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He was, however, rebuked for his own transgression; a dumb ass spoke with a man's voice, and stopped the madness of the prophet. Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyMadnessMouthsRebukeRestraintPeople Acting MadlyDumbnessBeing ReprovedDumbThe Dumb Speaking


In it were all kinds of quadrupeds and creeping things of the earth, and wild birds. Verse ConceptsGod, Impartiality OfBeastsFour Other ThingsMammalsForbidden Food





















but anger and wrath upon those who are self-willed and disobey the truth, but obey unrighteousness. Anguish and calamity will be upon every soul of man who practices evil, upon the Jew first, and also upon the Gentile;



This he said, then told them, "Lazarus, our friend, has fallen asleep, but I am going to wake him." Verse ConceptsProphecies Said By JesusIntermediate Stateawakeninglazarus






since I know that the time for me to strike tent comes swiftly on, even as our Lord Jesus Christ pointed out to me. Verse ConceptsDeath Of God's PeopleNear The Time PersonallyThings RevealedDeath Of The Righteous



Instantly she fell down at his feet and expired, and when the young men came in they found her dead, and carried her out and buried her husband. Verse ConceptsMiracles Of PeterCarrying Dead BodiesPeople TumblingHaving No Breath

















"He was full of sores, and longingly desired to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. Yes! even the dogs came and licked his sores. Verse ConceptsdogsTablesTongueCrumbsSeeking FoodRemaining FoodPetsAbscessFeeding The Poorlazarus

In their case it has happened according to the true proverb, The dog returns again to his own vomit, and The sow, after washing, to her wallowing in the mire. Verse ConceptsdogsWicked Described AsDegradationSwinePigsUnclean SpiritsOld SayingsUnclean AnimalsBacksliderspork




His tail drew a third part of the stars of the sky, and dashed them down to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman about to be delivered, so that he might devour her child when she was delivered. Verse ConceptsSatan, As The Enemy Of GodSkySuffering, Of Jesus ChristAnimals, Figurative UseFractions, One ThirdOne ThirdTailsAnimals Eating PeopleAffecting Sun Moon And StarsPutting Things DownRebellion of Satan and Angels










"nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King. Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfFootstoolsFeetNames For JerusalemCitySwearing

















"men lifeless through fear, and foreboding of that which is about to come upon the habitable earth. For the powers of the heavens shall be shaken, Verse ConceptsBodySuffering, Emotional Aspects OfUniverseGod ShakingFaintingPeople WaitingFear Will ComeAnxiety And FearAnxiety And StressStress And Hard TimesWorrying About The FutureWeather In The Last Daysexpectations

And they began to say to the mountains and to the rocks. "Fall upon us and hide us From the face of him who is seated upon the throne, And from the wrath of the Lamb; For the Great Day of their wrath has come, And who is able to stand?"





This his parents said because they were afraid of the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if any one should confess that he was the Christ, he should be expelled from the synagogue. Verse ConceptsPersecution, Forms OfSynagogueFear, Of PersecutionFear Of ManDisfellowshipExcommunicationFear Of EnemiesBelieving In Christ

but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fiery indignation which is about to devour the adversaries. Verse ConceptsHell, As An ExperienceGuilty FearFire Of JudgementTerror Of GodJudgementexpectations












"He is like a man who is building a house who digged and went deep and laid a foundation upon rock. And, when a flood came, the torrent dashed against that house, but could not move, because it had been founded upon rock. Verse ConceptsFoundations Of BuildingsStones For Protection




"Go, tell that fox," he answered, "'Lo, today and tomorrow I am continuing to cast out demons and perform cures, and on the third day I finish my course.' Verse ConceptsGoalsFigures Of Speechdriving outFoxesDemons, Exorcism OfLeaders, PoliticalThe Third Day Of The WeekJesus Casting Out DemonsTodayJesus HealingCasting Out Demonstomorrow













But the free gift is not like the transgression; for if through the transgression of that one man the rest on men died, much more did the grace of God and the gift given in his grace in the one Man, Jesus Christ, overflow unto the rest of men. Verse ConceptsAdam and Jesus ChristGod's attitude towards peopleParticipation, In ChristAbounding, Good ThingsGrace, Description OfSalvation, As A GiftSaving GraceGrowth In GraceMany Seeking SalvationSin Producing DeathNot Like ThingsOnly One PersonSin Produces DeathThe Grace Of ChristThe Grace Of GodGod's Grace






