FAITHFULNESS
- - A characteristic of saints: ... Eph 1:1; Col 1:2;
1Ti 6:2; Re 17:14|
- - EXHIBITED IN
...... The service of God: ... Mt 24:45|
...... Declaring the word of God: ... Jer 23:28; 2Co
2:17; 4:2|
...... The care of dedicated things: ... 2Ch 31:12|
...... Helping the brethren: ... 3Jo 1:5|
...... Bearing witness: ... Pr 14:5|
...... Reproving others: ... Pr 27:6; Ps 141:5|
...... Situations of trust: ... 2Ki 12:15; Ne 13:13;
Ac 6:1-3|
...... Doing work: ... 2Ch 34:12|
...... Keeping secrets: ... Pr 11:13|
...... Conveying messages: ... Pr 13:17; 25:13|
...... All things: ... 1Ti 3:11|
...... The smallest matters: ... Lu 16:10-12|
- - Should be to death: ... Re 2:10|
- - ESPECIALLY REQUIRED IN
...... Ministers: ... 1Co 4:2; 2Ti 2:2|
...... The wives of ministers: ... 1Ti 3:11|
...... The children of ministers: ... Tit 1:6|
- - Difficulty of finding: ... Pr 20:6|
- - The wicked devoid of: ... Ps 5:9|
- - Associate with those who exhibit: ... Ps 101:6|
- - Blessedness of: ... 1Sa 26:23; Pr 28:20|
- - Blessedness of, illustrated: ... Mt 24:45,46; 25:21,23|
- - Exemplified
...... Joseph: ... Ge 39:22,23|
...... Moses: ... Nu 12:7; Heb 3:2,5|
...... David: ... 1Sa 22:14|
...... Hananiah: ... Ne 7:2|
...... Abraham: ... Ne 9:8; Ga 3:9|
...... Daniel: ... Da 6:4|
...... Paul: ... Ac 20:20,27|
...... Timothy: ... 1Co 4:17|
...... Tychicus: ... Eph 6:21|
...... Epaphras: ... Col 1:7|
...... Onesimus: ... Col 4:9|
...... Silvanus: ... 1Pe 5:12|
...... Antipas: ... Re 2:13|
- - EXHORTATION TO: ... Ps 12:1; 31:23; Pr 20:6; 28:20;
Mt 10:22; 24:45-47; 25:14-23; Lu 12:42-44; 16:10-12; 19:12-27; 1Co 4:2;
Re 2:10|
...... See OBEDIENCE, EXHORTATION TO
...... See PERSEVERANCE
...... See MINISTERS, FAITHFUL
...... See REPROOF, FAITHFULNESS IN
- - INSTANCES OF
...... Abraham: ... Ga 3:9|
...... Moses: ... Heb 3:5|
...... David: ... 2Sa 22:22-25|
...... Elijah: ... 1Ki 19:10,14|
...... Abijah: ... 2Ch 13:4-20|
...... Jehoshaphat: ... 2Ch 20:1-30|
...... Job: ... Job 1:21,22; 2:9,10|
...... See HEZEKIAH
...... See JOSIAH
...... See JOASH
...... See DANIEL
- - OF GOD
...... See GOD, FAITHFULNESS OF
[Back] FALCON
- - A carnivorous bird (R. V.): ... Le 11:14; De 14:13|
[Back] FALL OF MAN
- - By the disobedience of Adam: ... Ge 3:6,11,12; Ro
5:12,15,19|
- - Through temptation of the devil: ... Ge 3:1-5; 2Co
11:3; 1Ti 2:14|
- - MAN IN CONSEQUENCE OF
...... Made in the image of Adam: ... Ge 5:3; 1Co 15:48,49|
...... Born in sin: ... Job 15:14; 25:4; Ps 51:5; Isa
