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SELF-DEFENSE
- -  Accused persons heard in: ...  Mt 27:11-14; Mr 15:2-5; Lu 23:3; Joh 7:51; Ac 2:37-40; 22;  23; 24:10-21; 26|
 
 

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SELF-DELUSION
- -  A characteristic of wicked people: ...  Ps 49:18|
- -  Prosperity frequently leads to: ...  Ps 30:6; Ho 12:8; Lu 12:17-19|
- -  Obstinate sinners often given up to: ...  Ps 81:11,12; Ho 4:17; 2Th 2:10,11|
- -  Frequently persevered in, to the end: ...  Mt 7:22; 25:11,12; Lu 13:24,25|
- -  Fatal consequences of: ...  Mt 7:23; 24:48-51; Lu 12:20; 1Th 5:3|

- -  Exhibited in thinking that
......  Our own ways are right: ...  Pr 14:12|
......  We should adhere to established wicked practices: ...  Jer 44:17|
......  We are pure: ...  Pr 30:12|
......  We are better than others: ...  Lu 18:11|
......  We are rich in spiritual things: ...  Re 3:17|
......  We may have peace while in sin: ...  De 29:19|
......  We are above adversity: ...  Ps 10:6|
......  Gifts entitle us to go to heaven: ...  Mt 7:21,22|
......  Privileges entitle us to enter heaven: ...  Mt 3:9; Lu 13:25,26|
......  God will not punish our sins: ...  Jer 5:12|
......  Christ will not come to condemn us: ...  2Pe 3:4|
......  Our lives will be prolonged: ...  Isa 56:12; Lu 12:19; Jas 4:13|

- -  EXEMPLIFIED
......  Ahab: ...  1Ki 20:27,34|
......  Israelites: ...  Ho 12:8|
......  Jews: ...  Joh 8:33,41|
......  The Laodicean congregation: ...  Re 3:17|
......  See CONFIDENCE, FALSE 
......  See SECURITY, FALSE 

- -  EXHIBITED IN THINKING THAT
......  Our own ways are right: ...  Pr 14:12|
......  We should adhere to established wicked practices: ...  Jer 44:17|
......  We are pure: ...  Pr 30:12|
......  We are better than others: ...  Lu 18:11|
......  We are rich in spiritual things: ...  Re 3:17|
......  We may have peace while in sin: ...  De 29:19|
......  We are above adversity: ...  Ps 10:6|
......  Gifts entitle us to heaven: ...  Mt 7:21,22|
......  Privileges entitle us to heaven: ...  Mt 3:9; Lu 13:25,26|
......  God will not punish our sins: ...  Ps 10:11; Jer 5:12|
......  Christ shall not come to judge: ...  2Pe 3:4|
......  Our lives shall be prolonged: ...  Isa 56:12; Lu 12:19; Jas 4:13|
- -  Frequently preserved in, to the last: ...  Mt 7:22; 25:11,12; Lu 13:24,25|
- -  Fatal consequences of: ...  Mt 7:23; 24:48-51; Lu 12:20; 1Th 5:3|
- -  Exemplified
......  Ahab: ...  1Ki 20:27,34|
......  Israelites: ...  Ho 12:8|
......  Jews: ...  Joh 8:33,41|
......  Church of Laodicea: ...  Re 3:17|
......  Babylon: ...  Isa 47:7-11|
 
 

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SELF-DENIAL
- -  See CROSS 
- -  See HUMILITY 
- -  Christ set an example of: ...  Mt 4:8-10; 8:20; Joh 6:38; Ro 15:3; Php 2:6-8|
- -  A test of devotedness to Christ: ...  Mt 10:37,38; Lu 9:23,24|
- -  Ministers especially called to exercise: ...  2Co 6:4,5|
- -  Becomes strangers and pilgrims: ...  Heb 11:13-15; 1Pe 2:11|
- -  Danger of neglecting: ...  Mt 16:25,26; 1Co 9:27|
- -  Reward of: ...  Mt 19:28,29; Ro 8:13|
- -  Happy result: ...  2Pe 1:4|

- -  General scriptures concerning: ...  Ge 22:1-12; 2Sa 24:24; Ps 132:3-5; Pr 16:32; 23:2; Da 10:3;  Mt 5:29,30; 8:19-22; 10:37-39; 13:44-46; 16:24,25; 18:8,9;  19:12,21; Mr 2:14; 8:34,35; 9:43; 10:29; 12:43,44; Lu  5:11,27; 9:23,24,57-60; 14:26-33; 18:27-30; 21:2-4; Joh  12:25; Ac 20:22-24; 21:13; Ro 6:6; 8:12,13,35,36; 13:14;  14:1-22; 15:1-5; 1Co 6:12; 8:10-13; 9:12,15,18,19,23,25-27;  10:23,24; 2Co 6:3; Ga 2:20; 5:16,17,24; 6:14; Php 2:4;  3:7-9; Col 3:5; 2Ti 2:4; Tit 2:12; Heb 13:13; 1Pe 2:11-16;  4:1,2; 3Jo 1:7; Re 12:11|
 

