Thematic Bible: Illustrative
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Arrows » Illustrative » Of God's judgment
He hath prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
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Therefore shalt thou put them to flight, and the strings of thy bow shalt thou make ready against the face of them.
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When I shoot among them the perilous darts of hunger, which shall be but death: Yea, therefore shall I shoot them, because I will destroy you. I will increase hunger, and diminish all the provision of bread among you.
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I will heap mischiefs upon them and will spend all mine arrows at them. Burnt with hunger and consumed with heat and with bitter pestilence. I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, and poison serpents. Without forth, the sword shall rob them of their children; and within in the chamber, fear: both young men and young women, and the sucklings with the men of gray heads. read more.
I have determined to scatter them throughout the world, and to make away the remembrance of them from among men, were it not that I feared the railing of their enemies - lest their adversaries would be proud and say: Our high hand hath done all these works, and not the LORD. "'For it is a nation that hath an unhappy forecast, and hath no understanding in them. I would they were wise, and understood this, and would consider their latter end.' How cometh it that one shall chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand of them to flight - except their rock had sold them, and because the LORD had delivered them. "For our rock is not as their rock; no, though our enemies be judge. But their vines are of the vines of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are grapes of gall, and their clusters be bitter. Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel gall of asps. Are not such things laid in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures? "'Vengeance is mine, and I will reward! Their feet shall slide, when the time cometh. For the time of their destruction is at hand, and the time that shall come upon them maketh haste.' "For the LORD will do justice unto his people, and have compassion on his servants. For it shall be seen that their power shall fail, and at the last they shall be prisoned and forsaken. And it shall be said, 'Where are their gods and their rock wherein they trusted - the fat of whose sacrifices they ate, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise up, and help you, and be your protection! "'See, now, how that I - I am he: and that there is no God but I. I can kill, and make alive; and what I have smitten, that I can heal. Neither is there that can deliver any man out of my hand. For I will lift up my hand to heaven, and will say: I live ever. If I whet the lightning of my sword, and mine hand take in hand to do justice, I will show vengeance on mine enemies and will reward them that hate me. I will make mine arrows drunken with blood, and my sword shall eat flesh of the blood of the slain and of the captive and of the bare head of the enemy.'
I have determined to scatter them throughout the world, and to make away the remembrance of them from among men, were it not that I feared the railing of their enemies - lest their adversaries would be proud and say: Our high hand hath done all these works, and not the LORD. "'For it is a nation that hath an unhappy forecast, and hath no understanding in them. I would they were wise, and understood this, and would consider their latter end.' How cometh it that one shall chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand of them to flight - except their rock had sold them, and because the LORD had delivered them. "For our rock is not as their rock; no, though our enemies be judge. But their vines are of the vines of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are grapes of gall, and their clusters be bitter. Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel gall of asps. Are not such things laid in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures? "'Vengeance is mine, and I will reward! Their feet shall slide, when the time cometh. For the time of their destruction is at hand, and the time that shall come upon them maketh haste.' "For the LORD will do justice unto his people, and have compassion on his servants. For it shall be seen that their power shall fail, and at the last they shall be prisoned and forsaken. And it shall be said, 'Where are their gods and their rock wherein they trusted - the fat of whose sacrifices they ate, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise up, and help you, and be your protection! "'See, now, how that I - I am he: and that there is no God but I. I can kill, and make alive; and what I have smitten, that I can heal. Neither is there that can deliver any man out of my hand. For I will lift up my hand to heaven, and will say: I live ever. If I whet the lightning of my sword, and mine hand take in hand to do justice, I will show vengeance on mine enemies and will reward them that hate me. I will make mine arrows drunken with blood, and my sword shall eat flesh of the blood of the slain and of the captive and of the bare head of the enemy.'
But God shall suddenly shoot with a swift arrow, that they shall be wounded.
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Arrows » Illustrative » Of severe afflictions
For the arrows of the almighty are in me, whose indignation hath drunk up my spirit, and the terrible fears of God fight against me.
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For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
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Arrows » Illustrative » Of lightnings
The thick clouds poured out water, the air thundered, and thine arrows went abroad. The voice of thy thunder was heard round about; the lightnings shone upon the ground. The earth was moved, and shook withal.
Arrows » Illustrative » Of false witnesses
Whoso beareth false witness against his neighbour, he is a very spear, a sword, and a sharp arrow.
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Arrows » Illustrative » (falling from the hand), of the paralyzing power
As for thy bow, I will smite it out of thy left hand, and cast thine arrows out of thy righthand.
