he saw him, he had compassion on h im, 34. And went to hi?n, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set hiin on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35. And on the morroAv when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him : and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will re- pay thee. 36. Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves ? 37. And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise. Phil. 2:1 If there be therefore any conso- lation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, 2. Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. 1 Tim. 5:10. If she have relieved the afflict- ed, if she have diligently followed every good work. Jas. 5:13. Is any among you afflicted ? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. 14. Is any sick among you ? let him call for the elders of the church ; and let them pray over him, anomting him with oil in the rtame of the Lord : 15. And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if behave committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. AFFI^ICTIONS AND ADVERSI- TIES. LIST OF SU B-TOnCS: Miscellany of Minor Sifb-Topicsjh 20 ; U/i class ijied Scrip- tures Relatiu(f to, p. 20; Benefits of, jx 26; Benefits of. Illustrated, p. 27: Consolation in, p. 28 ; Deliverance from, p. 34 ; Design of, p. 34; Despondency in,}). 37; Dispm- sation of God, p. 37; From Satan, p. 39; Impenitence in, p. 39; As a Jitdgment, p. 40; Mocki/tg at,p '59; Minnnuring in, p. 39; Ohduracy in, p. 39; Penitence in, p. 40; Prayer in, p. 40; Prayer in Ansioered, p. 46; Prayer for the Afflicted, p. 46; Resigna- tion in, p. 4(> ; Resignafio)i in Eiremplified, p. 47; Instances of Resignation in, p. 48 MISCELLANY OF MINOR SUB-TOPICS: God regulates the measure of afflictions, Psa. 80:5; Isa. 9:1; Jer. 46:28; determines the con- tinuance of, Gen. 15:13,14; Num. 14:33; Isa. 10:25; Jer. 29:10; does not willingly send, Lam. 3:33. Man is bom to. Job 5:6,7; 14:1. Samts appointed to, 1 Thess. 3:3. Consequent upon the fall, Gen. 3:16-19. Sin produces, Job 4:8; Prov. 1:31. Sinners corrected by, 2 Sam. 12:14: Psa. 89:30-32; Isa. 57:17; Acts 13:10, 11. Often severe, Job 16:7-16: Psa 42:7; 66:12; Jonah 2:3; Rev. 7:14. Always less than deserved, Ezra 9:13; Psa. 103:10. Results of, good, Gen. 50:20; Ex. 1:11,12; Deut. 8:15,16; Jer. 24:5,6; Ezek. 20:37. Tem- pered with mercy, Psa. 78:38,39; 106:43-46; Isa. 30:18-21; Lam. 8:32; Mic. 7:7-9; Nah. 1:12. Of Saints: To be expected, John 16:33; Acts 14:22. Comparatively light, Acts 20:23, 24; Rom. 8:18; 2 Cor. 4:17. Temporary, Psa. 30:5; 103:9; Isa. 54:7,8; John 16:20; 1 Pet. 1:6; 5:10; joy under, Job 5:17; Jas. 5:11; end in joy and blessedness, Psa. 126:5,6; Isa. 61:2,3; Matt. 5:4; 1 Pet. 4:13,14; often arise from the profession of the gospel, Matt. 24:9; John 15:21; 2 Tim. 3:11,12. Exhibit the love and faithfulness of God, Deut. 8:5; Psa. 119:75; Prov. 3:12; 1 Cor. 11:32; Heb. 12:6,7; Rev.3:19. Of the Wicked: God is glorified in, Ex. 14:4; Ezek. 38:22,23. God holds in derision, Psa. 37:13; Prov. 1:26,27. Are multiplied, Deut. 31:17; Job 20:5; 21:17; Psa. 32:10; con- tinual, Job. 15:20; Eccl.2:23; Isa. 32:10; often sudden,Psa. 73:19; Prov. 6:15; Isa. 30:13; Rev. 18:10. Are often judicially sent, Job 21:17; Psa. 107:17; Jer. 30:15. Are for examples to others,Psa. 64:7-9; Zeph. 3:6,7; 1 Cor. 10:5,11; 2 Pet. 2:'o. Are inefl'ectual for their conver- sion, Ex. 9:30; Isa. 9:13; Jer. 2:30; Hag. 2:17. Their pei'secution of saints, a cause of, Deut. 30:7; Psa. 55:19; Zech. 2:9; 2 Thess. 1:6. Im- penitence is a cause of, Prov. 1:30,31; Ezek. 24:13; Amos 4:6-12; Zech. 7:11,12; Rev. 2:21, 22. Sometimes humble them, 1 Kin. 21:27. Frequently harden, Neh. 9:28,29; Jer. 5:3. Produce slavish fear, Job 15:24; Psa. 73:19; Jer. 49:3, 5. Saints should not be alarmed at, Prov. 3:25,26. Exemplified: in Pharaoh and the Egyp- tians, Ex. 9:14,15; 14:24,25; Ahaziah, 2 Kin. 1:1-4; Gehazi, 2 Kin. 5:27; Jehoram, 2 Chr. 21:12-19; Uzziah, 2 Chr. 26:19-21; Ahaz, etc., 2 Chr. 28:5-8,22.— Bible Text Book. FORSAKEN BY FRIENDS IN. Instances OF: Job 2:9; 19:13-19. David, Psa. 31:11, 12; 41:9; 88:8,18. Jesus, Matt. 26:56. Paul, 2 Tim. 4:16. National Lessons from, Joel 1; 2. UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELAT- ING TO : Gen. 3:16 LTnto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forlli children; 17. Cursed is the ground for thy .sjike ; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life. Deut. 8:5. Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. 90 AFFLICTIONS.— Unclassified Scriptures Relating to. 2 Sam. 7:14. I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him Avith the rt»d of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: Job 3:1. After this opened Job his moutli, and cui'sed his day. 2. And Job spake, and said, 3. Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night m vihich it was said, There is a man child conceived. 4. Let that day be darkness ; let not God regai'd it from above, neither let the light shine upon it. 5. Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it ; let a cloud dwell upon it ; let the black- ness of the day terrify it. (5. As for that night, let darkness seize upon it ; let it not be joined unto the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months. 7. Lo, let that night be solitaiy ; let no .ioyfid voice come therein. 8. Let them curse it that curse the day, Avho are ready to raise up their mourning. 9. Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark ; let it look for light, but Aayenone; neither let it see the dawning of the day : 10. Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes. 11. Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly ? 12. Why did the knees prevent me ? or why the breasts that I should suck? 13. For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest, 14. With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves ; 15. Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver: 16. Or as an hidden un- timely birth I had not been; as infants «o A /c A never saw light. 17. There the Avick- ed cease from troubling ; and there the weary be at rest. 18. There the prisoners i*est to- gether ; they hear not the voice of the op- pressor. 19. The small and great are thei-e ; and the servant is free from his master. 20. Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; 21. Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures ; 22. Which rejoice exceedingly, and axe glad, when they can find the grave ? 23. Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in ? 24. For my sigh- ing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the Avaters. 25. For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that Avhich 1 Avas afraid of is come unto me. 26. I Avas not in safetj', neither had I rest, neither Avas I quiet ; yet trouble came. Job 5:6. Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground ; 7. Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upAvard. 17. Be- hold, happy is the man whom God correct- eth : therefore despise not thou the chasten- ing of the Almighty: 18. For he niaketh sore, and bindeth up : he woundeth, and his hands make whole. Job. 6:1. But Job answered and said, 2. Oh that my grief Avere thoroughly Aveighed, and my calamity laid in the balances to- gether! 3. For now it would be hejxvier than the Siind of the scci : therefore my words are SAvalloAved u]). 4. For the arroAvs of the Al- mighty are Avithin me, the poison whereof drinketh up my si)irit : the terrors of God do set themselA^es in ari-ay against me. 5. Doth the Avild ass bray Avhen he hath grass? or loweth the ox overhis fodder? 6. Can that Avhich is unsavoury be eaten without salt ? or is there any taste in the white of an egg ? 7. The tilings that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat. 8. Oh that I might liaA^e my request ; and that God Avould grant rue the thing that I long fori 9. Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me ott' I 10. Then should I yet have comfort ; yea, I would harden myself in soitoav : let him not spare ; for I liaA^e not concealed the Avords of the Holy One. 11. What is my strength, that I should hope ? and Avhat is mine end, that I should prolong my life ? 12. Is my strength the sti'ength of stones ? or is my flesh of brass ? 13. Is not my help in me ? and is Avisdom driA^en quite from me ? 14. To him that is afflicted pity sliould be shewed from his friend ; but he forsaketh the fear of the Al- mighty. 15. My brethren have dealt deceit- fully as a brook, «;tc?as the stream of brooks they pass aAvay ; 16. Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snoAV is hid: 17. What time they Avax Avarm, they vanish : Avhen it is hot, they ai'e consumed out of their place. 18. The paths of their way are turned aside ; they go to nothing, and perish. 19. The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them. 20. They Avere confounded because they had hoped ; they came thither, and Avere ashamed. 21. For now ye are nothing; ye see my cast- ing down, and are afraid. 22. Did I say, Bring unto me ? or, Give a reward for me of your substance ? 23. Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand ? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty ? 24. Teach me, and I Avill hold my tongue: and cause me to understand AAdierein I liaA-e erred. 25. Hoaa- forcible are right Avords 1 but Avhat doth your arguing re- proA^e ? 26. Do ye imagine to reproAe Avords, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are asAvind? 27. Yea, ye OA^envhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend. 28. Noav therefore be content, look upon me ; for it is evident nnto you if I lie. 29. Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity ; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it. 30. Is there iniquity in my tongue ? cannot my taste discern perverse things ? Job. 7:2. As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling 1( )oketh for the reicard o/his Avork : 3. So am I made to pos- sess months of vanity, and Avearisome nights are appointed to me. 4. When I lie down, I say. When shall I arise, and the night be gone ? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the daAvning of the day. 5. My flesh is 21 AFFLICTIONS.— Unclassified Scriptures Relating to. clothed Avith worms and clods of dust ; my skin is broken, and become loathsome. 6. My days ai"e swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope. Job 9:18. He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness. Job 12:5. He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease. Job 14:1, Man that is bom of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. 22. His flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn. Job 16:6. Though I speak, my grief is not ass waged : and though I forbear, what am I eased ? 7. But now he hath made me weary : thou hast made desolate all my company. 8. And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, ichich is a Avitness against nte: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face. 9. He teareth tne in his wrath, who hateth me : he gnasheth upon me with his teeth ; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me. 10. They have gaped upon me with their mouth ; they haxe smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me. 11. God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and tvirned me over into the hands of the wicked. 12." I was- at ease, but he hath bro- ken me asunder: he hath also taken ?iie by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark. 13. His archers com- pass me roimd about, he cleaveth my reins asimder, and doth not spare ; he poureth out my gall upon the ground. 14. He breaketh me with breach upon breach: he runneth upon nie like a giant. Job 17:7. Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow. 8. Upright men "shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stii' up himself against the hypocrite. 9. The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. 10. But as for you all, do ye return, and come now : fori cannot find one wise tnafi among you. 11. My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart. 12. They change the night into day : the lights is short because of darkness. 13. If I wait, the grave is mine house : I have made my bed in the darkness. 14. 1 have said to cor- ruption. Thou art my father : to the Avorm, Thou art my mother, and my sister. 1.5. And Avhere is noAv my hope ? as for my hope, who shall see it ? 16. They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust. Job 19:7. Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment. 8. He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths. 9. He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head. 10. He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone : and mine hope hath he removed like a tree. 11, He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as o)ie of his enemies. 12. His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabei'nacle. 13. He hath put my bi'ethren far from me, and mine acquaintance ai*e verily estranged from me. 14. My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me. 15. They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight. 16, 1 called my serA^ant, and he gave me no ansAver ; I entreated him Avith my mouth. 17. My breath is strange to my wife, though I entreated for the chil- dren's saA-e of mine own body. 18. Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me. 19. All my inAA^ard friends abhorred nie: and they whom I loA'ed are turned against me. 20. My bone cleaA-eth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped AA-ith the skin of my teeth. Job 23:10. But he knoAveth the way that I take : t"he/i he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. Job 30:15. Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the Avind : and my welfare passeth away as a cloud. 16. And noA\^ my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction haA'e taken hold upon me. 17. My bones are pierced in me in the night season : and my sinews take no rest. 18. By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the col- lar of my coat. 19. He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes. Job 33:19. He is chastened also Avith pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones Avith strong pain : 20. So that his life abhor- reth bread, and his soul dainty meat. 21. His flesh is consumed aAvay, that it cannot be seen ; and his bones that Avere not seen stick out. 22. Yea, his soul draAveth near unto the graA'e, and his life to the destroyers. Job 36:8. And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction ; 9. Then he shoAveththem their Avork, and their trans- gressions that they have exceeded. 10. He openeth also their ear to discipline, and com- mandeth that they return from iniquity. 11. If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperitj', and their years in pleasures. 12. But if they obey not, they shall perish by the SAvord. and they shall die without knoAvledge. 15. He deliv- ereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression. Psa. 6:6. I am Aveary Avith my groaning; all the night make I my bed to SAA^im; I water my couch Avith my tears, 7. Mine eye is consumed because of grief ; it Avaxeth old because of all mine enemies. Psa. 18:4. The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. 5. The sorroAvs of hell compassed me about : the snares of death prevented me. 6, In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God : he heard my voice out 22 AFFLICTIONS.— UNCLAORiriED Scriptures Relating to. of his teiiii)le, and my cry came before him, even into his ears. Psa. 31:9, Have mercy iipon me, 0 Lord, for I am in trouble : mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly. 10. For my hfe is spent with grief, and my years with sighing : my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed. 11. 1 was a reju-oach among all mine ene- mies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance : they that did see me without fled from me. 1::^. I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind : I am like a broken vessel. 13. For I have heard the slander of many : fear ioa!i on every side : while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life. Psa. 32:3. When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. 4. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me : my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Psa. 39:1. I sjiid, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue ; I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. 2. 1 was dumb with si- lence, I held my peace, eve)i from good; and my sorrow was stirred. 3. My heart was hot within me; Avhile I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue, 4. Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it Is; that I may know how frail I am. Psa. 42:(3. O my God, my soul is cast down within me : therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermon- ites, from the hill Mizar. 7. Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy w^aterspouts : all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. Psa. 55:4. My lieart is sore pained Avithin me: and the terrore of death are fallen upon me. 5. Fearfidness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. 6. And I said. Oh that I had wings like a dove? for then, would I fly away, and be at rest. 7. Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. 8. 1 would hasten my escape from the Avindy storm and tempest. Psa. 60:10. For thou, 0 God, hast proved US: thou hast ti'ied us, as silver is tried. 11. Thou broughtest us into the net ; thou laidst afflicti(jn ujjon our loins. 12. Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads ; we went through fire and through water; but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. Psix. 69:1. Save me, O God, for the waters aj'e come in unto iny soul. 2. I sink in deep mire, whevQ there is no standing: I am come into deep Avaters, where the floods overfloAv me. 3. 1 am weaiy of my crying : my throat is dried : mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. 20. Re]>roach hath broken my heart ; and I am full of heaviness : and I looked /6»r some to take pity, but there laas none ; and for comfortei-s, but I found none. Psa, 73:10. Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them. Psa. 77:2. In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord : my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soiU refused to be com- forted. 3. I remembered God, and was troubled : I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. 4. Thou boldest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled tliat I cannot speak. Psa. 80:5. Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure. 6. Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbors : and our enemies laugh among themselves. Psci. 88:3. For my soul is fidl of troubles : and my life draweth nigh imto the grave. 4. I am counted with them that go dcjwn into the pit: I am as a man tltat hath no strength : 5. Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou i-e- memberest no more : and they ai*e cut off from thy hand. 6. Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. 7. Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast af- flicted me Avith all thy waves. 8. Thou hast put aAvay mine acquaintance far from me ; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: / am shut up, and I camiot come forth. 9. Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: Lord, I haA-e called daily upon thee, I liaA^e stretched out my hands vmto thee. 10. Wilt thou sheAV wonders to the dead? shall the dead ai'ise and praise thee? 11. Shall thy loA'ingkindness be declared in the grave f or thy faithfulness in destine- tion ? 12. Shall thy Avonders be knoAvn in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetf ulness ? 13. But unto thee haA'e I cried, O Lord ; and in the morning shall my pi-ayer prcA^ent thee. 14. Lord, Avhy castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me ? 15. 1 am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up : wfi lie I suffer thy terrore I am distracted. 16. Thy fierce Avrath goeth over me ; thy terrors have cut me off. 17. They came round about me daily like water ; they compassed me about together. 18. LoA'erand friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness. Psa. 89:32. Then Avill I A'isit their trans- gression A\ ith the rod, and their iniquity Avith stripes. Psa. 90:10. The days of our yeai*s are threescore years and ten ; and if by reasop of strength theij he fourecore years, yet 'L their strength labour and sorroAV ; for it is soon cut off, and Ave fly aAA\ay. Psa. 102:3. For my days are consumed like smoke,andmy bones are bin-ned asanhoarth. 4. My heai-t is smitten, and Avithered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. 5. By reason of the A-oice of my groaning my bones cleaA-e to my skin. 6. I am like a iiel- ican of the Avildemess : I am like an oavI of the desert. 7. 1 Avatch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top. 8. Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are 2a AFFLICTIONS.— Unclassified Scriptures Relating to. mad against me are sworn against me. 9. For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping, 10. Be- cause of thine indignation and thy wrath : for thon hast lifted me up, and cast me down. 11. My days are like a shadow that declineth ; and I am withered like grass. Psa. 107:4. They wandered in the wilder- ness in a solitary way ; they found no city to dwell in. 5. Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. 10. Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron; 17. Fools, because of their transgi-ession, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted. 18. Their soul ab- horreth all manner of meat ; and they draAV near unto the gates of death. 19. Then they cry mito the Lord in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses. Psa. 109:22. For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. 23. I am gone like the shadow when it declineth : I am tossed up and down as the locust. 24. My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness. Psa.ll6:3. The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me : I found trouble and sorrow. Psa. 141:7. Our bones are scattered at the grave's niouth, as when one cutteth and cleave th wood upon the earth. Psa. 143:3. For the enemy hath persecuted my soul ; he hath smitten my life down to the ground ; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead. 4. Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me : my heart within me is desolate. Prov. 3:11. My son, despise not the chas- tening of the Lord ; neither be weary of his correction : 12. For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth ; even as a father the son in •ohom he delighteth. Prov. 12:25. Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop : but a good word maketh it glad. Prov. 13:12. Hope deferred maketh the heart sick : but %ohen the desire cometh, it is a tree of life. Prov. 14:10. The heart knoweth his own bitterness ; and a stranger doth not intermed- dle with his joy. 13. Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful ; and the end of that mirth is heaviness. Prov. 15:13. A meiTy heart maketh a eheeif ul covmtenance : but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. 15. All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart Jiath a continual feast. Prov. 17:3. The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but tlie Lord trieth the hearts. 22. A merry heart doeth good like a medicine : but a broken spirit drieth the bones. Prov. 18:14. The spirit of a man will sus- tain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear? Eccl. 2:22. For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun ? 23. For all his days«ye sorrows, and his travail grief ; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity. Eccl. 7:2. It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feast- ing : for that is the end of all men ; and the living will lay it to his heart. 3. Sorrow is better than lavighter : for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. 4. The heart of the wise is in the house of moiu-ning ; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. Isa. 1:6. From the sole of the f(3ot even unto the head fhe7-e is no soundness in it ; bnt wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment. Isa. 24:1. Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turn- eth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the in>5iabitants thereof. 2. And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master ; as with the maid, so with her mistress ; as with the buyer, so with the seller ; as with the lender, so with the borrower ; as with the taker of visury, so with the giver of usury to him. 3. The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word. 4, The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do lan- guish. 5. The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof ; because they have trans- gressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. 6. There- fore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate : there- fore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left. 7. The new wine mourn- eth, the vine languisheth, all the merry- hearted do sigh. 8. The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice end- eth, the joy of the harp ceaseth. 9. They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it. 10. The city of confusion is broken down; every house is shut up, that no man may come iii. 11. There is a crying for wine in the streets ; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone. 12. In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction. 13. When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, there shall he as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done. 14. They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the Lord, they shall cry aloud from the sea. 1.5. Wherefore glorify ye the Lord in the fires, et^en. the name of the Lord God of Israel in the isles of the sea. 16. From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even gloiy to the righteous. _ Isa,. 26:1(5. Lord, in trouble have they vis- ited thee; they poured out a ])rayer whe?i thy chastening icas upon them. 17. Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the 24 AFFLICTIONS.— Unclassified Scriptures Relating to. time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs : so have we been in tliy sight, O Lord. Isa. 48:10. Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver ; I have chosen thee m the furnace of affliction. Lara. 1:7. Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: ... 12. Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by ? be- hold, and see if there beany sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, where- with the Lord hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger. Lam. 3:1. I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. 2. He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light. 3. Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against tne all the day. 4. My fiesh and my skin hath he made old : he hath broken my bones. 5. He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travel. 6. He hath set me in dark places, as the]) that he dead of old. 7. He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out ; he hath made my chain heavy. 8. Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer. 9. He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone ; he hath made my paths crooked. 10. He tiias unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places. 11. He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces ; he hath made me desolate. 12. He hath bent his boAv, and set me as a mark for the arrow. 13. He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins. 14, I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day. 15. He hath filled me with bitter- ness, he hath made me drimken with worm- wood. 16. He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes. 17. And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace; I forgat prosperity. 18. And I said. My sti-ength and my hope is perished from the Lord : 19. Remembering mine afflictions and my misery, the worm- wood and the gall. 20. My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me. 21. This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. 23. It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compas- sions fail not. 23. Theif are new every morn- ing: great is thy faithfulness. 24. The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. 25. The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soid that seeketh him. 26. It is good that a man shoidd both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord. 27. It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. 28. He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath boi'ne it upon him. 29. He putteth his mouth in the dust ; if so be there may be hope. 30. He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he r.i filled full with reproach. 31. For the Lord will not cast off for ever : 32. But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. 33. For he duth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men. 34. To crush un- der his feet all the prisoners of the eai'th, 35. To turn aside the I'ight of a man before the face of the Most High, 3G. To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not. Zech. 13:9, And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as sil- ver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried : Mark 9:49. For every one shall be salted with fire, i and every .saiTifice shall be salted witli salt. I' Oiiiittea in li. V.| John 15:2. Every branch in me that bear- eth not fiTiit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth mt»re fiaiit. John 16:33, In the world ye shall have tribulation ; 2 Cor. 1:8. For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above sti'ength, insomuch that we despaired even of life : 9. But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead : 2 Cor. 4:7. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. 8. We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed : we are pei'plexed, but not in despair; 9. Persecuted, but not forsaken ; cast down, but not destroyed ; 10. Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Loixl Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest inourbody. 11. Forwe which live are alway delivered vmto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. 12. So then death worketh in us, but life in you. 16. For which cause we faint not ; bvit though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. 17. For our light affliction, whicli is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of gloiy. 2 Cor. 6:4. But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in dis- tresses, 5. In stri]3es, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings ; 6. By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffer- ing, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, 7. By the word of truth, by the IDOwer of God, by the armour of righteous- ness on the right hand and on the left, 8. By honour and dishonoiu-, by evil report and good report : as deceivers, and yet true ; 9. As unknown, and yet well known ; as dying, and, behold, we live ; as chastened, and not killed; 10. As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich ; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. 2 Cor. 11:23. In labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more fre- quent, in deaths oft, 24. Of the Jews five 25 AFFLICTIONS.— Benefits of. times received I forty stripes save one. 25. Thrice was I beaten Avith rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep ; 2*6. In joumeyings often, {71 perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, i)i perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in i^erils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, i?i perils among false brethren; 27. In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thii'st, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. 28. Beside those things that are without, that which Cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. 29. Who is weak, and I am not weak ? who is offended, and I burn not ? 30. If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern my infirmities. Heb. 12:6. For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 7. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons ; for v.hat son is he whom the father chasteneth not ? 9. Furthermore, we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in sub- jection unto the Father of spirits, and live ? 1 Pet. 5:9. Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accom- plished in your brethren that are in the world. Rev. 3:19. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten : be zealous therefore, and repent. See Penitents ; Persecution ; Poor ; Sor- row; Temptation. BENEFITS OF: 1 Kin. 8:33. When thy peo- ple Israel be smitten doAvn before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication imto thee in this house: 47. Yet if they shall be- tliink themselves in the land whithei' they were caiTied captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them ca]»tives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness ; 48. And so return imto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul,inthelandof their enemies, which led them away captiA^e, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name: 49. Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause, I's. 35,49-53; Dent. 4:30,31; 30:1,2; 2 Chr. 6:28-31. Job 5:6. Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth ti'ouble sjiiing out of the groimd ; 7. Yet man is born unto trouble,as the sparks fly upward. 8. I would seek imto God, and imto God would I com- mit my cause : 9. Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things with- out number: 10. Whogiveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields : 11. To set up on high those that be low ; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. 17. Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. Job 23:10. When he hath tried me, I shall come foi'th as gold. Psa. 94:12. Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law ; 13. That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked. Prov. 3:11. My son,despise not the chasten- ing of the Lord ; neither be wearj^of his cor- rection: 12. For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a fatlier the son in ich am he delighteth. Heb. 12:5. Eccl. 7:2. It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feast- ing : for that is the end of all men ; and the living will lay it to his heart. 3. Sorrow is better than laughter : for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. Isa. 19:20. And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt : for they shall cry unto the Lord because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them. 22. And the Lord shall smite Egypt : he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the Lord, and he shall be entreated of them, and shall heal them. Isa. 26:9. When thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. Isa. 27:9. By this therefore shall the iniq- uity of Jacob be purged ; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin ; .Jer. 2:27. For they have turned their hack unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say. Arise, and save us. Jer. 22:22. The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captiv- ity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness. 23. O inhabitant of Lebanon, that inakest thy nest in the cedars, how 1 gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the ])ain as of a Avoman in travail ! L> k. v. gieaiiy to be pitifd) Jer. 31:19. Surely after that I was turned, I I'epented, and after that I was insti-ucted, I smote upon ?//?/ thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the re- pi'oach of my youth. Lam. 3:27. It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. 2S. He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him. Ezek. 2t):37. And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I Avill bring you into the bond of the covenant : 43. And there sliall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled ; and ye shall lothe yoiirsclves in your own sight for all yourevilsthat yohaveconnnitted. Ezek. 6:9. IIos. 2£. Therefore, behold, I will hedge u]) thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths. 7. And 2a AFFLICTIONS.— Benefits of, Illustrated. she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them ; and she shall seek them, but shall not find thi'iii: then sliall slie siiy, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better Avith me than now. Hos. 5:15. I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me 'early. [i R. V. eamesily] Rom. 5:3. And not only so, but we glory iw tribulations also ; knowing tliat tribulation worketh patience : 4. And patience, experi- ence; and experience, ho]ie : Rom. 8:17. And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; if so be that Ave suffer with Ji ini, that we may be also glorified together. 28. And Ave know that all things Avork together for good to them that loA'e God, to them Avho are the called according to h is purjjose. 2 Cor. 4:17. For our light affliction, Avhich is but for a moment, Avorketh for us a far more exceeding a /id eternal weight of glory ; Phil. 1:12. But I Avould ye should under- stand, brethren, that the things w/iich hap- pened unto me liaA'e fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gosi>el ; 13. So thvat my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other pA^e^'i"; 14. And many of the brethren in the Lord, Avaxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the Avord v*athout fear. 19. For I know that this shall turn to my sah'ation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, Jas. 1 :2. My brethren, count it all joy Avhen ye fall into divers tem})tations ; 3. Knowing this, that the trying of your faith Avorketh patience. 4. But let patience liaAe her per- fect Avork, that ye may be perfect and entii'e, Avanting nothing. 12. Blessed is the man that endureth temp- tation: for Avhen he is tried, he shall receiA^e the croAvn of life, Avhich the Lord hath promised to them that loA^e him. 1 Pet. 1 :7. That the trial of your faith, be- ing much more precious than gold that per- isheth, though it be tried Avith fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ. 1 Pet. 4:14. If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the Spirit of gloiy find of God resteth upon you: ' on their part be is evil spokeu of, but on your part he is gloritied. [' Oinitted in K. v.i BENEFITS OF, ILLUSTRATED: Gen. 22:12. And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing imto lum : for noAV I know that thou fearest God. seeing thou hast not Avithheid thy son, thine only son, from me. 16. And said. By myself bave I SAA'^orn, saith the Lord, for because tliou hast done this thing, and hast not Avithlield thy son, thine only son, 17. That in bless- ing I Avill bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of 11 le heaA'en, and as the sand Avhich is upon the sea shore ; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; 18, And in thy seed shall all the natic »ns of the earth be blessed ; because thou hast obeyed my A'oice. Gen. 33:11. Deliver me, I pray thee, fi"om the hand of my brother, f roin the hand of Esiiu : for I fear him, lest he Avill come and smite \\\e,and the mother with the children. Avith vs. 9-31. Gen. 42:21. And they said one to another, We are A^erily guilty concerning our brother, in that Ave saAv the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and Ave Avould not liear ; therefore is this distress come upon us. Ex. 9:27. And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron,and said imto them, I haA^e sinned this time: the Lord is rightecjus, and I and my people are Avicked. 28. Entreat the Lord (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail: and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer. Ex. 10:7. And Pharaoh's sen-ants said unto him. How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serA-e the Lord their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed? 16. Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I haA-e sinned against the Lord your God, and against jou. 17. Now therefore forgiA-e, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and en- treat the Lord your God, that he may take aAvay from me this death only. Ex. 12:31-33. Num. 21:7. Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We haAe sinned, for we haA^e spoken against the Lord, and against thee ; pray unto the Lord, that he take aAvay the serpents from us. Judg. 10:6. And the children of Israel did CA'il again in the sight of the LoRD,and serA-ed Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syr- ia, and the godj of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Am- mon,and the gods of the Philistines, and for- sook the Lord, and serA-ed not him. 7. And the anger of the Lord Avas hot against Isra- el, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the chil- dren of Amnion. 8. And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel : eighteen years, all the children of Israel that vere on the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, Avhich is in Gilead. 10. And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, saying. We have sinned against thee, both because Ave haA'e forsaken our God, and also seiwed Baalim. 1 Sam. 12:9. And Avhen they forgat the Lord their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, cayjtain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them. 10. And they cried unto the Lord, and said. We haA-e sinned, because Ave have for.saken the Lord, and luiA^e serA-ed Baalim and Ashtaroth : but now de- liver us out of the hand of our enemies, and Ave Avill sei*A-e thee. 1 Kin. 13:6. And the king ansAvered and said unto the man of God, Entreat uoav the ».<7 AFFLICTIONS.— Consolation in. face of the Lord thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the Lord, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it icas before, with i^s. 1-10. 2 Chr. 15:4. But when they in their trouble did timi unto the Lord God of Israel, and sought him, he was foimd of them. 2 Chr. 33:12. And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and hinn- bled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, 13. And prayed unto him rand he was entreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord he was God. Ezra 9:13. And after all that is come upon us for oiu' evil deeds, and for our great tres- pass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this; with vs. 5-15, Nell. 9:32. Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our i^riests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since tlie time of the kings of Assyria unto this day. with vs. 4-38. Job 34:31. Sm*ely it is meet to be said unto God, I have boi'ne c/iasfh^ev/ettf,! will not ofiend (o/y ')}wre: 32. T/iaf ir/i irk I see not teach thou me : if I have done iniipiity, I will do no more. Job 40:1. Moreover the Lord ansAvered Job, and said, 2. Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct /} hn? he that re- proveth God, let him answer it. 3. Then Job ansAvered the Lord, and said, 4. Behold, I am vile ; what shall I answer thee ? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. 5, Once have I spoken ; but I will not answer : yea, twice ; but I Avill proceed no fiu-ther. Psa. 18:4. The sorrows of death coinpassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. 5. The sorrows of hell compassed me about : the snares of death prevented me. 6. In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, Bve7i into his ears. Psa. 6(!:10. For thou, 0 God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. 11. Thou broughtest us into the net ; thou laidst affliction upon our loins. 12. Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water : but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. Psa. 78:34. Wlien he slew them, then they sought him : and they returned and inquired early after God. 35. And they remembered that God ^oas their Rock, and the high God their Redeemer. Psa. ] 1 9:f;7. Before I was afflicted I went astray : but now have I kept thy word. 71. It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. Isa. 26:10. Lord, in trouble have they vis- ited thee ; they poured out a prayer token thy chastening vas upon them. Jer. 31:18. I have surely heaixl Ephraim bemoaning himself tJt us; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unac- customed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned ; for thou art the Lord my God. 19. Surely after that I was turned, I repented ; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon tny thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the re- proach of my youth. Lam. 3:19. Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. 20. My soul hath them stiW in remembrance, and is humbled in me. Hos. 6:1. Come, and let us return unto the Lord : for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. Jonah 2:1. Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish's belly, 2. And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction un- to the Lord, and he heard me ; out of the bell}^ of hell cried I, a)if7 t\\o\i heardest my voice. 3. For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas ; and the floods compassed me about : all thy billows and thy waves passed over me. 4. Then I said, I am east out of thy sight ; yet I Mill look again toward thy holy temple. 5. The waters com- passed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me rovmd about, the weeds were wrapped about my head. 6. 1 went down to the bottoms of the mountains ; the earth with her bars teas about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O Lord my God. 7. When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord : and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. 8. They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. 9, But I will sacri- fice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiv- ing ; I will pay tJi at that I have vowed. Sal- vation is of the Lord. 10. And the Lord spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land. Luke 15:17. And when he came to him- self, he said. How many hired sei'vants of my father's have bread enough and to S]iare, and I perish with hunger I with vs. 11-24. Acts 8:24. Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me. Exemplified : Joseph's bi-ethren. Gen. 42:21. Joseph, Gen. 45:5,7,8. Israel, Deut. 8:3,5. Josiah, 2 Kin. 22:19. Hezekiah, 2 Chr. 32:25, 2^^. Manasseh, 2 Chr. 33:12. Jonah, Jonah 2:7. Prodigringas the grass of the earth. 2{j. Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season. 27. Lo this, we have searched it, so it is ; hear it, iuid know thou it for thy good. Job 11:16. Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters thatixvis away: 17. And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday ; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning. 18. And thou shalt be seciu-e, because there is hope ; yea, thou shalt dig about th ee, artel thou shalt take thy rest in safety. 19. Also thou slialt lie down, and none shall make theeaivaid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee. Job 16:5. Bat I woidd strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage yotcr grief. Job 29:25. I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners. Job 31:19. If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without cover- ing ; 20. If his loins have not blessed me, and if he w^ere )iof wai'med with the fleece of my slaeep ; 21. If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate : 22. Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine ami be broken from the bone. Job 35:10. But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night; Psa. 9:9. The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppi'essed, a refuge in times of tronble. 10. And they that know thy name Avill put their trust in thee : for thou. Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. Psa. 23:4. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadoAv^ of death, I Avill fear no evil : for thou a7't with me ; thy rod and thy staff they comfoi't me. Psa. 27:5. F(jr in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his |)avili()n : in the secretof his tabernacle shall he hide me ; he shall set me up u])on a rock. 6. And now shall mine head be lifted ui) above mine enemies round about me : there foi'e will I offer in his taber- nacle sacrifices of yyy ; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the Lord. Psa. 30:5. For his anger endureth hut a moment ; in his favour is life : wce])ing may endiu'e for a night, but joy cometh in the moi'ning. Psa. 31:7. I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy : for thou hast considered my trouble ; thou hast known my soid in adversities ; Psa. 34:4. I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. 19. Many are the afilictioiis of the righteous : but 29 AFFLICTIONS.— Consolation in. the Lord delivereth him out of them all. 20. He keepeth all his bones : not one of them is broken. Psa. 37:23. The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord : and he delighteth in his way. 24. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down : for the Lord upholdeth him w?'M- his hand. 32. The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. 33. The Lord will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged. Psa. 41:3. The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing : thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness. Psa. 42:5. Why art thou cast down, 0 my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God : for I shall yet praise hun for the help of his countenance. Psti. 46:1. God is our refuge and strength, a very present helj) in trouble. Psa. 50:15. Call upon me in the day of trouble : I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me, Psa. 55:22. Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. Psa. 56:8. Thou tellest my wanderings : put thou my tears into thy bottle : are they not in thy book ? 9. When I cry unto tJiee, then shall mine enemies tui-n back : this I know ; for God is for me. 10. In God will I praise h is word : in the Lord will I praise h is word. Psfx. 62:1. Truly my soul waiteth upon God : from him couieth my salvation. 2. He only is my rock and my salvation ; he is my defence ; 1 shall not be greatly moved. 5. My soul, wait thou only upon God ; for my expec- tation is from him. 6. He only is my rock and my salvation : he is my defence; I shall not be moved. 7. In God is my salvation and my glory : the rock of my strength, a fid my refuge, is in God. 8. Trust in him at all times ; ye people, pour out your heart before hhn: God w' a refuge for us. 11. God hath spoken once ; twice have I heard this, that power heloiigeth unto God. 12. Also imto thee, O Lord, helongeth mercy: for thou ren- derest to every man according to his work. Psa. (S^:^. God setteth the solitaiy in fami- lies: h(i bringeth out those which are bound with chains : but the rebellious dwell in a dry land. Psa. 60:20. Reproach hath lirokon my heart; and I am full of heaviness : and I looked for some to take pity, but tJiere vms none ; and for comforters, but I foimd none. 33. For the Lord heareth the i^oor, and despiseth not his prisoners. Psa. 71:20. Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt cjuicken me again, and shalt bi-ing me up again from the deptlis of the earth. Psa. 73:26. My flesh and my heart faileth : hut God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. Psa. 1)4:17. Unless the liORD hod been my help, my soi il had almost dwelt in silence. 1 8. When I said. My foot slippeth • thy mercy, O Lord, held me up. 19. In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul. Psa. 103:13. Like as a father pitieth Jtis cliil- dren, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. 14. For he knoweth our frame ; he remember- eth that we are dust. Psa. 112:4. Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness : h e is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous. Psa. 119:50. This ^^<; my comfort in my afflic- tion : for thy word hath quickened me. 52. I remembered thy judgments of old, O Lord ; and have comforted myself. 54. Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pil- grimage. 92. Unless thy law had been my de- lights, I should then have perished in mine affliction. 143. Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights, Psa. 138:3. In the day when I ci'ied thou an- SM'eredst me, and strengthenedst me vnth strength in my soiil. 7. Though I w^alk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me. 8. The Lord will perfect that inhich concenieth me : thy mercy, O Lord, ch- dureth for ever : forsake not the w^orks of thine own hands. Psa. 140:12. I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor. Psa. 145:14. The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all tliose tliat he bowed down. Psa. 147:3. He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. Prov. 12:13. The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble. Eccl. 4:1. So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that ai'e done under the sun : and behold the tears of sxivh as were op- ]^ressed, and they had no comforter ; and on the side of their opju'essors there was power ; but they had no comforter. Isa. 4:6. And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain. Isa. 14:31. Howl, O gate ; cry, 0 city ; thou, whole Palestina, «^r;Y dissolved : for there shall come from the noi'th a smoke, and none sit a II be alone in his appointed times. 32. What shall o)te then answer the messengers of the nation ? That the Lord hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it. Isa. 25:4. For thou liast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his dis- tress, a i"ef uge from the storm, a shade )w from the heat, wlien the blnst of the terrible ones is as a stoma against the wall. Isa. 30:19. For the i^eople shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem : thou shalt wee]> no more : he will be very gi-acious mito thee at the voice of thy cry ; when he shall hear it, he will an- swer thee. 20. And though the Loi'd give you SO AFFLICTIONS.— Consolation in. the bread of adversity, f^i^d the water of afflic- tion, yet shall not thy teachers be remo^'ed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers : Isa. 40:1. Comfort ye, comfort ye my peo- ple, saith yonr God. 2. Speak je comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her war- fare is accomplished, that her iniquity is par- doned : for she hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins. 20. He giveth power to the faint ; and to t/ieni that have no might he increaseth strength. Isa. 41:10. Fear thou not; for I a^n -with thee : be ncit dismayed ; for I am thy God : I will strengthen thee ; yea, I will help thee ; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. 13. For I the Lord thy God will hold thy a-ight hand, saying unto thee. Fear not ; I will help thee. 14. Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will helj) thee, saith the Lord, and thy Re- deemer, the Holy One of Isi-ael. 17. When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, / the God of Israel will not forsake them. Isa. 42:3. A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shaU bring forth judgment unto tnith. Isa. 43:3. "When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. Isa. 49:13. Sing, O heavens ; and be joyful,0 earth ; and break forth into singing, O moun- tains : for the Lord hath comforted his peo- ple, and Avill have mercy upon his afflicted. Isa. 50:4. The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should knowhow to speak a word in season to him that is weary : he waken eth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned. 7. For the Lord God will lielp me ; therefore shall I not be confounded : therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed. 8. He is near that iustifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adver- saiy ? let him come near to me. 9. Behold, the Lord God will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a ganiient ; the moth shall eat them up. 1 0. Who is among you that f eareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his sen^ant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him tinist in the name of the Lord, and stay up(^n Ills God, Isa. 51:3. For the Lord shall comfort Zion : he will comfort all her waste places; and lie will make her wflderness like Eden, and hor desert like the garden of the Lord ; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiv- mg and the voice of melody. 12. 1, eve?i I, am he that comforteth you : who a)'t thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; with vs. 3-13. Isa. 54:4. Fear not ; for thou shalt not be ashamed : neither be thou confounded ; for thou shalt not be put to shame : for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the rei^roach of thy widowhood any more. 11.0 thou afflicted, tossed with temi)est, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. Isa. 58:10. And if thou draw out thy soul to the himgry, and s<\tisf y the afflicted soul ; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday : Isa. 61:1. The Spiiit of the Lord God is upon me ; because the Lord hath anointed me to ]ireach good tidings unto the meek ; he hath sent me to bind up the broken- hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to the/n that are bound ; 2. To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God ; to comfort all that mourn ; 3. To appoint unto them that movn-n in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for moiu'ning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness ; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the ])lanting of the Lord, that he might be glorified. Isa. 63:9. In all their affliction he was af- flicted, and the angel of his presence saved them : in his love and in his pity he redeemed them: and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. Isa. 66:5. Hear the word of the Lord, ye that tremble at his word ; Your brethren that hated yovi, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the Lord be glorified : but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed. 13. As one whom his mother com- forteth, so will I comfort you ; and ye shall be comforted in Jeiaisalem. 14. And when ye see this, your heart shall I'ejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the Lord shall be known toward his servants, and h is indignation toward his enemies. Jei\ 31:13. Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. 25. For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul. Jer. 39:17. But I Avill deliver thee in that day, saitli the Lord ; and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid. IS. For I will surely deliver thee, and th«6'e(ftohimthatjudgeth righteously: 24. Who liis own self bare our sins in his own body on the ti*ee, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. 1 Pet. 4:12. Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: 13. But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings, that when [lis glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. 14 If ye be re- proached for the name of Chiist, happy are ye ; for the Spii'it of glory and of God resteth upon you. 1 Pet. 5:7. Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. 9. Knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the w^orld. Rev. 2:9. I know thy works, and ti-ibula- tion, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and / know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and ai"e not, but are the synagogue of Satan, 10. Fear non e of those things which thou shalt suffer : behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye maybe tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days ; be thou faithfid unto death, and I will give thee a croAvn of life. Rev. 3:2. Be M^atchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die : 10. Because thou hast ke])t the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. Rev. 7:14, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15. Therefore are they before the throne of God, and sei've him day and night in his temi)le: and he that sitteth on the throne shall 'dwell among them. 1(5. They sliall hunger no more, neither thirst any more ; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. 17. For the Lamb which is in the inidst of the throne shall feed them, and shall load them unto living foimtains of waters: and God shall wii^e away all tears from their eyes. t' 'J- v. spread ins talwrnarle overl DKLIVEIIANCE FROM. See Prayer Ai^- SWKRKI). DKSIUN OF : Deiit. 8:2, And thou shalt ro U member all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what v)as in thine heart, whether thou Avould- est keep his commandments, or no. IG. Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end ; Deut. 30:1. And it shall come to pass, when all these things ai'e come upon thee, the bless- ing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath driven thee, 2. And shalt return unto the Lord thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, v/ith all thine heai't, and with all thy soul ; 3, That then the Lord thy God will turn thy capti^'ity, and have compassion upon thee, and will re- turn and gather thee from all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee. Deut. 31:17. Then my anger shall be kin- dled against them in that day, and I will for- sake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoin-ed, and many evils and troubles shall befall them ; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us? Judg. 2:21. I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died : 22. That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the Lord to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not. 1 Kin.8:33. When thy people Israel be smit- ten down before the enemy .because they have sinned against thee, and shall tui-n again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house : 34. Then hear thou in heaven,and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou ga^'est unto their fathers, with vs. 35-48; 2 Chr. 6:24-31. 2 Chr. 7:13. If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to de- vour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people ; 14. If my people, which are called by my naine, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked Avays ; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. J ob 33:11. He putteth my feet in the stocks, he mnrketh all my paths. ]6. Then he open- eth tlie ears of men, and senleth their in- struction, 17. That ho may A\'ithdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man. is. He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword. 19. He is chastened also with ])ain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with sti'ong pain : 20. So that his life abht)rreth bread, and his soul dainty meat. 21 . His liesh is con- sumed away, that it cannot be seen ; and hia AFP^TJCTIONS.-Design op. bones thf, her enemies prosper; for the Lord hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgi'essions : Ezek. 6:10. And they shall know that I - strength in the way, he shortened my days. Isa. 30:20. Thonglt the Lord give you the bread of advei'sity, and the water of afflic- tion, yet shall not thy teachers be removepressors seek after my soul : Psa. 55:1 . Give ear to my pi-ayer, O God ; and liide not thyself fi'om my supplication. 2. Attend unto me, and hear me: I mouni in my com]>laint, and make a noise ; 3. Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the op- pression of the wicked : for they cast iniq- uity upon me, and in wrath they hate me. vs.'\-n. Psa. 56:1. Be merciful unto me, O God : for man would swallow me up; he figliting daily oppresseth me. 2. Mine enemies would daily swallow me \\\): for t/wy he many that fight against me, O thou most High. ?'.s'. 1-13. Psa. 57:1 . Be merciful imto me, O God, be merciful mi to me: for my soul tnisteth ii;i thee : yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast. 2. 1 will cry imto God naost high ; unto God that performeth all th ings for me. Psa. 59:1. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God : defend me from them that rise up against me. 2. Deliver me from the A^'orkers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men. 4. Awake to help me, and behold, vs. 1-17. Psa. 00:1, O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been dis- Dleased ; O tuiii thyself to us again. 2. Thou last made the earth to tremble ; thou hast Droken it : heal the breaches thereof ; for it shaketh. 3. Thou hast sliewed thy ]ieople hard things : thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment. 1 1 . Give us help from trouble : for vain is the help of man. Psa. 61:1. Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my pi'ayer. 2. From the end of the earth "will I cry mito thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. Psa. 64:1, Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life froni fear of the enemy, 2. Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked ; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: Psa. 69:1. Save me, 0 God; for the waters are come in unto 7vy soul. 13. As for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Loi'd, in an acceptable time : O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation. 14, Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be deliv- ered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. 15. Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallo^v me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. 17. Hide not thy face from thy servant ; for I am in trouble : hear me speedily, 18. Draw nigh unto my soul, and ledeem it : de- liver me because of mine enemies. 