LIBERALITY
- - Pleasing to God: ... 2Co 9:7; Heb 13:16|
- - God never forgets: ... Heb 6:10|
- - Christ set an example of: ... 2Co 8:9|
- - Characteristic of saints: ... Ps 112:9; Isa 32:8|
- - Unprofitable, without love: ... 1Co 13:3|
- - SHOULD BE EXERCISED
...... In the service of God: ... Ex 35:21-29|
...... Toward saints: ... Ro 12:13; Ga 6:10|
...... Toward servants: ... De 15:12-14|
...... Toward the poor: ... De 15:11; Isa 58:7|
...... Toward strangers: ... Le 25:35|
...... Toward enemies: ... Pr 25:21|
...... Toward all men: ... Ga 6:10|
...... In leading to those in want: ... Mt 5:42|
...... In giving alms: ... Lu 12:33|
...... In relieving the destitute: ... Isa 58:7|
...... In forwarding missions: ... Php 4:14-16|
...... In rendering personal services: ... Php 2:30|
...... Without ostentation: ... Mt 6:1-3|
...... With simplicity: ... Ro 12:8|
...... According to ability: ... De 16:10,17; 1Co 16:2|
...... Willingly: ... Ex 25:2; 2Co 8:12|
...... Abundantly: ... 2Co 8:7; 9:11-13|
- - Exercise of, provokes others to: ... 2Co 9:2|
- - Labour to be enabled to exercise: ... Ac 20:35;
Eph 4:28|
- - WANT OF
...... Brings many a curse: ... Pr 28:27|
...... A proof of not loving God: ... 1Jo 3:17|
...... A proof of not having faith: ... Jas 2:14-16|
- - Blessings connected with: ... Ps 41:1; Pr 22:9;
Ac 20:35|
- - Promises to: ... Ps 112:9; Pr 11:25; 28:27; Ec 11:1,2;
Isa 58:10|
- - Exhortations to: ... Lu 3:11; 11:41; Ac 20:35; 1Co
16:1; 1Ti 6:17,18|
- - INSTANCES OF
...... Araunah for sacrifice: ... 2Sa 24:22,23|
...... Artaxerxes: ... Ezr 7:13-27; 8:24-36|
...... Asa and Abijam: ... 1Ki 15:15|
...... Barnabas: ... Ac 4:36,37|
...... Barzillai and others to David: ... 2Sa 17:27-29;
19:32|
...... Boaz: ... Ru 2:16|
...... Christians: ... Ac 2:45|
...... Church of Antioch: ... Ac 11:29,30|
...... Churches of Macedonia: ... 2Co 8:1-5|
...... Cornelius: ... Ac 16:2|
...... Cyrus: ... Ezr 1:2-4,7-11; 3:7; 5:13-15; 6:3|
...... Darius: ... Ezr 6:7-12|
...... David: ... 2Sa 7:2; 9:7,10; 1Ch 17:1; 2Sa 8:11;
1Ki 7:51; 8:17,18; 1Ch 21:24; 22; 26:26; 28:2; 29:2-5,17; Ps 132:1-5|
...... Dorcas: ... Ac 9:36|
...... Elisha toward Elijah: ... 1Ki 19:21|
...... Hezekiah: ... 2Ch 29; 30:1-12; 31:1-10,21|
...... In Antioch (of Syria): ... Ac 11:29|
...... In Corinth: ... 2Co 8:19; 9:1-13|
...... In Jerusalem: ... Ac 2:44,45; 4:32-37|
...... In Macedonia: ... 2Co 8:14|
...... In Philippi: ... Php 4:18|
...... Israelites at the erection of the tabernacle: ...
