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LOVE TO MAN
- -  Is of God: ...  1Jo 4:7|
- -  Commanded by God: ...  1Jo 4:21|
- -  Commanded by Christ: ...  Joh 13:34; 15:12; 1Jo 3:23|
- -  After the example of Christ: ...  Joh 13:34; 15:12; Eph 5:2|
- -  Taught by God: ...  1Th 4:9|
- -  Faith works by: ...  Ga 5:6|
- -  A fruit of the Spirit: ...  Ga 5:22; Col 1:8|
- -  Purity of heart leads to: ...  1Pe 1:22|
- -  Explained: ...  1Co 13:4-7|
- -  Is an active principle: ...  1Th 1:3; Heb 6:10|
- -  Is an abiding principle: ...  1Co 13:8,13|
- -  Is the second great commandment: ...  Mt 22:37-39|
- -  Is the end of the commandment: ...  1Ti 1:5|
- -  Supernatural gifts are nothing without: ...  1Co 13:1,2|
- -  The greatest sacrifices are nothing without: ...  1Co 13:3|
- -  Especially enjoined upon ministers: ...  1Ti 4:12; 2Ti 2:22|
- -  SAINTS SHOULD
......  Put on: ...  Col 3:14|
......  Follow after: ...  1Co 14:1|
......  Abound in: ...  Php 1:9; 1Th 3:12|
......  Continue in: ...  1Ti 2:15; Heb 13:1|
......  Provoke each other to: ...  2Co 8:7; 9:2; Heb 10:24|
......  Be sincere in: ...  Ro 12:9; 2Co 6:6; 8:8; 1Jo 3:18|
......  Be disinterested in: ...  1Co 10:24; 13:5; Php 2:4|
......  Be fervent in: ...  1Pe 1:22; 4:8|
- -  Should be connected with brotherly kindness: ...  Ro 12:10; 2Pe 1:7|
- -  Should be with a pure heart: ...  1Pe 1:22|
- -  All things should be done with: ...  1Co 16:14|
- -  SHOULD BE EXHIBITED, TOWARD
......  Saints: ...  1Pe 2:17; 1Jo 5:1|
......  Ministers: ...  1Th 5:13|
......  Our families: ...  Eph 5:25; Tit 2:4|
......  Fellow-countrymen: ...  Ex 32:32; Ro 9:2,3; 10:1|
......  Strangers: ...  Le 19:34; De 10:19|
......  Enemies: ...  Ex 23:4,5; 2Ki 6:22; Mt 5:44; Ro 12:14,20; 1Pe 3:9|
......  All men: ...  Ga 6:10|
- -  SHOULD BE EXHIBITED, IN
......  Ministering to the wants of others: ...  Mt 25:35; Heb 6:10|
......  Loving each other: ...  Ga 5:13|
......  Relieving strangers: ...  Le 25:35; Mt 25:36|
......  Clothing the naked: ...  Isa 58:7; Mt 25:36|
......  Visiting the sick, &c: ...  Job 31:16-22; Jas 1:27|
......  Sympathising: ...  Ro 12:15; 1Co 12:26|
......  Supporting the weak: ...  Ga 6:2; 1Th 5:14|
......  Covering the faults of others: ...  Pr 10:12; 1Pe 4:8|
......  Forgiving injuries: ...  Eph 4:32; Col 3:13|
......  Forbearing: ...  Eph 4:2|
......  Rebuking: ...  Le 19:17; Mt 18:15|
- -  Necessary to true happiness: ...  Pr 15:17|
- -  The love of God is a motive to: ...  Joh 13:34; 1Jo 4:11|
- -  AN EVIDENCE OF
......  Being in the light: ...  1Jo 2:10|
......  Discipleship with Christ: ...  Joh 13:35|
......  Spiritual life: ...  1Jo 3:14|
- -  Is the fulfilling of the law: ...  Ro 13:8-10; Ga 5:14; Jas 2:8|
- -  Love to self is the measure of: ...  Mr 12:33|
- -  Is good and pleasant: ...  Ps 133:1,2|
- -  Is a bond of union: ...  Col 2:2|
- -  Is the bond of perfectness: ...  Col 3:14|
- -  Hypocrites, devoid of: ...  1Jo 2:9,11; 4:20|
- -  The wicked devoid of: ...  1Jo 3:10|
- -  Exemplified
......  Joseph: ...  Ge 45:15|
......  Ruth: ...  Ru 1:16,17|
......  Jonathan, &c: ...  1Sa 20:17,41,42|
......  Obadiah: ...  1Ki 18:4|
......  Centurion: ...  Lu 7:5|
......  The Church: ...  Ac 2:46; Heb 10:33,34|
......  Lydia: ...  Ac 16:15|
......  Aquila: ...  Ro 16:3,4|
......  Paul: ...  2Co 6:11,12|
......  Epaphroditus: ...  Php 2:25,26,30|
......  Philippians: ...  Php 4:15-19|
......  Colossians: ...  Col 1:4|
......  Thessalonians: ...  1Th 3:6|
......  Onesiphorus: ...  2Ti 1:16-18|
......  Philemon: ...  Phm 1:7-9|
......  Moses: ...  Heb 11:25|
 
