R.A. Torrey’s New Topical Textbook – Bible Verses by Topics – Letter B
Alphabetical Listings
Babylon
Origin of — Ge 10:8,10
Origin of the name — Ge 11:8,9
Was called
Land of the Chaldeans — Eze 12:13
Land of Shinar — Da 1:2; Zec 5:11
Land of Merathaim — Jer 50:1,21
Desert of the sea — Isa 21:1,9
Sheshach — Jer 25:12,26
Lady of kingdoms — Isa 47:5
Situated beyond the Euphrates — Ge 11:31; Jos 24:2,3
Formerly a part of Mesopotamia — Ac 7:2
Founded by the Assyrians, and a part of their empire — 2Ki
17:24; Isa 23:13
Watered by the rivers Euphrates and Tigris — Ps 137:1; Jer
51:13
Composed of many nations — Da 3:4; 3:29
Governed by Kings — 2Ki 20:12; Da 5:1
With Media and Persia divided by Darius 120 provinces — Da 6:1
Presidents placed over — Da 2:48; 6:1
Babylon the chief province of — Da 3:1
Babylon the capital of
Its antiquity — Ge 11:4,9
Enlarged by Nebuchadnezzar — Da 4:30
Surrounded with a great wall and fortified — Jer 51:53,58
Called the golden city — Isa 14:4
Called the glory of kingdoms — Isa 13:19
Called beauty of Chaldees, — Isa 13:19
Called the city of merchants — Eze 17:4
Called Babylon the great — Da 4:30
Remarkable for
Antiquity — Jer 5:15
Naval power — Isa 43:14
Military power — Jer 5:16; 50:23
National greatness — Isa 13:19; Jer 51:41
Wealth — Jer 50:37; 51:13
Commerce — Eze 17:4
Manufacture of garments — Jos 7:21
Wisdom of senators — Isa 47:10; Jer 50:35
Inhabitants of
Idolatrous — Jer 50:38; Da 3:18
Addicted to magic — Isa 47:9,12,13; Da 2:1,2
Profane and sacrilegious — Da 5:1-3
Wicked — Isa 47:10
As a power was
Arrogant — Isa 14:13,14; Jer 50:29,31,32
Secure and self-confident — Isa 47:7,8
Grand and stately — Isa 47:1,5
Covetous — Jer 51:13
Oppressive — Isa 14:4
Cruel and destructive — Isa 14:17; 47:6; Jer 51:25; Hab 1:6,7
An instrument of God’s vengeance on other nations — Jer 51:7;
Isa 47:6
Languages spoken in — Da 1:4; 2:4
Armies of, described — Hab 1:7-9
Represented by
A great eagle — Eze 17:3
A head of gold — Da 2:32,37,38
A lion with eagle’s wings — Da 7:4
Ambassadors of, sent to Hezekiah — 2Ki 20:12
Nebuchadnezzar king of
Made Jehoiakim tributary — 2Ki 24:1
Besieged Jerusalem — 2Ki 24:10,11
Took Jehoiachin, &c captive to Babylon — 2Ki 24:12,14-16; 2Ch
36:10
Spoiled the temple — 2Ki 24:13
Made Zedekiah king — 2Ki 24:17
Rebelled against by Zedekiah — 2Ki 24:20
Besieged and took Jerusalem — 2Ki 25:1-4
Burned Jerusalem — 2Ki 25:9,10
Took Zedekiah, &c captive to Babylon — 2Ki 25:7,11,18-21; 2Ch
36:20
Spoiled and burned the temple — 2Ki 25:9,13-17; 2Ch 36:18,19
Revolt of the Jews from, and their punishment illustrated — Eze
17:1-24
The Jews exhorted to be subject to, and settle in — Jer 27:17;
29:1-7
Treatment of the Jews in — 2Ki 25:27-30; Da 1:3-7
Grief of the Jews in — Ps 137:1-6
Destroyed by the Medes — Da 5:30,31
Restoration of the Jews from — 2Ch 36:23; Ezr 1:1-2:67
The gospel preached in — 1Pe 5:13
A type of Antichrist — Re 16:19; 17:5
Predictions respecting
Conquests by — Jer 21:3-10; 27:2-6; 49:28-33; Eze 21:19-32;
29:18-20
Captivity of the Jews by — Jer 20:4-6; 22:20-26; 25:9-11; Mic
4:10
Restoration of the Jews from — Isa 14:1-4; 44:28; 48:20; Jer
29:10; 50:4,8,19
Destruction of — Isa 13:1-22; 14:4-22; 21:1-10; 47:1-15; Jer
25:12; 50:1-51:64
Perpetual desolation of — Isa 13:19-22; 14:22,23; Jer
50:13,39; 51:37
Preaching of the gospel in — Ps 87:4
Backsliding
Is turning from God — 1Ki 11:9
Is leaving the first love — Re 2:4
Is departing form the simplicity of the gospel — 2Co 11:3; Ga
3:1-3; 5:4,7
God is displeased at — Ps 78:57,59
Warnings against — Ps 85:8; 1Co 10:12
Guilt and consequences of — Nu 14:43; Ps 125:5; Isa 59:2,9-11;
Jer 5:6; 8:5,13; 15:6; Lu 9:62
Brings its own punishment — Pr 14:14; Jer 2:19
A haughty spirit leads to — Pr 16:18
Proneness to — Pr 24:16; Ho 11:7
Liable to continue and increase — Jer 8:5; 14:7
Exhortations to return from — 2Ch 30:6; Isa 31:6; Jer
3:12,14,22; Ho 6:1
Pray to be restored from — Ps 80:3; 85:4; La 5:21
Punishment of tempting others to the sin of — Pr 28:10; Mt
18:6
Not hopeless — Ps 37:24; Pr 24:16
Endeavour to bring back those guilty of — Ga 6:1; Jas 5:19,20
Sin of, to be confessed — Isa 59:12-14; Jer 3:13,14; 14:7-9
Pardon of, promised — 2Ch 7:14; Jer 3:12; 31:20; 36:3
Healing of, promised — Jer 3:22; Ho 14:4
Afflictions sent to heal — Ho 5:15
Blessedness of those who keep from — Pr 28:14; Isa 26:3,4; Col
1:21-23
Hateful to saints — Ps 101:3
Exemplified
