- -  INSTANCES OF
......   Abraham and Abimelech: ...  Ge 21:22-32|
......   Abimelech and Isaac: ...  Ge 26:26-31|
......   Jacob and Laban: ...  Ge 31:44-54|
......   Jonathan and David: ...  1Sa 18:3,4; 20:16,42; 2Sa 21:7|
......   Jews with each other, to serve God: ...  2Ch 15:12-15; Ne 10:28-32|
......   King Zedekiah and his subjects: ...  Jer 34:8|
......   Ahab with Benhadad: ...  1Ki 20:34|
......   Subjects with sovereign: ...  2Ch 23:1-3,16|
- -  Agreements between two parties: ...   Ge 26:28; Da 11:6|
- -  DESIGNED FOR
......   Establishing friendship: ...   1Sa 18:3|
......   Procuring assistance in war: ...   1Ki 15:18,19|
......   Mutual protection: ...   Ge 26:28,29; 31:50-52|
......   Establishing peace: ...   Jos 9:15,16|
......   Promoting commerce: ...   1Ki 5:6-11|
......   Selling land: ...   Ge 23:14-16|
- -  OF MAN WITH GOD
......   Jacob: ...  Ge 28:20-22|
......   Joshua: ...  Jos 24:25; with 24:19-28|
......   Absalom: ...  2Sa 15:7,8|
......   Jehoiada and Joash: ...  2Ki 11:17|
......   Josiah: ...  2Ki 23:3|
......   Asa: ...  2Ch 15:12-15|
......   Nehemiah: ...  Ne 9:38; 10|
......   Israelites: ...  Jer 50:5|
- -  CONDITIONS OF
......   Clearly specified: ...   1Sa 11:1,2|
......   Conformed by oath: ...   Ge 21:23,31; 26:31|
......   Witnessed: ...   Ge 23:17,18; Ru 4:9-11|
......   Written and sealed: ...   Ne 9:38; 10:1|
- -  God often called to witness: ...   Ge 31:50,53|
- -  When confirmed, unalterable: ...   Ga 3:15|
- -  Made by passing between the pieces of the divided sacrifices: ...   Ge 15:9-17; Jer 34:18,19|
- -  Salt a sign of perpetuity in: ...   Nu 18:19; 2Ch 13:5|
- -  Ratified by joining hands: ...   Pr 11:21; Eze 17:18|
- -  Followed by a feast: ...   Ge 26:30; 31:54|
- -  Presents given as tokens: ...   Ge 21:27-30; 1Sa 18:3,4|
- -  Pillars raised in token of: ...   Ge 31:45,46|
- -  Names given to places where made: ...   Ge 21:31; 31:47-49|
- -  THE JEWS
......   Forbidden to make, with the nations of Canaan: ...   Ex 23:32; De 7:2|
......   Frequently made with other nations: ...   1Ki 5:12; 2Ki 17:4|
......   Condemned for making, with idolatrous nations: ...   Isa 30:2-5; Ho 12:1|
......   Regarded, as sacred: ...   Jos 9:16-19; Ps 15:4|
- -  Violated by the wicked: ...   Ro 1:31; 2Ti 3:3|
- -  ILLUSTRATIVE
......   Of the contract of marriage: ...   Mal 2:14|
......   Of God's promises to man: ...   Ge 9:9-11; Eph 2:12|
......   Of the united determination of a people to serve God: ...   2Ki 11:17; 2Ch 15:12; Ne 10:29|
......   Of good resolutions: ...   Job 31:1|
......   (With death and hell,) of carnal security: ...   Isa 28:15,18|
......   (With stones and beasts, of the earth,) of peace and   prosperity: ...   Job 5:23; Ho 2:18|
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COVETOUSNESS
- -  Comes from the heart: ...   Mark 7:22,23|
- -  Engrosses the heart: ...   Eze 33:31; 2Pe 2:14|
- -  Is idolatry: ...   Eph 5:5; Col 3:5|
- -  Is the root of all evil: ...   1Ti 6:10|
- -  Is never satisfied: ...   Ec 5:10; Hab 2:5|
- -  Is vanity: ...   Ps 39:6; Ec 4:8|
- -  IS INCONSISTENT
......   In saints: ...   Eph 5:3; Heb 13:5|
......   Specially in ministers: ...   1Ti 3:3|
- -  LEADS TO
......   Injustice and oppression: ...   Pr 28:20; Mic 2:2|
......   Foolish and hurtful lusts: ...   1Ti 6:9|
......   Departure from the faith: ...   1Ti 6:10|
......   Lying: ...   2Ki 5:22-25|
......   Murder: ...   Pr 1:18,19; Eze 22:12|
......   Theft: ...   Jos 7:21|
......   Poverty: ...   Pr 28:22|
