Overview - Matthew 23 1?Christ admonishes the people to follow the good doctrine, not the evil examples, of the Scribes and Pharisees. 5?His disciple...
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...
Topaz [N] [S]Heb. pitdah ( Ezekiel 28:13 ; Revelation 21:20 ), a golden yellow or green stone brought from Cush or Ethiopia ( Job 28:19 ). It was the...
Overview - Psalms 67 1?A prayer for the enlargement of God's kingdom; 3?to the joy of the people; 6?and the increase of God's blessings. Treasury of...
Overview - Exodus 27 1?The altar of burnt offering, with the vessels thereof. 9?The court of the tabernacle inclosed with hangings and pillars. 18?Th...
Overview - Mark 16 1?An Angel declares the resurrection of Christ to three women. 9?Christ himself appears to Mary Magdalene; 12?to two going into th...
Overview - Psalms 65 1?David praises God for his grace. 4?The blessedness of God's chosen by reason of benefits. Treasury of Scripture KnowledgePsalm...
Chapter 2020:1? For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vi...
Call [N] To cry for help, hence to pray ( Genesis 4:26 ). Thus men are said to call upon the name of the Lord ( Acts 2:21 ; 7:59 ; 9:14 ; Romans 10...
Overview - Hebrews 6 1?He exhorts not to fall back from the faith; 11?but to be stedfast, 12?diligent, and patient to wait upon God; 13?because God is...
Overview - Micah 4 1?The glory, 5?and the peace of Christ's kingdom. 6?The restoration, 11?and victory of the church. Treasury of Scripture Knowledg...
Overview - Jeremiah 19 1?Under the type of breaking a potter's vessel, is foreshewn the desolation of the Jews for their sins. Treasury of Scripture K...
Overview - John 10 1?Christ is the door, and the good shepherd. 19?Divers opinions of him. 23?He proves by his works that he is Christ the Son of God;...
Jacinth [N] [S]properly a flower of a reddish blue or deep purple (hyacinth), and hence a precious stone of that colour ( Revelation 21:20 ). It has b...
Ligure [N] [S](Heb. leshem) occurs only in Exodus 28:19 and 39:12 , as the name of a stone in the third row on the high priest's breastplate. Some ...
Overview - Acts 2 1?The apostles, filled with the Holy Ghost, and speaking divers languages, are admired by some, and derided by others; 14?whom Peter...
Overview - Ephesians 1 1?After the salutation, 3?and thanksgiving for the Ephesians, 4?he treats of our election, 6?and adoption by grace; 11?which...
Overview - Romans 12 1?God's mercies must move us to please God. 3?No man must think too well of himself; 6?but everyone attend on that calling wher...
Overview - 2?Kings 16 1?Ahaz's wicked reign. 5?Ahaz, assailed by Rezin and Pekah, hires Tiglath-pileser against them. 10?Ahaz, sending a pattern of a...
Overview - 2?Peter 1 1?Confirming them in hope of the increase of God's graces, 5?he exhorts them, by faith, and good works, to make their calling su...