Ex 35:21-29; 36:3-7; 38:8; Nu 7; 31:48-54; Jos 18:1|
...... Israelites' offerings for the temple: ... 1Ch
29:6-9,16,17|
...... Israelites: ... Ex 36:5|
...... Jacob: ... Ge 28:22|
...... Jehoshaphat: ... 2Ki 12:18|
...... Jews after the captivity: ... Ezr 1:5,6; 2:68,69;
3:2-9; 5:2-6; 6:14-22; 8:25-35; Ne 3; 4:6; 6:3; 7:70-72; 10:32-39;
13:12,31; Hag 1:12-14; 2:18,19|
...... Jews: ... Ne 7:71,72|
...... Joab to David: ... 2Sa 12:26-28|
...... Joanna, &c: ... Lu 8:3|
...... Joash and his people: ... 2Ki 12:4-14; 2Ch 24:4-14|
...... Job: ... Job 29:15,16|
...... Josiah: ... 2Ki 22:3-6; 2Ch 34:8-13; 35:1-19|
...... Judah: ... 2Ch 24:10,11|
...... King of Sodom to Abraham: ... Ge 14:21|
...... Lydia: ... Ac 16:15|
...... Manasseh: ... 2Ch 33:16|
...... Mary Magdalene: ... Lu 8:2,3|
...... Nebuzaradan: ... Jer 40:4,5|
...... Nehemiah: ... Ne 7:70|
...... Paul: ... Ac 20:34|
...... People of Melita (Malta) to Paul: ... Ac 28:10|
...... Pharaoh to Joseph's people: ... Ge 45:18-20|
...... Poor widow: ... Mr 12:42-44|
...... Princes of Israel: ... Nu 7:2|
...... Queen of Sheba to Solomon: ... 1Ki 10:10|
...... Reubenites: ... Jos 22:24-29|
...... Samuel: ... 1Ch 26:27,28|
...... Shunammite: ... 2Ki 4:8,10|
...... Solomon: ... 1Ki 4:29; 5:4,5; 2Ch 2:1-6; 1Ki
6; 7:51; 8:13|
...... Stephanas, &c: ... 1Co 16:17|
...... The centurion: ... Lu 7:4,5|
...... The Good Samaritan: ... Lu 10:33-35|
...... The Magi (wise men from the east): ... Mt 2:11|
...... The poor widow: ... Lu 21:2-4|
...... Zacchaeus: ... Lu 19:8|
- - General scriptures concerning: ... Ex 13:2,12; 22:29,30;
23:15; 25:1-8; 34:20; 35:4-29; 36:3-6; 38:8; Le 19:5; 22:29; Nu 35:8; De
12:11,12,17-19; 14:27-29; 15:7-18; 16:10,17; 18:1-8; 24:19-22; 2Sa 24:24;
1Ch 22:19; 28:10,20; 29:5; 2Ch 15:7,18; Ezr 1:2-4; Ps 41:1-3; 76:11; 112:5,9;
132:1-5; Pr 3:9,10; 11:24,25; 13:7; 14:21; 19:6,17; 21:26; 22:9; 28:27;
31:20; Ec 11:1,2; Isa 32:8; 60:7,9,17; Hag 1:8; 2:18,19; Mal 3:10-12; Mt
5:42; 6:1-4; 19:21,22; 25:34-40; Lu 3:10,11; 6:38; 11:41; 12:33,34; 16:9;
Ac 10:4; 20:35; Ro 12:8,13; 15:27; 1Co 13:3; 16:1-3; 2Co 8:7-9,11-15,24;
9:6-13; Eph 4:28; 1Ti 5:16; 6:17-19; Phm 1:14; Heb 6:10; 13:16; 1Jo 3:17,18|
- - See ALMS
- - See BENEFICENCE
- - See CHARITABLENESS
- - See MINISTERS, EMOLUMENTS (BENEFITS) OF
- - See POOR, DUTY TO
- - See RICH
- - See RICHES
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LIBERTINES
- - Freedmen: ... Ac 6:9|
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LIBERTY, CHRISTIAN
- - Foretold: ... Isa 42:7; 61:1|
- - CONFERRED
...... By God: ... Col 1:13|
...... By Christ: ... Ga 4:3-5; 5:1|
...... By the Holy Spirit: ... Ro 8:15; 2Co 3:17|
...... Through the gospel: ... Joh 8:32|
- - Confirmed by Christ: ... Joh 8:36|
- - Proclaimed by Christ: ... Isa 61:1; Lu 4:18|
- - The service of Christ is: ... 1Co 7:22|
- - IS FREEDOM FROM
...... The law: ... Ro 7:6; 8:2|
...... The curse of the law: ... Ga 3:13|
...... The fear of death: ... Heb 2:15|
...... Sin: ... Ro 6:7,18|
...... Corruption: ... Ro 8:21|
...... Bondage of man: ... 1Co 9:19|
...... Jewish ordinances: ... Ga 4:3; Col 2:20|
- - Called the glorious liberty of the children of God: ...