19. Thou hast knoAvn my re]5roach, and my shame, and my dishonoiu" : mine adversai'ies are all before thee. 29. I am pooi- and soitoa\ f ul : let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high. vs. 1-30. Psa. 70:1. Mal-e haste, O God, to deliN-er me : make haste to help me, O Lord. 2. Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul : vs. 3-5. Psa. 71:1. In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion, 2. Deliver me in thy righteo\isness, and cause me to esca])e : inciine thine ear vmto me, and save me. 4. Deliver me. O my God, out of tlie hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the uniightoous and cruel man. vs. 1-24. Psa. 71 :9. Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strengtli fafleth. 12. O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my hel]). Psa. 74:1. O God, Avhy hast thou cast as off for ever? n^hy doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy ])asture? 3. Lift up thy feet mito the perpetual desolations, U AFFLICTIONS.-Prayer in. even all that the enemy hath done wickedly ill the sanctuary. P.sa. 71:10. O God, how long shall the ad- versaiy reprojicli? shall the enemy blas- jiheme thy name foi* ever? 11. Why with- di-awest thou thy hand, even thy riglit hand? pluck it out of thy bosom. 19. O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the nudti- tude of the loicked: forget not the congre- galion of thy poor for evei*. 21 . O let not the opi)ressed retiu'n ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name. 23. xVvise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man i-eproacheth thee daily. 23. For- get not the voice of thine enemies: tlie tu- mult of those that rise up against thee in- cieaseth continually, vs. 1-23. Psi^. 77.1. I cried unto God Avith my voice, ei'en mito God with my voice; and he gave car imto me. 2. In the day of my trouble I sought the Loixi ; 7. Wdl the Lord cast off for e\ev ? and will he be favom^able no more ? 8. Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore ? 9. Hath God for- gotten to be gracious ? hath he in anger shut uji his tender mercies? vs. 1-2U. Psii. 79:1. O God, the heathen are come jito tliine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on hea|)s. 5. How long, Lord ? wilt thou be an- gry for ever ? shall thy jealousy burn like fii'e ? Psa. 79:8. O remember not against us for- mer iniquities: let thy tender mercies speed- dy i)revent lis : foi- we are brought very low. 9. Help us, O God of oiu' salvation, for the glory of thy name : and deliver us, and pui"ge away our sins, for thy name's sake. vs. 1-13. Psa. 79:11. Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee ; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die ; vs. 1- 11.. P&i. 8U:1. Give ear, 0 Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Jose]ih like a flock ; thou that dweUest betioeen the cherubims, shine forth. Psa. 80:3. Turn us again, 0 God, and cause thy face to shine ; and we shall be saved. 4. O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people ? 5. Thi3U f eedest them with the bread of teai's ; and givest them tears to drink in great meas- ure. 14. Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine- vs. 1-lG. Psa. 83:1. Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, nnd be not still, O God. 2. For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult : and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. vs. 1 IS. Psa. 85:5. Wilt thou be angry with us for ever ? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations? 6. Wilt thou not revive us again : that thy people may rejoice in thee ? 7. Shew us thy mercy, 0 Lord, and gi"ant us thy salvation. Psa. 8(i:l. 'Bm\r down thine ear, 0 Lord, hear me . for I am poor and needy. 2. Pre- serve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee. 3. Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily. 4. Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee.O Lord, do I lift up my sold. vs. 1-17. PSfi. K():l(;. 0 turn unto me,and have mercy u])onnie; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid. 17. Shew me a token for good; that tliey which hate me may see tt, and be ashamed : because thou, Lord, hast holi)en me, and comforted me. Psa. 88:9. Lord, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee. 13. Unto thee have I cried, O Lord; and in tlie morning shall my prayer jn-evcnt thee. 14. Lord, why easiest thou off my' sold? v^hy hidest thou thy face from me? vs. 10-12. Psa. 89:4(5. How long. Lord? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wa-ath biu-n like lire ? 47. Remember how short my time is; wherefore hast thou made all men in vain ? 49. Lord, where are thy former lovingkind- nesses, which thou swarest unto David in thytnith? Psa. 89:50. Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants ; h ow I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the might}'" people ; 51. Wherewith thine enemies have reproaclied, O Lord ; wdierewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed, vs. 39-51. Psa. 90:15. Make us glad according to the days Viherein thou hast afflicted us, andiXxQ years vjherein Ave haA'e seen evil. Psa. 94:1. O God, to Avhom A-engeance be- longeth, she\v thyself. 2. Lift up thyself, thou judge of the eai'th : render a reAvard to the proud, vs. 1 23. Psa. 102:2. Hide not thy face from me in the day lohen I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day vheii I call answer me speedil}^ 24. O miy God, take me not away in the midst of my days : Psa. 106:47. SaA'e us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to gi\e thanks unto thy holy name, and to ti'iumi>h in thy praise. Psa. 108:G. That thy beloved may be de- li A-ered; save v^ith thy right hand, and an- swer me. 12. GiA'e us help from trouble : for vain is the \\c\\) of man, Psa. 109:1. Hold not thy peace. O Cxo([ of my praise ; 2. For the mouth of the Avicked and the mouth of tlie deceitful are ojicned against me : 21. But do thou for me, ( ) God the Lord, for thy name's sake : because thy mercy is good, deliver thou ine. 2(1. Help me, 6 Lord my God: O saA-e me according to thy mercy : 27. That they may knoAV that this is thy hand ; t/i<(t thou. Lord, hast done it. 28. Let them cur.se, but bless thou : Avheu tliey arise, let them be ashamed ; but let thy serA'ant rejoice, vs. 1-31. Psa. 11():4. Then called I upon the name of the Lord ; 0 Lor'D, I beseech thee, deliA-er my soul. Psa. 1 1 9 J22. RemoA'e from me reproach and 43 AFFLICTIONS.- Prayer in. contempt ; for I have kept thy testimonies. 28. My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word. 39. Turn away my reproacli which I fear: for thy judg- ments (ire good. _41. Let thy mercies come also vinto me, O LiORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word. 42. So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me : for I trust in thy word. 76. Let, I ])ray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my com- fort, according to thy word unto thy servant. 77. Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live : for thy law is my delight. 82. Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me ? 84. How many are the days of thy sei*vant? when wilt thou ex- ecute judgment on them that persecute me ? 107. I am afflicted very much : quicken me, O Lord, according unto thy word. 121. Leave me not to mine oppressors. 122. Be surety for thy sei"vant for good : let not the proud oppress me. 123. Mine eyes fail for thy sal- vation, and for the word of thy righteousness. 134. Deliver me from the oppression of man : BO will I keep thy precepts. 145. I cried with my whole heart ; hear me, O Lord : I will keep thy statutes. 146. I cried unto thee ; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies. 147. I prevented the dawning of the morn- ing, and cried : I hoped in thy word. 148. Mine eyes prevent the mght watches, that I might meditate in thy word. 149. Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness : 0 Lord, quicken me according to thy judg- ment. 153. Consider mine affliction, and de- liver me: for I do not forget thy law. 154. Plead my cause, and deliver me : quicken me according to thy word. 170. Let my suppli- cation come before thee : deliver me accord- ing to thy word. 173. Let thine hand help me ; for I have chosen thy precepts. Psa. 120:2. Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. Psa. 123:3. Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us . for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. 4. Our soul is exceed- ingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, a7id with the contempt of the proud. Psa. 126:4. Turn again our captivity, 0 Lord, as the streams in the south. Psa. 130:1. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord. 2. Lord, hear my voice : let thine eai'S be attentive to the voice of my supplications, vs. 1-8. Psa. 140:4. Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked ; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to over- throw my goings. 6. I said unto the Lord, Thou art my God : hear the voice of my sup- plications, 6 Lord. 7. O God the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in tlie day of battle. ^ 8. Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked : fin-ther not his wicked device ; lest they exalt them- selves. ?'s. 1-13. Psa. 141:8. !Mine eyes are unto thee, O God the T-ord : in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. 9. Keep me from tlie snarefe which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity, vs. 1-10. Psa. 142:1. With my voice unto the Lord did I make my supplication. 2. I poured out my complaint before him ; I shewed before him my trouble. 5. 1 cried unto thee, 0 Lord : I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living. 6. Attend imto my cry; for I am brought veiy low: deliver me f I'om my persecutors ; for they are stronger than I. 7. Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name : Psa. 143:7. Hear me speedily, O Lord : my spii'it faileth : hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. 8. Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning ; for in thee do I trust : cause me to know the way wherein I should walk ; for I lift up my soul unto thee. 9. Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies : I flee vmto thee to hide me. 11. Quicken me, O Lord, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble, vs. 1-12. Isa. 33:2. O Lord, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee : be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble. Isa. 38:2. Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the Lord, 3. And said, Remember now, O Lord, I be- seech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that lohich is good in thy sight. And Heze- kiah wept sore. [2 Kin. 20:3.] 14. Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove : mine eyes fail loith looking up- ward : O Lord, I am oppressed ; undertake for me. 15. What shall I say ? he hath both spoken tmto me, and himself hath done it : I shall go softly all my years m the bitter- ness of my soul. 16. O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit : so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live. 17. Behold, for peace I had great bitterness : but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of cor- itiption : for thovi hast cast all my sins behind thy back. 18. For the grave cannot praise thee, death can 7iot celebrate thee : they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. 19. The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day • the father to the children shall make known thy truth. Isa. 51:9. Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord ; awake, as in the ancient days, in the genei'ations of old. isa. 63:15. Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory : where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained? 16. Doubtless thou art f)ur father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel ac- knowledge us not: thcni, 0 LoRD, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting. 17. O Lord, why hast thou made us to err fix)m thy ways, and hard- 44 AFFLICTIONS.— PiiAYKR in. oiicd our heart from thy fear? Eeturu for thy servants' Siike, the tiibes of thine mher- itance. Isa. 64:1. Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy pres- ence. 9. Be not wroth very sore, O Lord, nei- ther remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people. 10. Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wil- derness, Jerusalem a desolation. 11. Our holy and our beautifid house, where our fathers praised thee, is bvu'nt up with fire : and all our pleasant things are laid waste. 12. Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Lord ? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore ? Jer. 10:24. O Lord, correct me, but with judgment ; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. Jer. 14:8. O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shovddest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfar- ing man that turneth aside to tarry for a night? 9. Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O Lord, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name ; leave us not. 19. Hast thou utterly rejected Judah ? hath thy soul loathed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us ? we looked for peace, and there is no good ; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble 1 20. We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee. 21. Do not abhor ?/s, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the tlu^one of thy glory : remember, break not thy cove- nant with us. Jer. 32:16-25. Jer. 15:15. O Lord, thou knowest: remem- ber me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors ; take me not away in thy long- suffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke. Jer. 10:19. O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affhc- tion, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say. Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit. Jer. 17:17. Be not a terror unto me : thou art my i hope in the day of evil. 18. Let them be 2 confounded that persecute me, but let not me be "confounded : let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed : IR. v. i refuge zasuamedj Jer. 18:19. Give heed to me, O Lord, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me. Jer. 20:7,8. Lam. 1:9. O LoRD,behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself. 10. The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thovi didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation. 11. All her people sigh, they seek bread ; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul : see, O Lord, and consider : for I am be- come vile. 20. Behold, O Lord : for I a?« in (1 istress : my bowels are troubled ; m i ne hea rl is turned within me ; for I have gi'ievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death. Lam. 2:18. Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run. down like a river day and night : give thy- self no rest ; let not the apple of thine eye cease. 19. Arise, cry out in the night : in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Loi-d : lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that fauit for hmiger in the top of every street. Lam. 5:1. Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us : consider, and behold our reproach. 10. The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned ! 17. For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dun. 19. Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever ; thy throne from generation to genera- tion. 20. Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, a7id forsake us so long time? 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old. 22. But thou hast utterly rejected us ; thou art very- wroth against us. chapters 1-6. Dan. 0:10. He kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime. Joel 1:19. O Lord, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field. Jonah 1:14. Wherefore they cried unto the Lord, and said. We beseech thee, O Lord, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O Lord, hast done as it pleased thee. Jonah 2:1. Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish's bellj', 2. And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and he heard me ; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice. 3. For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas ; and the floods com- passed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me. 4. Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight ; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. 5. The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head. 6. I went down to the bottoms of the moimtains ; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from cor- ruption, O Lord my God. 7. When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came in mito thee, into thine holy temple. 8. They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. 9. But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay tJiat that I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord. 10. And the Lord spake unto the fish, and it vom- ited out Jonah upon the dry land. Hab. 1:12. Art thou not from everlasting. 46 A FFLICTIONS.— Resignation in. O Lord my God, mine Holy One ? Ave shall not die. O Lord, thou hast ordained them for judgment ; and, O mighty God, thoix hast establisiied them for correction. 13. Thou art of iDurer ej^es than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and boldest thy tongue when the wicked devour- eth the inan that is more righteous than he ? Matt. 8:25. His disciples came to Jiim and awoke him, saying. Lord, save us : we perish. Matt, 14:30. But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid ; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying. Lord, save me. Matt. 15:22. And, behold, a woman of Ca- naan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, tJiou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. 23. But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying. Send her away; for she crieth after us. 21. But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 25. Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. 26. But he answered and said. It is not meet to take the children's bread, and cast it to dogs. 27, And she said, Truth, Lord : yet the dogs eat of the crimibs which fall from their master's table. 28. Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith : be it unto thee even as thou wilt. Matt. 26:39. And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass fi'om me : nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou vrllt. 42. He went away again the eecond time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not ]iass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done. V. 44; Mark 14:36; Luke 22:42." Matt. 27:46. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me ? Mark 15:34; Luke 23:46. Luke 18:1. And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; John 11:3. Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying. Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. Acts 4:29. Now, Lord, behold their threat- enings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word, 30. By stretching forth thy hand to heal ; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus. Acts 7:59. And they stoned Stephen, call- ing upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, re- ceive my spirit. 60. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. 2 Cor. 12:8. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. Jas. 5:13, Is any among you afflicted ? let him pray. Is any merry? let hmi sing psalms. 14. Is any sick among you ? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over hini, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord : 15. And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall I'aise him up ; and if he have com- mitted sins, they shall be forgiven him. 16, Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. PRAYER IN, ANSWERED. See Prayer, Answered. PRAYER FOR THE AFFLICTED. See In- tercession. RESI(,I NATION IN: Job 5:17. Happy «s the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty : Job 13:15. Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him : Job 34:31. Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more: 32. That lohich I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more. v. 34. Psa. 46:10. Be still, and know that I am God : Psa. 4:4; 37:1. Prov. 3:11. My son, despise not the chas- tening of the Lord ; neither be weary of his correction : Lam. 3:22. It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compas- sions fail not. 23. T/de/yrt re new every morn- ing: great /s thy faithfulness. 24. The Lord is my portion, saith my soul ; therefore will I hope in him. 25. The Lord is good, unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. 26. It is good that a ntaii should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord. 27. It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. 2S. He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him. 29. He putteth his mouth in the dust ; if so be there may be hope. 30. He giv- eth his cheek to hvox that smiteth him : he is filled full Avith reproach. 31. For the Lord will not cast off for ever : 32. But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion ac- cording to the multitude of his mercies. 33. For he doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men. 34. To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth, 35. To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High, 36. To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord a.p]5roveth not. 39. Where- fore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins ? Mic. 6:9. The Lord's voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name : hear ye the rod, and who hath ap- pointed it. Matt. 26:39. O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me : nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou icilt. Mark 14:36; Luke 22:42; John 18:11. Luke 21:19. In your patience possess ye your souls. 46 AFFLICTIONS.— Resionation in, Exemplified. Rom. 5:3. And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also ; knowing that tribulation worketh patience : Rom. 1:^:12, Rejoicing in hoi)e ; patient in tribulation ; continuing instant in prayer; 2 Cor. 12:1). And he stiid luito me, My grace is sufficient for thee : for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the l)0\ver of Christ may rest upon me. Phil. 2:14. Do all things without munriu*- ings : Col. 1:11. Strengthened with all might, ac- cording to his glorious power, imto all pa- tience and longsuffering with joyfulness; 1 Thess. 3:3. That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know tliat Ave are appointed thereunto, v. 4. 2 Thess. 1:4. So that we ourselves glory in you in the chiu'ches of God, for your patience and faith iu all your persecutions and tribu- lations that ye endure ; 2 Tim. 2:3. Endure laardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 2 Tim. 4:.5. But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, Heb. 10:34. For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye iiaA'e in heaven a better and an endiu-ing substance. Heb. 1 2:3. Consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. 4. Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. 5. And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children. My son, despise not thou the chas- tening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him : 9. We have had fathere of our flesh which corrected iff}, and Ave gave f/ioa reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? us. 6-12. Jas. 1:10. [Let] the rich [rejoice] in that he is made low : because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. Jas. 4:7. Submit youreelves therefore to God. 1 Pet. I:f5. Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: 1 Pet. 2:20. For what glory is it, if, Avhen ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently ? but if, when ye do well, and suffer /or it, ye take it patiently, this is ac- ceptable with God. 1 Pet. 4:12. Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial Avhich is to try you, as thoxigh some strange thing happened unto you : 13. But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are par- takers of Christ's sufferings ; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also Avith exceeding joy. 19. Wherefore, let them that suffer according to the Avill of God com- mit the keeping of their souls to him in Avell doing, as unto a faithfvd Creator. 1 Pet. 5:6. Humble yom-selves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time : 7. Ca.sting all your care ujion him ; for he careth for you. See RESiCiXATioN. KESK^xNATIOMN, EXEMPLIFIED: Judg. 10:15. And the children of Israel sjiid imto the Lord, We have sinned: do thou unt(j us Avhatsoever seemeth good luito thee ; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day. 1 Sam. 3:18. And he Siiid, It is the Lord: let him do what seemeth him good. 2 Sam. 12.23. N(jav he is dead, A\'herefore should I fast ? can I bring him back again 'i I shaU go to him, l)ut he shall n( )t return t 49 AGRICUT.TITRE. he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution. Ex. 34:21. Six days shalt thou work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest : in earing time and in harvest tiiou shalt rest. Ex. 20.-9; 23:12; Deut. 5:13,1-1. 22. And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstf ruits of wheat hai'vest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end. Lev. 19:9. And when ye reap the hai^vest of yovir land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest. 10. And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard ; thou shalt leave them for the ]joor and stranger: I am the Lord your God. 19. Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a divei'se kind : thou shalt nut sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of Imen and wooUen come upon thee. 23. And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised : three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of. 24. But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to pi-aise the Lord v'ithal. 25. And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof : I aiu the Lord your God. Lev. 25:2. Speak unto the children of Is- rael, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the Lord. 8. Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof ; 4. But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the Lord ; thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vine- yard. [Ex. 23:10,11.] 5. That which grow- eth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed : for it is a year of rest unto the land. 6. And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you ; for thee, and for thy sei'\'ant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired sei'\'ant, and for thy stranger that sojoui-n- etli with thee, 7. And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat. 8. And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years ; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years. 9. Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the ti-umpet sound through- out all your land. 10. And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout atlihe land unto all the inhabit- ants thereof: it shall be a .iubilee mito you ; and ye shall return every nxau unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family. 11. A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you : ye shall not sow, neither i-eap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thj' vine undressed. 12. For it is the jubilee ; it shall be holy unto you : ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field. 15. According to the number of years after the jubilee thou shalt bviy of thy neighbour, ajul according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall selliuito thee: 16. According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the piice of it : for according to the number of the years oi the fruits doth he sell unto thee. 19. And the land shall yield her fi-uit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety. 20. And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year ? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in oiu' increase : 21 . Then I A\ill com- mand my blessing ujion you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years. 22. And ;v'e shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year ; until hei' fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store. 23. The land shall not be sold for ever : for the land is mine ; for ye are strangers and sojovmiers with me. 24. And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a re- demption for the land. 25. If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his bi'other sold. 26. And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it ; 27. Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it ; that he may leturn imto his possession. 28. But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that wliich is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubilee : and in the jubilee it shall go out, and he shall retiu-n unto his possession. Deut. 22:9. Thou shalt not sow thy vine- yard Avith divers seeds : lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled. 10. Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together. Deut. 23:24. When thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyai'd, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure ; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel. 25. When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluclc the ears Avith thine hand : but thou shalt not move a sickle imto thy neighbour's standing corn. Matt. 12:1. Deut. 24:19. When thou cuttest down thine ham-est in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it : it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow : that the 5U AGRICULTURE. AllAVA. Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands. ' 20. When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again : it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow, 21. When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vine- yard, thou shalt not glean it afterward : it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. Pi-ov. 3:9. Honor the Lord with thy sub- stance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: 10. So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. Eccl. 5:0. Moreover the profit of the earth is for all : the king hiinself is served by the field. Prov. 27:23. Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds : 24. For riches are not for ever : and doth the crown endure to every generation ? 25. The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. 2Q. The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field. 27. And tJiou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy FACTS ABOUT : Gen. 8:22. While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and sinnmer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. 1 Sam. 13:19. Now there was no smith found thi'ouglKJUt all the land of Israel : for the Philistines said. Lest the Hebrews make MeyM swords or spears: 20. But all the Israel- ites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his ax, and his mattock: 21. Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads. Isa. 28:24. Doth the plowman ]ilow all day to sow ? doth he open and break the clods of his ground ? 25. When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed bar- ley and the rie in their place ? 2Q. For his God doth instruct him to discretion, an d doth teach him. 27. For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin ; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod. 28. Bread co7'n is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it vnth the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it iinth his horse- men. Matt. 13:3. And he spake many things un- to them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow : 4. And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside, and the fowls came and devoured them up : 5. Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, be- cause they had no deepness of earth • 6. And when the sun was up, they were scorched ; and because they had no root, they withered away. 7. And some fell among thorns ; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them : 8. But other fell into good gi'ound, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixty- fold, some thirtyfold. 2 Cor. 9:6. But this I say. He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly ; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Gal. 6:7. Be not deceived; God is not mocked : for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. See Husbandman. FIGURATIVE : Fallow ground, Jer. 4:3. Sowing wheat, but reaping thorns, Jer, 12:13. Parable of the sower, Matt. 13:3-8,19-23; Luke 8:5-15; of the tares. Matt. 13:24-30, 36-43. OPERATIONS IN. See Churning ; Glean- ing ; Grafting ; Irrigation ; Manure ; Mow- ing; Pruning; Reaping; Sower; Thresh- ing. IMPLEMENTS OF. See Ax; Cart; Fan; Flail; Fork; Goad; Harrow; Mattock; Mill ; Plow ; Pruning-Hook ; Shovel ; Sic- kle; Sieve. PRODUCTS OF. See Apple ; Barley ; But- ter ; Chaff ; Corn ; Cucumber ; Date ; Fig ; Fitch ; Garlic; Gourd; Grape; Honey; Leek; Melon; Milk; Oil; Onion; Pome- granate ; Rye ; Stubble ; Wheat ; Wine. ANIMALS OF. See Ass ; Camel ; Goats ; Horses; Kine; Mules; Sheep; Swine. See also Barn; Fence; Garner; Vine- yards. AGRIPPA, king. Acts 25:26. AGUE. Lev. 26:16. AGUB, son of Jakeh, Prov. 30:1. AHAB. 1. King of Israel, 1 Kin. 16:29. Marries Jezebel, 1 Kin. 16:31. Idolatry of, IKin. 16:30-33; 18:18,19; 21:25,26; other wickedness of, 2 Kin. 3:2; 2 Chr. 21:6; 22:3,4: Mic. 6:16. Reproved by Eli.iah; assembles the prophets of Baal, 1 Kin. 18:17-46. Fraud- ulently confiscates Naboth's vinevai'd, 1 Kin. 21. Defeats Ben-hadad, 1 Kin. 20. Closing history and death of, 1 Kin. 22 : 2 Chr. 18. Succeeded by his son, Ahaziah, 1 Kin. 22:40. Prophecies against, 1 Kin. 20:42; 21:19-24; 22:19-28; 2 Kin. 9:8,25,26. Sons of, murdered, 2 Kin. 10:1-8. 2. A false prophet. Jer. 29:21,22. AHARAH, called also Ehi, and Ahiram, and Aher, son of Benjamin,Gen. 46:21;Num. 26:38; 1 Chr. 7:12; 8:1. AHARHEL, son of Harum, 1 Chr. 4:8. AHASAI, a grandson of Immer, Neh. 11:13. AHASBAT, father of Eliphelet, 2 Sam. 23:34. See Ur, 1 Chr. 11:35. AHASUERUS. 1. King of Persia, his- tory of. See Book of Esther. 2. See Artaxerxes. 3. Father of Darius, Dan. 9:1. AHAVA, a river of Babylon, Ezra 8:15, 21,3L 51 AHAZ. AHOLIBAMAH. AHAZ. 1. Kin^of Judah, son and succes- sor of Jotham, 2 Kin. 15:38; 16:1; 2 Chr. 27:9; 28:1. Idolatrous abominations of, 2 Kin. 16; 3,4; 2 Chr. 28:2-4,22-25. Kingdom of, in- vaded by the kings of Syria and Samaria, 2 Kin. 16:5,6; 2 Chr. 28:5-8. Robs the temple to purchase aid from the king of Assyria, 2 Kin. 16:7-9,17,18; 2 Chr. 28:21. Visits Da- mascus, obtains a novel pattern of an altar, which he substitutes for the altar in the temple in Jerusalem, and otherwise perverts the fonns of worship, 2 Kin. 16:10-16. Sun- dial of, 2 Kin. 20:11; Isa. 38:8. Prophets in the reign of, Isa. 1:1; Hos. 1:1; Mic. 1:1. Prophecies concerning, Isa. 7:13-25. Suc- ceeded by Hezekiah, 2 Kin. 16:20. 2. Son of Micah, 1 Chr. 8:35; 9:41,42. AHAZIAH. 1. King of Judah. Called AzARlAH and Jehoahaz, 2 Chr. 21:17; 25:23. History of, 2 Kin. 8:25-29; 9:16-29. Gifts of, to the temple, 2 Kin. 12:18. Brethren of, slain, 2 Kin. 10:13,14. Succeeded by Atha- liah, 2 Chr. 22:10-12. 2. King of Israel. History of, 1 Kin. 22:40, 49,51-53; 2 Chr. 20:35-37; 2 Kin. 1. Suc- ceeded by Jehoram, 2 Kin. 3:1. AHBAN, son of Abishur, 1 Chr. 2:29. AHEK. See Aharah. AHI. 1. Son of Shamer, 1 Chr. 7:34. 2. Son of Abdiel, 1 Chr. 5:15. AHIA. See Ahimelech. AHIAH. 1. Grandson of Phinehas, 1 Sam. 14:3,18. 2. One of Solomon's scribes, 1 Kin. 4:3. 3. A Benjamite, 1 Chr. 8:7. AHIAM, one of David's heroes, 2 Sam. 23:33. Called also Sacar, 1 Chr. 11:35. AHIAN, son of Shemidah, 1 Chr. 7:19. AHIEZEK. 1. Captain of the tribe of Dan, Num. 1:12; 2:25,26. Contributes to the tabernacle. Num. 7:66-71. 2. One of David's valiant men, 1 Chr. 12:3. AHIHUD. 1. A prince of Asher, assists in allotting the land of Canaan among the tribes. Num. 34:27. 2. A son of Bela, 1 Chr. 8:7. AHIJAH, called also Ahiah. 1. Son of Bela, 1 Chr. 8:7. 2. Son of Jerahmeel, 1 Chr. 2:25. 8. A priest in Shiloh, probably identical with Ahimelech, mentioned in 1 Sam. 22:11. Was priest in Saul's reign, 1 Sam. 14:3,18. Slain, 1 Sam. 22:11-19. 4. One of David's heroes, 1 Chr. 11:36. Called also Eliam, 2 Sam. 23:34. 5. A Levite who was treasurer in the tab- ernacle, 1 Chr. 26:20. 6. Son of Shisha, 1 Kin. 4:3. 7. A prophet in Shiloh, 1 Kin. 11J29-39. 8. Father of Baasha, 1 Kin. 15:27,33; 2 Kin. 9:9. 9. An Israelite, who subscribed to the covenant of Nehemiah, Neh. 10:26. AHIKAM, son of Shaphan, 2 Kin. 22:12- 14; 25:22; 2 Chr. 34:20; Jer. 26:24; 39:14; 40:5- 16; 41:1-18; 43:6. AHILUD, father of Baana, 1 Kui 4:12; and of Jehoshaphat, 2 Sam.8:16; 20:24; 1 Kin. 4:3; 1 Chr. 18:15. AHIMAAZ. 1. Father m law of king Saul, 1 Sam. 14:50. 2. Son of Zadok, the high priest. Loyal to David, 2 Sam. 15:36; 17:17-20; 18,19-33; 1 Chr. 6:8,9,53. 3. Solomon's son in law, 1 Kin. 4:15. AHIMAN. 1. A giant of Hebron, Num. 13:22; Josh. 15:14. 2. A Levite, 1 Chr. 9:17. AHIMELECH. 1. Called also Ahia. A high priest, during the reign of David. Gives shewbread and the sword of Goli- ath to David, 1 Sam. 21; Mark 2:26. Slain by command of Saul, 1 Sam. 22:9-22. 2. A Hittite, and friend of David, 1 Sam. 26:6. AHIMOTH, a Levite, 1 Chr. 6:25. AHINADAB, son of Iddo, 1 Kin. 4:14. AHINOAM. 1. Wife of king Saul, 1 Sam. 14:50. 2. Wife of king David, 1 Sam. 25:43; 27:3; 30:5,18; 2 Sam. 3:2. AHIO. 1. A Levite, who drove the cart bearing the ark, 2 Sam. 6:3,4; 1 Chr. 13:7. 2. A Benjamite, 1 Chr. 8:14. 3. Son of Jehiel, 1 Chr. 8:31; 9:37. AHIRA, captain of the tribe of Naphtali, Num. 1:15; 2:29; 7:78-83; 10:27. AHIRAM. See Aharah. AHISAMACH, father of Aholiab, Ex. 31:6; 35:34; 38:23. A HISH AH AR, son of Bilhan, 1 Chr. 7:10. AHISHAR, one of Solomon's household officers, 1 Kin. 4:6. AHITHOPHEL. One of David's coun- sellors, 2 Sam. 15:12; 1 Chr. 27:33. Joins Absalom, 2 Sam. 15:31,34; 16:15,20-23; 17:1- 23. Probably referred to by David in Psa. 55:12-14. Suicide of, 2 Sam. 17:1-14,23. AHITUB. 1. High priest, father of Ahiah, 1 Sam. 14:3; 22:9,11,12,20. 2. Father of Zadok, 2 Sam. 8:17; 1 Chr. 18:16. 3. Ruler of the house of God, 1 Chr. 9:11; Neh. 11:11. 4. The Ahitub mentioned in 1 Chr. 6:8,11, 12, is probably identical with the last de- scribed above, or else he is confused with Azariah, 2 Chr. 31:10. AHLAB, a city of Asher, the original in- habitants of wliich were not expelled, Judg. 1:31. AHLAI. 1. Daughter of Sheshan, 1 Chr. 2'31 34 35 ' 2.' Father of Zabad, 1 Chr. 11:41. AHOAH, son of Bela, 1 Chr. 8:4. Called also Ahiah, 1 Chr. 8:7, and Ira, 1 Chr. 7:7. AHOLAH, name of an imaginary Avom- an, typical of idolatry, Ezek. 23:4,5,36,44. AHOLiIAB, an artificer of the taber- nacle, Ex. 31:6; 35:34; 36:1,2; 38:23. AHOLIBAH, an imaginary character, tyiiical of idolatry, Ezek. 23:4,5,36,44. AHOLIBAMAH. 1. Wife of Esau, Gen. 36:2,14,25. She is probably identical with Judith, of Gen. 26:34. 2. An Edomitish prince, Gen. 36:41. 52 AIIUMAI. ALMON-DIBLATIIAIM. AHUMAI, son of Jahath, 1 Chr. 4:2. AHUZAM, son of Ashur, 1 Chr. 4:6. AHUZZATH, a friend of Abimelech, Gen. 26:26. A I. 1. A royal city of the Canaanites. Conquest and destruction of. Josh. 7; 8. Re- built, Ezra 2:28. Called also AiJA, Neh. 11: 31; and Aiath, Isa. 10:28. Population of, Josh. 8:25. 2. A city of the Ammonites, Jer. 49:3. AIAH. See Ajah. AIATH. See Ai. AIJA. See Ai. AIJALON. See Ajalon. AIJELETH SH AH AK, a musical term which probably indicated the sprightly movement of the music set to Psa. 22. See Alif. 1. A city of Simeon, Josh. 19:7; 15:32; 21:16; 1 Chr. 4:32. Called also Ashan, 1 Chr. 6:59. Possibly identical with En-Rimmon, Neh. 11:29. 2. A landmark on the northern boundary of Palestine, Num. 34:11. AJAH, called also Aiah. 1. A Horite, Gen. 36:24; 1 Chr. 1:40. 2. Father of Rizpah, 2 Sam. 3:7; 21:8-11. A JALON. 1. A city of Dan, Josh. 19:42. Assigned to the Levites, Josh. 21:24; 1 Sam. 14:31; 1 Chr. 6:69. Amorites of, not exter- minated, Judg. 1:35. 2. A city of Zebulun, Judg. 12:12. 3. A city of Judah, 2 Chr. 28:18; 11:10. 4. A valley. Josh. 10:12. AKAN, a Horite, Gen. 36:27. Called also Jaakan, Deut. 10:6; and Jakan", 1 Chr. 1:42. AKKUB. 1. One of the Nethinim, Ezra 2:45. 2. A returned exile, 1 Chr. 9:17; Ezra 2:42; Neh. 7:45; 8:7; 12:25. 3. A son of Elioenai, 1 Chr. 3:24. AKRABBIM, a chain of hills in the south of Palestine, Num. 34:4; Josh. 15:3; Judg. 1:36. ALABASTER. A white stone. Vessels made of. Matt. 26:7; Mark 14:3; Luke 7:37. ALAMETH, son of Becher, 1 Chr. 7:8. ALAMMELECH, atownof Asher, Josh. 19:26. ALAMOTH. A musical term, 1 Chr. 15:20. Inscription to Psa. 46. See Music. ALEMETH. 1. A Levitical city, 1 Clu-. 6:60. See Almon. -2. Son of Jehoadah, 1 Chr. 8:36; or of Ja- rah 1 Chr 9"4^ ALEXANDER. 1. Son of Simon who bore the cross of Jesus, Mark 15:21. 2. A relative of the high priest, present at the defense of Peter and John, Acts 4:6. 3. A Jew of Ephesus, Acts 19:33. 4. A copper-smith, 1 Tim. 1:20; 2 Tim. 4:14. ALEXANDRIA. A city of Egypt, Acts 6:9. Ships of. Acts 27:6; 28:11. ApoUos born in, Acts 18:24. ALGUM, called also AoiUG, trees of Ophir and Lebanon. 1 Kin. 10:11,12; 2 Chr. 2:8; 9:10,11. ALI A H . See Alvah, ALIAN. See Alvan. ALIENS, strangers, heathen. To be treated with justice, Ex, 22:21; 23:9; Lev. 19:33,34; Deut. 1:16; 10:19; 24:14,17; 27:19; Jer. 7:6; 22:3; Ezek. 22:29; Mai. 3:5. Reli- gious privileges of, Ex. 12:48,49; Num. 9:14; 15:14,15. Kindness to Edomites, enjoined, Deut. 23:7. Jews authorized to purchase, as slaves. Lev. 25:44,45; and to take usury from, Deut. 15:3; 23:20; not permitted to make kings of, Deut. 17:15. Forbidden to eat the passover, Ex. 12:45. Partially exempt from Jewish law, Deut. 14:21. Numerous in times of David and Solomon, 2 Sam. 22:45,46; 2. Chr. 2:17; 15:9. Oppressed, Ezek. 22:29. Rights of. Num. 35:15; Josh. 20:9; Ezek. 47:22,23. David's kindness to, 2 Sam. 15:19, 20. Hospitality to, required by Jesus, Matt. 25:35,38,43. See Gleaning; Heathen; Hospitality; Inhospitableness ; Proselyte ; Strangers. ALLEGORY. Of the trees seeking a king, Judg. 9:8-15. Messiah's kingdom represented under, of the wolf and the lamb dwelling together, Isa. 11:6-8. Wilderness to blossom as the rose, Isa. 35. The two cov- enants, Gal. 4:24. See Parable ; Symbol. ALLIANCES. POLITICAL : With idol- aters forbidden, Ex. 23:32,33; 34:13-15; Deut. 7:2; Judg. 2:2; 2 Chr. 19:2; 20:37; Isa. 30:2; 31:1; Hos. 4:17; 5:13; 12:1; Ezek, 17:15. Rati- fication of: By oaths. Gen. 21:23; 26:28-31; Josh. 9:15-20. 1 Sam. 20:16,17; by giving the hand. Lam. 5:6. See Covenants ; Treaty. INSTANCES OF : Between Abraham and Mamre, Eshcol, and Aner, Gen. 14:13. Abra- ham and Abimelech, Gen. 21:22-32. Isaac and Abimelech, Gen. 26:26-31. Canaanitish nations against Israel, Josh. 9:1,2. Joshua and the Gibeonites, Josh. 9. Moabites, Amalekites, and Ammonites, Judg. 3:12,13. Solomon and Hiram, 1 Kin. 5:12; Amos, 1:9. Asa and Benhadad, 1 Kin. 15:18,19; 2 Chr. 16:3. Jehoshaphat and Ahab, 1 Kin. 22; 2 Chr. 18:1. Jehoshaphat and Ahaziah, 2 Chr. 20:35. Ahaz and Tiglath, 2 Kin. 16:7,8; 2 Chr. 28:16, 21. Rezin and Pekah, 2 Kin. 16:5. Zedekiah and Pharaoh, Jer. 87:1-8; Ezek. 17:15-17. ALLON. 1. Son of Jedaiah, 1 Clir. 4:37, 2. A city of Naphtali, Josh. 19:33. ALLON-BACHUTH, place where Re bekahwas buried. Gen. 35:8. ALLOY, OF METALS : Isa. 1:25. ALMODAD, son of Joktan, Gen. 10:26 1 Chr. 1:20. ALMON, Levitical city of Benjamin, Josh. 21:18. Called Alemeth, 1 Chr. 6:60. ALMOND, a tree. Fruit of. Gen. 43:11. Aaron's rod of the. Num. 17:8. _ Bowls of candlestick in the tabernacle fashioned after the nuts of the, Ex. 25:33,34; 37:19,20. FIGURATIVE USE OF : Eccl. 12:5; Jer. 1:11. ALMON -DIBLATHAIM. Camping place of Israelites, Num. 33:46,47. Probably identical with Beth-diblathaim, Jer. 48i22, and with Diblath, Ezek. 6:14. ALMS. ALTRUISM. ALMS. Enjoined, Deut. 15:7-11; Matt. 5:42; 19:21; Luke 12:33; 2 Cor. 9:5-7; Gal. 2:10; 1 Tim. 0:18; Heb. 13:16. To be given witliout ostentation, Matt. 6:1-4; Eom. 12:8 ; freely, 2 Cor. 9:6,7. Withholding, not of love, 1 John 3:17.- Solicited by the unfortu- nate, John 9:8; Acts 3:3. See Beneficence ; Gifts ; Giving ; Liber- ality; Poor. INSTANCES OF GIVING : Zaccheus, Luke 19:8. Dorcas, Acts 9:36. Cornelius, Acts 10:2. The early Christians, Acts 2:44,45; 4:34-37; 6:1-3; 11:29,30; 24:17; Rom. 15:25-28; 1 Cor. 16:1-4: 2 Cor. 8:1-4; 9:1; Heb. 6:10. ALOES. Used as perfume, Psa. 45:8; Prov. 7:17; Song 4:14; In embalming the dead, John 19:39. Lign-aloes, Num. 24:6. ALPHA, a title of Christ, Rev. 1:8,11; 21: 6; 22:13. Compare Isa. 41:4; 44:6; 48:12. ALPHEUS. 1. Father of James, Matt. 10:3; Mark 3:18. 2. Father of Levi, Mark 2:14. ALTAR. Built by Noah, Gen. 8:20; Abra- ham, Gen. 12:7,8; 13:18; 22:9; Isaac, Gen. 26:25; Jacob, Gen. 33:20; 35:1-7: Moses, Ex. 17:15: 24:4; Balaam, Num. 23:1,14,29; Joshua, Deut. 27:4-7: Josh. 8:30-32; Reubenites and Gadites, Josh. 22:10,34; Gideon, Judg. 6:26, 27; Samuel, 1 Sam. 7:17; Saul, 1 Sam. 14:35; David, 2 Sam. 24:18,19; Eli,]ah,lKin. 18:31,32. Mosaic commandments prescribing the construction of, Ex. 20:24-26; Deut. 27:5-7; Josh. 8:30,31. See Ezek. 43:13. Used in idolatrous worship, Judg. 6:25. 1 Kin. 12:32; 16:32; 18:26; 2 Kin. 16:10; 23:12,15; Isa. 27:9: 65:3; Hos. 8:11; Acts 17:23. OF BURNT OFFERINGS: called Brazen Altar, Ex. 39:39; 1 Kin. 8:64; Altar of God, Psa. 43:4; Altar OF THE LoRD, Mai. 2:13. In the Tabernacle : Pattern of, Ex. 27:1-8. Constructed by Bezaleel, Ex. 38:1-7, with 37:1. Location of, Ex. 40:6,29; Ezek. 8:16; Matt. 23:35. Furniture of, Ex. 27:3-7; 38:3-7; 1 Sam. 2:13,14. Horns of. Ex. 27:2. How sanctified, Ex. 29:36,37,44; 30:26-28; 40:10; Lev. 8:10,11; Num. 7. See Ezek. 43: 18-27. See Blood. Sanctified eveiy thing that touched it, Ex. 29:37; 30:29; Matt. 23:18,19. Aplaceof refuge, Ex. 21:14; 1 Kiii. 1:50; 2:28. In Solomon's Tebiple: Description of, 2 Chr. 4:1. RenewedbyAsa, 2Chr. 13:8. Re- moved by Ahaz, and one of idolatrous fash- ion substituted, 2 Kin. 16:14-17. Cleansed by Hezekiah, 2 Chr. 29:18-24. Repaired by Manasseh, 2 Chr. 33:16. Furniture of, taken to Babylon, 2 Kin. 25:14. In Second Temple, Ezra 3:1-6. Ezekiel's Vision of, Ezek. 43:13-27. See Tabernacle; Temple. OF INCENSE: called the Golden Altar, Ex. 39:38; Num. 4:11; Altar of Sweet In- cense, Lev. 4:7; Altar Before the Lord, Lev. 16:18. Pattern of, Ex. 30:1-5. Constructed, Ex. 37; 25-28. Location of, Ex. 30:6; 40:5,26. A cover made for, of tlie censers of Korah, Num. 16:36-40. Uses of, Ex. 30:7-10,26, ':7; 40: 27: Lev. 4:7,18; 8:15; 9:9;. 16;12, 18. How pre- pared for carrying, Num. 4:4-15. Carried by the Kohathites, Num. 3:27-31. In Solo- mon's temple, 1 Kin. 6:19,20; 7:48; 1 Chr. 28:18. Seen in John's vision. Rev. 8:3; 9:13. AL-TASCHITH. Title of Psa. 57-59; 75. See Music. ALTRUISM, Disinterested Benevolence. Matt. 20:26. Whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister ; 27. And avIio- soever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: [Matt. 23:11.J 28. Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. Mark 10:43-45; Luke 22:26,27. Mark 9:35. And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the sante shall be last of all, and i servant Of all. [• K. V. minister] John 13:12. So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, ... he said unto them. Know ye what I have done to you ? 13. Ye call me Master and Loixl : and ye say well ; for so I am. 14. If I then, you7- Lord and Master, have washed your feet ; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. 15. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. vs. 4-17. Acts 20:33. I have coveted no man's sil- ver, or gold, or apparel. 34. Yea, ye your- selves know, that these hands have minis- tered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. 35. I have shewed you all things, how that so labouiing ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said. It is more blessed to give than to receive. Rom. 15:1. We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 2. Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edifica- tion. 3. For even Christ pleased not him- self ; but, as it is written. The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me. 1 Cor. 9:18. What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gosj)el of Christ without charge, i that I abuse not my power in the gospel. 19. For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. 20. And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews ; to them that are under the law, as under the law, [not being myself nnder the law, ?s addM m R. I".] that I might gain them that are under the law ; 21. To them that are with- out law, as without law, (2 being not without laAv to God, but under Hhe law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law. 22. To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak : I am made all things to all trien, that I might by all means save some. LK.V. ' so as not to use to the full my right soiiiittetl.] 2 not beintt 1 Cor. 10:24. Let no man seek his o^vn, but every man another's i wealth. 31. Whether therefore ye eat. or diink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. 32. Give 64 ALTRUISM. AMBITION. •-inoiK" ollciuu', iicitlicr t<» the Jews, ^nor to the Miciii ill's, nor to the chui'cli oi' (lod : '.V,y. Even as 1 i»lc>a.so all 7iien in all t/iings, not sec^k- iiig niiiu! own profit, but the })r<>fif of many, that they may be saved. IH.V'.' Kood 2 no occasion of stumbliiiK, "illu'r 3or 4 (iieeks, or] ^ Cor. 4:5. For we ])reacli not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. 2 Ct-ir. 0:1U. As sorrowful, yet ahvay re- joicing; as poor, yet making many rieh; as having nothing,and yet possessing all things. 2 Cor. 8:i). For ye know Ww grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though ho was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. Gal. G:10. As we have therefore oppor- tunity, let us ido good unto all )nen, es- l)ecially unto them who are of the house- h(-)ld of faith. L' U. v. work tli.at wliich is] Fhil. 2:o. Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory ; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themseh-es. 4. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. 5. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus : G. Who, being in the form (jf God, thought it not r(.)bbery to be equal with God : 7. But i maile himself 2 of no repu- tation, and tooiv upon him the form of a servant, ■•> and was made in the likeness of men : fS. And being found in fashion as a man, he luunbled himself, and became obedient imto death, even the death of the cross. [K. V. ' emptied ztaldng 3 beingl See Alms; Beneficence; Charitableness; Duty, of Man to Man : Liberality ; Love. ALUSH, camping place of the Israelites, Num. 33:13. ALVAH. Duke of Edom, Gen. 36:40. Cnlled Aliah, 1 Chr. 1:51. ALVAX. Son of Shobal, Gen. 36:23. Called Alian, 1 Chr. 1:40. AMAl), a town of Asher, Josh. 19:26. AMAL, son of Helem, 1 Chr. 7:35. AMAT^KK. Son of Eliphaz, Gen. 36:12; 1 Chr. 1:36. Frobably not the ancestt)r of the Anialekites mentioned in time of Abra- ham, Gen. 14:7. AM ALE KITES. A peoi)le inhabiting the country S. of Idumea and E. of the Red Sea, Num. 13:29; 14:25; 1 Sam. 15:7; 27:S. Defeated by Chedorlaomer, Gen. 14:7; by Joshua, Ex. 17:8,13; by Gideon, Judg. 7; by Saul, 1 Sam. 14:47,48; 15:1-33; by David, 1 Sam. 27:8,9; 30:1-20; by the Simeonites, 1 Chr. 4:42,43. Defeat the Israelites, Num. 14: 45; Judg. 3:13. Israel commanded to destroy, Deut. 25:17-19; 1 Sam. 28:18. Prophecies against, Ex. 17:14,16; Num. 24:20. AM AM. A city of Judah, Josh. 15:26. Probably situated within the district as- signed afterward to Simeon, Josh. 19:1-9. A31 AXA, a mountain mentioned in Song 4:8. AMANUENSIS, Jer. 36:4; 45:1. AMARI AH. 1. Two Levites, 1 Clu-. 6:7, 52; 23:19 ; 24:23. 2. Chief priest in the reign of Jehoslia- phat, 2 Cin-. 19:11. 3. A high priest, father of Ahitub, 1 Chr. 6:11; Ezra 7:3. 4. A Levite, who assisted in distributing temple gifts, 2 Chr. 31:15-19. 5. Son of Hizkiah, Zeph. 1:1. 6. Father of Zechariah, Neh. 11:4. 7. A prie.st, returned fi'oin exile, Neh. 10:3: 12:2. Frobably identical with one mentioned in Neh. 12:13. 8. A returned exile. Divorces his idola- trous wife, Ezra 10:42. AMASA. 1. Nephew of David, 2 Sam. 17:25; 1 Chr. 2:17. J<»ins Absalom, 2 Siim. 17:25. Returns to David, and is made cap- tain of the host, 2 Sam. 19:13. Slain, 2 Sam. 20:8-12; 1 Kin. 2:5,32. 2. Son of Hadlai, 2 Chr. 28:12. AMASAI. 1. A Levite and ancestor of Samuel, 1 Chr. 6:25,35. 2. Leader of a body of men disjxffected toward Saul, who joined David, 1 Chr. 12:18. 3. A priest and triunpeter, 1 Chr. 15:24. 4. A Levite of th(! Kohathites, 2 Chr. 29:12. AM ASH A I, a chieftain of Judah, Neh. 11:13. AMASIAH, a chief of the tribe of Ju- dah, 2 Chr. 17:16. AMAZIAH. 1. A Levite, 1 Chr. 6:45. 2. King of Judah. History of, 2 Kin. 14; 2 Chr. 25. 3. An idolatrous priest at Bethel, Amos 7:10-17. 4. Father of Joshah, 1 Chr. 4:34. AMBASSADORS. Sent by Moses to Edom, Num. 20:14; to the Amorites, Num. 21:21; by Gibeonites to the Lsraelites, Josh. 9:4; Israelites to various nations, Judg. 11:12-28; Hiram to David, 2 SiWi. 5:11; and Solomon, 1 Kin. 5:1; Benhadad to Ahab, 1 kin. 20:2-6; Amaziah to Jehoash, 2 Kin. 14: 8; Ahaz to Tiglath, 2 Kin. 16:7; Hoshea to So 2 Kin. 17:4; Sennacherib through Rah- shakeh to Hezekiah, 2 Kin. 19:9; Berodach to Hezekiah, 2 Kin, 20:12; 2 Chr. 32:31; Zed^ ekiah to Egypt, Ezek. 17:15. Other references to, Prov. 13:17; Isa. 18:^; 30:4; 33:7; 36:11; 39:1,2; Luke 14:32. FIGURATIVE: Job 33:23; Obad. 1; 2 Cor. 5:20; Eph. 6:20. AMBER, a vegetable fossil, Ezek. 1:4, 27- 8-2 AMBITION. Falsely charged against Moses, Num. 16:13. Parable of the thistle, illustrating. 2 Kin. 14.9. UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELAT IN(iTO: Job 20:6. Though his e.xcellencv mount up to the heavens, and his head iv.ich unto the clouds ; 7. Yet he shall i)ensh lor ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where i.^ ^i^? . . , Psa. 49:11. Their inward thought is, tlidt their houses sJutU cofithn/e forever, ' their dwellingi)laces to all generations; they call t/ieir lands after their own names. 12. Nevertheless man bei/nj in honour altii1f>tli not; he is like the beiiats that peitsh. 65 AMBITION. AMETHYST. 13. This their way is their folly : yet their posterity approve their sayings. Isa. 5:8. Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the eai'th I Hab. 2:5. Yea » also, because he trausgi-esseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gather- eth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people : 6. Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that in- creaseth that which is not his ! how long ? and to him that ladeth himself with 2 thick clay ! [R. V. 1 moreover, wine is a treacherous dealer, a haughty 2 pledges] 9. Woe to him that 1 coveteth an evil scovet- ousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil ! [R. v. 1 getteth again for] Matt. 4:8. Again the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and shew- eth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them ; 9. And saith unto him. All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. 10. Then saith Jesus unto him. Get thee hence, Satan : for it is writ- ten. Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Luke 4:5-8. Matt. 16:26. For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul ? or what shall a man give in ex- change for his soul ? Luke 9:25. Matt. 23:5. But all their works they do for to be seen of men : they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments. 6. And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the syna- gogues. [Mark 12:38,39; Luke 11:43.] 7. And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men. Rabbi, Eabbi. 12. And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased ; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted. Mark 9:33. And he came to Capernaum : and being in the house he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among your- selves by the way? [Luke 22:24.] 34. But they held their peace : for bj^ the way they had disputed among themselves, who shoidd be the greatest. 35. And he sat down, and called the twelve, and said unto them. If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all. and servant of all. 36. And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them : and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them, 37. Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me; and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me. Matt. 18:1; Luke 9:46. Mark 10:35. And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying. Master, we would that thou shoiildest do for us whatsoever we shall desire. [Matt. 20:20.] 36. And he said unto them. What would ye that I should do for you? 37 They said unto him. Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory. 38. But Jesus said unto them. Ye know not what ye ask : can ye drmk of the cup that I drink of ? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? 39. And they said ujato him, We can. And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of ; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized: 40. But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared. 41. And w^hen the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased with James and John. 42. But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them. Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. 43. But so shall it not be among you : but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your min- ister : 44. And whosoever of you will be the chief est, shall be sei-vant of all. [Luke 22:26. ] 45. For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. John 5:44. How can ye believe, which re- ceive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that comet h from God only ? 1 Tim. 3:1. This is a true saying. If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. Jas. 4:1. From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your mem- bers? 2. Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desu'e to have, and cannot obtain : ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because-y e ask not. 1 John 2:16. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, bvit is of the world. See Pride. INSTANCES OF: Lucifer, Isa. 14:12-15. Eve, Gen. 3:5,6. The builders of Babel, Gen. 11:4. Aaron and Miriam, Num. 12:2-10. Korah and his co-conspirators. Num. 16:3-35. Abimelech, Judg. 9:1-6. Absalom, 2 Sam. 15:1-13; 18:18. Ahithophel, 2 Sam. 17:23. Adonijah, 1 Kin. 1:5. Sennacherib, 2 Kin. 19:23. Haman, Esth. 5:9-13; 6:6-9. Dio- ti'ephes, 3 John 9,10. AMBUSH. INSTANCES OF: At Ai, Josh. 8:2-22; Shechem, Judg. 9:25,34; Gibeah, Judg. 20:29-41. Near Zemaraim, 2 Chr.l3:13. By Jehoshaphat, 2 Chr. 20:22. See Armies. FKJURATIVE : Jer. 51:12. AIM EN. A word used to reenforce a statement. Num. 5:22; Deut. 27:12-26; Neh. 5:13; 2 Cor. 1:20; Rev. 1:18, 22:20. Used in prayer, 1 Kin. 1:36: 1 Chr. 16:36; Neh. 8:6; Psa. 41:13; 72:19; 89:52; 106:48; Jer. 28:6; Matt. 6:13; 1 Cor. 14:16; Rev. 5:14; 19:4. A title of Clu-ist, Rev. 3:14. AMETHYST, a precious stone, Ex. 28:19; 39:12; Rev. 21:20. M AMI. AMUSEMENTS. AMI. See Amon, 3. AMINADAB. See Amminadab. AMITTAI, father of Jonah, 2 Kin, 14:25; Jonah 1:1. AMMAH, a mountain, 2 Sam. 2:24. AMMI, a figiu-ative name given to Is- rael, Hos. 2:1. AMMIEL. 1. One of the twelve spies, Num. 13:12. 2. Father of Machir, 2 Sam. 9:4,5; 17:27. 3. Father of Bath-sheba, 1 Chr. 3:5. Called also Eliam, 2 Sam. 11:3. 4. Son of Obed-edom, 1 Chr. 2G:5. AMMIHUD. 1. Son of Laadan, 1 Chr. 7:26, and father of Elishama, Num. 1:10; 2:18. 2. Father of Shemuel, Num. 84:20. 3. Father of Pedahel, Num. 34:28. 4. Father of the king of Gesher, 2 Sam. 13:37. 5. Son of Omri, 1 Chr. 9:4. AMMIHUR. See Ammihud. AMMINADAB. 1. Father in law of Aaron, Ex. 6:23. Father of Nashon, Num. 1:7; 2:3. Lineage of, Ruth 4:18-20; 1 Chr. 2:10; Matt. 1:4; Luke 3:33. 2. A son of Kohath, 1 Chr. 6:22. 3. A son of Uzziel, 1 Chr. 15:10,11. AMMINADIB. See Ammnadab. AMMISHADDAI, father of Ahiezer, Num. 1:12. AJVIMIZABAD, son of Benaiah, 1 Chr. 27:6. AMMON. See Ben-aiwjii. AMMONITES. Descendants of Ben- ammi, one of the sons of Lot, Gen. 19:38. Character of, Judg. 10:6; 2 Kin. 23:13; 2 Chr. 20:25; Jer. 27:3,9; Ezek. 25:3,6; Amos 1:13; Zeph. 2:10. Territory of. Num. 21:24; Deut. 2:19; Josh. 12:2; 13:10,25; Judg. 11:13. Israelites forbidden to disturb, Deut. 2: 19,37. Excluded from the congregation of Israel, Deut. 23:3-6. Confederate with Mo- abites and Amalekites against Israel, Judg. 3:12,13. Defeated by the Israelites, Judg. 10:7-18; 11:32,33; 12:1-3; 1 Sam. 11; 2 Sam. 8:12; 10; 11:1; 12:26-31; 17:27; 1 Chr. 18:11; 20:1-3; 2 Chr. 20; 26:7,8; 27:5. Conspire against the Jews, Neh. 4:7,8. Solomon takes wives from, 1 Kin. 11:1; 2 Chr. 12:13; Neh. 13:26. Jews intermarry with, Ezra 9:12; 10:10-44; Neh. 13:23. Kings of: Baalis, Jer, 40:14; 41:10; Hanun, 2 Sam. 10; 1 Chr. 19; Nahash, 1 Sam. 11; 2 Sam. 10:1,2, 1 Chr. 19:1,2. Idols of: Milcom, 2 Kin. 23:13; Molech. See Molech. Prophecies concerning, Isa. 11:14; Jer. 9:25,26; 25:15-21; 27:1-11; 49:1-6; Ezek. 21:20,28-32; 25:1-11; Dan. 11:41; Amos 1:13-15; Zeph. 2:8-11. AMNESTY. For political offenses : To Shimei, 2 Sam. 19:16-23; to Amasa, 2 Sam. 19:13, with 17:25. AMNON. 1, Son of David, 2 Sam. 3:2; 1 Chr, 3:1, Incest of, and death, 2 Sam, 13, 2. Son of Shimon, 1 Chr. 4:20, AMOK, a priest, Neh, 12:7,20. AMON. 1. Governor of the city of Sa- maria, 1 Kin. 22:26; 2 Chr, 18:25. 2. King of Judah, 2 Kin. 21:18-26; 2 Chr. 33:21-25; Zeph. 1:1; Matt. 1:10. 3. Ancestor of one of the families of the Nethinim, Neh. 7:59. Called Ami, Ezra 2:57. AMORITES. Descendants of Canaiin, Gen. 10:15,16; 1 Chr. 1:13,14. Were giants, Amos 2:9. Smitten by Chedorlaomer and rescued by Abraham, Gen. 14. Territory of. Gen, 14:7; Num. 13:29; 21:13. Deut, 1:4,7,19; 3:8,9; Josh, 5:1; 10:5; 12:2,3; Judg. 1:35,36; 11:22; given to descendants of Abraham, Gen. 15i21; 48:22; Deut. 1:20; 2:26-36; 7:1; Josh. 3:10; Judg. 11:23; Amos 2: 10; allotted to Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh, Num. 32:33-42; Josh. 13:15-21; conquest of, Num. 21:21-30; Josh, 10:11; Judg, 1:34^36. Chiefs of. Josh, 13:21. Wickedness of. Gen. 15:16; 2 Kin, 21:11; Ezra 9:1. Idol- atry of, Judg. 6:10; 1 Kin. 21:26. Judg- ments denounced against. Ex, 23:24; 33:2; 34:10,11; Deut. 20:17,18. Hornets sent among. Josh. 24:12. Not exterminated, Judg. 1:34- 36; 3:1-3,5-8; 1 Sam. 7:14; 2 Sam. 21:2; 1 Kin, 9:20,21; 2 Chr. 8:7. Intermarry with Jews, Ezra 9:1,2; 10:18-44. Kings of, Josh, 10:3-26, AMOS. A prophet, Amos 1:1. Forbidden to prophesy in Israel, Amos 7:10-17. Vision of, Amos 8:2, AMOZ, father of Isaiah, 2 Kin. 19:2,20; 20:1; Isa. 1:1; 13:1. AMPHLPOLIS, a city of Macedonia, Acts 17:1. AMPLIAS, a disciple, Paul sends greet- ing to, Rom. 16:8. AMRAM. 1. Father of Moses, Ex. 6:18, 20; Num. 26:58,59; 1 Chr. 6:3,18; 23:12,13. Head of one of the branches of Levites, Num. 3:19,27; 1 Chr. 26:23. Age of, at death. Ex, 6:20. 2. Son of Bani, Ezra 10:34. 3. Son of Dishon, 1 Chr. 1:41. AMRAPHEL, king of Shinar, Gen. 14:1,9. AMUSEMENTS AND WORLDIiY PLEASURES. Belong to the works of the flesh, Gal. 5:19,21; are transitory. Job 21: 12,13; Heb, 11:25; vain, Eccl. 2:11; choke the word of God in the heart, Luke 8:14; foi-med a part of idolatrous worship, Ex. 32:4,6,19, with 1 Cor, 10:7; Judg. 16:23-25. Lead to rejection of God, Job. 21:12-15; poverty, Prov. 21:17; disregard of the judg- ments and works of God, Isa. 5:12; Amos 6:1-6; terminate in sorrow, Prov. 14:13; lead to greater evil. Job 1:5; Matt. 14:6-8; the Avicked seek f or hai^piness in, Eccl. 2:1,8 Indulgence in, a proof of folly, Eccl. 7:4 a characteristic of the wicked, Isjx. 47:8 Eph. 4:17,19; 2 Tim. 3:4; Tit. 3:3; 1 Pet. 4:3; a proof of spiritual death, 1 Tim. 5:6; an abuse of riches, Jas, 51, 5; wisdom of ab staining from, Eccl. 7:2,3; slunined by the primitive saints, 1 Pet, 4:3. Abstinence from, seems strange to the wicked, 1 Pet. 4:4; denounced by God, Isa. 57 AMUSEMENTS. ANATHOTII. 5:11,12; exclude from the kingdom of God, Gal. 5:21; punishment of, Eccl. 11:9; 2 Pet. 2:13; renunciation of, exemphfied by Moses, Heb. l\-2b.— Bible Text Book. See Dancing; Games; Pleasure, World- ly; WORLDLINESS. AMZI. 1. A Levite, 1 Chr. 6:46. 2. A priest, Neh. 11:12. ANAJB, a city of Canaan, Josh. 11:21; 15:50. ANAH. 1. Son of Seir, Gen. 36:20,24, 29; 1 Chr. 1:38. 2. Father in law or mother in law of Esau. An error of copyist, probably, calls him daughter, instead of son, of Zibeon, the Hivite, Gen. 36:2,14,24. Called also Beeri, Gen. 26:34. A:N'AHARATH, city on the border of Issachar, Josh. 19:19. ANAIAH, a priest, probably, who stood by Ezra while reading the law, Neh. 8:4; 10:22. ANAK, father of three giants, Josh. 15: 13,14; 21:11. ANAKIM. A race of giants, Num. 13:28- 33; Deut. 1:28; 2:10; 9:2. Defeated: Bv Joshua, Josh. 11:21,22; Caleb, Josh. 14:12,15; 15:13,14; Judg. 1:20. See Hebron. ANAMMELECH, an Assyrian idol, 2 Kin. 17:31. ANAMIM, a tribe descended from Miz- raim, Gen. 10:13; 1 Chr. 1:11. ANAN, a Jew, returned from Babylo- nian captivity, Neh. 10:26. ANAJNI, a descendant of David, 1 Chr. O.f) t ' ANANIAH. 1. Son of Maaseiah, Neh. 0.90. C.A "2.' Town of Benjamin, Neh. 11:32. ANANIAS. 1. High priest, before whom I'aul was tried. Acts 23:2-5; 24:1; 25:2. 2. A covetous member of church at Jeru- salem. Falsehood and death of , Acts 5:1-11. 3. A Christian in Damascus, Acts 9:10-18; 22:12-16. ANARCHY. Isa. 3:5. And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honour- able. 6. When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand : 7. In that day shall lie swear, saying, I will not be a healer ; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing : make me not a ruler of the peo- ple. 8. For JeiTisalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of his glory. Gal. 5:13. For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty ; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. 14. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbovu' as thyself. 2 Pet. 2:10. But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, self willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities. 11. Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation, against them before the Lord. 12. But these as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil, of the things that they understand not ; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption ; 13. And shall receive the reward of unright- eousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the daytime. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their o-wn deceivings while they feast with you ; 14. Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with cov- etous practices ; cursed children : 15. Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, foUowmg the way of Balaam ?/. Inhabitants of, aftor Babylonian oajitivity, Ezra 2:21); Neb. 7:27. 2. Son of Beoher, 1 Cln-. 7:S. 8. A Jew, who returned from Babylon, Neh. 10:19. AXAT<)I>IY, human. Job 10:11. ANCHOJJ, Acts 27:20,30. Figurative: Ileb. 0:19. ANCIENT OF DAYS, an appellation of Jehovah, Dan. 7.0,13,22. ANDliI{lW. An apostle. A fisherman. Matt. 4:18. Of Bethsiiida, John 1:44. A disciple of John, John 1:40. Finds Feter, his brother, and Ijrings him to Jesus, John 1:40-42. Call of. Matt. 4:1 S; Mark 1:1G. His name appears in the list of the apostles in Matt. 10:2; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:14. Asks the Master privatelv about the destruction of the temple, Mark 13:3,4. Tells Jesus of the Greeks who sought to see him, John 12:20-22. Reports the number of loaves at the feeding of the five thousand, John 6:8. Meets with the disciples after the Lord's as- cension. Acts 1:13. ANDKONICUS, kinsman of Paul, Rom. 16:7. ANEM, a Levitical city, 1 Chr. 6:73. ANEK. 1. A Canatmitish chief, Gen. 14:13,24. 2. A Levitical citv of ^Manasseh, 1 Chr. 6:70. ANGEL. ONE OF THE HOLY TRINITY: Trinitarian authorities interpret the Scrip- tures cited under this topic as referring to Christ, who according to this view was the divine presence in the Avilderness. Called Angel, Acts 7:30,35; Mine Angel, Ex. 32:34; Angel of God, Ex. 14:10; Judg. 13:6; 2 Sam. 14;17,20,- Angel of the Lord, Ex. 3:2; Judg. 2:1; An(jel of his Presence. Isa. 63:9. ANGEL. A CELESTIAL SPIRIT: Called Angel of the Lord, Matt. 1:20,24; 2:13,10; 28:2; Luke 1:11; Acts 5:19; 8:26; 12:7,23; Morotng Stars, Job 38:7; Hosts, Gen. 2:1; 32:2; Josh. 5:14: iChr. 12:22; Psa. 33:6; 103:21; Luke 2:13; Principalities, Powers, Eph. 3.10; Col. 1:16. Created, Gen. 2:1; Neh. 0:6; Col.l:16. Of different orders, Isa. 6:2;lThes. 4:16-, 1 Pet. 3:22; JudeO; Rev. 12:7. Immortal, Luke 20:36. Worship God, Neh. 9:6; Phil. 2:9-11; Heb. 1:6. Not to be worshipped. Col. 2:18; Rev. 19:10; 22:8.9. Donotmarrv, Matt. 22:30; Mark 12:25; Luke 20:35. Are obedient, Psa. 103:20; Matt. 6:10; Luke 11:2; 1 Pet. 3:22; 2 Pet. 2:11; Jude 6. Have knowledge of, and interest in, earthly affairs, Matt. 24: 36; Luke 15:7,10; iTim. 5:21; 1 Pet. 1:12. To be judged by men, 1 Cor. 6:3. See Func- tions of, below. Men called angels, 2 Sam. 19:27. Are ex- amples of meekness, 2 Pet. 2:11; Jude 9. Are wise, 2 Sam. 14:17,20; mighty, Psa. 103:20; 2 Pet. 2:11; holy. Matt. 25:31; Mark 8:38; elect, 1 Tim. 5:21; innumerable. Dent. 33:2; 2 Kin. 6:17; Job 25:3; Psa. 68:17 [R- v. on.its angels in v. 1?] ; Heb. 12:22; Jude 14. Aspects of, Judg. 13:6; Isa. 6:2; Dan. 10:6; Matt. 28:3. See Unclassified Scriptures Relating to, below. FUNCTIONS OF : Guard the way to the tree of life, Gen. 3:24. Law given bv, Acts 7:53; Gal. 3:19; Heb. 2:2. Medium of revela- tion to prophets, 2 Kin. 1:15; Dan. 4:13-17; 8: 19; 9:21-27; 10:10-20; Zech. 1:0-11; Acts 8:26; Gal. 3:19; Heb. 2:2; Rev. 1:1; 5:2-14; 7:1-3, 11-17; 8:2-13: chapters 0 to 20; 22:6,16. Remonstrates with Balaam, Nimi. 22:22-27. Announces the birth of Samson, Judg. 13; of John the Ba])tist, Lidce 1:1 1-20; of Jesus, Matt. 1:20,21; Luke 1:28-38; 2:7-15. Warns Joseph to escape toEg>'pt, Matt. 2:13. Min- ister to Jesus after the temptation, ilatt. 4:11; Mark 1:13; John 1:51; during his pas- sion, Luke 22:43. Pi'esent at tin; tomb of Je- sus, Matt. 28:2-6; the ascension. Acts 1:11. Will be with Christ at his second coming. Matt. 25:31; Mark 8:38; 2 Thess. 1:7; Jude 14,15; at the judgment. Matt. 13:39,41,49; 16:27,- 24:31; 25:31; Mark 13:27. MiNiSTRANT TO THE Ri(mTEOUS : Gen. 16:7. And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. Gen. 24:7. He shall send his angel before thee. [Ex. 32:34; 33:2.] 40. The Lord, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way ; Ex. 23:20. Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. 23. For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites. and the Canaan- ites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I will cut them off. Ex. 33:2. Num. 20:16. And Avhen we cried unto the Lord, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt : 1 Kin. 19:5. And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him. Arise and eat. 6. And he looked, and, behold, t/ierevasacako baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again. 7. And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched hmi, and said. Arise coid eat; be- cause the journey is too great for thee. 8. And he ai'ose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat fijrty days and forty nights unto Horeb the momit of God. , ^ 2 Chr. 18:18. Therefore hear the word of the Lord; I saw the Lord sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and o/i his left. Psa. 34:7. The angel of the Lord encamp- eth round about them that fear him, and de- livereth them. Psa. 68:17. The chariots of God are twenty thousand, eveti thousands « of angels: 2 Kin. g.^7_ ti H. V. upon lliousamlsl Psa. 91:11. For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keeji thee in all th^- ways. 12. They shall bear thee up in t/wir hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. Matt. 4.6; Luke 4:10,11. 69 ANGEL.— Functions of. Psa. 1(14:4. Whomaketh ■ ins angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire. [' k. v. winds ws messengersi Eccl. 5:6. Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin ; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error : Isa. 63:9. In all tlieir affliction he was af- flicted, and the angel of his presence saved them : Dan. 6:22. My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me : forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me ; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt. Dan. 7:10. A fieiy stream issued and came forth from before liim : thousand thousands ministered unto him,and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him : the judg- ment was set, and the books were opened. Luke 16:22. The beggar died, and was car- ried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. John 1:51. Ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man. John 5:4. For an angel went down at a the pool, and tx'oubled passage is omitted in certain season into the water. [This R. v.] Acts f>:19. But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said, 20. Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life. Acts 10:3. He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius. 4. And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said. What is it. Lord ? And he said unto him. Thy prayers and thine alms are come iip for a memorial before God. 5. And now send men to Joppa, and call for 07ie Simon, whose surname is Peter : 6. He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea siue : i he siuill tell thee wliat thou Ollghtest to do. [' Omitted in R. V.] Acts 12:7. And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon hbn, and a light shined in the prison : and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying. Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands. 8. And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandiils. And so he did. And he saith unto him. Cast thy garaient about thee and follow me. 9. And he Avent out, and followed him ; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel ; but thought he saw a vision. 10. When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city ; which opened to them of his own accord : and they went out, and passed on through one street ; and forthwith the angel departed from him. Heb. 1:7. And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. 14. Are they not all minis- tering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation ? Heb 13-2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers : for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. Execute Judgments Upon the Wicked: Gen. 19:1. And there came two angels to Sodom at even ; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom : and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them ; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground ; 13. We will destroy this place, because the ciy of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord ; and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it. vs. 1-25. 2 Sam. 24:16. And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough : stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite. 17. And David spake unto the Lord when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly : 1 Chr. 21:15,16. 2 Kin. 19:35. And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the Lord went out, and smote m the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand : and when they arose early in the morning, be- hold, they vjere all dead corpses. 2 Chr. 32:21. And the Lord sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. Isa. 37:36. Psa. 35:5. Let them be as chaff before the wind : and let the angel of the Lord chase them, 6. Let their way be dark and slip- pery : and let the angel of the Lord perse- cute them. Psa. 78:49. He cast upon them the fierce- ness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them. Matt. 13:41. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity ; 42. And shall cast them into a furnace of fire : there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth, vs. 49,50. Acts 12:23. And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory : and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost. Acts 27:23. For there stood by me tliia night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I sei-\'e, 24. Saying, Fear not, Paul ; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee. Jude 14. And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying. Be- hold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, 15. To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. Rev. 7:1. And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the 60 ANGEL,— Unclassified Scriptures Kelating to. Kirth, holding the four winds of the earth, tiiat the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. 2. And I Siiw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God : and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the eaath and the sea, Hev. 9:15. And the four angels were loosed, which were pre]iared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men. Rev. 15:1. And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues ; for in them is filled up the wrath of God. UNCLASSIFIED SCRirTURES RELAT- ING TO : Num. 22:35. And the angel of the Lord said unto Balaam, Go Avith the men : but only the word that I shall speak imto thee, that thou shalt speak. Deut. 33:2. And he said. The Lord came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them ; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints : from his right hand tre7it a fiery law for them. Job 4:15. Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up: 16. It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image teas before mine eyes, the7'e v:as silence, and I heard a voice, say- ing, 17. Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker ? 18. Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly: 19. How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation t's in the dust, which are crushed before the moth ? Job 38:7. When the morning stars sang to- gether, and all the sons of God shouted for Psa. 68:17. The chariots of God are twenty thousand, eveti thousands i of angels : the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy p/actf. 2 Kin. 6:17. [' r. v. upon thousandsi Psa. 103:20. Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his com- mandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. 21. Bless ye the Lord, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleas- ure. Psa. 104:4. Wlio maketh his angels spirits ; his ministers a flaming fire : Heb. 1:7. Psa. 148:2. Praise ye him, all his angels : praise ye him, all his hosts. Isa. 6:2. Above it stood the seraphims : each one had six wings ; with twain he cov- ered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. 5. Then said I, Woe is me ! for I am undone ; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips : for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts. 6. Then flew one of the seraphim unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taJten with the tongs from off the altar : 7. And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thino iniquity is taken away, and thy sin piu'ged. Ezek. 1:13. As for the likeness of the liv- ing creatures, their appearance teas lika burning coals of fire, and like the appear- ance of lamps : it went up and down among the living creatures ; and the fire -was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning. 14. And the living creatures ran and returneil as the appearance of a flash of lightning. 24. Like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host : when they stood, they let down their wings, vs. 4-25; Ezek. 10. Dan. 4:13. I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven ; 17. This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones : Dan. 8:13. Then I heard one saint speak- ing, and another saint said imto that certain saint which spake. How long shall be the vision concer7iing the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuai-y and the host to be trodden vmder foot ? 14. And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and tlii'ee himdred days ; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed. Dan. 9:21. Yea, whiles I vxis speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation. 22. And he in- formed 7ne, and talked with me, and said, 0 Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding. 23. At the begin- ning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew^Aee; for thou art greatly beloved : therefore un- derstand the matter, and consider the vis- ion. Zech. 1:12. Then the angel of the Lord an- swered and said, O Lord of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and tenyeai's? 13. And the Lord answered the angel that talked with me vjith good words and comfortable words. 14. So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Ci-y thou, saying. Thus saith the Lord of hosts; 1 am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy. Zech. 6:5. And the angel answered and said unto me. These are the four i spirits of the heavens, which go forth fn>m standing before the Lord of all tlu' earth, i' nv. winfis) Matt. 4:6. If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written. He shall give his angels charge concerning thee ; and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 11. Then the devil feaveth him, and behold, angels came and ministered imto him. Mark 1:13. 61 ANGEL. — Unclassified Scriptures Relating to. Matt. 13:41. The Sou of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity ; 42. And shall cast them into a furnace of fire : there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Matt. 18:10. Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones ; for I say unto you. That in heaven their angels do always be- hold the face of my Father which is in heaven. Matt. 24:31. He shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they sliall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. 36. Of that day and hour knoweth no tnan, no, not the angels of heaven. Matt. 25:31. The Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, Matt. 26:53. Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall pres- ently give me more than twelve legions of angels ? Luke 9:30. And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias : 31. Who appeai'ed in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Je- rusalem. Matt. 17:3; Mark 9:4. Luke 12:8. Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God : 9. But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God. Mark 8:38. Luke 15:10. There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that re- penteth. v. 7. John 1:51. Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man. Acts 7:53. Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, Acts 8:26. And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south, unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem luito Gaza, which is desert. Gal. 3:19. Wherefore then serveth the law ? It was added because of ti'ansgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made ; and it vas ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. Eph. 1:20. Which he wrought in Christ when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places. 21. Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come : Eph. 3:10. That now, unto the principali- ties and powers in heavenly places, might be known by the church the manifold wis- dom of God, Col. 1:16. By him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they he thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers : Col. 2:10. And ye are complete in him, 1 which is the head of all principality and power. 2 Thess. 1:7. W^hen the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 1 Tim. 3:16. 1 God was manifest in tlie flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, [1 K. V. He who] 1 Tim. 5:21. I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without pre- ferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality. Heb. 1:4. Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance ob- tained a more excellent name than they. 5. For unto which of the angels said he at any time. Thou art my son, this day have I be- gotten thee ? 13. But to which of the angels said he at any time. Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool ? Heb. 2:2. For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every ti-ansgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward ; 7. Thou madest him a little lower than the . angels ; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands : with v. 5. Psa. 8:5. 16. For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on hini the seed of Abraham. Heb. 12:22. But ye are come unto moimt Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumer- able company of angels, Heb. 13:2. Be not forgetful to entertain strangei's; for thereby some have enter- tained angels unawares. 1 Pet. 1:12. Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, l)ut unto us they did minister the things, which are now re- ported unto you by them that ha^'e ]3reached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven ; which things the angels desire to look into. 1 Pet. 3:22. Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God ; angels and au- thorities and poAvers being made subject unto him. 2 Pet. 2:11. Angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not i-ailing accusa- tion against them before the Loixl. Rev. 4:8. And the four beasts had each of them six wings about A/vu; and they wc7'e full of eyes within : and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lore! God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. 9. And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, 10. The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and wor- ship him that li-\'eth for ever and ever, and cast their ci'owns before the throne, saying, 11. Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. 62 ANGEL. ANGER. Rev. 5:9. And they sun^ a new souff, say- ing, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and ton^^ue, and people, and nation; 11). And hast made us imtoour God kinp;s and priests : and we shall reign on the earth. 11. And I beheld, and I lieard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thou- sands ; Rev. 7:9. After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, Avhich no man could num- ber, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and befoi'e the Lamb, clothed with white I'obes, and palms in their hands; 10. And cried with a loud "voice, saying. Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. Rev. 10:1. And I saAV another mighty an- gel come down fi'om heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it Avere the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire : 2. And he had in his hand a little book open : and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth, 3. And cried with a loud voice, as ic/ieu a lion roareth : and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. 4. And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to wi-ite : and I heard a voice fi'om heaven saying imto me, Seal up those things Avhich the seven thunders ut- tered, and write them not. 5. And the an- gel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, G. And sware by him that liveth for ever and evei', who created heaven, and the things that thei'ein ai'e, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things w-hich are thei'ein, that there should be time no longer : Rev. 14:10. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the h( )ly angels. Rev. 18:1. And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, hav- ing great power; and the earth was light- eried with his glory. 2. And he cried might- ily with a strt)ng voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every fold spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hatefid bird. 8. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abun- dance of her delicacies. Rev. 19:10. And I fell at his feet to wor- ship him. And he said unto me. See thou do it not : I am thy f ellowsei'vant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Je- sus:^ woi-ship God: for the testimony of Je- sus is the spiiit of prophecy. Rev. 22:H. And I John saw tlicsc things, and heard tho/i. And when 1 had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things. 9. Then Siiith he imto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the piophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book : wor- shi]> God. ArrEARANCES OF: To Abrahani, Gen. 18:2; 22:11-18; Hagar, in the wilderness. Gen. 10:7; Lot, in Sodom, Gen. 19:1-17; Jacol), in his various visions, Gen. 2S. 12; Moses, Ex. 3:2; Israelites, Ex. 14:19; Judg. 2:1 1: Balaam, Num. 22:31; Joshua, "the cai)taiii of the Lords host," Josh. 5:15; Gideon. Judg. 6:11-22; Manoali, Judg. 13:(;,].')-20; David, at the threshing tloov of Arannah, 2 Sam. 24:1G,17; 1 Chr. 21:15,10; Elijah, while he lay under the junijter tree, 1 Kin. 19:5-11; Daniel, in the lions' den, Dan. 6:22; 8:16; 9:21; 10:5-10,10.18; 12:5-7; Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, in the fiery fvirnace, Dan. 3:25,28; Zechariah, in a vision, Zech. 2:3; 3:1,2; 4:1; Joseph, in a dream, Matt. 1:20; 2:13,19. At the transfig- uration of Jesus, Matt. 17:3; Luke 9:30,31. To Mary, concerning Jesus, Luke l:2()-38: Zacharias, Luke 1:11-20,26-38; the shep- herds, Luke 2:9-11,13,14; Jesus, after liis temptation, Matt. 4:11; in Gethsemane, Luke 22:43. At the sepulcher. Matt. 28:2-5; Maik 16:5-7; Luke 24:23; John 20:12; the ascension, Acts 1:10,11. To Peter and John, while in prison. Acts 5:19; Philip, Acts 8:26; Cornelius, in a dream. Acts 10:3,. 30- 32; Peter, in prison, Acts 12:7-11; Paul, on the way to Damascus, Acts 27:23; John, in Patmos, Rev. 1:1; 5:2; 7: 11; 10:9; 11:1; 17:7; 19:10; 22:8. FALLEN: Job 4:18; Matt. 25.41; 2 Pet. 2: 4; JudeO; Rev. 12:9. ANGEL OF THE CHUKCHES. Rev. 1:20; 2:1,8,12,18; 3:1,7,14. ANGEK. Gen. 4:6. And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and \vhy is thy countenance falhni ? Gen. 49:7. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel : 2 Chr. 28:9. Behold, because the Lord CJod of your fathers was wroth with Judah. he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth uji unto heaven. Job 5:2. For wi-ath killeth the foolish man. and envy .slayeth the silly one. Job 19:29. For wrath hrixgeth the punish- ments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment. Psa. 37:8. Cease from anger, and foi-sjike wrath : fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. Psa. 55:3. They cast iniquity ujjon me, and in wrath they hate me. Psa. 76:10. "Surely tlie wrath of man shal! praise thee: the remainder of wrath shait thou restrain. Prov. 6:34. For jealousy is the rage of a man : therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. 63 ANGER.— Instances of. Prov, 12:16. A fool's wrath is presently- known : but a prudent riiaii covereth shame. Prov. 14:17. He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly : 29. He that is slow to wrath is of great vmderstanding : but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth fohy. Prov. 15:1. A soft answer turneth away wrath : but grievous words stir up anger. 18. A wrathful man stirreth up strife : but he t/i at is slow to anger appeaseth strife. Prov. 16:14. The wrath of a king is as mes- sengers of death : but a wise man will pacify it. 29. A violent man enticeth his neighbour, andleadethhim into the way that is not good. 32. He th at is slow to anger is better than the mighty ; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. Prov. 17:14. The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water : therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with. Prov. 19:11. The discretion of a inan defer- reth his anger ; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. 12. The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion ; but his favour is as dew upon the grass. 19. A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment : for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again. Prov. 21:24. Proud rt» c? haughty scorner^s his name, who dealeth in proud wrath. Prov. 22:24. Make no friendship with an angry man, and with a furious man thou shalt not go : 25. Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul. Prov. 25:28. He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls. Prov. 27:3. A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty ; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both. 4. Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous ; but who is able to stand before envy ? Prov. 29:8. Scornful men bring a city into a snare : but wise men turn away wrath. 9. //" a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest. 22. An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression. Prov. 30:33. Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood : so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife. Eccl. 7:9. Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry : for anger resteth in the bosom of fool s. Hos. 7:16. Their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue : Amos 1 :1 1. Thus saith the Lord ; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the pnnishment thereof; be- cause he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever : Jonah 4:4. Then said the Lord, Doestthou well to be angry ? Matt. 5:22. But I say unto you. That who- soever is angry Avith his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment : and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council : but who- soever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in dan- ger of hell fire. 2 Cor. 12:20. For I fear, . . . lest there he debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbit- ings, whisperings, swelhngs, tumults : Gal. 5:19. Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are tJiese ; . . . 20. . . . Ha- tred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, n seditions, heresies, 21. Envyings, inmrdeis, drunkenness, revellings, and such hke: of the which I 2 tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which 3 do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. [R. V. 1 Omitted. 2 forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you 3 practlsel Eph. 4:26. Be ye angry, and sin not : let not the sun go down upon your wrath : 31. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice : Col. 3:8. But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, 1 Tim. 2:8. I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. Tit. 1:7. For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God ; not self willed, not soon angry, i not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre ; [' R. v. no brawler) Jas. 1:19. Wherefore,my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath : 20. For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. See Hatred ; Jealousy ; Malice ; Speak- ing, Evil ; Strife ; Kindness ; Meekness ,• INSTANCES OF : Of Cain slaying Abel, Gen. 4:5-8; Simeon and Levi, on account of the humbling of their sister, Dinah, Gen. 49:5-7; Pharaoh, toward Moses, Ex. 10:11,28; Moses, toward Israel, Ex. 32:19; Num. 20:10, 11; Balaam, toward his ass. Num. 22:27,29; Balak,toward Balaam, Num. 24:10,11; Ephra- imites, toward Gideon, for not soliciting their aid against the Midianites, Judg. 8:1; Jonathan, on account of Saul's pei'secution of David, 1 Sam. 20:34; Saul, toward Jona- than, 1 Sam. 20:30-34; Ahab, because Na- both would not sell his vineyard, 1 Kin. 21:4; Naaman, because Elisha directed him to wash in the Jordan, 2 Kin. 5:12; Asa, be- cause the prophet reproved him, 2 Chr. 16: 10; Ephraimites, toward Judah, 2 Chr. 25: 10; Uzziah, toward Azariah, the priest, be- cause of his reproof of, 2 Chr. 26:19; Ahasu- erus, toward Vashti, Esth. 1:12; Haman, be- cause Mordecai did not salute him, Esth. 3:5; Ahasuerus, toward Haman, Esth. 7:7; Elihu, because Job had beaten his friends in argu- ment. Job 32:3; Moab, Isa. 16:6; Nebuchad- nezzar, on account of the insubordination of the three Hebrews, who refused to worshi]i his idol, Dan. 3:13,19; Jonah, because the gourd withered, Jonah 4:1,2,4,9; Herod, toward the wise men who deceived him, Matt. 2:16; people of Nazareth, toward J^sus, Luke 4:28; Paul, toward Ananias, 64 ANGER.— Op God. Acts 23:3; Jews, against Stephen, Acts 7; 54-5S. OF GOD: Ex. 22:24. And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill yon Avith the sword ; and yonr wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. Ex. 33:5. For the Lord had said unto Mo- ses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people : I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee : therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee. Num. 11:1. And when the people com- plainedat displeased the Lord: and the Lord heard it ; and his anger was kindled ; and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost jiarts of the camp. 10. Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent : and the anger of the Lord was kindled greatly ; 33. And while the flesh vkis yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague. Num. 12:9. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against them ; and he departed. Niun. 14:11. And the Lord said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me ? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed an^oiig them? Num. 16:20. And the Lord »pake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 21. Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. V. 45. Num. 25:3. And Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor: and the anger of the Lord Avas kindled against Israel. 4. And the Lord said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the Lord against the sim, that the fierce anger of the Lord may be turned away from Israel. 11. Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wnrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy. Num. 32:10. And the Lord's anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, say- ing, 11. Surely none of the men that came up out of Egj'pt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land Avhich I sware unto Abraham, imto Isaac, and unto Jacob : because they have not wholly followed me : 13. And the Lord's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made theni wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the gen- eration, that had done evil in the sight of the Lord, was consumed. Deut. 6:14. Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people Avhich are round about you ; 15. (For the Lord thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the Lord thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from otf the face of the earth. Deut. 9:13. Furthermore the Lord spake mito me, sjiying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stitinecked peo]ile: 14. Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven : and I will make of thee a nation mightier aiul greater than they. [Ex. 32:10.] 18. And I fell down before the Lord, as at the first, forty days and forty nights : I did neither eat bread, nor drink Avater, because of all your sins Avhich ye sinned, in doing wicked- ly in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger. 19. For I Avas afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, Avhei-e with the Lord was wroth against you to desti'oy you. But the Lord hearkened imto me at that time also, 20. And the Lord Avas A^ery angry Avith Aaron to haA-e destroyed \\\va : and I prayed for Aaron also the same time. Deut. 32:21. They liaA'e moA-edme to jeal- ousy Avith that which is not God ; they liaA'e proA'oked me to anger Avith their A\anities: and I will move them to jealousy Avith those vjhieh are not a people ; I Avill proA'oke them to anger Avith a foolish nation. 22. For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the loAvest hell, and shall consimie the earth Avith her increase, and set on fi' e the foundations of the moimtains. Josh. 7:1. But the children of Israel com- mitted a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing : and the anger of the Lord Avas kindled against the children of Israel. 26. So the Lord turned from the fierceness of his anger. Josh. 23:1(5. When ye have transgressed the coA'enant of the Lord j-our God, Avhich he commanded you, and haA-e gone and sei'A-ed other gods, and boAved yoiu'self to them ; then shall the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land Avhich he hath giA-en unto you. Judg. 2:12. And they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, Avhich brought them out of the land of Egj-pt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themseh-es unto them, and proA'oked the Lord to anger. Judg. 3:8. Therefore the anger of the Lord Avas hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of Chushan-i«ishathaim. Judg. 10:7. 1 Sam. 28:18. Because thou obeyedst not the A'oice of the Lord, nor executedst his fierce Avrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the Lord done this thing unto thee this day. 2 Sam. 6:7. And the anger of the Lord Avas kindled against Uzzah, and God smote him there for h is error \ and there he died by the ark of God. 2 Sam. 22:8. Then tlie earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaA^en moved (A) 65 ANGER.— Op God. and shook, because he was wroth. 9. There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and tire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. 1 Kin. 11:9. And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart was tia-ned from the Lt)KD God of Israel, which had appetired unto him twice. 1 Kin. 1G:7. And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the vvord of the Lord against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the Lord, in provoking him to anger with the w^ork of his hands, vs. 2-13. 2 Kin. 13:3. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, 2 Kin. 17:18. Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight : there was none left but the tribe of Judah only. 2 Kin. 22:13. Great is the wrath of the Lord that is kindled against us, because oiu* fathers have not hearkened mito the Avords of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us. 2 Kin. 23:26. Notwithstanding tTie Lord turned not from the fierceness of his gi-eat wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, Psa. 7:11. God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry vnth the hoicked every day. Psa. 69:24. Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them. Psa. 74:1. 0 God, why hast thou cast ns off for ever? why doth, thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture ? Psji. 76:7. Thou, even thou, art to be feared : and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry ? Psa. 78:21. Therefore the Lord heard tJiis, and was wroth : so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel ; 38. But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not : yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his Avrath. 49. He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them. 50. He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the ])esti- lence ; P.sa. 8.5:3. Thou hast takeii away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself .ironx the fierceness of tliine anger. Psa. 90:11. Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even jvccording to thy fear, so is thy wrath. Psa. 103:8. The Lord is merciful and gra- cious, slow to anger, and jilent<'ous inmercy. 9. He will not always chule: neither will he keep his anger for ever. Psii.106.23. Therefore he sjiid that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away liis wrath, lest he should destroy them. 29. Thus they provoked // im to anger with their in- ventions: and the plague brake in upon them. 32. They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Mo- ses for their sakes : Psa. 110:5. The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath. Isa. 5:25. Therefore is the anger of the Lord kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them : and the hills did trem- ble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out stiU. Isa. 9:17,19,21. Isa. 12:1. And in that day thou shalt say, O Lord, I will praise thee : though thou wast angry Avith me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me. Isa. 13:9. Behold the day of the Lord com- eth, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate : and he shall de- stroy the sinnere thereof out of it. 13. There- fore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger. Isa. 30:27. Behold, the name of the Lord Cometh from far, burning vuth his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lijis are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire : Isa. 42:25. Therefore he hath jioui-ed upon him the finy of his anger, and the strength of battle : and it hath set \\\\\\ on fire roimd about, yet he knew not ; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart. Isa. 48:9. For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off. Isa. 57:16. For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wi'oth : for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made. 1 7. For the iniquity of his covet- ousness was I wroth, and smote him : I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on f rowardly in the way of his heart. Isa. 63:3. I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread theni in mine anger, and tramnle them in my fury; and tlieir blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my rannent. 4. For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. 5. And I looked, and there was none to help ; and I wondered that thei'e was none to uphold: therefore mine OAvn arm brought sjilvation unto me; and my fury, it ui)h(^ld me. 6. And I will tread down thej)eoi)le in mine an- ger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will l)riiig down their strength to the earth. Is;i. (;(;:15. For, behold, the Lord will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirl- wind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. 6d ANGER. -Of God. Jer. 3:12. Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and Siiy, Return, thovi backsliding Israel, stxith the Lord; a/ul I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you : for I con merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger for ever. Jer. 4:4. Circumcise yovu'selves to the Lord, and take awaj^ the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusjilem: lest my fury come forth like lire, and burn that none can quench it, be- cause of the evil of your doings. 8. For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl : for the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned back from us. 2(5. I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place loas a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the Lord, and by his tierce anger. Jer. 7:20. Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and u])on beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground ; and it shall biu-n, and shall not be quenched. Jei". 10:10. But the Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king : at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation. Jer. 17:4. A.nd thou, even thyself, shalt dis- continue from thine heritage that I gave thee ; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not : for ye have kindled a fire in mine an- ger, which shall burn for ever. Jer. 21:5. And I myself will fight against you Avith an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath. 6. And I will smite the in- habitants of this city, both man and beast : they shall die of a great pestilence. Jer. 23:20. The anger of the Lord shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have ]")erformed the thoughts of his heart : in the latter days ye shall consider it per- fectly. Jer. 30:24. Jer. 25:15. For thus saith the Lord God of Israel imto me ; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it. 16. And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them. 17. Then took I the cup at the Lord's hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the Lord had sent me : 37. And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the Lord. 38. He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion : for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger. Jer. 32:37. Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell snfely : Jer. 33:5. They come to fight with the Chal- leans. but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city. Jer. 36:7. It may be they will present their sui)plication before the Lord, and will return every one from his evil way: for great is the anger and the fury that the Lord hath pronounced against this |)eople. Jer. 42:18. For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ; As mine anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall en- ter into Egypt : and ye shall be an exe(;ra- tion, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach ; and ye shall see this place no more. Jer. 44:6. Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poiu-ed forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Je- rusalem ; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day. Jer. 51:45. My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of the Lord. Lara. 2:1. How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger ! 3. He hath cut off in Jus fierce anger all the horn of Israel : he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he biu-ned against Jacob like a flaming fire, vhich de- voureth roimd about. 6. And he hath vio- lently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden : he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the Lord hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgot- ten in Zion, and hath despised in the indig- nation of his anger the king and the priest. Lam. 4:11. The Lord hath accomplished his fury ; he hath poiu'ed out his fierce an- ger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foimdations thereof. Ezek. 5:13. Thus shall mine anger be ac- complished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted : and they shall know that I the Lord have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them. 15. So it shall be a i-eproach and a taunt, an instruction and an a.stonish- ment unto the nations that ttre roimd about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the Lord have spoken it. Ezek. 25:14. And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my j)eople Israel : and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my fury ; and they shall know my vengeance, sjxith the Lord God. 1 5. Thus saith the Lord God ; Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have trJcen vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy if for the old hatred; 16. Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Behold I will stretch out mine hand upon the Philia- ea ANGER.-Of God. ANIMALS. tines, and I will cut off the Cherethims, and destroy the remnant of the sea coast. 17. And I Avill execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes ; and they shall know that I mn the Lord, when I shall lay Tiiy vengeance upon them. ban. 9:16. O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger ;uid thy fury be turned away from thy city .Ferusjiiem, thy holy mountain : because for i)ur sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusiilem and thy people are become a re- proach to all that (ire about us. IIos. 11:0. I Avill not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not retui-n to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee : and I will not enter into the city. Hos. 13:11. I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath. Hos. 14:4. I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him. Nah. 1:2. God is jealous, and the Lord re- vcngeth ; the Lord revengeth, and is furious ; the Lord will take vengeance on his adver- saries, and he reserveth wrath for his ene- mies. 3. The Lord ^^s slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the ?c icked : the Lord A ath his Avay in the whirl- wind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. 6. Who can stand be- fore his indignation \ and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are throAvn down by him. Matt. 22:7. But when the king heard there- of^ he was -wi-oth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up tlu^ir city. 13. Then said the king to the servants. Bind him h;md and foot, and take him away, and cast lam into outer darkness : tlicrc shall be weeping and gnash- ing of teeth. Rom. 1:18. For the wrath of God is re- vealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the iruth in inn-ighteousness; Rom. 2:5. J Jut after thy hardness and im- penitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revela- tion of tlic I'ighteous judgment of God ; Kph. 5:0. Let no man deceive you Avith vain words: for because of these things corneth the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. Col. 3:0. For which things' sake the wrath of God Cometh on the children of disobedi- ence : Ileb. 3:11. Ro I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest. Hel). 4:3. Rev. 6:10. And said to the momitains and PfK'ks, Yi\\\ on us, and hide us from the face of liim that sittcth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 17. For tlie great day f)f his wrath is come ; and who shall be able to stiind ? Kev. 14:10. Tho sanio eliull drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixtiu-e into the cup of his in- dignation ; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb : 11. And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever : and they have no I'est day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and Avhosoever re- ceiveth the mark of his name. Rev. 15:1. And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues ; for in them is filled up the wrath of God. 7. And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever. Rev. 10:19. And the great city Avas di- vided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in i-e- membrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. Rev. 19:15. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations : and he shall rule them with a rod of iron : and he treadeth the wine])ress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. ANIAM, son of Shemidah, 1 Chr. 7:19. AN 131, a city of Judah, Josh. 15:50. ANI3IALS. Creation of. Gen. 1:24,25; 2:19; Jer. 27:5. Food of. Gen. 1:30. Named, Gen. 2:20. Ordained as food for man. Gen. 9:2,3; Lev. 11:3,9,21,22; Deut. 14:4-0,9,11,20. God's care of. Gen. 9:9,10; Deut. 25:4; Job 38:41; Psa. 30:0; 104:11,21; 147:9; Jonah 4:11, Matt. 0:20; 10:29; Luke 12:0,24; 1 Cor. 9:9. Under the curse. Gen. 3:14; 0:7,17. Suffer under divine judgments, sent upon man, Jer. 7:20; 12:4; 21:0; Ezek. 14:13,17,19-21; Joel 1:18-20. Two of every sort preserved in the ark. Gen. 0:19,20; 7:2,3,5,9,14; 8:19. Suffered the plagues of Egypt, Ex. 8:17; 9:9,10,13; 11:5. Perish at death, Eccl. 3:21; 12:7. Possessed of devils, Matt. 8:31,32; Mark 5:13; I^uke 8:33. Clean and unclean. Gen. 8:20; Lev. 7:21; 11; 20:25; Deut. 14:3- 20; Acts 10:11-15; 1 Tim. 4:3-5. Offered in sacrifice, Gen. 4:4; 7:2-8; 8:20. See Offer- ings. God's control of, Psii. 91:13; Isa. 11:0,8; 35:9; Luke 10:19. Instruments of (iod's will, Ex. chapters 8, 9 and 10:1-20; Num. 21:0; 22:28; Josh. 24:12; Jer. 8:17; Joel 1:4. Belong toGod, PscX.50:10-12. Sent in judgment. Lev. 20:22; Num. 21:0,7; Deut. 8:15; 28:20; Ezek. 5:17; 14:15; 32:4; Rev.0:8. Paul contends Avith, 1 Cor. 15:32. Nature of. Job 39; Psa. 32:9; 49: 12; Eccl. 3:18-21. Habits of. Job 12:7,8; 37:8; 39; 40:20; Psa. 29:9; 104:20-25; Isa. 13:21,22; 34:14; Jas. 3:7. Menstruation of, Jer. 2:24. Facts about breeding. Gen. 30:35-43; 31:8,9. Instincts of, Deut. 32:11; Job 35:11; 39; 40; 41; Psa. 59:0: 104; Prov. 0:0-8; 30:25-28; Jer. 8:7: Matt. 24:28. Abodes of. Job 24:5; 37:8; 39; Psa. 104:20-25; Isa. 34:14; Jer. 2:24; 50:39; Mark 1:13. See Birds; Cattle; Fish. BEASTS. SYIttUOLICAL: Isa. 30:6; Dan. 7: 6S ANIMALS. ANOTNTTNG. 11,17,19; 8:4; Acts 10:12; Rev. 4:(5-l); 5:G-14; 6:1-7; 7:11; 11:7; l.'J; 14:3,0,11; 15:2; 10:2,10-13; 17; 10:4,11»,20; 20:4,10. CRUELTY TO: Instances of: Balaam, Num. 22:22-33. Houghing horses, 2 Sam. S:4; I Chr. 18:4. 8oe HomJHiNrr. KINDNESS TO: Instances of: Jacob, in erecting booths for his cattle. Gen. 33:17. Peojile of Gerar, in providing tents for cat- tle, 2 Chr. 14:15. LAWS CONCERNING}: Ex. 20:10. But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God : i/i. it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manserv- ant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates : Deut. 5:14. Ex. 21:28. If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die : then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten ; but the owner of the ox shall be quit. 2i). But if I he ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and ho hath not kept him in, bvit that he hath killed a man or a woman ; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death. 30. If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ran- s< m\ of his life whatsoever is laid upon him. 31. Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judg- ment shall it be done unto him. 32. If the ox shall ]msh a manservant or a maidservant ; he shall give imto their master thirty shek- els of silver, and the ox shall be stoned. 33. And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein ; 34. The owner of the pit shall make it good, and ^ive money unto the owner of them ; and the dead beast shall be his. 35. And if one man's ox hurt an- other's, that he die ; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it ; and the dead ox also they shall divide. 3(5. Or if it be known that the ox hath used to ])ush in time past, and his owner hath not kept hini in ; he shall surely pay ox for ox ; and the dead shall be his own. Ex. 22:1. If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it ; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. 2. If a thief be found breakmg up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed forhira. 3. If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he ha^'e nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. 4. If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep ; he shall restore double. Ex. 23:5. If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him. Deut. 22:4. 12. Six days thou shalt do thy Avork, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may I'est, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed. Lev. ll»:lt). Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind : Deut. 22:0. If a bird's nest chance to be be- fore thee in the way in any tree, or on the groimd, lohether theij be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young.or uiSon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young: 7. But thou shalt in aiiv wise let the dana go, and take tlic young' to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days. 10. Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together. Deut. 25:4. Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. 1 Tim. 5:18. Prov. 12:10. A righteous ijta», I'egardeth the life of his beast ; but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. Firstlings of. See Firstborn. Man's dominion over. See Majt, Domin- ion OF. See Adder; Ant; Antelope; Ape; Asp; Ass; Badger; Bat; Bear; Behemoth; Birds; Boar; Camel; Chameleon; Cham- ois ; Chickens ; Cockatrice ; Coney ; Deer ; DoG; Dragon; Dromedary; Elephant; Fer- ret ; Fish; Fox ; Frogs ; Goat; Greyhound ; Hare; Hart; Hind; Hippopotajmus ; Hor- net; Horse; Kine; Leopard; Leviathan; LiON; Lizard; Mole; Mouse; Py(}arg; Ram; Roe; Satyr; Scorpion; Serpent; Sheep; Swine; Unicorn; Viper; Weasel; Whale; Wolf; Worm. See Insects. ANISE, a seed, used as a condiment. Matt. 23:23. ANNA, a devout widow, Luke 2:30,37. ANNAS, associate high priest with Caia- phas, Luke 3:2; John 18:13,19,24; Acts 4:0. ANOINTING. Of the body, Deut. 28- 40; Ruth 3:3; Esth. 2:12; Psjx. 92:10; 104:15; 141:5; Prov. 27:9,10; Eccl. 9:8; Song 1:3; 4:10; Isa. 57:9; Amos 0:0; Mic. 0:15. Of guests, 2 Chr. 28:15; Luke 7:40; the sick. Isa. 1:0; Mark 0:13; Luke 10:34; Jas. 5:14; Rev. 3:18; the dead, Matt. 20:12; Mark 14:8; 10:1; Luke 23:50. Of Jesus, as a token of love, Luke 7:37, 38,40; John 11:2; 12:3. Omitted in mourn- ing, 2 Sam. 12:20; 14:2: Isa. 01:3; Dan. 10:3. God preserves those Avho i'ecei\"e, Psa. 18:50; 20:0; 89:20-23. Saints receive, Isa. 01:3; 1 John 2:20. IN CONSECRATION. Of High Priests: Ex. 29:7,29; 40:13; Lev. 0:20; 8:12; 10:32; Num. 35:25; Psa. 133:2. Of Priests: Ex. 28:41; 30:30; 40:15; Lev. 4:3; 8:30; Num. 3:3. Of Kings: Judg. 9:8,15; Saul, 1 Sam. 9:10; 10:1; 15:1; David, 1 Sam. 10:3.12.13; 2 Sam. 2:4; 5:3; 12:7; 19:21; 1 Chr. 11:3; Solomon, 1 Kin. 1:39; 1 Chr. 29:22; Jehu, 1 Kin. 19:10; 2 Kin. 9:1-3,0,12; Ilazael, 1 Kin. 19:15; Joash. 2 Kin. 11:12; 2 Chr. 23:11; Jehoahaz, 2 Kin. 23:30; Cynis, Isa. 45:1. Of Prophets: 1 Kin. 19:16. Of the Tabernacle : Ex. 30:20; 40:9; Lev. 69 ANOINTING. ANTHROPOMORPHISMS. 8:10; Num. 7:1; altars of, Ex. 30:26-28; 40:10; Lev. 8:11; Num. 7:1; vessels of, Ex. 30:27,28; 40:9,10; Lev. 8:10,11; Num. 7:1. Jacob's Pillar : at Beth-el, Gen. 28:18; 31: 13; 35:14. See Dedication. FIGURATIVE: Of Christ's kmgly and priestly office, Psa. 45:7; 89:20, Isa. 61:1; Dan. 9:24; Luke 4:18; Acts 4:27; 10:38; Heb. 1:9. Of spiritual gifts, 2 Cor. 1:21; 1 John 2:20,27. Typified : Ex. 40:13-15; Lev. 8:12; 1 Sam. 16:13; 1 Kin. 19:16. Symbolical: of Jesus, Matt. 2Q: 7-12; John 12:3-7. ANOINTING OIL. Formula of, given by Moses, Ex. 30:22-25,31-33. See Oil ; Oint^ient. ANT, Prov. 6:6-8; 30:25. ANTEDILUVIANS. Worship God, Gen. 4:3,4,26. Occupations of, Gen, 4;2,3, 20-22. Arts of. Gen 42.3,20-22; 6.14-22. Enoch prophesies to, Jude 14,15. Noah preaches to, 2 Pet. 2:5. Wickedness of. Gen. 6:5-7. Destruction of. Gen. 7:1,21-23; Job 22:15-17; Matt. 24:37-39; Luke 17:26,27; 2 Pet. 2:5. See Flood. Longevity of. See Longevity. Giants among. See Giants. ANTELOPE. See Deer. ANTHROPOMORPHISMS,figures of speech, which attribute human forms, acts, and affections t(j God. MISCELLANEOUS FIGURES: Gen. 2:2. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the f/}venth day from all his work which he had made. 3. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it : because that in it he had rested from all his work. [Ex. 31:17.] 19. And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought thetn unto Adam to see what he would call them : Gen. 6:6. And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. Ex. 32:14; Judg. 2:18; 1 Sam. 15:35; 2 Sam. 24:16; 1 Chr. 21:15; Psa. 106:45; Jer. 26:19; Amos 7:3. Gen. 9:16. And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may re- member the everlasting covenant between Gcxl and every living creature of all flesh that ^.s• upon the earth. Gen. 11:5. And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of meii builded. 7. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they niiiy not understand oiu; another's speech. Num. 1 1 :25. Gen. 18:17. And the Lord sjiid. Shall T liide from Abraham that thing which I do; J 8. Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall b(! blcssinl in him ? 19. For I know liim, that he will command his chil- dren and his houseliold after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lcjrd, to do Jus tice and judgment; that the Lord maj- bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. 21. I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether ac- cording to the cry of it, which is come unto me ; and if not, I will know, 33. And the Lord went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham : Gen. 19:29. And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plam, that God remembered Abraham, Gen. 22:12. And he said. Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him : for now I know that thou feai'est God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only tf rain, so was the ap- pearance of the bi-ightness round about. This iras the appearance of the likeness of 70 ANTHROPOMORPHISMS. APOSTASY. the glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake, Hab. 1:13. Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity : wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and boldest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he ? 1 Pet. 3:12. For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers : but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil. Intellectual Faculties Attributed to Deity : Memory, Isa. 43:26; 63:11; assisted by tokens. Gen. 9:16. Reason, Isa. 1:18. Un- derstanding, Psa. 147:5. Will, Rom. 9:19. Miscellaneous Acts and States of Mind Attributed to: Walking, Gen. 3:8; Lev. 26:12; Deut. 23:14; Job 22:14; Hab. 3:15; rest- ing. Gen. 2:2,3; Ex. 20:11; 31:17; Deut. 5:14; Heb. 4:4,10; fainteth not, Isa. 40:28; amaze- ment, Isa. 59:16; 63:5; Mark 6:6; laughing, Psa. 2:4; 37:13; 59:8; Prov. 1:26; sleeping, Psa. 44:23; 78:65; grieved. Gen. 6:6; Judg. 10: 16; Psa. 95:10; Heb. 3:10,17. Oaths, Isa. 62:8; Heb. 6;16,17; 7:21,28. See Oaths.* See also Anger of God. ANTICHRIST. Matt.24:5,23,24,26; Mark 13:6,21,22; Luke 21:8; 2 Thess. 2:3-12; IJohn 2:18,22; 4:3; 2 Jolm 7. To be destroyed, Rev. 19:20; 20:10,15. ANTIOCH. 1. A city of Syria. Disciples first called Christians in, Acts 11:19-30. Church in, Acts 13:1; 14:26,27. Barnabas and Paul make second visit to. Acts 14:26- 28. Dissension in church of. Acts 15:22, with vs. 1-35. Paul and Peter's controversy at, Gal. 2:11-15. 2. A city of Pisidia. Persecutes Paul, Acts 13:14-52; 2 Tim. 3:11; Acts 14:19-22; 18:22. ANTIPAS, a martyr, Rev. 2:13. ANTIPATRIS, a city in Samaria, Acts 2331 ANTOTHIJAH, a Benjamite, 1 Chr. 8d24. ANUB, son of Coz, 1 Chr. 4:8. ANVIL, Isa. 41:7. ANXIETY. See Care. APE, in Solomon's zoological collections, 1 Kin. 10:22; 2 Chr. 9:21. APELLES, a disciple in Rome, Rom. 16:10. APHARSACHITES, Ezra 5:6; 6:6, with 2 Kin. 17. APHARSATHCHITES, Ezra 4:9, with 2 Kin. 17. APHARSITES, Ezra 4:9, with 2 Kin. 17. APHEK. 1 . A city of the tribe of Asher, Josh 19:30. Called Aphik, Judg. 1:31. * For various additional anthropomorphic expressions and terms, see Figurative, under the followinff topics : Arm, Ear, Eye, Hand; see also Anger of Cop, arrow, Footstool, Hatred oe God, Jealousy, scepter. Sword, Throne, and such other terms as are used for mitliroix)- morphic purposes. For a more extended exemplification of anthropomorphic expressions, consult concordances under the terms al)ove cited, and under various grammatical forms of the verbs Hate, Hear, Repent, See, Smell, Talk, Walk, etc. 2. A city of the tribe of Issachar. Philis- tines defeat Israelites at, 1 Sam. 4:1-11. Saul slain at, 1 Sam. 29:1, with chapter 31. Prob- ably the same mentioned in Josh. 12:18 as a royal city of the Canaanites. 3. A city between Damascus and Pales- tine. Benhadad defeated at, 1 Kin. 20:26-30. APHEKAH, a city in the mountains of Judah, Josh. 15:53. APHIAH, a Benjamite, 1 Sam. 9:1. APHIK. See Aphek, No. 1. APHRAH, a city, Mic. 1:10. Perhaps identical with Ophrah, 1 Chr. 4:14. APHSES, a governor of the temi^lc, 1 Chr. 24:15. APOLLONIA, a city of Macedonia, Acts 17:1. APOIiliOS. An eloquent Christian con- vert at Corinth, Acts 18:24-28; 19:1; 1 Cor. 1 :12; 3:4-7. Refuses to return to Rome, 1 Cor. 16:12. Paul writes Titus about. Tit. 3:13. APOLLYON, angel of the bottomless pit. Rev. 9:11. APOSTASY. Described, Deut. 13:13; Heb. 3:12. Caused by persecution. Matt. 24:9,10; Luke 8:13; by worldliness, 2 Tim. 4:10. Guilt and punishment of , Zeph. 1:4-6; Heb. 10:25-31,89; 2 Pet. 2:17,20-22. Cautions against, Heb. 3:12; 2 Pet. 3:17. Shall abound in the latter days, Matt. 24:12; 2 Thess. 2:3; 1 Tim. 4:1-3. See Antichrist. UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELAT- ING TO : Deut. 32:15. He forsook God «•// ich made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. 1 Chr. 28:9. If thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever. Isa. 1 :28. The destruction of the transgress- ors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the Lord shall be con- sumed. Isa. 65:11. But ye are they that forsake the Lord, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that nimiber. 12. Therefore will I number you to the sw'ord, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter : because when I called, ye did not answer ; when I spake, ye did not hear ; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not. 13. Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my serv- ants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty : be- hold, my sextants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed : 1 4. Behold, my sei'\'ants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sor- row of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit. 15. And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen : for the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name: 36. That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth ; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth ; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes. n APOSTASY. Jer. 17:5. Cursed he the man whose heart departeth from the Lord. 6. For he shaU be Hke the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited. Ezek. 3:20. When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit in- iquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered ; but his blood will I reijuire at thine hand. Ezek. 18:24. But when the righteous turn- eth away from his i-ighteousness, and com- mitteth iniquity, PRISCILLA. Chris tians at Corinth, Acts 18:1-3,18,19,26. Friend- ship of, for Paul, Rom. 16:3,4, Paul sends salutations to, 2 Tim. 4:19. AR, a city of Moab, Num. 21:15; Deut. 2: 9,18,24,29. Destruction of, Num. 21:26-30; I.sa 15"1 ARAJ son of Jether, 1 Chr. 7:38. ARAB, a city of Judah, Josh. 15:52. ARABAH. See Beth-Arabah. ARABIA. Tributary to Solomon, 2 Chr. 9:14, and Jehoshaphat, 2 Chr. 17:11. Ex- ports of, Ezek. 27:21. Prophecies against, Isa. 21:13: Jer. 25:24. Paul visits, Gal. 1:17. ARABIANS. Pay tribute to Solomon, 2 Chr. 9:14; to Jehoshaphat, 2 Chr. 17:11. In- vade and defeat Judah, 2 Chr. 21:16,17; 22:1. Defeated by Uzziah, 2 Chr. 26.7. Oppose Nehemiah's rebuilding the walls of Jerusa- lem, Neh. 2:19; 4:7. Commerce of, Ezek. 27: 21. Gospel preached to. Acts 2:11; Gal. 1:17. Prophecies concerning, Isa. 21:13-17; 42:11; 60:7; Jer. 25:24. ARAD. 1. A city on the S. of Canaan, Num. 21:1; 33:40. Subduedby Joshua, Josh. 12:14. 2. Son of Beriah, 1 Chr. 8:15. ARAH. 1. Son of Ulla, 1 Chr. 7:39. 2. An Israelite, whose descendants re- turned from Babylon, Ezra 2:5; Neh. 7:10. Probal)ly identical with Arah in Neh. 6:18. ARAIVI, tlie name of various regions, and of several men. The word signifies highlands, and is applied in its compounds to various highland districts of Syria. 1. The region whence Balatimcame at Ba- lak's command, Num. 23:7. 2. A region N. of Canaan, 1 Chr. 2:23. 3. Son of Shem, Gen. 10:22,23; 1 Chr. 1:17. 4. Son of Kemuel, Gen. 22:21. 5. Son of Shamer, 1 Chr. 7:34. ARAN, son of Dishan, Gen. 36:28; 1 Chr. 1:42. AR.VRAT. A district of Armenia, Jer. r)l:27. Ark rested in mountains of. Gen. 8:4. Assji.ssins of Sennacherib take refuge in, Tsa. .37:38. ARAUNAH. A Jebusite from whom David lujuglit a site for an altar, 2 Sam. 24; 16-24. Called also Ornan, 1 Chr. 21:15 25. ARBA. 1. Father of Anak, Josh. 15:13. 2. See Hebron. ARBITRATION. INSTANCES OF : The two harlots before Solomon, 1 Kin. 3:16-28. Urged by Paul, as a mode of action for Christians, 1 Cor. 6:1-8. See Court. ARCHANGEL. 1 Thess. 4:16; Jude 9. See Angel. ARCHELAUS, a ruler of Judaea, Matt, 2:22. ARCHERY. Practiced by Ishmael, Gen. 21:20; Esau, Gen. 27:3; Jonathan, 1 Sam. 20: 20,36,37; sons of Ulam, 1 Chr. 8:40; Philis- tines, 1 Sam. 31:1-3; 1 Chr. 10:3; Persians, . Isa. 13:17,18: people of Kedar, Isa. 21:17; I Syrians, 1 Kin. 22:31-34; Israelites, 2 Sam. 1:18; 1 Chr. 5:18; 12:2; 2 Chr. 14:8; 26:14; Neh. 4:13; Zech. 9:13; Lydians, Jer. 46:9. In Avar, Gen. 49:23; Judg. 5:11; 1 Sam. 31: 3; Isa. 22:3; Jer. 4:29; 51:3; Zech. 10:4. See Arrow ; Armies ; Bow ; War. ARCHE VITES, inhabitants of Samaria, Ezra 4:9. ARCHI, a city of Ephraim, Josh. 16:2. ARCHIPPUS, a disciple at Colosse, Col. 4:17; Philem. 