PRISON
- - General scriptures concerning: ... Ge 39:20; 42:16-19;
Le 24:12; Nu 15:34; Ezr 7:26; Jer 52:11; Lu 23:19; Ac 4:3; 12:4,5|
- - Public ward of: ... Ac 5:18|
- - Cells of: ... Ac 16:24|
- - Court of: ... Jer 33:1|
- - Dungeon in
...... See DUNGEON
- - Antiquity of: ... Ge 39:20|
- - KINDS OF, MENTIONED
...... State: ... Jer 37:21; Ge 39:20|
...... Common: ... Ac 5:18|
- - Dungeons attached to: ... Jer 38:6; Zec 9:11|
- - Were under the care of a keeper: ... Ge 39:21|
- - USED FOR CONFINING
...... Persons accused of crimes: ... Lu 23:19|
...... Persons accused of heresy: ... Ac 4:3; 5:18;
8:3|
...... Suspected persons: ... Ge 42:19|
...... Condemned persons till executed: ... Le 24:12;
Ac 12:4,5|
...... Enemies taken captive: ... Jud 16:21; 2Ki 17:4;
Jer 52:11|
...... Debtors till they paid: ... Mt 5:26; 18:30|
...... Persons under the king's displeasure: ... 1Ki
22:27; 2Ch 16:10; Mr 6:17|
- - Confinement in, often awarded as a punishment: ...
Ezr 7:26|
- - Confinement in, considered a severe punishment: ...
Lu 22:33|
- - PLACES USED AS
...... Court of the king's house: ... Jer 32:2|
...... House of the king's scribe: ... Jer 37:15|
...... House of the captain of the guard: ... Ge 40:3|
...... Prisoner's own house, where he was kept bound to a
soldier: ... Ac 28:16,30; 2Ti 1:16-18|
- - The king had power to commit to: ... 1Ki 22:27|
- - Magistrates had power to commit to: ... Mt 5:25|
- - PERSONS CONFINED IN
...... Said to be in ward: ... Le 24:12|
...... Said to be in hold: ... Ac 4:3|
...... Often placed in dungeons: ... Jer 39:6; Ac 16:24|
...... Often bound with fetters: ... Ge 42:19; Eze 19:9;
Mr 6:17|
...... Often chained to two soldiers: ... Ac 12:6|
...... Often fastened in stocks: ... Jer 29:26; Ac 16:24|
...... Often kept to hard labour: ... Jud 16:21|
...... Often subjected to extreme suffering: ... Ps
79:11; 102:20; 105:18|
...... Fed on bread and water: ... 1Ki 22:27|
...... Clothed in prison dress: ... 2Ki 25:29|
...... Sometimes allowed to be visited by their friends: ...
Mt 11:2; 25:36; Ac 24:23|
...... Might have their condition ameliorated by the king:
... Jer 37:20,21|
...... Often executed in: ... Ge 40:22; Mt 14:10|
- - The king had power to release from: ... Ge 40:21|
- - Magistrates had power to release from: ... Ac 16:35,36|
- - KEEPERS OF
...... Strictly guarded the doors: ... Ac 12:6|
...... Responsible for the prisoners: ... Ac 16:23,27|
...... Put to death if prisoners escaped: ... Ac 12:19|
...... Often used severity: ... Jer 37:16,20; Ac 16:24|
...... Sometimes acted kindly: ... Ge 39:21; Ac 16:33,34|
...... Sometimes entrusted the care of the prison to
well-conducted prisoners: ... Ge 39:22,23|
- - ILLUSTRATIVE OF
...... Deep afflictions: ... Ps 142:7|
...... Hell: ... Re 20:7|
...... Bondage to sin and Satan: ... Isa 42:7; 49:9;
61:1|
- - See IMPRISONMENT
- - See PRISONERS
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PRISONERS
- - Joseph: ... Ge 39:20-23; 40; 41:1-44|
- - Jeremiah: ... Jer 38:6-28; 39:14|
- - John the Baptist: ... Mt 11:2; 14:3-12; Mr 6:17;
Lu 3:20|
- - Jesus: ... Mt 26:47-75; 27; Mr 14:43-72; 15; Lu
22:47-71; 23; Joh 18:3-40; 19|
- - The apostles: ... Ac 5:17-42|
- - Peter: ... Ac 12:3-19|
- - Paul: ... Ac 16:19-40; 21:27-40; 22; 23; 24; 25;
26; 27; 28|
- - Silas: ... Ac 16:19-40|
- - Required to labor: ... Jud 16:21|
- - Sustained on bread and water of affliction: ...