48:8; Joh 3:6|
...... A child of wrath: ... Eph 2:3|
...... Evil in heart: ... Ge 6:5; 8:21; Jer 16:12; Mt
15:19|
...... Blinded in heart: ... Eph 4:18|
...... Corrupt and perverse in his ways: ... Ge 6:12;
Ps 10:5; Ro 3:12-16|
...... Depraved in mind: ... Ro 8:5-7; Eph 4:17; Col
1:21; Tit 1:15|
...... Without understanding: ... Ps 14:2,3; Ro 3:11;
1:31|
...... Receives no the things of God: ... 1Co 2:14|
...... Comes short of God's glory: ... Ro 3:23|
...... Defiled in conscience: ... Tit 1:15; Heb 10:22|
...... Intractable: ... Job 11:12|
...... Estranged from God: ... Ge 3:8; Ps 58:3; Eph
4:18; Col 1:21|
...... In bondage to sin: ... Ro 6:19; 7:5,23; Ga 5:17;
Tit 3:3|
...... In bondage to the devil: ... 2Ti 2:26; Heb 2:14,15|
...... Constant in evil: ... Ps 10:5; 2Pe 2:14|
...... Conscious of guilt: ... Ge 3:7,8,10|
...... Unrighteous: ... Ec 7:20; Ro 3:10|
...... Abominable: ... Job 15:16; Ps 14:3|
...... Turned to his own way: ... Isa 53:6|
...... Loves darkness: ... Joh 3:19|
...... Corrupt &c in speech: ... Ro 3:13,14|
...... Devoid of the fear of God: ... Ro 3:18|
...... Totally depraved: ... Ge 6:5; Ro 7:18|
- - Dead in sin: ... Eph 2:1; Col 2:13|
- - All men partake of the effects of: ... 1Ki 8:46;
Ga 3:22; 1Jo 1:8; 5:19|
- - PUNISHMENT CONSEQUENT UPON
...... Banishment from Paradise: ... Ge 3:24|
...... Condemnation to labour and sorrow: ... Ge 3:16,19;
Job 5:6,7|
...... Temporal death: ... Ge 3:19; Ro 5:12; 1Co 15:22|
...... Eternal death: ... Job 21:30; Ro 5:18,21; 6:23|
- - Cannot be remedied by man: ... Pr 20:9; Jer 2:22;
13:23|
- - Remedy for, provided by God: ... Ge 3:15; Joh 3:16|
- - General scriptures concerning: ... Ge 3:1-19; 2:16,17;
Job 31:33; Ec 7:29; Isa 43:27; Ho 6:7; Ro 5:12,14,18,19,21; 1Co 15:21,22;
2Co 11:3; 1Ti 2:14|
[Back] FALSE ACCUSATION
- - See ACCUSATION, FALSE
[Back] FALSE CONFIDENCE
- - In self: ... De 29:19; 1Ki 20:11; Pr 3:5; 23:4;
26:12; 28:26; Isa 5:21; Ro 12:16; 2Co 1:9|
- - In outward resources: ... Ps 20:7; 33:17; 44:6;
49:6; Pr 11:28; Isa 22:11; 31:1-3; Jer 48:7; Zec 4:6; Mr 10:24|
- - In man: ... Ps 33:16; 62:9; 118:8; 146:3,4; Isa
2:22; Jer 17:5; Ho 5:13; 7:11|
- - INSTANCES OF
...... At Babel: ... Ge 11:4|
...... Sennacherib, in the siege of Jerusalem: ... 2Ki
19:23|
...... Asa, in relying on Syria rather than on God: ...
2Ch 16:7-9|
...... Hezekiah, in the defenses of Jerusalem: ... Isa
22:11|
...... Peter, in asserting his devotion to Jesus: ...