2. ARCHITECTURE, Heb. 3:3,4, FIGURATIVE: Eph. 2:21,22. See Art ; House ; Tabernacle ; Temple. ARCTURUS, constellation of, Job 9:9; 38'32 ARD. 1. Son of Benjamin, Gen. 46:21. 2. Son of Bela, Num. 26:40. ARDON, son of Caleb, iChr. 2:18, ARELI, son of Gad, Gen. 46:16. AREOPAGUS, Mars' Hill, Acts 17:19. ARETAS, a ruler of Syria, 2 Cor. 11:32. ARGOB. 1. A region E. of the Jordan, Dent. 3:4,13,14; 1 Kin. 4:13. 2. A courtier of Pekah, 2 Kin. 15:25. ARIDAI, son of Haman, Esth. 9:9. ARIDATHA, son of Haman, Esth. 9:8. ARIEH, a conspirator with Pekah, 2Kin. 15:25. ARIEL. 1. A messenger from Ezra to Iddo, Ezra 8:16. 2. A symbolical name for Jeinisalem, Isa. 29:1,2,7. ARIMATHEA, called also Ramah. A town five miles N. of Jerusalem, Matt. 27:57; Mark 15:43; Luke 23:51; John 19:38. ARIOCH. 1. KingofEllasar,Gen.l4:l,9. 2. Captain of Nebuchadnezzar's guard, Dan. 2:14,15,24,25. ARISAI, son of Haman, Esth. 9:9. ARISTARCHUS, acompanion of Paul, Acts 19:29; 20:4; 27:2; Col. 4:10; Philem. 24. ARISTOBULUS, a Christian at Rome, Rom. 16:10. ARK. 1. Noah's. Directions for build- ing of, Gen. 6:14-16. Noah and family pre- served in. Gen. 6:18; 7; 8; Matt. 24:38; Hel). 1 1:7; 1 Pet. 3:20. Animals saved in, Gen. 6:19, 20; 7:1-16. 2. Of Bulrushes, Ex. 2:3. 3. In the Tabernacle. Called Ark of the Covenant, Num. ]0:.S3; Deut. 31:26; Josh. 4:7; 1 Sam. 4:3; 2 Sam. 15:24; 1 Chr. 15:25; 17:1; Jer. 3:16; Heb, 94; OF THE TESTIMONY, Ex. 30:6; OF H ARK. ARM. THE Lord, Josh. 4:11; iSam. 4:6; 0:1; 28;im. 6:5); 1 Kin. 8:4; OF GoD, 1 Sam. 3:;?; 4:11,17,22; 6:.",; 14:18; 2 Sam. 0:7; 7:2; 15:25; 1 Chr. i:5:12; 15:1,2,15,24; 10:1; OP God's STRENGTH, 2 Chr. 6:41. Sanctification of, Ex. 30:26. Ceremonies connected with, on the day of atonement, Lev. 10:13-15. Holy, 2 Chr. 8:11; 35:3'. An oracle of God, Num. 10:33; 14:44; Josh. 7:0-15; Jud^'. 20:27,28; 1 Sam. 4:3.4,7; 1 Chr. 13:3; IChr. 16:4,37; 2 Chr. 6:41; Psa. 132:8. See Mercy Seat. Directions for making, Ex. 25:10-15; 35:12. Construction of, Ex. 37:1-5; Deut. 10:3. Contents of: The law, Ex. 25:16,21; 40:20; Deut. 10:5; 31:26; 1 Kin. 8:9; 2 Chr. 5:10. Aaron's rod. Num. 17:10; Heb. 9:4. Pot of manna, Ex. 16:33,34; Heb. 9:4. Place of, Ex. 26:33; 40:21; ISam. 3:3; 2 Sam. 7:2; Heb. 9:2-4. How prepared for conveyance, Num. 4:5,6. Carried by Kohathites, Num. 3:30,31; 4:4,15; Deut. 10:8; iChr. 15:2,15. On special occa- sions carried by jiriests: Crossing Jordan, Josh. 3:6,14; siege of Jericho, Josh. 6:6. Taken to battle. Josh. 6:6-20; 1 Sam. 4:3-22. Captured by the Philistines, 1 Sam. 4:10,11; Psa. 78:61. Returned by the Philistines, iSam. 6. Remains at the house of Abinadab, 1 Sam. 7:1,2; 2 Sam. 6:4; in the house of Obed-edom, 2 Sam. 6:9-1 1. Set upinShiloh, Josh. 18:1; Judg. 20:27.28; ISam. 4:3,4; in Jerusalem, 2 Sam. 6:12-17; 1 Chr. 6:31; 15; 16:1. Removed from Jerusa- lem by Zadok at the time of Absalom's revolt, but returned by command of David, 2 Sam. 15:24-29. Transferred to Solomon's temple, 1 Kin. 8:6-9; 2 Chr. 5:2-9; 35:3. Prophecy concerning, Jer. 3:16. In John's vision. Rev. 11:19. ARKITES, descendants of Canaan, Gen. 10:17; IChr. 1:15. ARM. FIGURATIYE USE OF : Ex. 6:6. I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with gi-eat judgments : Ex. 15:16. Fear and dread shall fall vipon them ; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone ; till thy people pass over, OLoRD, till the people pass over, tcnich thou hast purchased. Deut. 4:34. Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord yoiu' God did for you in Egypt before your eyes ? Deut. 7:19; 9':29; 20:8; Actsl3:17. Deut. 5:15. The Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm : Psa. 136:12. Deut. 11:2. And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which liave ncjt known, and which have not seen the chastise- ment of the Lord your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm, Deut. 3.3:27. The eternal God is tlnj refuge, aad underneath ar; Ez<'k. 27:0. ASHVATH, son of Japhlet, 1 Chr. 7:33. ASIA. Inhabitants of, in Jerusalem, at Pentecost, Acts 2:9; 21:27; 24:18. Paul and Silas forbidden by the Holy Ghost to preach in. Acts 16:6. Gospel preached in, by Paul, Acts 19; 20:4. Paul leaves, Acts 20:16. Churches of, 1 Cor. 16:19; Kev. 1:4,11. ASIEL, grandfather of Jehu, 1 Chr. 4:35. ASKKLON. See Ashkelon. ASNAH, descendants of, return to Jeru- salem, Kzi-a 2:50. ASNAPPEK, a noble Assyrian prince, who colonized the cities of Samaria after the Israelites were taken captive to Assyria, Ezra 4:10. See Samaria. ASP. A venomous serpent, Deut. 32:33; Job 20:14,16; Isa. 11:8; Rom. 3:13. Venom of, illustrates the speech of the wicked, Psa. 140:3; Rom. 3:13; injurious effects of wine, Deut. 32:33; Prov. 23:32. Deprived of venom, illustrates conversion, Isa. 11:8,9. ASPATHA, son of Haman, Esth. 9:7. ASPHALT UM. See Slime. ASRIEL, called also Ashriel, son of Manasseh, Josh. 17:2; 1 Chr. 7:14. ASS. DOMESTICATED: Herds of, Gen. 12:16; 24:35; 32:5; 34:28; Num. 31:34,45; 1 Chr. 5:21; Ezra 2:67; Neh. 7:69. Used for riding, Gen. 22:3; Num. 22: 21-33; Josh. 15:18; Judg. 1:14; 5:10; 1 Sam. 25: 23; 2 Chr. 28:15; Zech. 9:9; by Jesus, Matt. 21: 2,5; Luke 13:15; John 12:14,15; Zech. 9:9; car- rying burdens, Gen. 42:26; 2 Sam. 16:1; Isa. 30:6; drawing chariots, Isa. 21:7; for food, 2 Kin. 6:25. Not to be yoked with an ox, Deut. 22:10. Rest on Sabbath, Ex. 23:12. Bridles for, Prov. 26:3. Jawbone of, vised by Samson with Avhich to slay Philistines, Judg. 15:15-17. Firstlings of, redeemed, Ex. 13:13; 34:20. WILD: Job. 6:5; 24:5; 39:5; Psa. 104:11; Isa. ! 32:14; Jer. 2:24; 14:6; Hos. 8:9. ASSASSINATION". David's abhorrence of, 2 Sam. 4:9-12. Laws prohibiting, Deut. 27:24. INSTANCES OF : Of Eglon, by Ehud, Judg. 3:15-22; Abner, by Joab, 2 Sam. 3:27; Ish-bo- sheth, by the sons of Rimmon, 2 Sam. 4:5-7; [' Amnon, by Absalom, 2 Sam. 13:28,29; Amasa, by Joab, 2 Sam. 20:9,10; Joash, by his serv- ants. 2 Kin. 12:20; Sennacherib, by his sons, 2 Kin. 19:37; Isa. 37:38. ASSAULT AND BATTERY. LAWS CONCERNING: Ex. 21:15. And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. 18. And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or wtth A /.s- fist, and he die not, but keepeth A/.s* bed : 19. If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote hhn be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed. 22. If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart /?-o;;t her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall bo surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the \\ii\^i''6 deternihie. 23. And if r/;/y mischief foll(j\v, then thou shalt give life for life, 24. Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25. Bm-ning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. 2Q. And if a man smite the eye of his serv- ant, or the eye of his maid, that it ])erish ; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. 27. And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake. Deut. 17:8. If there ai'ise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, />e/;^gr matters of contro- versy within thy gates : then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the Lord thy God shall choose; 9. And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire ; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment : 10. And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the Lord shall choose shall shew thee ; and thou shalt observe to do ac- cording to all that they inform thee: 11. According to the sentence of the laAv which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do : thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shcAv thee, to the right hand, nor ^o the left. 12. And the man that will do presumptuously, and wall not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the Lord thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die : and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel. Matt. 5:38. Ye have heard that it hath been said. An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth : 39. But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil : but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. THE SMITING OF JESUS: Prophecies of , Isa. 50:6; Lam. 3:30. The attacks upon. Matt. 26:67; 27:30; Mark 14:65; Luke 22:63; John 19:3. See Stripes ; Stoning. ASSHUR, son of Shem, and ancestor of the Assyrians,Gen. 10:11,22; 1 Chr. 1:17; Ezek. 32:22. See Assyria. ASSHURIM, descendants of Dedan, G en. 25:3. ASSIR. 1. Sonof Korah, Ex. 6:24; 1 Chr. 6:22. 2. Son of Ebiasaph, 1 Chr. 6:23,37. 3. Son of Jeconiah, 1 Chr. 3:17. ASSOS, a seaport in Mysia, Acts 20:1 3, 14. ASSURANCE. Produced by faith, Eph. 3:12; 2 Tim. 1:12; Heb. 10:22. Made full by hope, Heb. 6:11,19. Confirmed by love, 1 John3:14,19; 4:18. Is the effect of righteous- ness, Isa. 32:17. Is abimdant in the under- standing of the gospel, Col. 2:2\ 1 Thess. 1:5. 79 ASSURANCE. ASTRONOMY. Saints Privilkcjko to Have, of their elec- tion. Ps;i. 4::?; 1 Thess. 1:4; thoir reiiemption, Job llh^*); their adoption, Rom. 8:16; iJohn 3:2; their siilvation, Isa. 12:2; eternal life, 1 John 5:13; the unalienable love of God, Rom. 8:38,35); union with God and Christ, 1 Cor. 6:15; 2 Cor. 13:5; Eph. 5:30; 1 John 2:5; 4:13; peace with God by Christ, Rom. 5:1: jireser- vation, Fsa. 3:6; 8; 27:3-5; 46:1-3; answei-sto ])raver, 1 John3:22; 5:14,15; comfort in afflic- tion, l's;i. 73:26; Luke 4:18; 2 Cor. 4:8-10,16- 18; continuance in grace, Phil. 1:6; a support in death, Ps;v. 23:4; a glorious resurrection. Job l'.):26; Ps;i. 17:15; Phil. 3:21; 1 John 3:2; a kingdom, Heb. 12:28; Rev. 5:10; a crown, 2 Tim. 4:7,8; Jjis. 1:12. Siiints give diligence to attivin, 2 Pet. 1:10,11; strive to maintain, Heb. 3:14,18. Confident hope in God re- stores, Psfi. 42:11. Exemplified: David, Psa. 23:4; 73:24-26; Paul, 2 Tim. 1:12; -iAS.— Bible Text Book. See Faith. ASSYKIA. An empire founded by Nim- rod. Gen. 10:8-12; Mic. 5:6. It extended from east of the Tigris, Gen. 2:14; 10:11; possibly to Egypt, Gen. 25:18. Its anuies invade the land of Israel imder Pul, 2 Kin. 15:19; 1 Chr. 5:26; Tiglath. 2 Kin. 15:29; 1 Chr. 5:6,26; Shalmaneser, 2 Kin. 17:3-6,21-27; 18:9-12; Jer. 50:17; Sennacherib, 2 Kin, 18:13-37; 19; 2 Chr. 32; Isa. chapters 36; 37. Army of, destroyed by the angel of the Lord, Isii. 37:36. Alliances with, sought by Judah and Israel, Hos. 5:13. Israelites sub- ject to, T^xm. 5:6. Israelites carried captive into, 2 Kin. 17:3-23. Jews carried captive to, 2 Kin. chapters 24; 25; 2 Chr. 36:5-21. In- vaded by Pharaoh-nechoh, 2 Kin. 23:29. Commerce of, Ezek. 27:23. Productive- ness (jf. Isa. 36:17. Prophecies concerning, Isa. 7:17-25; 8:4- 10; 10:5-34: 14:24-28; 19:23-25; 20; 30:27-33; 31:8,9; 37:21-35; Jer. 1:15; Ezek. 31; Jonah 3: 1-4; Nah. chaptei-s 1-3; Zeph. 2:13-15; Zech. 10:11. Prophecies of captivity of Israelites in, Hos. 9:3; 11:5.11. Idols of. See Adrammelech, Anamme- LECH, NiSUociI, TaKT.VK. ASTROLOGY, Isa. 47:13; Jer. 10:1,2; Dan. 1:20; 2:27; 4:7; 5:7. See .\sTR(»No.MY: SoRCERY. ASTKONO.M V. J()l)2<;:7. llestret<-li(>th f)Ut tlithing. 13. Py his sitirit 111' liath garnishctl the licavens; liis haml hath furnird the crooked serpent. Job 37:18. Hiust thou with liim spread out the sky, irh/'rh it strong, a/itl is a molten lo< iking gliuss ? Job 38:31. Canst thou bind tlie swei't in- fluences of Pleiades, or loo.so the bands of Orion? 32. Canst thou bring fortlx Maz- zarotli in his se^uson? or canst tliou guide Arcturus with his S(jns? 33. Kiiowest tlitui the ordinances of heiiven ? canst thou set tlie dominion llien;of in the earth ? I'sa. 8:3. When 1 consider thy heavens, the work of thy Angel's, the moon and the stars, which thou ha.st ordained ; Ps;i. 19:1. The heavens declare the gloiy of God ; and the firmament sheweth liis handy- work. 2. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. 3. There is no speech n( )r language, where their voice is not heard. 4. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tab- ernacle for the sun, 5. Which is as a bride- groom coming out of his chamber, and re- joiceth as a strong man to run a race. 6. His going forth is froni the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it : and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. Psa. 68:33. To him that rideth ui)on the heavens of heavens, v:/iich were of old ; Psa. 136:5. To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endtireth for ever. 6. To him that stretched out the earth above the waters : for his mercy endKnth for ever. 7. To him that made great lights : for liis mercy endtireth for ever : 8. The sun to rule by day : for his mercy endureth for ever: 9. The moon and stai's to rule by night : for his mercy endureth for ever. Isa. 13:10. For the starsof heaven and the constellations tliereof shall not give their light : the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause hex- light to shine. Isa. 40:22. It is he that sitteth upon the cir- cle of the earth, and the inhabitants theret)f rt?*e as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in : 2ii. Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, thatbringeth out their host by number : he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power ; not one faileth. Isjx. 47:13. Let now the a-strologei-s, the stargazers, the monthly i)rognosticatoi's, stand uj), and siive thee from thtse things that shall come u])on thee. Jer. 31:35. Thussaith the Lord, which giv- eth the sun for a light bv day, and the ordi- nances of the moon and of the stars for a liglit l)y night, which dividetli the sea when t lie waves thereof roar; TheTjORDof liosts is his name : 36. If those ordinances depart [roin before me, s;iith the Lord, thin the .secil of Israel also shall c(vi.se from being a nation before nie forever. .37. Tin is sjiitli tlie Lo|;d; If lieaven above can be m<'asiired, and tlio fouiitlatioiis of the earth searclied out be- iieatb, I will also cast olT all the sei'd of Isi-ael for all that they have done, s;iitli the LoicD. Jer. .3:5:22. As llie host of lieaven cannot be numbere(l, m-ither the s.iiid of the sea me;i.sured : so will I nudtiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levitesthat min- ister nnto me. Amos 5:S. Seek h ini that maketh the • sovcn stars and Orion, and tui'iieth the shadow of dciith into the morning, and niakelh the day 80 ASTRONOMY. dark with ni^lit : that callcth for the waters of the sea, and ])()ureth tlieiu out upon the face of the earth : The Lord is his name : [I U. V. rifiiulesl 1 Cor. 15:41. There is onejj^lory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for o^ie star differeth from ((not/ier star in glory. Judo 1.'?. Riging waves of the sea, foam- ing out their own shame ; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of dark- ness for ever. SIDKKEAI. PHENOMENA: Josh. 10:12. Then spake Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered np the Amt)rites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sim, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou. Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. lo. And the sim stood still, and the moon stayed, imtil the people had avenged VJiemselves upon their enemies. Is not this •kvritten in the book of Jasher ? So the sun Btood still in the midst of heaven, and has- tened not to go down about a whole day. 14. And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the Lord hearkened unto tlie voice of a man : for the Lord fought for Is- rael. Job 9:6. Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble. 7. Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars. 8. Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and tread- eth upon the waves of the sea. 9. Which maketh A returns, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south. Eccl. 1:5. The sun also ariseth, and the Sim goeth down, and hasteth to his i^lace where he arose. Isa. 13:13. Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger, Isa. 34:4. And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll : and all their host shall ifall down, as the leaf falleth off from the rine, and as a falling _/?f/ from the fig ti-ee. Ezek. 32:7. And when I shall put thee out, I ^^^ll cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark ; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light. 8. All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord God. Matt. 24:29. Immediately after the trilni lation of those days shall the sun be dark- ened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken : [Mark 13:24,25.] 35. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. Matt. 27:45. Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. Luke 21:25. And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars ; Luke 23:44. And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. 45. And the sun was darkened, and tlie veil of the temi)le was rent in the midst. Acts 2:19. And I will shew wonders in hwiven above, and signs in the earth he- neath ; blood, and fire, and vai)ourof smoke: 20. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come : 2 Pet. 3:10. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall Jjass away A\ith a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fer- vent heat, the eailh also and the works that are thei'ein shall be burned up. Eev. 6:12. And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great eartlKiuake ; fuid the sun became black as sackcloth of liair, and the moon became as blood; 13. And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree easteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. 14. And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together ; Rev. 8:10. And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamj), and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters ; 11. And the name of the star is called Wonn wood : and the third part of the Avaters became wonnwood ; and many men died of 'the waters, because they were made bitter, 12. And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third ])art of the moon, and the third part of the stars ; so as the thii-d part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise. Rev. 9:1. And the fifth angel somided, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth : and to him Avas given the key of the bot- tomless pit. 2. And he opened the bottom- less pit ; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace ; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. Rev. 10:1. And I sa.w another mighty angel come down from heaAcn, clothed with a cloud : and a I'ainbdw vuis upon his head, and his face was as it were' the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: 2. And he had in his hand a little book open : and be set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth. Rev. 12:3. And there appeared another wonder in lieaAen ; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. 4. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth : Rev. 13:13. And he doeth great wondei-s, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. Rev. 16:8. And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the ami ; and power was given (6) 81 ASTRONOMY. ATONEMENT. unto him to scorch men with fire. 9. And men were scorched with great heat, Rev. 19:11. And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse ; and he that sat upon him icas called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. 12. His eyes tcere as a flame of fire, and on his head tcere many crowns ; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. 13. And he tons clothed with a vesture dipped in blood : and his name is called The Word of God. 14. And the armies yihk'h were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, wliite and clean. Rev. 21:1. And I saw a new heaven and a new earth : for the fii^st heaven and the first earth were passed away ; See Constellations; Eclipse; Heaven; Meteorology; Moon; Stars; Sun. ASUPPIM, a gate of the temple, 1 Chr. 26:15,17. AS YNCKITUS, a disciple at Rome, Rom. 16:14. ATAD, the place where the sons of Ja- cob mourned for their father, Gen. 50:10,11. ATARAH, wife of Jerahmeel, 1 Chr. 2:26. ATAROTH, called also Atroth. 1. A city E. of Jordan, Num. 32:3,34. 2. A city, or possibly two different cities, of Ephraim, Josh. 16:2,5,7; 18:13. 3. A city of Judah, 1 Chr. 2:54. Called Atroth-beth-Jgab \R. V.]. 4. A city of Gad, Num". 32:35. ATAROTH-ADAR, called also Ata- roth-Addar. See Ataroth, 2. ATER. 1. A descendant of Hezekiah, who returned from Babylon, Ezra 2:16; Neh. 7:21. ' 2. A porter, Ezra 2:42; Neh. 7:45. 3. An Israelite, who subscribed to Nehemi- ah's covenant, Neh. 10:17. ATHACH, a city of Judah, 1 Sam. 30:30. ATH AIAH, perhaps identical with AsA- lAH, Neh. 11:4. ATHALIAH. 1. Wife of Jehoram, king of Judah, 2 Kin. 8:18,26; 11:1-3,12-16,20; 2 Chr. 22:10-12; 23:12-15,21. 2. Son of Jehoram, 1 Chr. 8:26. 3. Father of Jeshaiah. Ezra 8:7. ATHEISM, Psa. 14:1. The fool hath said in his heart, Tliere is no God. Psa. 53:1. ARGUMENTS "AGAINST: Job. 12:7. But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee ; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee : 8. Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. 9. Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this? 10. In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. 11. Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat ? 12. With the ancient is wisdom ; and in length of days understanding. 13. With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding. 14. Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again : lie shut- teth up a man, and thei'e can be no opening. 15. Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up : also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. 16. With him is strength and wisdom : the deceived and the deceiver are his. 17. He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools. 18. He looseth the bond of kings, and gird- eth their loins with a girdle. 19. He lead- eth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty. 20. He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged. 21. He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty. 22. He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death. 23. He in- creaseth the nations, and destroyeth them : he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again. 24. He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth thein to wander in a wilderness where there is no way. 25. They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken 7nan. Rom. 1:19. Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them ; for God hath shewed it unto them. 20. For the in- visible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being imderstood by the things that are made, even his eter- nal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse : See God ; Faith ; Unbelief. ATHENS, a city of Greece, Acts 17:15- 34; 1 Thess. 3:1. ATHLAI, a son of Bebai, Ezra 10:28. ATOMS OF MATTER, Prov. 8:26. ATONEMENT. For tabernacle and fur- niture. Lev. 16:15-20,33. In consecration of the Levites, Num. 8:21. For those defiled by the dead, Num. 6:11. Made for houses, Lev. 14:53. For sin, see below. By meat offerings. Lev. 5:11-13; by jewels, Num. 31:50; by money, Ex. 30:12-16; Lev. 5: 15,16; 2 Kin. 12:16; by incense. Num. 16:46- 50; by animals, see below ; by Jesus, see be- low. DAY OF: Time of, Ex. 30:10; Lev. 23:27; 25:9; Num. 29:7. How observed, Ex. 30:10; Lev. 16:2-34; 23:27-32; Num. 29:7-11; Heb. 5:3; 9:7. MADE BY ANIMAL SACRIFICES : Ex. 29: 36. And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement : and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it. Lev. 1:4. And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt ottering ; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him. Lev. 4:13. And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any )f the commandments of the Lord concern- 82 ATONEMENT. i))g things which should not be done, and are guilty; 14. WIumi the sin, which Ihey have sinned against it, is known, then the congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him before the tabernacle of the congregation. 15. And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands up(>n the head of the bullock before the Lord: and the bullock shall be killed before the Lord. 17. And the priest shall dip his fin- ger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the ]^ord, eve^i before the vail. IS. And he shall put some ol the blood \\\)0\\ the horns of the fdtar whi( h is before the Lord, that is in the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door oi the tabernacle of the congregation. Lev. 4:20. And he shall do with the bul- lock as he did with the bullock for a sin of- fering, so shall he do with this: and th(; priest shall make an atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them. 22. When a ruler hath sinned, and done someiohat through ignorance against any of the commandments of the Lord his God concernivg things which should not be done, and is guilty ; 23. Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish : 24. And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt of- i'ering before the Lord : it is a sin offei'ing. 25. And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of bunit offering, and shall pour out his blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt offering. 26. And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings : and the priest shall make an atonement for him ns concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him. 27. And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth someiohat against any of the command- ments of the Lord concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty ; 28. Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge ; then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned. 29. And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the ilace of the burnt offering. 30. And the wriest shall take of the blood thereof with lis finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar. 31. And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away f n >m off the sacrifice of peace offerings ; and the priest shall bum it upon the altar foi" a sweet savour unto the Lord ; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him. 32. And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bi'ing it a mitted, two turt geons, unto the female without blemish. 33. And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offer- ing, and slay it for a sin offering in the place where tlu^y kill the bui'nt offering. 34. And the priest sliall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of bin-nt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar : 35. And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altai", according to the offer- ings made by fire imto the Lord : and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be for- given him. Lev. 5:6. And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the Lord for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offer- ing; and the priest shall make an atone- ment for him concerning his sin. 7. And ii he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his tres])ass, which he hath com- edoves, or two young pi- jORD ; one for a sin offer- mg, and the other for a burnt offering. 8. And he shall bring them unto the priest., who shall offer that which is for the sin of* fering first, and wring off his head from his neck, but shall not divide it asunder: 9. And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sii/ offering upon the side of the altar ; and tint n^st of the blood shall be wrung out at the bottom of the altar: it is a sin offering. 10. And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according to the manner : and the :)riest shall make an atonement for him for lis sin which he hath sinned, and it shall )e forgiven him. Lev. 6:7. And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord : and it shall be foi'given him for any thing of all that he hath done in trespassing therein. Lev. 9:7. And Moses Siiid unto Aaron, Go imto the altar, and offer thy sin offering, and thy burnt offering, and make an atone- ment for thyself, and for the people: and offer the offering of the people, and make an atonement for them ; as the Lord com- manded. Lev. 10:17. Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord ? Lev. 12:6. And Avhen the days of her puri- fying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daugh- ter, she shall bring a lamb of the fii-st year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest : 7. Who shall offer it before the Lord, and make an atonement for her ; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that liath borne a male or a female, 8. And if she be sa ATONEMENT. Qot able to bring a lamb, then she shall tiring two turtles, or two young ]5igeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering : and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean. Lev. 14:12. And the priest shall take one he lamb, and offer him for a trespass offer- ing, and the log of oil, and wave thein. for a wave offering before the Lord; 13. And he iihall slay the lamb in the place where he iihall kill the sin offering and the burnt of- fering, in the holy place : for as the sin of- I'ering is the priest's, so is the trespass offer- ing: it is most holy: 14. And the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass i)ffering, and the priest shall put it upon the lip of the right ear of him that is to be '.cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot. 15. And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of ihis own left hand : 16. And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the Lord : 17. And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of liim that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering: 18. And the rem- nant of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall pour upon the head of him that is to be cleansed : and the priest shall make an atone- ment for him before the Lord. 19. And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make an atonement for him that is to he cleansed from his uncleanness ; and afterward he shall kill the burnt offering : 20. And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meat offering upon the altar : and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean. 21. And if he be poor, and cannot get so much ; then he shall take one lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offer- ing, and a log of oil; 22. And two turtle- doves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get ; and the one shall be a sin offer- ing, and the other a burnt offering. 23. And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregatioii, before the Lord. 24. And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall Avave them for a wave offering before the Lord : 25. And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, and the priest shall take so7ne of the blood of the tres- l^ass offering, and put it up(^n the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot. 20. And the Eriest shall i;)our of the oil into the palm of is own left hand : 27. And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the Lord : 28. And the priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his light hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the trespass offering : 29. And the rest of the oil that is in the ])riest's hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make an atonement for him before the Lord. 30. And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he can get; 31. Eve/i such as he is able to get,the one /or a sin offering, and the other /or a burnt offering, with the meat offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed be- fore the Lord. 32. This is the law of h im in whom is the plague of lepi'osy, whose hand is not able to get that which pertaiiieth to his cleansing. Lev. 16:(). And Aaron shall offer his bul- lock of the sin offering, w hich is for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house. 10. But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make an atone- inent with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness. 11. And Aai'on shall bring the bullock of the sin of- fering, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself: 15. Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did Avith the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat : 16. And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their trans- gressions in all their sins : and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness. 17. And there sliall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation Avhen he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel. 18. And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the Lord, and make an atonement for it ; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about. 19. And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the un- cleanness of the children of Israel. 24. And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the peo- ple. 25. And the fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon the altar. 26. And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and 84 ATONEMENT.— Made by Jesus. afterward come into the camp. 27. And the bullock for the sin offering:, and the goat /or the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall one carry forth Avithout the camp ; and th(\y shall burn in the lire their skins, and then- flesh, and their dung. 28. And he that burnetii them shall wash his clothes, and Jiathe his flesh in water, and afterward lie shall come into the camp. 29. And th t's shall be a statute for ever unto you : t/iat in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you : 30. For on that day shall the prietit make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, t/iat ye may be clean from all your sins before the Lord. 31. It shall be a sabbath of rest vmto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever. 32. And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even, the holy garments : 33. And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tab- ernacle of the congregation, and for the altar, and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the ]3eople of the congrega- tion. 34. And this shall be an everlasting stat- ute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the Lord commanded Moses. Lev. 17:11. For the life of the flesh is in the blood : and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls : for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. Lev. 19:22. And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the tres- pass offering before the Lord for his sin which he hath done : and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him. Nimi. 15:22. And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the Lord hath sjioken imto Moses, 23. Even all that the Lord hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the Lord commanded Moses, and henceforward among yoiu- generations ; 24. Then it shall be, if auci/i t be committed by ignorance with- out the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet sa- vour unto the Lord, with his meat offering, and his drink offering, according to the man- ner, and one kid of the goats for a sin offer- ing. 25. And the priest shall make an atone- ment for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them ; for it is ignorance : and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord, and their sin offering before the Lord, for their ignorance : 2%. And it shall be for- given all the congregation of the children of Israel, and the stranger tiiat sojourneth 66 among them ; seeing all the i)eoi»le vere in ignorance. 27. And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she g(jat of the first year for a sin oflering. 28. And the priest shall make an atonement for the soid that sinneth ignorantly when he sinneth by ignorance before the Lord, to make an atone- ment for him ; and it shall Ix; forgiven him. Num. 28:30. One kid of the goats, to make an atonement for you. v.22\ Num.29:5,10,ll. Heb. 9:22. And almost all things are bv the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. MADE BY JESUS: Divinely ordained: Luke 2:30,31; Gal. 4:4,5; Eph. 1:3-12,17-22; 2:4-10; Col. 1:19,20; 1 Pet. 1:20; Rev. 13:8. A mystery, 1 Cor. 2:7, with context ; 1 Pet. 1:8- 12. Made but once, Heb.7:27; 9:24-28; 10:10,12, 14; 1 Pet. 3:18. Redemption by. Matt. 20:28; Acts 20:28; Gal.3:13; 1 Tim. 2:0; Heb.9:12; Rev. 5:9. Typified, Gen. 4:4, with Heb. 11:4; Gen. 22:2, with Heb. 11:17,19; Ex. 12:5,11,14, with 1 Cor. 5:7; Ex. 24:8, with Heb. 9:20; Lev. l(i: 30,34, with Heb. 9:7,12,28; Lev. 17:11, with Heb. 9:22. See Salvation, Plan of. UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELAT- ING TO : Psa. 40:6. Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire ; mine ears hast thou opened : burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. 7. Then said I, Lo, I come : in the volume of the book it is written of me, 8. I delight to do thy will, O my God : yea, thy law is within my heart. Heb. 10:5-9. Isa. 53:4. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows : yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5. But he loas wounded for our transgres- sions, he icas bruised for our iniquities : the chastisement of our peace was upon hijn ; and Avith his stripes we are healed. 6. All we like sheep have gone astray ; we have tin-ned every one to his own way ; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. 7. He Avas oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not liis mouth : he is brought {IS a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. 8. He was taken fi-om prison and from judgment : and who shall declare his generation ? for he Avas cut off out of the land of the living : for the transgression of my people was he stricken. 1 0. Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him ; he hath put him to grief: Avhen thou shalt make his soul an of- fering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. 11. He shall see of the traA'ail of his soul, and shall be satisfied : by his knoAvledge shall my right- eous servant justify many ; for he shall bear their iniquities. 12. Therefore Avill I divide him a jiortion AA'ith the great, and he sliAll diA'ide the spoil Avith the strong ; because he hath poured out his soul unto death : and he Avas numbei-ed Avith the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made interces- sion for the transgressors. ATONEMENT.— Made by Jesus. Dan. 9:24. Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniq- uity, and to bring in everlasting righteous- ness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. 25. Know there- fore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince, shall he seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks : the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. 26. And after threescore and two weeks shall Mes- siah be cut off, but not for himself : and the people of the prince that shall come shall de- stroy the city and the sanctuaiy ; and the end thereof shall he with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are deter- mined. 27. And he shall confirm the cov- enant with many for one week : and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the over- spreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate. Zech. 13:1. In that day there shall be a foimtain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for vmcleanness. Matt. 26:28. For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. Luke 22:20. Luke 24:46. And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: 47. And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. John 1:29. The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith. Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. V. 36. John 6:51. The bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. John 11:49. And one of them, named Caia- phas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them. Ye know nothing at all, 50. Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not. 51. And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation ; Acts 17:2. And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures. 3. Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto yovi, is Christ. Acts 20:28. Take heed therefore unto your- selves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath pur- chased with his ov/n blood. Rom. 3:24. Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus : 25. Whom God hath set forth to he a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God ; 26. To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness : that he might be just, and the justifier of him which be- lieveth in Jesus. llom. 4:25. Who was delivered for our of- fences, and was raised again for our justifi- cation. Rom. 5:1. Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: 2. By whom also we have access by faitli into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 6. For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the un- godly. 7. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. 8. But God eommendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 9. Much more then, being now justi- fied by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. 10. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the d(^ath of his Son, much more, being rec- onciled, we shall be saved by his life. 11. And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the i atonement. 15. But not as the offence, so also Is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, lohieh is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. 16. And not as It inas by one that sinned, so is the gift : for the judgment wvrs by one to con- demnation, but the free gift is of many of- fences unto justification. 17. For if by one man's offence death reigned by one ; much more they which receive abundance of grace and * )f the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ. 18. Tlieref oi'e as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation ; even so by the right- eousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. 19. For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. 20. Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound : 21. That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord. P R. V, reoonciliatiom 1 ( !or. 1 :17. For Christ sent me not to bap- tize, but to preach the gospel : not with wis- dom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. 18. li'or the preach- ing of the ci'oss is to them that perish fool- ishness ; but unto us which are saved it is the po^^'er of God. 23. But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, 86 ATONEMENT.— Made by Jesus. and unto tlie Greeks foolishness; 24. But unto them which are called, hoth Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. 1 Cor. 15:;5. For I delivered mito you first of all that which I also received, how that Clhrist died for our sins according to the scriptures ; 2 Cor. 5:18. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself hy Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of recon- ciliation ; 19. To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the Avorld unto himself, not im- puting their trespasses unto them: and hath committed imto us the word ^ L reconciliation. Gal. 1:3. Grace I>e to you, and peace, from God the Fatl>:, sa\& frotn our Lord Jesus Christ, 4. Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this ]iresent evil world, according to the will of God and our Father: Gal. 4:4. But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, 5. To re- deem them that were vmder the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. Eph. 1:7. In whom Ave have redemption thi'ough his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace ; Eph. 2:13. But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. 14. For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition heticeen us; 15. Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace ; 16. And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby : 17. And came and preached peace to you which w' ere afar off, and to them that were nigh. 18. For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. Eph. 5:2. Walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet- smelling savour, v. 25. Col. 1:14. In whom we have redemp- tion 1 through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: 19. For it pleased tJie FatJier that in him should all fulness dwell ; 20. And, hav- ing made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they he things in earth, or things in heaven. 21. And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind bj' wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled 22. In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and imreproveable in his sight: liOiuitteiliii R. V.l 1 Thess. 5:9. For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, 10. Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. 1 Tim. 2:5. For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Chri.st Jesus ; G. Who gave himself a ran.som for all, to be testified in due time. Tit. 2:14. Who gave him.self iov us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zeal- ous of good works. Heb. 1:3. Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholdinf>- •^" +' in-s by the word (jf his ]X)wer "-' .i.he had by himself purged our sins, Sell down on the right hand of the Majesty on high ; Heb. 2:9. That he by the gi-ace of God should taste death for every man. 1 7. Where- fore m all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a mercifid and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. Heb. 9:12. Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for tis. 13. For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the piu-ifying of the flesh : 14. How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to sei-A^e the living God? 15. And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the i-edemption of the transgressions that vjere under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eter- nal inheritance. 25. Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest en- tereth into the holy place every year with blood of others ; 26. For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world : but noAv once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. Heb. 10:1. For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of tlie things, can never with those sac- rifices which they offered year by year con- tinually make the comere thereunto perfect. 2. For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the woi"shippers once purged should have had no more con- science of sins. 3. But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year. 4. For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. 5. Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he st^ith, S;\crifice and offer- ing thou woukiest not, but a bod}- ha.st thou prepared me : 6. In burnt offeiings and sac- rifices for sin thou hjist liad no pleasure. 7. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. 8. Above when he said, Sjicrifice and offering and bunit offerings and offering iov sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein ; which ai"e offered by the law ; 9. 87 ATONEMENT. AVENGER OF BLOOD. Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may estab- lish the second. 10. By the which will we are Scinctified through the oifering of the body of Jesus Christ once /or all. 11. And every priest standeth daily ministering and offer- ing oftentimes the same sacrifices, Avhich can never take aAvay sins: 12. But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God ; 18. Now where remissi I ." ll.f.r f'' there isi no more offering for sin. 19. Havi..^ Ih'^""- fore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20. ByancAv and living way, Avhich he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; Heb. 12:24. And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprink- ling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel. Heb. 13:12. Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the jieople with his own blood, suffered without the gate. 20. Now the God of peace, that brought again fi"om the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, 21. Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, 1 Pet. 1:18. Forasmuch that ye know that ye Avere not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; 19. But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blem- ish and without spot : 20. Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, 1 Pet. 2:24. Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto right- eousness : by whose stiipes ye were healed. 1 Pet. 3:18. For Christ also hath once suf- fered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit : 1 John 1:7. The blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. 1 John 2:2. He is the propitiation for our sins : and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. 1 John 3:5. Ye know that he was mani- fested to take away our sins ; and in him is no sin. 1 John 4:10. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to he a ])ropitiation for our sins. 1 John ;'):0. This is he that came by water and blood, e.ven Jesus Christ ; not by water only, but i>y Avater and blood. liev. 1:5. Unto him that loved lis, and "washed us from our sins in his own blood, Rev. r):9. And they sung a new song, say- ing, Th(ju ai"t Avorthy to take the book, and to oi)en tlu! seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast rede(Mned us to God by thy blood out of cA'ery kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation ; Rev. 7:14. And he said to me. These are they Avhich came out of great tribulation, and have Avashed their robes, and made them Avhite in the blood of the Lamb. ReA^ 12:11. And they OA-ercame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the Avord of their testimony ; and they loA^ed not their liA^ea inito the death. See Blood ; Jesus, Death of. Mission of. Sufferings OF ; Redemption; Salvation. ATTAI. 1. A Gadite Avarrior, 1 Chr. 12:11, 2. Son of Rehoboam, 2 Chr. 11:20. A. Grandson of Sheshan, 1 Chr. 2:35,36. ATTAL5A, n seaport of Pamphylia, Acts 14:25. ATTORNEY, employed. Acts 24:1,2. See Lawyer. AUGUSTUS, atitle of Roman emperors, Luke 2:1; Acts 25:21,25; 27:1. ATKOPHY, of the hand. Matt. 12:10-13. ATTRIBUTES OF GOD. See God. AVA, called also Ivah. A district near Babylon, 2 Kin. 17:24; 18:34; 19:13. See Ezra 4:9. AVARICE. Eccl.4:7. Then I returned, and I saAV A^anity under the sun. 8. There is one alone, and there is not a second ; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour ; neither is his eye satisfied Avith riches; neither saith he, For Avhom do I labour, and bereaA^e my soul of good ? This is also \'anity, yea, it is a sore traA^ail. Eccl. 5:10. He that loA^eth sih^er shall not be satisfied Avith sih^er ; nor he that loA-eth abundance with increase : this is also A'anity. 11. When goods increase, they are increased that eat them : and what good is there to the ownei's thereof, saving the beholding of them Avith their eyes ? 1 Tim. 3:2. A bishop then must be blame- less, the husband of oncAvife, Aigilant, sober, of good behaA'iour, giA'en to hospitality, apt to teach ; 3. Not giA'en to Avine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre ; but patient, not a braAvler, not covetous. Tit. 1:7. 1 Tim. 6:5. Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that igain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself. 10. For the love of money is the root of all evil : Avhich while some cov- eted after, they haA^e erred from the faith, and pierc(Kl themselves through Avith many sorrows. O H- ^'- Koilllness 18 a way of tiainl See Coat<:tousness ; Ric'H ; Riches. INSTANCES OF: The descendants of Jo- seph, Josh. 17:14-18. AVEN. 1. " The plain of the Sun," Amoa 1:5. 2. Another name for On, Ezek. 30:17. 3. Beth- AVEN, Hos. 10:8. AVENGER OF BUOOI>. Premosaic, Gen. 9:5,6. Cain feai"s, Gen. 4:14,1 5. Lamech fears. Gen. 4:24. LaAv concerning, set aside by David, 2 Sam. 14:4-11. See Homicide. FIGURATIVJ:: Psa.8:2; 44:16; Rom. 13:4; 1 Thess. 4:6. 88 AVENGER OF BLOOD. AX. SCRIPTURES RELATIN(i TO: Gen. 9:5. And surely your blood of yoiu- lives will I re- quire ; at the hand of every beast will I re- quire it, and at the hand of man ; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. (>. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed : for in the image of God made he man. Niun. ;3r»:19. The revenger of blood himself shall slay the miu'derer : when he meeteth him, he shall slay him. 2{). But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die ; 21. Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die : he that smote /lii/i shall surely be put to death; for he /.s a miu'derei" : th(; i-evenger of blood shall slay the miu'derer, Avlien he meeteth hini. 22. But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, ov have cast upon him any thing Avithout laying of wait, 2o. Or Avith any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, that he die, and ^/v^s• not his enemy, neither sought his harm : 24. Then the congregation shall judge be- tween the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments : 25. And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congi'egation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled : and he shall abide in it imto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil. 26. But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled ; 27. And- the revenger of blood find him Avithout the borders of the city of his refuge, and the i-evenger of blood kill the slayer ; he shall not be guilty of blood : 25. Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge imtil the death of the high priest : but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall i-eturn into the land of his possession. 29. So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your genei'ations in all your dAvellings. Dent. 19:4. And this is the case of the slay- er, Avhieli shall flee thither, that he may live : Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past; 5. As when a man goeth into the wood Avith his neighboiu' to hew wood, and his hand fetch- eth a stroke Avith the ax to cut doAvn the tree, and the head slippeth from the hel\^e, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die ; he shall flee imto one of those cities, and liA'e : 6. Lest the aA' enger of the blood ]iiu"sue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and oA^er- tfdce him, because the Avay is long, and slay him; Avhereas he was not Avorthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past. 7. Wherefore I command thee, saying. Thou Shalt separate three cities for thee. 8. And if the Lord thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath SAvorn unto thy fathers, and giA'-e thee all the land Avhich he promised to giA^e unto thy fathers; 9. If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, Avhich I CQmmand thee this day, to love the Lord thy God, and to Avalk ever in his Avays; then shalt thou add tlu'ee cities more for thee, besides these three : 10. That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, Avhich the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inherit- ance, and so blood be upon thee. II. But if any man hat(! his neighltour, and lie in Avait for him, and rise \\\) against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities : 12. Then the eldei-s of liis eity shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him unto the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. 13. Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt ])ut away the fjidlt of innocent blood from Israel, tliat it may go Avell Avith thee. Josh 20:1. The Lord also spake imto Joshua, saying, 2. Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for y\'hom is no faith. 21. Thev have moved me to jealousy with that whic/i, is not God ; they liave provoked me to anger with their vani- . ties: and I will move them to jealousy with those t/jhich are not a people ; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. 22. For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unt(j the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains. 23. I will heap mischiefs upon them ; I will spend mine arrows upon them. 24. They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction : I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the '! poison of serpents of the dust, 25. The sword • without, and terror within, shall desti'oy both the young man and the virgin, the ; buckling also with the man of gray hairs. 26. I j[ said, I would scatter them into corners, If [ would make the remembrance of them to urease from among men: 27. Were it not >: that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest oheir adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say. Our land is high, and the Lord hath not done all jhis. 28. For they are a nation void of coun- sel, neither is there any understanding in hem. 29. O that they were wise, that they mderstood this, that they would consider heir latter end ! 30. How should one chase I thousand, and two put ten thousand to hght, except their Rock had sold them, and he Lord had shut them up ? Josh. 24:27. And Joshua said . . . Behold, his stone shall be a witness unto us ; for it lath heard all the words of the Lord which he ipake unto us ; it shall be therefore a witness mto you, lest ye deny your God. vs. 20-27. 2 Chr. 15:2. And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him. Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin ; The Lord is with you, while ye be with him ; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you ; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you. 3. Now for a long season Israel Jiath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and A\'ithout law. 4. But when they in their trouble did turn unto the Lord God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them. Ezra 8:22. The hand of our God ^^supon all them for good that seek him ; but his power and his wrath is against all them that for- sake him. Job 34:26. He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others ; 27. Because they turned back fi-om him, and would not con- sider any of his ways : Rsa. 44:20. If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god ; 21. Shall not God search this out ? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. Psa. 73:27. For, lo, they that are far fi'om thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee. Psa. 85:8. I wall hear what God the Lord will speak : for he will speak peace imto his people, and to his saints : but let them not turn again to folly. Psa. 125:5. As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the Lord shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity : Prov. 2:17. Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. Prov. 14:14. The backslider in heart .shall be filled with his own ways : Prov. 24:16. For a just man. falleth seven times and riseth up again : but the wicked shall fall into mischief. Prov. 26:11. As a dog ireturaeth to bis vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly. (1 R. V. tliat returnetli to liis vomit, so is a fool that lepeatetlil Jer. 17:13. O Lord, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the Lord, Ezek. 3:20. Again, When a righteous ?j?rt?i'. doth turn from his righteousness, and com- mit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before hiin, he shall die : because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hatli done shall not be remembered ; but his blood will I require at thine hand. Ezek. 18:26. When a righteous /?*«» turn- eth away fton\ his righteousness, and com- mitteth iniquity, and dieth in them ; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die. ?'. 24. Ezek. 23:35. Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms. Ezek. 33:12. Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the chiklren of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not de- liver him in the day of his transgression: as 93 BACKSLIDERS. for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness ; neither shall the right- eous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth. 13. When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live ; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit imquity, all his righteousness shall not be remembered ; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it. 18. When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby. Hos. 11:7. And my people are bent to back- sliding from me : though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him. 8. How shall I give thee up, Ephraim ? how shall I deliver thee, Israel ? how shall I make thee as Admah ? how shall I set thee as Zeboim ? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together. Jonah 2:4. Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight ; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. Matt. 5:13. If the salt have lost his savour, Avherewith shall it be salted ? it is thence- forth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. Mark 9:50. Matt. 24:12. Because iniquity shall abovmd, the love of many shall wax cold. Matt. 26:31. All ye shall be offended be- cause of me this night : for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. Mark 4:7. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. 15. And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh imme- diately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts. 16. And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground ; who, when they have heard the Avord, im- mediately receive it with gladness ; 17. And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, im- mediately they are offended. 18. And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, 19. And the cares of this world, and the deceitf ulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful. Mark 8:38. Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels. Luke 9:62. No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. Luke 11:21. When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace : 22. But when a stronger than he shall come ■upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his annour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils. 23. He that is not with me is against me : and he that gather- eth not with me scattereth. 24. When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walk- eth through dry places, seeking rest ; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out. 25. And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished. 26. Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there : and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Matt. 12:45. Luke 17:32. Remember Lot's wife. John 6:67. Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away ? John 15:6. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered ; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. 1 Cor. 10:1. Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; 2. And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea ; 3. And did all eat the same spu'itual meat ; 4. And did all drink the same spiritual drink : for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. 5. But with many of them God was not well pleased : for they were overthrown in the wilderness. 6. Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. 7. Neither be ye idolaters, as loere some of them ; as it is written. The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. 8. Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. 9. Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. 10. Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the de- stroyer. 11. Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples : and they are writ- ten for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. 12. Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. 13. There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man : but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able ; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. 2 Cor. 12:20. For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not : lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults: 21. Atid lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have com- mitted. Gal. 1:6. I marvel that ye are so soon re* »4_ hi ii i BACKSLIDERS. moved from him that called you into the grace of Christ mi to another gospel : v. 7. Gal. 3:1. O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched yon, ■ that yc should not obey the tnitii, befoi'e whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you ? I' Oniitted in U. V.l Gal. 4:9. But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage? lU. Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. 11. I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain. Gal. 5:7. Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth ? 1 Tim. 1:19. Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck : 1 Tim. 5:15. Some are already turned aside after Satan. 1 Tim. 6:10. The love of money is the root of all evil : which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. 20. O Timothy, keep that which is commit- ted to thy trust, avoiding profane a7id vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely 80 called : 21. Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. 2 Tim. 1:8. Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner : 2 Tim. 2:12. If we deny him, he also will deny us : 2 Tim. 4:10. For Demas hath forsaken me, ; having loved this present world, ! Heb. 3:12. Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. 13. But ex- hort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened tlu-ough the deceitfulness of sin. Heb. 4:1. Let us therefore fear, lest, a pi'omise being left 2(s of entering into his Jest, any of you should seem to come short lOf it. 11. Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. Heb. 5:11. Of whom we have many things t(j say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing. 12. For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first prin- ciples of the oracles of God ; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. Heb. 6:4. It is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, 5. And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, 6. If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance ; see- ing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. f. For the earth which drinketh in the rain that Cometh oft ui)on it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God : 8. But that Avhich beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cm-sing ; whoso end is to be burned. Heb. 10:26. If we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there I'emaineth no more sacrifice for sins, 27. But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. 28. He that despised Moses' law died without mei-cy un- der two or three witnesses: 29. Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath count- ed the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace ? 38. If any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. 39. But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition ; Heb. 11:14. For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. 15. And truly, if they had been mindful of that co^mtry from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. Heb. 12:15. Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God ; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled ; 2 Pet. 1:9. He that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath for- gotten that he was purged from his old sins, 2 Pet. 2:20. For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. 21. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy command- ment delivered unto them. 2 John 9. Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. Rev. 2:4. I have somexohat against thee, because thou hast left thy fii*st love. 5. Re- member therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works ; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, ex- cept thou repent. 21. I gave her space to repent of her fonii cation ; and she repented not. 22. Behold, 1 will cast her into a bed, and them that com- mit adultery with her into great ti'ibulation, except they repent of their deeds. 23. And ] wall kill her children with death ; Rev. 3:2. Be watchful, and strengthen tho things which remain, that are ready to die : for I have not found thy works perfect be- fore God. 3. Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, 9fi BACKSLIDERS.— Instances of— Promises to. 1 will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt iKit know what liour I will come upon thee. Rev. 21:8. The fearful, and unbelieving, . . . shall have their part in the lake which burnetii with tire and brimstone : which is the second death. See Apostasy; Backsliding of Israel, below; Church, Backslidden; Reprobacy. INSTANCES OF : Saul, 1 Sam. 15:11,26-28. Solomon, 1 Kin. 11:4-40; Neh. 13:26, Anion, 2 Kin. 21:22,23. Rehoboam, 2 Chr.l2:l,2. Asa, 2 Chi-. 16:7-9. Joash, 2 Chr. 24:24. Amaziah, 2 Clu-. 25:27. Syrians, Isa. 17:10,11. Jonah, Jonah 1:3. The disciples. Matt. 26:56; John 6: 66. Peter, Matt. 26:69-75. Corinthian Chris- tians, 1 Cor. 5:1-8; 2 Cor. 12:20,21. Galatians, Gal. 1:6; 3:1; 4:9-11; 5:6,7. Hymenseus and Alexander, 1 Tim. 1:19,20. Phygellus and Hermogenes, 2 Tim. 1:15. Denias, 2 Tim. 4: 10. Churches of Asia, 1 Tim. 5:15; Rev. 2:4, 14,15,20; 3:2,3,15-18. PROMISES TO : Lev. 26:40. If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against ^me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me; 41. And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies ; if then their inicircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity : 42. Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remem- ber ; and I will remember the land. Deut. 4:29. But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. 30. When thou art in tribula- tion, and all these things are come upon thee, even, in the latter days, if thou turn to the Lord thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice; v. 31. Deut. 30:1. And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set be- fore thee, and thou shalt call tliem to mind among all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath driven thee, 2. And shalt return unto the Lord thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul ; 3. That then the Lord thy God will turn thy cap- tivity. Olid have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the na- tions, whither the I^ord thy God hath scat- tered thee. 4. If any of thine be driven out imto the utmost parts of heaven, from thence Avill the Lord thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee : 5. And the Lord thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers. 6. And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thiiie heai't, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. 7. And the Lord thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee. 8. And thou shalt retui'ii and obey the voice of the Lord, and do all his commandments which I com- mand thee this day. 9. And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good : for the Lord will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers : 10. If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul. Deut. 32:26. I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remem- brance of them to cease from among men : 28. For they are a nation void of counsel, 29. O that they were wise, ?/i«^ they under- stood this, that they would consider their latter end ! 1 Kin. 8:33. When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house: 34. Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers, vs. 35-53. 2 Chr. 30:9. For if ye turn again unto the Lord, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land : for the Lord your God is gracious and merciful, arid will not turn away Jtis face from you, if ye return unto him. Job 22:23. If thou return to tlie Almighty, thou shalt be built u]), thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. 24. Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. 25. Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver. 26. For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Al- mighty, and shalt lift \\\) thy face unto God. 27. Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt j>ay thy vows. 28. Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee : and the light shall shine upon thy ways. 29. When onen are cast down, then thou shalt say. There is lifting up; and he shall save the himible person. 30. He shall deliver the island of the innocent : and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands. Psa. 17. 5, Hold u]i my goings in thy paths, that TCij footstej^s slip not. Psa. 56:13. For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not tlio^i deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living ? Psa. 81:13. Oh that my people hadlieark ened unto me, and Israel had walked in my 96 BACKSIJDKKS.-rROMiSES To. ways I 14. I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their achersciries. Isji. 42M. A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking tlax shall he not quench : he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. Isji. 57:18. 1 have seen his ways, and will heal him : I will lead him also, and restore comforts imto him and to his mourners. 19. I create the fruit of the li] )s ; Peace, peace to /u'jji that is far off, and to A /y// tliat 26^ near, eaith the Lord ; and I will heal him. Jer. 3:4. Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth? 5. Will he reserve his anger for ever ? will he keep it to the end ? 6. The Lord said also unto me m the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which back- sliding Israel hath done ? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot. 7. And I said after she had done all these t}u)igs, Turn thou unto me. But she re- turned not. 12. Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the Lord ; and I Avill not cause mine anger to fall ujjon you : foi' I am merciful, saith the Lord, and 1 will not keep anger for ever. 13. Only acknowl- edge thine iniquity, that thou hast trans- gressed against the Lord thy God, and hast scattered thy Avays to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the Lord. 14. Turn, O back- sliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you : and I wall take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion: 15. And I will give you pas- tore according to mine heart, which shall feed yon with knowledge and understand- ing. IG. And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the Lord, they shall say no more. The ark of the covenant of the Lord: neither shallit come to mind: neither shall they remember it ; neither shall they visit it ; neither shall that be done any more. 17. At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord ; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem : neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart. 18. In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an in- heritance unto your fathei-s. 19. But I said, HoAv shall I ]iut thee among the children, and give thee a pleasiintland, a goodly herit- age of the hosts of nations ? and I said, Thou shalt call me. My father; and shalt not turn away from me. 20. Surely as a wife treach- erously departeth f rom her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the Lord. 21. A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping a))d supplications of the children of Israel: for tliey have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the Lord their God. 22. Re- tui-n, ye backsliding cliildren, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee ; for thou art the Lord our God. Jer. 4:1. If thou wilt return, O Israel, s;iith the Lord, return imto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominatidus out of my sight, then shalt thou not i-emove. 2. And thou shalt swear. The Lord liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in liim, and in him shall they glory. 14. O Jerusalem, wash thine heart frona wickedness, that tliou may- est be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee ? Jer. 6:1G. Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for yoiu- soids. Hos. 14:4. I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely : for mine anger has turned away from him. Zech. 10:G. And Iwill strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Jo- seph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the Lord their God, and will hear them. Mai. 3:7. Even fi'om the daj-s of your fa- thersye are gone away from mineoi'dinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said. Wherein shall we return? Matt. 23:37. O Jeiiisalem, Jerusalem, thoii that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often woidd I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not I Rev. 3:8. I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it : for thou hast a little strength, and hast ke]:)t my word, and hast not denied my name. 15. I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot : I would thou wert cold or hot. IG. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. 17. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing ; and know- est not that thou art wretched, and miser- able, and poor, and blind, and naked : 18. I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in tlie fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white I'aiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not ap pear; and anoint thine eyes with ej'esalve, that thou mayest see. ] 9. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten : be zealous therefore, and repent. 20. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock : if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. 2L To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am. set down with my Father in his throne. See Penitence ; Penitent ; Seekers. (7) n'j BACKSLIDERS.— Return op — Backsliding of Israel. RETURN OF : Psa. 80:3. Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine ; and we shall be saved. 4. O Lord God of hosts, how long Avilt thou be angiy against the prayer of thy people? 5. Thou feedest them with the bread of tears ; and givest them tears to drink in great measure. 6. Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours : and oiu' ene- mies laugh among themselves. 7. Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. 14. Eetvirn, we beseech thee, O God of hosts : look dovra from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; 15. And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that fchou madest strong for thyself. 16. Jif is burned with fire, it is cut down : they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. 17. Let thy hand be npon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man wJiom thou madest strong for thyself. 18. So will not we go back from thee : quicken us, and we 'will call upon thy name. 19. Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts, cause thy face to sliine ; and we shall be saved. Isa. 17:7. At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel. Isa. 29:24. They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine. Isa. 31:6. Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted. 7. For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin. Jer. 50:4. In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the children of Isi-ael shall come, they and the children of Judah to- gether, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the Lord their God. 5, They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thither- waixl, saying. Come, and let us join our- selves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten. 6. My people hath been lost sheep : their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to liill, they have for- gotten their restingplace. Hos. 3:5. Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days. Hos. 6:1. Come, and let us return unto the Lord : for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us uj). 2. After two daj^s will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. 3. Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is Y>i'6pared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth. Instances op : Jews, Ezra 6:1 6-21 ; 10. Da- vid.. Psa 51. Jonah, Jonah 2; 3, Peter. Matt. 20:75; Mark 14:72; Luke 22:62. Thom.as, John 20:27-29. BACKSLIDING OF ISRAEL: Ex. 17:7. And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying. Is the Lord among us, or not' Deut. 4:25. When thou shalt beget chil- dren, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the Lord thy God, to provoke him to anger: 26. I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly jjerish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jor- dan to possess it ; ye shall not prolong yonr days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed. 27. And the Lord shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in nmn- ber among the heathen, whither the Lord shall lead you. 28. And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. 29, But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. 30. When thou art in tribula- tion, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the Lord thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice ; 31. (For the Lord thy God is a merciful God ;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the cove- nant of thy fathers which he sware unto them. Deut. 31:16. And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a Avhoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them. 17. Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, andmany evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us ? 18. And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils Avhich they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods. 19. Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel : put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel. 20. For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey ; and they shall have eaten and filled them- selves, and waxen fat ; then will tliey turn unto other gods, and serv^e them, and pro- voke me, and bi-eakmy covenant. 21. And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen theni, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it »8 BACKSLIDERS.— BACKSUDiNa of Israel. shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know tlieir iinuf^iuation ■which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware. 22. ^Moses therefore wrote this song the same da^', and taught it the cliildi'en of Israel. 23. And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good coiu'age: for thou shalt bring the chil- dren of Israel into the land which I swai'e mito theni : and I Avill be Avith thee. 24. And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the Avordsof this law in a book, until they were linished, 25. That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, sjiying, 2G. Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord yoiu' God, tluit it may be there for a witness against thee. 27. For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck : behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebel- lious against the Lord ; and how much more after my death ? 28. Gather xmto me all the elders of y oiu- tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them. 2i). For Iknow that af termy death ye willutterly corrupt yo?()'sch'es, and timi aside from the way which I have commanded you ; and evil will befall you in the latter days ; because ye will do evil in the sight of the Lord, to pi'o- voke him to anger through the work of your liands. 30. And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they Avere ended. Deut. 32:5. They have corrupted them- 1 selves, their spot is not the spot of his chil- dren : tliey are a perverse and crooked gen- eration. 6. Do ye thus requite the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father tnat hath bought thee? hath he not made thee and established thee? 15. But Jesh- urun waxed fat, and kicked: thovi art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation, v. IS; Num. 14:13; Judg. 2:12; 10:12-14. 2 Chr. 24:20. Thus saith God. Why trans- gress ye the commandments of the Lord, that ye cannot prosper ? because ye have forsaken tlie Lord he hath also forsaken you. 2 Kin. 18:1,12; 2 Chr. 13:11; 27:2; 29:0,8. Ezra 9:10. Now, O our God, what shall Ave say after this? f ( )r Ave haA'e forsaken thy cona- mandments, 13. And after all that is come u])on us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast pun- ished us less than our iniquities dese?'ve,and hast given us s«ch deliA'erance as this; 14. k^hould Ave again break thy commandments, and join in affinity Avith the people of these abominations? Avouldest not thou be angiy ■^vith us till tliou hadst consumed its, so that thf'7'e should he no remnant nor escaping? Nell. 9:20. NcA'-ertheless they Avere disobe- dient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their ba(."ks, andsjew thy pr t my mind could not he toward this people : cast (hiia out of my sight, and let them go fortii. ^^«f. 2-11. Jer. 18:13. Therefore thus .saith the LoRD ; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath lu-ard such things : the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing. 14. \^i\\a mcDi leave the snow of Lebanon xohicli comet Ii from tlie rock of the field ? or shall the cold flowing waters that come fi'om another place befoi"saken? 15. Because my people hath forgotten me, they have biu-ned incense to vanitj', and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient jxiths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up; Jer. 19. Jer. 32:31. This city hath been to me as a jirovocation of mine anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from be- fore my face, v. 30. Jer. 50:0. My peo])le hath been lost sheep : their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountams : they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace. Ezek. 2:3. And he said unto me. Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled agamst me: they and their fathers have trans- gressed against me, even unto this very day. 4. For tJiey are impudent children and stiff- hearted. I do send thee unto them, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God. 5. And they, Avhether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them. 6. And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afi'aid of their words, though briers and thorns he "vvith thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at tkeir looks, though they Je a rebellious house. 7. And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are naost re- bellious. 8. But thou, son of man, hear what I say imto thee ; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house : oi^en thy mouth, and eat that I give thee. Ezek. 5:0. She hath changed my judg- ments into wickedness more than the na- tions, and my statutes more than the coim- tries that are round about her : for they have refused my jiidgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them. vs. 1-17. K/ek. 11:21. As for thou whose heaiii walketh al'ti'r the heart of tlieir detestaldo lliings and their abominatioiLS, 1 will recom- IH'iise tlieir way ui>on their own heads, siiith the Lord Gon. vs. 1-21. [See Parable of the Vine, Ezek. 15.] Ezek. 10:43. Because thou ha.st not re- membered the days of thy youth, but ha.st fretted me in all these th imjs ; behcjld, there- fore I also will recompense thy way uj)on th ine head, sjiith the Lord God : [See Para- bles of an Unfaithful Wife, Ezek. 10; 23; llos. 2; 3.] Hos. 1:0. And Godmxm imto him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah : for I will no more have mercy upon the h(juse of Israel ; but I will utterly tiike them away. 9. Then said God, Call his name Lo-ammi : for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God. vs. 1-9. Hos. 4:0. My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me : seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. 10. They shall eat, and not have enough : they shall commit whore- dom, and shall not increase : because they have left oif to take heed to the Lord. v. 10. Hos. 5:11. Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, -because he willingly walked after the commandment. 12. There- fore u-ill I he unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness, vs. 1-15. Hos. 0:4. O Ephraim, what shall I do imto thee ? 0 Judah, what shall I do unto thee ? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. 7. They like ' men have transgressed the covenant : there have thev dealt treacherously against me. vs. 4-11; Hos. 8:14; 9:1-17: 13:10. I'lj. v.Adami Hos. 11:2. As they called them, so they went from them : 7. And my people are bent to backsliding from me : though they called them to the most High, none at all Avould exalt liim. Hos. 14:1. O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God ; for thou hast fallen by thine iniq- uity. Amos. 2:4. Thus saith the Lord ; for three transgressions of Judah, mid for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; be- cause they have desi)ised the law of the Lord, and have not kept liis command- ments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked : Zeph. 1 :0. Them that are turned back from the Lord; and tJiose that have not sought the Lord, nor enquired for him. Mai. 1:0. A son honoureth Iris father, and a sei-\'ant his master : if then I J>e a father, where is mine honour? and if I he a master, wiiere is my fear ? saith the Lord of ho.sts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say. Wherein have we despised thy name ? Mai. 3:7. Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordi- nances, and liave not kept tJtem, Return 101 BACKSLIDERS. BAPTISM. unto me, and I Avill return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return ? Ileb. 3:1(5. For some, when they had heard, did provoke : howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses. 17. But with whom was he grieved forty years ? vxts it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness? 18. And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that i believed not ? 1' I!- V- "'«'' disobertient] Instances op Israel's Backsliding: At Meribah, Ex. 17:1-7; when Aaron made the golden calf, Ex. 32; after Joshua's death, Judg. 2; during Asa's reign, 2 Chr. 15; Hezekiah's reign, 2 Chr. 30:2-12. BAD COMPANY. See Company, Evil. BADGER. \R, F., Seal or Porpoise.] Skins of, used for covering of tabernacle, Ex. 25:5; 26:14; 35:7,28; 36:19; 39:34; Num. 4:6,8, 10,11,12,14,25. For shoes, Ezek. 16:10. \_R.V., Sealskin.] BAG. See Purse. BAGPIPE. \R. V.^ Dan. 3:5. BAHURIM, a village between the fords of the Jordan and Jerusalem, 2 Sam. 3:16; 16:5; 17:18; 19:16; 1 Kin. 2:8. BAIL. See Surety; Creditor; Debt; Debtor. BAJITH, a place of idolatrous worship in Moab, Isa. 15:2. BAKBAKKAR, a Levite, 1 Chr. 9:15. BAKBUK, an ancestor of the Nethmim, Ezra 2:51; Neh. 7:53. BAKBUKIAH, a Levite, Neh. 11:17; 129 25 BAKER, 1 Sam. 8:13; Jer. 37:21; Hos. 7:4,6. Pharaoh's chief baker, Gen, 40. See Bread. BALAAM, son of Beor. From Mesopo- tamia, Deut. 23:4. A soothsayer. Josh. 13:22. A prophet, Num. 24:2-9; 2 Pet. 2:15,16. Balak sends for, to curse Israel, Num. 22:5-7; Josh. 24:9; Neh. 13:2; Mic. 6:5. Anger of, rebuked by his ass. Num. 22:22-35; 2 Pet. 2:16. Coun- sel of, an occasion of Israel's corrviption with the Midianites, Num. 31:16; Eev. 2:14, 15. Covetousness of, 2 Pet. 2:15; Jude 11. Death of, Num. 31:8; Josh. 13:22. BALAC. See Balak. BALAH, a city of Simeon, Josh. 19:3. Called Bilhah, 1 Chr. 4:29. BALAK, king of Moab, Num. 22:4; Josh. 24:9; .ludg. 11:25;' Mic. 6:5. Tries to bribe B;daam to curse Israel, Num. 22:5-7,15-17. See Balaam. BALANCES. Used for weighing, Job 31:6; Isa. 40:12,15; Ezek. 5:1. Money Aveighed with, Isa. 46:6; Jer. 32:10. Must be just. Lev. 19:36; Prov. 16:11; Ezek. 45:10. False bal- ance used, Hos. 12:7; Amos 8:5; Mic. 6:11; an abomination, Prov. 11:1; 20:23. FKUIRATIVE: Job 6:2; 31:6; Psa. 62:9; Isa. 40:12; Dan. 5:27; Rev. 6:5. . BALDNESS, Lev. 13:40,41. A judg- ment, Isa. 3:24; Jer. 47:5; 48:37; Ezek." 7:18. Artificial, a sign of motu'ning, Isa. 22:12; Jer. 16:6; Ezek. 27:31; 29:18; Amos. 8:10; Mic. 1:16. Artificial, as an idolatrous practice, forbid' den. Lev. 21:5; Deut. 14:1. INSTANCES OF : Elisha, 2 Kin. 2:23. BALL, playing; at, Isa. 22:18. BALM, a medicinal balsam. Gen. 87:25; 43:11; Jer. 8:22; 46:11; 51:8; Ezek. 27:17. BAMAH, a high place, Ezek. 20:29. BAMOTH. A camping i)lace of the Is- raelites, Num. 21:19,20. Called Bamoth- BAAL, a city of Reuben, Josh. 13:17. BANL 1. A Gadite, 2 Sam. 23:36. 2. A Levite, 1 Chr. 6:46. 3. A descendant of Pharez, 1 Chr. 9:4. 4. Father of returned exiles, Ezra 2:10; 10: 29. Called Binnui, Neh. 7:15. 5. A Levite of the returned exiles, Neh. 8: 17; 8.7; 9:4,5; 10:13; 11:22. BANISHMENT, Ezra 7:26. Of Adam and Eve, from Eden, Gen. 3:22-24. Of Cain, to be "a fugitive and vagabond," Gen. 4:14. Of Jews, from Rome, Acts 18:2. Of John, to Patmos, Rev. 1:9. See Exile. BANNER. FIGURATIVE: Psa. 20:5; 60:4; Song 2:4; 6:4; Isa. 13:2. See Ensign; Standard. BANQUET. See Feasts. BAPTISM. JOHN'S: Matt. 3:5. Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judsea, and all the region round about Jordan, 6. And were baptized of him in Jordan, confess- ing their sins. 7. But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, avIio hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come ? 8. Bring forth therefore fruits ineet for repentance : 11. 1 indeed bap- tize you with water unto repentance : but he that Cometh after me is mightier than I , whose shoes I am not worthy to bear : he shall bap- tize you with the Holy Ghost, and vnth fire: 13. Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jor- dan unto John, to be baptized of him. 14. But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me ? 15. And Jesus ansAvering said unto him. Suffer it to be so noAV : for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suf- fered him. 16. And Jesus, Avhen he was bap- tized, went up straightAvay out of the Avater: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saAv the Spirit of God descending like a doA^e, and lighting upon him: Mark 1:8-10; Luke 3:7,8; John 10:40. Matt. 21 :25. The baptism of John, A\dience Avas it ? from heaven, or of men ? Mark 11:30; Luke 20:4. Mark 1 :4. John did baptize in the Avilder- ness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. 5. And there Avent out unto him all the land of Judrea, and they of Jerusalem, and Avere all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins. Ltdve 3:12. Then came also publicans to be ba])tized, and said unto him. Master, what shall we do? 2 1 . When all the ]>eo]ileAvere bap- tized,itcamo t()pass,that.Tesus also being bap- tized, and praying, tbe heaA^en Avas opened. 109. k. BAPTISM. Luke 7:20. All the people that heard Iriin, and the publicans, justified Gt)d, being bap- tized witii the baptism of John. 30. But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God ag;unst themselves, being not bap- tized of him. John 1:25. And they asked him, and said unto him, ^V'hy baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither tluit prophet? 20. John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there stcUidetli one among you, whom ye know ni)t; 2S. These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, Avhere John was baptizing. 31. I knew hinr not : but that he shoidd be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baj)- tizing with water. 33. He that sent me to bap- tize with Avater, the same said vmto me. Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descend- ing, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. John 3:23, And John also was baptizing in yEnon, near to Salim, because there was niuch water there : and they came, and Avere baptized. Acts 1:5. John truly baptized witliAvater; but ye shall be baptized Avith the Holy Ghost not many days hence. 22. Beginning from the baptism of John, imto that sjinie day that he AA^as taken up from us, must one be or- dained to be a AA^tness A\ith us of his resur- rection. Acts 10:37. That A\"ord, / smj, ye know, Avhich Avas ]iublislied throughout all Juda3a, and began fi'om Galilee, after the baptism which John preached ; Acts 11:1(). Then remembered I the Avord of the Loi'd, how that he said, John indeed baptized Avith Avater ; but ye shall be bap- tized Avith the Holy Ghost. Acts 18:25. Acts 19:3. And he said unto them, Unto what then Avere ye baptized ? And they said. Unto John's baptism. 4. Then said Paul, John verily baiitized Avith the bai>tism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they shoidd belicA'e on him Avhich should come : after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. C'HlllSTIAN : Matt. 28:19. Go ye there- I fore, and teach all nations, bajitizing them i in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost : Mark 10:1(5. He that belieA'eth and is bap- tized shall be saA^ed ; John 3:5. Jesus ansAvered, Verily, verily, I SciA' imto thee. Except a man be born of Avater and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 22. After these things came Jesus and his discijiles into the land of Juda?a ; and there he tarried Avith them, and baptized. John 4:1. The Lord kneAV how the Phari- sees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, 2. (Though Jesus himself baptized not. but his disci]>les,) Acts 1:5. .John tndy baptized Avith Avater ; but ye shall be l)aptized Avith the Holy Ghost not many days hence. 22. Beginning from the baptism of John, mito that same day that he Avas taken up from us, must one be ordained to be ci witness Avith us of his resur- rection. Acts 2:38. Peter said unto them, Eepent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. 41. Then they that gladly received his word Avere baptized : and tlie s;inie day tliere were added ujito tlion. about three thousiind souls. Acts 8:12. When they believed Philip ]ireaching the things concerning the king- dom of God, and the name of Jesus Clnist, they Avere baptized, both men and Avomen. 13. Then Simon himself believed also : and Avhen he Avas baptized, he continued Avith Philip, V). 10. 30. And as they went on their Avay, they came unto a certain Avater : and the cunucifi said. See, liere /s water; Avhat doth hinder me to be baptized? 137. riiiiip said, if tuou be- lievest witli ;ill thine licait. thou iiiaycst. Aud h(! an- swered and said, I heheve that Jesiis Christ is the Sou oi Uorl. 38. And lie commanded the chariot to stand still : and they Avent doAvn both into the Avater, both Philip and the eunuch ; and he baptized him. [' omitted m k. \'.i Acts 9:18. And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales : and he received sight forthAvith, and arose, and Avas baptized. Acts 10:40. Then auAvered Peter, 47. Can any man foi'bid Avater, that these; should not be baptized, Avhich liaAe receiAed the Holy Ghost as Avell as Ave ? 48. And he conunanded them to be baptized in the name of tlie Lord. Acts 10:14. And a certain Avoman named Lydia, a seller of piuple, of the city of Thy- atira, Avhicli Avorshi])i)ed God, heard us: Avhose heart the Lt)rd opened, that she at- tended unto the things which Avere spoken of Paul. 15. And Avhen she Avas bajitized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye ha\'e judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide tliere. 33. He took them the same hour of the night, and washed their strijjes ; and Avas baptized, he and all his, straightAvay. Acts 18:8. Many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and Avere baptized. 25. This man Avas instructed in the Avay of the Lord ; and being ferA-ent in the s]iirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knoAving only the bai)tism of John. Acts 19:4. Tlien said Paid, John A'erily ba])- tized Avith the ba])tism of repentance, saying imto the ])eo]ile, that they should belicAc tm him Avhich should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. 5. When they heard ////iS, they Avere baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Acts 22:16. And noAv Avhy tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and Avash aAvay thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord. Rom. ():3. KnoAv ye not, that so many oi us as Avere baptized into .Tesus Christ were baptized into hisdeath ? 4. Tlierefore Aveare buiit'd witli liim by ba])tisin intodeath: that like as Christ was raisetl up fi-om the dead 103 BAPTISM. by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 1 Cor. 1:13. Were ye baptized in the name of Paul ? 14. I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gains ; 15. Lest any shoidd say that I had baptized in niine own name. 16. And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other. 17. For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel : 1 Cor. 10:1. Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea ; 2. And were all bap- tized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea ; 1 Cor. 12:13. By one Spirit are we all bap- tized into one body, Avhether xoe he Jews or Gentiles, Avhether ?re he bond or free ; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. 1 Cor. 15:29. What shall they do wliich are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all ? why are they then baptized for the dead ? Gal. 3:27. As many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. Eph. 4:5. One Lord, one faith, one baptism, Eph. 5:26. That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word. Col. 2:12. Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. Heb. 6:2. Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. 1 Pet. 3:18. Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: 21. The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save vis (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good con- science toward God,) by the resui-rection of Jesus Christ : OF THE HOLY GHOST : Isa. 44:3. I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my bless- ing upon thine oif spring : Joel 2:28. And it shall come to pass after- ward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh ; and your sons and yourdaughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions : 29. And also upon the seiwants and upon the hand- maids in those days will I pour out my spirit. Zech. 12:10. And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jem- salem, the spirit of grace and of supplications : and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one moumeth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. Matt. 3:11 . I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but lie that cometh after me is mightier than I, Avliose shoes I am not worthy to bear : he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and vnth fire : [Mark 1:8; Luke 3:16.] 16. And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water : and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him : Luke3:22 ; John 1:32,33. Luke 24:49. And, behold, I send the i^rom- ise of my Father upon you : but tarry ye m the city of Jerusalem, mitil ye be endued with poAver from on high. John 3:5. Jesus answered, VerUy, verily, I say unto thee. Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. Acts 1:5. John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. Acts 2:1. And when the day of Pentecost Avas fully come, they Avere all with one accord in one place. 2. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. 3. And there appeared unto them cloA^en tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. 4. And they were all filled Avith theHoly Ghost, andbegan to speak Avith other tongues, as the Spirit ga\"e them utterance. 38. Peter said unto them. Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Glaost. 41. Then they that gladly received his word were baptized : and the same day there were added unto ^Ae»i about three thousand souls. Acts 8:15. Who [Peter and John], when they Avere come doAvn, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost : 16. (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them : only they Avere baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) 17. Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost. Actsl0:38. HoAv God anointed Jesusof Naz- areth Avith the Holy Ghost and Avith power : 44. While Peter yet spake these Avords, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the Avord. 45. And theyof the circumcision which belicA^ed Avere astonished, as many as came Avith Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. 47. Can any man forbid Avater, that these should not be baptized, Avhich have received the Holy Ghost as Avell as Ave ? Acts 11:15. And as I began to speak, the Holy; Ghost fell on them, as on us at the be- ginning. 16. Then remembered I the Avord of the Lord, hoAV that he said, John indeed baptized AA^th Avater ; but ye shall be baptized Avith the Holy Ghost. Acts 19:2. He said unto them, Have yere- ceiA^ed the Holy Ghost since ye belicA'cd? And they said unto him. We have not so much as heard Avhether there be any Holy Ghost. 6. And AvhenPaul had laidA/^' hands uponthem, the Holy Ghost came on them ; 1 Cor. 12:13. By one Spirit are Ave all bap- tized into one body, Avhether v^e he Jcaa^s or Gentiles, Avhether v^e he bond or free ; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. 104 BAPTISM. BATHING. Tit. 3:5. Not by works of rij^htimusiicss which wc have done, but accordiiij; tt) his iuei"cy he sjived us, by the wji.shing of regen- eration, and renewing- of the Holy Ghost ; (!. Which he shed on us abundantly through Je- siLS Clirist our Saviour; 1 Pet. 3:2U. Wliich sometime were disobe- dient, when once the longsuffering of Ct(x1 waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was fi prepaiing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by Avater. 21. The like figure whereunto crai baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ : See Holy Spirit. BARABBAS, a prisoner released by Pi- late, Matt. 27:16-26; Mark 15:7-15; Luke 23:18-25; John 18:40; Acts 3:14. BAKACHEL, father of Elihu, Job 32:2, 6. B.AltACH I AH. Called also Berechiah, fatherof Zechariah, Zech. 1:1,7. Called Bara- CHIAS in Matt. 23:35. BARAK, a judge in Israel, Judg. 4; 5; Heb. 11:32. BARBARIAT^, a foreigner, Acts 28:2-4; Kom. 1:14; iCor. 14:11; Col. 3:11. See Stranger. BARBER, Ezek. 5.1. BARIAH, son of Sheclianiah, 1 Chr. 3:22. BAR- JESUS, a false prophet. Acts 13:6. BAR-JONA, surname of Peter, Matt. 16:17. BARKOS, a Jew whose descendants re- turned from exile, Ezra 2:53; Neh. 7:55. BARLEY. A product of Egypt, Ex. 9:31; Palestine, Deut. 8:8; 1 Chr. 11:13; Jer. 41:8. Fed to horses, 1 Kin. 4:28. Used in offerings. Num. 5:15; Ezek. 45:15. Traffic in, 2 Chr. 2:10; Hos. 3:2. Tribute in, 2 Chr. 27:5. Priests estimated value of. Lev. 27:16; 2 Kin. 7:1; Rev. 6:6. Absalom burns Joab's field of, 2 Sam. 14:30. Loaves of, John 6:9,13. BARX, 2Kin. 6:27; Job 39:12; Prov. 3:10; Joel 1:17; Hag. 2:19; Matt. 6:26; 13:30; Luke 12:18,24. See Garner. BARNABAS, called also JosES. A prophet, Acts 13:1. An apostle. Acts 14:14. A Levite who gave his possessions to be owned in common with other disciples. Acts 4:36,37. Goes to Antioch to find Paul, brings him to Antioch, Acts 9:25-27. Accompanies Paul to Jerusalem, Acts 1 1 :30. Returns Avith Paul to Antioch, Acts 12:25. Goes with Paul to Se- leucia. Acts 13; to Iconium, Acts 14:1-7. Called Jupiter, Acts 14:12-18. Goes toDerbe, Acts 14:20. Is sent as a commissioner to Je- rusalem, Acts 15; Gal. 2:1-9. Disaffected towards Paul, Acts 15:36-39. Is reconciled to Paul, 1 Cor. 9:6. Piety of, Acts 11:24. De- votion of. to Jesus, Acts 15:26. BARREL, an earthen jar, 1 Kin. 17:12, 14.16; 18:33. BARRENNESS, sterility of women. A reproach, Gen. 30:22,23; 1 Sam. 1:6,7; 2:1-11; Isji. 4:1; Luke 1:25. Miraculously removed. Instances of: Sarai, Gen. 17:15-21; Rebecca, Gen. 25:21; Manoah's wife, Judg. 13; Hannah, 1 Sam. l:(;-20; Elisabeth, Luke 1:5-25. Sent as a judgment. Gen. 20:17,18. See Childlessness. BARS ABAS. 1. Surname of Joseph, Acts 1:23. 2. Judas, Acts 15:22. BARTER. See Commerce. BARTHOLOMEAV, one of the apos- tles, Matt. 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:14; Acts 1:13. BARTIMEUS, ablind man, Markl0:46- 52; Matt. 20:29-34; Luke 18:35-43. BARUCH. 1. An amanuensis of Jere- miah, Jer. 32:12-16; 36:4-32; 43:3-6; 45:1,2. 2. Son of Labai, Neh. 3:20; 10:6. 3. A descendant of Pharez, Neh. 11:5. BARZILLAI. 1. A friend of David, 2 Sam. 17:27-29; 19:31-39; 1 Km. 2:7; Ezra 2:61; Neh. 7:63. 2. Father of Adriel, 2 Sam. 21:8. 3. A priest, Ezra 2:61; Neh. 7:63. B AS HAN. A region E. of the Jordan and N. of Anion, Gen. 14:5. Og, king of. Josh. 13:12. Allotted to the two and one half tribes, which had their possession E. of the Jordan, Num. 32:33; Deut. 3:10-14; Josh. 12:4-6; 13:29-31; 17:1. Invaded and taken by Hazael, king of Syria. 2 Kin. 10: 32,33. Retaken by Jehoash, 2 Kin. 13:25. Fertility and productiveness of, Isa. 33:9; Jer. 50:19; Nah. 1:4. Forests of, famous, Isa. 2:13; Ezek. 27:6; Zech. 11.2. Distuv- guished for its fine cattle, Deut. 32:14; Psa.. 22:12; Ezek. 39:18; Amos 4:1: Mic. 7:14. See Argob ; Ashtaroth ; Edrei ; Jair. BASHAN-HA\ OTH-JAIR, a name given to Argob, Deut. 3:14. BASHEMATH, wife of Esau, Gen. 2Q: 34; 36:3.4,10,13,17. BASIN. Made of gold, 1 Kin. 7:50; iChr. 28:17; 2 Chr. 4:8,22; Ezra 1:10; 8:27; of brass, Ex. 27:3; 38:3; 1 Kin. 7:45. See Tabernacle, Furniture of. BASKET, Gen. 40:16,17; Ex. 29:3,23,32; Lev. 8:2; Num. 6:15; Deut. 26:2; 28:5,17; 2 Kin. 10:7. Received the fragments after the miracles of the loaves. Matt. 14:20; 15:37; 16; 9,10. Paul let down from the wall in, Acts 9:25; 2 Cor. 11:33. BAS3IATH, daughter of Solomon, 1 Kin. 4:15. BASON. See Basin. BASTARD, excluded fi'om the congre- gation, Deut. 23:2. INSTANCES OF: Ishmael, Gen. 16:3,15; Gal. 4.22; Moab and Amnion, Gen. 19:36,37: Jephthah, Judg. 11:1; David's child by Bath- sheba, 2 Sam. 1 1 :2-5. FKiURATIVE: Zech. 9:6; Heb. 12:8. BAT, Lev. 11:19; Deut. 14:18; Isa. 2:20. BATH, a Hebrew mensiu-e for liquids, containing about eight gallons, three quails. 1 Kin. 7:26,38; Ezra 7:22; Isa. 5:10; Ezek. 45; 10,11,14. BATHING. See Ablution: Purifica- tion. 106 BATII-RABBIM. BEGGARS. BATH-RABBIM, a gate in the city of Heshbon, Song- 7:4. BATH-SHEBA, wife of Uriah and later wife of David. Called Bath-shua, 1 Chr. 3:5. Adultery of, 2 Sam. 11:2-5. Solo- mon's mother, 1 Kin.l:ll-31;2:13- 21; lChr.3:5. BATTERING - KAM, 2 Sam. 20:15; Ezek. 4:2; 21:22. BATTERY. See Assault and Battery. BATTLE. Shouting in, Judg. 7:20; 1 Sam. 17:20. Priests in, 2 Chr. 13:12. Prayer before: By Asa, 2 Chr. 14:11; by Jehosha- phat, 2 Chr. 20:3-12. See Armies ; War. BATTLE-AX, Jer. 51:20. BATTLEMENTS, on roofs of houses, Dent. 22:8; on walls, Jer. 5:10. BAVAI, builds the wall of Jerusalem, Neh. 3:18. BAY TREE, Psa. 37:35. BAZLITH, called also Bazluth, one of the Nethinim, Ezra 2:52; Neh. 7:54. BDELLIUM, Gen. 2:12; Num. 11:7. BEACON, Isa. 30:17; Jer. 0:1. See Ensign; Standard. BEALIAH, an Israelite, who joined David at Ziklag, 1 Chr. 12:5. BEAM, weaver's, 1 Sam. 17:7; 2 Sam.2l:19. FIGURATIVE : Matt. 7:3; Luke 6:41. BEAN, 2 Sam. 17:28; Ezek. 4:9. BEAR. Ferocity of, 2 Sam. 17:8; Prov. 17:12; 28:15; Isa. 11:7; 59:11; Lam. 3:10; Hos. 13:8; Amos. 5:19. Killed by David, 1 Sam. 17:34-37. Two destroy the children of Beth-el, who mocked Elisha, 2 Kin. 2:24. FIGURATIVE : Dan. 7:5; Rev. 13:2. BEARD. Worn long by Aaron, Psa. 133:2; Samson, Judg. 16:17; David, 1 Sam. 21:13; Ezek. 5:1. Shaven by Egyptians, Gen. 41:14. Untrimmed in mourning, 2 Sam. 19:24. Plucked, Ezra 9:3. Cut, Isa. 7:20; 15:2; Jer. 41:5; 48:37. Lepers required to shave. Lev. 13.29-33; li:9. Idolatrous practice of mar- ring, forbidden. Lev. 19:27; 21:5. Beards of David's ambassadors half shaven by the king of the Amorites, 2 Sam. 10:4. BEASTS. See Animals. BEATEN WORK, of metals, Ex. 25:18; 37:17,22; Num. 8:4. BEATING, as a punishment, Ex. 5:14; Dent. 25:3; Mark 13:9; Acts 5:40; 16:22,37; 18:17; 21:32; 22:19. See Assault ; Punishment, BEAUTY. Vanity of, Psa. 39:11. Prov. 6:25; 31:30; Isa. 3:24"^; Ezek. 16:14; 28:17. Consumeth away, Psa. 39:11; 49:14. INSTANCES OF: Sarah, Gen. 12:11. Rebek- ah. Gen. 24:16. Richel, Gen. 29:17. Joseph, Gen. 39:6. Moses, Ex. 2:2; Heb. 11:23. David, 1 Sam. 16:12,18. Bath-sheba, 2 Sam. 11:2. Tamar, 2Sam. 13:1. Absalom, 2 Sam. 14:25. Abishag, 1 Kin. 1:4. Vashti, Esth. 1:11. Es- ther, Esth. 2:7. SPIRITUAL: 1 Chr. 16:29; Psa. 27:4; 29:2; 45:11; 90:17; 110:3; Isa. 52:7; Ezek. 16:14; Zech. 9:17. BEAUTY AND BANDS, the staves, broken, Zech. 11:7. BEBAT, the name of three Jews whose descendants came from exile, Ezra 2:11; 8:11; 10:28; Neh. 7:16; 10:15. BECKER. 1. Son of Benjamin, Gen. 46:21, 1 Chr. 7:6,8. 2. Son of Ephraim, Num. 26:35. Called Bered, 1 Chr. 7:20. BECHORATH, son of Aphiah, 1 Sam. 9:1. BED. Made of wood. Song 3:7-9; of iron, Deut 3:11; of ivory, Amos 6:4; of gold and silver, Esth. 1:6. Used at meals, Amos 6:4. Exempt from execution for debt, Prov. 22- 27. Perfumed, Prov. 7:17. FIGURATIVE: Psa. 139:8. BEDAN. 1. One of the deliverers of Is- rael, 1 Sam. 12:11, pc^ssibly identical with Abdon. 2. Son of Ullam, 1 Chr. 7:17. BEE. In Palestine, Deut. 1:44; Judg. 14: 8; Psa. 118:12; Isa. 7:18. Called by hissing, Isa. 7:18. See Honey. BEELIADA, son of David, 1 Chr. 14:7. CaUed Eliada, 2 Sam. 5:16; 1 Chr. 3:8. BEELZEBUB. The prince of devils, Matt. 10:25; 12:24,27; Mark 3:22; Luke 11:15, 18,19. Messengers sent to inquire of, by Ahaziah, 2 Kin. 1:2. See Baal-zebub. BEER. 1. A station of the Israelites, Nmn. 21:16-18. 2. A town in the tribe of Judah, Judg. 9:21. BEERA, son of Zophah, 1 Chr. 7:37. BEERAH, a Reubenite, 1 Chr. 5:6. BEER-ELIM, a city of Moab, Isa. 15:8. BEERI. 1. A Hittite, Gen. 26:34. See Anah. 2. Father of Hosea, Hos. 1:1. BEER-LAHAI-ROI, called alsoLAHAi- ROI, a well, Gen. 16:14; 24:62; 25:11. BEEROTH. 1. A station of the Israel- ites. Aaron died at, Deut. 10:6. See Bene- .TAAKAN. 2. A city of the Hivites, Josh. 9:17; 18:25; 2 Sam 4:2; Ezra 2:25; Neh. 7:29. BEER-SHEBA. 1. The most southern city of Palestine, Judg. 20:1. Named by Abraham, who dwelt there, Gen. 21:31-33; 22:19. The dwelling place of Isaac, Gen. 2()i 23. Jacob went out from, tc^vvard Haran, Gen. 28:10. Sacrifices offered at, by Jacob when journeying to Egypt, Gen. 46:1. In the inheritance of Judah, Josh. 15:20,28; 2 Sam. 24:7. Afterward assigned to Simeon, Josh. 19:2,9; 1 Chr. 4:28. Two sons of Sam uel were judges at, 1 Sam. 8:2. Became a seat of idolatrous worship, Amos. 5:5; 8:14. 2. Well of, belonged to Abraham and Isaac, Gen. 21:25,26. 3. Wilderness of . Hagar miraculously sees a Avell in. Gen. 21:14-19. An angel fed Elijah in, 1 Kin. 19:5,7. BEESH-TERAH, a Levitical citv. Josh 21:27. Called Ashtarotii, 1 Chr. 6:71. BI<:ETLE, authorized as food, Lev. 11:22. BEGGARS. Set among princes, 1 Sam. 2:8. Not the seed of the righteous, Psa. 37- 106 BEG(4ARS. benedk:tions. 25. Tlic rliildivii of the nicked, Psa. 100:10; Prov, 20:4; Luke lO:,'?. INSTANCKSOF: liartimeiis, Mark 10:4(;. Lazarus, l^iike 10:20-22; the bliiul man, Joliu 0:S. Tlie lame man, Acts 3:2-5. See I'ooH. liKllKADING. Kxecutionby: Of John, Matt. 14:10; Mark (5:27: of James, Acts. 12:2; of the mai'tyrs, Kev. 20:4. See PUNISILMKNT. 151CIIK310T11, an amphibious animal, Job. 40:15. 15l']lvAH, a half shekel, about 31 cents, Ex. 3S:2G. HEL, a Babylonian god, Isa. 40:1; Jer. 50: 2; 51:44. 15I-]LA. 1. A city called also Zoar, Gen. 14:2,8. 2. Kinj,- of Edom, Gen. 36:32,33; 1 Chr. 1: 43,44. 3. Son of Benjamin, Num. 20:38,40; 1 Chr. 7:0,7; 8:1,3. Called Belah, Gen. 40:21. 4. Son of Azaz, 1 Chr. 5:8. BELIAL, lawlessness, Deut. 13:13; 2 Cor. 6:15. BI'^LIEAMilU. See Righteous. 15 K L lEA^ 1 NG. See Faith. 15KLL. Attached to the hem of the priests robe, Ex. 28:33,34; 3i):25,26. On horses, Zech. 14:20. BELLOWS, used with the furnace of the founder, Jer. 0:2i). BELLY, used figuratively for the seat of the affections, Job. 15:2,35; 20:20; Psa. 44:25; Prov. 18:20; 20:27,30; Hab. 3:10; John 7:38; Tit. 1:12. BELSHAZZAK, king of Babylon, Dan. 5:1 -:50. BELTESHAZZAK, name given Daniel, Dan. 1:7. See Daniel. BEN, a Levite, 1 Chr. 15:18. BEN-ABINADAB. See Abinadab. BENAIAH. 1. Son of Jehoiada, com- mander of the Cherethites and Pelethites, 2 Sam. 8:18; 1 Kin. 1:38. A distinguished war- rior, 2 Sam. 23:20-23; 1 Chr. 11:22-25; 27:5,6. Loyal to Solomon, 1 Kin. 1:2; 4:4. 2. An Ephraimitt', and distinguished war- l-ior, 2 Sam. 23:30; 1 Chr. 11:31; 27:14. 3. A Levitical musician, 1 Chr. 15:18,20; 16:5. 4. A priest, 1 Chr. 15:24; 16:0. 5. Son of Jeiel, 2 Chr. 20:14. 6. A Levite in time of Ilezekiah, 2 Chr. 31:13. 7. A chief of the Simeonites, 1 Chr. 4:36. 8. Father of Pelatiah, Ezek. 11:1,13. 9. Son of Parosh. P>.ra 10:25. 10. Son of Pahath-moab, Ezra 10:30. 11. Son of Bani, Ezra 10:35. 12. Son of Nebo, Ezra 10.43. BEN-AMMI, son of Lot, Gen. 19:38. BICNCH, of ivory, Ezek. 27:6. B E X- 1 > I-] K A K I R.V.]. See Dek ah. BENE-BEKAK, a city of Dan, Jo.sh. 19:45. BENEDICTIONS. Diyinely app..int<'d, Dcut. 10:8; 21:5; Num. 0:23-20. By God, ui>on creatures he had inade. Gen. 1:22; upon man, Gen. 1:2S; upon Noah, Gen. 9:1,2. LNSTAN'CKS OF: By Melchizedek. upon Abraham, Gen. 14:19,20; Heb. 7:7. By Beth- uel's household, upon Hebekah, Gen. 24:'»0. By Isaiic, u])on Jacob, Gen. 27:23-29,37; 28- 1-4; ui><)n Esau, Gen. 27:39,40. By Jacob, upon Pharaoh, Gen. 47:7-10; iipon Josei)irs sons. Gen. 48; upon his own sons, Gen. 49. liy Moses, U]ion the tril)es of Israel, Deut. 33. By Aaron, Lev. 9:22,23; by half the tribes, who stood on mount Gerizim, Deut. 11:29,30; 27:11-13; Josh. 8:33. By Joshua, upon Caleb, Josh. 14:13; u])on the Reubenites and Gad- ites, and half tribe of ]\ranasseh. Josh. 22:0.7. By Naomi, upon Ruth and Orpah, Ruth 1:8,9. By the i)eople, upon Ruth, Ruth 4:11,12. By Eli, upon Elkanah, 1 Sam. 2:20. By David, upon the people, 2 Sam. 0:18: upon Bar- zillai, 2 Sam. 19:39. By Araunah, upon Da- vid, 2 Sam. 24:23. By Solomon, u])on the people, 1 Kin. 8:14,55-58; 2 Chr. 0:3. By Simeon, upon Jesus, Luke 2:34. By Jesus, Luke 24:50. LEVITICAL, FORMS OF : Num. 6:23. On this wise ye shall bless the children of Is- rael, saying unto them, 24. The Lord bless thee, and keep thee: 25. The Lord make his face shine iipon thee, and be gracious unto thee : 26. The Lord lift up his covm- tenance u]ion thee, and give thee peace. APOSTOLIC, FORMS OF: Rom. 1:7. To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called fo he saints: Grace to you and ])eace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Cor. 1:3: 2 Cor. 1:2; Gal. 1:3; Ei)h. 1:2; Pliil. 1:2; Col. 1:2; 1 Thess. 1:1; 2 Thess. 1:2; 2 Tim. 1:2; Philem. 3. Rom. 15:5. Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Chiist Jesus ; 0. That ye may with one mind (nid one mouth glorify God, eyen the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 13. Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and |>eace in believing, that ye may aboimd in hope, thi'ough the power of the Holy Ghost. 33. Now the God of peace he with you all. Amen. Rom. 16:20. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ Jh' with you. Amen. 1 1-. 24 ; 1 Cor. 10:23; Phil. 4:23; 1 Thess. 5:28; 2 Thess. 3:18; UCV. 22:21. (iOmitte.i III i;. V.l 2 Cor. 13:14. The grace of the Lord Jesug Christ, and the love of Crod, and the com- munion of the Holy Ghost, he with you all. Amen. Gal. 6:1(). And as many as walk according to this rule, peace he on them, and mercy, and upon the Isi'ael of God. 18. Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ /Of; with your spirit. Amen. Philem. 25. Eph. 0:23. Peace J>c to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 24. Grace he witliaU 107 BENEDICTIONS. BENEFICENCE. them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sin- cerity. Amen. 2 Thess. 3:16. Now the Lord of peace him- self give you peace always by all means. The Lord he with you all. 18. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ he with you all. Amen. 1 Tim. 1:2. Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. 1 Tim. 6:21. Grace he with thee. 2 Tim. 4:22. The Lord Jesus Christ he with thy spirit. Grace he with you. Amen. Tit. 3:15. Grace he with you all. Amen. Heb. 13:20. Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Je- sus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting cove- nant, 21. Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through .Jesus Christ ; to whom he glory for ever and ever. Amen. 25. Grace he with you all. Amen. 1 Pet. 1:2. Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. 1 Pet. 5:10. But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by (Jhrist Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strength- en, settle you. 11. To him he glory and do- minion for ever and ever. Amen. 14. Peace he with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen. 2 Pet. 1:2. Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, 3. According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that 'per- tain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: 4. Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious prom- ises : that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the cor- ruption that is in the world through lust. 2 John 3. Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. Jude 2. Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied. BENEFACTOR, Luke 22:25. BENEFICENCE. Deut. 15:7. If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother : 8. But thou Bhalt open thine hand wide unto him, and (5halt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth. 9. Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand ; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought ; and he cry unto the Lord against thee, and it bo sin luito thee. 10. Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto lihn : because 108 that for this thing the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto. 11. For the poor sliall never cease out of the land : there- fore I command thee, saying. Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land. 12. And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee. 13. And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty : 14. Thou shalt f lu-ni.sh him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress : of that wherewith the Lord thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him. 15. And thou shalt remem- ber that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the Lord thy God redeemed thee : therefore I command thee this thing • ; to day. 18. It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee ; for he hath been worth a double hired serv- ant to thee, in serving thee six years : and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in aU that thou doest. Lev. 25:35-43. Psa. 41:1. Blessed is he that considereth the poor : the Lord will deliver him m time of trouble. Psa. 112:9. He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor ; his righteousness endur- eth for ever ; his horn shall be exalted with honour. Prov. 3:27. Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. 28. Say not unto thy neighbour. Go, and come again, and to mor- row I will give ; when thou hast it by thee. Prov. 11:25. The liberal soul shall be made fat : and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. Prov. 22:9. He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed ; for he giveth of his bread to the poor. Prov. 25:21. If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat ; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink : 22. For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee. Prov. 28:27. He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack : but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse. Isa. 58:6. Is not this the fast that I have chosen ? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the op- pressed go free, and that ye break every yoke ? 7. Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house ? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him ; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh ? 10. And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul ; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness he as the noon day: il. And the IjORD shall guide thee continually, and stit- isfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy BENEFICENCE. bonos : and thou shalt bo like a watered gar- den, and like a spring ol water, whoso wa- tei"s tail not. Ezek. 18:5. But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right, ... 7. And liath not oppressed any. but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hiui- gry, and hath covered the naked with a gar- ment ; 8. He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man, 9. Hatli walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly ; he is just, lie shall sm-ely live, saith the Lord God. iMatt. 5:42. Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away. Matt. 19:21. Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven : Mark 10:21. Matt. 25:35. For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat : I was thirety, and ye gave me drink : I was a stranger, and ye took me in : 36. Naked, and ye clothed me : I was sick, and ye visited meTl w^as in prison, and ye came unto me. 37. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw w^e thee an hungred, and fed thee f or thirsty, and gave thee drink? 38. When saw we' thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed ^/ ood iiatii prospered hiin, that there be no gathei'ings when 1 come. 3. And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, them Avill I send to bring your liberality imto Jeru- salem. I ' K. V. he may prosper) 2 Cor. 8:1. Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of IVIacedonia ; 2. How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. 3. For to their \>o^\ev, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves; 4. Praying us with much entreaty that we would receive the gift, and take vj^oji ?^s• the fellowship of the ministering to the saints. 5. And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and imto us by the will of God. 6. Insomuch that w^e desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also. 7. Tiierefore, as ye abound in every thi7)g, in faith, and utterance, and knowl- edge, and i)i all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this gi-ace also. 8. I speak not by commandment, but by oc- casion of the fonvardness of others, and to prove the sincei-ity of your love. 9. Foryc know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though ho was rich, yet for your sakes 109 BENEFICENCE. he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rieli. 10. And herein I give tny ad- vice : for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago. 11. Now therefore per- fonn tlie doing of it; that as there toas a readiness to will, so there maybe a perfoi'm- ance also out of that which ye have. 13. For if there be first a willing mind, it is ac- cepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. 13. For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened : 14. But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may he a sup- ply for theirwant, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want : that there may be equality : 15. As it is written. He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack. .24. Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf. 2 Cor. 9:1. Forastoviching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you : 2. For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many, 3. Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf ; that, as I said, ye may be ready : 4. Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting. 5. Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covet- ousness. 6. But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly ; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. 7. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let h im give ; not grudgingly, or of necessity : for God loveth a cheerful giver. 8. And God is able to make all grace abound toward you ; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work : 9. (As it is written. He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor : his righteousness re- maineth for ever. 10. Now he that minis- tereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteous- ness;) 11. Being enriched in every thing to all boimtif Illness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God. 12. Foi' the adminis- tration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God ; 13. Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for yo ur liberal distribution imto them, and unto all men ; 14. And by their jirayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you. 15. Thanks he unto God for his un- speakable gift. Gal. 2:10. Only tJiey v>ould that we should remember the poor ; the same which I also was forward to do. Phil. 4:10. But I rejoiced in the Lord great- ly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again ; wherein ye were also care- ful, but ye lacked opportunity^ 11. Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, thereviith to be content. 12. I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound : every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. 13. 1 can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. 14. Not- withstanding ye have well done, that y(i did communicate with my affliction. 15. Now ye Phili])pians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only. 16. For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my necessity. 17. Not be(3ause I desire a gift : but I desire fruit that may abound to your accoimt. 18. But I have all, and abound : I am fifll, hav- ing received of Epa]5hroditus the things 'which v^ere sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well- pleasing to God. 1 Tim. 5:8. But if any provide not for his OAvn, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. 16. If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let thein relieve them, and let not the chiu'ch be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed. 1 Tim. 6:18. That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate ; Heb. 6:10. For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of l(3ve, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do min- ister. Heb. 13:16. But to do good and to com- municate forget not : for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. Jas. 2:15. If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, 16. And one of you say unto them. Depart in pea(?e, be ye warmed and filled ; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body ; what doth it profit ? 1 John 3:17. But -\vhoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of contpassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him ? See Alms ; Liberality ; Poor, Duties to ; Rich; Riches. INSTANCES OF : The old man of Gibeah, .Tudg. 10:16-21. Boaz, Ruth2, The returned exfle Jews, Neh. 5:8-12; 8:10,11. Job, Job 29: 11-17; 31:1 (5-23. The Temanites, Isa. 21 :14. The good Samaritan, Luke 10:33-35. Zac 110 JiENEFICENCE. IJEKEAVEMENT. chrpiis, Liiko 1 1):S. Tho first Cliristiuns, Acts 2:44-40; 4:;52-;i7. C*)nK'lius, Acts 1U:2,4. Onesiphorus, 2 Tim. 1:10-18. See Alms; Poor, Dutvto. IJKX-CIKBEK [li. v., 1 Kin. 4:13]. See Gki?kr. B K S I-:- J A A Iv AN. A tribe that gave its name to certiiin wells in the wilderness, Nun\. ;]:?:;n,:?2. CalU'd Bkkfioth, Deut. 10:0. IJENKVOLKNCI-:. See Alms; Bknkfi- CENCK; C'HAKITA1?I,KNKSS; LlHKRAIJTY; TjOVK. 151-:N-H A DAD. 1. King of Syria, 1 Kin. 15:18-20; 3 Chr. 10:2-4. 2. xV king of Syria, Avho reigned in the time of Alial), stui of Ben-hadad L, 1 Kin. 20; 2 Kin. 5; (5; 7; 8:7-15. 3. Son of Ilazael and king of Syria, 2 Kin. 13:3,24.25; Amos 1:4. IJIilN-HAlL, a ijrince of Jndah, 2 Chr. 17:7. IJEN-HANAN, a son of Shimon, 1 Chr. 4:20. lUCN-HUR [R. V. I See Hur. 15KNINU, a Levite, Neh. 10:13. BENJA311N. 1. Son of Jacob by Ra- chel, Gen. 35:18,24; 40: 1 1). Taken into Egypt, Gen. chapters 42-45. Prophecy concerning. Gen. 40:27. Descendants of, Gen. 40:21; Nnm. 20:38-41. 2. TIUIJEOF: Census of, at Sinai, Num.1: 37; in the plain of Moab, Num.20:41. Clans of, Kun\. 