Imagination General scriptures concerning Genesis 6:5 ; 8:21 ; Deuteronomy 29:19 Deuteronomy 29:20 ; 1?Chronicles 28:9 ; Proverbs 6:16-18 ; Ma...
Pharisees [B] [E] [H] [S]A sect of the Jews Acts 15:5 Doctrines of Matthew 15:9 Concerning the resurrection Acts 23:6 Acts 23:8 Association wit...
Overview - Luke 14 1?Christ heals the dropsy on the sabbath; 7?teaches humility; 12?to feast the poor; 15?under the parable of the great supper, show...
FastAbstaining from food.Moreover when ye FAST, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear ...
Overview - Isaiah 58 1?The prophet, being sent to reprove hypocrisy, shews the difference between a counterfeit fast and a true. 8?He declares what p...
Oath [N] [S]a solemn appeal to God, permitted on fitting occasions ( Deuteronomy 6:13 ; Jeremiah 4:2 ), in various forms ( Genesis 16:5 ; 2 Sam 12:...
Overview - Daniel 1 1?Jehoiakim's captivity. 3?Ashpenaz takes Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. 8?They refusing the king's portion do prosper ...
Overview - Isaiah 14 1?God's merciful restoration of Israel. 3?Their triumphant exultation over Babel. 24?God's purpose against Assyria. 29?Palestina...
Fasting [N] Spirit of, explained Isaiah 58:6 Isaiah 58:7 Not to be made a subject of display Matthew 6:16-18 Should be to God Zechariah 7:...
Overview - Ezekiel 36 1?The land of Israel is comforted, both by destruction of the heathen, who spitefully used it, 8?and by the blessings of God pr...
Overview - 1?John 3 1?He declares the singular love of God towards us, in making us his sons; 3?who therefore ought obediently to keep his commandmen...
Overview - Joel 2 1?He shews unto Zion the terribleness of God's judgment. 12?He exhorts to repentance; 15?prescribes a fast; 18?promises a blessing t...
Fasting [T]Observed on occasions of public calamities 2?Samuel 1:12 Afflictions Psalms 35:13 ; Daniel 6:18 Private afflictions 2?Samuel 12:16 A...
Overview - Ruth 1 1?Elimelech, driven by famine into Moab, dies there. 4?Mahlon and Chilion, having married wives of Moab, die also. 6?Naomi, return...
Temple, the second [E] Built on the site of the first temple Ezra 6:2-12 CYRUS His decree for building, predicted Isaiah 44:28 Gave a decree ...
SERMON ON THE MOUNT sur'-num, I. PARALLEL ACCOUNTS II. HISTORICITY OF THE DISCOURSE III. TIME AND OCCASION IV. SCENE V. THE HEARERS VI. THE MESS...
Sermon on the Mount [E] Of the five discourses of Jesus in Matthew, the Sermon on the Mount (chaps. 5-7) is the first, the longest, and the most promi...
ALMS; ALMSGIVING ams, ams-giv'-ing: The English word alms is an abridged form of the Greek word, eleemosune (compare eleemosynary), appearing in grad...
Manna [N] [T] [B] [S]Heb. man-hu, What is that? the name given by the Israelites to the food miraculously supplied to them during their wanderings in ...
Humility [N] [T] [E]Biblical humility is grounded in the character of God. The Father stoops down to help the poor and needy ( Psalm 113:4-9 ; 138:6-...