Israel — Ex 32:8; Ne 9:26; Jer 3:11; Ho 4:16
Saul — 1Sa 15:11
Solomon — 1Ki 11:3,4
Peter — Mt 26:70-74
Baptism
As administered by John — Mt 3:5-12; Joh 3:23; Ac 13:24; 19:4
Sanctioned by Christ’s submission to it — Mt 3:13-15; Lu 3:21
Adopted by Christ — Joh 3:22; 4:1,2
Appointed an ordinance of the Christian church — Mt 28:19,20;
Mr 16:15,16
To be administered in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit — Mt 28:19
Water, the outward and visible sign in — Ac 8:36; 10:47
Regeneration, the inward and spiritual grace of — Joh 3:3,5,6;
Ro 6:3,4,11
Remission of sins, signified by — Ac 2:38; 22:16
Unity of the Church effected by — 1Co 12:13; Ga 3:27,28
Confession of sin necessary to — Mt 3:6
Repentance necessary to — Ac 2:38
Faith necessary to — Ac 8:37; 18:8
There is but one — Eph 4:5
Administered to
Individuals — Ac 8:38; 9:18
Households — Ac 16:15; 1Co 1:16
Emblematic of the influences of the Holy Spirit — Mt 3:11; Tit
3:5
Typified — 1Co 10:2; 1Pe 3:20,21
Baptism With the Holy Spirit
Foretold — Eze 36:25
Is through Christ — Tit 3:6
Christ administered — Mt 3:11; Joh 1:33
Promised to saints — Ac 1:5; 2:38,39; 11:16
All saints partake of — 1Co 12:13
Necessity for — Joh 3:5; Ac 19:2-6
Renews and cleanses the soul — Tit 3:5; 1Pe 3:20,21
The Word of God instrumental to — Ac 10:44; Eph 5:26
Typified — Ac 2:1-4
Bear, The
Inhabits woods — 2Ki 2:24
Described as
Voracious — Da 7:5
Cunning — La 3:10
Cruel — Am 5:19
Often attacks men — 2Ki 2:24; Am 5:19
Attacks the flock in the presence of the shepherd — 1Sa 17:34
Particularly fierce when deprived of its young — 2Sa 17:8; Pr
17:12
Growls when annoyed — Isa 59:11
Miraculously killed by David — 1Sa 17:36,37
Illustrative of
God in his judgments — La 3:10; Ho 13:8
The natural man — Isa 11:7
Wicked rulers — Pr 28:15
The kingdom of the Medes — Da 7:5
The kingdom of Antichrist — Re 13:2
Beard, The
The Jews never appeared without — 2Sa 10:5
Worn even by the priests — Ps 133:2
Laying hold of, a token of respect — 1Sa 20:9
Shaving of, a great offence — 2Sa 10:4,6,7
Plucking of, a sign of scorn — Isa 50:6
Dribbling on, a sign of derangement — 1Sa 21:13
In affliction
Was neglected and untrimmed — 2Sa 19:24
Was clipped — Jer 48:37
Was shorn — Jer 41:5
Sometimes plucked out — Ezr 9:3
Corners of, not to be marred for the dead — Le 19:27; 21:5
Subject to leprosy — Le 13:29,30
Of the healed leper to be shaved — Le 14:9
Shaving, illustrative of severe judgments — Isa 7:20; 15:2; Eze
5:1
Beasts
Created by God — Ge 1:24,25; 2:19
Creation of, exhibits God’s power — Jer 27:5
Made for the praise and glory of God — Ps 148:10
Differ in flesh from birds and fishes — 1Co 15:39
Herb of the field given to, for food — Ge 1:30
Power over, given to man — Ge 1:26,28; Ps 8:7
Instinctively fear man — Ge 9:2
Received their names from Adam — Ge 2:19,20
Given to man for food after the flood — Ge 9:3
Not to be eaten alive or with blood — Ge 9:4; De 12:16,23
That died naturally or were torn, not to be eaten — Ex 22:31;
Le 17:15; 22:8
Supply clothing to man — Ge 3:21; Job 31:20
The property of God — Ps 50:10
Subjects of God’s care — Ps 36:6; 104:10,11
Described as
Devoid of speech — 2Pe 2:16
Devoid of understanding — Ps 32:9; 73:22
Devoid of immortality — Ps 49:12-15
Possessed of instinct — Isa 1:3
Being four-footed — Ac 10:12
By nature wild — Ps 50:11; Mr 1:13
Capable of being tamed — Jas 3:7
Many kinds of, noisome and destructive — Le 26:6; Eze 5:17
Many kinds of, domestic — Ge 36:6; 45:17
Lessons of wisdom to be learned from — Job 12:7
Found in
Deserts — Isa 13:21
Fields — De 7:22; Joe 2:22
Mountains — Song 4:8
Forests — Isa 56:9; Mic 5:8
Habitations of
Dens and caves — Job 37:8; 38:40
Under spreading trees — Da 4:12
Deserted cities — Isa 13:21,22; Zep 2:15
Liable to diseases — Ex 9:3
Frequently suffered on account of the sins of men — Joe
1:18,20; Hag 1:11
Often cut off for the sins of men — Ge 6:7; 7:23; Ex 11:5; Ho
4:3
Early distinguished into clean and unclean — Ge 7:2
Clean
Ox — Ex 21:28; De 14:4
Wild ox — De 14:5
Sheep — De 7:13; 14:4
Goat — De 14:4
Hart — De 14:5; Job 39:1
Roebuck — De 14:5; 2Sa 2:18
Wild goat — De 14:5
Fallow deer — De 14:5
Chamois — De 14:5
Pygarg — De 14:5
How distinguished — Le 11:3; De 14:6
Used for food — Le 11:2; De 12:15
Used for sacrifice — Ge 8:20
First born of, not redeemed — Nu 18:17
Unclean
Camel — Ge 24:64; Le 11:4
Dromedary — 1Ki 4:28; Es 8:10
Horse — Job 39:19-25
Ass — Ge 22:3; Mt 21:2
