FOREKNOWLEDGE OF GOD
- -  See GOD, FOREKNOWLEDGE OF
- -  See GOD, WISDOM OF
 
 

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FOREMAN
- -  See MASTER WORKMAN
 
 

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FOREORDINATION
- -  See PREDESTINATION
 
 

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FORERUNNER
- -  Figurative of Christ: ...  Heb 6:20|
 
 

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FORESTS
- -  Tracts of land covered with trees: ...  Isa 44:14|
- -  Underbrush often in: ...  Isa 9:18|
- -  Infested by wild beasts: ...  Ps 50:10; 104:20; Isa 56:9; Jer 5:6; Mic 5:8|
- -  Abounded with wild honey: ...  1Sa 14:25,26|
- -  Often afforded pasture: ...  Mic 7:14|
- -  MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
......  Bashan: ...  Isa 2:13; Eze 27:6; Zec 11:2|
......  Hareth: ...  1Sa 22:5|
......  Ephraim: ...  2Sa 18:6,8|
......  Lebanon: ...  1Ki 7:2; 10:17|
......  Carmel: ...  2Ki 19:23; Isa 37:24|
......  Arabian: ...  Isa 21:13|
......  The south: ...  Eze 20:46,47|
......  The king's: ...  Ne 2:8|
- -  Supplied timber for building: ...  1Ki 5:6-8|
- -  Were places of refuge: ...  1Sa 22:5; 23:16|
- -  Jotham built towers, &c, in: ...  2Ch 27:4|
- -  The power of God extends over: ...  Ps 29:9|
- -  Called on to rejoice at God's mercy: ...  Isa 44:23|
- -  Often destroyed by enemies: ...  2Ki 19:23; Isa 37:24; Jer 46:23|
- -  ILLUSTRATIVE
......  Of the unfruitful world: ...  Isa 32:19|
......  (A fruitful field turned into,) of the Jews rejected by God: ...  Isa 29:17; 32:15|
......  (Destroyed by fire,) of destruction of the wicked: ...  Isa 9:18; 10:17,18; Jer 21:14|
 
 

FORGERY
- -  By Jezebel: ...  1Ki 21:8|
 
 

FORGETTING GOD
- -  A characteristic of the wicked: ...  Pr 2:17; Isa 65:11|
- -  Encouraged by false teachers: ...  Jer 23:27|
- -  Prosperity often leads to: ...  De 8:12-14; Ho 13:6|
- -  Trials should not lead to: ...  Ps 44:17-20|
- -  Resolve against: ...  Ps 119:16,93|
- -  Cautions against: ...  De 6:12; 8:11|
- -  Exhortation to those guilty of: ...  Ps 50:22|
- -  Punishment of: ...  Job 8:12,13; Ps 9:17; Isa 17:10,11; Eze 23:35; Ho 8:14|
- -  Is forgetting his covenant: ...  De 4:23; 2Ki 17:38|
- -  Works: ...  Ps 78:7,11; 106:13|
- -  Benefits: ...  Ps 103:2; 106:7|
- -  Word: ...  Heb 12:5; Jas 1:25|
- -  Law: ...  Ps 119:153,176; Ho 4:6|
- -  The people of God: ...  Ps 137:5|
- -  Past deliverances: ...  Jud 8:34; Ps 78:42|
- -  Power to deliver: ...  Isa 51:13-15|
- -  Encouraged by false teachers: ...  Jer 23:27|
- -  Prosperity leads to: ...  De 8:12-14; Ho 13:6|
- -  Trials should not lead to: ...  Ps 44:17-20|
- -  Resolve against: ...  Ps 119:16,93|
- -  Cautions against: ...  De 6:12; 8:11|
- -  Exhortation to those guilty of: ...  Ps 50:22|
- -  Punishment of: ...  Job 8:12,13; Ps 9:17; Isa 17:10,11; Eze 23:35; Ho 8:14|
- -  Threatened: ...  Job 8:13; Ps 9:17; 50:22; Isa 17:10; Jer 2:32; Ho 8:14|
- -  IS FORGETTING HIS
......  Covenant: ...  De 4:23; 2Ki 17:38|
......  Works: ...  Ps 78:7,11; 106:13|
......  Benefits: ...  Ps 103:2; 106:7|
......  Word: ...  Heb 12:5; Jas 1:25|
......  Law: ...  Ps 119:153,176; Ho 4:6|
......  Past deliverance: ...  Jud 8:34; Ps 78:42|
......  Power to deliver: ...  Isa 51:13-15|

- -  See BACKSLIDERS
 
 