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Arrows » Illustrative » Of slanderous tongues
Their tongues are like sharp arrows, to speak deceit. With their mouth they speak peaceably to their neighbour, but privily they lay wait for him.
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Arrows » Illustrative » Of young children
Happy is the man, that hath his quiver full of them; they shall not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.
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Arrows » Illustrative » Of Christ
And he made my mouth like a sharp sword. In the shadow he led me with his hand. And he made me as an excellent arrow, and hid in his quiver.
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Arrows » Illustrative » (broken), of destruction of power
There breaketh he the arrows of the bow, the shield, the sword, and the whole battle. Selah.
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Arrows » Illustrative » Of devices of the wicked
For lo, the ungodly bend their bow, and make ready their arrows within the quiver, that they may privily shoot at them which are true of heart.
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Arrows » Illustrative » Of bitter words
who have whet their tongue like a sword, and shoot out their arrows, even bitter words,
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Arrows » Illustrative » Of the word of Christ
Thy arrows are sharp, and the people shall be subdued unto thee, even in the midst among the king's enemies.
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or adder Asp » Illustrative » Of obstinate rejecters of God's word
They are as venomous as the poison of a serpent, even like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ears, that she should not hear the voice of the charmer, charm he never so wisely.
or adder Asp » Illustrative » Of the enemies of God's people
Thou shalt go upon the Lion and Adder, the young Lion and the Dragon shalt thou tread under thy feet.
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Beds » Illustrative » (too short,) of plans which afford no rest or peace
For the bed shall be so narrow that a man cannot lie upon it: And the covering too small, that a man may not wind himself therein.
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Beds » Illustrative » (made on high,) of carnal security
Thou hast made thy bed upon high mountains; thou wentest up thither, and there hast thou slain sacrifices.
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Beds » Illustrative » Of the grave
that he himself might be in rest, lie quietly upon his bed, and live after his own pleasure.
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Beds » Illustrative » (made in sickness,) of divine support and comfort
The LORD shall refresh him, when he lieth sick upon his bed, yea thou makest his bed in all his sickness.
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Beds » Illustrative » (made in darkness,) of extreme misery
Though I tarry never so much, yet the grave is my house, and I must make my bed in the dark.
Birds » Illustrative » (snaring,) of designs of the wicked
Our soul is escaped, even as a bird out of the snare of the fowler; the snare is broken and we are delivered.
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My son, consent not unto sinners, if they entice thee, and say, "Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, and lurk privily for the innocent without a cause: Let us swallow them up like the hell, let us devour them quick and whole, as those that go down into the pit. read more.
So shall we find all manner of costly riches, and fill our houses with spoils. Cast in thy lot among us, we shall have all one purse." My son, walk not thou with them, refrain thy foot from their ways. For their feet run to evil, and are hasty to shed blood. But in vain is the net laid forth before the bird's eyes.
So shall we find all manner of costly riches, and fill our houses with spoils. Cast in thy lot among us, we shall have all one purse." My son, walk not thou with them, refrain thy foot from their ways. For their feet run to evil, and are hasty to shed blood. But in vain is the net laid forth before the bird's eyes.
so long till she hath wounded his liver with her dart: like as if a bird hasted to the snare, not knowing that the peril of his life lieth thereupon.
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Birds » Illustrative » Of people of different countries
All fowls of the air made their nests in his branches, under his boughs gendered all these beasts of the field, and under his shadow dwelt all people.
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But when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and it is a tree: so that the birds of the air come, and build in the branches of it."
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Birds » Illustrative » Of the devil and his spirits
Whosoever heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, there cometh the evil man, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. And this is he which was sown by the wayside.
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And as he sowed, some fell by the wayside, and the fowls came, and devoured it up.
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Birds » Illustrative » Of unsettled persons, &c
For as for the daughters of Moab, they shall be as a trembling bird, that is put out of her nest: for they shall carry them unto Arnon.
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He that oft times flitteth, is like a bird that forsaketh her nest.
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Birds » Illustrative » (snaring,) of death
For man knoweth not his time, but like as the fish are taken with the angle and as the birds are caught with the snare: Even so are men taken in the perilous time, when it cometh suddenly upon them.
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Birds » Illustrative » Of hostile nations
Mine heritage is unto me, as a speckled bird; a bird of divers colors is upon it. Go hence, and gather all the beasts of the field together, that they may eat it up.
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Birds » Illustrative » Of cruel and rapacious kings
I call a bird out of the East, and all that I take in hand, out of far countries, as soon as I command, I bring it hither: as soon as I think to devise a thing, I do it.