20:38^0; 1 Chr. 7:0-12; 8. Position of, in cam]i and march, Nimi. 2:18,22. Moses' benediction upon, Deut. 32:12. Allotment in the land of Canaan, Josh. 18:11-28. Reallot- ment, Ezek. 48:23. Did not exterminate the Jcbusites, Judg. 1:21. Join Deborah in the •war against Sisera, Judg. 5:14. Territory of, invaded bj^ the Ammonites, Judg. 10:9. Did not avenge the crime of tho Gibeonites against the Levite's concubine, the Avar that followed, Judg. 10; 20. Saul, tho first king of Israel, from, 1 Sam. 9-1,17; 10:20,21. Its rank in the time of Samuel, 1 Sam. 9:21. Jerusalem within the territory of, Jer. 6:1. A comjiany of, joins David at Ziklag, 1 Chr. 12:1,2,10. Not enrolled by Joab wdien he tK3ok a census of the military forces of Is- rael, 1 Chr. 21:0. Loval to Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul, 2 Sam. 2:0,15,31; 1 Cln-. 12:20. Subsequently joins David, 2 Sam.. 3:10; 19: 16,17. Loyal to Rehoboam, 1 Kin. 12:21; 2 Chr. 11:1. Militarv forces of, in the reign of Asa, 2 Chr. 14:8; of Jehoshaphat, 2 Chr. 17: 17. Skill in archery and as slingers of stones. Judg. 3:15; 20:10; "l Chr. 8:40; 12:2. Return to Palestine from the exile in Babylon, Ezra 1:5. Saints of, seen in John's vision. Rev. 7:8. Paul, of the tribe of, Rom. 11:1; Phil. 3:5. See Isra?:l. 3. Grandson of Benjamin, 1 Chr. 7:10. 4. A son of Harim, Ezra 10:32; pi'obably identical with the man mentioned in Neli. 3:23. 5. A Jew who assisted in purifying the wall of Jerusjdem, Neh. 12:;)4. 6. A gate of Jemsiilem, Jer. 20-2; 37:13; 38: 7; Zech. 14:10. BENO, a descendant of Merari, 1 Chr. 24: 20,27. lil"]N-ONI, name given Benjamin by Rachel, Gen. 35:18. 15EN-ZOII l-:TII,sonof lshi,l Chr. 4:20. BEON, a ])lace E. of Joi'dau, jji-obably sjime as Baal-meon, Num. 32:3,38, which BKOR. 1. Father of Bela, Gen. 30:32; 1 Chr. 1:43. 2. Father of Balaam, Num. 22:5. Called BosoR, 2I*et. 2:15. BEQUKSTS. See Wills. BEIJA, kiui;- of Sodom, Gen. 14:2. BEIIACHAH. 1. An Israelite, who joined David at Ziklag, 1 Clu-. 12:3. 2. A valley in tho S. of Judah, where the Is-- raelites blessed the Lord for a vict(jry, 2 Chr. 20:20. BERACHIAH. See Berechlvh. BEKAIAII, son of Shimhi, 1 Chr. 8:21. BI"]KI<]A, a city in the S. of Macedonia, Acts 17:10,13; 20:4. BEKEAA^KMENT. From God, Ex. 12: 20; Hos. 0:12. Mourning in, f(jrbidden to Aaron, on account of his son's wickedness. Lev. 10:0; and to Ezekiel, for his wife, Ezek. 24:10-18. INSTANCES OF: Abi-aham, of Sarah, Gen. 23:8. Jacob, of Jose] )h, (ien. 37:34,35. J()sei)h, of his father. Gen. 50:1,4. The Egvptians, of their firstborn, Ex. 12:20-33. Naximi, of her husband, Ruth 1:3,5,20,21. David, of liis child by Bath-sheba, 2 Sam. 12:15-23; of Ab salom, 2 Sam. 18:33; 10:4. llESKiNAl'ION IN : 2 Sam. 12:22. And he said. While the child Avas yet alive, I fasted and \ve]it: for I said, Who can tell v'/iet/i( r God AA'ill be gracious to me, that the child may Ha'c ? 23. But noAV he is dead, Avhere- fore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me. Job 1:18. While he p:as yet speaking, thei'e came also another, and s^iid. Thy sons and thy daughtei's vyre eating and drinking Avine in their eldest brother's house : 10. And, behold, there came a great Avind from the Avilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell u]X)n the young men, and they are dead ; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 20. Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaA-ed his head, and fell doAvn u])on the gromul, and Avorshipped, 21. And said. Naked came I out of my mother's Avomb, and naked shall I retm-n thitlier: the Lord gaA-e, and the Lord hath taken aAvay ; blessed be the name of the Lord. Eccl. 7:2. Tf Is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feast- ing : for that is the end of all men ; and tho liAing will lay it to his heart. 3. SorroAv i.rophets at, 2 Kin. 2:3. Chil- dren of, mock Elisha, 2 Kin. 2:23,24. Peoi)le of, return from Babylon, Ezra 2:28; Neh. 7:32. Prophecies against, Amos 5:5. 2. A city in the S. of Judah, 1 Sam. 30:27. 3. A mountain, 1 Sam. 13:2. BKTH-EL-APHRAH [R.V.I Aphrah r^. v.], a place in Philistia, Mic. 1:10. 15ET1I-EMEK, a city of Asher, Josh. 19:27. BETHER, mountains of. Song 2:17. BETHESDA, pool of, John 5:2-4. BETH-EZEL, atown of Judah, Mic.l:ll. BETH-GADER. A place in Judah, 1 Chr. 2:51. Probably identical with Geder, Josh. 12:13; and with Gedor in Josh. 15:58. BETH-GAMUL, a city of Moab, Jer. 48:23. BETH-HACCEREM, a mountain in Judah, Neh. 3:14; Jer. 6:1. BETH-HAGGAN. A garden house, 2 Kin.9:27. Probably identical Avith En-gan- NIM, Josh. 19:21. BETH-HANAN". See Elon-beth-ha- NAN. BETH-HARAN. A fortified city E. of Jordan, Num. 32:36. Probably identical with Beth-aram. Josh. 13:27. BETH-HOGLA, a place on the border of Judah. Josh. 15:6; 18:19,21. BETH-HORON. Two ancient cities of Canaan, near which Joshua defeated the Amorites, Josh. 10:10.11; 10:3,5; 18:13; 1 Sam. 13:18; 1 Chr. 7:24. Solomon builds, 1 Kin. 9: 17; 2 Chr. 8:5. Taken from Judah by the ten tribes, 2 Chr. 25:13. BETH- JESHIMOTH. A place in Mo- ab, Josh. 12:3; 13:20; Ezek. 25:9. Called Beth- JESIMOTH, Num. 33:49. BETH-JOAB. See Ataroth. BI-yni-I^EBAOTH. A town of Simeon, Josh. 19:0. Called Lebaoth, Josh. 15:32, and i Beth-birei. 1 Chr. 4:31. f; - BETHLEHEM. A city S. W. of Jeru- salem, Judg. 17:7; 19:18. Called Ephratah and Ephrath, Gen. 48:7; Psa. 132:6; Mic. 5:2; and Beth-lehem-judah, Judg. 17:7-9; 19:1, IS; Ruth 1:1; 1 Sam. 17:12. Rachel dies and is buried at, Gen. 35:16,19; 48:7. The city of Boaz, Ruth 1:1,19; 2:4; 4. Taken and held by the Philistines, 2 Sam. 23:14-16. Jeroboam converts it into a military stixmghold, 2 Chr. 1 1 :6. The city of Joseph, Matt. 2:5,6 ; Luke 2:4. Birthplace of Jesus, Mic. 5:2; Matt. 2; Luke ■-':4,15. Herod slays the children of. Matt. 2:16-18. 2. A town of Zebulun, six miles W. of Naz- areth, Josh. 19:15. Israel judged at, Judg. 12:10. BETH-MAACHAH, a city of Manas- sell, 2 Sam. 20:14,15,18; 2 Kin. 15:29. BETH-3IAltCAB()TH. A town of Simeon, Josh. 19:5; 1 Chron. 4:31. Probably identical with Madmannah, Josh. 15:31. BETH-3IEON. See Baal-meon. BETH-N 1 31RAH. A fenced city E. of Jordan, Josh. 13:27. Called Nlmrah, Num. 32:3. BETH-PALET. A city in Judah, Josh. 15:27. Called Bktii-phelet, Neh. 11:20. BETH-PAZZ1':Z, a town of Issachar, Josh. 19:21. BETH-PEOR. A place in the tribe of Reuben, Deut. 3:29; 4:46; 34:6. Near the bur- ial place of Moses, Josh. 13:20. BETHPHAGE, a village on the Mount of Olives, Matt. 21:1; Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29. BETH-PHELET. See Beth-palet. BETH-RAPHA, son of Eshton, 1 Clir. 4:12. BETH-REHOB. A place in Dan, Judg. 18:28; 2 Sam. 10:6. Called Rehob, v. 8. BETHSAIDA. 1. A city of Galilee. The city of Phihp, Andrew, and Peter, John 1:44; 12:21. Jesus visits, Mark 6:45; cures a blind man in, Mark 8:22; prophecies against, Matt. 11:21; Luke 10:13. 2. Desert of, E. of the sea of Galilee, Je- sus feeds five thousand people in, Luke 9:10; Matt. 14:13; Mark 6:32. BETH-SHAN. See Beth-shean. BETH-SHE AN. A city of Manasseh, 1 Chr. 7:29; Josh. 17:11. Not subdued, Judg. 1: 27. Bodies of Saul and his sons exposed in, 1 Sam. 31:10,12. Called Beth-shan, 1 Sam. 31:10,12; 2 Sam. 21 :12. District of, under trib- ute to Solomon's commissariat, 1 Kin. 4:12. BETH-SHEMESH. 1. A sacerdotal city of Dan, Josh. 21:16; 1 Sam. 6:15; iChr. 6:59. On the northern border of Judah, Josh. 15:10; 1 Sam. 6:9,12. In later times transferred to Judah, 2 Kin. 14:11. Mentioned in Solo- mon's commissary districts, 1 Kin. 4:9. Ama- ziah taken prisoner at, 2 Kin. 14:11-13; 2 Chr. 25:21-23. Retaken by the Philistines, 2 Chr. 28:18. Called Ir-shemesh, Josh 19:41. 2. A city near Jerusalem, Josh. 19:22. 3. A fortified city of Naphtali, Josh. 19:88; Judg. 1:33. 4. An idolatrous temple, Jer. 43:13. BETH-SHITTAH, a place near the Jor- dan, Judg. 7:22. BETH-TAPPUAH, a town of Judah, Josh. 15:53. BETHUEL, son of Nahor, father of Re- bekah, Gen. 22:22,23; 24:15,24; 25:20; 28:2,5. BETHUL. A city of Simeon, Josh. 19:4. Called Chesil, Josh. 15:30, and Bethuel, 1 Chr. 4:30. BETH-ZUR, a town in Judah, Josh. 15: 58; 1 Chr. 2-45; 2 Chr. 11:7; Neh. 3:16. BETONIM, a town of Gad, Josh. 13:26. BET llAYAL. Of Jesus, Matt. 26:14-1 6, 45-50; Mark 14:10,11; Luke 22:3-6; 22:47.48; John 13:21. Of others, foretold, Matt. 20:18- (8) 113 BETRAYAL. BIGOTRY. Jiidg, 24:10. Of David, by Doeg, 1 Sam. 22:9,10, with chapter 21:1-10. Of cities, Judg. 1:24,25. See Confidence Betrayed. BETROTHAL. Of Jacob, Gen. 29:18- 30. Exempts from mihtary duty, Deut. 20:7. A quasi marriage, Matt. 1:18; Luke 1:27. FIGURATIVE: Isa. 62:4; Hos. 2:19,20; 2 Cor. 11:2. See Marriage. BETTING, by Samson, Judg. 14:12-19. BEULAH, Isa. 62:4. BEZAI. 1. Head of a Jewish family, which returned from Babylon, Ezra 2:17; Neh. 7:23. 2. A family that sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. Neh. 10:18. BEZAL.EEL. 1. A divinely inspired mechanic and master workman, Avho built the tabernacle, Ex. 31:2; 35:30-35; 36:1; 37:1; 38:1-7,22. 2. Son of Pahath-moab. Ezra 10:30. BEZEK. 1. Residence of Adoni-bezek, 1:5. 2. A rendezvous of Israel under Saul, 1 Sam. 11:8. BEZER. 1. A city of refuge, E. of the Jordan, Deut. 4:43; Josh. 20:8; 21:36; 1 Chr. 6:78. 2. Son of Zophah, 1 Chr. 7:37. BIBLE. See Law of Moses ; Word of God. BICHRI, a Benjamite, 2 Sam. 20. BIDKAR, Jehu's captain, 2 Kin. 9:25. BIER, 2 Sam. 3:31; Luke 7:14. BIGAMY. See Polygamy. BIGOTRY. Isa. 65:5. Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me ; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burnetii all the day. Mark 2:16. And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publi- cans and sinners ? Luke 15:2. Luke 9:49. And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name ; and we forbad him, because he f ol- loweth not A\ath us. 50. And Jesus said to him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against us is for us. Luke 18:9. And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others : 10. Two men went up into the temple to pray ; the one a Pharisee and the other a publican. 11. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee that I am not as other men «re, extortioners, unjust, adul- terers, or even as this publiom. 12. I fast twice in the week. I give tithes of all that I possess. 13. And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, say- ing, God be merciful to me a sinner. 14. I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased ; 11 and he that humbleth himself shall be ex- alted. Acts 10:28. And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep comi:)any, or come unto one of another nation ; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean. 45. And they of the circumcision which believed were aston- ished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. Acts 18:12. And when Gallio was the deputy of Acliaia, the Jews made insurrec- tion with one accoixl against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat, 13. Say- ing, This felloto persuadeth men to worsliip God contrary to the law. PAUL'S ARGU3IENT AGAINST: Rom. 3:1. What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? 2. Much every way : chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God. 3. For what if some did not believe ? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect ? 4. God forbid : yea, let God be true, but every man a liar ; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified hi thy saymgs, and mightest overcome when thou art judged. 5. But if our unrighteousness com- mend the righteousness of God, what shall we say ? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance ? (I speak as a man) 6. God for- bid : for then how shall God j udge the world ? 7. For if the truth of God hath more abound- ed through my lie unto his glory ; why yet am I also judged as a sinner? 8. And not rather^ (as we be slanderously reiiorted, and as some affirm that Ave say,) Let us do evil, that good may come ? whose damnation is just. 9. What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise : for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin ; 10. As it is Avritten. There is none righteous, no, not one : 11. .There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. 12. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable ; there is none that doetli good, no, not one. 13. Their thi-oat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit ; the poison of asps is under tlieir lips: 14. Whose mouth is full of ciu-sing and bitterness : 15. Their feet are SAvift to shed blood : 16. Destruction and misery are in their ways : 17. And the Avay of peace have they not known : 18. There is no fear of God before their ej^es. 19. Now Ave know that Avhat things socA'er the laAV saitli, it sfiith to them Avho are under the laAV : tliat CA'ery moiith may be stopped, and all the Avorld may become guilty before God. 20. Tlierefore by the deeds of the laAV there shall no flesh be justified in his sight : for by the laAV is the knoAvledge of sin. 21 . But now tlie righteousness of God Avithout the laAV is manifested, being witnessed by the laAV and the prophets ; 2%. Even the righteousness of BIGOTRY. BIRDS. Gotl ir/n'r/t As- by faith of Josiis Christ unto nil and upon all them that bt'licve: forthcrc is no dillcrcnfi': 2'.\. For all have sinncn as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, imto whom God iniiiut(^th righteousness without works. 7. /SV//////;/, ]>lessed are they whose inicpiities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. 8. Blessed is tlie man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. 1). Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the imcircumcision also ? for we sjiy that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. 10. How was it then reckoned ? when he was in circumcisi(^n, or in uncircumcision ? Not in circumcision, but in uncirciuiicision. 11. And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the inghteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised : that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised ; that right- eousness miglit be imputed unto theni also : 12. And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yS. Creation of, on the fifth crea- tive day. Gen. 1 :20- 30. Man's dominion over. Gen. 1:26,28; 9:2,3; Psji. 8:5-8; Jer. 27:0; Dan. 2:38; Jas. 3:7. Appointed for food. Gen. 9:2, 3; Dent. 14:11-20. What species were un- clean. Lev. 11:13-20; Deut. 14:12-19. Used for sacrifice, see Dove ; Pigeon. Di- 15 BIRDS. BLASPHEMY. vine care of, Job 38:41; Psa. 147:9; Matt. 10:29; Luke 12:6,24. Songs of, at the break of day, Psa. 104:12; Eccl. 12:4; Song 2:12. Domes- ticated, Job 41:5; Jas. 3:7. Solomon's prov- erbs of, 1 Kin. 4:33. Nests of, Psa. 104:17; Matt. 8:20; 13:32. Instincts of, Prov. 1:17. Habits of, Job 39:13-18,26-30. Migrate, Jer. 8:7. Mosaic law protected the mother from be- ing taken with the young, Deut. 22:6,7. Cages of, Jer. 5;27; Rev. 18:2. See Snares. FIGURATIVE : Isa. 16:2; 46:11; Jer. 12:9; Ezek. 39:4. Symbolical, Dan, 7:6. See Bittern; Chicken; Cormorant; Crane; Cuckoo; Dove; Eagle; Falcon; Glede; Hawk; Hen; Heron; Kite; Lapwing; Night Hawk ; Osprey; Ossifrage ; Ostrich ; Owl ; Partridge; Peacock; Pelican; Pigeon; Quail ; Raven ; Sparrow ; Stork ; Swallow; Swan ; Vulture. BIRSHA, a king of Gomorrah, Gen. 14: 2-10. BIRTH. Pangs in giving, Psa. 48:6; Isa. 13:8; 21:3; Jer. 4:31; 6:24; 30:6; 31:8. Giving, ordained to be in sorrow, Gen. 3:16. See Abortion ; Children. BIRTHDAY. Celebrated by feasts, Gen. 40:20; Matt. 14:6. Cursed, Job 3; Jer. 20:14,18. BIRTHRIGHT. Belonged to the first- born, Deut. 21:15,16. Entitled the firstborn to a double portion of inheritance, Deut. 21: 15-17; royal succession, 2 Chr. 21:3. An hon- orable title, Ex. 4.22; Psa. 89:27; Jer. 31:9; Rom. 8:29; Col. 1:15; Heb. 1:6; 12:23; Rev.l:5. Sold by Esau, Gen. 25:29-34; 27:36, with 25: 33; Heb. 12:16; Rom. 9:12,13. Forfeited by Reuben, 1 Chr. 5:1,2. Set aside: That of Manasseh, Gen. 48:15-20; Adonijah, 1 Kin. 2:15; Hosah's son, 1 Chr. 26:10. See Firstborn. BIRZAVITH, a descendant of Asher, 1 Chr. 7.31. BISHLAM, a Samaritan who obstructed the rebuilding of the temple at Jerusalem, Ezra 4:7-24. BISHOP. Phil. 1:1. Paul and Timo- theus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops [marg. B. V., overseers] and deacons : Acts 20:28. Take heed therefore unto your- selves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers \R. v., bishops], to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. 1 Tim. 3:2. A bishop [marg. R. V., over- seer] then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behav- iour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; 3. Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre ; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous ; 4. One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity ; 5. (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God ?) 6. Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. 7. More- over he must have a good report of them which are without ; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. Tit. 1:5. For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee : 6. If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or un- ruly. 7. For a bishop [marg. i?. V., over- seer] must be blameless, as the steward of God ; not self willed, not soon angry, i not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre ; 8. But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; 9. Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers. 10. For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision : 11. Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake. l' K- v. no brawler] A TITLE OF JESUS: 1 Pet. 2:25. See Elder. BIT, part of a bridle, Psa. 32:9; Jas. 3:3. BITHIAH, daughter of Pharaoh, 1 Chr. 4:18. BITHRON", a district bordering on the Jordan, 2 Sam. 2:29. BITHYNIA, a Roman province in Asia Minor, Acts 16:7; 1 Pet. 1:1. BITTER HERBS, eaten symbolically with the passover, Ex. 12:8; Num. 9:11. BITTER WATER. At Marah, Ex. 15: 23. A ceremonial water used by the priest, Num. 5:18-27. BITTERN [R. V., porcupine], Isa. 14: 23; 34:11; Zeph. 2:14. BITUMEN [marg. R. V., slrnie], an in- flammable mineral, Gen. 11:3; 14:10; Ex. 2:3. See Petroleum. BIZJOTHJAH, a town in Judah, Josh. 15:28. Called Bizjothjah-baalah, v. 32; Baalath-beer, Josh. 19:8; and Balah, Josh. 19:3. BIZTHA, a Persian chamberlain, Esth. 1:10. BLACKNESS. FIGURATIVE : Job 30: 30; Joel 2:6. Blaclcness of darkness, Judel3. See Color, Syjibolical. BLACKSMITH. See Smith. BLAIN, an inflammatory abscess, Ex. 9:9,10. BLASPHEMY. Ex. 20:7. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain ; for the Lord will not hold him guilt- less that taketh his name in vain. Deut. 5:11. Lev. 19:12. Ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God : Lev. 22:32. Lev. 24:10, And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel : and this son of the Israelitish woman and a man of 116 BLASPHEMY. Israel strove together in the camp ; 11. And the Israelitish woman's son blasphenied the name of the Lord, and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's name vurs Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan :) 12. And they put him in ward, that the mind of tlie Lord might be shewed them. 13. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 14. Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp ; and let all that heard /niii lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him. 15. And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God sliall bear his sin. 10. And he that blasphem- eth the name of the Lord, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congrega- tion shall certainly stone him : as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blas]3hemeth the name of the Lord, shall be put to death. 2 Kin. 19:22. \Vliom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high ? even against the Holy One of Israel. Isa 37"23 2 Chr. 32:19. They spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the peo- Ele of the earth, which were the work of the ands of man. *Job 9:16. If I had called, and he had an- swered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice. 17. For he breaketh ine with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause. 18. He will not sutfer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness. 34. Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me: 35. Then would I speak, and not fear him ; but it is not so with me. *Job 10:2. I will say unto God, Do not con- demn me; shew me wherefore thou con- tendest with me. 3. Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thovi shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked ? 4. Hast thou eyes of flesh, or seest thou as man seeth ? 5. Are thy days as the days of man ? are thy years as man's days, 6. That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin ? 7. Thou knowest that I am not wicked ; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand. Mob 1 3:7. Will ye speak wickedly for God ? and talk deceitfully for him ? 8. Will ye ac- ce]it his person ? Avill ye contend for God ? 9. Is it good that he should search you out ? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him ? *25. Wiljj thou break a leaf driven to and fro ? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble ? 2('). For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of P^y youth. 27. Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet. * Job 15:13. Thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth ? 25. For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strcngtheneth himself against the Almiglity. 20. He ruimeth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers. *Job 10:9. He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me : he gnasheth upon me with his teetli; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me. 11. God hath delivered me to the imgodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked. 12. I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken 7)ie by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark. 13. His archers compass me roimd about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground. 14. He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he iimneth upon me hke a giant. *Job 19:6. Know now that God hath over- thrown me, and hath compassed me with his net. 7. Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard : I cry aloud, but there is no judgment. 21. Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends ; for the hand of God hath touched me. 22. Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh ? Job 21:13. ^ They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. 14. Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desii'e not the knowledge of thy Avays. *Job 22:12. Is not God in the height of heaven ? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are! 13. And thou sayest. How doth God know ? can he judge through the dark cloud? 14. Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not *, and he walketh in the circuit of heaven. 17. Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them ? *Job 30:21. Thou art become cruel to me : with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me. *Job 33:10. Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy, 11. He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths. *Job 34:5. For Job hath said, I am right- eous : and God hath taken away my judg- ment. 6. Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgres- sion. *9. For he hath axid. It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God. 16. If noAv thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words. 17. Shall even he that hateth right govern? and Avilt thou condemn him that is most just? 18. Is it fit to say to a king. Thou art Adcked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly? 19. Hoic viuch less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor ♦ Interpreted by some authorities as blasphemy. UT BLASPHEMY. regardeth the rich more than the poor ? for they all are the work of his hands. 37. For he addeth rebellion nnto his sin, he clap- peth liia hR. v. gods] IIos. 7:13. Woe unto them I for they have fled from me: destruction unto theml be- cause they have transgressed against me : ! though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me. Zeph. 1:12. And it shall come to pass at that time that I will sea)"ch Jerusalem with candles, and ]nmish the men that are set- tled on their lees : that say in their heart, The I^ORD will not do good, neither will he do evil. Zech. 5:3. This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth : for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that S\veareth shall be cut off as on that side ac- cording to it. 4. I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief,' and into the house of him that sweai-eth falsely by my name : and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof •and the stones thei'eof. Mai. 3:13. Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord, Yet ye say, \Vhat have we spoken .so much against thee? 14. Ye have said, It is vain to serve God : and Avhat profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked moimifully before the Lord of hosts? Matt. 10:25. They have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how nuich more kIkiII till ij call them of his household ? Matt. 12:31. Wherefore I say unto you. All manner of sin and blas]ihemy shall be forgiven imto men : but the blasi)hemy against the Hidy Ghost shall not be for- given vmto men : 32. And Avhosoever speak- eth a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven liim : but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be for- given him, neither in this woi-ld, neifhcr in the voiid to come. Mark 3;2i),3(i; Lidie 12:10. Matf. I.VIO. Ont of the heart proceed . . . I l)liisi(licliiifs: ('I{. V. inlllnu's) Mark 7:5il. For from within, out of the heart of men, ])roceed evil thoughts, adul- teries, fornications, niurdei-s, 22. Thi'fts, covetousness, wii-kcdness, deceit, lascivious- ness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolish- ness : 23. All tlieso evil things come from within, and defile the man. John li):7. Tlui Jews answered him, We have a law, jmd by oin* law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God. Kom. 2:24. The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is wi-itten, 2 Sam. 12:14. 1 Cor. 12:3. Wherefore I give you to im- derstand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of (4od calleth Jesus accui"sed : and tliat no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. C BLASPHEMY. BLESSING. Rev. 17:3. I saw a woman sit upon a scar- let coloured beast, full of names of blas- phemy. Prophecy of, Rev. 13:1,5,6; 16:9,11,21; 17:3. INSTANCES OF: The depraved son of Shelomith, who, in an altercation with an Israelite, cursed God, Lev. 24:10-16. Of the Israelites, in murmuring against God, Num. 21:5,6. Infidels, who used the adultery of David as an occasion to blaspheme, 2 Sam. 12:14. Shimei, in his malice toward David, 2 Sam. 16:5. Rabshakeh, in the siege of Je- rusalem, 2 Kin. 18:22; 19; Isa. 36:15-20; 37: 10-33. Job's wife, when she exhorted Job to curse God and die. Job 2:9. Peter, when accused of being a disciple of Jesus, Matt. 26:74; Mark 14:71. The revilers of Jesus, when he was crucified. Matt. 27:40-44,63. The early Christians, persecuted by Saul of Tarsus, compelled to blaspheme the name of Jesus, Acts 26:11; 1 Tim. 1:13. Two dis- ciples, Hymenseus and Alexander, who were delivered unto Satan that they might learn not to blaspheme, 1 Tim. 1:20. Man of sin, 2 Thess. 2:3,4. Backslidden Ephesians, Rev 29 FALSE INDICTMENTS FOR : Of Naboth, 1 Kin. 21:13; Jesus, Matt. 26:65; Mark 14:58; Luke 22:70,71; John 19:7; Stephen, Acts 6:11, 13. Jesus falsely accused of, previously to his trial, Mark 2:7; Luke 5:21. BLASTING. Blight, 1 Kin. 8:37. Sent as a judgment, Deut. 28:22; 2 Kin. 19:7; Isa. 87:7; Amos 4:9; Hag. 2:17. FIGURATIVE: Ex. 15:8; 2 Sam. 22:16; Job 4:9; Psa. 18:15. BLASTUS, one of Herod's officers, Acts 12:20. BLEMISH, a physical deformity. De- barred sons of Aaron from exercise of priestly offices. Lev. 21:17-23. Animals with, forbidden to be used for sacrifice. Lev. 22: 19-25 FIGURATIVE: Eph. 5:27; 1 Pet. 1:19. BLESSING. For blessing before eating, see Prayer ; Thanksgiving and Prayer Be- fore Taking Food. See also Benedictions. RESPONSIVE BLESSINGS OF THE LAW: Deut. 28:1. And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe aud to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth : 2. And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God. 3. Blessed shalt thou he in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. 4. Blessed shall he the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. 5. Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. 6. Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. 7. The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smit- ten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways. 8. The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto ; and he shall bless thee in the land wliich the Lord thy God giveth thee. 9. The Lord shall establish thee an holy people unto him- self, as ho hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways. 10. And all the people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the Lord ; and they shall be afraid of thee. 11. And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give thee. 12. The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand : and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. 13. And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail ; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath ; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do ^/*e???." 14. And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I com- mand thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them. responsive Curses of the law, For the see Curse. DIVINE, ENCE: Ex. CONTINGENT UPON OBEDI- 15:26. If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians : for 1 am the Lord that healeth thee. Ex. 19:5. Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people : for all the earth is mine : Ex. 20:6. And shewing mercy unto thou- sands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. Ex. 23:22. If thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak ; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an ad- versary unto thine adversaries. Lev. 26:3. If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; 4. Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fiaiit. 5. And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time : and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely. 6. And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid : and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall tb' . sword go through your 20 , BLESSING.— Contingent upon Obedience. land. 7. And yo shall chase your enemies, and they shall iall before yon by the sword. 8. And tive of you shall chtxse an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousjind to lli^ht: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword. 1). For I will have re- spect unto 3'ou, and make you fruitful, and nudtiply you, and establish my covenant with you. 10. And ye shall ent old store, and bring forth the old because of the new. 11. And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you. 12. And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my peojile. 13. I am the Lord your God, which bi'ought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye shoidd not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go up- right. 14. But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments ; 15. And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if yoiu- soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant: 16. I also will do this imto you ; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sor- row of heart : and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. 17. And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies : they that hate you shall reign over you ; and ye shall flee when none pm-sueth you. 18. And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins. 19. And I Avill break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass : 20. And your sti'ength shall be spent in vain : for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits. 21 And if ye walk contrary imto me, and will not hearken unto me ; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to yoiu' sins. 22. I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and 1 make you few in number ; and your high ways shall be desolate. 23. And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, ! but will -walk cont7*ary unto me ; 24. Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will pimish you yet seven times for your sins. 25. And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant : and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you ; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. 26. And when I have broken the staflf of your bread, ten w^omen shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight : and ye shall eat. and not be satisfied. 27. And if ye will not for all this hearken inito me, but walk contrarj' imto me; 2S. Then I will walk contrary imto you also in fury ; and I, even 1, will chastise you seven times for your sins. 29. And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. 30. And 1 will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon tlu^ carcases of your idols, and my soul sliall abh< )r you. 31. And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours. 32; And I will bring the land into (lesolation : and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it. 33. And I will scatter you among the heathen, and Avill draw out a sword after you : and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste. 34. Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye he in your enemies' land ; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths. 35. As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest ; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. 36. And upon them that are left alive of you I wall send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies ; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them ; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword ; and they shall fall when none pursueth. 37. And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth : and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies. 38. And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up. 39. And they that are left of you shall :)ine away in their iniquity in your enemies' ands ; and also in the iniquities of their 'athers shall they pine away with them. 40. If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their tres- pass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me; 41. And tJutt I also have Avalked con- trary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies ; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their in- iquity : 42. Then will I remember my cove- nant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember ; and I Avill remember the land. 43. The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall ac- cept of the punishment of their iniquity ; be- cause, even because they des])ised my judg- ments, and because their soul abhori-ed my statutes. Deut. 4:1. Now therefore hearken, O Is- rael, unto the statutes and unto the judg- ments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and g(i in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you. 40. Thou slialt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee tliis day. that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou may est prolong^//// days upon the earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, for ever. Deut. 5:10. Shewing mercy unto thousands 121 BLESSING.— Contingent upon Obedience. of them that love me and keep my com- mandnients. 29. D that there were such an heart m them, linat they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever I Deut. 29:9. Deut. 7:9. Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations ; 12. Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judg- ments, and keep, and do them, that the Lord thy God shall kee]) unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he svvare unto thy fa- thers : 13. And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee : he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy isheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee. 14. Thou shalt be blessed above all people : there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle. 15. And the Lord will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee ; but will lay them upon all the7n that hate thee. Deut. 11:26. Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse ; 27. A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I conmiand you this day : •V. 28. Deut. 12:28. Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that toJilch is good and right in the sight of the Lord thy God. Deut. 15:4. For the Lord shall greatly bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to pos- sess it : 5. Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to ob- serve to do all these C(-immandments which I command thee this day. Deut. 2S:1. And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments Avhich I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth : 2. And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God. 3. Blessed shalt thou he in the city, and blessed shalt thou he in the field. 4. Blessed shall he the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the inci'ease of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. 5. Blessed sJiall he thy basket and thy store. 6. Blessed shalt thou he Avhen thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou he when thou goest out. 7. The Lord shall cause i\n\w enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee be- 1 fore thee seven ways. 8. The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto ; and he shall bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 9. The Lord shall establish thee an holy peo- ple unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways. 10. And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the Lord ; and they shall be afraid of thee. 11. And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fmit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fa- thers to give thee. 12. The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give thee rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand : and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. 13. And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail ; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath ; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them. 14. And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I pommand thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them. Deut. 30:1, And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the bless- ing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call tJiem to mind among all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath driven thee, 2. And shalt return unto the Lord thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul ; 3. That then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee. 4. If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost jxirts of heaven, from thence will the Lord thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee : 5. And the Lord thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers. 6. And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heai't, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. 7. And the Lord thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee. 8. And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the Lord, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day. 9. And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good : for the Lord will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced 22 l>LKS8lNCi.— CoNTIN({ENT UPON OBEDIENCE. over fli,y frttlioi'S: 10. If tlioushalt li(\-u'k('ii iiiUo tlu> voice of the Lord thy ( Jod, to keep his coniinaiuhneiits and his stiitutes whicli are written in this hook of the law, his coniniand- ments and his statutes and his judgments, t hat thou mayest live and nndti])ly : and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in the land whither Ihou goest to possess it. 17. But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and wor- ship other gods, and serve them ; IS. I de- nounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it. 11). I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, tliat I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing : therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live : 20. That thou mayest love the Lord thy Gc)d, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he /.s thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the Lord sware nnto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them. Josh. 1:8. This book of the law shall not deiiart out of thy mouth ; . . . for then thou shaft make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. 1 Kin. 2:3. Keep tjie charge of the Lord thy G od to walk in his Avays, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the laAv of ]VIoses, that thou mayest prosper in all that tliou doest, and whithersoever thou tumest thyself : 4. That the Lord may continue his Avord which he spake concerning me, saying. If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel. 1 Kin. 3:14. If thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my command- ments, as tiiy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days. 1 Kin. 8:23. And he said, Lord God of Is- rael, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keeiDest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart : 1 Kin. 9:3. And the Lord said unto him, I have heard thy pi-ayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me : I have hal- lowed this house, Avhich thou hast built, to put my name there for ever ; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. 4. And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, a/td wilt keep my statutes and my judgments: 5. Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom U])ou Israel forever, as I |)roniise(l to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel. (>. Bat if ye shall at all turn fi-om following me, ye or your children, and will not kee]) my com- mandments a ltd my statutes which I have set before you, but go and sei-ve othej- gods, and worshiji tliem : 7. Then will I cut otf Israel out of the land Avhich I have given them ; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight ; and Israel shall be a pn»verb and a byword among all people: 8. And at this "house, vhirh is high, every one that passeth l)y it shall be astonished, and shall hiss ; and they shall say, Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and to this house? 9. And they shall answer, Because they forsook the Lord their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Kgypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have wor- shipped them, and served them : therefore hath the Lord brought upon them all this evil. 2 Chr. 7:17-22. 1 Chr. 22:13. Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the Lord charged Moses with concerning Israel : he strong, and of good courage ; dread not, nor be dismayed. 1 Chr. 28:7. MoreoA-er I will establish"^ his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day. 8. Keep and seek for all the com- mandments of the Lord your God : that ye may possess this good hind, and leave it for ah inhei'itance for j'our children after you for ever. 2 Chr. 2G:.'). And he songht God in the days of Zechariah, who haxl understanding in the visions of God : and as long as he sought the Lord, God made him to prosper. 2 Chr. 27:6. So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the Lord his God. 2 Chr. 80:9. For if ye tnm again unto the Lord, your brethi-en and your children s/ta/l find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land : for the Lord your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him. 2 Chr. 31:10. Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the Lord, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty : for the Lord hath blessed his people ; and that which is left is this great store. Job. 36:11. If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures. Prov. 3:1. My son, forget not my law ; but let thine heart kee]) my (commandments: 2. For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. Prov. 16:7. When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. 123 BLESSING, — Contingent upon Obedienck. Isa. 1:19. If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land. Jer. 7:3. Thns saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. 4. Trust ye not in lying words, say- ing, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, are these. 5. For if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings ; if ye thoroughly ex- ecute judgment between a man and his neighbour ; Q.Ifye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt : 7. Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever. 23. But this thing commanded I them, saying. Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my i^eople : and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you. Jer. 11:1. The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, 2. Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem; 3. A.nd say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel ; Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant, 4. Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron fur- nace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you : so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God : 5. That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said. So be it, O Lord. Jer, 12:16. And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my jeople, to swear by my name. The Lord iveth ; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people. Jer. 15:19. Therefore thus saith the Lord, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth : let them return unto thee ; but return not thou unto them. 20. And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I a/n with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the Lord, 21. And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible. Jer. 17:24. And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the Lord, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein; 25. Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inliabitants of Jerusalem: and this city shall remain for ever, 2i5. And they shall come frum the cities of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and sac- rifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the Lord. 27, But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day ; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched. Jer, 22:4. For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the tlu'one of Da- vid, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people. 5, But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the Lord, that this house shall become a desolation, 15, Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar ? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him ? 16, He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the Lord. Zech. 3:7. Thus said the Lord of hosts ; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by, Mai. 3:10, Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. 11. And I will rebuke the de- vourer for your sakes, and he shall not de- stroy the fruits of your ground ; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts. 12. And all nations shall call you blessed : for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts. Matt. 10:22. He that endureth to the end shall be saved. Matt, 24:13; Mark 13:13, Col, 1:22, To present you holy and im- blameable and unreproveable in his sight : 23. If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and he not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creatui-e which is under heaven ; Heb. 3:6. But Christ as a son over his own house ; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto tlie end. 14. For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end ; Heb. 6:11. And we desu-e that every one 124 BLESSING.— Spiritual, from God. of you do show tlio sjinio diligence to the full assurance of hojjo luito tlie end: 12. That ye be not slothful, but f()lk)wers of them who through faith and patience in- herit the ])roniises. Hob. 10:3G. For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. Kev. 2:10. Be thou faithful imto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. See Faithfulness ; Contingencies. SPIKITIAL, FROM(iOl): Gen. 40:24. His bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; Ex. 15:2. The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation : Ex. 33:10. Wherein shall it be known here that I and thy peoj^le have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with US ? so shall we be se]iarated, I and thy peo- ple, from all the people that a?-e upon the face of the earth. Lev. 21:8. I the Lord, which sanctify you, am holy, Ex. 31:13. Deut."^ 33:25. Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so .sAt/Z/thy sti'ength be. 27. The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms : and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee ; and shall say, Destroy them. 1 Sam. 2:4. The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stimibled ai-e girded with strength. Nell. 8:10. This day /s holy unto our Lord : neither be ye sony ; for the joy of the Lord is your strength. Job. 23:6. Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strotgtii in me. Psa. 18:1. I will love thee, O Lord, my strength. 2. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust ; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. 2S. Thou wilt light my candle : the Lord my God wUl enlighten my darkness. 32. It is God that girdeth me Avith strength, and maketh my way perfect. 35. Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation : and thy right hand hath holden me up, and t\\j gentleness hath made me great. 36. Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip. Psa. 144:1,2. Psa. 23:2. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures : he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the i^aths of righteousness for his name's sake. Psa. 27:14. Wait on the Lord : be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart : wait, I say, on the Lord. Psa. 28:8. The Lord is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed. Psa. 29:11. The Lord Avill give strength unto his people ; Psa^ 30:7. Lord, by thy favour thou hast made my mountiiin to stand strinig : thou didst hide thy fiicre, and I wivs troubled. Psa. 31:24. Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen yoiu- heart, all ye that hope in the Lord. Psa. 37:6. He shall bring forth thy right- eousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday. 17. The Lord ujiholdeth tho righteous. 24. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the I.ord u]>hold- eih. hi))i vitJilna hand. 30. The sidvatinn of the righteous is of the Lord : he is their strength in the tune of trouble. Psa. 52:8. I am like a green olive tree in the house of God : I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever. Psa. 55:22. Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. Psa. 61:5. Thou, O God, hast heai'd my vows : thou hast given tne the heritage of those that fear thy name. Psa. 63:8. My soul followeth hard after thee : thy right hand upholdeth me. Psa. 66:9. Which holdeth our soul m life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved. Psa. 68:18. Thou hast received gifts for men; yea, /or the rebelHous also, that tho Lord God might dwell among. thtm. 28. Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us. 35. The God of Isi-ael is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Psa. 71:16. I will go in the strength of the Lord God ; I Avill make mention of thy right- eousness, even of thine only. Psa. 72:6. He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass : as showei"s tJiat water the earth. 17. Men shall be blessed in him : all nations shall call him blessed, Psa. 73:23. I am continually with thee : thou hast holden mehy my right hand. 26. My flesh and my heart faileth : but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. Psa. 81:10. Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. Psa. 84:5. Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee ; in whose heart are Abe ways of thetn. 11. The Lord God is a sun and sliield : the Lord will give grace and glory : no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. Psa. 89:17. Thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our'^honi shall be exalted. Psa. 92:12. The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree : he shall groAv like a cedar in Lebanon. 13. Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. 14. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age ; they shall be fat and flourishing; Psa. 1:3. Psa. 94:17. Unless the Lord had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence. 18. When I sjiid. My foot slippeth ; thy mercy O Lord, held me up. 12B BLESSING.— Spiritual, from God. Psa. 105:4. Seek the Lord, and his strength: Psa. 119:32. I will run the way of thy com- mandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart. 102. I have not departed from thy judgments : for thou hast taught me. Psa. 132:15. I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread. 16. I will also clothe her priests with salva- tion; and her saints shall shout aloud for joy. Psa. 138:3. In the day when I cried thou answeredstme, rt«(?strengthenedst iwq loith strength in my soul. 8. The Lord will per- fect t/iat lohlch concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, endareth for ever : forsake not the works of thine own hands. Psa. 146:5. Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God : Prov. 10:29. The way of the Lord is strength to the upright : Prov. 16:6. By the fear of the Lord me)i depart from evil. Isa. 1:25. I will turn my hand vipon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin : Isa. 4:3. And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem: 4. When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem fi'om the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burn- ing. Isa. 6:6. Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, xoJilch he had taken with the tongs from off the altar : 7. And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin piu'ged. Isa. 26:12. Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us : for thou also hast wrought all our works in us. Isa. 28:6. For a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate. Isa. 33:5. The Lord is exalted ; for he dwell- eth on high : he hath filled Zion with judg- ment and righteousness. 6. Wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the Lord is his treasure. Isa. 40:11. He shall feed his flock like a rihepherd : he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry tJiem in his bosom, f«if? shall gently lead those that are with young. 29. He giveth power to the faint ; and to them, that have no might he increaseth strength. 31. They that v/ait u])on the Lord shall re- new their strength; they shall mount up ■with wings as eagles ; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. Isa. 41:10. Fear thou not; for I am with thee : be not dismayed ; for I am, thy God : I will strengthen thee ; yea, I will help thee , yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. 13. For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying inito thee. Fear not ; I will help thee. 14. Fear not, thou worm Jacob, audje men of Israel ; I will help thee, saith the Lord, and thy re- deemer, the Holy One of Israel. 17. When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. 18. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys : I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. Isa. 44:3. I will pour water upon hun that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground : I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring : Isa. 45:8. Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down right- eousness : let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together ; I the Lord have create ... it. 24. Surely, shall one say, in the Lor have I righteousness and strength: even if him shall inen come ; )l Isa. 54:17. No weapon that is form s) against thee shall prosper ; and every tongn d that shall rise against thee in judgment the 't shalt condemn. This is the heritage of th. servants of the Lord, and their righteous- ness is of me, saith the Lord. Isa. 57:19. I create the fruit of the lips ; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the Lord ; and I will heal him. Isa. 58:8. Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall sprmg forth speedily ; and thy righteousness shall go before thee ; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward. 10. Then shall thji light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be a; . the noon day : 11. And the Lord shall guidt thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones : and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not. Jer. 31:12. They shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the Lord, . . . and their soul shall be as a watered garden ; and they shall not sorrow any more at all. 14. I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied Avith my goodness, saith the Lord. 33. I will put my laAv in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts ; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. Ezek. 16:14. Thy renoAvn went forth among the heathen for thy beauty : for it was per- fect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord God. Dan. 11:32. The peo]ile that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits. Hos. 6:3. Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord ; his going forth is pre- , 126 BLESSIISG.— Spiritual, from God, par(>d as the morning; and he shall come unto us ns the rain, as the latter umd former rain unto the earth. l' R- v. rain tlwt wat cretli] llos. 14:5. I will be as the dew unto Israel : he shnll grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. 8. Ephraim shafl srs, as it is this day. vs. 1,2, Deut. 10:18. He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment. Deut. 11:12. A land which the Lord thy God careth for : the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year. vs. 13-15. Deut. 12:7. Ye shall eatbefore the Lord your God, and ye shall I'ejoice in all that ye put your hand imto, ye and your households, wherein the Lord thy God hath blessed thee. Deut. 15:4. For the Lord shall greatly bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it : 'J. For the Lord thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee. Deut. 26:18, 19. Deut. 28:7. The Lord shall cause thine ene- mies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face : they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways. 8. The Lord shall command the bless- ing upon thee in thy stoi-ehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto ; and he shall bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. Deut. 29:5. I ha^'e led you forty yeare in the wilderness : your ck)thes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot. Deut. 8:4. Deut. 32:13. He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the in- crease of the fields ; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock ; 14. Butter of kine, and milk of sheeji, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of Avheat ; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape. Josh. 1:8. This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein : for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. Ruth 1:G. She had heard in the country' of Moab how that the Lord had visited his peo- ple in giving them bread. 1 Sam, 2:7. The LoRD maketh poor, and W maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. 8. Heraisetliupthepooroutof thedust, '///(/lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory : 2 Sam. 7:8. Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David. Thus s;iith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheeji- cote, from following the sheei), to be ruler over my people, over Israel : 9. And I Mas with thee withersoever tliou Aventest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great iiieii that (tre in the earth. 1 Chr. 17:7,8. 1 Chr. 29:12. Both riches and honour cotve of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is poM-er and might ; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. 14, All things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee. 16, O Lord our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name Cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own. 2 Chr. 1:12. Wisdom and knowledge is granted imto thee ; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have hee)i before thee neither shall there any after thee have the like. 2 Chr. 31:10. Since the people began to bring theofferings into the house of the Lord, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty : for the Lord both blessed his people ; and that which is left is this great store, Ezra 8:22. The hand of our God z.s-upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all theni that for- Sixke him. Nell. 8:10, Then he said unto them. Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions imto them for Avhom noth- ing is prepared : for th is day is holy imto our Lord: neither be ye sorry ; forthejoy of the Lord is yom* strength. Job 5:10. Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields : Job 12:23. He increaseth the nations, and destroy eth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again. Job 22:18. He filled their houses with good things: Job 37:6. He saith to the snow, Be thou o/i the earth ; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength. 10. By the breath of God frost is given : and the breadtii of the Avaters is straitened. 13. He causeth it to come, whether for correcticin, or for liis land, or for mercy. 16. Dost thou know . . . 17. How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south "triudf Job 38:25. Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder ; 26. To cause it to rain on the earth, v^Jwre no man is; on the wilderness, wherein tltere is no man ; 27. To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring 128 BLESSING.— Temporal, prom God. forth ? il. Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat. vs. 1-41, Psti. 21:3. Thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness : thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head. 4. He asked life of thee, and thou gave&t it him, even length of days for ever and ever. 5. His glory is great in thy salvation : honour and majesty iiast l'oou laid upon him. Psa. 23:1. The Lord is my shepherd- 1 shall not want. 5. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies : thou anointest my head with oil ; my cup runneth over. Psa. 34:10. The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger : but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing. Psa. 36:6. O Lord, thou preservest man and beast. Psa. 44:3. For they got not the land in pos- session by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them : but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them. Psa. 65:8. Thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice. 9. Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water : thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it. 10. Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly : thousettlestthe furrows thereof : thou makest it soft with showers : thou blessest the spring- ing thereof. 11. Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; and thy paths drop fatness. vs. 12,13. Psa. 68:6. God setteth the solitary in fami- lies : he bringeth out those which are bound with (Chains : 9. Thou, O God, didst send a plentifvd rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary. 10. Thy congregation hath dwelt therein : thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the iDOor. 19. Blessed be theLoi'd, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salva- tion. Psa. 69:35. God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah : thatthey may dwell there, and have it in possession. 36. The seed also of his servants shall inherit it : and they that love his name shall dwell therein. Psa. 81:16. He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat : and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee. vs. 13-15. Psa. 85:12. Yea, the Lord shall give that which is good ; and our land shall yield her increase. Psa. 91:1. He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 2. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress : my God ; in him will I trust. 3. Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, ««f7 from the noisome ])estilence. 4. He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under liis wings shalt thou trust : his truth shall he thy shield and buckler. 5. Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night ; nor for the arrow that flieth by day ; 6. Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness ; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. 7. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand ; but it shall not come nigh thee. 8. Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked. 9. Because thou hastmade the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; 10. There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. 11. For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy w^ays. 12. They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. 13. Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder : the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. 