Wild Ass — Job 6:5; 39:5-8
Mule — 2Sa 13:29; 1Ki 10:25
Lion — Jdj 14:5,6
Leopard — Song 4:8
Bear — 2Sa 17:8
Wolf — Ge 49:27; Joh 10:12
Unicorn — Nu 23:22
Behemoth — Job 40:15
Ape — 1Ki 10:22
Fox — Ps 63:10; Song 2:5
Dog — Ex 22:31; Lu 16:2
Swine — Le 11:7; Isa 66:17
Hare — Le 11:6; De 14:7
Coney — Le 11:5; Ps 104:18
Mouse — Le 11:29; Isa 66:17
Mole — Le 11:30; Isa 2:20
Weasel — Le 11:29
Ferret — Le 11:30
Badger — Ex 25:5; Eze 16:10
How distinguished — Le 11:26
Not eaten — Le 11:4-8; De 1:7,8
Not offered in sacrifice — Le 27:11
First born of, redeemed — Nu 18:15
Caused uncleanness when dead — Le 5:2
Domestic
To enjoy the sabbath — Ex 20:10; De 5:14
To be taken care of — Le 25:7; De 25:4
Not to be cruelly used — Nu 22:27-32; Pr 12:10
No likeness of, to be worshipped — De 4:17
Representations of, worshipped by the heathen — Ro 1:23
History of, written by Solomon — 1Ki 4:33
Often used as instruments of punishment — Le 26:22; De 32:24;
Jer 15:3; Eze 5:17
Man by nature no better than — Ec 3:18,19
Illustrative of
The wicked — Ps 49:20; Tit 1:12
Ungodly professors — 2Pe 2:12; Jude 1:10
Persecutors — 1Co 15:32; 2Ti 4:17
Kingdoms — Da 7:11,17; 8:4
People of different nations — Da 4:12,21,22
Antichrist — Re 13:2; 20:4
Beds
Antiquity of — Ge 47:31; Ex 8:3
Couches or divans used as — Job 7:13; Ps 6:6
A small pallet or mattress used as — 1Sa 19:15
Considered necessary — 2Ki 4:10
Made of
Iron — De 3:11
Ivory — Am 6:4
Gold and Silver — Es 1:6
Wood — Song 3:7-9
Supplied with pillows — 1Sa 19:13; 26:7
Covered with tapestry and linen — Pr 7:16
Often perfumed — Pr 7:17; Eze 23:41
Of the poor covered with upper garment — Ex 22:26,27; De
24:12,13
Used for
Sleeping on — Job 33:15; Lu 11:7
Reclining on by day — 2Sa 4:5; 11:2
Reclining on at meals — 1Sa 28:23-25; Am 6:4-6; Lu 7:36-38;
Joh 13:23
Not used in affliction — 2Sa 12:16; 13:31
Persons sometimes took to, in grief — 1Ki 21:4; Ho 7:14
Saints meditate and praise God while on — Ps 4:4; 149:5; Song
3:1
The wicked devise mischief while on — Ps 36:4; Mic 2:1
The slothful too fond of — Pr 26:14
Of the poor often sold for debt — Pr 22:27
Subject to ceremonial defilement — Le 15:4
Purification of — Mr 7:4
Illustrative
Of the grave — Isa 57:2
(Made in darkness,) of extreme misery — Job 17:13
(Made in sickness,) of divine support and comfort — Ps 41:3
(Made on high,) of carnal security — Isa 57:7
(Too short,) of plans which afford no rest or peace — Isa
28:20
Benjamin, Tribe Of
Descended from Jacob’s twelfth son — Ge 35:18
Predictions respecting — Ge 49:27; De 33:12
Persons selected from
To number the people — Nu 1:11
To spy out the land — Nu 13:9
To divide the land — Nu 34:21
Strength of, on leaving Egypt — Nu 1:36,37
Formed the rear of the third division of Israel in their
journeys — Nu 10:22,24
Encamped on west side of the tabernacle under the standard of
Ephrain — Nu 2:18,22
Offering of, at dedication — Nu 7:60-65
Families of — Nu 26:38-40
Strength of, entering Canaan — Nu 26:41
On Gerizim said amen to the blessings — De 27:12
Cities and bounds of inheritance — Jos 18:11-28
Celebrated as bowmen and slingers — 1Ch 12:2
Assisted against Sisera — Jdj 5:14
Oppressed by the Ammonites — Jdj 10:9
Almost annihilated for protecting the men of Gibeah — Jdj
20:12-48
Remnant of, provided with wives to preserve the tribe — Jdj
21:1-23
Furnished the first king to Israel — 1Sa 9:1,2,15-17; 10:20,21;
2Sa 2:8-10
Adhered for a time to the house of Saul against David — 2Sa
2:9,15,25,31
Some of, assisted David — 1Ch 12:1-7,16
Revolted from the house of Saul — 2Sa 3:19
Some of, at David’s coronation — 1Ch 12:29
A 1000 of, with Shimei came to meet David on his return to
Jerusalem — 2Sa 19:16,17
Very numerous in David’s time — 1Ch 7:6-12
Captains appointed over — 1Ki 4:18; 1Ch 27:12
Remained faithful to Judah — 1Ki 12:21
Furnished an army to Jehoshaphat — 2Ch 17:17
Numbers of, returned from the captivity and dwelt at Jerusalem
— Ezr 1:5; Ne 11:4
Celebrated persons of
Ehud — Jdj 3:15
Kish — 1Sa 9:1
Saul — 1Sa 9:1; 10:1
Abner — 1Sa 14:51; 17:55
Elhanan — 2Sa 21:19
Paul — Php 3:5
Birds
Created by God — Ge 1:20,21; 2:19
Created for the glory of God — Ps 148:10
Herb of the field given as food to — Ge 1:30
Differ in flesh from beasts and fishes — 1Co 15:39
Power over given to man — Ge 1:26; Ps 8:8
Names given to, by Adam — Ge 2:19,20
Instinctively fear man — Ge 9:2
Instinct of, inferior to man’s reason — Job 35:11