Moreover, in their prayers for you they will be longing after you, because of the exceeding grace of God that is resting upon you. Verse ConceptsGrace, Description OfThe Grace Given To MenPraying For Otherssupplication



in order that as sin has ruled as king in death, so also grace might rule as king in righteousness which issues in eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord,??urs! Verse Conceptseternal life, gift ofSin, Causes OfSin, Universality OfGrace, Description OfComplicityJustified By GraceExercise




For it is a shame even to speak of the things that are done by such men in secret; Verse ConceptsNations DescribedSecret SinsActing In SecretCurbing SpeechShame Of Bad Conductspeakingdisobedience

and exchanged the majesty of the imperishable God for an idol, graven in the likeness of perishable man, or of birds and four-footed beasts and creeping things. Verse ConceptsIncorruptibleImmortality, In NtNations DescribedBirds, Features OfNature DecayingNo DecayPeople Are CorruptibleIdolatryExchanging Good For BadNature Of IdolatryBirdscatsimage





My journeys have been many; in perils of rivers, in perils of bandits; in perils from my countrymen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness; in perils on the sea, in perils among false brothers; Verse ConceptsDanger, PhysicalAdventureStealingTravelNations DescribedCities Under AttackFalse PeopleAntagonism From Jew And GentileIn The Heart Of The SeaFake Friendsrisk




On the contrary, what the heathen sacrifice they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to have communion with demons. Verse ConceptsAstrologyFalse ReligionPagansNations DescribedSacrificesDemonsSacrificeHalloweenpartnershipstatuesDemonic Influence






He also shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, Poured out unmixed in the cup of his anger; And he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone In the presence of the holy angels, And in the presence of the Lamb, Verse ConceptsCup, God's WrathBrimstoneHell, Description OfMetaphorical WineFire Of HellSulphurNot MixingAngels Doing God's WorkGod Making DrunkGod TroublingThe Coming Day Of God's WrathVoice Of The Archangel

And if any one was found who was not written in the Book of Life, he was hurled into the lake of fire. Verse ConceptsFireBearing Bad FruitBook of lifeHell, Description OfLast ThingsLake Of FirePunishment Of the WickedHell, Punishment OfFire Of Helllakes



His winnowing-fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse the threshing-floor. He will store his wheat in the granary, but will burn up the chaff in unquenchable fire." Verse ConceptsHell, Description OfNames For HeavenHell, As An ExperienceForksSin, God's Judgment OnThreshing FloorToolsWinnowingWicked Described AsEternal JudgmentLight As ChaffReapingBurning PlantsGod's StorehousesWeed



















"You blind! Which is greater, the offering or the altar which hallows the offering? Verse ConceptsGreat ThingsOffering SacrificesHolier Than ThouSanctificationimportance

"You blind Pharisees, first clean the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside of it may be clean also. Verse ConceptsMiracles Of ChristCleaningFirst ActionsInside And OutThe Inward BeingCleanlinessPurityFocusInner Beautycleansingmathpharisees

"You fools and blind; for which is greater, the gold, or the Sanctuary which hallows the gold? Verse ConceptsHypocrites, Description OfGod's Attitude To FoolsGreat ThingsStatus Of The TempleSanctification


and opening his lips he began to teach them, saying. Verse ConceptsJesus As Our TeacherChrist Teaching


"And why do you look at the mote in your brother's eye, and fail to notice the beam which is in your own eye? "Or how will you say to your brother, 'Permit me to remove the mote from your eye,' when, behold, the beam is in your own eye? "Hypocrite! First cast out the beam from your own eye, and then you will see clearly how to cast the mote out of your brother's eye.

But the ruler of the synagogue was indignant at Jesus for healing her on the Sabbath, and said to the crowd. "There are six days of the week on which men ought to work. Therefore come during those, and get cured, but not on the Sabbath Day." But the Lord answered him. "Hypocrites!" he said, "does not each one of you loose his ox or his ass from the stall on the Sabbath Day, and lead it to water,





And do not presume to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father'?? tell you that out of these very stones God is able to raise up descendants for Abraham. Verse ConceptsDelusionsPeople Of God, In NtHeredityAbility, God's PowerHypocrites, Description OfSelf DelusionWorry And StressRaising ChildrenBuilding Relationships



"The Pharisee stood apart and thus began to pray by himself. "'O God, I thank thee that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax gatherer; Verse ConceptsExtortion, Examples OfAttitudes, in prayerHypocrisy, Description OfPrejudiceStandingStatusTax CollectorsHypocrites, Description OfSelf DelusionEvildoersNot Like PeopleAvoid AdulteryWe Thank GodConfession of sin

I am not "commending myself to you again," but I am giving you an occasion of boasting on my behalf, so that you may have an answer ready for those who boast in externals, and not in the heart. Verse ConceptsCommendationOutward AppearanceHypocrites, Description OfAppearancesCommending OneselfOther References To The HeartAppearances of

"Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and anise and cummin, and neglect the weightier matters of the Law??ustice and mercy and good faith; these latter you ought to have done, and not to have left the former undone. "You blind guides! who strain out the gnat and swallow the camel!