14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on higli, because he hath known my name. 15. He shall call upon me, and I will answer him : I loill he with him in trou- ble ; I will deliver him, and honour him. 16. With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation. Psa. 103:2. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forgetnotallhisbenefits: 3. Whoforgivethall thine iniquities ; who healeth allthy diseases ; 4. Who redeemeththy life from destruction ; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies ; 5. Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is re- newed like the eagle's. Psa. 104:14. He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man : that he may bring forth food out of the earth ; 15. And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread wA?'c/iStrengtheneth man's heart. 27. These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due sea- son. 28. T/K?Hhougivest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good. vs. 1-35. Psa. 105:24. He increased his people great- ly ; and made them stronger than their ene- mies. Psa. 107:35. He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into water- springs. 36. And there he maketh the hun- gry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation ; 37. And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase. 38. He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease. Psa. 11 1 :5. He hath given meat unto them that fear him : he will ever be mindful of his covenant. Psa. 113:9. He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Psa. 115:16. The heaven, eventheheavens, are the Lord's : but the earth hath he given to the children of men. mo » BLESSING.— Temporal, prom God. Psfi. 127:1. Exceiit the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: ex- cept the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh bnt in vain. 2. It is vain for you tt) rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of soiTOws: /or so he giveth his belovedsleep. 3. Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord : and the fruit of the womb is his reward. 4. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man ; so are children of the youth. 5. Hapjiy is the man that hath his quiver fidl of them : they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. l's;i. i;?r):7. He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth ; he mak- eth lightnings for the rain ; he bringeth the wind out of his treasiu'ies. Psiv. 13(;:25. Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy cudareth for ever. vs. 1-26. Ps;i. 144:12. That our sons man ^e as ]ilants grown up in their youth ; tJiat our daughters man oe as corner stones, polished «/?(??• the similitude of a palace: K5. T/tat our garnei-s iiiay he full, affording all man- ner of store : tlnit our sheep may bring forth thousjinds and ten thoiisiinds in oiu- streets : 14. That our oxen may be strong to labour ; that there be no breaking in, nor going out ; that there be no complaining in our streets. 15. Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the Lord. Psa. 145:15. The eyes of all wait upon thee ; and thou givest them their meat in due season. 16. Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of eveiy living thing. Psa. 146:5. Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God : 6. "Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is : which keepeth truth for ever: 7. Which ex- ecuteth judgment for the oppressed : which giveth food to the hungrj^. The Lord loos- eth the prisoners : 8. The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind : the Lord raiseth them tiiat are bowed do"\vn: the Lord loveth the righteous : 0. The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow : but the way of the wicked he turn- eth upside down. Psa. 147:8. Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon tha moun- tains. 9. He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. 13. He hath strengthened the bars of thy gates ; he hath blessed thy children within thee. 14. He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat. Eccl. 2:24. There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God. Eccl. 3:13. And also that every man shmild eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all liis labour, it is the gift of God. Eccl. 5:19. Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to tjike his portion, and to rejoice in his labour ; this is the gift of God. Isa. 25-4. For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the stoim, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against th(> wall. Isii. 30:23. Then shall he give tlie rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the gmund withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous : in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pas- tures. 2iS. Moreover the light of tlie moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the Lord bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound, vs. 24,25. Is;i. 31:1. Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many ; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the Lord ! 2. Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words : but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity. Isa. 33:15. He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly ; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stop])eth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil ; 16. 1 le shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread, shall be given him ; his waters si i all be sure. Isa. 43:20. The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls : be- cause I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen. Isa. 48:21. They thirsted not \ohen he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them : he clave the rock also, and the waters gusl.td out. Isa. 51:2. Look unto Abraham your fa- ther, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and in- creased him. Isa. 55:10. For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: Jer. 5:24. Neither say they in their heart. Let us now fear the Lord our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season : he reserveth unto us the ap- pointed weeks of the hal•^'est. Jer. 10:13. When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of watere in the heav- ens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh 181 BLESSING.— Temporal, from God. lightnings with rain and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures. Jer. 51:16. Jer. 14:22. Are there ««i/ among the vani- ties of the Gentiles that can cause rain ? or can the heavens give showers ? art not thovi he, O Lord oiu' God ? therefore "we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things. Jer. 27:4. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ; Thus shall ye say unto your masters; 5. I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my out- stretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me. 6. And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Neb- uchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my serv- ant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serv^e him. Jer. 30:19. Out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few ; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small. Jer. 31:35. Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The Lord of hosts is his name: Ezek. 36:30. I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen. 36. Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the Lord build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate : I the Lord have spoken it, and I will do it. 38. As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her sol- emn feasts ; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know that I am the Lord. vs. 28-38. Dan. 5:18. The most high God gave Nebu- chadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and maj- esty, and glory, and honour : i)an. 6:20. And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel : a >■ I the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions ? 22i. My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they hive not hurt me : foras- much as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hiu't. Hos. 2:8, She did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal. Hos. 11:3. I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them > by tiicir arms ; but they knew not that I healed them. l" k. v. on my) Joel 2:21. Fear not, O land ; be glad and rejoice : for the IjORD will do great things. 23. Be {^lad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God : for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month. 26. Ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God, that hath dealt wondrous- ly with you : and my people shall never be ashamed. Amos 4:7. I have withholden the rain from you, when there v^ere yet three months to the harvest : and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon an- other city : one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered. Jonah 4:6. And the Lord God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd. Zech. 10:1. Ask ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter rain; so the Lord shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field. Mai. 3:10. Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. 12. All nations shall call you blessed : for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts, v. 11. Matt. 5:45. That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven : for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. Matt. 6:26. Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns ; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? 30. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall lie not much more clothe you. O ye of little faith? 31. Therefore take no thought, saying. What shall we eat ? or, What shall we drink ? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed ? 32. (For after all these tilings do the Gentiles seek :) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 33. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteous- ness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Matt. 10:20. Ai-e not two sparrows sold for a fartliing ? and one of them shall not fall on the groinid without yoiu" Father. Luke 12:22. And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you. Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat ; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. 23. The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. 24. Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have st( )i-(>house nor barn ; and God feedeth them : how much more are ye better than the fowls? 25. And which of you with tak- ing thought can add to his stature one cubit ? 2ij. If ye then be not able to do that thing 132 BLESSING.— Temporal, from God, Exemplified— Temporal, Prayer for. which is lt>;ist, why take ye thought for the rest ? 27. Consider tlie lihcs how tliey grow : they toil not, they spin not; and yet I Siiy inito you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of tlu'se. 2S. If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how nuich more vill lie clof/w jou, O ye of little faith? 20. And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind, 30. For all these things do the natit)ns of the Avorld seek alter: and your Father knoweth that ye liave need of these things. 31. But rather sfx^k ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you. John 0:31. Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaAen to cat. Acts 14:17. He left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, fill- ing our hearts with food and gladness. 1 Cor. 2:0. Eye hath not seen, nor ear heai'd, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath jjrepared for them that love him. 1 Cor. 16:2. Upon the first drry of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as w,or/ liath prospered him, I' K. V. he may prosperl 2 Cor. 7:6. Nevertheless God, that com- forteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus; 2 Cor. 0:8. And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all t/u/igs, may abomid to every good Avork: 9. (As it is wi'itten. He hath dispersed abroad ; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness re- maineth for ever. 10. Now he that minis- tereth seed to the sower both minister bx-ead for yojtr food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fiiiits of your lighteous- ness ;) Phil. 4:10. But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by C.hrist Jesus. 2 l*et. 2:7. And delivered just Lot, vexed w'ith the filthy conversation of the Avicked : 8. (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed /lis righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds,) 9. The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations. See God, Goodness of, Providence of. TEMPORAL, FROM GOD, EXEMPLI- FIED: To Noah, at the time of the flood. Gen. 7:1; Abraham, Gen. 24:1; Isaac, Gen. 26: 12-24,28; Jacob, Gen. 35:9-15; Israelites, in Kgypt, Ex. 11:3; in the wilderness, supplying water, Ex. 17:1-7; Num. 20:10,11; Psa. 78:15- 20; 105:41; manna, Ex. 16:14,31; Num. 11:7-9; Neh. 0:15; Psii. 78:23,24; quails. Num. 11: 31-33; Psa. 78:23-30; 105:40. To David, 2 Sam. 5:10; 1 Chr. 14:17; Obed-edom, 2 Sam. 6:11; Solomon, 1 Kin. 3:13; 1 Chr. 20:25; 2 Chr. 1:1; Elijah, fed by ravens, 1 Kin. 17: 2-7; by an jingel, 1 Kin. 19:5-8. To tlv- widosv of Zerei)hath, 1 Kin. 17:12-16. Ileze- kiah ])rospered, 2 Kin. 18:6,7; 2 Chr. 32:29; resUnvd to health, 2 Kin. 20:1-7; Asii, 2 Chr. 14:6,7; Jehoshaphat, 2 Chr. 17:3-5; 20:30; Uzziah, 2 Chr. 26:5-15; Jothani, 2 Chr. 27:6; Job, Job 1:10; 42:10,12; Daniel, Dan. 1:9. TEMPORAL, PRAYER FOR: Gen. 27:28. God give thee of the dew of heaven, and tlie fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: 29. Let i)eople serve thee, and na- tions bow down to thee: Gen. 28:20. And Jacob vowed a vow, siiy- ing. If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bi-ead to eat, and raiment to put on, 21. So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the I.,ORi) be my God : vs. 3,4. Gen. 48:16. The Angel which redeemed me innxi all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abrahana and Isaac; and let them grow into a midtitude in the midst of the earth. Deut. 1:11. (The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousjind times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath prom- ised you !) Deut. 26:15, Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy |)eo- ple Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto oiu" fathei-s, a land that floweth with milk and honey. Deut. 33:11. Bless, Lord, his substance, and acce])t the work of his hands: smite tlu'ough the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again. 13. Blessed of the Lord be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath, 16. And for the precious things of the earth, and fidness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush : let t7ie bless! DQ come iijwn the head of Jo- seph, 24. Let Asher J>e blesseU with chil- dren ; let him be acceiitable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil. vs. 14,15. 1 Kin. 8:36. Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they shoidd walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance, vs. 35-50. 1 Chr. 4:10. Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me ! 1 Chr. 17:27. Let it please thee to bless the house of thy Servian t, that it may be before thee forever: for thou blessest, (J Lord, and It shall be blessed for ever. Psa. 28:0. Savethy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever. Psa. 30:1 1. Let not the foot of pride come against me, and ^et not the hand of the wicked remove me. 133 BLESSING. BLINDNESS. Give me neither poverty nor me with food convenient for Prov. 30:8. riches; feed me: Matt. 0:11. Give us this day our daily bread. Rom. 1:10. Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a pros- perous journey by the will of God to come unto you. 1 Thess. 3:11. Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct oiu" way unto you. 3 John 2. Beloved, I wish above all things that thou may est prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. See Affliction, Prayer in ; Prayer ; Prosperity. Temporal Blessings, Prayer for. In- stances op : Abraham, Gen. 15:3-4. Abra- ham's servant. Gen. 24:12. Laban, Gen. 24: 60. Isaac, Gen. 25:21. Hannah, 1 Sam. 1:11. Elijah, 1 Kin. 17:20,21; 18:42,44; Jas. 5:17,18. Ezra, Ezra 8:21-23. Nehemiah, Neh. 1:11; 2:4; 6:9. BLIND. Cruelty to, forbidden, Lev. 19:14; Deut. 27:18. Hated by David, 2 Sam. 5:8. See Blindness. BLINDNESS. Disqualified for priestly office, Lev. 21:18. Of animals, disqualified for a sacrifice. Lev. 22:22; Deut. 15:21; Mai. 1:8. Miraculously inflicted upon the Sodom- ites, Gen. 19:11; Syrians, 2 Kin. 6:18-23; Saul of Tarsus, Acts 9:8,9; Elymas, Acts 13:11. Sent as a judgment, Deut. 28:28. Miraculous healing of, Matt. 9:27-30; 11:5; 12:22; 21:14; of Bartimaeus, Matt. 20:30-34; Mark 10:46-52; a man of Bethsaida, Mark 8:22-25; man born Wind, John 9:1-7. INSTANCES OF: Isaac, Gen. 27:1. Jacob, Gen. 48:10. Eh, 1 Sam. 4:15. Ahijah, 1 Kin. 14:4. SPIRITUAL: Ex. 5:3. And Pharaoh said. Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go ? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go. Deut. 29:4. Yet the Lord hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day. Deut. 32:28. For they are a nation void of counsel, neither w tho-e any understanding in them. 29. O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would con- sider their latter end ! Judg. 16:20. And he Avist not that the Lord was departed from him. Job 21:14. Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us ; for we desire not the knowl- edge of thy ways. Job 22:13. How doth God know ? can he judge through the dark cloud? 14. Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven. Psa. 10:5. Thy judgments are far above out of his sight: 6. He hath sjiid in his heart, I shall not be moved, for J shall never be in adversity. 1 Psa. 14:1. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. 4. Have all the workei's of iniquity no knowledge ? Psa. 73:22. So foolish was I, and ignorant I was as a beast before thee, with vs. 2-28. Psii. 79:6. Pour out thy Avrath upon tht, heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name. Psa. 82:5. They know not, neither will they understand ; they walk on in darkness : Psa. 92:6. A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this. Psa. 94:7. They say, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it. 8. Understand, ye brutish among the peo- ple : and ye fools, when will ye be wise ? Psa. 95:10. It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways : Psa. 119:18. Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. Prov. 1:7. Fools despise wisdom and iri- stmiction. 22. How long, ye simple oner,, will ye love simplicity ? and the scornei-s delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge ? 29. They hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord: 30. They would none of my counsel : they de- spised all my reproof. Prov. 4:19. The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. Prov. 7:7-23. Prov. 10:21. Fools die for want of wisdom. Prov. 13:18. Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction : Prov. 14:12. There is a way which seemetlh right unto a man, but the end thereof a7-e the ways of death, Prov. 17:16. Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it f Prov. 19:2. That the soul be without knowledge, it is not good ; 3. The foolish- ness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lord. Prov. 28:5. Evil men understand not judg- ment : but they that seek the Lord under- stand all things. Eccl. 7:25. I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness : Isa. 1:3. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib : but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. Isa. 5:13. Therefore mv people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowl- ledge : 20. Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil ; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter ! Isa. 6:9. Hear ye indeed, but understand not ; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. 10. Make the heart of this jieople fat, and make theii' ears lioavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with 4 BLIN DNESS.- Spiritual. their ears, and iiudoi*stand with their heart, and convert, and be healed. Matt. 1IM4; I John 12:;38-41. ' Istx. 9:2. The people that walked in dark- ness ha\e seen a threat light : they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. Isix. 2G:10. Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LoKi). 1 1. Lord, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see : Isa. 27:1L It is a people of no understand- ing : therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour. Isa. 28:13. But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept ; line upon Ime, line upon line : here a little, atnl there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken. 15. Because ye have Sciid, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreemeni ; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come imto us : for we hn ve made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have ■we hid oui-selves : Isa. 29:10. The Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes : the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered. 11. And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Eead this, I pray thee : and he saith, I cannot ; for it is sealed' : 12. And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying. Read this, I pray thee : and he sjiith, I am not learned. Isa. 40.21. Have yenotknoAvn? have ye not heard ? hath it not been told you from the beginning ? have ye not understood from the foimdations of the earth ? 27. Why Bayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my judg- ment is passed over from my God ? 28. Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is wear}' ? there is no searching of his un- derstanding. Isa. 42:6. I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles ; 7. To open the blind eyes, to bring out the pris- oners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house. 18. Hear, ye deaf ; and look, ye blind, that ye may see. 19. Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who ?.s* blind as //e that is perfect, and blind as the Lord's servant? 20. Seeing many things, but thou observest not ; opening the ears, but he heareth not. Isa. 44:18. They have not known nor un- derstood : for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts that they cannot miderstand. 19. And none consider- eth in his heart, neither isthirr knowledge nor understanding to siiy, 1 have biu'ned part of it in the tire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof ; I have roasted flesh, and eaten //.• and shall 1 make the residue thereof an abomiuati(»n? shall 1 fall down to the stock of a tree '. 2(i. He fecdeth on ashes: a deceived heart halhluined him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor siiy, Is there not a lie in my right hand 'i Isa. 48:8. Yea, thou heardest not; ye;i, thou knewest not ; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened : for 1 knew that thou woiddest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor fi-om the womb. Isa. 56:10. His watchmen <(re blind ; they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark ; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. Isji. 60:2. Darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people : Jer. 2:8. The priest said not, Where is the Lord ? and they that handle the law knew me not : Jer. 4:22. My peojile is foolish, they have nf)t knoAvn me; they are .sottish children, and they have none imderetanding : they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. Jer. 5:4. I said, Surely these rt?'f poor ; they are foolish : for they know not the way of the Lord, ??o?'the judgment of their God. 5. I will get me unto the great men, and will s]ieak unto them ; for they ha^e known the way of the Lord, and the judgment of their Gt»d : but these have altogether broken the yoke, and buret the bonds. 21. Hear now this, O foolish people, and without under- standing; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not : Jer. 8:7. Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming ; but my people know not the judgment of the I^ord. 8. How do ye say. We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us ? T^o, certainly in vain made he it ; the pen of the scribes is in vain. 9. The wise vwn are ashamed, they are dis- mayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord ; and Avhat wisdom is in them ? Jer. 9:3. They proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the Lord. 6. Through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord. Jer. 16:10. And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew these peojile all these words, and they shall say imto thee. Wherefore hath the Lord pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our ini(|uity ? or what is our sin that we have conmiitted against the Lord our God ? Jer. 17:9. The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately 'wicked: who can I know it? I'K. v.^icu] 36 BLINDNESS.— Spiritual. Ezek. 12:2. Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not ; they have ears to heai-, and hear not : for they are a rebellious house. Dan. 12:10. None of the wicked shall un- derstand ; but the wise shall understand. Hos. 4:1. The Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, no mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. 6. My people are de- stroyed for lack of knowledge : because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me : 14. The people that doth not understand shall fall. Hos. 5:4. They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God : . . . and they have not known the Lord. Hos. 7". 11. Ephraim also is like a silly dove Avithout heart : Amos 9:10. All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us. Mic. 4:12. They know not the thoughts of the Lord, neither understand they his coun- sel. Matt. 5:15. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candle- stick ; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. 1(5. Let your light so shine before inen, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Matt. 6:23. If thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! Isa. 6:9,10. Matt. 13:13. Therefore speak I to them in parables : because they seeing see not ; and hearing they hear not, neither do they un- derstand. 14. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith. By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand ; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive : 15. For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed ; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. 16. But blessed are your eyes, for they see : and your ears, for they hear. 19. When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then Cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. Mark 4: 15; Luke 8:12. Matt. 15:14. They be blind leaders of the bUnd. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. Matt. 16.3. O ye hypocrites, ye can dis- cern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times ? Matt. 22:29. .Jesus answered and said unto them. Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. Mark 12:24. Matt. 23:19. Ye fools and blind: for Avhether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? 24. Fe blind guides, which strain at [out, R. V.] a gnat, and swallow a camel. 26. Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. vs. 16-24. Mark 4:11. And he said unto them. Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in para- bles : 12. That seeing they may see, and not perceive ; and hearing they may hear, and not understand ; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them. Luke 8:10. Mark 6:52. They considered not the mir- acle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened. Mark 7:18. And he saith unto them, Are ye so without undei"standing also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man it cannot de- file him ; Luke 4:18. The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor ; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliver- ance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that ai'e bruised, Luke 11:52. Woe unto you, lawyers ! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge : ye enter not in yourselves, and them that were entei'ing in ye hindered. Luke 12:48. He that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall bt beaten with few stripes. 57. Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right? Luke 19:42. If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. Luke 23:34. Then said Jesus, Father, for- give them ; for they know not what they do. John 1:5. The light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. 10. He Avas in the world, and the world Avas made by him, and the Avorld knew him not. John 3:4. Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old ? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born ? 7. MarA^el not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. 19. This is the condemnation, that light is come into the Avorld, and men loA^ed dai'kness leather than light, because their deeds were CAdl. 20. Every one that doeth CA'il hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 31. He that is of the earth is earthly, and speak eth of the earth: vs. 9-12. John 4:10. Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou kncAvest the gift of God, and Avho it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou Avouldest haA-e asked of him, and he would have giA-en thee living water. 22. Ye worship ye know not what : VS. 11,15. 13d BLINDNESS.— SpiRiTtJAU John6:52. The Jewsthereforestrove among themselves, Siiying, How can this man give lis // As' flesh to eat ? (JO. Many thereto )re ( >t' his disciples, when they had heard t/u',^, said, This is an hard sjiying ; who can liear it ? John 7:2S. Then cried Jesiis in the temple as he taught, sjiying, Ye lx)th know me, and ye know wlu-nce I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not. John 8:12: Then spake Jesus again unto them, Siiying, I am the light of the world: he that foUoweth me shall not walk in dark- ness, but shall have the light of life. 15. Ye judge after the flesh; li). Ye neither know "me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye shoidd have known my Father also. 27. They imderstood not that he si)ake to them of the Father. 33. They answered him. We be xVbrahanVs seed, and were never in bondage to any man : how Siiyest thou. Ye shall be made free ? 42. Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me : for I proceeded forth and came from God ; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. 43. Why do ye not understand my speech ? even because ye cannot hear my word. 52. Then Siiid the Jews unto him. Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets ; and thou sayest. If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death. T)-!. Jesus answered. . . . 55. Yet ye have ncit known him ; but I know him : and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you : 57. Then said the Jews unto him. Hast thou seen Al)raham ? John 9:29. We know that God spake unto Moses ; as for thififelloic, we know not from whence he is. 30. The man answered and said unto them, Wh}*, herein is a mai-^'ellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes. 30. Jesus said. For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see ; and that they which see might be made blind, vs. 30-38. John 12:38. That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fidfilled, which he spake. Lord, who hath believed our report ? and to w^hom hath the arm of the Lord been re- vealed? Isa. 53:1. John 14:17. The Spirit of tnith ; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him : John 15:21. But all these things will they do imto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me. John 1G:2. They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh. that who- soever killetli you will think that he doeth God service. 3. These things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. John 17:25. O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee : Acts 3:17. Now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers. Acts 13:27'. They that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the ])rophets which are read every s.-ibl)ath day, they have fulfilled (/k'Ni in condenmiiig //////. Acts 17:23. For as 1 [Jtissed by. and beheld vour devotions, I found an altjir with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN G(JD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. Acts 19:2. We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Gho.st. Acts 2G:18. To open their eyes, and to turn the)n from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may re- ceive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. Rom. 1:19. That which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed It unto them. 20. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead ; so that they are without ex- cuse : 21. AVhen they knew God, they glori- fied him not as God, neither were thankful ; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart Avas darkened. 2^. Pro- fessing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 28. And even as they did not like to re- tain God in ^/(t^/r knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient ; 29. Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wick- edness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; Avhisperere, 30. Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31. Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful : 32. AVho knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them, Rom. 2:4. Des]:»isest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God lead- eth thee to repentance ? Rom. 11:25. Blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. 1 Cor. 1:18. The preaching of the cross is to them that perish f (X)lishness ; 20. Where is the wise ? whei-e is the scribe ? where is the disputer of this world? hath not (iod made foolish the wisdom of this world ? 21. The world by Avisdom knew not God, 1 Cor. 2:8. Which none of the i)rinces of this w^orld knew : for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glorv. 14. The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God : for they are foolishness unto him : neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15. He that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. 137 BLINDNESS. BLOOD. 1 Cor. 15:34. Some have not the knowl- edge of God : I speak tJils to your shame. 2 Cor. 3:14. Their minds were bhnded : for until this day remaineth the same vail un- taken away in the reading of the old testa- ment ; 15. Even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart. 2 Cor. 4:3. If our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost : 4. In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glori- ous gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. 6. For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. Gal. 4:8. Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by na- ture ai*e no gods. Eph. 4:18. Having the understanding dark- ened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, be- cause of the blindness of their heart : Eph. 5:8. Ye were sometimes [once, R.V.} darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord : Col. 1:13. Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son : 1 Thess. 4:4. That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctifi- cation and honour; 5. Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God. 1 Thess. 5:4. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. 5. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day : we are not of the night, nor of darkness. 6. There- fore let us not sleep, as do others ; but let us watch and be sober. 7. For they that sleep sleep in the night ; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. 2 Thess. 1:8. In flaming fire taking venge- ance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ : 2 Thess. 2:11. And for this cause God shall send thein » strong delusion, that they shovild believe a lie : 12. That they all might be 2 damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. [ H. V. la working of error 2 judged] 2 Tim. 3:7. Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 13. Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. Tit. 1:16. They profess that they know God ; but in works they deny him, Heb. 5:11. Ye are dull of hearing. 12. For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the fii'st principles of the oracles of God ; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. 1 Pet. 1:14. As obedient children, not fash- ioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance : 1 Pet. 2:9. But ye are a chosen generation. a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a pecuhar pei^i^le ; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light : 2 Pet. 1:9. He that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath for- gotten that he was purged from his old sins. 2 Pet. 3:16. As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things ; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destmction. 1 John 1:6. If we say that we have fellow- ship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth : 8. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 1 John 2:4. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not m him. 9. He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even mitil now. 11. But he that hateth his brother is in dark- ness, and walketh in darkness, and know- eth not whither he goeth, because that dark- ness hath blinded his eyes. 1 John 3:1. The world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. 6. Whosoever sin- neth hath not seen him, neither known him. 1 John 4:8. He that loveth not knoweth not God ; for God is love. 3 John 11. He that doeth evil hath not seen God. Jude 10. But these speak evil of those things which they know not : but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves. Rev. 3:17. Thou sayest, I am rich, and in- creased with goods, and have need of noth- ing; and knowest not that thou art wretch- ed, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked : See Affliction, Obduracy in; Man, Ig- norance OF; God, Providence of. Misun- derstood. INSTANCES OF : Israelites, Num. chapters 16; 17. Moab, 2 Kin. 3:27. Scribes, Matt. 9:3. See in the printed text above for other in- BLOOD. Is the life, Gen. 9:4; Lev. 17: 11,14; 19:16; Deut. 12:23; Matt. 27:4,24. For- bidden to be used as food, Gen. 9:4; Lev. 3: 17; 7.26,27: 17:10-14; 19:26; Deut. 12:16,23; 15: 23; Ezek. 33:25; Acts 15:20,29; 21:25. Plague of, Ex. 7:17-25; Psa. 78:44; 105:29. SACRIFICIAL : Without shedding of, no remission, Heb. 9:22. Sprinkled on altar and people, Ex. 24:6-8; Ezek. 43:18,20. Sprinkled on door posts, Ex. 12:7-23; Heb. 11:28. Of Sin Offering : Sprinkled seven times before the vail. Lev. 4:5,6,17; on horns of the altar of sweet incense, and at the bottom of the altar of burnt offering. Ex. 30:10; Lev. 4: 7,18,25,30; 5:9; 9:9,12. Of bullock of sin offer- ing, put on the horns of the altar, Ex. 29:12; TiCv. 8:15; poured at the bottom of the altar. Ex. 29:12; Lev. 8:15. See Offerings. 138 BLOOD. Of Trespass Offerino : Sprinkled on the altiir, Lev. 7:2. See Offerincs. Of Burnt Offering: SininkliHl round about, and upon the altar, Ex. 2S):1(); Lev. 1: 5:11,15; 8:19; Deut. 12:27. See OFFERINGS. Used for cleiinsinpj of Icpi'osy, Lev. 14:6,7, 17,2S,51,52. See Offerings. Of Peace Offerin(j : Sjirinkled about the altiU-, Lev. :}:2,S,i;5; 1):19. Blood of the ram of consecration ])ut on ti]) of right erred to myself and to ApoUos for your s;ikes; that ye might learn in us not to think of >inn above that whieh is written, that nooneof you be puffed up for one against another. 7. For avIio maketh thee to differ from (Oiotlier/ and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? HOW if thou didst receive ?7, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it? 2 Cor. 10:12. For we dare not make our- selves of the nimiber, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among them- selves, are not wise. 13. But we will not boast of things without oi/r measure, but according to the measure of the rule wliich God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you. 14. For we stretch not oui"selves beyond our measure, as though Ave reached not unto you : for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ : 15. Not boasting of things without OJ^r measure, that /.s', of other men's labours ; but having hope, Avhen your faith is in- creased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to otn- rule abundantly, 16. To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to our hand. 17. But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. 18. For not he that ct»mmendeth himself is ap- ])roved, but whom the Lord commendeth. Eph. 2:8. For by grace are ye saved through faith ; and" that not of yourselves : it is the gift of God : 9. Not of works, lest any man should boast. 10. For we are his workmanshij), created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. BOAT. See Ship. BOAZ. 1. An ancestor of Jesus, Matt. 1:5; Luke 3:32. Historyof. Ruth, chapters 2-4. 2. One of the brazen pillars of the temple, 1 Kin. 7:21; 2 Chr. 3:17. BOCHERU, son of Azel, 1 Chr. 8:38; 9:44. BOCHIM, a place W. of Jordan, near Gilgal, Judg. 2:1,5. BODY, called House, 2 Cor. 5:1; House OP Clay. Job 4:19; THE Temple of God, 1 Cor. 3:1(5; (5:15,19. Corruptible, Job 17:14; 1 Cor. 15:53,54. Res- urrection of, 1 Cor. 15:19-54. See Resurrec- tion. BOHAN, a Reubenite, Josh. 15:6; 18:17. BOIL, a tumor. Plague of Egvi>tians, Ex. -9:9,10; Deut. 28:27,35; of the Philistines [R. F., tumoi-s], 1 Sam. 5:6,9; 1 Sam. 6:5. Of Hezekiah, healed, 2 Kin. 20:7; Isa. 38:21. Of Job, Job 2:7,8. Levitical ceremonies pre- scribed for. Lev. 13:18-23. 14 boiling; POT, ])arMbleof,K/.ek. 24:3-5. boli>m:ss. of thi: iM<;HTK(>rs: Prov. 14:2(5. In the fearof thcLoKD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge. Prov. 28:1. The wicked flee when no man pursi'eth : but the righteous are bold as a lion. Ki)h. 3:12. In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him. Heb. 4:16. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may ob- tiiin mercy, and find gi-ace to help in time of need. Heb. 10:19. Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, Heb. 13:6. So that we may boldly say. The Lord is my helper, and 1 Avill not fear what man shall do unto me. 1 John 2:28. And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. 1 John 4:17. Herein is our love made per- fect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment : because as he is, so are we in this world. INSTANCES OF, IN PRAYER: Abraham, Gen. 18:23-32; Moses, Ex. 33:12-18. See Courage. BOLT, FIERY, Hab. 3:5. BOND, to keep the peace. Acts 17:9. BONI>AGE, of Israelites in Egypt, Ex. 1:14; 2:23; 6:6; in PERSIA. Ezra 9:9. See Emancipation ; Servant. BONDMAN. See Servant. BONES. Vision of the dry, Ezek. 37:1-14. None of Christ's broken,Psa.34:20; Johnl9:36. BONNET, a turban. Worn by priests, Ex. 28:40; 29:9; 39:28; Lev. 8:13; Ezek. 44:18- by women, Isa. 3:20, See Dress. BOOK. Genealogies kept in. Gen. 5:1. Law of Moses written in. Num. 5:23; Deut. 17:18; 31:9,24,26; 2 Kin. 22:8. Topography of Palestine, recorded in. Josh. 18:9. Chronicles of the times kept in : Bv Jasher, Josh. 10:13; 2 Sam. 1:18; Samuel, Nathan, and Gad, 1 Sam. 10:25; 1 Chr. 29:29; Iddo, 2 Chr. 12:15; 13:22; Isaiah, 2 Chr. 26:22; 32:32; Isa. 8:1. Of the kings of Judah and Isi-ael : Of David, 1 Chr. 27:24; Solomon, 1 Kin. 11:41: Jehu, 2 Chr. 20:34; of other kings, 2 Chr. 24: 27; 16:11; 25:26; 27:7; 28:26; 35:27; 36:8; of the kings of Israel, 1 Kin. 14:19; 2 Chr. 20:34; 33: 18. Other records kept in. Ezra 4:15; 6:1,2: Esth. 6:1; 9:32; Jer. 32:12; Acts 19:19. Prophecies w^ritten in, by Jeremiah, Jer. 25:13; 30:2; 45:1; 51:60,(53; Dan. 95. Other prophecies written in, 2 Chr. 33:18, 19. Lcim- enttitions written in, 2 Chr. 35:25. Numer- ous, Eccl. 12:12. Eating of, Jer. 15:16; Ezek. 2:8-10; 3:1-3; Rev. 10:2-10. Of magic. Acts 19:19. Paul's left at Troas, 2 Tim. 4:13. Made in a roll, Jer. 36:4; Zech. 5:1. Sealed, Isa. 29:11; Dan. 12:4; Rev. 5:1-5. BOOK. BORROWING. Kirjath-jearini was called Kirjath-sepher, which signifies a city of books, Josh. 15:15, IG; Judg. 1:11,12. OF LIFE : Ex. 32:32. Yet now, if thou wilt forgive theii* sin — ; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. 33. And the Lord said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book. Psa. 69:28. Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous. Psa. 87:6. The Lord shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man Avas born there. Dan. 12:1. And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time : and at that time thy j^eople shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. Luke 10:20. Notwithstanding in this re- joice not, that the spirits are subject unto you ; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven. Phil. 4:3. I entreat thee also, true yokefel- low, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names ure in the book of life. Rev. 3:5. He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment ; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. Rev. 13:8. And all that dwell upon the eai'th shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. Rev. 17:8. And they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the founda- tion of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. Rev. 20:12. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God ; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the hook of life : and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. 15. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. Rev. 21:27. And there shall in no wise en- ter into it any thing that defileth, neither to h((t soever worketh abomination, or niaketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life. Rev. 22:19. And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of tJie ibook of life, and out of the holy city, and front the things which are written in this book. [' R. V. tree] OF REMEMllllANCE : Psa. 56:8. Thou tellest my Avandcn-ings : put thou my tears into thy bottle : are they not in thy book ? 142 Psa. 139:16. Thine eyes did see my sub- stance, yet being unpeiiect ; and in thy book all my uietnbers Avere Avritten, which in con- tinuance Avere fashioned, Avhen as yet there was none of them. Mai. 3:16. Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another : and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of re- membrance was Avritten before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name. BOOTH. Made of boughs, Jonah 4:5; made for cattle. Gen. 33:17; watchmen. Job 27:18; Isa. 1:8; 24:20. Prescribed for the Is- raelites to dwell in, during the Feast of Tab- ernacles, to celebrate their Avanderings in the wilderness. Lev. 23:40-43; Neh. 8:15,16. BOOZ. See BoAZ. BORING THE EAR, a token of servi- tude for life, Ex. 21:6. BORROWING. Ex. 22:14. And if a man borroAV ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not Avith it, he shall surely make it good. 15. But if the OAvner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire. Nell. 5:1. And there was a great cry of the people and of their Avives against their breth- ren the JcAvs. 2. For there Avere that said. We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore Ave take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live. 3. Some also there Avere thatsaid, Wehavemortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that Ave might buy corn, because of the dearth. 4. There were also that said. We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and Aaneyards. 5. Yet noAV our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children : and, lo, Ave bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be serA^ants, Wi^dLsome of our daughters are brought unto bondage already : neither is it in our poAver to redeem them; for other men haA^e our lands and vineyards. 6. And I Avas A'ery angry Avhen I heard their cry and these words. 7. Then I consulted Avith myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulei's, and said unto them. Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them. 8. And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, Avhich Avere sold unto the heathen; and Avill ye even sell your brethren ? or shall they be sold unto us ? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer. 9. Also I said, It is not good that ye do : ought ye not to Avalk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies ? 10. I likewise, a7id my brethren, and my sei'A'ants, might exact of them money and corn : I pray you, let us leaA^e ofl;' this usury. 11. Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyai'ds, their olive- yards, and their houses, also the himdredth part of th(^ money, and of the corn, tlie Avine, and the oil, that ye exact of them. 12. Then BORROWING. BOX. Sc-iid they, We will restore tlwiti, and will re- (juire notliiiig of thoin ; so will we do as thou Siiyest. Then I called the ])riests, and took an oath of them, that they should do accord- inf;tothisi)roinise. 13. Alsolsh(.)ok my lap, and Slid, So (Jod shake out every man from his hous(?, and from his lahom*, that per- formeth not this promise, even thus he he shaken out, a»ul eniptied. And all the con- gregation s;ii(,(. Amen, and praised the Lord. And the people did acc«n"ding to this promise. Psa. 37:21. The wicked borroweth, and pay- eth not again : Prov. 22:7. The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower U servant to the lender. Matt. 5:42. Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away. See Lending ; Interest. INSTANCES OF: Israelites from the Egyp- tians, Ex. 3:22; 11:2; 12:35. Borrowing trouble, see Trouble, Bor- rowing. BOSCATH. SeeBozKATH. liOSOK. See Beor ; Bozrah. BOSS, of a shield. Job 15:20. BOTANY. Laws of nature in the vege- table kingdom miiform in action, Matt. 7:16- 18.20; Luke 6:43.44 ; 1 Cor. 15:36-38 ; Gal. 6:7. Lily, beauty of. Matt. 6:28,29. He that sow- eth sparingly shall reap also sparingly, 2 Cor. 9:6. See Algum; Almond; Aloe; Anise; Apple; Ash ; Balm ; Barley ; Bay ; Bean ; Box ; Bram- ble; Bulrush; Camphire; Cane; Cassia; Ce- dar; Chestnut; Cinna3ion; Cockle; Corian- der ; Corn ; Cucu.mber ; Cummin ; Cypress ; Date ; Ebony ; Elm ; Fig Tree ; I .k Tree ; Fitch ; Flag ; Flax; Frankincense; Galba- NUM; Gall; Garlic; Gopherwood; Gourd; Grass; Hazel; Heath; Hemlock; Husk; Hyssop; Juniper; Leeks; Lentile; Lily; Mallow; Mandrake; Melon; Millet; Mint; Mulberry ; Mustard ; Myrrh ; Myrtle ; Nettle ; Nut ; Oak ; Olive ; Onion ; Palm ; Pine ; Pomegranate ; Poplar ; Reed ; Rose ; Rue ; Rye ; Saffron ; Shittim ; Spikenard ; Stacte ; Sycamine ; Sycamore ; Tare ; Teil; Thistle; Thorn; Thyine; Vine; Wheat; Willow ; Wormwood. BOTANICAL GARDENS [park, prob- ably], Eccl. 2:5,6, with 1 Kin. 4:33; 10:22. BOTCH. See Boil. BOTTLE, Gen. 21:14. Made of skins, Josh. 9:4,13; Job 32:19; Psa. 119:83; Matt. 9: 17; Mark 2:22; Luke 5:37,38; of clay, Isa. 30: 14; Jer. 19:1,10; 48:12. Used as a lachry- mators', Psa. 56:8. See Pitcher. BOAV. 1. A WEAPON: Gen. 21:16,20. Made of brass [R. F.], 2 Sam. 22:35; Job 20: 24; Psa. 18:34; of wood, Ezek. 39:9. Used in war, Isa. 13:18; Lam. 2:4; Ezek. 39:3. Used by the Elamites, Jer. 49:35. David instruct- ed the Israelites in the usenf. l)y wi-iting Avar song to. 2 Sam. 1:1S. Ui-ed in hunting. See Archery : Arrow. _ FIGURATIVE : Gen. 49:24; Job 16:13; 29: 20; Psii. 78:57; I^am. 3:12; Hos. 1:5; Hab. 3:9; Rev. 6:2. 2. A T(»KEN IN THE C'LOIDS: Gen. 9:8. And God spake; xmto Noah, and to his sons with him, siiying, 9. And 1, bchdld, I estjib- li.sh my covenant with you, and with your seed after you ; JO. And with every living ci-eature that U with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beji-st of the earth with you ; from all that go out of the ark. to every beast of the earth. 11. And I will es- tixblish my covenant with you ; neither .shall all flesh be cut olT any more by the waters of a flood ; neither shall there any more be a flood to de.stroy the earth. 12. And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and exary liv- ing creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: 13. I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a cov- enant between me and the earth. 14. And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud ; 15. And I will remember my covenant. Avhich is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh ; and the waters shall no more become a flood to de- stroy all flesh. 16. And the bow shall be in the cloud ; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant be- tween God and every living creature of all flesh that ^s upon the earth. 17. And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the cov- enant, Avhich I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth. Ezek. 1:28. As the appearance of the boAV that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the like- ness of the glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake. Rev. 4:3. And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone : and there was a rainboAv round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. Rev. 10:1. And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow yrr/.s upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire : BOAVELS. Disea.sed, 2 Chr. 21:15-20. Judas', gushed out. Acts 1:18. FKJrRATIVE : Of the sensibilitie.s. Gen. 43:30; 1 Kin. 3:26; Job 30:27; Psa. 22:14; Song 5:4; Jer. 4:19; 31:20; Lam. 1:20; Phil. 1:8; 2:1; Col. 3:12; 1 John 3:17. See Heart. BOWING, in worship Worship, Attitudes in. BOWL. Made of gold nacle, Ex. 25:29; 37:16; temple. 1 Kin.7:50; 1 Chr. 28:17: 2 Chr. 4:8; of silver. Num. 4:7; 7:13, 19,25.31,37,43.49.55.61.67.73.79,84. Stamped "Holiness to th(> Lord," Zech. 14:20,21. See Basin. FKU UATIVE: Eccl. 12:6. BOX. For oil. 2 Kin. 9:1-3. Made of 2 Chr. 7:3. See For the taber- 143 BOX. BRIBERY. alabaster, Matt. 26:7; Mark 14:3; Luke 7*37. BOXING. Figurative, 1 Cor. 9i26 [R. V.]. BOX TREE, Isa. 41:19; 60:13. BOZEZ, a rock near Gibeah, 1 Sam. 14:4. BOZIiATH, a city of Judah, Josh. 15: 39; 2 Kin. 221. BOZKAH. 1. A city of Edom, Gen. 36: 33. Sheep of, Mic. 2:12. Prophecies concern- ing, Isa. 34:6; 63:1; Jer. 49:13,22; Amos 1:12. 2. A town of Moab, Jer. 48:24. BRACELET. Present of, Gen. 24:22. Worn by women, Gen. 24:30; Isa. 3:19; by men. Gen. 38:18,25. Dedicated to the taber- nacle, Ex. 35:22; Num. 31:50. Taken as spoils, Num. 31:50; 2 Sam. 1:10. FIGURATIVE : Ezek. 16:11. BRAMBLE, Isa. 34:13; Luke 6:44. Al- legory of, Judg. 9:14,15. BRANCH, FIGURATIVE: Prov. 11:28; Hos. 14:6; Isa. 60:21; John 15:2-5. Pruning of, Isa. 18:5; Dan. 4:14; John 15:6; Eom. 11: 17,21. Fruitless, cut off, John 15:2,6. A title of Christ, Psa. 80:15; Isa. 4:2; 11:1; Jer. 23:5; 33:15; Zech. 3:8; 6:12. Symbolic name of Joshua, Zech. 6:12. See Grafting. BRASS, or more probably Copper. Smelted, Ezek. 22:20; Job 28:2. A mineral of Canaan, Deut. 8:9; Josh. 22:8; of Syria, 2 Sam. 8:8. Tyrians traded in, Ezek. 27:13. Abundance of, for the temple, 1 Kin. 7:47; 1 Chr. 22:14. Articles made of: altar, vessels, and other articles of the tabernacle and temple, Ex. 38:28-31; 1 Kin. 7:14-47; Ezra 8: 27; cymbals, 1 Chr. 15:19; trumpets, 1 Cor. 13:1; armor, 1 Sam. 17:5,6; 2 Chr. 12:10; bows, see Bows; fetters, Judg. 16:21; 2 Kin. 25:7; gates, Psa. 107:16; Isa. 45:2; bars, 1 Kin. 4:13; idols, Dan. 5:4; Eev. 9:20; mirrors, Ex. 38:8; household vessels, Mark 7:4; money, Matt. 10:9; Mark 12:41 [marg.]. Workers in : Tubal-cain, Gen. 4:22; Hiram, 1 Kin. 7:14; Alexander, 2 Tim. 4:14. See Brazier ; Copper ; Molding. FIGURATIVE: Lev. 26:19; Deut. 33:25; Isa. 48:4; Jer. 1:18; Ezek. 1:7; Dan. 2:32,39; 7:19; 10:6; Zech. 6:1; Rev. 1:15. BRAVERY. See Boldness ; Courage. BRAY, to pound, Prov. 27:22. BRAZEN SEA. See Laver. BRAZEN SERPENT. Made by Moses for the healing of the Israelites, Num. 21:9. Worshiped by Israelites, 2 Kin. 18:4. A symbol of Christ, John 3:14,15. 'brazier. 1. An artificer in brass and copper. Gen. 4:22; 2 Tim. 4:14. 2. A utensil used for warming houses, Jer. 36:22-24. BREAD. Called the Staff of Life, Ezek. 4:16; 5:16; 14:13. Kinds of : Bread of affliction, 1 Kin. 22:27; Psa. 127:2; Hos. 9:4; Isa. 30:20; leavened. Lev. 7:13; 23:17; Hos. 7:4; Amos 4:5; Matt. 13:33; unleavened, Gen. 19:3; Ex. 29:2; Judg. 6:19; I Sam. 28:24. Made of wheat flour. Ex. 29:2; 1 Kin. 4:22; 5:11; Psa. 81:16; manna, Num. 11:8; meal, 1 Kin. 17:12; barley, Judg. 7:13. How Prepared : Mixed with oil, Ex. 29:2, 23; honey, Ex. 16:31; with leaven, or fer- ment, see leavened, in paragraph above, also see Leaven, Kneaded, Gen. 18:6; Ex. 8:3; 12:.34; 1 Sam. 28:24; 2 Sam. 13:8; Jer. 7: 18; Hos. 7:4. Made into loaves, 1 Sam. 10:3; 17:17; 25:18; 1 Kin. 14:3; Mark 8:14; cakes, 2 Sam. 6:19; 1 Kin. 17:12; wafers, Ex. 16:21; 29:23; cracknels, 1 Kin. 14:3. Baked in ovens, Ex. 8:3; Lev. 2:4; 7:9; 11:35; 26:26; Hos. 7:4; in pans. Lev. 2:5.7; 2 Sam. 13:6-9; on hearths, Gen. 18:6; on coals, 1 Kin. 19:6; Isa. 44:19; John 21:9. Made by men. Gen. 40:2; Avomen, Lev. 26:26; 1 Sam. 8:13, Jer. 7:18. Traffic in, Jer. 37:21; Mark 6:37. Sacrificed, Lev. 21:6,8,17,21,22; 22:25; 1 Sam. 2:36; 2 Kin. 23:9. By idolaters, Jer. 7:18; 44:19. See Shewbread ; Offerings. FIGURATIVE: Isa. 55:2; 1 Cor. 10:17; 2 Cor. 9:10. Christ, John 6:32-35. SYMBOLICAL: Of the body of Christ, Matt. 26:26; Acts 20:7; 1 Cor. 11:23,24. BREASTPLATE. 1. For high priest, Ex. 25:7. Dii-ections for the making of, Ex. 28:15-30. Made by Bezaleel, Ex. 39:8,21. Freewill offering of materials for, Ex. 35:9, 27. Worn by Aaron, Ex. 29:5; Lev. 8:8. 2. Armor for soldiers, Rev. 9:9,17. FIGURATIVE: Isa. 59:17. For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head ; Eph. 6:14. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with ti'uth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness ; 1 Thess. 5:8. But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love ; and for an helmet the hope of sal- vation. BREATH. Of life. Gen. 2:7; 7:22; Acts 17:25. Of God, 2 Sam. 22:16; Job 4:9; 15:30; 33:4; 37:10; Psa. 18:15; 33:6; Isa. 30:33. FIGURATIVE : Ezek. 37:9. BREECHES, for the priests, Ex. 28:42; 39:28; Lev. 6:10; 16:4; Ezek. 44:18. BRIBERY. Ex. 23:8. And thou shalt take no gift : for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. Deut. 16:18. Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes ; and they shall judge the people with just judgment. 19. Thou shalt not wrest judg- ment ; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift : for a gift doth blind the eyes of the Avise, and pervert the words of the right- eous. Deut. 27:25. Cursed be he that taketh re- ward to slay an innocent person. 1 Sam. 8:1. And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel. 3. And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment. 144 BRIBERY. BROTHER. Job 15:34. Fire shall consume the tiibcr- nacles of bribery. Psa. 26:9. Gather not my soul with sinnoi"S, nor my life with bloody men : 10. In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes. Prov. 15:27. He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live. Prov. 17:8. A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it : Avhithereoev'er it tiu'neth, it prospereth. 23. A wicked tnan tciketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment. Prov. 18:1(3. A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men. Prov. 21:14. A gift in secret pacifieth an- ger : and a reward in the bosom strong wrath. Prov. 25:14. Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain. Prov. 28:21. To have respect of persons is not good : for for a piece of bread that man will transgress. Prov. 29:4. The king by .indgment estab- lisheth the land ; but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it. Eccl. 7:7. A gift destroyeth the heart. Isa. 1:23. Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: everyone lovethgifts, and f olio weth after rewards : they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them. Isa. 5:22. Woe unto them that are mighty to diink wine, and men of strength to min- gle strong drink : 23. Which justify the wicked for reward, and takeaway the right- eousness of the righteous from him I Isa. 33:15, He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his ej'es from seeing evil; 16. He shall dwell on high : his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his watere shall he sure. Ezek. 13:19. And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces or bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear 7/0 ?/r lies? Ezek. 22:12. In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood ; thou hast taken usury and in- crea.se, and thou ha.st greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God. 13. Behold, there- fore I have smitten mine hand at thy dis- honest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee. Amos 2:6. Thus saith the Lord ; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the puxishineut thereof; be- cause they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes ; Amos 5:12. Forlknow yourmanif old trans- gressions and yoiu' mighty sins : they afflict the just, they tiike a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate/roy/< their right. Mic. 7:3. That tlioy may do cxil with both hands Ciirnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a I'ewaixl ; INSTANCES OF: Delilah, Judg. 16:5. Sam- uel's sons. See above. The false propliet, Shemaiah, Neh. 6:10-13. Ben-hadad, 1 Kin. 15:19. Haman bribes Ahasuerus to destroy the Jews, Estli. 3:9. Chief priests brilx* Judiis, Matt. 26:15; 27:3-9; Mark 14:11; Luke 22:5. Soldiers bribed to declare that the dis- ciples stole the body of Jesus, Matt. 28:12-15. Felix seeks a bribe from Paid, Acts 24:26. BKICK. Used in building: Babel, Gen. 11:3; cities in Egypt, Ex. 1:11,14; houses, Isa. 9:10; altars, Isa. 65:3. Made by Israel- ites, Ex. 5:7-19; 2 Sam. 12:31; Jer. 43:9; Nah. 3:14. BRICK-KILN, Jer. 43:9; Nah. 3:14. Captives tortured in, 2 Sam. 12:31. BKIDE. Ornaments of, Isa. 49:18; 61:10; Jer. 2:32; Rev. 21:2. Presents to, Gen. 24:53. Maids of. Gen. 24:59,61; 29:24,29. FIGURATIVE: Psa. 45:10-17; Ezek. 16:8- 14; Rev. 19:7,8; 21:2,9; 22:17. BRIDEGROOM. Ornaments of, Isa. 61:10. Exempt from military duty, Deut. 24:5. Companions of, Judg. 14:11. Joy with, Matt. 9:15; Mark 2:19,20; Luke 5:34,35. Parable of. Matt. 25:1-13. Song of, Song 4:7-16. FIGURATIVE: Ezek. 16:8-14. BRIDLE, Psa. 32:9; Prov. 26:3; Rev. 14:20. FIGURATIVE : 2 Kin. 19:28; Psa. 39:1; Jas. 1:26. See Bit. BRIER. FIGURATIVE : Isa. 5:6; 55:13; Ezek. 2-Xr, 28:24. BKIGANDINE, a coat of mail, Jer. 46: 4; 51:3. BRIMSTONE, Fire and, rained upon Sodom, Gen. 19:24; Luke 17i29. In Pales- tine, Deut. 29.23. FIGURATIVE: Job. 18:15: Psa. 11:6; Isa. 30:33; Ezek. 38:22; Rev. 9:17,18; 14:10; 19:20; 21:8. BROOK. See River. BROTH, Judg. 6:19,20; 2 Kin. 4:38; Isa. 65:4. Svmbolical, Ezek. 24:5. BROTHEL. See High Place. BROTHER. Signifies a relative. Gen. 14:16; 29:12; neighbor, Deut. 23:7; Judg. 21: 6; Neh. 5:7; any Israelite, Jer. 34:9; Obad. 10; mankind. Gen. 9:5; Matt. 18:35; 1 John 3:15; companion, 2 Sam. 1:26; 1 Kin. 13:30; 20:33. Love of, Prov. 17:17; 18:24; Song 8:1. Unfaithful, Prov. 27:10. Reuben s love for Joseph, Gen. 37:21,22. Joseph's, for his brethren. Gen. 43:30-34; 45:1-5; 50:19-25. A fraternal epithet, especiallv among Chris- tians. Instituted by Christ, iMatt. 12:50; 25: 40; Heb. 2:11,12. Used by disciples. Acts 9:17; 21:20; Rom. 16:23; 1 Cor. 7:12; 2 Cor. 2:13; Peter, 1 Pet. 1:22. Used among the Israelilies, Lev. 19:17; Deut. 22:1-4. ao) 146 BROTHER. BUTTER. Brother's widow, law concerning Levirate marriage of, Deut. 25:5-10; Matt. 22:24; Mark 12:19; Luke 20:28. BROTHERLY KINDNESS. See Brother ; Charitableness ; Fellowship ; Fraternity; Friendship; Love. BUCKET, Num. 24:7; Isa. 40:15. BUCKLER. See Shield. BUILDER, of the tabernacle. See Be- zaleel; Master Workman. FIGURATIVE: Psa. 118:22; Matt. 21:42; Acts 4:11; 1 Pet. 2:7; Heb. 11:10. See Carpenter. BUILDING. FIGURATIVE : 2 Cor. 5.1. BUKKI. 1. Son of Abishua, 1 Chr. 6:5, 51; Ezra 7:4. 2. A prince of Dan, Num. 34:22. BUKKIAH, a Levite, 1 Chr. 25:4,13. BUL, the eighth month [November]. The temple completed in, 1 Kin. 6:38. Jero- boam institutes an idolatrous feast in, to correspond with the Feast of Tabernacles, 1 Kin. 12:32,33; 1 Chr. 27:11. BULL, wild, caught in nets, Isa. 51:20. Blood of, in sacrifice, Heb. 9:13; 10:4. See Bullock ; Offerings. BULLOCK, OR OX [Synonymous terms in A. V.]. Uses of: For sacrifice, Ex. 29:3, 10-14,36; Lev. 4:8,16; Num. 7:87,88; 28:11- 31; 29; plowing, 1 Sam. 14:14; 1 Kin. 19:19; Prov. 14:4; Isa. 32:20; Jer. 31:18; treading out corn, Deut. 25.4; with wagons, Num. 7:3-8; 2 Sam. 6:3-6. Laws concerning: Trespass bv, Ex. 21:28- 36; theft of, Ex. 22:1-10; rest for, Ex. 23:12; not to be muzzled, when treading grain, Devit. 25:4; 1 Cor. 9:9; 1 Tim. 5:18; not to be yoked with an ass, Deut. 22:10. Twelve brazen, under the molten sea in Solomon's temple, 1 Kin. 7:25; 2 Chr. 4:4; Jer. 52:20. See Bull ; Cattle. Symbolical: Ezek. 1:10; Rev. 4:7. BULRUSH [papyrus, R. U], Moses' ark of, Ex. 2:3. Boats made of, Isa. 18:2. FIGURATIVE: Isa. 58:5. BULWARK, Deut. 20:20; 2 Chr. 26:15; Eccl. 9:14. FIGURATIVE : Psa. 48:13; Isa. 26:1. BUNAH, son of Jerahmeel, 1 Chr. 2:25. BUNNI. 1. A Levite, a teacher with Ezra, Neh. 9:4. 2. Ancestor of Shemaiah, Neh. 11:15. 