 

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LOVEFEASTS
- -  Assemblies of Christian fellowship: ...  2Pe 2:13; Jude 1:12|
 
 

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LOVERS
- -  INSTANCES OF
......  Isaac for Rebekah: ...  Ge 24:67|
......  Jacob for Rachel: ...  Ge 29:20,30|
......  Shechem for Dinah: ...  Ge 34:3,12|
......  Boaz for Ruth: ...  Ru 2; 3; 4|
 
 

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LOYALTY
- -  Enjoined: ...  Ex 22:28; Nu 27:20; Ezr 6:10; 7:26; Job 34:18; Pr 24:21; Ec 8:2; 10:4; Ro 13:1; Tit 3:1|

- -  Enforced: ...  Ezr 10:8; Pr 17:11|
- -  Disloyalty: ...  2Pe 2:10|
- -  See PATRIOTISM 
- -  INSTANCES OF
......  Israelites: ...  Jos 1:16-18; 2Sa 3:36,37; 15:23,30; 18:3; 21:17; 1Ch  12:38|
......  David: ...  1Sa 24:6-10; 26:6-16; 2Sa 1:14|
......  Uriah: ...  2Sa 11:9|
......  Ittai: ...  2Sa 15:21|
......  Hushai: ...  2Sa 17:15,16|
......  David's soldiers: ...  2Sa 18:12,13; 23:15,16|
......  Joab: ...  2Sa 19:5,6|
......  Barzillai: ...  2Sa 19:32|
......  Jehoiada: ...  2Ki 11:4-12|
......  Mordecai: ...  Es 2:21-23|
 
 

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LUKEWARMNESS
- -  FIGURATIVE: ...  Jer 9:3; Eze 13:5; 16:30; Ho 6:4; 10:2; Hag 1:2,4-11; 2:15,16; Mt 26:41; Re 2:4; 3:2,15,16|
......  See BACKSLIDING 
......  See BLINDNESS, SPIRITUAL 

- -  INSTANCES OF
......  The Reubenites, when Deborah called on them to assist Sisera: ...  Jud 5:16|
......  The Jews under Nehemiah: ...  Ne 3:5; 13:11|
......  A congregation at
......  Pergamos: ...  Re 2:14-16|
......  Thyatira: ...  Re 2:20-24|
......  Sardis: ...  Re 3:1-3|
......  Laodicea: ...  Re 3:14-16|
 
 

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LUNACY
- -  See INSANITY 
- -  See DEMONS 
 
 

