Overview - Psalms 118 1?An exhortation to praise God for his mercy. 5?The psalmist by his experience shews how good it is to trust in God. 19?Under t...
Overview - Genesis 22 1?Abraham is tempted to offer Isaac. 3?He gives proof of his faith and obedience. 11?The angel prevents him. 13?Isaac is exchan...
2 Samuel 3:35 And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day The custom was to bury in the daytime, and after the funera...
Overview - Revelation 2 1?What is commanded to be written to the angels, that is, the ministers of the churches of Ephesus, 8?Smyrna, 12?Pergamos, 18...
Overview - John 15 1?The union of Christ and his members shown under the parable of a vine. 18?The hatred of the world. 26?The office of the Holy Ghos...
Overview - 1?Chronicles 29 1?David, by his example and entreaty, 6?causes the princes and people to offer willingly. 10?David's thanksgiving and pray...
Overview - John 20 1?Mary comes to the sepulchre; 3?so do Peter and John, ignorant of the resurrection. 11?Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene, 19?and to...
Diplomacy General scriptures concerning 1?Corinthians 9:20-23 See TACTINSTANCES OFOf Abimelech Genesis 21:22 Genesis 21:23 ; 26:26-31 The Gibeo...
Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeDeuteronomy 1:17??(King James Version)Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as ...
Overview - Jeremiah 17 1?The captivity of Judah for her sin. 5?Trust in man is cursed; 7?in God is blessed. 9?The deceitful heart cannot deceive Go...
Mourning. [N]One marked feature of Oriental mourning is what may be called its studies publicity and the careful observance of the prescribed ceremon...
Overview - Daniel 4 1?Nebuchadnezzar confesses God's kingdom, 4?makes relation of his dreams, which the magicians could not interpret. 8?Daniel hear...
PSALM 7 Psalms 7:1-17 . Shiggaion--a plaintive song or elegy. Though obscure in details, this title seems to intimate that the occasion of th...
Overview - 2?Kings 8 1?The Shunammite, having left her country seven years, to avoid the forewarned famine, for Elisha's miracle's sake has her land r...
Overview - Numbers 16 1?The rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. 23?Moses separates the people from the rebels' tents. 31?The earth swallows up Kor...
Overview - Matthew 5 1?Christ's sermon on the mount. 3?Who are blessed; 13?the salt of the earth; 14?the light of the world. 17?He came to fulfil the...
PSALM 57 Psalms 57:1-11 . Altaschith--or, Destroy not. This is perhaps an enigmatical allusion to the critical circumstances connected with t...
Overview - 2?Chronicles 1 1?The solemn offering of Solomon at Gibeon. 7?Solomon's choice of wisdom is blessed by God. 13?Solomon's forces and wealth....
Overview - Jeremiah 30 1?God shews Jeremiah the return of the Jews. 4?After their trouble they shall have deliverance. 10?He comforts Jacob. 18?Their...
Overview - Acts 13 1?Paul and Barnabas are chosen to go to the Gentiles. 6?Of Sergius Paulus, and Elymas the sorcerer. 13?Paul preaches at Antioch th...