......   Misery: ...   1Ti 6:10|
......   Domestic affliction: ...   Pr 15:27|
- -  Abhorred by God: ...   Ps 10:3|
- -  Forbidden: ...   Ex 20:17|
- -  A characteristic of the wicked: ...   Ro 1:29|
- -  A characteristic of the slothful: ...   Pr 21:26|
- -  Commended by the wicked alone: ...   Ps 10:3|
- -  Hated by saints: ...   Ex 18:21; Acts 20:33|
- -  To be mortified by saints: ...   Col 3:5|
- -  Woe denounced against: ...   Isa 5:8; Hab 2:9|
- -  Punishment of: ...   Job 20:15; Isa 57:17; Jer 22:17-19; Mic 2:2,3|
- -  Excludes from heaven: ...   1Cor 6:10; Eph 5:5|
- -  Beware of: ...   Luke 12:15|
- -  Avoid those guilty of: ...   1Cor 5:11|
- -  Pray against: ...   Ps 119:36|
- -  Reward of those who hate: ...   Pr 28:16|
- -  Shall abound in the last days: ...   2Ti 3:2; 2Pe 2:1-3|
- -  Exemplified
......   Laban: ...   Ge 31:41|
......   Achan: ...   Jos 7:21|
......   Eli's sons: ...   1Sa 2:12-14|
......   Samuel's sons: ...   1Sa 8:3|
......   Saul: ...   1Sa 15:9,19|
......   Ahab: ...   1Ki 21:2-4|
......   Gehazi: ...   2Ki 5:20-24|
......   Nobles of the Jews: ...   Ne 5:7; Isa 1:23|
......   Jewish people: ...   Isa 56:11; Jer 6:13|
......   Babylon: ...   Jer 51:13|
......   Young man: ...   Mt 19:22|
......   Judas: ...   Mt 26:14,15; John 12:6|
......   Pharisees: ...   Luke 16:14|
......   Ananias &c: ...   Acts 5:1-10|
......   Felix: ...   Acts 24:26|
......   Balaam: ...   2Pe 2:15; Jude 1:11|

- -  See AVARICE
- -  See RICH
- -  See RICHES
- -  See WORLDLINESS
- -  INSTANCES OF
......   Eve, in desiring the forbidden fruit: ...  Ge 3:6|
......   Lot, in choosing the plain of the Jordan: ...  Ge 13:10-13|
......   Laban
  ......   In giving Rebekah to be Isaac's wife: ...   Ge 24:29-51|
  ......   In deceiving Jacob when he served him seven years for   Rachel: ...   Ge 29:15-30|
  ......   In deceiving Jacob in wages: ...   Ge 31:7,15,41,42|
......   Jacob
  ......   In defrauding Esau of his, father's blessing: ...   Ge 27:6-29|
  ......   In defrauding Laban of his flocks and herds: ...   Ge 30:35-43|
  ......   In buying Esau's birthright: ...   Ge 25:31|
......   Balaam, in loving the wages of unrighteousness: ...  2Pe 2:15; with Nu 22|
......   Achan, in hiding the treasure: ...  Jos 7:21|
......   Eli's sons, in taking the flesh of the sacrifice: ...  1Sa 2:13-17|
......   Samuel's sons, in taking bribes: ...  1Sa 8:3|
......   Saul, in sparing, Agag and the booty: ...  1Sa 15:8,9|
......   David, of Bath-sheba: ...  2Sa 11:2-5|
......   Ahab, in desiring Naboth's vineyard: ...  1Ki 21:2-16|
......   Gehazi, in taking a gift from Naaman: ...  2Ki 5:20-27|
......   Some Jews
  ......   In exacting usury from their brethren: ...   Ne 5:1-11|
  ......   In keeping back the portion of the Levites: ...   Ne 13:10|
  ......   In building fine houses while the house of the Lord lay   waste: ...   Hag 1:4-9|
  ......   In following Jesus merely for the loaves and fish: ...   John 6:26|
......   Money-changers in the temple: ...  Mt 21:12,13; Luke 19:45,46; John 2:14-16|
......   The rich young ruler: ...  Mt 19:16-22|
......   The rich fool: ...  Luke 12:15-21|
......   Judas, in betraying Jesus for twenty pieces of silver: ...  Mt 26:15,16; Mark 14:10,11; Luke 22:3-6; John 12:6|
......   The unjust steward: ...  Luke 16:1-8|
......   The Pharisees: ...  Luke 16:14|
......   Simon Magus, in trying to buy the gift of the Holy Spirit: ...  Acts 8:18-23|
......   The sorcerers, in filing complaint against Paul and Silas: ...  Acts 16:19|