Ro 8:21|
- - Saints are called to: ... Ga 5:13|
- - SAINTS SHOULD
...... Praise God for: ... Ps 116:16,17|
...... Assert: ... 1Co 10:29|
...... Walk in: ... Ps 119:45|
...... Stand fast in: ... Ga 2:5; 5:1|
...... Not abuse: ... Ga 5:13; 1Pe 2:16|
...... Not offend others by: ... 1Co 8:9; 10:29,32|
- - The gospel is the law of: ... Jas 1:25; 2:12|
- - FALSE TEACHERS
...... Promise, to others: ... 2Pe 2:19|
...... Abuse: ... Jude 1:4|
...... Try to destroy: ... Ga 2:4|
- - The wicked, devoid of: ... Joh 8:34; Ro 6:20|
- - Typified: ... Le 25:10-17; Ga 4:22-26,31|
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LIBERTY
- - Proclaimed in the year of jubilee: ... Le 25:10;
Jer 34:8,15-17|
- - Political: ... Jud 17:6; 21:25; Ac 22:28|
- - See JUBILEE
- - FIGURATIVE: ... Isa 61:2; 63:4; Lu 4:19; Joh 8:32,33,36;
Ga 3:28; Eph 6:8; Col 3:11|
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LICE
- - Plague of: ... Ex 8:16-19; Ps 105:31|
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LICENTIOUSNESS
- - See ADULTERY
- - See LASCIVIOUSNESS
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LIFE, ETERNAL
- - Christ is: ... 1Jo 1:2; 5:20|
- - Revealed by Christ: ... Joh 6:68; 2Ti 1:10|
- - To know God and Christ is: ... Joh 17:3|
- - GIVEN
...... By God: ... Ps 133:3; Ro 6:23|
...... By Christ: ... Joh 6:27; 10:28|
...... In Christ: ... 1Jo 5:11|
...... Through Christ: ... Ro 5:21; 6:23|
...... To all given to Christ: ... Joh 17:2|
...... To those who believe in God: ... Joh 5:24|
...... To those who believe in Christ: ... Joh 3:15,16;
6:40,47|
...... To those who hate life for Christ: ... Joh 12:25|
...... In answer to prayer: ... Ps 21:4|
- - Revealed in the Scriptures: ... Joh 5:39|
- - RESULTS FROM
...... Drinking the water of life: ... Joh 4:14|
...... Eating the bread of life: ... Joh 6:50-58|
...... Eating of the tree of life: ... Re 2:7|
- - They who are ordained to, believe the gospel: ...
Ac 13:48|
- - SAINTS
...... Have promises of: ... 1Ti 4:8; 2Ti 1:1; Tit 1:2;
1Jo 2:25|
...... Have hope of: ... Tit 1:2; 3:7|
...... May have assurance of: ... 2Co 5:1; 1Jo 5:13|
...... Shall reap, through the Spirit: ... Ga 6:8|
...... Shall inherit: ... Mt 19:29|
...... Look for the mercy of God to: ... Jude 1:21|
...... Should lay hold of: ... 1Ti 6:12,19|
...... Are preserved to: ... Joh 10:28,29|
...... Shall rise to: ... Da 12:2; Joh 5:29|
...... Shall go into: ... Mt 25:46|
...... Shall reign in: ... Da 7:18; Ro 5:17|
- - The self-righteous think to inherit, by works: ...