1Ki 22:27|
- - In chains: ... Ac 12:6|
- - In stocks: ... Pr 7:22; Jer 29:26; Ac 16:24|
- - Confined
...... In the court of the palace: ... Jer 32:2|
...... In the house of the scribe: ... Jer 37:15|
...... In the house of the captain of the guard: ...
Ge 40:3|
- - Visited by friends: ... Mt 11:2; Ac 24:23|
- - Bound to soldiers: ... Ac 12:6,7|
- - Severe hardships of, mitigated: ... Jer 37:20,21|
- - Cruelty to: ... Jer 38:6; La 3:53,54|
- - See CAPTIVE
- - Guards responsible for: ... Ac 12:18,19|
- - Tortured to extort self-incriminating testimony: ...
Ac 22:24|
- - Scourged: ... Mt 27:26; Mr 15:15; Ac 16:23,33; 2Co
6:5; 11:23,24|
- - Permitted to make defense: ... Ac 24:10; 25:8,16;
26:1; 2Ti 4:16|
- - Kindness to
...... By the prison guard to Jeremiah: ... Jer 38:7-28|
...... By the Philippian jailer to Paul: ... Ac 16:33|
...... By Felix: ... Ac 24:23|
...... By Julius, the centurion: ... Ac 27:1,3; 28:16,30,31|
- - To be visited and ministered to: ... Mt 25:35-46|
- - Released at feasts: ... Mt 27:15-17; Mr 15:6; Lu
23:17; Joh 18:39|
- - OF WAR
...... Put to death: ... Jos 10:16-27; 1Sa 15:33; 27:11;
2Sa 12:31; 2Ki 25:7; 1Ch 20:3; Ho 13:16; Am 1:13; La 3:34|
...... By divine command: ... Nu 31:9,17|
...... Thumbs and toes cut off: ... Jud 1:6,7|
...... Blinded: ... 2Ki 25:7|
...... See CAPTIVE
...... Consolations for: ... Ps 69:33; 79:11; 102:19,20;
146:7|
...... See CAPTIVE
...... See IMPRISONMENT
- - FIGURATIVE: ... Isa 61:1; Lu 4:18|
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PRIVILEGE
- - See JUDGMENT, ACCORDING TO OPPORTUNITY
- - See RESPONSIBILITY
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PRIVILEGES OF SAINTS
- - Abiding in Christ: ... Joh 15:4,5|
- - Partaking of the divine nature: ... 2Pe 1:4|
- - Access to God by Christ: ... Eph 3:12|
- - Being of the household of God: ... Eph 2:19|
- - Membership with the Church of the first-born: ...
Heb 12:23|
- - HAVING
...... Christ for their Shepherd: ... Isa 40:11; Joh
10:14,16|
...... Christ for their intercessor: ... Ro 8:34; Heb
7:25; 1Jo 2:1|
...... The promises of God: ... 2Co 7:1; 2Pe 1:4|
- - The possession of all things: ... 1Co 3:21,22|
- - All things working together for their good: ...