- -  INSTANCES OF
......  Abraham, when he offered to Lot (his junior) his preference  of the land of Canaan: ...  Ge 13:9; with 17:8; Heb 11:8,9|
......  Widow of Zarephath: ...  1Ki 17:12-15|
......  Esther: ...  Es 4:16|
......  Rechabites: ...  Jer 35:6,7|
......  Moses, in choosing rather to suffer affliction with the  people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for only a  little while: ...  Heb 11:25|
......  Moses, in taking no compensation from the Israelites for his  services: ...  Nu 16:15|
......  Samuel, in his administration of justice: ...  1Sa 12:3,4|
......  The widow of Zarephath, in sharing with Elijah the last of  her sustenance: ...  1Ki 17:12-15|
......  Daniel, in his abstention: ...  Da 1:8-16|
......  Daniel, in refusing rewards from Belshazzar: ...  Da 5:16,17|
......  Esther, in risking her life for the deliverance of her  people: ...  Es 4:16|
......  The Rechabites, in refusing to drink wine or strong drink,  or even to plant vineyards: ...  Jer 35:6,7|
......  Apostles: ...  Mt 19:27|
......  Simon, Andrew, James, and John: ...  Mr 1:16-20|
......  Poor Widow: ...  Lu 21:4|
......  The Christians: ...  Ac 2:45; 4:34|
......  Peter and the other apostles, in abandoning their vocations  and following Jesus: ...  Mt 4:20; 9:9; Mr 1:16-20; 2:14; Lu 5:11,27,28|
......  in forsaking all and following Jesus: ...  Mt 19:27; Mr 10:28|
......  The widow, who put everything she had into the treasury: ...  Lu 21:4|
......  The early Christians, in having everything in common: ...  Ac 2:44,45; 4:34|
......  Barnabas (Joses), in selling his possessions, and giving  everything that he had received to the apostles: ...  Ac 4:36,37|
......  Paul, in not regarding even his life dear to himself: ...  Ac 20:24; Php 3:7,8|
......  Paul, in not coveting anyone's silver, gold, or apparel: ...  Ac 20:33|
......  Paul, in laboring for his own support while he also taught: ...  Ac 20:34,35; 1Co 4:12; 10:33|
......  Paul: ...  Ac 20:24; 1Co 9:19,27|

- -  NECESSARY
......  In following Christ: ...  Lu 14:27-33|
......  In the warfare of saints: ...  2Ti 2:4|
......  To the triumph of saints: ...  1Co 9:25-27|

- -  SHOULD BE EXERCISED IN
......  Denying ungodliness and worldly lusts: ...  Ro 6:12; Tit 2:12|
......  Controlling the appetite: ...  Pr 23:2|
......  Abstaining from fleshly lusts: ...  1Pe 2:11|
......  No longer living to lusts of men: ...  1Pe 4:2|
......  Mortifying sinful lusts: ...  Mr 9:43; Col 3:5|
......  Mortifying deeds of the body: ...  Ro 8:13|
......  Not pleasing ourselves: ...  Ro 15:1-3|
......  Not seeking out own profit: ...  1Co 10:24,33; 13:5; Php 2:4|
......  Preferring the profit of others: ...  Ro 14:20,21; 1Co 10:24,33|
......  Assisting others: ...  Lu 3:11|
......  Even lawful things: ...  1Co 10:23|
......  Forsaking all: ...  Lu 14:33|
......  Taking up the cross and following Christ: ...  Mt 10:38; 16:24|
......  Crucifying the flesh: ...  Ga 5:24|
......  Being crucified with Christ: ...  Ro 6:6|
......  Being crucified to the world: ...  Ga 6:14|
......  Putting off the old man which is corrupt: ...  Eph 4:22; Col 3:9|
......  Preferring Christ to all earthly relations: ...  Mt 8:21,22; Lu 14:26|
 
 
 

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SELF-EXALTATION
- -  General scriptures concerning: ...  Job 12:3; Eze 31:10-14; Ob 1:3,4; Lu 14:7-11; 2Co  10:5,17,18; Ga 6:3; 2Th 2:4|
- -  See PRIDE 
- -  See SELFISHNESS 
- -  See SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS 