Lessons of wisdom to be learned from — Job 12:7
Can all be tamed — Jas 3:7
Given as food to man — Ge 9:2,3
The blood of, not to be eaten — Le 7:26
The property of God — Ps 50:11
God provides for — Ps 104:1-12; Mt 6:26; Lu 12:23,24
Called
Fowls of the air — Ge 7:3
Fowls of heaven — Job 35:11
Feathered fowl — Eze 39:17
Winged fowl — De 4:17
Birds of the air — Mt 8:20
Many kinds of, graniverous — Mt 13:4
Many kinds of, carnivorous — Ge 15:11; 40:19; De 28:26
Furnished with claws — Da 4:33
Propagated by eggs — De 22:6; Jer 17:11
Make, and dwell in nests — Mt 8:20
Are hostile to strange kinds — Jer 12:9
Have each their peculiar note or song — Ps 104:12; Ec 12:4;
Song 2:12
Fly above the earth — Ge 1:20
Rapid flight of, alluded to — Isa 31:5; Ho 9:11; 11:11
Many kinds of, migratory — Jer 8:7
Often remove from places suffering calamities — Jer 4:25; 9:10
Rest on trees — Da 4:12; Mt 13:32
Inhabit
Mountains — Ps 50:11
Deserts — Ps 102:6
Marshes — Isa 14:23
Deserted Cities — Isa 34:11,14,15
Make their nests
In trees — Ps 104:17; Eze 31:6
On the ground — De 22:6
In clefts of rocks — Nu 24:21; Jer 48:28
In deserted cities — Isa 34:15
Under the roofs of houses — Ps 84:3
Early distinguished into clean and clean — Ge 8:20
Clean
Dove — Ge 8:8
Turtle — Le 14:22; Song 2:12
Pigeon — Le 1:14; 12:6
Quail — Ex 16:12,13; Nu 11:31,32
Sparrow — Le 14:4; Mt 10:29-31
Swallow — Ps 84:3; Isa 38:14
Cock and Hen — Mt 23:37; 26:34,74
Partridge — 1Sa 26:20; Jer 17:11
Crane — Isa 38:14; Jer 8:7
To be eaten — De 14:11,20
Offered in sacrifice — Ge 8:20; Le 1:14
Unclean
Eagle — Le 11:13; Job 39:27
Ossifrage — Le 11:13
Osprey — Le 11:13
Vulture — Le 11:14; Job 28:7; Isa 34:15
Glede — De 14:13
Kite — Le 11:14
Raven — Le 11:15; Job 38:41
Owl — Le 11:16; Job 30:29
Nighthawk — Le 11:16
Cuckoo — Le 11:16
Hawk — Le 11:17; Job 39:26
Little owl — Le 11:17
Cormorant — Le 11:17; Isa 34:11
Great owl — Le 11:17
Swan — Le 11:18
Pelican — Le 11:18; Ps 102:6
Gier Eagle — Le 11:18
Stork — Le 11:19; Ps 104:17
Heron — Le 11:19
Lapwing — Le 11:19
Bat — Le 11:19; Isa 2:20
Ostrich — Job 39:13,18
Bittern — Isa 14:23; 34:11
Peacock — 1Ki 10:22; Job 39:13
Not to be eaten — Le 11:13,17; De 14:12
Not to be eaten with their young — De 22:6,7
Taken in snares or nets — Pr 1:17
Often suffered for man’s sin — Ge 6:7; Jer 12:4; Eze 38:20; Ho
4:3
Solomon wrote the history of — 1Ki 4:33
Confinement of, in cages alluded to — Jer 5:27
No likeness of, to be made for worship — De 4:17
Often worshipped by idolaters — Ro 1:23
Illustrative
Of cruel and rapacious kings — Isa 46:11
Of hostile nations — Jer 12:9
Of people of different countries — Eze 31:6; Mt 13:32
Of unsettled person, — Pr 27:8; Isa 16:2
Of the devil and his spirits — Mt 13:4,19
(Snaring,) of death — Ec 9:12
(Snaring,) of designs of the wicked — Ps 124:7; Pr 1:10-17;
7:23
Blasphemy
Christ assailed with — Mt 10:25; Lu 22:64,65; 1Pe 4:14
Charged upon Christ — Mt 9:2,3; 26:64,65; Joh 10:33,36
Charged upon saints — Ac 6:11,13
Proceeds from the heart — Mt 15:19
Forbidden — Ex 20:7; Col 3:8
The wicked addicted to — Ps 74:18; Isa 52:5; 2Ti 3:2; Re
18:11,21
Idolatry counted as — Isa 65:7; Eze 20:27,28
Hypocrisy counted as — Re 2:9
Saints grieved to hear — Ps 44:15,16; 74:10,18,22
Gives no occasion for — 2Sa 12:14; 1Ti 6:1
Against the Holy Spirit, unpardonable — Mt 12:31,32
Connected with folly and pride — 2Ki 19:22; Ps 74:18
Punishment of — Le 24:16; Isa 65:7; Eze 20:27-33; 35:11,12
Exemplified
The Danite — Le 24:11
Sennacherib — 2Ki 19:4,10,22
The Jews — Lu 22:65
Hymenaeus — 1Ti 1:20
Blessed, The
Whom God chooses — Ps 65:4; Eph 1:3,4
Whom God calls — Isa 51:2; Re 19:9
Who know Christ — Mt 16:16,17
Who know the gospel — Ps 89:15
Who are not offended at Christ — Mt 11:6
Who believe — Lu 1:45; Ga 3:9
Whose sins are forgiven — Ps 32:1,2; Ro 4:7
To whom God imputes righteousness without works — Ro 4:6-9
Whom God chastens — Job 5:17; Ps 94:12
Who suffer for Christ — Lu 6:22
Who have the Lord for their God — Ps 144:15
Who trust in God — Ps 2:12; 34:8; 40:4; 84:12; Jer 17:7
Who fear God — Ps 112:1; 128:1,4
Who hear and keep the word of God — Ps 119:2; Jas 1:24; Mt
13:16; Lu 11:28; Re 1:3; 22:7
Who delight in the commandments of God — Ps 112:1
Who keep the commandments of God — Re 22:14
Who wait for the Lord — Isa 30:18
Whose strength is in the Lord — Ps 84:5
Who hunger and thirst after righteousness — Mt 5:6
Who frequent the house of God — Ps 65:4; 84:5