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Blood » Illustrative » (on one's own head,) of guilt
Then said David unto him, "Thy blood upon thine own head; for thine own mouth hath testified against thee, saying, 'I have slain the LORD's anointed.'"
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"'Whosoever curseth his father or mother, shall die for it, his blood on his head, because he hath cursed his father or mother.
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he lendeth upon usury, and taketh moreover. Shall this man live? He shall not live. Seeing he hath done all these abominations, he shall die: his blood shall be upon him.
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Blood » Illustrative » (given to drink,) of severe judgments
Moreover, I will judge thee as a breaker of wedlock and a murderer, and recompense thee thine own blood in wrath and jealousy.
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for they shed out the blood of saints, and prophets, and therefore hast thou given them blood to drink: for they are worthy."
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Blood » Illustrative » (washing the feet in,) of victories
that thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and that thy dogs may lick it up."
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The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance, and shall wash his feet in the blood of the ungodly.
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Blood » Illustrative » (building with,) of oppression and cruelty
Woe unto him, that buildeth the town with blood, and maintaineth the city with unrighteousness.
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Blood » Illustrative » (preparing to,) of ripening for destruction
Therefore, as truly as I live, sayeth the LORD God, I will prepare thee unto blood. Yea, blood shall follow upon thee: seeing thou layest wait for blood, therefore shall blood persecute thee.
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Bottles » Illustrative » (broken,) of severe judgments
And your destruction shall be like as an earthen pot, which breaketh no man touching it, yea and breaketh so sore, that a man shall not find a shiver of it to fetch fire in, or to take water withal out of the pit."
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"And the pitcher shalt thou break, in the sight of the men, that shall be with thee, and say unto them,
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But lo, the time cometh, sayeth the LORD, that I shall send her trussers to truss her up, to prepare and season her vessels: yea her tankards rattle and shake to and fro.
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Bottles » Illustrative » Of sinners ripe for judgment
"Therefore lay this riddle before them, and say, 'Thus sayeth the LORD God of Israel: Every pot shall be filled with wine.' And they shall say, 'Thinkest thou we know not, that every pot shall be filled with wine?' Then shalt thou say unto them, 'Thus sayeth the LORD: Behold, I shall fill all the inhabiters of this land with drunkenness, the kings that sit upon David's stool, the Priests and Prophets, with all that dwell at Jerusalem. And I will shoot them one against another; yea, the fathers against the sons, sayeth the LORD. I will not pardon them, I will not spare them, nor have pity upon them: but destroy them.'"
Bottles » Illustrative » (dried up,) of the afflicted
For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do not I forget thy statutes.
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Bottles » Illustrative » Of God's remembrance
Thou tellest my flittings, thou puttest my tears in thy bottle, and numberest them. Are not these things noted in thy book?
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Bottles » Illustrative » (ready to burst,) of the impatient
Behold, I am as the new wine, which hath no vent, and bursteth the new vessels in sunder.
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Bottles » Illustrative » Of the clouds
Who numbereth the clouds in wisdom? Who stilleth the vehement waters of heaven?
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the Bow » Illustrative » (when broken,) of the overthrow of power
Then will I break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel."
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"Thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts: Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, and take away their strength;
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The bows of the strong are broken: and the weak are endued with strength.
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Then will I make a covenant with them, with the wild beasts, with the fowls of the air, and with everything that creepeth upon the earth. As for bow, sword and battle, I will destroy such out of the land, and will make them to sleep safely.
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the Bow » Illustrative » Of the tongue of the wicked
For lo, the ungodly bend their bow, and make ready their arrows within the quiver, that they may privily shoot at them which are true of heart.
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They bend their tongues like bows, to shoot out lies: As for the truth, they may nothing away with all in the world. For they go from one wickedness to another, and hold nothing of me, sayeth the LORD.
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the Bow » Illustrative » (when deceitful,) of the hypocrite
But turned their backs, and fell away like their forefathers, starting aside like a broken bow.
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They turn themselves, but not aright, and are become as a broken bow. Their princes shall be slain with the sword for the malice of their tongues, such blasphemies have they learned in the land of Egypt.
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the Bow » Illustrative » Of strength and power
My honor increased more and more, and my bow was ever the stronger in my hand.
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Bread » Illustrative » (seeking of begging,) of extreme poverty
I have been young, and now am old; and yet saw I never the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging their bread.
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And they that are left in thine house, shall come and crouch to him for a little piece of silver and a cake of bread, and shall say: put me, I pray thee, in one office or other among the priests, that I may eat a morsel of bread.'"