3. A family of Jews, Neh. 10:15. BURDEN. FIGURATIVE : Of oppres sions, Isa. 58:6; Matt. 23:4; Luke 11:46; Gal. 6:2. Of the prophetic message, Isa. 13:1; 15:1; 17:1; 19:1. BURGLARY. See Theft. . BURIAL. Rites of, Jer. 34:5. Soon after death, Deut. 21:23; Josh. 8:29; John 19:38-42; Acts 5:9,10. With spices, 2 Chr. 16:14; Mark 16:1; Luke 23:56. Bier used at, 2 Sam. 3:31; Luke 7:1 4. Attended by relatives and friends : Of Jacob, Gen. 50:5-9; Abner, 2 Sam. 3:31; child of Jeroboam, 1 Kin. 14:13; the son of the widow of Nain, Luke 7:12,13; Stephen, Acts 8:2. Lack of, a disgrace, 2 Kin. 9:10; Prov. 30; 17; Jer. 16:4; 22:19; Ezek. 39:15. Directions given about, before death, by Jacob, Gen. 49:29,30; Joseph, Gen. 50:25. Burial of Gog, [multitude] requiring 7 months, Ezek. 39: 12,13. BURYING PLACES: Bought by Abraham, Gen. 23; 25:9. Prepared by Jacob, Gen. 50:5; Asa, 2 Chr. 16:14; Joseph, Matt. 27:60. On hills, 2 Kin. 23:16; Josh. 24:33. In val- leys, Jer. 7:32. Family, Gen. 47:30; 49:29; Acts 7:16. Of kings, 1 Kin. 2:10; 2 Chr. 32:33; a place of honor, 2 Chr. 24:16,25; 21:20. For poor and strangers, Jer. 26:23 ; Matt. 27:7. Tombs : In houses, 1 Sam. 25:1; 1 Kin. 2:34; in gardens, 2 Kin. 21:18,26; John 19:41; in caves. Gen. 23:9; under trees, Deborah's, Gen. 35:8; King Saul's, 1 Sam. 31:13. Closed with stones, Matt. 27:60,66; John 11:38; 20:1. Sealed, Matt. 27:66. Marked with pillars, Rachel's, Gen. 35:20, and in- scriptions, 2 Kin. 23:17. Painted and gar- nished, Matt. 23:27,29. With shelves, Isa. 14:15. Demoniacs dwelt in. Matt. 8:28. Any who touched, were unclean. Num. 19:16,18; Isa. 65:4. Refused to the dead. Rev. 11:9. Robbed, Jer. 8:1. See Cremation ; Dead, The ; Death ; El- egy; Grave; Mourning. FIGURATIVE : Isa. 22:16; Rom. 6:4; Col. 2:12. BURNING, as a punishment. See Pun- ishment. BURNING BUSH, Ex. 3:2-5; Acts 7:30. BURNT OFFERING. See Offerings, Burnt. BUSH, BURNING. See Burning Bush. BUSHEL, about one peck. Matt. 5:15; Mark, 4:21; Luke 11:33. BUSYBODY. Lev. 19:16. Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people : neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour : I am the Lord. Prov. 20:3. It is an honour for a inan to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling. 2 Thess. 3:11. For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busy bodies. 12. Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread. 1 Tim. 5:13. And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house ; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busy- bodies, speaking things which they ought not. 1 Pet. 4:15. But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evil doer, or as a busybody in other men's matters. See Talebearer ; Speaking, Evil. BUTLER. Pharaoh's, imprisoned and released. Gen. 40; 1 Kin. 10:5; 2 Chr. 9:4; Neh. 1:11; 2:1. BUTTER, Gen. 18:8; Deut. 82:14; Judg 146 BUTTER. CALL. r.:2r); 2 S:un. 17:29; Job. 20:17; Isa. 7:15,22. Made by chuniiii^. I'l-ov. ;30:,'{;{. BUZ. 1. Son of Nahor, Gen. 22:21. 2. Father of Jahdo, 1 Chr. 5:14. BUZZl, father of Ezekiel, Ezek. 1:3. CAB, a dry measure containing about one (juart, 2 Kin. 0:25. See Measure. CABBON, a place in Judah, Josh. 15:40. CABIN KT, heads of departments in government. David's, 2 Sam. 8:15-18; 15:12; 20:23-26; 1 Chr. 27:32-34; Solonion's, 1 Kin. 4:1-7; Hezekiah's, Isii. 30:3: Arttixerxes', Ezra 7:14. See Counsellor ; Minister, Prime. C A BU L. 1. A city in the N. of Palestine, Josh. 19:27. 2. Name given by Hii'am to certain cities in GaHlee, 1 Kin. 9:13. CVliiSAR. 1. Augustus, Luke 2:1. 2. Tiberius, Luke 3:1; 20:22. 3. Claudius, Acts 11:28. 4. Nero, Phil. 4:22. C-iliiSAKKA. A seaport in Palestine. Home of Philip, Acts 8:40; 21:8; Cornelius, the centurion. Acts 10:1,24; Herod, Acts 12: 19-23; Felix, Acts 23:23,24. Paul conveyed to, by the disciples to save him from his enemies. Acts 9:30; by Roman soldiers to be tried by Felix, Acts 23:23-35. C^ESAKEAPHILIPPI, a city in the N. of Palestine ; visited by Jesus, Matt. 1(3: 13; Mark 8:27; Luke 9:18. CAGE, for birds, unclean, Jer. 5:27; Rev. 18:2. CAI APHAS. High priest, Luke 3:2; son- in-law of Annas, John 18:13. Prophesies concerning Jesus, John 11;49-51; 18:14. Jesus tried before, Matt. 20:2,3,57,63-65; John 18: 24,28. Peter and other disciples accused before. Acts 4:1-22. CAIN. 1. Son of Adam, Gen. 4:1. Jeal- ousy and crime of, Gen. 4:3-15; Heb. 11:4; 1 John 3:12; Jude 11 . Sojourns in the land of Nod, Gen. 4:16. Children and descendants of, Gen. 4:17,18. 2. A city of Judah, Josh. 15:57. CAINAN. 1. Called also Kenan. Son of Enos, Gen. 5:9-15; 1 Chr. 1:2; Luke 3:37. 2. Son of Arphaxad, Luke 3:36. C AL AH, an ancient city of Assyria, Gen. 10:11,12. CALAMUS. A sweet cane of Palestine, Song 4:14; Ezek. 27:19. An ingredient of the holy ointment, Ex. 30:23; Isa. 43:24. Com- merce in, Jer. 6:20, Ezek 27:19. CALCOL, son of Zerah, 1 Chr. 2:6. CALDRON, in the tabernacle, 1 Sam. 2:14; temple, 2 Chr. 35:13; Jer. 52:18,19. FIGURATIVE: Ezek. 113 11. CALEB. One of the two surs'ivors of the Israelites permitted to enter the land of promise, Nvun. 14:30,38; 26:63-65; 32:11-13; Deut. 1:34-36; Josh. 14:6-15. Sent to Camian as a spy, Num. 13:6. Brings favorable re- port. Num. 13:26 30; 14.6 9. Assists in divid- ing Caiiauii, Num. 34:19. Life of, miracu- lously sjived. Num. 14:10-12. Leader of the Israelites after Joshua's death, Judg. 1:11,12. Age of, Jo.sh. 14:7-10. Inhei-itance of, .losh. 14:6-15; 15:13-10. Descendants of, 1 Chr. 4:15. CALEI5-EPIIUATAH, a place near Bethlehem, 1 Chr. 2:24. CALF. Offered in sacrifice, Mic. 6:6. Golden, made by Aaron, Ex. 32; Deut. 9:16; Neh. 9:18; Psjl. 100:19; Acts 7:41. Images of, set up in Beth-el and Dan by Jeroboam, 1 Kin. 12:28-33; 2 Kin. 10:29. Worshiped by Jehu, 2 Kin. 10:29. Prophe- cies against the golden calves at Beth-el, 1 Kin. 13:1-5,32; Jer. 48:13: Hos. 8:5,0; 10:5,6, 15; 13:2; Amos 3:14; 4:4; 8:14. Altars of, de- stroyed, 2 Kin. 23:4,15-20. "Calves of the lips," a metaphor signify- ing worship, Hos. 14:2. CALKEKS, Ezek. 27:9,27. CALL, PERSONAL : By Christ, Isa. 55:5; Rom. 1:6; by his Spirit, Rev. 22:17; by his works, Psa. 19:2,3; Rom. 1:20; by his minis- tere, Jer. 35:15; 2 Cor. 5:20; by his gospel, 2 Thess. 2:14. Is from darkness to light, 1 Pet. 2:9. Addressed to all, Isa. 45:22; Matt. 20:16. Most reject, Prov. 1:24: Matt 20:16. Ef- fectual to saints, Psa. 110:3; Acts 13:48; 1 Cor. 1:24. Not to many wise, 1 Cor. 1:26. To saints, is of grace. Gal. 1:6; 2 Tim. 1:9; according to the purpose of God, Rom. 8:28; 9:11,23,24, without repentance, Rom. 11:29; high, Phil. 3:14; holy, 2 Tim. 1:9; heavenly, Heb. 3:1 ; to fellowship with Christ, 1 Cor. 1:9; to holiness, 1 Thess. 4:7; to a prize, Phil. 3:14; to liberty, Gal. 5:13; to peace, 1 Cor. 7:15; Col. 3:15; to glory and virtue, 2 Pet. 1:3; to the eternal gloiy of Christ, 2 Thess. 2:14; 1 Pet. 5:10; to eternal life, 1 Tim. 0:12. Partakere of, justified, Rom. 8:30; walk worthy of, Eph. 4:1; 2 Thess. 1:11; blessed- ness of receiving, Rev. 19:9; is to be made sure, 2 Pet. 1:10; praise God for, 1 Pet. 2:9; illustrated, Prov. 8:3,4; Matt. 23:3-9. Rejection of, leads to judicial blindness, Isa. 6:9, with Acts 28:24-27; Rom. 11:8-10; delusion, Isa. 66:4; 2 Thess. 2:10,11; with- drawal of the means of grace, Jer. 20:4-0; Acts 13:40; 18:0; Rev. 2:5; temporal judg- ments, Isa. 28:12; Jer. 6:16.19; 35:17; Zech. 7: 12-14; rejection by God, Prov. 1:24-32; Jer. 6:19,30; condenmation, John 12:48; Heb. 2: 1-3; 12:25; destruction, PrOv. 29:1; Matt. 22: 'i-7.—Bihle Text-Book. TO SFECIAJ. RELUilOrS DUTY: Of Abraham, Gen. 12:1. Now the Lord had siiid unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee : 2. And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and mak(> thy name great ; and thou shalt be a blessing : 3. And I will bless them that bless thee, and cui-se him that cui-seth thee : and in thee shall all fami- lies of the earth be blessed. ]47 CALL.— To Special Religious Duty. Isa. 51 :2. Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you : for I called hmi alone, and blessed him, and increased him. Heb. 11:8. By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed ; Moses : Ex. 3:2. And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush : and he looked, and, be- hold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. 4. And when the Lord saAv that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I. 10. Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou may est bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt. Ex. 4:1. And Moses answered and said. But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice : for they will say. The Lord hath not appeared unto thee. 2. And the Lord said unto him. What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod. 3. And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent ; and Moses fled from before it. 4. And the Lord said imto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a I'od in his hand : 5. That they may believe that the Lord God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee. 6. And the Lord said furthermore unto him. Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom : and when he took it ovit, behold, his hand rnas leprous as snow. 7. And he said. Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again ; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh. 8. And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign. 9. And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the Avater which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the a^y land. 10. And Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant : but I am slow of speech and of a slow tongue. 11. And the Lord said unto him. Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind ? have not I the Lord ? 12. Now therefore go, and I will be Avith thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say. 13, And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send. 14. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother ? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he Cometh forth to nieet thee : and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart. 15. And thou shalt speak imto him, and put Avords in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do. 16. And he shall be thy spokesman imto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee in- stead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him. instead of God. Psa. 105:26. He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen. ■Acts 7:34. I have seen, I have seen the af- fliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt. 35. This Moses whom they refused, saying. Who made thee a ruler and a judge ? the same did God send to he a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush. Aaron and His Sons: Ex. 4:14-16, see above, and Psa. 105:26. Ex. 28:1. And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, eren Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons. Heb. 5:4. And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God as ^oas Aaron. Joshua : Num. 27:18. And the Lord said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him ; 10. And set him be- fore Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight. 22. And Moses did as the Lord commanded him : and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and be- fore all the congregation : 23. And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses. Deut. 81:14. And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present your- selves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation. 23. And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said. Be strong and of a good courage : for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them : and I will be with thee. Josh. 1:1.- Now after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, it came to pass, that the Lord spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying, 2. Moses my servant is dead ; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel 3. Every place that 148 CALL.— To Special Religious Puty. the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given luito you, as I stiid luito Moses. 4. From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Eiii)ln'a- tes, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast. 5. Tliere shall not any man be able to st;uid befoi'e thee all the days of thy life : as I was with Mo.ses, so I will be Avith thee: I will not fail thee, nor for- Rjike thee. 6. Be strong and of a good cour- age : for imto this ]ieoi)le shalt tliou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathei-s to give them. 7. Only be th<.)u strong and very courageous, that thou mayest obsei've to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee : turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whith- ersoever thou goest. 8. This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth ; but thou shalt medittxte therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shidt have good success. 9. Have not I conuuanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage ; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithei'soever thou goest. Gideon: Judg. 6:11. And there came an angel of the Lord, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pe7't( fined unto Joash the Abi-ezrite: and his son Gideon threshed Avheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites. 12. And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him. The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour. 13. And Gideon said unto him, O my Lord, if the Lord be with us, why then is all this befallen us ? and where be all his miracles which our fathere told us of, saying. Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt ? but now the Lord hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites. 14. And the Lord looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee? 15. And he said unto him, O my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel ? be- hold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house. 16. And the Lord said unto him. Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midian- ites as one man. S.\MUEL : 1 Sam. 3:4. That the Lord called Samuel: and he answered. Here am I. 5. And he ran unto Eli, and said. Here a//i I ; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not ; lie down again. And he went and lay down. 6. And the Lord called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said. Here am, I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again. 7. Now Samuel did not yet foiow the Lord, neither was the word of the Lord yet revealed luito him. 8. And the Lord called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and sjiid, Here ((m I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the Lord had called the child. 9. Therefore Eli stiid unto Sam- uel, Go, lie down : and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, Lord; ff)r thy servant heareth. So Siunuel went and lay down in his place. 10. And the Lord came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel an- swered, Speak ; for thy servant heareth. Solomon : 1 Chr. 28:6. And he stud unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my coin-ts : for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. 10. Take heed now; for the Lord hath chosen thee to build an house fo'' the sanc- tuary : be strong, and do it. Jehu : 2 Kin. 9:6. And he arose, and went into the house ; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him. Thus stiith the Lord God of Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of the Lord, eve/i over Israel. 7. And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the projjhets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord, at the hand of Jezebel. 2 Chr. 22:7. And the destruction of Aha- ziah was of God by coming to Joram : for when he was come, he went out with Jeho- ram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab. Cyrus : Isa. 45:1. Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him : and I will loose the loins of kings, to oi)en before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut ; 2. I Avill go befoi-e thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: 3. And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and the hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the Lord, whch c<\ll thee by thy name, am the God of Israel. 4. For Jacob my ser\^ant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name : I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not knoAvn me. Amos : Amos 7:14. Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son ; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit : 15. And the Lord took me as I followed the flock, and the Lord said unto me, Go, proph- esy unto my people Israel. Apostles : Matt. 4:18. And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw- two brethren, Si- mon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. 19. And he saith unto them. Fol- low me, and I will make you fishers of men. 20. And thev straightway left their nets, and followed" him. [Mark 1:16,17.] 21. And going on from thence, he saw other two 149 CALL.— To Special RELiGiors Duty. CAMEL. brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them. 22. And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him. Mark 3:13-19; Luke 6:13-15. Mark 2:14. And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alpha^us sitting at the re- ceipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him. Matt. 9:9; Luke 5:27. John 15:16. Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen yovi, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain : The Rich Young Man : Mark 10:21. Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him. One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and giye to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me. 22. And he was sad at that say- ing, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions. Paul : Acts 9:1. And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me ? 5. And he said. Who art thou, Lord ? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest : > U is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. 6. And he trembling and as- tonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do. L' omitted in R. v.] 15. But the Lord said unto him. Go thy way : for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel: 16. For I will shew him how great things he must suf- fer for my naine's sake. Acts 13:2. As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said. Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work where- unto I have called them. 3. And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. Rom. 1:1. Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God. iCor. LI; 2 Cor. 1:1; Gal. 1:1; Eph. 1:1; Col. 1:1; 1 Tim. 1:1; 2 Tim. 1:1. All Who Are Called of God : Rom. 8:30. Moreover, whom he did predestinate, them he also called : and whom he called, them he also justified : and whom he justified, them he also glorified. 1 Cor. 1:2. Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both their's and our's: 9. God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our TiOrd. 24. But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. 1 Thess. 2:11. As ye know how we ex- horted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, 12. That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory. 2 Thess. 2:13. But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren be- loved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and be- lief of the truth : 14. Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Tim. 1:9. Who hath saved us, and called Its with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, Heb. 3:1. Whei-efore, holy brethren, par- takers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus ; 2. Who was faithful to him that apiwinted him, as also Moses was fait h- ft/l in all his house. 7. Wherefore as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice, 8. Harden not yovir hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness : 1 Pet. 5:10. But the God of all grace, who hath called us vmto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strength- en, settle you. 2 Pet. 1:3. According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowl- edge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue : 10. Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure : for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall : Jude 1. Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanc- tified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, atid called : Rev. 17:14. These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them : for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings : and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. See Ministers, Call of; Backsliders; Seekers. CALNEH, called also Canneh and Calno, a city of Assyria, Gen. 10:10; Isa. 10:9; Ezek. 27:23; Amos 6:2. CALVARY, called also Golgotha, place where Jesus was crucified, Matt. 27:33; Mark 15:22; Luke 23:33; John 19:17. CAMEL, herds of, Gen. 12:16; 24:35; Gen. 30:43; 1 Sam. 30:17; 1 Chr. 27:30; Job. 1:3,17; Isa. 60:6. Docility of. Gen. 24:11. Uses of: For rid- ing, Gen. 24:10,61,64; 31:17; posts, Esth. 8:10, 14; Jer. 2:23; drawing chariots, Isa. 21:7; for carrying burdens. Gen. 24:10; 37:25; 1 Kin. 10:2; 2 Kin. 8:9; 1 Chr. 12:40; Isa. 30:6; for cavalry, 1 Sam. 30:17; for milk, Gen. 32:15. Forbidden as food. Lev. 11:4., Hair of, made into cloth, Mdtt. 3:4; Mark 1:6. 160 CAMEL. CAPTAIN. Ornaments of, Jiidg. 8:21,20. Stjibles for, E'M'k. 2ry.:^. CAMOX, place where Jaii' w;i.s buried, Jiulg. H »:;"). C"A3I1», of the Israelites about the taber- nacle, Nuni. 2; 3. See Itinerary. CAMPIIIKE [Henna, R. VX a shrub bearing fragrant flowers, not related to CJiniphor, Song 1:14; 4:13. CAN A. Marriageat, John 2:1-11. Noble- man's son healeu at, John 4:40,47. Na- thanael's home at, John 21:2. CANAAN. 1. Son of Ham, Gen. 9:18, 22.25-27. Descendants of. Gen. 10:0,15; 1 Chr. 1:8,13. 2. Lmid of,* Gen. 11:31; 17:8; 23:2. Called The Sanctuary, Ex. 15:17; Palestine, Ex. 15:14; LAND OFIsr.\EL, 1 Sam. 13:li); OF THE Hebrews, Gen. 40:15; of the Jews, Acts 10:39; OF Promise, Heb. 11:9; Holy Land, Zec!h. 2:12; Lord's Land, Hos. 9:3; Imman- Uel's Land, ls- I {'III-. '2M. The exile Jews take wives fioni, Kzra 9:2. Projiliccy concerning. Gen. 9:25-27. CAND.VCE, (picenof Ethioj.ia, Acts 8:27. CANDIDATK. licfu.scs to make prom- ises, 2 Chr. 10:3-10. Electioneering by, in- stanct! of, Absalom, 2 Sam. 15:1 (J. CANDLK. Revised version and com- mentators substitute lamp for candle throughout the Scriptures. See Lamp. CANDLESTICK. OF THE TABER- NACLE: Made after divine pattern, Ex. 25: 31-40; 37:17-24; Num. 8:4. Place of, Ex. 20: 35; 40:24,25; Heb. 9:2. Furniture of, Ex. 25: 38; 37:23; Num. 4:9.10. Burned every night, Ex. 27:20,21. Trimmed every morning, Ex. 30:7. Carried by Kohathites, Num. 4:4,15. Called The Lamp of God, 1 Sam. 3:3. OF THE TEMPLE : Ten branchesof, 1 Kin, 7:49.50. Of gold, 1 Chr. 28:15; 2 Chr. 4:20. Taken with other spoils to Babylon, Jer. 52:19. Symbolical: Zech. 4:2,11; Rev. 1:12,13,20; 2:5; 11:4. CANEo See Calamus. CANKEK, FKUIRATIVE: 2 Tim. 2:17. CANKEKAVOKM, sent as a judgment, Joel 1:4; 2:25: Nah. 3:15,10. CANNEH. See Calneh. CANNIBALISM, Lev, 20:29; Deut. 28: 53-57; 2 Kin. 0:28,29; Jer. 19:9; Lam. 2:20; 4: 10; Ezek. 5:10. CAPERNAUM. A city on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. Jesus chose. as the place of his abode, Matt. 4:13; Luke 4:31. Miracles of Jesus performed at. Matt. 9:1-20; 17:24- 27; Mark 1:21-45: 2; 3:1-0; Luke 7:1-10; John 4:40-53; 0:17-25,59. His prophecy against. Matt. 11:23; Luke 10:15. CAPHTOR, a country now unknown, Deut. 2:23. CAPHTOR IM, people of Caphtor, Gen. 10:14; iChr. 1:12; Deut. 2:23; Jer. 47:4; Amos 9:7. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. See Pun- ishment. CAPITAL AND LABOR. Strife be- tween. Matt. 21:33-41; Mark 12:1-9; Luke 20:9-10. See Employee ; Employer ; Master; Rich, The; Servant. CAPPADOCIA, easternmost province of Asia Minor. Acts 2:9; 1 Pet. 1:1. CAPTAIN. Commander-in-chief of an armv, Deut. 20:9; Judg. 4:2; 1 Sam. 14:.5(); 1 Kin.' 2:35; 10:10; 1 Chr. 27:34. Of the tribes. Num. 2. Of thousands. Num. 31:48; 1 Sam. 17:18; 1 Chr. 28:1. Of hundreds. 2 Kin. 11:15. See Centurion. Of fifties, 2 Kin. 1.9; Isa. 3:3. Of the guard. Gen. 37:30: 2 Kin. 25:8, Of the ward, Jer. 37:13. Signifying anv commander, as 1 Sam. 9: 10; 22:2: 2 Kin. 20:5; leader, 1 Chr. 11:21; 12: 34; 2 Chr. 17:14-19; John 18:12, 51 CAPTAIN. CARE. David's captains, oi* chief heroes, 2 Sam. 23; 1 Chr. chaptei-s 11,12. King appoints, 1 Sam. 18:13; 2 Sam. 17:25; 18:1. Angel of the Lord, called. Josh. 5:14; 2 Chr. 13:12. Christ called, Heb. 2:10. See Armies. CAPTIVE. Prisoner of war, Gen. 14:12; 1 Sara. 30:1,2. Cruelty to: Putting to death. Num. 81:9-20; Deut. 20:13; 21:10; Josh. 8:29; 10:15-40; 11:11; Judg. 7:25; 8:21; 21:11; 1 Sam. 15:32,33; 2 Sam. 8:2; 2 Kin. 8:12; Jer. 39:6; twenty thousand, by Amaziah, 2 Chr. 25:11, 12; ripping women Avith child, 2 Kin. 8:12; 15:16; Amos 1:13; tortured under saws and harrows, 2 Sam. 12:31; 1 Chr. 20:3; Minded, Judg. 16:21; Jer. 39:7; maimed, Judg. 1:6,7; ravished. Lam. 5:11-13; Zech. 14:2; enslaved, Deut. 20:14; 2 Kin. 5:2; Psa. 44:12; Joel 3:6; robbed, Ezek. 23:25,26; confined in pits, Isa. 51:14. Other indignities to, Isa. 20:4. Kindness to, 2 Kin. 25:27-30; Psa. 106:46. Advanced to positions in state, Gen. 41:39- 45; Esth. 2:8; Dan. 1. CAPTIVITY. Of the Israelites foretold. Lev. 26:33; Deut. 28:36; of thft ten tribes, 2 Kin. 17:6,23,24; 18:9-12. Of Judah in Babylon, proj^necy of, Isa. 39: 6; Jer. 13:19; 20:4; 25:2-11; 32:28, etc.; ful- filled, 2 Kin. 24:11-16; 25; 2 Chr. 36; Jer. 52: 28-30. Jews return from,Ezra,chapters2;3; 8. Israelites in, promises to, Neh. 1:9. As a judgment, Ezra 5:12; 9:7; Isa. 5:13; Jer. 29:17-19; Lam. 1:3-5; Ezek. 39:23,24. FIGURATIVE : Isa. 61:1; Rom. 7:23; 1 Cor. 9:27; 2 Cor. 10:5; 2 Tim. 2:26; 3:6. "Captivity led captive," Judg. 5:12; Psa. 68:18; Eph. 4:8. CARBUNCLE. A precious stone, Isa. 54: 12; Ezek. 28:13. One of the precious stones set in breastplate, Ex. 28:17; 39:10. CARCAS, a Persian chamberlain, Esth. 1:10. CARCHEMISH,aBabylonian city on the Euphi-ates, against which the king of Egypt made war, 2 Chr. 35:20; Isa. 10:9; Jer. 46:2. CARE, WORLDLY: Psa. 39:6. Surely every man walketh in a vain shew : surely thev are disquieted in vain : he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. Psa. 127:2. It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sor- rows : for so he giveth his beloved sleep. Eccl. 4:8. There is one alone, and there is not a second ; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his la- bour : neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he. For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good ? This is also van- ity, yea, it is a sore travail. Matt. 6:25. Therefore I say unto you,Take no thought fbe not anxious, R.V.\ for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink ; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the 'life more than meat, and the body than raiment? 2(). Behold the fowls of the air: for tliey sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are I ye not much better than they ? 27. Which of you by taking thought [by being anxious, R.V.\ can add one cubit unto his stature? 28. And why take ye thought for raiment ? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin. (Luke 12:27]. 29. And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morx-ow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, 0 ye of little faith? 31. Therefore take no thought [be not therefore anxious, R. V.], saying. What shall we eat? or. What shall we drijik? or. Wherewithal shall we be clothed ? 32. (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Fa- ther knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 33. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. 34. Take therefore no thought [be not therefore anx- ious, R. y.] for the morrow : for the moiTow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. Matt. 13:22. He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful' Mark 4:19; Luke 8:14. Luke 14:18. And they all with one con sent began to make excuse. The fii'st said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground and I must needs go and see it : I pray thee? have rae excused. 19. And another said, 1" have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to pi'ove them : I pray thee have me excused. 20. And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. Luke 21:34. Take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overchai'ged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and carea of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. 1 Cor. 7:32. But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord : 33. But he that i!:^ married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife. Phil. 4:6. Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 2 Tim. 2:4. No man that warreth entan- gleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. See Carnal MiNDEDNEss; Riches; World- LINESS. REMEDY FOR: Psa. 37:5. Commit thy way unto the Lord ; trust also in him ; and he shall bring it to pass. Psa. 55:22. Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee : he shall never suf- fer the righteous to be moved. 52 CARE. CATERPILLAR. Prov. 1G:3. Commit thy works imto the Lord, and thy tlioughts shall he estihhshed. Jer. 17:7. Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. 8. For ho shall be ius a tree planted by the waters, and t/i((t sjireadeth t)ut her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat Com- eth, bnt her leaf shall be green; and shall not be earefid in the year of drought, neither shall eeaae from yielding fruit. Matt. G:2G. Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns ; yet your heavenly Father feetlcth them. Are ye not much better than they ? 27. Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit imto his sUitin-e { 28. And Avhy take ye thought for raiment? Con- sider the lilies of the field, how they grow ; they toil Jiot, neither do they spin: 29. And yet 1 Siiy luito you. That even Solomon in all his glory was not ai'rayed like one of tht^se. 30. Wherefore, if God so clothe the gr;)ss of the field, ■which to day is, and tt> mori'ow is cast into the oven, i^/i(dl lie not much more clotJie you, 0 ye of little faith ? 31. Therefore take no thought, Siiying, What shall we eat ? or, W^hat shall we drink ? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32. (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoAveth that ye have need of all these things. 33. But seek ye fii-st the kingdom of God, and his righteousness ; and all these things shall be added unto you. 34. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow Bhall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. Luke 12:22-32. Phil. 416. Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supi)lication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 7. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Heb. 13:5. Let your conversation he with- out covetousness ; and he content with such things as ye have : for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsiike thee. 1 Pet. 5:6. Himible yourselves therefore Under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time : 7. Casting all your care upon him ; for he careth for you. INSTANCES OF : Martha, Luke 10:40,41. ' Certain i)ersons who desired to follow Jesus, Matt. 8:10-22; Luke 9:57-62. See Rich, The. CAKEAH. See Kareah. ('AK>1KL. 1. A fertile and picturesque nioimtain in Palestine, Song 7:5; Isa. 33:9; 35:2; Jer. 46:18; 50:19; Amos. 1:2. Forests of, 2 Xin. 19:23. Caves of, Amos 9:3; Mic. 7:14. A.n idolatrous high place upon ; Elijah builds \i\ altar upon, and confounds the worshipers of Baal, putting to death foiu' hmidred and fifty of its prophets, 1 Kin. 18:17-46. Elisha's abode in, 2 Kin. 2:25; 4:25. 2. A city of Judah, Josh. 15:55. Saul erects a memorial at, 1 Sam. 15:13. Nabal's jjossessions at, 1 Siim. 25:2. King Uzziah, wlio delighted in agriculture, hiid vineyards at, 2 Chr. 26:10. CAK31I. 1. Son of Reuben, Gen. 46:9; Ex. 6:14. 2. Son of Hezron, 1 Chr. 4:1. Called Chelubai, 1 Chr. 2:9, and Caleb, v. 18. 3. Fatherof Achan, J.)sli.7:l,lS; 1 Chr. 2:7. CARNAL MIM>I:I>M:SS. K(.m. 86. For to be carnally minded is death ; but to be spiritually minded U life and ])eace. 7. Be- cause the carnal mind /.s enmity against God : for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. 8. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. Gal. 6:8. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption ; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. Jas. 4:4. Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the Avorld is enmity with God ? whosoever there- fore will be a fiiend of the world is the en- emy of God. See Care, Worldly ; Riches ; Sin, Fruits OF; WORLDLINESS. CARPENTRY. Building the ark. Gen. 6:14-16. Tabernacle, and furniture of, Ex. 31:2-9. See Tabernacle. David's palace, 2 Sam. 5:11. Temple, 2 Kin. 12:11; 22:6. See Temple. Making idols, Isa. 41:7; 44:13. Carpenters, Jer. 24:1; Zech. 1:20; Joseph, Matt. 13:55; Jesus, Mark 6:3. See Carving; Master Workman. CARPET, Prov. 31:22. [R. V.] CARPUS, a Christian at Troas, 2 Tim. 4:13. CARSHENA, a Persian prince, Esth. 1:14. CART, 1 Sam. 6:7-14; 2 Sam. 6:3; Isa. 28:27,28. See Wagon. CARVING. Woodwork of the temple was decorated with carvings of flowere, cher- ubim, and palm trees, 1 Kin. 6:18,29,32,35; Psa. 74:6. Beds decorated with, Prov. 7:16. Idols manufactured by, Deut. 7:5; Isa. 44: 9-17; 45:20; Hab. 2:18,19. Persons skilled in : Bezaleel, Ex. 31:5; Hiram, 1 Kin. 7:13-51; 2 Chr. 2:13,14. CASIPHIA, a place in the Persian em- pire, Ezra 8:17. CASLUHIM, a people whose progenitor was a son of Mizraim, Gen. 10:14; 1 Chr. 1:12. CASSIA. An aromatic plant, probably cinnamon, Psa. 45:8; Ezek. 27:19. An in- gredient of the sacred oil, Ex. 30:24. CASTING. See Molding. CASTLE. A tower, Gen. 25:16; Num. 31:10; 1 Chr. 11:5,7; 2 Chr. 17:12; 27:4; Acts 21:34,37; 23:10,16,32. Bars of. Prov. 18:19. For the doctrine, " The house is my castle," see Deut. 24:10,11. See Fort: Tower. CASTOR AN1> POLLUX, name of a ship. Acts 28:11. CATERPILLAR. Sent as a judgment. I 153 CATERPILLAR. CATHOLICITY. 1 Kin. 8:37; Psa. 78:46; Psa. 105:34; Jer. 51:27. Joel 1:4; 2:25. CATHOLICITY. Liberality of religious sentiment. INCULCATED: Mark 9:38. And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he fol- loweth not us : and we forbad him, because he followeth not us. 39. But Jesus said. Forbid him not : for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me. 40. For he that is not against us is on oiu' part. 41. For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward. Luke 9:49,50. Acts 10:1. There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian bcuid, 3. A devout -inan, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and pi-ayed to God alway. 3. He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius. 4. And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord ? And he said vmto him. Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God. 5. And now send men to Jo])pa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter : 6. He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do. 7. And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually ; 8. And when he had declared all these things unto them, he sent them to Joppa. 9. On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour: 10. And he became very hungry, and would have eaten : but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, 11. And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending imto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth : 12. Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. 13. And there came a voice to him. Rise, Peter ; kill, and eat. 14. But Peter said, Not so. Lord ; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean. 15. And the voice spake unto him again the second time. What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. 16. This was done thrice : and the vessel was received up again into heaven. 17. Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius hnd made inquiry for Simon's li()us(>, and stood before the^ gate, 18. And called, and asked whether Simon, which was sui-nained Peter, were lodged there. 19. While Peter thought on the vision. the Spirit said unto him. Behold, three men seek thee. 20. Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing : for I have sent them. 21. Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him from Cornelius ; and said. Behold, I am he whom ye seek : what is the cause wherefore ye are come ? 22. And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee. 23. Then called he them m, and lodged them. And on the morrow Peter went away with them, and certain brethren from Joppa accom- panied him. 24. And the morrow after they entered into Ceesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his kins- men and near friends. 25. And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him. 26. But Peter took him up, saying. Stand up ; I my- self also am a man. 27. And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that were come together. 28. And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep com- pany, or come unto one of another nation ; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean. 29. There- fore came I tmto you without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for : I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me ? 30. And Cornelius said. Four days ago I was fasting vmtil this hour ; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing, 31. And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God. 32. Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter ; he is lodged in the house of 07ie Simon a tanner by the sea side : who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee. 33. Imme- diately thei'efore I sent to thee ; and thou hast well done that thovi art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God. 34. Then Peter opened his mouth, and said. Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons. 85. But in every nation he that feareth him, and work- eth righteousness, is accepted with him. 36. The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ : (he is Lord of all :) 37. That word, / say, ye know, which was published throughout all Juda?a, and began fi'om Galilee, after the baptism which John preached : 38. How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Hol> Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were op- pressed of the devil ; for God was with him. ^.V^. And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem ; whom they slew and hnnged on a tree : 40. Him God raised up the third day. 154 CATIIOLICITY.-InculcaTED. and shewed him ojienly ; 41. Not to all the pc<;|)U', but unto witnesses chosen hefoi'e ol' Go*!, cri II to us, who did I'at and drink with him after he rose from the dead. 42. And he conunanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is lie which wjus or- dained of God to he the Judge of (luick and dead. 43. To him j:;ive all the ju-ophets wit- ness, that through his name whosoever be- lieveth in him shall receive remission of sins. 44. While Peter yet s]iake tiiese words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them Avhich heard the word. 45. And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as c^ime with Peter, because that on the Gen- tiles also "was pom-ed out the gift of the Holy Ghost. 46. For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter, 47. Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have re- ceived the Holy Ghost as well as we ? 48. And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days. Acts 11:17. Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did luito us, who be- lieved on the Lord Jesus Christ, what was I, that I could withstand God ? 18. When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying. Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life. Acts 15:1. And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, cnid said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. 2. When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they detennined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question. 3. And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conver- sion of the Gentiles : and they caused great joy unto all the brethren. 4. And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were re- ceived of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them. 5. But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying. That it was needful to cir- cumcise them, and to command thon to keep the laAv of Moses. 6. And the apostles and elders came to- gether for to consider of this matter. 7. And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them. Men r/;/(^ breth- ren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gen- tiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe. 8. And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giv- ing them the Holy Ghost, even as /le did unto us ; 9. And put no difference between us and them, })urifying their hearts by faith. 10. Now therefore why tempt ye God, to ])ut a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? 1 1. P>ut we beheve that through tlicgniceof the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they. 12. Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them. 13. And after they had held their ]»eace, James answered, saying. Men ^r//(n)icthren. hearken unto me : 14. Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a peoi)le for his name. 15. And to this agree the words of thei)roplu'ts; as it is written, 16. After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down ; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up: 17. That the residue of men might seek aftei- the Lord, and all the Gentiles, uijon whom my name is called, saith the Lorcl, who doeth all these things. 18. Known unto God are all his woi'ks from the beginning of the world. 19. Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God : 20. But that we write vmto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and/ro^i fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood. 21 . For Moses of old time hath in every city them that pi-each him, being read in the synagogiies every sabbath day. 22. Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of theii- own company to Antioch with Paid and Barnabas ; namely, Judas suniamed Barsji- bas, and Silas, chi«?f men among the breth- ren: 23. And they wrote letters by thenx after this manner ; The apostles and elders and brethren se?id greeting unto the breth- ren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch ar.d Syria and Cilicia : 24. Forasmuch as we have heai'd, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, sub- verting your soids, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law; to whom we gave no such commandment: 25. It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, 26. Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 27. We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth. 28. For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things ; 29. That ye ab- stain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep your- selves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well. 30. So when they were dismis.sed. they came to An- tioch: and when they had gathered the mul- titude together, they delivered the epistle : 3 1 . Wh ic/i when they had read, they rejoiced for the con.solation. Kom. 1:1. Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called /(> fie an apostle, separated unto the 155 CATHOLICIl^. gospel of God, 2, (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures, ) 3. Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David ac- cording to the flesh ; 4. And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resuri'ection from the dead : 5. By whom we have received grace and apostlesliip, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name : 6, Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ : 7. To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints : Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. 14. I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians ; both to the wise, and to the unwise. 15. So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also. 16. For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ : for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth ; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. Rom. 3:20. Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight : for by the law is the knowledge of sin. 21. But now the righteousness of God with- out the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; 22. Even the i-ighteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference : 23. For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; 24. Being justified freely by; his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus : 25. Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God ; 2Q. To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness : that he might be just, and the justifier of him which be- lieveth in Jesus. 27. Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works ? Nay : but by the law of faith. 28. Therefore we conclude that a man is justi- fied by faith without the deeds of the law. 29. Is he the God of the Jews only ? is he not also of the Gentiles ? Yes, of the Gen- tiles also : 30. Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith. 31. Do we then make void the law through faith ? God forbid : yea, we establish the law. Rom. 4:1. What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found ? 2. For if Abraham were justified by woi'ks, he hath xohereof to glory; but not before God. 3. For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was comited unto him for right- eousness, 4. Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. 5. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. 6. Even as David also describeth the blessed- ness of the man, imto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, 7. Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are for- given, and whose sins are covered. 8. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. 9. Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for right- eousness. 10. How was it then reckoned ? when he was in circumcision, or in uncir- cumcision ? Not in circumcision, but in un- circumcision. 11. And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith whicii he had yet being vmcir- cumcised ; that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed mito them also : 12. And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised. 13. For the promise, that he should be the lieir of the world, vkis not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. 14. For if they which are of the law he heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect: 15. Because the law worketh wrath: for whei-e no law is, there is no transgression. 16. Therefore it is of faith that it might be by grace ; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham ; who is the father of us all, 17. (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickon- eth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though tliey were: 18. Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, accord- ing to that which was spoken. So shall thy seed be.' 19. And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when lie was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb : 20. He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief ; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; 21. And being fully persuaded that, what he had iDromised, he was able also to perform. 22. And there- fore it was imputed to him for righteous- ness. 23. Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him ; 24. But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead ; 25. Who was de- livered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification. Rom. 5-1. Therefore being justified by faith, 1 we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ : 2. By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. [in. V. let us] Gal, 3:27. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on 156 CATIIOLK^ITY. CELIBACY. Christ. 28. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. Eph. 2:14. For ho is our peace, who liath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between vs; 15. Havincr abolii oi p; shed in his ilesh the enmity, even the law of commandments cotitahied in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, i CENCHREA, a city of Corinth, Acts 18:18; Rom. 16:1. CENSER. Used for offering incense. Lev. 16:12; Num. 4:14; 16:6,7,16-18,46; Rev. 8:3. For the temple, made of gold, 1 Kin. 7:50; 2 Chr. 4:22; Heb. 9:4. Those which Korah used were converted into plates, Num. 16:37-39. Used in idolatrous rites, Ezek. 8:11. Symbolical: Rev. 8:3,5. CENSORIOUSNESS. See Unchari- TABLENESS; SPEAKING, EviL; CHARITABLE- NESS. CENSUS. Numbering of Israel by Mo- ses, Ex. 38:26; Num. 1; 3:14-43; 26; by David, 2 Sam. 24:1-9; 1 Chr. 21:1-8; 27:24. A poll tax to be levied at each, Ex. 30:12- 16; 38:26. Of the Roman Empire, by Caesar, Luke 2:1-3 \R. V.l CENTURION. A commander of one hundred soldiers in the Roman ai-my, Mark 15:44,45; Acts 21:32; 22:25,26; 23:17,23; 24:23. Of Capernaum, comes to Jesus in behalf of his servant, Matt. 8:5-13; Luke 7:1-10. In charge of the soldiers who crucified Jesus, testifies, "Truly this was the Son of God," Matt. 27:54; Mark 15:39; Luke 23:47. See Cornelius, Julius. CEPHAS. See Peter. CESAR. See C^sar. CESAREA. See Cjesarea. CESAREA PHILIPPI. SeeC^SAREA Philippi. CHAFF, FIOURATIVE: Job 21:18; Psa. 1:4; 35:5; Isa. 17:13; Dan. 2:35; Hos. 13:3; Matt. 3:12; Luke 3:17. CHAINS. Used as ornaments. Worn by princes, Gen. 41:42; Dan. 5:7,29. Worn on ankles. Num. 31:50; Isa. 3:19; on the breastplate of high priest, Ex. 28:14; 39:15. As ornaments on camels, Judg. 8:26. A par- tition of, in the temple, 1 Kin. 6:21; 7:17. Used to confine prisoners, Psa. 68:6; 149:8; Jer. 40:4; Acts 12:6,7; 21:33; 28:20; 2 Tim. 1:16. See Fetters. FIGURATIVE : Psa. 73:6; Prov. 1:9; Lam. 3:7; Ezek. 7:23-27; Jude 6; 2 Pet. 2:4; Rev. 20:1. CHALCEDONY, a precious stone, Rev. 21:19. CHALCOL, called also Calcol. Son of Nahor, 1 Kin. 4:31; 1 Chr. 2:6. CHALDEA, the southern portion of Babylonia. Often used interchangeably with Babylon, as the name of the empire founded in the valley of the Euphrates. Abraham a native of, Gen. 11:28,31; 15:7. Founded [R. v., destroyed] by the Assyrians, Isa. 23:13. Character of its people, Hab. 1:6. See Babylon ; Chaldeans. CHALDEANS, learned and wise men of the east. Dan. 1:4; 2:2; 4:7; 5:7; Jer. 50:35. CHALK, Isa. 27:9. CHAMBERLAIN, an officer of a king, 2 Kin. 23:11; Esth. 1:10-15; 2:3-21; 4:4,5; Acts 12:20; Rom. 16:23. CHAMELEON, forbidden as food. Lev. 11:30. CHAMOIS, a species of antelope, Deut. 14:5. CHAMPAIGN, a flat, open country, Deut. 11:30. CHAMPIONSHIP. Battles were de- cided by. INSTANCES OF : Goliath and Da- vid, 1 Sam. 17:8-53. Young men of David's and Abner's armies, 2 Sam. 2:14-17. Repre- sentatives of the Philistines' and David's armies, 2 Sam. 21:15-22. CHANAAN. See Canaan. CHANCELLOR, a state officer, Ezra 4: 8,9,17. See Cabinet. CHANGE OF VENUE. Granted Paul. Acts 23:17-35. Dechned by Paul, Acts. 25: 9,11. CHAPITER, head of a pillar, Ex. 36: 38; 1 Kin. 7:16-42; 2 Kin. 25:17; 2 Chr. 4:12, 13" Jer 52"22 'character, of SAINTS: Attentive to Christ's voice, John 10:3,4; blameless and harmless, Phil. 2:15: bold, Prov. 28:1; con- trite, Isa. 57:15; 66:2; devout, Acts 8:3; 22:12; lo8 CHAKACTEK.- Firmness op. fjiithrul, Rov. 17:1 4; fearing God, Mai. 3:16; Ads 10:-,'; toUnwiiij; C'lirist, .lohii 1(1:1,27; p.dly, I'sa. 4:;); 2 J'ct. 2:1); K:li); Matt. 5:5; niereiful, Psii. 37:20; Matt. 5:7; new creatiu'es, 2 Cor. 5:17; Eph. 2:10; obedient, Kom. 10:19; 1 Pet. 1:14; poor in spirit, Matt. 5:3; i)rudent, Prov. 10:21; pin-e in heart, Matt. 5:8; 1 John 3:3; righteous, Isji. 00:21; Luke 1:0; sincere, 2 Cor. 1:12; 2:17; steadfast. Acts 2:42; Col. 2:5; taught of God, Isil. 54:13; 1 John 2:27; true, 2 Cor. 0:8; undetiled, Psa. 119:1; upright, 1 Kin. 3:0; Psil. 15:2; watch- ful, Luke 12:37; zealous of good works, Tit. 2:14. See RKiHTEors, Described. OF THE WICKED : Abominable, Rev. 21:8; alienated from God, Eph. 4:18; Col. 1:21; blasphemous, Luke 22:05; Rev. 10:9; blinded, 2 Cor. 4:4; Eph. 4:18; boastful, Psa. 10:3; 49:0; conspiring against saints, Neh. 4:8; 0:2; Psa. 38:12; corrupt. Matt. 7:17; Eph. 4:22; covet- ous, Mic. 2:2; Rom. 1:29; deceitful, Psa. 5:0; Rom. 3:13; delighting in the iniquity of others, Prov. 2:14; Rom. 1:32; despising saints, Neh. 2:19; 4:2; 2 Tim. 3:3,4; destructive, Isa. 59:7; disobedient, Neh. 9:20; Tit. 3:3; 1 Pet. 2:7; enticing to evil, Prov. 1:10-14; 2 Tim. 3:6; envious, Neh. 2:10; Tit. 3:3; evil- doei-s, Jer. 13:23; Mic. 7:3; fearful, Prov. 28: 1; Rev. 21:8; fierce, Prov. 10:29; 2 Tim. 3:3: foolish. Dent. 32:0: Psa. 5:5; forgetting God, Job 8:13; fraudulent, Psa. 37:21; Mic. 0:11; froward, Prov. 21:8; Isa. 57:17; glorying in their shame, Phil. 3:19; hard-hearted, Ezek. 3:7; hating the light, Job 24:13; John 3:20; heady and high-minded, 2 Tim. 3:4; hostile to God, Rom. 8:7; Col. 1:21; hypocritical, Isa. 29:13; 2 Tim. 3:5; ignorant of God. Hos. 4:1; 2 Thess. 1:8; im])udent, Ezek. 2:4; incontinent, 2 Tim. 3:3; infidel, Psa. 10:4; 14:1; loathsome, Prov. 13:5; lovers of pleasure, not of God, 2 Tim. 3:4; lying, Psa. 58:3; 62:4; Isa. 59:4; mis- chievous, Prov. 24:8; Mic. 7:3; miu'derous, Psa. 10:8; 94:0; Rom. 1:29; prayerless. Job 21:15; Psa. 53:4; persecuting, Psa. 09:20; 109: 10; pervei-se, Deut. 32:5; proud, Psa. 59:12; Obad. 3; 2 Tim. 3:2: rebellious, Isa. 1.2; 30:9; rejoicing in the affliction of saints, P.sa. 35: 15; reprobate, 2 Cor. 13:5; 2 Tim. 3:8; Tit. 1: 16; selfish, 2 Tim. 3:2; sensual, Phil. 3:19; Jude, 19; sold under sin, 1 Kin. 21:20; 2 Kin. 17:17; stiff-heaited, Ezek. 2:4; stiff-necked, Ex. 33:5; Acts 7:51; uncircumcised in heart, Jer. 9:26; unclean. Isa. 64:0; Eph. 4:19; un- just, Prov. 11:7: Isa. 26:18; unmerciful, Rom. 1:31; ungodly, Prov. 10:27; unholy, 2 Tim. 3J2; unprofitable. Matt. 25:30; Rom. 3:12: un- ruly. Tit. 1:10; unthankful, Luke 0:35; 2 Tim. 3:2; untoward. Acts 2:40; imwise, Deut. 32:0. -Sible Text-Book. See Wicked, Described. ( CiOOl): Prov. 22:1. A good name >s vnthor to be chosen than great riches, (//n/ 1(»\ ing favour rather than silver and gold. Eccl. 7:1. DEFAMATION OF, PUNISHED: Deut. 22:13. If any man take a wife, and go in luito her, and hate her, 14. And give occa- sions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and sjvy, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid: 15. Then shall the fatlicr of the damsel, and her mother, take and biing forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate. 16. And the damsel's father shall siiy unto tho eldei'S, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her; 17. And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech (tyaui.st /ur, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these «re t/ie tokens of my daugh- ter's virginity. And they shall sjiread the cloth before the elders of the city. 18. And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him ; 19. And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give tJtetn vmto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel : and she shall be his wife ; he may not put her away all his days. REVEALED IN COUNTENANCE: Isa. 3:9. The sheAv of their coimtenance doth witness against them ; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul ! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves. See Countenance ; Face. FIRMNESS OF: Psa. 57:7. My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed : I will sing and give praise. Psa. 108:1; 112:7. Matt. 10:22. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that en- dureth to the end shall be saved. Mark 4:20. And these are they which ai'e sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hvmdred. 1 Cor. 7:20. Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. 2 Thess. 2:15. Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word or our epistle. 2 Thess. 3:3. But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil. Heb. 10:23. Let us hold fast the profes- sion of oHv faith without wavering ; (for he is faithful that promised ;) Heb. 13:9. Be not carried about with divei-s and strange d(X;trines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, whicli have not pi-ofited them that have been occu])ied therein. Jas. 1:25. But whoso looketh into the per- fect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. iOV CHARACTER.— Instability op. Instances of Firmness : Joseph in i*esist- ing Potiphar's Avife, Gen. 39:7-12; Pilate, John 19:22; Paul, Acts 20:22-24; 21:13,14. See Decision ; Stability. INSTABILITY OF : Prov. 24:21. My son, fear thou the Lord and the king: am! med- dle not with them that are given to change : 22. For their cahvmity shall rise suddenly ; and who knoweth the ruin of them both ? Prov. 27:8. As a bird that wandereth f i-om her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place. Jer. 2:36. Why gaddestthou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria. Hos. 6:4. 0 Ephraim, what shall I do imto thee ? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness /.-? as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. Hos. 7:8. Ephraim. he hath mixed him- self among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned. Hos. 10:2. Their heart is divided; now shall they be f oimd faulty : he shall break down their altai-s. he shall spoil their images. ^latt. 13:10. When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and undei-sti^ndeth it not. then cometh the wicked one, and catch- eth away that Avhich was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side. 20. But he that received the seed into stony places, the sanie is he that heareth the woi'd, and anon with joy receiveth it ; 21. Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while : for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is oflfended. 22. He also that re- ceived seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word ; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh imfruitful. Mark 4:15-19; Luke 8:5-15. Luke 9:59. And he sjiid unto another. Fol- low me. But he s;iid. Lord, suffer me first to go and biuy my father. 60. Jesus sjiid imto him. Lei the dead burj- their dead : but go thou and preach the kingdom of God. 61. And another also said, Lord. I will fol- low thee ; but let me fii'st go bid them fare- well, which are at home at my house. 62. And Jesus said imto him. No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. Matt. 8:19-22. Eph. 4:14. That we hencefortJt be no niore children, tos.sed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cimning craftiness, wherebj" thej' lie in wait to deceive ; Jas. 1:6. But let him ask in faith, nothing > wavering. For he that 2 wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven Avith the wind and tossed. 7. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. 8. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. [R. V. iiloiibtins; ^lUmbtethl Jas. 4:8. DraAV nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinnei"s ; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. 2 Pet. 2:14. Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin , beguiling unskible souls : See Indecision; Instability; Decision; Perseverance ; Stability. Instances of Instability. Reuben : Gen. 49:3. Reuben, thou art my fii'stborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excel- lency of power : 4. Unstiible as Avater, thou shalt not excel; because thou Aventest up to thy father s bed ; then detiledst thou it : he Avent up to my couch. Pharaoh: Ex'. 8:15. But Avhen Pharaoh saw that there Avas respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not mito them : as the Lord had s;iid. 32. And Pharaoh haixlened his heart at this time also, neither Avould he let the people go. Ex. 9:34. And Avhen Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders Avere cetxsed, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his serA-ants. Ex. 14:5. And it Avas told the king of Egypt that the people fled : and the heart of Pharaoh and of his serA'ants Avas tm-ned against the people, and they said. Why haA'e we done this, that Ave haA'e let Israel go from serA'ing us ? Solomon: 1 Kin. 11:4. For it came to pass. Avhen Solomon Avas old, that hisAviA-es turned aAvay his heart after other gods : and his heart Avas not perfect Avith the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father. 5. For Solomon Avent after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. 6. And Solomon did ca^I in the sight of the Lord, and Avent not fidly after the Lord, as J id David his father. "^ 7. Then did Solomon build an high j^lace for Chemosh, the abom- ination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusiilem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Amnion. 8. And likewise did he for all his strange AviA-es, Avhich burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods. Israelites : Ex. 32:8. They have turned aside quickly out of the Avay Avhich I com- manded them ; they haA'e made themamolten calf, and liaA-e Avorehipped it, and haA'e sac- I'ificed thereunto, and said. These he thy gods, O Israel, Avhich haA'e brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. Judg. 2:17. And yet they Avould not heark- en unto their judges, but they Avent a Avhor- ing after other gods, and boAved themseh'es unto them : they turned quickly out of the Avay Avhich their fa there Avalked in, obeying the commandments of the Lord; hutihey did not so. 19. And it came to pass, Avhen the judge Avas dead, that they returned, and cornqited fhehiselves more than their fa- thers, in ft)llowing other gods to serA'e them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn Avay. 160 CHARACTER. CHARITABLENESS. 2 Chr. 11:17. So thoy strcnRthpnod tho kiiiKiloiii of Judah, and iiiadi' Kchoboani tlu^ Boll of Sol(iim>ii strong, three years: for three years they walked iu tlie way of David and Solomon. 2 Chr. 12:1. And it caiiic to pass when Kelioboam had est;d>lished thekiiif^doni, aiul liad strengthened liiniself, he forsook the law of the LoiU), and all Israel with him. Kinji Saul in his treatment of David, 1 Sam. chai)ters IS; 11). CHAKASUIM, valley of, 1 Chr. 4:14; Neh. 11:35. C'lIAlUIE, delivered to ministei's. See Ministers. CHAKGKR, a dish. Dedicated to the tabernacle, Nnm. 7:13,lS),25,31,37,43,4f),55,()l, 67,73,7l),84,85. John Baptist's heiid carried on. Matt. 14:S.ll. CIIAKIOT. For war, Ex. 14:7,0,25; Josh. 11:4; 1 Sam. 13:5; 1 Kin. 20:1,25; 2 Kin. G:14; 2 Chr. 12:2,3; Psa. 20:7; 46:'.); Jer. 40:9; 47:3: 51:21; Joel 2:5; Nah. 2:3,4; 3:2. Wheels of Pharaoh's, providentially taken off, Ex. 14:25. Commanded by captains, Ex. 14:7; 1 Kin. 9:22; 22:31-33; 2 Kin. 8:21. Made of iron. Josh. 17:18; Jndg. 1:19. Introduced among Israelites by David. 2 Sam. 8:4. Imyjorted from Egvpt by Solomon, 1 Kin. 10:20-29. Cities for, 1 Kin. 9:19; 2 Chr. 1:14; 8:0; 9:25. Royal, Gen. 41:43; 40:29; 2 Kin. 5:9; 2 Chr. 35 24; Jer. 17:25; Acts 8:29 ' I«l. 21:7; Mic. 1:13. Traffic in. Rev. 18:13. Kings ride in, 2 Chr. 35:24; Jer. 17:25; 2S:4. Cherubim in Solo- mon's temple mounted on, 1 Chr. 28:18. FIGURATIVE: Chariots of G«d, Psa. 68:17; 104:3; 2 Kin. 0:17; Isa. 66:15; Hab. 3:8; Rev. 9:9. S^oiBOLiCAL: Zech. 6:1- S; 2 Kin. 2:11,12. CHAKIS3I. An inspired gift, bestowed on the apostles and early Chi'istians, Matt. 10:1,8; Mark 16:17,18; Luke 10:1,9,17,19; Acts 2:4; 10:44-40; 19:6; 1 Cor. 12. See Miracles; Ton«ues. CHARITABLENESS. Prov. 10:12. Hatred stirreth up strifes : but love covereth all sins. Prov. 17:9. He that covereth a transgres- sion seeketh love ; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. !Matt. 5:23. Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; 24. I..eave there thy gift before the altar, and mote that is in thy brother's eye, but con- siderest not the beam that is in thine own ey(!? 4. Or how wilt thou sty to thy l)i-otli(T, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, abeam is in thine own eye? 5. Thou hypocrite, first east out the beam out of tliiiuM)wn eye; aiul then shalt thou see clearly to ca.st oui the mote out of thy broth- er's eye. Luke 6:37-42. Matt. 18:21. Then came Peter to him, and said, Ijord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? 22. Jesus saitli unto him, I say not \n\U) thee. Until seven times : but, Until sev- enty tinier seven. 23. Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his scl■^•ants. 24. And when he had begun to reckon, one "was bi'ought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents. 25. But foi-a.smuch as ho had not to pay, his lord commanded him tf) be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. 26. The servant therefore fell down, and w^orshipped him, saying. Lord, have j)atience witli me, and I will pay thee all. 27. Tlu^n the lord of thatsei'vant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt. 28. But the same sei-^-ant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, Avhich owed him an hundred pence : and he laid hands on Drawn by camels, ' him, and took / hn by the throat, saying. Pay mo that thou owest. 29. And his fellow- serv'ant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying. Have patience with me. and I will pay thee all. 30. And he woukl not; but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay tho debt. 31 . So when his f ello w- sei'\^antssaw what was done, they were very Sony, and came and told unto their lord all that was done. 32. Then his lord, after tkat he had called him, said imto him, O thou Avicked ser\'ant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me: 33. Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowsem-ant, even as I had pity on thee ? 34. And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. 35. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye f^om your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses. Luke 6:36. Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. 37. Judge not. and ye shall not be judged : condemn not and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy ye shall not be condemned : forgive, and ye brother, and then come and ofler thy gift Matt. 6:14. For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you : 15. But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. Matt. 7:1. Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judge