Who avoid the wicked — Ps 1:1
Who endure temptation — Jas 1:12
Who watch against sin — Re 16:15
Who rebuke sinners — Pr 24:25
Who watch for the Lord — Lu 12:37
Who die in the Lord — Re 14:13
Who have part in the first resurrection — Re 20:6
Who favour saints — Ge 12:3; Ru 2:10
The undefiled — Ps 119:1
The pure in heart — Mt 5:8
The just — Ps 106:3; 10:6
The children of the just — Pr 20:7
The righteous — Ps 5:12
The generation of the upright — Ps 112:2
The faithful — Pr 28:20
The poor in spirit — Mt 5:3
The meek — Mt 5:5
The merciful — Mt 5:7
The bountiful — De 15:10; Ps 41:1; Pr 22:9; Lu 14:13,14
The peace-makers — Mt 5:9
Holy mourners — Mt 5:4; Lu 6:21
Saints at the judgment day — Mt 25:34
Who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God — Lu 14:15; Re 19:9
Blindness, Spiritual
Explained — Joh 1:5; 1Co 2:14
The effect of sin — Isa 29:10; Mt 6:23; Joh 3:19,20
Unbelief, the effect of — Ro 11:8; 2Co 4:3,4
Uncharitableness, a proof of — 1Jo 2:9,11
A work of the devil — 2Co 4:4
Leads to all evil — Eph 4:17-19
Is consistent with communion with God — 1Jo 1:6,7
Of ministers, fatal to themselves and to the people — Mt 15:14
The wicked are in — Ps 82:5; Jer 5:21
The self-righteous are in — Mt 23:19,26; Re 3:17
The wicked wilfully guilty of — Isa 26:11; Ro 1:19-21
Judicially inflicted — Ps 69:23; Isa 29:10; 44:18; Mt 13:13,14;
Joh 12:40
Pray for the removal of — Ps 13:3; 119:18
Christ appointed to remove — Isa 42:7; Lu 4:18; Joh 8:12; 9:39;
2Co 4:6
Christ’s ministers are lights to remove — Mt 5:14; Ac 26:18
Saints are delivered from — Joh 8:12; Eph 5:8; Col 1:13; 1Th
5:4,5; 1Pe 2:9
Removal of, illustrated — Joh 9:7,11,25; Ac 9:18; Re 3:18
Exemplified
Israel — Ro 11:25; 2Co 3:15
Scribes and Pharisees — Mt 23:16,24
Churches of Laodicea — Re 3:17
Blood
The life of animals — Ge 9:4; Le 17:11,14
Fluid — De 12:16
Red — 2Ki 3:22; Joe 2:31
Of all men the same — Ac 17:26
Eating of, forbidden to
Man after the flood — Ge 9:4
The Israelites under the law — Le 3:17; 17:10,12
The early Christians — Ac 15:20,29
The Jews often guilty of eating — 1Sa 14:32,33; Eze 33:25
Of animals slain for good to be poured on the earth and covered
— Le 17:13; De 12:16,24
Birds of prey delight in — Job 39:30
Beasts of prey delight in — Nu 23:24; Ps 68:23
Shedding of human
Forbidden — Ge 9:5
Hateful to God — Pr 6:16,17
Defiling to the land — Ps 106:38
Defiling to the person — Isa 59:3
Jews often guilty of — Jer 22:17; Eze 22:4
Always punished — Ge 9:6
Mode of clearing those accused of — De 21:1-9
The price of, not to be consecrated — Mt 27:6
Of legal sacrifices
For atonement — Ex 30:10; Le 17:11
For purification — Heb 9:13,19-22
How disposed of — Ex 29:12; Le 4:7
Not offered with leaven — Ex 23:18; 34:25
Ineffectual to remove sin — Heb 10:4
Idolaters made drink-offerings of — Ps 16:4
Water turned into, as a sign — Ex 4:30
Waters of Egypt turned into, as a judgment — Ex 7:17-21
Illustrative
(Washing the feet in,) of victories — Ps 58:10; 68:23
(Building with,) of oppression and cruelty — Hab 2:12
(Preparing to,) of ripening for destruction — Eze 35:6
(On one’s own head,) of guilt — Le 20:9; 2Sa 1:16; Eze 18:13
(Given to drink,) of severe judgments — Eze 16:38; Re 16:6
Boldness, Holy
Christ set an example of — Joh 7:26
Is through faith in Christ — Eph 3:12; Heb 10:19
A characteristic of saints — Pr 28:1
Produced by
Trust in God — Isa 50:7
The fear of God — Ac 4:19; 5:29
Faithfulness to God — 1Ti 3:13
Express your trust in God with — Heb 13:6
Have, in prayer — Eph 3:12; Heb 4:16
Saints shall have, in judgment — 1Jo 4:17
Exhortations to — Jos 1:7; 2Ch 19:11; Jer 1:8; Eze 3:9
Pray for — Ac 4:29; Eph 6:19,20
Ministers should exhibit, in
Faithfulness to their people — 2Co 7:4; 10:1
Preaching — Ac 4:31; Php 1:14
Reproving sin — Isa 58:1; Mic 3:8
The face of opposition — Ac 13:46; 1Th 2:2
Exemplified
Abraham — Ge 18:22-32
Jacob — Ge 32:24-29
Moses — Ex 32:31,32; 33:18
Aaron — Nu 16:47,48
David — 1Sa 17:45
Elijah — 1Ki 18:15,18
Nehemiah — Ne 6:11
Shadrach — Da 3:17,18
Daniel — Da 6:10
Joseph of Arimathaea — Mr 15:43
Peter and John — Ac 4:8-13
Stephen — Ac 7:51
Paul — Ac 9:27,29; 19:8
Barnabas — Ac 14:3
Apollos — Ac 18:26
Bondage, Spiritual
Is to the devil — 1Ti 3:7; 2Ti 2:26
Is to the fear of death — Heb 2:14,15
Is to sin — Joh 8:34; Ac 8:23; Ro 6:16; 7:23; Ga 4:3; 2Pe 2:19
Deliverance from, promised — Isa 42:6,7
Christ delivers from — Lu 4:18,21; Joh 8:36; Ro 7:24,24; Eph