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{Khaf} All her people seek their bread with heaviness, and look: what precious things every man hath, that giveth he for meat to save his life. Consider, O LORD, and see, how vile I am become.
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Bread » Illustrative » (when broken,) of the death of Christ
As they did eat, Jesus took bread and gave thanks, brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, "Take. Eat. This is my body."
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That which I delivered unto you I received of the Lord. For the Lord Jesus the same night in the which he was betrayed, took bread, and thanked and brake, and said, "Take ye, and eat ye. This is my body which is broken for you. This do ye in the remembrance of me."
Bread » Illustrative » (partaking of,) of communion of saints
And they continued daily with one accord in the temple, and brake bread in every house, and did eat their meat together with gladness and singleness of heart, praising God,
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Because that we - though we be many - yet are one bread, and one body inasmuch as we all are partakers of one bread.
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Bread » Illustrative » (want of,) of extreme poverty
A simple man which laboureth and worketh, is better than one that is gorgeous and lacketh bread.
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Then shall he swear and say, "I cannot help you. Moreover, there is neither meat nor clothing in my house, make me no ruler of the people."
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Bread » Illustrative » (eating without scarceness,) of plenty
a land wherein thou shalt not eat bread in scarceness, and where thou shalt lack nothing, a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou shalt dig brass.
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Bread » Illustrative » (of deceit,) of unlawful gain
Every man liketh the bread that is gotten in deceit; but at the last his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
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Bread » Illustrative » (of idleness,) of sloth
She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not her bread with idleness.
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Bread » Illustrative » (of wickedness,) of oppression
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of robbery.
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Bread » Illustrative » (fulness of,) of abundance
Behold, the sins of thy sister Sodom, were these: Pride, fullness of meat, abundance and Idleness: these things had she and her daughters. Besides that, they reached not their hand to the poor and needy,
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Bread » Illustrative » (of adversity,) of heavy affliction
And though the LORD giveth you the bread of adversity, and the water of trouble, thine instructor flyeth not far from thee; if thine eyes look unto thine instructor,
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Bread » Illustrative » Of Christ
For he is the bread of God, which cometh down from heaven and giveth life unto the world." Then said they unto him, "Lord, ever more give us this bread." And Jesus said unto them, "I am that bread of life. He that cometh to me, shall not hunger: and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
Bread » Illustrative » (of tears,) of sorrow
Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, yea thou hast given them plenteousness of tears to drink.
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Brooks » Illustrative » Of wisdom
The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters; and the well of wisdom is like a full stream.
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Brooks » Illustrative » (drinking of, by the way,) of help in distress
He shall drink of the brook in the way; therefore shall he lift up his head.
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Brooks » Illustrative » Of temporal abundance
so that he shall no more see the rivers, and brooks of honey and butter.
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Brooks » Illustrative » (deceptive,) of false friends
Mine own brethren pass over by me, as the water brook that hastily runneth through the valleys.
Cities of refuge » Illustrative » Of Christ
For thou art the poor man's help, and strength for the needful in his necessity. Thou art a defense against evil weather and a shadow against the heat, when the blast of the raging men is like a storm that casteth down a wall.
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I will say unto the LORD, "O my hope, and my stronghold; my God, in whom I will trust."
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Cities of refuge » Illustrative » (the way to,) of Christ
Jesus said unto him, "I am the way, the truth and the life. And no man cometh unto the father, but by me.
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There shall be foot paths and common streets: this shall be called the holy way. No unclean person shall go through it, for the LORD himself shall go with them that way, and the ignorant shall not err.
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Cities of refuge » Illustrative » Of the hope of the gospel
that by two immutable things - in which it was impossible that God should lie - we might have perfect consolation, which have fled, for to hold fast the hope that is set before us:
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Clouds » Illustrative » Of judgments of God
Like as a shepherd among the flock seeketh after the sheep that are scattered abroad, even so will I seek after my sheep, and gather them together out of all places, where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
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{Aleph} Alas, how hath the LORD darkened the daughter of Zion so sore in his wrath? As for the honour of Israel, he hath casten it down from heaven: How happeneth it, that he remembered not his own foot stool when he was angry?
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for the day is here, the day of the LORD is come: the dark day of the Heathen, the hour is at hand,
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a dark and gloomy day, a cloudy and black day. As the morning is spread over the mountains, so it this populous and strong people: such as have not been since the beginning, neither shall be after them for evermore.
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Clouds » Illustrative » Of hostile armies
For lo, he cometh down like as a cloud, and his chariots are like a stormy wind: his horsemen are swifter than the Eagle. Woe unto us, for we are destroyed.