Mt 26:35; Lu 22:33,34; Joh 13:37,38|
...... See CONFIDENCE, FALSE
[Back] FALSE TEACHERS
- - See TEACHERS, FALSE
[Back] FALSE WITNESS
- - GENERAL SCRIPTURES: ... Ex 20:16; 23:1; Le 6:3;
19:11,12,16; De 5:20; 19:16-20; Ps 27:12; 35:11; Pr 6:16-19; 12:17; 14:5,8,25;
18:5; 19:9,22,28; 21:28; 24:28; 25:18; Zec 5:3,4; Mt 15:19; 19:18; Lu 3:14;
18:20; Ro 13:9; 1Ti 1:9,10|
...... See PERJURY
...... See FALSEHOOD
...... See EVIDENCE, LAWS CONCERNING
...... See WITNESS
- - INSTANCES OF
...... Witnesses
...... Against Naboth: ... 1Ki 21:13|
...... Against Jesus: ... Mt 26:59-61; Mr 14:54-59|
...... Against Stephen: ... Ac 6:11,13|
...... Against Paul: ... Ac 16:20,21; 17:5-7;
24:5; 25:7,8|
[Back] FALSEHOOD
- - General scriptures concerning: ... Ex 20:16; 23:1;
Le 6:2-7; 19:11,12,16; Job 13:4; 21:34; 27:4; 31:5,6,33; 36:4; Ps 5:6,9;
10:7; 12:2,3; 28:3; 31:18; 34:13; 36:3; 50:19,20; 52:2-5; 55:21,23; 58:3;
59:12; 62:4; 63:11; 101:5,7; 109:2; 116:11; 119:29,69,163; 120:2-4; 144:8,11;
Pr 2:12-15; 3:3; 6:12,13,17-19; 10:9,10,18,31; 11:9; 12:17,19,20,22; 13:5;
14:5,8,25; 17:4,7; 19:5,9,22,28; 20:17; 21:6; 26:18,19,24-26,28; 27:14;
Ec 5:6; Isa 28:15; 32:7; 57:11; 59:3,4,12,13; 63:8; Jer 7:8,28; 9:3,5,6,8;
12:6; 50:36; Eze 22:9; Ho 4:1,2; Ob 1:7; Mic 6:12; Na 3:1; Zep 3:13; Mt
25:44-46; Joh 8:44,45; Eph 4:25,29; Col 3:9; 1Ti 1:9,10; 4:2; 1Pe 3:10,16;
Re 21:8,27; 22:15|
- - See ACCUSATION, FALSE
- - See CONSPIRACY
- - See DECEIT
- - See DECEPTION
- - See FALSE WITNESS
- - See FLATTERY
- - See HYPOCRISY
- - See PERJURY
- - See TEACHERS, FALSE
- - INSTANCES OF
...... Satan
...... In deceiving Eve: ... Ge 3:4,5|
...... In impugning Job's motives for being righteous:
... Job 1:9,10; 2:4,5|
...... In his false pretensions to Jesus: ...
Mt 4:8,9; Lu 4:6,7|
...... Adam and Eve, in attempting to evade responsibility:
... Ge 3:12,13|
...... Cain, in denying knowledge of his brother: ...
Ge 4:9|
...... Abraham, in denying that Sarah was his wife: ...
Ge 12:11-19; 20:2|
...... Sarah
...... To the angels, denying her derisive laugh of
unbelief: ... Ge 18:15|
...... In denying to the king of Gerar, that she was
Abraham's wife: ... Ge 20:5,16|
...... Isaac, denying that Rebekah was his wife: ...
Ge 26:7-10|
...... Rebekah and Isaac, in the conspiracy against Esau:
... Ge 27:6-24,46|
...... Jacob's sons, in the scheme to destroy the Shechemites
by first having them circumcised: ... Ge 34|
...... Joseph's brothers, in deceiving their father into a
belief that Joseph was killed by wild beasts: ... Ge 37:29-35|
...... Potiphar's wife, in falsely accusing Joseph: ...
Ge 39:14-17|
...... Joseph, in the deception he carried on with his brothers:
... Ge 42; 43; 44|
...... Pharaoh, in dealing deceitfully with the Israelites:
... Ex 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12|
...... Aaron, in attempting to shift responsibility for the
making of the golden calf: ... Ex 32:1-24|
...... Rahab, in denying that the spies were in her house:
... Jos 2:4-6|
...... The Gibeonites, ambassadors, in the deception they
perpetrated upon Joshua and the elders of Israel in leading them to believe
that they came from a distant region, when in fact they lived in the immediate
vicinity: ... Jos 9|
...... Ehud, in pretending to carry secret messages to Eglon,
king of Moab, while his real objective was to assassinate him: ...
Jud 3:16-23|
...... Sisera, who instructed Jael to mislead his pursuers:
... Jud 4:20|
...... Saul, in professing to Samuel to have obeyed the commandment
to destroy all spoils of the Amalekites, when in fact he had not obeyed:
... 1Sa 15:1-26|
...... In accusing Ahimelech of conspiring with David against
himself: ... 1Sa 22:11-16|
...... David lied to Ahimelech, professing to have a mission
from the king, in order that he might obtain provisions and armor: ...