4:8
The gospel, the instrument of deliverance from — Joh 8:32; Ro
8:2
Saints are delivered from — Ro 6:18,22
Deliverance from, illustrated — De 4:20
Typified
Israel in Egypt — Ex 1:13,14
Books
Probable origin of — Job 19:23,24
Made of
Papyrus or paper reed — Isa 19:7
Parchment — 2Ti 4:13
Made in a roll — Isa 34:4; Jer 36:2; Eze 2:9
Written with pen and ink — Jer 36:18; 3Jo 1:13
Often written on both sides — Eze 2:10
Often sealed — Isa 29:11; Da 12:4; Re 5:1
Often dedicated to persons of distinction — Lu 1:3; Ac 1:1
Were numerous and most expensive — Ac 19:19
The ancients fond of making — Ec 12:12
Divine communications recorded in — Ex 17:14; Isa 30:8; Jer
36:2; Re 1:19
Important events recorded in — Ezr 4:15; 6:1,2; Es 2:23
Erasures in, alluded to — Ex 32:33; Nu 5:23
Not extant, but mentioned in scripture
Wars of the Lord — Nu 21:14
Jasher — Jos 10:13; 2Sa 1:18
Samuel concerning the kingdom — 1Sa 10:25
Chronicles of David — 1Ch 27:24
Acts of Solomon — 1Ki 11:41
Natural history by Solomon — 1Ki 4:32,33
History of the kings — 1Ch 9:1
Samuel the seer — 1Ch 29:29
Nathan — 1Ch 29:29; 2Ch 9:29
Shemaiah — 2Ch 12:15
Gad the seer — 1Ch 29:29
Ahijah the Shilonite — 2Ch 9:29
Visions of Iddo — 2Ch 9:29; 12:15
Jehu the son of Hanani — 2Ch 20:34
Sayings of the seers — 2Ch 33:19
Illustrative of
Memorials of God’s providence — Ps 56:8; 139:16
Memorials of conversation and conduct of men — Da 7:10; Mal
3:16; Re 20:12
The record of the church of Christ — Da 12:1; Heb 12:23; Re
20:12,15; 22:19
Bottles
First mention of, in Scripture — Ge 21:14
Ancients often drank from — Hab 2:15
Used for holding
Water — Ge 21:14,15,19
Milk — Jdj 4:19
Wine — 1Sa 1:24; 16:20
Some, made of earthenware — Jer 19:1
Made of skins
Shrivelled and dried by smoke — Ps 119:83
Marred by age and use — Jos 9:14,13
When old, unfit for holding new wine — Mt 9:17; Mr 2:22
Sometimes probably of large dimensions — 1Sa 25:18; 2Sa 16:1
Illustrative
Of the clouds — Job 38:37
Of God’s remembrance — Ps 56:8
Of sinners ripe for judgment — Jer 13:12-14
(Dried up,) of the afflicted — Ps 119:83
(Ready to burst,) of the impatient — Job 32:19
(Broken,) of severe judgments — Isa 30:14; Jer 19:10; 48:12
Bow, The
An instrument of war — Ge 48:22; Isa 7:24
Sometimes used in hunting — Ge 27:3
For shooting arrows — 1Ch 12:2
Called the battle bow — Zec 9:10; 10:4
Those who used, called
Bowmen — Jer 4:29
Archers — 1Sa 31:3; Jer 51:3
Usually of steel — 2Sa 22:35; Job 20:24
Held in the left hand — Eze 39:3
Drawn with full force — 2Ki 9:24
The Jews taught to use — 2Sa 1:18
Used expertly by
Lydians — Jer 46:9
Elamites — Jer 49:35
Philistines — 1Sa 31:2,3
Sons of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh — 1Ch 5:18
Benjamites — 1Ch 12:2; 2Ch 14:8
Given as a token of friendship — 1Sa 18:4
Often furnished by the state — 2Ch 26:14
Of the vanquished, broken and burned — Ps 37:15; Eze 39:9
Illustrative
Of strength and power — Job 29:20
Of the tongue of the wicked — Ps 11:2; Jer 9:3
(When deceitful,) of the hypocrite — Ps 78:57; Ho 7:16
(When broken,) of the overthrow of power — 1Sa 2:4; Jer 49:35;
Ho 1:5; 2:18
Brass, or Copper
Dug out of the mountains — De 8:9
Purified by smelting — Job 28:2
Characterised by
Strength — Job 40:18
Hardness — Le 26:19
Yellow colour — Ezr 8:27
Fusibility — Eze 22:18,20
Sonorousness — 1Co 13:1
Takes a high polish — 2Ch 4:16; Eze 1:7
Inferior in value to gold and silver — Isa 60:17; Da 2:32,39
Antiquity of working in — Ge 4:22
Extensive commerce in — Eze 27:13; Re 18:12
Working in, a trade — Ge 4:22; 1Ki 7:14; 2Ch 24:12; 2Ti 4:14
Canaan abounded in — De 8:9; 33:25
Taken in war
Often in great quantities — Jos 22:8; 2Sa 8:8; 2Ki 25:13-16
Cleansed by fire — Nu 31:21-23
Generally consecrated to God — Jos 6:19,24; 2Sa 8:10,11
Offerings of, for the tabernacle — Ex 38:29
Collected by David for the temple — 1Ch 22:3,14,16; 29:2
Offerings of, for the temple — 1Ch 29:6,7
Coined for money — Mt 10:9; Mr 12:41
Made into
Mirrors — Ex 38:8
Gates — Ps 107:16; Isa 45:2
Bars for gates — 1Ki 4:13
Fetters — Jdj 16:21; 2Ki 25:7
Shields — 1Ki 14:27; 2Ch 12:10
Helmets — 1Sa 17:5
Greaves for the legs — 1Sa 17:6
Household vessels — Mr 7:4
Sacred vessels — Ex 27:3; 1Ki 7:45
Altars — Ex 27:2; 39:39
Sockets for pillars — Ex 38:10,11,17
Lavers — Ex 30:18; 1Ki 7:38
Pillars — 1Ki 7:15,16
Idols — Da 5:4; Re 9:20
Instruments of music — 1Ch 15:19
Moses made the serpent of — Nu 21:9; 2Ki 18:4
Illustrative of