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Thou shalt come up like a stormy weather to cover the land, and as it were a dark cloud: thou with all thine hosts, and a great multitude of people with thee.
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Yea, thou shalt come upon my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land. This shall come to pass in the latter days: I will bring thee up into my land, that the Heathen may know me, when I get me honour upon thee; O Gog, before their eyes.
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Clouds » Illustrative » Of unsearchableness of God
And I looked, and behold: a stormy wind came out of the North with a great cloud full of fire, which, with his glister, lightened all round about. And in the midst of the fire it was all clear,
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And he made darkness a tabernacle round about him, with water gathered together in thick clouds.
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Clouds and darkness are round about him; righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his seat.
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Clouds » Illustrative » Of multitudes of persons
Wherefore let us also - seeing that we are compassed with so great a multitude of witnesses - lay away all that presseth down, and the sin that hangeth on us, and let us run with patience, unto the battle that is set before us,
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But what are these that flee here like clouds, and as the doves flying to their windows?
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Clouds » Illustrative » (riding upon,) of the power and greatness of God
This is the heavy burden upon Egypt: Behold, the LORD will ride upon a swift cloud, and come into Egypt. And the idols of Egypt shall tremble at his coming, and the heart of Egypt shall quake within her.
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who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters, and maketh the clouds thy chariot, and walketh upon the wings of the wind.
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Clouds » Illustrative » (passing away,) of the goodness and prosperity of hypocrites
O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, how shall I entreat thee? Seeing your love is like a morning cloud, and like a dew that goeth early away.
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Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the dew that early passeth away, and like as dust that the wind taketh away from the floor, and as smoke that goeth out of the chimney.
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Clouds » Illustrative » (a morning without,) of wise rulers
The God of Israel spake unto me, and the strength of Israel said, 'He that beareth rule over men, he that ruleth justly in the fear of God, shall be as the morning light, when the sun shineth in a morning in which are no clouds to let the brightness; and as the grass of the earth is by the virtue of the rain.'
Clouds » Illustrative » (when seasonable,) of the favor of good rulers
The cheerful countenance of the king is life; and his loving favor is as the evening dew.
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Clouds » Illustrative » (without rain,) of the fraudulent
Whoso maketh great boasts and giveth nothing, is like clouds and wind without rain.
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Clouds » Illustrative » (carried away by a tempest,) of false teachers
These are wells without water, and clouds carried about of a tempest, to whom the mist of darkness is reserved forever.
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Clouds » Illustrative » Of sins of men
As for thine offenses, I drive them away like the clouds, and thy sins as the mist. Turn ye again unto me, and I will deliver thee.
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Clouds » Illustrative » (without water,) of false teachers
These are spots which of your kindness feast together, without fear, feeding themselves. Clouds they are without water, carried about of winds: and trees without fruit at gathering time, twice dead, and plucked up by the roots.
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Covenants » Illustrative » Of the united determination of a people to serve God
And Jehoiada made a covenant both between the LORD and the king, and between the people and the LORD, that they should be the LORD's people: and also between the king and the people.
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And they made a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers, with all their hearts and all their souls:
and their lords that had rule of them, received it for their brethren. And they came to sware, and to bind themselves with an oath to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, that they would observe and do according unto all the commandments, judgments, and statutes of the LORD our God:
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Covenants » Illustrative » Of God's promises to man
remember, I say, that ye were at that time without Christ, and were reputed aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and were strangers from the testaments of promise, and had no hope, and were without God in this world.
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"See, I make my covenant with you and your seed after you, and with all living things that is with you: both fowl and cattle, and all manner beast of the earth that is with you, of all that cometh out of the ark, whatsoever beast of the earth it be. I make my covenant with you, that henceforth all flesh shall not be destroyed with the waters of any flood, and that henceforth there shall not be a flood to destroy the earth."
Covenants » Illustrative » (with death and hell,) of carnal security
For ye comfort yourselves thus: "Tush, we have made a covenant with death, and with hell we are at an agreement. Though there break out any sore plague, it shall not come upon us. For with deceit will we escape, and with nimbleness will we defend ourselves."
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Thus the covenant that ye have made with death shall be done away: and the condition that ye made with hell, shall not stand. Yea, when the sore plague goeth forth, ye shall be trodden down under it.
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Covenants » Illustrative » (with stones and beasts of the earth,) of peace and prosperity
Then will I make a covenant with them, with the wild beasts, with the fowls of the air, and with everything that creepeth upon the earth. As for bow, sword and battle, I will destroy such out of the land, and will make them to sleep safely.