1Sa 21|
...... David in feigning madness: ... 1Sa 21:13-15|
...... David's other deceits with the Philistines: ...
1Sa 27:8-12|
...... The falsehood of friendship to Absalom that David put
in the mouth of Hushai: ... 2Sa 15:34-37|
...... Michal, in the false statement that David was sick,
in order to save him from Saul's violence: ... 1Sa 19:12-17|
...... The Amalekite who claimed to have killed Saul: ...
2Sa 1:10-12|
...... Hushai
...... In false professions to Absalom: ... 2Sa
16:16-19|
...... In his deceitful counsel to Absalom: ...
2Sa 17:7-14|
...... The wife of the Bahurimite who saved the lives of Hushai's
messengers, sent to apprise David of the movements of Absalom's army: ...
2Sa 17:15-22|
...... The murder, under false pretense
...... Of Adonijah: ... 1Ki 2:23|
...... Of Shimei: ... 1Ki 2:42,43|
...... Of Jeroboam's wife: ... 1Ki 14:2|
...... The old prophet of Beth-el who misguided the prophet
of Judah: ... 1Ki 13:11-22|
...... Jeroboam's wife, feigning herself to be another woman:
... 1Ki 14:5-7|
...... The conspirators against Naboth: ... 1Ki 21:7-13|
...... Gehazi, when he ran after Naaman, and misrepresented
that Elisha wanted a talent of silver and two changes of clothes: ...
2Ki 5:20-24|
...... Hazael, servant of the king of Syria, lied to the king
in misstating the prophet Elisha's message with regard to the king's recovery:
... 2Ki 8:7-15|
...... Jehu lied to the worshipers of Baal in order to gain
the advantage over them and destroy them: ... 2Ki 10:18-28|
...... Zedekiah, in violating his oath of allegiance to Nebuchadnezzer:
... 2Ch 36:13; Eze 16:59; 17:15-20|
...... Samaritans, in their efforts to hinder the rebuilding
of the temple at Jerusalem: ... Ezr 4|
...... Sanballat in trying to obstruct the rebuilding of Jerusalem:
... Ne 6|
...... Haman, in his conspiracy against the Jews: ...
Es 3:8|
...... Jeremiah's adversaries, in accusing him of joining
the Chaldeans: ... Jer 37:13-15|
...... Princes of Israel, when they went to Jeremiah for a
vision from the Lord: ... Jer 42:20|
...... Herod the Great, to the wise men, in professing to
desire to worship Jesus: ... Mt 2:8|
...... Jewish leaders
...... In falsely accusing Jesus of being gluttonous
and a winebibber (a wino): ... Mt 11:19|
...... In refusing to bear truthful testimony concerning
John the Baptist: ... Mt 21:24-27|
...... Falsely accusing Jesus of blasphemy, when he
forgave sin: ... Mt 9:2-6; Mr 2:7; Lu 5:21|
...... And when Jesus announced that he was the Son
of God: ... Mt 26:65; Mr 14:64; Joh 10:33-38|
...... Peter, in denying Jesus: ... Mt 26:69-75; Mr
14:68-71; Lu 22:56-62; Joh 18:25-27|
...... The Roman soldiers, who said the disciples stole the
body of Jesus: ... Mt 28:13,15|
...... The disobedient son, who promised to work in the vineyard,
but did not: ... Mt 21:30|
...... Ananias and Sapphira falsely state that they had sold
their land for a given sum: ... Ac 5:1-10|
...... Stephen's accusers, who falsely accused him of blaspheming
Moses and God: ... Ac 6:11-14|
...... Paul's traducers, falsely accusing him of treason to
Caesar: ... Ac 16:20,21; 17:5-7; 24:5; 25:7,8|
...... The Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies:
... Tit 1:12|
...... See ACCUSATION, FALSE
...... See CONSPIRACY
...... See FALSE WITNESS
...... See HYPOCRISY
...... See PERJURY
...... See TEACHERS, FALSE
[Back] FAMILIAR SPIRITS
- - Consulting of, forbidden: ... Le 19:31; 20:6,27;
De 18:10,11|
- - Vain: ... Isa 8:19; 19:3|
- - Those who consulted, to be cut off: ... Le 20:6,27|
- - INSTANCES OF THOSE WHO CONSULTED
...... Saul: ... 1Sa 28:3-25; 1Ch 10:13|
...... See DEMONS
...... See NECROMANCY
...... See WITCHCRAFT
[Back] FAMILIES
- - SHOULD
...... Be taught the Scriptures: ... De 4:9,10|
...... Worship God together: ... 1Co 16:19|
...... Be duly regulated: ... Pr 31:27; 1Ti 3:4,5,12|
...... Live in unity: ... Ge 45:24; Ps 133:1|
...... Live in mutual forbearance: ... Ge 50:17-21;
Mt 18:21,22|
...... Rejoice together before God: ... De 14:26|
- - Deceivers and liars should be removed from: ...