Obstinate sinners — Isa 48:4; Jer 6:28
The decrees of God — Zec 6:1
The strength and firmness of Christ — Da 10:6; Re 1:15
Strength given to saints — Jer 15:20; Mic 4:13
Macedonian empire — Da 2:39
Extreme drought — De 28:23
The earth made barren — Le 26:19
Bread
Given by God — Ru 1:6; Mt 6:11
Yielded by the earth — Job 28:5; Isa 55:10
Made of
Wheat — Ex 29:2; Ps 81:16
Barley — Jdj 7:13; Joh 6:9
Beans, millet, &c — Eze 4:9
Manna (in the wilderness) — Nu 11:8
Corn ground for making — Isa 28:28
Was kneaded — Ge 18:6; Jer 7:18; Ho 7:4
Troughs used for kneading — Ex 12:34
Usually leavened — Le 23:17; Mt 13:33
Sometimes unleavened — Ex 12:18; 1Co 5:8
Was formed into
Loaves — 1Sa 10:3,4; Mt 14:17
Cakes — 2Sa 6:19; 1Ki 17:13
Wafers — Ex 16:31; 29:23
Was baked
On hearths — Ge 18:6
On coals of fire — Isa 44:19; Joh 21:9
In ovens — Le 26:26; Ho 7:4-7
Making of, a trade — Ge 40:2; Jer 37:21
Ordinary, called common bread — 1Sa 21:4
Sacred, called hallowed bread — 1Sa 21:4,6
Nutritious and strengthening — Ps 104:15
When old, dry and mouldy — Jos 9:5,12
Often put for the whole substance of man — Ge 3:19; 39:6; Mt
6:11
The principal food used by the ancients — Ge 18:5; 21:14;
27:17; Jdj 19:5
Broken for use — La 4:4; Mt 14:19
Kept in baskets — Ge 40:16; Ex 29:32
Publicly sold — Mt 14:15; 15:33
In times of scarcity, sold by weight — Le 26:26; Eze 4:16
Scarceness of, sent as a punishment — Ps 105:16; Isa 3:1; Eze
5:16
Plenty of, promised to the obedient — Le 26:5
Often given as a present — 1Sa 25:18; 2Sa 16:12; 1Ch 12:40
Served round after funerals — Eze 24:17-22
With water, the food of prisons — 1Ki 22:27
Crumb of, used to wipe the fingers, thrown under the table — Mt
15:27; Lu 16:21
First fruit of, offered to God — Nu 15:19,20
Offered with sacrifices — Ex 29:2,23; Nu 28:2
Placed on table of shew bread — Ex 25:30
Multitudes miraculously fed by Christ with — Mt 14:19-21;
15:34-37
Illustrative
Of Christ — Joh 6:33-35
(When broken,) of the death of Christ — Mt 26:26; 1Co
11:23,24
(Partaking of,) of communion of saints — Ac 2:46; 1Co 10:17
(Want of,) of extreme poverty — Pr 12:9; Isa 3:7
(Seeking of begging,) of extreme poverty — 1Sa 2:36; Ps 37:25;
La 1:11
(Fulness of,) of abundance — Eze 16:49
(Eating without scarceness,) of plenty — De 8:9
(Of adversity,) of heavy affliction — Isa 30:20
(Of tears,) of sorrow — Ps 80:5
(Of deceit,) of unlawful gain — Pr 20:17
(Of wickedness,) of oppression — Pr 4:17
(Of idleness,) of sloth — Pr 31:27
Breastplate
A part of defensive armour — 1Ki 22:34
A part of the high priest’s dress — Ex 28:4
For soldiers
Made of iron — Re 9:9
Bright and shining — Re 9:17
For the high priest
Materials of — Ex 28:15; 39:8
Form and dimensions of — Ex 28:16; 39:9
Made from the offering of the people — Ex 35:9
Had names of the tribes engraved on precious stones — Ex
28:17-21; 39:10,14
Inseparably united to the ephod — Ex 28:22-28; 39:15-21
The Urim and Thummim placed in — Ex 28:30; Le 8:8
Worn as a memorial — Ex 28:29; Isa 49:16
Illustrative of the
Righteous judgment of Christ — Isa 59:17
Defence of righteousness — Eph 6:14
Defence of faith and love — 1Th 5:8
Brooks
Canaan abounded with — De 8:7
Often ran over pebbles — 1Sa 17:40; Job 22:24
Borders of, favourable to
Grass — 1Ki 18:5
Willows — Le 23:40; Job 40:22
Reeds — Isa 19:7
Abounded with fish — Isa 19:8
Afforded protection to a country — Isa 19:6
Mentioned in scripture
Arnon — Nu 21:14,15
Besor — 1Sa 30:9
Gaash — 2Sa 23:30; 1Ch 11:32
Cherith — 1Ki 17:3,5
Eshcol — Nu 13:23,24
Kidron — 2Sa 15:23; 1Ki 15:13; Joh 18:1
Kishon — 1Ki 18:40; Ps 83:9
Zered — De 2:13
Of the willows — Isa 15:7
Illustrative
Of wisdom — Pr 18:4
Of temporal abundance — Job 20:17
(Deceptive,) of false friends — Job 6:15
(Drinking of, by the way,) of help in distress — Ps 110:7
Burial
Probable origin of — Ge 4:9,10
Design of — Ge 23:3,4
Attended by
Family of the dead — Ge 50:5,6,8; Mt 8:21
Numbers of friends — Ge 50:7,9; 2Sa 3:31; Lu 7:12
Female friends — Mr 15:47; Lu 7:13
Hired mourners — Jer 9:17,18
Great lamentation at — Ge 50:10,11; 2Sa 3:31,32
Orations sometimes made at — 2Sa 3:33,34
The body was
Washed before — Ac 9:37
Anointed for — Mt 26:12
Wound in linen for — Joh 11:44; 19:40
Preserved with spices — Joh 19:39,40
Sometimes burned before — 1Sa 31:12
Carried on a bier to — 2Sa 3:31; Lu 7:14
Perfumes burned at — 2Ch 16:14; Jer 34:5
Antiquity of coffins for — Ge 50:26