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LUST
- -  Evil desire: ...  Ge 3:6; Ex 20:17; Job 31:9-12; Ps 81:12; Pr 6:24,25; Mt 5:28; Mr 4:19; Joh 8:44; 1Co 9:27; 10:6,7; Eph 4:22; 1Ti 6:9; 2Ti 2:22; 4:3,4; Tit 2:12; Jas 1:14,15; 4:1-3; 1Pe 2:11; 4:3; 2Pe 2:18; 3:3; 1Jo 2:16,17; Jude 1:16,18|

- -  See ADULTERY 
- -  See COVETOUSNESS 
- -  See INCEST 
- -  See LASCIVIOUSNESS 
- -  See SENSUALITY 
- -  See SODOMY 
 
 

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LYING
- -  Lying spirit from God: ...  1Ki 22:21-23; 2Ch 18:20-22|
- -  See FALSEHOOD 
- -  See HYPOCRISY 
- -  Forbidden: ...  Le 19:11; Col 3:9|
- -  Hateful to God: ...  Pr 6:16-19|
- -  An abomination to God: ...  Pr 12:22|
- -  A hindrance to prayer: ...  Isa 59:2,3|
- -  The devil, the father of: ...  Joh 8:44|
- -  The devil excites men to: ...  1Ki 22:22; Ac 5:3|
- -  SAINTS
......  Hate: ...  Ps 119:163; Pr 13:5|
......  Avoid: ...  Isa 63:8; Zep 3:13|
......  Respect not those who practise: ...  Ps 40:4|
......  Reject those who practise: ...  Ps 101:7|
......  Pray to be preserved from: ...  Ps 119:29; Pr 30:8|
- -  Unbecoming in rulers: ...  Pr 17:7|
- -  The evil of rulers hearkening to: ...  Pr 29:12|
- -  False prophets addicted to: ...  Jer 23:14; Eze 22:28|
- -  False witnesses addicted to: ...  Pr 14:5,25|
- -  Antinomians guilty of: ...  1Jo 1:6; 2:4|
- -  Hypocrites addicted to: ...  Ho 11:12|
- -  Hypocrites, a seed of: ...  Isa 57:4|
- -  THE WICKED
......  Addicted to, from their infancy: ...  Ps 58:3|
......  Love: ...  Ps 52:3|
......  Delight in: ...  Ps 62:4|
......  Seek after: ...  Ps 4:2|
......  Prepare their tongues for: ...  Jer 9:3,5|
......  Bring forth: ...  Ps 7:14|
......  Give heed to: ...  Pr 17:4|
- -  A characteristic of the Apostasy: ...  2Th 2:9; 1Ti 4:2|
- -  LEADS TO
......  Hatred: ...  Pr 26:28|
......  Love of impure conversation: ...  Pr 17:4|
- -  Often accompanied by gross crimes: ...  Ho 4:1,2|
- -  Folly of concealing hatred by: ...  Pr 10:18|
- -  Vanity of getting riches by: ...  Pr 21:6|
- -  Shall be detected: ...  Pr 12:19|
- -  Poverty preferable to: ...  Pr 19:22|
- -  Excludes from heaven: ...  Re 21:27; 22:15|
- -  They who are guilty of, shall be cast into hell: ...  Re 21:8|
- -  Punishment for: ...  Ps 5:6; 120:3,4; Pr 19:5; Jer 50:36|
- -  Exemplified
......  The devil: ...  Ge 3:4|
......  Cain: ...  Ge 4:9|
......  Sarah: ...  Ge 18:15|
......  Jacob: ...  Ge 27:19|
......  Joseph's brethren: ...  Ge 37:31,32|
......  Gibeonites: ...  Jos 9:9-13|
......  Samson: ...  Jud 16:10|
......  Saul: ...  1Sa 15:13|
......  Michal: ...  1Sa 19:14|
......  David: ...  1Sa 21:2|
......  Prophet of Bethel: ...  1Ki 13:18|
......  Gehazi: ...  2Ki 5:22|
......  Job's friends: ...  Job 13:4|
......  Ninevites: ...  Na 3:1|
......  Peter: ...  Mt 26:72|
......  Ananias, &c: ...  Ac 5:5|
......  Cretans: ...  Tit 1:12|