Then some Scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying, "Why do your disciples keep transgressing the tradition of the elders by not washing their hands before eating?" "And why do you also keep transgressing the command of God by your tradition?" he asked.

"and lengthen the tassels, and are fond of the best places at banquets, and the front seats in the synagogues. "They enjoy salutations in the market-places, and to have men call them 'Rabbi.'


"Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you scour sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is gained, you make him twofold more a son of hell than you are, yourselves. Verse ConceptsExploitationsJudaismMission, Of IsraelPharisees, Beliefs OfPassing OverSonsTravelHypocrites, Description OfGehennaProselytesSea TravelOnly One PersonDouble PenaltyCrossing To The Other SideHypocrisy












"Since then we are God's offspring, we ought not to imagine that the Godhead is like to gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and device of man. Verse ConceptsGod, As SpiritFalse ReligionGoldSculptureSkillStonesEvolutionProofs Of God's ExistenceStone ItemsIdolatryDivineDivinityGodheadimaginationartistsimage

For although they knew God, yet they did not glorify him as God, nor give him thanks; but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless minds were darkened. While they professed to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the majesty of the imperishable God for an idol, graven in the likeness of perishable man, or of birds and four-footed beasts and creeping things.


































"That man was the Lamp-burning and shining??nd you were willing for a time rejoice in his light. Verse ConceptsRadiancyRadiant LivesLight Of God's PeopleSeasons Changing

















Go to now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we shall journey to such a city and spend a year there, and trade and make money," when all the time you do not know what will happen on the morrow. For what is your life? You are but a mist, appearing for a brief time, and then vanishing. You ought instead to say, "If the Lord wills it, we shall live and do this or that."



For it is through law I died to law, in order to live to God. Verse ConceptsLaw, And GospelSpiritual Life, Described ByDead To SinLiving The Life









For every one who practices wrong hates light, and does not come to the light, lest his actions be exposed; but he who does what is true, comes to the light, in order that his actions may be shown to have been wrought in God."















The appearance of the locusts was like horses equipped for battle. On their heads there was something like crowns of gold, and their faces were like men's faces, Verse ConceptsLocustsThings Like GoldCrowns On CreaturesLike Menbugscrowns










Nor height, nor depth, Nor any other created thing, Shall be able to separate us from the love of God Which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Verse ConceptsdepthLove, Nature OfChrist, Names ForAgape LoveSpiritual DepthsNothing MissingGod's Love For UsGod's Creation






























































For in Jesus Christ neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. Verse ConceptsGod, The CreatorNewnessRitualUncircumcisionNew Birth, Described AsSalvation Not By WorksNew LifeNecessity Of Circumcision


In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands; even in putting off your sensual nature in Christ's own circumcision, Verse ConceptsBeing Born AgainParticipation, In ChristRitualTypesNew Birth, Described AsForsaking SinGod Stripping PeopleLiving Not For The MaterialTrue CircumcisionRemoving People From Your Lifeefficiency




even while we were dead in our trespasses, made us live together with Christ (it is by grace you have been saved). Verse ConceptsGrace, The Source OfSaving GraceLife With ChristSpiritually DeadJustified By GraceThe Gospel Of SalvationGraceCauses of failure inBeing Saved

We have been buried together with him, then, through baptism into his death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so also we should live in a newness of life. For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, so we shall also be united with him in the likeness of his resurrection. For this we know, that our old self was crucified with Christ, in order that the slave of sin might be destroyed; so that we should no longer be in slavery to sin??7 for he who is dead is set free from sin.