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FORGIVENESS
- -  OF ENEMIES: ...  Ex 23:4,5; Pr 19:11; 24:17,29; 25:21,22; Ec 7:21; Mt 5:7,39-41,43-48; 6:12,14,15; 18:21-35; Mr 11:25,26; Lu 6:27-37; 11:4; 17:3,4; Ro 12:14,17,19-21; 1Co 4:12,13; Eph 4:32; Col 3:13; Phm 1:10-18; 1Pe 3:9|
......  See ENEMY

- -  INSTANCES OF
......  Esau forgives Jacob: ...  Ge 33:4,11|
......  Joseph forgives his brothers: ...  Ge 45:5-15; 50:19-21|
......  Moses forgives the Israelites: ...  Nu 12:1-13|
......  David forgives Saul: ...  1Sa 24:10-12; 26:9,23; 2Sa 1:14-17|
......  David forgives Shimei: ...  2Sa 16:9-13; 19:23; with 1Ki 2:8,9|
......  Solomon forgives Adonijah: ...  1Ki 1:53|
......  The prophet of Judah forgives Jeroboam: ...  1Ki 13:3-6|
......  Jesus forgives his enemies: ...  Lu 23:34|
- -  OF SINS
......  See SIN, FORGIVENESS OF
 

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FORGIVENESS OF INJURIES
- -  Christ set an example of: ...  Lu 23:34|
- -  Commanded: ...  Mr 11:25; Ro 12:19|
- -  To be unlimited: ...  Mt 18:22; Lu 17:4|
- -  A characteristic of saints: ...  Ps 7:4|
- -  MOTIVES TO
......  The mercy of God: ...  Lu 6:36|
......  Our need of forgiveness: ...  Mr 11:25|
......  God's forgiveness of us: ...  Eph 4:32|
......  Christ's forgiveness of us: ...  Col 3:13|
- -  A glory to saints: ...  Pr 19:11|
- -  SHOULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY
......  Forbearance: ...  Col 3:13|
......  Kindness: ...  Ge 45:5-11; Ro 12:20|
......  Blessing and prayer: ...  Mt 5:44|
- -  Promises to: ...  Mt 6:14; Lu 6:37|
- -  No forgiveness without: ...  Mt 6:15; Jas 2:13|
- -  Illustrated: ...  Mt 18:23-35|
- -  Exemplified
......  Joseph: ...  Ge 50:20,21|
......  David: ...  1Sa 24:7; 2Sa 18:5; 19:23|
......  Solomon: ...  1Ki 1:53|
......  Stephen: ...  Ac 7:60|
......  Paul: ...  2Ti 4:16|
 
 

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FORK
- -  An agricultural implement: ...  1Sa 13:21|
- -  See FLESHHOOK
 
 

FORM
- -  IN RELIGIOUS SERVICE: ...  1Ch 15:13,14; 2Ch 29:34|
- -  IRREGULARITIES IN: ...  2Ch 30:2-5,17-20; Mt 12:3,4|
......  See CHURCH AND STATE
 
 

FORMALISM
- -  General scriptures concerning: ...  1Sa 15:22; Ps 50:9-15; 51:16,17; 69:30,31; Ec 5:1; Isa 1:11-15; 29:13-16; Jer 6:20; 14:12; Ho 6:6; Am 5:21-23; Mic 6:6,7; Mal 1:6,8,10,13,14; Mt 9:13; 12:7; 15:8,9; Lu 13:24-27; Ro 2:17-29; 1Co 7:19; Php 3:4-7; 2Ti 3:1-5|
- -  See WORKS
 
 

FORNICATION
- -  See ADULTERY
- -  See LASCIVIOUSNESS
 
 

FORSAKING GOD
- -  Idolaters guilty of: ...  1Sa 8:8; 1Ki 11:33|
- -  The wicked guilty of: ...  De 28:20|
- -  Backsliders guilty of: ...  Jer 15:6|
- -  IS FORSAKING
......  His house: ...  2Ch 29:6|
......  His covenant: ...  De 29:25; 1Ki 19:10; Jer 22:9; Da 11:30|
......  His commandments: ...  Ezr 9:10|
......  The right way: ...  2Pe 2:15|
- -  Trusting in man is: ...  Jer 17:5|
- -  Leads men to follow their own devices: ...  Jer 2:13|
- -  Prosperity tempts to: ...  De 31:20; 32:15|
- -  Wickedness of: ...  Jer 2:13; 5:7|
- -  Unreasonableness and ingratitude of: ...  Jer 2:5,6|
- -  Brings confusion: ...  Jer 17:13|
- -  Followed by remorse: ...  Eze 6:9|
- -  Brings down his wrath: ...  Ezr 8:22|
- -  Provokes God to forsake men: ...  Jud 10:13; 2Ch 15:2; 24:20,24|
- -  Resolve against: ...  Jos 24:16; Ne 10:29-39|
- -  Curse pronounced upon: ...  Jer 17:5|
- -  Sin of, to be confessed: ...  Ezr 9:10|
- -  Warnings against: ...  Jos 24:20; 1Ch 28:9|
- -  Punishment of: ...  De 28:20; 2Ki 22:16,17; Isa 1:28; Jer 1:16; 5:19|
- -  Exemplified
......  Children of Israel: ...  1Sa 12:10|
......  Saul: ...  1Sa 15:11|
......  Ahab: ...  1Ki 18:18|
......  Amon: ...  2Ki 21:22|
......  Kingdom of Judah: ...  2Ch 12:1,5; 21:10; Isa 1:4; Jer 15:6|
......  Kingdom of Israel: ...  2Ch 13:11; 2Ki 17:7-18|
......  Many disciples: ...  Joh 6:66|
......  Phygellus, &c: ...  2Ti 1:15|
......  Balaam: ...  2Pe 2:15|
 