Mr 10:17|
- - Cannot be inherited by works: ... Ro 2:7; 3:10-19|
- - THE WICKED
...... Have not: ... 1Jo 3:15|
...... Judge themselves unworthy of: ... Ac 13:46|
- - Exhortation to seek: ... Joh 6:27|
- - OTHERS: ... Ps 21:4; 121:8; 133:3; Isa 25:8; Da
12:2; Mt 19:16-21,29; 25:46; Mr 10:30; Lu 18:18,30; 20:36; Joh 3:14-16;
4:14; 5:24,25,29,39; 6:27,40,47,50-58,68; 10:10,27,28; 12:25,50; 17:2,3;
Ac 13:46,48; Ro 2:7; 5:21; 6:22,23; 1Co 15:53,54; 2Co 5:1; Ga 6:8; 1Ti
1:16; 4:8; 6:12,19; 2Ti 1:10; Tit 1:2; 3:7; 1Jo 2:25; 3:15; 5:11-13,20;
Jude 1:21; Re 1:18|
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LIFE, NATURAL
- - God is the author of: ... Ge 2:7; Ac 17:28|
- - God preserves: ... Ps 36:6; 66:9|
- - Is in the hand of God: ... Job 12:10; Da 5:23|
- - Forfeited by sin: ... Ge 2:17; 3:17-19|
- - Of others, not to be taken away: ... Ex 20:13|
- - DESCRIBED AS
...... Vain: ... Ec 6:12|
...... Limited: ... Job 7:1; 14:5|
...... Short: ... Job 14:1; Ps 89:47|
...... Uncertain: ... Jas 4:13-15|
...... Full of trouble: ... Job 14:1|
- - God's loving-kindness better than: ... Ps 63:3|
- - The value of: ... Job 2:4; Mt 6:25|
- - Preserved by discretion: ... Pr 13:3|
- - Sometimes prolonged, in answer to prayer: ... Isa
38:2-5; Jas 5:15|
- - Obedience to God, tends to prolong: ... De 30:20|
- - Obedience to parents, tends to prolong: ... Ex 20:12;
Pr 4:10|
- - Cares and pleasures of, dangerous: ... Lu 8:14;
21:34; 2Ti 2:4|
- - Saints have true enjoyment of: ... Ps 128:2; 1Ti
4:8|
- - Of saints, specially protected by God: ... Job 2:6;
Ac 18:10; 1Pe 3:13|
- - Of the wicked, not specially protected by God: ...
Job 36:6; Ps 78:50|
- - The wicked have their portion of good, during: ...
Ps 17:14; Lu 6:24; 16:25|
- - SHOULD BE SPENT IN
...... The fear of God: ... 1Pe 1:17|
...... The service of God: ... Lu 1:75|
...... Living to God: ... Ro 14:8; Php 1:21|
...... Peace: ... Ro 12:18; 1Ti 2:2|
...... Doing good: ... Ec 3:12|
- - Should be taken all due care of: ... Mt 10:23; Ac
27:34|
- - Should be laid down, if necessary, for Christ: ...
Mt 10:39; Lu 14:26; Ac 20:24|
- - Should be laid down, if necessary, for the brethren: ...
Ro 16:4; 1Jo 3:16|
- - BE THANKFUL FOR
...... The preservation of: ... Ps 103:4; Joh 2:6|
...... The supply of its wants: ... Ge 48:15|
- - The dissatisfied despise: ... Ec 2:17|
- - We know not what is good for us in: ... Ec 6:12|
- - Be not over-anxious to provide for its wants: ...
Mt 6:25|
- - The enjoyment of, consists not in abundance of possessions:
... Lu 12:15|
- - IS COMPARED TO
...... An eagle hasting to the prey: ... Job 9:26|
...... A pilgrimage: ... Ge 47:9|
...... A tale told: ... Ps 90:9|
...... A swift post: ... Job 9:25|
...... A swift ship: ... Job 9:26|
...... A hand-breadth: ... Ps 39:5|
...... A shepherd's tent removed: ... Isa 38:12|
...... A dream: ... Ps 73:20|
...... A sleep: ... Ps 90:5|
...... A vapour: ... Jas 4:14|
...... A shadow: ... Ec 6:12|
...... A thread cut by the weaver: ... Isa 38:12|
...... A weaver's shuttle: ... Job 7:6|
...... A flower: ... Job 14:2|
...... Grass: ... 1Pe 1:24|
...... Water spilt on the ground: ... 2Sa 14:14|
...... Wind: ... Job 7:7|
- - Shortness of, should lead to spiritual improvement: ...
De 32:29; Ps 90:12|
- - Sometimes judicially shortened: ... 1Sa 2:32,33;
Job 36:14|
- - Miraculously restored by Christ: ... Mt 9:18,25;
Lu 7:15,22; Joh 11:43|
- - See DEATH
- - See IMMORTALITY
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