Ps 101:7|
- - Warning against departing from God: ... De 29:18|
- - Punishment of irreligious: ... Jer 10:25|
- - OF SAINTS
...... Blessed: ... Ps 128:3,6|
...... Should be taught God's word: ... De 4:9,10|
...... Worship God together: ... 1Co 16:19|
...... Be duly regulated: ... Pr 31:27; 1Ti 3:4,5,12|
...... Live in unity: ... Ge 45:24; Ps 133:1|
...... Live in mutual forbearance: ... Ge 50:17-21;
Mt 18:21,22|
...... Rejoice together before God: ... De 14:26|
...... Deceivers and liars should be removed from: ...
Ps 101:7|
...... Warned against departing from God: ... De 29:18|
...... Punishment of irreligious: ... Jer 10:25|
- - GOOD, EXEMPLIFIED
- - Good-Exemplified
...... Abraham: ... Ge 18:19|
...... Cornelius: ... Ac 10:2,33|
...... Crispus: ... Ac 18:8|
...... David: ... 2Sa 6:20|
...... Jacob: ... Ge 35:2|
...... Jailor of Philippi: ... Ac 16:31-34|
...... Job: ... Job 1:5|
...... Joshua: ... Jos 24:15|
...... Lazarus of Bethany: ... Joh 11:1-5|
...... Lois: ... 2Ti 1:5|
...... Lydia: ... Ac 16:15|
...... See CHILDREN
...... See HUSBAND
...... See WIFE
...... See ORPHAN
...... See WIDOW
- - INSTITUTED: ... Ge 2:23,24|
- - GOVERNMENT OF: ... Ge 3:16; 18:19; Es 1:20,22; 1Co
7:10; 11:3,7-9; Eph 5:22-24; Col 3:18; 1Ti 3:2,4,5; 1Pe 3:1,6|
- - INFELICITY IN: ... Pr 11:22; 12:4; 14:1; 15:17;
18:19; 19:13; 21:9,19; 25:24; 27:15,16; 30:21,23|
- - INSTANCES OF INFELICITY IN
...... Of Abraham, on account of Hagar: ... Ge 16:5;
21:10,11|
...... Of Isaac, on account of the disagreement between Jacob
and Esau: ... Ge 27:4-46|
...... Of Jacob, the bigamic jealousy between Leah and Rachel:
... Ge 29:30-34; 30:1-25|
...... Moses and Zipporah: ... Ex 4:25,26|
...... Elkanah, on account of bigamic feuds: ... 1Sa
1:4-7|
...... David and Michal: ... 2Sa 6:16,20-23|
...... Ahasuerus, on account of Vashti's refusing to appear
before his drunken courtiers: ... Es 1:10-22|
- - PERSIAN, DOMESTIC CUSTOMS: ... Es 1:10-22|
...... See HAREM
- - RELIGION OF THE: ... Ge 12:7,8; 13:3,4; 17:12-14;
18:19; De 4:9,10; 11:19,20; 12:5-7,11,12; Jos 24:15; Ps 101:2; Jer 7:18;
Ac 10:1-6,33,44,47,48; 16:25-34; 18:8; 1Co 1:16|
[Back] FAMINE
- - Sent by God: ... Ps 10:16|
- - Often on account of sin: ... Le 26:21,26; La 4:4-6|
- - One of God's four sore judgments: ... Eze 14:21|
- - Pharaoh forewarned of, in dreams: ... Ge 41|
- - Described: ... De 28:53-57; Isa 5:13; 9:18-21; 17:11;
Jer 5:17; 14:1-6; 48:33; La 1:11,19; 2:11-22; 4:4-10; Joe 1:17-20|
- - Sent as a judgment: ... Le 26:19-29; De 28:23,24,38-42;
1Ki 17:1; 2Ki 8:1; 1Ch 21:12; Ps 105:16; 107:33,34; Isa 3:1-8; 14:30; Jer
19:9; 14:15-22; 29:17,19; La 5:4,5,10; Eze 4:16,17; 5:16,17; 14:13; Joe