But now we have been released from the Law, because we are dead to that in which we were held; so that we are now in thralldom in new and spiritual conditions, and not under the old written code. Verse ConceptsPaul, Teaching OfRitualService To GodChristian Liberty Is Freedom FromNew Birth, Described AsThe Holy Spirit, And RegenerationThe Holy Spirit, And ScriptureNew LifeOld ThingsDead To SinWithout The Law
























"He went to him bound up his wounds, pouring on them oil and wine. He set him on his own beast, and took him to an inn, and took care of him. Verse ConceptsGesturesInnsAnointing, Medical PurposeAnointing With OilHealingHelpfulnessMedicineOilOintmentHoly Spirit, Types OfAlcohol ConsumptionStaying Temporarily





Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives; or a grape-vine, figs? No more can salt water yield fresh water. Verse ConceptsGrapesBad WaterSourness



Supposing that some of the branches have been broken off, and you, although you were but a wild olive, have been grafted in among the branches and have become a partaker with them of the fatness of the olive tree, do not glory over the branches; Verse ConceptsFellowship With ChristFellowship, In The GospelParticipation, In ChristSeparation From GodJoined To The ChurchGentilesOlive TreesJews












































Or has not the potter power over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for noble, and another for ignoble uses? Verse ConceptsCraftsmenPower Of God, DescribedReprobatesPeople Have HonourPurposeBeauty And Self Worthpotmoldhonour


which he exercised in raising Christ from the dead, and in seating him at his right hand in the heavenly heights, far above all hierarchies and authorities and powers and dominions and every name that is named, not only in this age but in that which is to come.




who alone possesses immortality, who dwells in light that none can approach, whom no man has ever seen or can see; to whom be honor and power everlasting. Amen. Verse ConceptsImmortality, In NtReverence, And God's NatureGod Is Self ExistentGod, InvisiblePower Of Christ, DescribedGod, InfiniteGod Reigning ForeverGod Dwelling In LightNot Seeing GodAmenNo DecayuncertaintyLight As A Symbol Of God






















Or has not the potter power over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for noble, and another for ignoble uses? Verse ConceptsCraftsmenPower Of God, DescribedReprobatesPeople Have HonourPurposeBeauty And Self Worthpotmoldhonour

































And I saw thrones, and those who sat on them, and they were permitted to judge; and I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the Word of God, those who did not worship the beast nor his image, and who did not receive his brand upon their brow, or hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. Verse ConceptsForeheads666Faithfulness, To Godevil, victory overdefianceBeheadingThe BeastJudgesJudgment SeatPunishment, Legal Aspects OfSelf SacrificeThe Immortal SoulMartyrdom, Methods OfSufferings RewardedRemoving HeadsCosmic CreaturesBelievers JudgingMarks On PeopleAuthority Of DisciplesAvoiding IdolatrySubsequent Witness To ChristWorshipping The DevilMark Of The BeastHow First Resurrection Is Spread OutSigns Of The Timesend times prophecyMartyrdom










"so that you shall eat and drink in my kingdom, and you shall sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. Verse ConceptsThe Number TwelveJudgment SeatSittingJesus Christ, JudgeBelievers JudgingTwelve TribesEating And DrinkingPeople Of The KingdomJudging

Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be tried by you, are you unfit to try such trifling cases? Verse ConceptsCourtsHoliness, Purpose OfMillenniumSaintsBelievers JudgingFamily ProblemsJudgement DayJudgementJudging Others Actions








since thou hast given him authority over all mankind, to give eternal life to all whom thou hast given him. And this is eternal life, to know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.

"who shall not certainly receive many times as much in this time, and in the age to come eternal." Verse ConceptsAge To Comeeternal life, nature ofGrowth In GraceThe Future AgeEntering LifeThe FutureThe WorldAgeeternity

















and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ; but to share his glory, we must now be sharing his sufferings. For I count as nothing what we now suffer, in comparison with the glory which will soon be unveiled to us.





And because of this he is the Mediator of a new testament, in order that, since a death has taken place to atone for offenses committed under the first testament, those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. Verse ConceptsFreedom, Through Jesus ChristCovenant, the newAtonement, in NTHeirsReceiving An InheritanceInheritance, SpiritualMediationMoses, Significance OfNewnessRansomRedemption, In NtRevelation, In OtTypesChrist, The MediatorGod's Call, ResultsAdvocatesEternal PossessionThe Effect Of Christ's DeathRedemptionPromisesThe Blood Of JesuscovenantNew











saying. "'Woe, woe, the great city! She who was clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, And adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls! In one hour so great riches is made desolate!" And every shipmaster and every one who sails to any port, And sailors, and all seafaring folk,

For you well know that not with perishable things, with silver or gold, were you redeemed from the emptiness of your manner of life, received by tradition from your ancestors; Verse ConceptsFutilityemptinessGoldMarketsRiches, Nature OfRiches, Description OfPossessions DecayingTransient WealthUseless EndeavourPeople Are CorruptibleMoney's Deficienciesfearlessliberationredeemed