 

FORT
- -  (A military defense)
- -  Field fortifications: ...  De 20:19,20; 2Ki 25:1; Eze 4:2; 17:17; 26:8|
- -  Defenses of cities: ...  2Ch 26:15; Isa 25:12|
- -  See CASTLES
- -  See TOWERS
- -  See WALLS
- -  Erected in vineyards and herding grounds: ...  2Ch 26:10; Isa 5:2; Mt 21:33; Mr 12:1; Lu 20:9|
- -  Caves used for: ...  Jud 6:2; 1Sa 23:29; Isa 33:16|

- -  FIGURATIVE
......  Of God's care: ...  2Sa 22:2,3,47; Ps 18:2; 31:3; 71:3; 91:2; 144:2; Pr  18:10; Na 1:7|
 
 

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FORTITUDE
- -  See COURAGE
 
 

FORTRESSES
- -  Places strong by nature: ...  Nu 24:21|
- -  Places fortified by art: ...  Jer 51:53|
- -  The security of a nation: ...  Isa 33:16; Da 11:10|
- -  PLACES USED AS
......  Cities: ...  Jud 9:31; Ne 4:2|
......  Strong-holds: ...  Jud 6:2; 2Ch 11:11|
......  Forts: ...  2Sa 5:9; Isa 25:12|
......  Strong towers: ...  2Ch 26:9|
- -  Afforded protection in danger: ...  Jud 6:2|
- -  Defended against enemies: ...  Na 2:1|
- -  OFTEN
......  Entered by the enemy: ...  Da 11:7|
......  Spoiled: ...  Ho 10:14|
......  Levelled: ...  Isa 25:12|
......  Deserted, &c: ...  Isa 34:13|
......  Destruction of, threatened: ...  Isa 17:3|
- -  ILLUSTRATIVE OF
......  God's protection: ...  Ps 18:2; Jer 16:19|
......  Christ, the defence of saints: ...  Isa 33:16|
......  Protection afforded to ministers: ...  Jer 6:27|
 
 

FORTUNE TELLING
- -  See SORCERY
 
 

FORTUNE, CHANGES OF
- -  Noting the vicissitudes, see illustrated in lives of
......  Joseph, from slave to prime minister
......  Pharoah's butler and baker: ...  Ge 40|
......  David, from shepherd boy to king
......  See also JEROBOAM

- -  See HAMAN
- -  See MORDECAI
- -  See ESTHER
- -  See JOB
- -  See DANIEL
 
 

FORTY
- -  Remarkable coincidences in the number
- -  DAYS
......  Of rain, at the time of the flood: ...  Ge 7:17|
......  Of flood, before sending forth the raven: ...  Ge 8:6|
......  For embalming: ...  Ge 50:3|
......  Of fasting
  ......  By Moses: ...  Ex 24:18; 34:28; De 9:9,25|
  ......  By Elijah: ...  1Ki 19:8|
  ......  By spies in the land of promise: ...  Nu 13:25|
......  Of probation, given to the Ninevites: ...  Jon 3:4|
......  By Jesus: ...  Mt 4:2|
......  Christ's stay after the resurrection: ...  Ac 1:3|
......  Symbolical: ...  Eze 4:6|
- -  YEARS
......  Wanderings of the Israelites in the wilderness: ...  Ex 16:35; Nu 14:34|
......  Peace in Israel: ...  Jud 3:11; 5:31; 8:28|
......  Egypt to be desolated: ...  Eze 29:11|
......  To be restored after: ...  Eze 29:13|
- -  STRIPES
......  Administered in punishing criminals: ...  De 25:3; 2Co 11:24|
 
