POOR poor ('ebhyon, dal, `ani, rush; ptochos): I. In the Old Testament. The poor have great prominence in the Bible; it is said, indeed, that there ...
HARDEN har'-d'-n (chazaq, qashah; skleruno): (1) Harden occurs most frequently in the phrase to harden the heart, or the neck. This hardening of men'...
\\INTRODUCTION TO ECCLESIASTES, OR THE PREACHER\\ This book has been universally received into the canon of the Scriptures, by Jews and Christians. T...
Blindness [B] [S]Disqualified for priestly office Leviticus 21:18 Of animals, disqualified for a sacrifice Leviticus 22:22 ; Deuteronomy 15:21 ; ...
Sin [T] [B] [E] [H] [S]MISCELLANY OF MINOR SUB-TOPICSPauls discussion of the responsibility for Romans 2 ; 3 ; 4 ; 5 ; 6 ; 7 ; 8 ; 9 Degree...
The Book of EcclesiastesChapter 12Chapter Overview: An exhortation to remember God in youth, enforced from the calamities of old age, and the change...
Righteous MISCELLANY OF MINOR SUB-TOPICSCompared withThe sun Judges 5:31 ; Matthew 13:43 Stars Daniel 12:3 Lights Matthew 5:14 ; Philipp...
Job 22:2 Can a man be profitable unto God? &c.] Eliphaz imagined that Job thought so, by his insisting so much on his integrity, and complaining of hi...
Acts 24:25 And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come The apostle not only discoursed concerning the doctrine of faith in C...
CHAPTER 35 Job 35:1-16 . 2. more than--rather as in Job 9:2 , 25:4 : I am righteous (literally, my righteousness is) before God. The Engl...
Prayer [N] [B] [E] [S] Commanded Isaiah 55:6 ; Matthew 7:7 ; Philippians 4:6 TO BE OFFERED To God Psalms 5:2 ; Matthew 4:10 To Christ ...
Women [S]Creation of Genesis 1:27 ; Genesis 2:21 Genesis 2:22 Named Genesis 2:23 Fall of, and curse upon Genesis 3:1-16 ; 2?Corinthians 11:3 ...
Kings [S] Israel warned against seeking 1?Samuel 8:9-18 Sin of Israel in seeking 1?Samuel 12:17-20 Israel in seeking, rejected God as their ki...
ENCHANTMENT en-chant'-ment: The occult arts, either supposedly or pretentiously supernatural, were common to all oriental races. They included enchan...
Obedience [B]General scriptures concerning Genesis 18:19 ; Exodus 19:5 ; 20:6 ; 24:7 ; Numbers 9:23 ; 14:24 ; Deuteronomy 5:10 ; Joshua 14:6-...
Prayer [T] [B] [E] [S]MISCELLANY OF MINOR SUB-TOPICSPrayer test proposed by Elijah 1?Kings 18:24-39 Daily, in the morning Psalms 5:3 ; 88:13 ; ...
CHAPTER 5 Isaiah 5:1-30 . PARABLE OF JEHOVAH'S VINEYARD. A new prophecy; entire in itself. Probably delivered about the same time as the sec...
CHAPTER 33 Job 33:1-33 . ADDRESS TO JOB, AS ( Job 32:1-22 ) TO THE FRIENDS. 2. mouth--rather, palate, whereby the taste discerns. Every man...
CHAPTER 55 Isaiah 55:1-13 . THE CALL OF THE GENTILE WORLD TO FAITH THE RESULT OF GOD'S GRACE TO THE JEWS FIRST. 1. every one--After the speci...
CHAPTER 9 Jeremiah 9:1-26 . JEREMIAH'S LAMENTATION FOR THE JEWS' SINS AND CONSEQUENT PUNISHMENT. 1. This verse is more fitly joined to the la...