Often took place immediately after death — Joh 11:17,39; Ac
5:6,10
Of persons embalmed, deferred for seventy days — Ge 50:3,4
Of persons hanged, always on the days of execution — De 21:23;
Joh 19:31
The right of all nations — Jdj 16:31; Joh 19:38
Of enemies, sometimes performed by the conquerors — 1Ki 11:15;
Eze 39:11-14
Of the friendless, a kind act — 2Sa 2:5
Places used for
Natural caves — Ge 23:19; Joh 11:38
Caves hewn out of rocks — Isa 22:16; Mt 27:60
Gardens — 2Ki 21:18,26; Joh 19:41
Under trees — Ge 35:8; 1Sa 31:13
Tops of the hills — Jos 24:33; 2Ki 23:16
Houses of the deceased — 1Sa 25:1; 1Ki 2:34
The city of David for the kings of Judah — 1Ki 2:10; 2Ch
21:20; 24:16
Antiquity of purchasing places for — Ge 23:7-16
Places of
Frequently prepared and pointed out during life — Ge 50:5; 2Ch
16:14; Mt 27:60
Members of a family interred in the same — Ge 25:10; 49:31;
2Sa 2:32
Held in high veneration — Ne 2:3,5
Provided for the common people — Jer 26:23
Provided for aliens and strangers — Mt 27:7
Visited by sorrowing friends — Joh 11:31
Pillars erected on — Ge 35:20
Tombs erected over — Mt 23:27-29
Sometimes had inscriptions — 2Ki 23:17
Sometimes not apparent — Lu 11:44
For criminals, marked by heaps — Jos 7:26
Were ceremonially unclean — Nu 19:16,18
Often desecrated by idolatry — Isa 65:3,4
The Jews anxious to be interred in their family places of — Ge
47:29-31; 49:29,30; 50:25; 2Sa 19:37
Followed by a feast — 2Sa 3:35; Jer 16:7,8; Ho 9:4
Privation of, considered a calamity — Ec 6:3
Privation of, threatened as a punishment — 2Ki 9:10; Jer 8:2;
16:4
An ignominious, compared to the burial of an ass — Jer 22:19
Illustrative of regeneration — Ro 6:4; Col 2:12
Burnt Offering, The
To be offered only to the Lord — Jdj 13:16
Specially acceptable — Ge 8:21; Le 1:9,13,17
The most ancient of all sacrifices — Ge 4:4; 8:20; 22:2,13; Job
1:5
Offered by the Jews before the law — Ex 10:25; 24:5
To be taken from
The flock or herd — Le 1:2
The fowls — Le 1:14
Was an atonement for sin — Le 9:7
Guilt transferred to, by imposition of hands — Le 1:4; Nu 8:12
Required to be
Killed, if a beast, by the person who brought it — Le 1:5,11
Killed, if a bird, by the priest — Le 1:15
For the people at large, killed and prepared by the Levites —
Eze 44:11
A male without blemish — Le 1:3; 22:19
Voluntary — Le 1:3; 22:18,19
Presented at the door of the tabernacle — Le 1:3; De
12:6,11,14
Offered by priests only — Le 1:9; Eze 44:15
Offered in righteousness — Ps 51:19
Entirely burned — Le 1:8,9,12,13; 6:9
Blood of, sprinkled round about upon the altar — Le 1:5,11
Blood of, sprinkled round about upon the altar — Le 1:5,11
If a bird, the blood was wrung out at the side of the altar —
Le 1:15
Ashes of, collected at foot of the altar, and conveyed without
the camp — Le 6:11
Skin of, given to the priests for clothing — Le 7:8; Ge 3:21
Was offered
Every morning and evening — Ex 29:38-42
Every sabbath day — Nu 28:9,10
The first day of every month — Nu 28:11
The seven days of unleavened bread — Nu 28:19,24
The day of atonement — Le 16:3,5; Nu 29:8
At consecration of Levites — Nu 8:12
At consecration priests — Le 9:2,12-14
At consecration of kings — 1Ch 29:21-23
At purification of women — Le 12:6
For Nazarites after defilement, or at the end of their vow —
Nu 6:11,14
For the healed leper — Le 14:13,19,20
At dedication of sacred places — Nu 7:15; 1Ki 8:64
After great mercies — 1Sa 6:14; 2Sa 24:22,25
Before going to war — 1Sa 7:9
With sounds of trumpets at feasts — Nu 10:10
The fat, &c of all peace offerings laid on, and consumed with
the daily — Le 3:5; 6:12
Of the wicked, not accepted by God — Isa 1:10,11; Jer 6:19,20;
Am 5:22
Obedience better than — 1Sa 15:22; Jer 7:21-23
Knowledge of God better than — Ho 6:6
Love of God better than — Mr 12:33
Abraham tried by the command to offer Isaac as — Ge 22:1-24
Incapable of removing sin, and reconciling to God — Ps 40:6;
50:8; Heb 10:6
The most costly, no adequate tribute to God — Isa 40:16; Ps
50:9-13
Guilt of unauthorised persons offering — 1Sa 13:12,13
Guilt of offering, except in the place appointed — Le 17:8,9
Of human victims execrated — De 12:31; 2Ki 3:27; Jer 7:31;
19:5
Illustrative of
The offering of Christ — Eph 5:2; Heb 10:8-10
Devotedness to God — Ro 12:1
Busy-Bodies
Fools are — Pr 20:3
The idle are — 2Th 3:11; 1Ti 5:13
Are mischievous tale-bearers — 1Ti 5:13
Bring mischief upon themselves — 2Ki 14:10; Pr 26:17
Christians must not be — 1Pe 4:15