......   Demetrius, in raising a riot against Paul and Silas: ...  Acts 19:24,27|
......   Festus, in hoping for a bribe from Paul: ...  Acts 24:26|
......   Demas in forsaking Paul for love of the world: ...  2Ti 4:10|
- -  See AVARICE
- -  See BRIBERY
- -  See RICH
- -  See RICHES
- -  General scriptures concerning: ...  Ex 18:21; 20:17; De 5:21; Ne 5:7; Job 20:15; 31:24,25,28;    Ps 10:3; 119:36; Pr 1:19; 11:24,26; 15:27; 21:25,26; 22:16;    23:4,5; 30:8,9; Ec 1:2-8; 4:8; 5:10,11; Isa 1:23; 5:8;    56:11; 57:17; Jer 6:13; 8:10; 17:11; 22:17; 51:13; Eze    22:12,13; 33:31; Ho 4:18; 10:1; Mic 2:2; 3:11; 7:3; Hab    1:15,16; 2:5-9; Hag 1:6; Mal 1:10; Mt 6:19-21,24,25,31-33;    13:22; 16:26; 19:23,24; 22:1-14; Mark 4:19; 7:21-23; Luke 7:14;    12:15-21,33,34; 14:16-24; 18:24,25; John 6:26,27; Ro 1:29;    13:9; 1Cor 5:11; 6:10; Eph 5:3,5; Col 3:2,5,6; Php 3:18,19;    1Th 2:5; 1Ti 3:3; 6:5-11,17; 2Ti 3:2; Tit 1:7,11; Heb 13:5;    James 4:2,13-17; 1Pet 5:2; 2Pe 2:3,14-16; 1Jo 2:15-17; Jude    1:11|
 

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COW
- -  Used for pulling: ...  1Sa 6:7-12; Ho 10:11|
- -  (Milk of, used for food)
- -  See MILK
- -  See CATTLE
- -  See KINE
- -  FIGURATIVE: ...  Am 4:1|
 

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COWARDICE
- -  General scriptures concerning: ...  Le 26:36,37; De 20:8; 32:30; Jos 7:5; 23:10; Jud 7:3; Job    15:24; 18:11; Pr 28:1; 29:25; Isa 51:12,13; Ga 6:12; 2Ti    4:16|
- -  See COURAGE

- -  INSTANCES OF
......   Adam, in attempting to shift responsibility for his sin upon    Eve: ...  Ge 3:12|
......   Abraham, in calling his wife his sister: ...  Ge 12:11-19; 20:2-12|
......   Isaac, in calling his wife his sister: ...  Ge 26:7-9|
......   Jacob, in flying from Laban: ...  Ge 31:31|
......   Aaron, in yielding to the Israelites, when they demanded an    idol: ...  Ex 32:22-24|
......   The ten spies: ...  Nu 13:28,31-33|
......   The Israelites
  ......   In fearing to attempt the conquest of Canaan: ...   Nu 14:1-5; De 1:26-28|
  ......   In the battle with the people of Ai: ...   Jos 7:5|
  ......   To meet Goliath: ...   1Sa 17:24|
  ......   To fight with the Philistines: ...   1Sa 13:6,7|
......   20,000 Of Gideon's army: ...  Jud 7:3|
......   Ephraimites: ...  Ps 78:9|
......   Ephraimites and Manassehites: ...  Jos 17:14-18|
......   Amoritish kings: ...  Jos 10:16|
......   Canaanites: ...  Jos 2:11; 5:1|
......   Samuel, fearing to obey God's command to anoint a king in    Saul's place: ...  1Sa 16:2|
......   David, in fleeing from Absalom: ...  2Sa 15:13-17|
......   Nicodemus, in coming to Jesus by night: ...  John 3:1,2|
......   Joseph of Arimathaea, secretly a disciple: ...  John 19:38|
......   Parents of the blind man, who was restored to sight: ...  John 9:22|
......   Early converts among the rulers: ...  John 12:42,43|
......   The disciples
  ......   During the storm at sea: ...   Mt 8:26; Mark 4:38; Luke 8:25|
  ......   When they saw Jesus walking on the sea: ...   Mt 14:25; Mark 6:50; John 6:19|
  ......   When Jesus was apprehended: ...   Mt 26:56|
......   Peter, in denying the Lord: ...  Mt 26:69-74; Mark 14:66-72; Luke 22:54-60; John   18:16,17,25,27|
......   Pilate, in condemning Jesus, through fear of the people: ...  John 19:12-16|
......   Guards of the sepulcher of Jesus: ...  Mt 28:4|
......   The Philippian jailer: ...  Acts 16:27|
......   Peter and other Christians, at Antioch (of Syria): ...  Ga 2:11-14|