1:15,16; Am 4:6-9; 5:16,17; Hag 1:10,11; Mt 24:7; Lu 21:11; Re 6:5-8|
- - Cannibalism in: ... De 28:53; 2Ki 6:28|
- - Righteous delivered from: ... Job 5:20; Ps 33:19;
37:19|
- - FIGURATIVE: ... Am 8:11|
- - INSTANCES OF
...... In Canaan: ... Ge 12:10; 26:1; 2Sa 21:1; 1Ki
17; 18:1; 2Ki 6:25-29; 7:4|
...... In Jerusalem, from siege: ... 2Ki 25:3; Jer 52:6|
...... In Egypt: ... Ge 41:53-57|
...... Universal: ... Ac 11:28|
- - CAUSED BY
...... God's blessing withheld: ... Ho 2:8,9; Hag 1:6|
...... Want of seasonable rain: ... 1Ki 17:1; Jer 14:1-4;
Am 4:7|
...... Rotting of the seed in the ground: ... Joe 1:17|
...... Swarms of insects: ... De 28:38,42; Joe 1:4|
...... Blasting and mildew: ... Am 4:9; Hag 2:17|
...... Devastation by enemies: ... De 28:33,51|
- - Often long continued: ... Ge 41:27; 2Ki 8:1,2|
- - Often severe: ... Ge 12:10; 1Ki 18:2; Jer 52:6|
- - EXPRESSED BY
...... Taking away the stay of bread, &c: ... Isa
3:1|
...... Cleanness of Teeth: ... Am 4:6|
...... The arrows of famine: ... Eze 5:16|
- - Often accompanied by war: ... Jer 14:15; 29:18|
- - Often followed by pestilence: ... Jer 42:17; Eze
7:15; Mt 24:7|
- - THINGS EATEN DURING
...... Wild herbs: ... 2Ki 4:39,40|
...... Ass's flesh: ... 2Ki 6:25|
...... Dung: ... 2Ki 6:25; La 4:5|
...... Human flesh: ... Le 26:29; 2Ki 6:28,29|
- - Provisions sold by weight during: ... Eze 4:16|
- - Suffering of brute creation from: ... Jer 14:5,6|
- - CAUSED
...... Burning and fever: ... De 32:24|
...... Blackness of the skin: ... La 4:8; 5:10|
...... Grief and mourning: ... Joe 1:11-13|
...... Faintness: ... Ge 47:13|
...... Wasting of the body: ... La 4:8; Eze 4:17|
...... Death: ... 2Ki 7:4; Jer 11:22|
- - God provided for his people during: ... 1Ki 17:4,9;
Job 5:20; Ps 33:19; 37:19|
- - INSTANCES OF, IN SCRIPTURE
...... In the days of Abraham: ... Ge 12:10|
...... In the days of Isaac: ... Ge 26:1|
...... In the days of Joseph: ... Ge 41:53-56|
...... In the day of the Judges: ... Ru 1:1|
...... In the reign of David: ... 2Sa 21:1|
...... In the reign of Ahab: ... 1Ki 17:1; 18:5|
...... In the time of Elisha: ... 2Ki 4:38|
...... During the siege of Samaria: ... 2Ki 6:25|
...... Of seven years foretold by Elisha: ... 2Ki 8:1|
...... In the time of Jeremiah: ... Jer 14:1|
...... During the siege of Jerusalem: ... 2Ki 25:3|
...... After the captivity: ... Ne 5:3|
...... In the reign of Claudius Caesar: ... Ac 11:28|
...... Before destruction of Jerusalem: ... Mt 24:7|
- - The Jews in their restored state not to be afflicted by:
... Eze 36:29,30|
- - ILLUSTRATIVE OF
...... A dearth of the means of grace: ... Am 8:11,12|
...... Destruction of idols: ... Zep 2:11|
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