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But the castles in the land shall be confederate with thee, and the beasts of the field shall give thee peace.
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Covenants » Illustrative » Of the contract of marriage
And yet ye say, 'Wherefore?' Even because that whereas the LORD made a covenant betwixt thee and the wife of thy youth, thou hast despised her: Yet is she thine own companion and married wife.
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Covenants » Illustrative » Of good resolutions
I made a covenant with mine eyes, that I would not look upon a damsel.
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Defilement » Illustrative » Of sin
That which goeth into the mouth, defileth not the man: but that which cometh out of the mouth, defileth the man."
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But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile the man.
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Defilement » Illustrative » Of unholy doctrines
Are ye not aware that ye are the temple of God, and how that the spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy. For the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
the Deluge » Illustrative » Of the destruction of sinners
Behold, the strength and power of the LORD shall break into the land on every side, like a tempest of hail that beareth down strongholds, and like a horrible, mighty and overflowing water.
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Thus the covenant that ye have made with death shall be done away: and the condition that ye made with hell, shall not stand. Yea, when the sore plague goeth forth, ye shall be trodden down under it.
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For this shall every saint make his prayer unto thee in due season; but in the great water-floods they shall not come nigh him.
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the Deluge » Illustrative » (unexpectedness of,) of suddenness of Christ's coming
But of that day and hour knoweth no man: no not the angels of heaven, but my father only. As the time of Noah was, so likewise shall the coming of the son of man be. For as in the days before the flood: they did eat and drink, marry, and were married, even unto the day that Noah entered in to the ship, read more.
and knew of nothing till the flood came and took them all away. So shall also the coming of the son of man be.
and knew of nothing till the flood came and took them all away. So shall also the coming of the son of man be.
"As it happened in the time of Noah, so shall it be in the time of the son of man. They ate, they drank, they married wives and were married even unto the same day that Noah went into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. Likewise also, as it chanced, in the days of Lot. They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built. read more.
And even the same day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. "After these examples, shall it be in the day when the son of man shall appear.
And even the same day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. "After these examples, shall it be in the day when the son of man shall appear.
the Deluge » Illustrative » Of baptism
which were in time past disobedient, when the long suffering of God abode exceeding patiently in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few - that is to say eight souls - were saved by water, which signifieth baptism that now saveth us, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but in that a good conscience consenteth to God, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
Dogs » Illustrative » Of obstinate sinners
Give not that which is holy to dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they tread them under their feet, and the other turn again and all to rend you.
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For without shall be dogs and enchanters, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth or maketh lies.
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Dogs » Illustrative » (dead,) of the mean
After whom art thou come out, thou king of Israel? After whom chasest thou? Even after a dead dog, and after a flea!
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And the other bowed himself and said, "What is thy servant that thou shouldst vouchsafe to look upon such a dead dog as I am?"
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Dogs » Illustrative » Of gentiles
And behold, a woman which was a Canaanite came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, "Have mercy on me Lord, thou son of David, my daughter is piteously vexed with a devil."
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He answered and said, "It is not good to take the children's bread, and to cast it to whelps."
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Dogs » Illustrative » Of persecutors
For many dogs are come about me, the counsel of the wicked layeth siege against me.
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Deliver my soul from the sword, my darling from the power of the dog.
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Dogs » Illustrative » Of false teachers
Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers. Beware of dissension:
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Dogs » Illustrative » Of fools
Like as the dog turneth again to his vomit, even so a fool beginneth his foolishness again afresh.
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Dogs » Illustrative » (dumb,) of unfaithful ministers
For his watchmen are all blind, they have altogether no understanding. They are all dumb dogs, no being able to bark; they are sleepery, sluggish, and lie snorting.
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Dogs » Illustrative » Of covetous ministers
They are shameless dogs, that be never satisfied. The shepherds also in like manner have no understanding, but every man turneth his own way, everyone after his own covetousness, with all his power.
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Dogs » Illustrative » Of apostates
It is happened unto them according to the true proverb, "The dog is turned to his vomit again, and the sow that was washed, is returned to her wallowing in the mire."
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Doves » Illustrative » Of the church
As I was asleep, and my heart waking, I heard the voice of my beloved, when he knocked. Open to me, said he, O my sister, my love, my darling, my dove: for my head is full of dew, and my locks of my hair are full of the night drops.
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Up, haste my love, my dove, in the holes of the rock and secret places of the walls. Show me thy face and let me hear thy voice: for thy voice is sweet and thy fashion beautiful.
