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Do not take [any] gold, silver or copper [coinage] in your money belts, Verse ConceptsCopperBeltsPursesBrassLacking MoneyMoney Boxcats

Then Jesus sat down over near the [Temple] treasury and watched how the crowd was throwing money into the treasury [Note: This "treasury" was a large open-mouthed container used for receiving offerings for meeting expenses of Temple upkeep]. Many rich people were throwing in lots of money. Verse ConceptsTreasuriesBrassOpposite SidesPeople Sitting DownRight Use Of WealthSeeing SituationsMoney For The TempleMoney Box


And the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, [still] did not repent of what they had made with their hands [i.e., their idolatry]. They did not stop worshiping demons, and gold, silver, brass, stone and wooden idols, which can neither see, nor hear nor walk. Verse ConceptsDeafnessFalse ReligionDemons, Evil Work Ofdemons, Kinds ofGoldStonesWoodIdolatry Consists OfAtheism, Description OfBrassImpotence Of IdolsIdols Not SeeingIdol WorshipIdolatryUnhearingWorshipping The DevilWood And StoneBronze For IdolsRepentance



If I have the ability to speak in the languages of human beings and angels [Note: Perhaps the idea is supernaturally and eloquently], but do not have love [for people], I have become [no more than] a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. Verse ConceptsLoveMusical Instruments, types ofFilling PeopleSpiritual Gifts, Importance Of LoveMusical Instruments, Made OfBellsBrassCymbalsMere TalkLanguageFaith Hope And LoveHope And Lovedrums


And when they returned from the open shopping markets they refused to eat [anything] until they washed themselves [or "it," that is, the food, thoroughly]. There were also many other traditions which they [strictly] observed, like washing cups, pots and copper kettles [thoroughly].) [Note: The most accurate Greek manuscripts do not add "and beds" in this verse]. Verse ConceptsMarketsBrassPurifying OneselfClean ObjectsHow People Eatmarketing












And a sharp sword came out of His mouth, with which He would strike down the nations. And He will rule them with an iron staff and will trample on [the grapes of] God Almighty's winepress of anger. Verse ConceptsBabylonArmageddonBeverages, FigurativeGovernmentIronSceptreSymbolsThe AlmightyRodsTreading GrapesIron ObjectsOther References To MouthsWeapons Of ChristThe Coming Day Of God's WrathTransfiguration

And he will rule them [as a shepherd] with a staff of iron, [and smash them] as the clay jars of a potter are broken to pieces [See Psa. 2:9]. [Note: Some translations begin verse Verse ConceptsGovernmentIronSceptreSymbolsRodsIron ObjectsAuthority Of DisciplesRelationship Of Father And SonThe Father's Activity Regarding Christ


Then she gave birth to a baby boy, a son who will rule all the nations with an iron staff. And her child was snatched away to God and His throne. Verse ConceptsChristmasChild BearingGovernmentSceptreRodsIron Objects





















And when they passed the first two guards, they came to the iron gate leading out into the city, which opened by itself. So, they went out and, as they walked down the street, the angel [suddenly] left him. Verse ConceptsGatesIronLengthPrisonsThe Act Of OpeningOpening GatesCity GatesLeavingIron ObjectsFirst OnesSecond Being







Their chests were covered with armor plate made of iron, and their wings sounded like the noise of many horse-drawn chariots rushing to battle. Verse ConceptsBreastplatesIronThunderWheelsWingsInvincibilityHeavenly ChariotsSoundThings Like IronSteelbugsrevelation