 

FOUNDATION
- -  The lowest part of a building, and on which it rests: ...  Lu 14:29; Ac 16:26|
- -  FIGURATIVELY APPLIED TO
......  The heavens: ...  2Sa 22:8|
......  The earth: ...  Job 38:4; Ps 104:5|
......  The world: ...  Ps 18:15; Mt 13:35|
......  The mountains: ...  De 32:22|
......  The ocean: ...  Ps 104:8|
......  Kingdoms: ...  Ex 9:18|
- -  LAID FOR
......  Cities: ...  Jos 6:26; 1Ki 16:34|
......  Walls: ...  Ezr 4:12; Re 21:14|
......  Houses: ...  Lu 6:48|
......  Temples: ...  1Ki 6:37; Ezr 3:10|
......  Towers: ...  Lu 14:28,29|
- -  DESCRIBED AS
......  Of stone: ...  1Ki 5:17|
......  Deep laid: ...  Lu 6:48|
......  Strongly laid: ...  Ezr 6:3|
......  Joined together by corner stones: ...  Ezr 4:12; 1Pe 2:6; Eph 2:20|
- -  Security afforded by: ...  Mt 7:25; Lu 6:48|
- -  ILLUSTRATIVE OF
......  Christ: ...  Isa 28:16; 1Co 3:11|
......  Doctrines of the apostles, &c: ...  Eph 2:20|
......  First principles of the gospel: ...  Heb 6:1,2|
......  Decrees and purposes of God: ...  2Ti 2:19|
......  Magistrates: ...  Ps 82:5|
......  The righteous: ...  Pr 10:25|
......  Hope of saints: ...  Ps 87:1|
......  Security of saints' inheritance: ...  Heb 11:10|
 
 

FOUNDING
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FOUNTAIN
- -  FIGURATIVE
......  Of divine grace: ...  Ps 36:9; Jer 2:13|
......  Of the salvation of the gospel: ...  Joe 3:18; Zec 13:1; Re 7:17|
......  The turgid, of the debasement of character: ...  Pr 25:26|
 
 

FOUNTAINS AND SPRINGS
- -  Created by God: ...  Ps 74:15; 104:10|
- -  God to be praised for: ...  Re 14:7|
- -  Come from the great deep: ...  Ge 7:11; Job 38:16|
- -  Found in hills and valleys: ...  De 8:7; Ps 104:10|
- -  Send forth each but one kind of water: ...  Jas 3:11|
- -  AFFORD
......  Drink to the beasts: ...  Ps 104:11|
......  Refreshment to the birds: ...  Ps 104:12|
......  Fruitfulness to the earth: ...  1Ki 18:5; Joe 3:18|
- -  Frequented by travellers: ...  Ge 16:7|
- -  Abound in Canaan: ...  De 8:7; 1Ki 18:5|
- -  Sometimes dried up: ...  Isa 58:11|
- -  Drying up of, a severe punishment: ...  Ps 107:33,34; Ho 13:15|
- -  CONSTANTLY FLOWING
......  Especially esteemed: ...  Isa 58:11|
......  Could not be ceremonially defiled: ...  Le 11:36|
- -  Sometimes stopped or turned off to distress enemies: ...  2Ch 32:3,4|
- -  MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
......  In the way to Shur: ...  Ge 16:7|
......  Of the waters of Nephtoah: ...  Jos 15:9|
......  Of Jezreel: ...  1Sa 29:1|
......  Of Pisgah: ...  De 4:49|
......  Upper and nether springs: ...  Jos 15:19; Jud 1:15|
- -  ILLUSTRATIVE
......  Of God: ...  Ps 36:9; Jer 2:13; 17:13|
......  Of Christ: ...  Zec 13:1|
......  Of the Holy Spirit: ...  Joh 7:38,39|
......  Of constant supplies of grace: ...  Ps 87:7|
......  Of eternal life: ...  Joh 4:14; Re 21:6|
......  Of the means of grace: ...  Isa 41:18; Joe 3:18|
......  Of a good wife: ...  Pr 5:18|
......  Of a numerous posterity: ...  De 33:28|
......  Of spiritual wisdom: ...  Pr 16:22; 18:4|
......  Of the law of the wise: ...  Pr 13:14|
......  Of godly fear: ...  Pr 14:27|
......  (Sealed up,) of the church: ...  So 4:12|
......  (Not failing,) of the church: ...  Isa 58:11|
......  (Always flowing,) of unceasing wickedness of the Jews: ...  Jer 6:7|
......  (Corrupt,) of the natural heart: ...  Jas 3:11; Mt 15:18,19|
......  (Troubled,) of saints led astray: ...  Pr 25:26|