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Doves » Illustrative » Of mourners
We roar all like Bears, and mourn still like doves. We look for equity, but there is none; for health, but it is far from us.
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Then chattered I like a swallow, and like a crane, and mourned as a dove. I lift up mine eyes to the height: 'O LORD,' say I, 'violence is done unto me, be thou surety for me.'
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Doves » Illustrative » Of the holy ghost
And Jesus, as soon as he was baptized, came straight out of the water: And, lo, heaven was opened over him, and John saw the spirit of God descend, like a dove, and light upon him:
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And John bare record, saying, "I saw the spirit descend from heaven, like unto a dove, and abide upon him, and I knew him not:
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Doves » Illustrative » Of the meekness of Christ
His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the water brooks, as though they were washed with milk and set like pearls in gold.
Doves » Illustrative » (in its flight,) of the return of israel from captivity
that they may be scattered away from Egypt, as men scare birds: and frayed away, as doves used to be, from the Assyrians' land: and that because I would have them tarry at home, sayeth the LORD.
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Doves » Illustrative » Of converts to the church
But what are these that flee here like clouds, and as the doves flying to their windows?
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the Dragon » Illustrative » Of the devil
And he took the dragon, that old serpent which is the devil and Satan, and he bound him a thousand years:
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And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
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And the beast which I saw, was like a cat of the mountain, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave him his power and his seat, and great authority:
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the Dragon » Illustrative » Of cruel and persecuting kings
Speak, and tell him, 'Thus sayeth the LORD God: Behold, O Pharaoh thou king of Egypt, I will upon thee, thou great dragon that liest in the waters; thou that sayest, 'The water is mine; I have made it myself.'
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In that day, the LORD with his heavy, great, and long sword shall visit Leviathan that fugitive serpent: even Leviathan that crooked serpent, and shall slay the dragon in the sea.
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Wake up, wake up, and be strong: O thou arm of the LORD: wake up, like as in times past, ever, and since the world began.
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the Dragon » Illustrative » (poison of,) of wine
Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel gall of asps.
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the Dragon » Illustrative » Of enemies of the church
Thou shalt go upon the Lion and Adder, the young Lion and the Dragon shalt thou tread under thy feet.
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the Dragon » Illustrative » Of wicked men
no, not when thou hast smitten us into the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death
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Eagles » Illustrative » (swiftness of,) of the swiftness of hostile armies
For thus sayeth the LORD: Behold, the enemy shall come flying as an Eagle, and spread his wings upon Moab.
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For lo, he cometh down like as a cloud, and his chariots are like a stormy wind: his horsemen are swifter than the Eagle. Woe unto us, for we are destroyed.
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{Kuf} Our persecutors are swifter than the Eagles of the air, they followed upon us over the mountains, and laid wait for us in the wilderness.
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"And the LORD shall bring a nation upon thee from afar, even from the end of the world, as swift as an eagle flyeth: a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
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Eagles » Illustrative » (mode of teaching her young to fly,) of God's care of his church
As an eagle that stirreth up her nest and fluttereth over her young, he stretched out his wings and took him up and bare him on his shoulders.
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'Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians and how I took you up upon Eagles' wings, and have brought you unto myself.
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Eagles » Illustrative » Of wisdom and zeal of God's ministers
Upon the right side of these four, their faces were like the face of a man, and the face of a Lion: But upon the left side, they had the face of an ox and the face of an eagle.
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And the first beast was like a lion, the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.
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Eagles » Illustrative » (height and security of its dwelling,) of the fancied but fatal security of the wicked
Thy high stomach and the pride of thy heart have deceived thee; Because thou wilt dwell in the holes of stony rocks, and have the high mountains in possession. Nevertheless, though thy nest were as high as the Eagles, yet will I cast thee down, sayeth the LORD.
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But though thou wentest up as high as the Eagle, and madest thy nest above among the stars: yet would I pluck thee down from thence.
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Eagles » Illustrative » Of great and powerful kings
and say, 'Thus sayeth the LORD God: There came a great Eagle with great wings; yea, with mighty long wings, full of feathers of divers colours; upon the mount of Lebanon, and took a branch from a Cedar tree,
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Set the horn to thy mouth, and blow: get thee swiftly as an Eagle into the house of the LORD: for they have broken my covenant, and transgressed my law.
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Eagles » Illustrative » (wings of,) of protection afforded to the church
And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, times, and half a time, from the presence of the serpent.
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Eagles » Illustrative » (swiftness of,) of the melting away of riches
Why wilt thou set thine eye upon the thing, which suddenly vanisheth away? For riches make themselves wings, and take their flight like an Eagle into the air.