Ro 8:28; 2Co 4:15-17|
- - Their names written in the book life: ... Re 13:8;
20:15|
- - HAVING GOD FOR THEIR
...... King: ... Ps 5:2; 44:4; Isa 44:6|
...... Glory: ... Ps 3:3; Isa 60:19|
...... Salvation: ... Ps 18:2; 27:1; Isa 12:2|
...... Father: ... De 32:6; Isa 63:16; 64:8|
...... Redeemer: ... Ps 19:14; Isa 43:14|
...... Friend: ... 2Ch 20:7; Jas 2:23|
...... Helper: ... Ps 33:20; Heb 13:6|
...... Keeper: ... Ps 121:4,5|
...... Deliverer: ... 2Sa 22:2; Ps 18:2|
...... Strength: ... Ps 18:2; 27:1; 46:1|
...... Refuge: ... Ps 46:1,11; Isa 25:4|
...... Shield: ... Ge 15:1; Ps 84:11|
...... Tower: ... 2Sa 22:3; Ps 61:3|
...... Light: ... Ps 27:1; Isa 60:19; Mic 7:8|
...... Guide: ... Ps 48:14; Isa 58:11|
...... Law-giver: ... Ne 9:13,14; Isa 33:22|
...... Habitation: ... Ps 90:1; 91:9|
...... Portion: ... Ps 73:26; La 3:24|
- - Union in God and Christ: ... Joh 17:21|
- - Committing themselves to God: ... Ps 31:5; Ac 7:59;
2Ti 1:12|
- - Calling upon God in trouble: ... Ps 50:15|
- - Suffering for Christ: ... Ac 5:41; Php 1:29|
- - Profiting by chastisement: ... Ps 119:67; Heb 12:10,11|
- - Secure during public calamities: ... Job 5:20,23;
Ps 27:1-5; 91:5-10|
- - Interceding for others: ... Ge 18:23-33; Jas 5:16|
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PRIZE
- - A reward of merit: ... 1Co 9:24|
- - FIGURATIVE: ... Php 3:14|
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PROBATION
- - General scriptures concerning: ... Ro 5:4|
- - Adam on: ... Ge 2:15-17; 3:3|
- - Amorites: ... Ge 15:16|
- - Solomon: ... 1Ki 3:14; 9:4-9; with 11:9-12|
- - Taught in parables of the talents and pounds: ...
Mt 25:14-30; Lu 19:12-27|
- - The fig tree: ... Lu 13:6-9|
- - The embezzling steward: ... Lu 16:1-12|
- - Taught by Paul: ... Heb 6|
- - None after death: ... Mt 12:32; 25:10-13; 26:24|
- - See PERSEVERANCE
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PROCLAMATION
- - Imperial: ... 2Ch 30:1-10; Es 1:22; 6:9; 8:10-14;
Isa 40:3,9; Da 3:4-7; 4:1; 5:29|
- - Emancipation: ... 2Ch 36:23; Ezr 1:1-4|
PROCRASTINATION
- - General scriptures concerning: ... Ex 22:29; Pr
27:1; Eze 11:2,3; 12:22,27,28; Mt 8:21; 24:48-51; 25:2-13; Lu 9:59-62;
Ac 24:25; 1Th 5:2,3; Heb 3:7-19; 4:1-7|
- - See EXCUSES
- - INSTANCES OF
...... Pharaoh: ... Ex 8:10|
...... Elisha: ... 1Ki 19:20,21|
...... Esther: ... Es 5:8|
...... Lot: ... Ge 19:16|
...... Felix: ... Ac 24:25|
- - Condemned by Christ: ... Lu 9:59-62|
- - Saints avoid: ... Ps 27:8; 119:60|
- - TO BE AVOIDED IN
...... Hearkening to God: ... Ps 95:7,8; Heb 3:7,8|
...... Seeking God: ... Isa 55:6|
...... Glorifying God: ... Jer 13:16|
...... Keeping God's commandments: ... Ps 119:60|
...... Making offerings to God: ... Ex 22:29|
...... Performance of vows: ... De 23:21; Ec 5:4|
- - MOTIVES FOR AVOIDING
...... The present the accepted time: ... 2Co 6:2|
...... The present the best time: ... Ec 12:1|
...... The uncertainty of life: ... Pr 27:1|
- - Danger of illustrated: ... Mt 5:25; Lu 13:25|
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PRODIGAL SON
- - General scriptures concerning: ... Lu 15:11-32|
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PRODIGALITY (WAYWARDNESS)
- - See EXTRAVAGANCE
- - See FRUGALITY
- - See INDUSTRY
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PROFANATION
- - See PROFANITY
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PROFANITY
- - See BLASPHEMY
- - See OATH
- - Of the name of God
...... See GOD, under Miscellaneous Sub-topics
- - Of the Sabbath
...... See SABBATH
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PROFESSION
- - False: ... Pr 20:6; Ho 8:2|
- - Of faith in Jesus
...... See CONFESSION
- - See TESTIMONY, RELIGIOUS
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PROGNOSTICATION
- - By astrologers: ... Isa 47:13|
- - See PROPHECY
- - See PROPHETS
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PROHIBITION
- - (Of the use of intoxicating liquors)
- - To priests "on duty,": ... Le 10:9|
- - To Nazarites: ... Nu 6:3,4|
- - See ABSTINENCE, TOTAL
- - See COMMANDMENTS
- - See DRUNKENNESS
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