For the promise that he should be heir of the world did not come to Abraham or to his posterity through law, but through faith-righteousness. Verse ConceptsImputed RighteousnessGod's Promise To AbrahamRighteous By FaithPromisesTrust In Relationships

What then shall we say? That Gentiles who never pursed righteousness have overtaken it, even the righteousness of faith? Verse ConceptsGospel, Promises OfJustice, In Believers' LivesImputed RighteousnessPursuing GoodForeigners Saved By FaithRighteous By FaithGentiles

But the righteousness of faith speaks in this way. Say not in thine heart, "Who shall ascend to heaven?"??hat is, to bring Christ down; Verse ConceptsImputed RighteousnessGoing Up To HeavenAbasing PeopleRighteous By FaithGoing To HeavenBelieving In Yourselffearless




But now, quite apart from any law, a righteousness coming from God has been fully brought to light, continually witnessed to by the Law and the Prophets. Verse ConceptsGospel, Confirmation OfRighteousness, As FaithImputed RighteousnessWitness To The GospelWithout The LawWritten In The ProphetsGrace Verse LawWitnessing














and by being thus made perfect, he became the source of enduring salvation to all who obey him, Verse Conceptseternal life, gift ofGod, The EternalPerfection, DivineSalvation, Described AsChrist, Names ForEternal DeliveranceChrist Made Perfect



But God's message is no prisoner. That is why I endure everything for the sake of the chosen, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. Verse Conceptseternal life, nature ofEndurance, Results Ofelection, to salvationChristiansGlorySalvation, Described AsEternal BlessingEnduringThe Gospel Of SalvationTemporary Affliction Of SaintsSelflessness




Beloved, although I was making all haste to write to you in regard to our common salvation, I am compelled to write you an appeal to defend the faith once for all committed to the saints. Verse ConceptsFight Of FaithOnly OnceAll Believers Are SaintsThe Gospel Of Salvationeffort
















"When he has brought all his own sheep, he walks before them and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. "But a stranger they will not follow, but flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers."




Look at the ships too, though they are so large, even when driven by fierce winds they are turned by a very small rudder, wherever the impulse of the helmsman wills. Verse ConceptsWindShipsBig ThingsSmall ThingsMarinersThe TongueDirectionStaying Strong During Hard Timessailing

























Some men's sins are notorious, and lead them straight on the way to condemnation; but others' sins follow them up. Verse ConceptsThings ManifestJudgement DayJudgementJudging Others Actionsfollowingothers


So let us get beyond the teaching of the elementary doctrines of Christ, and let us be borne along toward what is mature. Let us not be continually laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, Verse ConceptsBecoming An AdultRestored In Jesus ChristPerfection, HumanProgressCharismatic IssuesMan's Conduct Towards GodSpiritual GrowthBeginning To TeachBelief In GodRepentance And ForgivenessWorks Of The LawDoctrines of the The GospelMoving OnSchoolMaturitymanhooddoctrineGod As The Object Of Faith


For her sins have been heaped to heaven, And God has remembered her iniquities. Verse ConceptsBabylonGod Remembering SinThe judgment of babylon

Some men's sins are notorious, and lead them straight on the way to condemnation; but others' sins follow them up. Verse ConceptsThings ManifestJudgement DayJudgementJudging Others Actionsfollowingothers











In their case it has happened according to the true proverb, The dog returns again to his own vomit, and The sow, after washing, to her wallowing in the mire. Verse ConceptsdogsWicked Described AsDegradationSwinePigsUnclean SpiritsOld SayingsUnclean AnimalsBacksliderspork


"Do not give what is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before swine; lest in turn they trample them under their feet, and then turn and attack you. Verse ConceptsContemptdogsJewelsPrudenceAskingUngodlinessWasteWicked Described AsDespisersName CallingSwinePeople Torn To PiecesPigsUnfitting ThingsPetsHurt And Betrayalpork


















I know a Christian man who, fourteen years ago (whether in the body I know not, or out of the body, I know not. God knows), was caught up??his man of whom I speak??ven into the third heaven. Verse ConceptsKnowing PeopleNames For HeavenSelf ConfidenceThe Number FourteenTen To Fourteen YearsGod Lifting PeopleThird PersonTaken To HeavenUs In GodHeavenIgnorant Of FactsVisualizationHeavenly VisionGoing To HeavenThe BodyThe Raptureweather














"Says the Lord, who has been making this known from the beginning of the world. Verse ConceptsGod Speaking Of OldGod's Things Revealed