- -  INSTANCES OF
......  Pharaoh: ...  Ex 9:17|
......  Korah, Dathan, and Abiram: ...  Nu 16:1-3|
......  Sennacherib: ...  2Ch 32:9-19|
......  Prince of Tyre, making himself God: ...  Eze 28:2,9|
......  Nebuchadnezzar: ...  Da 4:30; 5:20|
......  Belshazzar: ...  Da 5:23|
......  Simon the Sorcerer: ...  Ac 8:9|
......  Herod Agrippa I, when deified by the people: ...  Ac 12:20-23|
 
 

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SELF-EXAMINATION
- -  General scriptures concerning: ...  Job 13:23; Ps 4:4; 19:12; 26:2; 77:6; 119:59; 139:23,24;  Jer 17:9; La 3:40; Hag 1:7; Mt 26:22; Mr 14:19; 1Co  11:27,28,31; 2Co 13:5; Ga 6:3-5|
- -  Enjoined: ...  2Co 13:5|
- -  Necessary before the communion: ...  1Co 11:28|
- -  Cause of difficulty in: ...  Jer 17:9|
- -  SHOULD BE ENGAGED IN
......  With holy awe: ...  Ps 4:4|
......  With diligent search: ...  Ps 77:6; La 3:40|
......  With prayer for divine searching: ...  Ps 26:2; 139:23,24|
......  With purpose of amendment: ...  Ps 119:59; La 3:40|
- -  Advantages of: ...  1Co 11:31; Ga 6:4; 1Jo 3:20-22|
- -  See MEDITATION 
- -  See REPENTANCE 
- -  See SIN, CONFESSION OF 
 
 

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SELF-INCRIMINATION
- -  General scriptures concerning: ...  Nu 5:11-27; 1Ki 8:31,32; Ac 22:24|
- -  See SELF-CONDEMNATION 

- -  INSTANCES OF
......  Achan: ...  Jos 7:19-25|
 
 

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SELF-INDULGENCE
- -  INSTANCES OF
......  Solomon: ...  Ec 2:10|
......  The rich fool: ...  Lu 12:16-20|
......  The rich man who feasted every day: ...  Lu 16:19|
......  See GLUTTONY 
......  See IDLENESS 
......  See LAZINESS 
......  See also SELF-DENIAL 
 
 

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SELFISHNESS
- -  General scriptures concerning: ...  Ge 4:9; Nu 32:6; Ps 38:11; Pr 11:26; 18:17; 24:11,12;  28:27; Eze 34:18; Mic 3:11; Hag 1:4,9,10; Zec 7:6; Mal 1:10;  Mt 19:21,22; Lu 6:32-34; Ro 14:15; 15:1-3; 1Co 10:24; 2Co  5:15; Ga 6:2; Php 2:4,20,21; 2Ti 3:2-4; Jas 2:15,16; 1Jo  3:17|

- -  Contrary to the law of God: ...  Le 19:18; Mt 22:39; Jas 2:8|
- -  The example of Christ condemns: ...  Joh 4:34; Ro 15:3; 2Co 8:9|
- -  God hates: ...  Mal 1:10|

- -  EXHIBITED IN
......  Being lovers of ourselves: ...  2Ti 3:2|
......  Pleasing ourselves: ...  Ro 15:1|
......  Seeking our own: ...  1Co 10:33; Php 2:21|
......  Seeking after gain: ...  Isa 56:11|
......  Seeking undue precedence: ...  Mt 20:21|
......  Living to ourselves: ...  2Co 5:15|
......  Neglect of the poor: ...  1Jo 3:17|
......  Serving God for reward: ...  Mal 1:10|
......  Performing duty for reward: ...  Mic 3:11|
- -  Inconsistent with Christian love: ...  1Co 13:5|
- -  Inconsistent with communion of saints: ...  Ro 12:4,5; 1Co 12:12-27|
- -  Especially forbidden to saints: ...  1Co 10:24; Php 2:4|
- -  The love of Christ should constrain us to avoid: ...  2Co 5:14,15|
- -  Ministers should be devoid of: ...  1Co 9:19-23; 10:33|
- -  All men addicted to: ...  Eph 2:3; Php 2:21|
- -  Saints falsely accused of: ...  Job 1:9-11|
- -  Characteristic of the last days: ...  2Ti 3:1,2|

- -  Exemplified
......  Cain: ...  Ge 4:9|
......  Nabal: ...  1Sa 25:3,11|
......  Haman: ...  Es 6:6|
......  Priests: ...  Isa 56:11|
......  Jews: ...  Zec 7:6|
......  James and John: ...  Mr 10:37|
......  Multitude: ...  Joh 6:26|

- -  See LIBERALITY 
- -  See POOR 
- -  See UNSELFISHNESS