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Eagles » Illustrative » (upward flight of,) of the saint's rapid progress toward heaven
But unto them that have the LORD before their eyes, shall strength be increased, Eagles wings shall grow upon them; When they run, they shall not fall; and when they go, they shall not be weary."
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Eagles » Illustrative » (renewed strength and beauty of,) of the renewal of saints
Who satisfieth thy desire with good things, making thee young and lusty as an Eagle?
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Eagles » Illustrative » (increased baldness of, in the moulting season,) of calamities
Make thee bald, and shave thee, because of thy tender children: Make thee clean bald as an Eagle, for they shall be carried away captive from thee.
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Eagles » Illustrative » (hasting to the prey,) of the swiftness of man's days
They are passed away, as the ships that be good under sail, and as the Eagle that hasteth to the prey.
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Eyes » Illustrative » (open,) of spiritual illumination
Open thou mine eyes, that I may see the wondrous things of thy law.
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O turn away mine eyes, lest they behold vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
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Eyes » Illustrative » (anointing with eyesalve,) of healing by the spirit
I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich: and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, that thy filthy nakedness do not appear: and anoint thine eyes with eye salve, that thou mayest see.
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Eyes » Illustrative » Of the mind
The light of the body is thine eye: wherefore if thine eye be single, all thy body shall be full of light. But and if thine eye be wicked, then all thy body shall be full of darkness. Wherefore if the light that is in thee, be darkness: how great is that darkness?
Feet » Illustrative » (sliding,) of yielding to temptation
Godliness is a light despised in the hearts of the rich, and is set for them to stumble upon.
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O hold thou up my goings in thy paths: that my footsteps slip not.
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My desire is that mine enemies triumph not over me; for if my foot slip, they rejoice greatly against me.
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When I said, "My foot hath slipped, thy mercy, O LORD, held me up."
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Feet » Illustrative » (treading under,) of complete destruction
In that time shall there be a present brought to the LORD of Hosts: even a people that is scattered abroad, and robbed of that they had - that same people which hat been fearful from their beginning hitherto; a nation trodden down by little and little, whose land the floods have spoiled. To the place of the name of the LORD of Hosts: even to the mount Zion.
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{Samekh} The LORD hath destroyed all the mighty men, that were in me. He hath proclaimed a feast, to slaughter all my best men. The LORD hath trodden down the daughter of Judah, like as it were in a wine press.
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Feet » Illustrative » (washed or dipped in oil,) of abundance
And of Asher he said, "Asher shall be blessed with children: he shall be acceptable unto his brethren and shall dip his foot in oil.
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When my ways ran over with butter, and when the stony rocks gave me rivers of oil;
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Feet » Illustrative » (dipped in blood,) of victory
that thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and that thy dogs may lick it up."
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Feet » Illustrative » (set in a large place,) of liberty
and hast shut me up into the hand of the enemy; but hast set my feet in a large room.
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Feet » Illustrative » (set on a rock,) of stability
He brought me out of the horrible pit, out of the mire and clay; he set my feet upon the rock, and ordered my goings.
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Fig tree » Illustrative » (barren,) of mere professors of religion
and spied a fig tree in the way, and came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said to it, "Never fruit grow on thee hence forwards." And anon the fig tree withered away.
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He put forth this similitude, "A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. Then said he to the dresser of his vineyard, 'Behold, this three years have I come and sought fruit in this fig tree, and find none. Cut it down. Why cumbereth it the ground?'
Fig tree » Illustrative » (sitting under one's own,) of prosperity and peace
But every man shall sit under his vineyard and under his fig tree, and no man to fray him away: for the mouth of the LORD of Hosts hath spoken it.
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And Judah and Israel dwelt without fear, every man under his vine and under his fig tree from Dan to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.
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Fishes » Illustrative » Of men ignorant of future events
For man knoweth not his time, but like as the fish are taken with the angle and as the birds are caught with the snare: Even so are men taken in the perilous time, when it cometh suddenly upon them.
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Fishes » Illustrative » (bad,) of mere professors
the which when it is full, men draw to land, and sit and gather the good into their vessels, and cast the bad away. So shall it be at the end of the world. The angels shall go out and sever the bad from the good,
Fishes » Illustrative » (good,) of saints
the which when it is full, men draw to land, and sit and gather the good into their vessels, and cast the bad away. So shall it be at the end of the world. The angels shall go out and sever the bad from the good,
Fishes » Illustrative » Of the whole population of egypt
I will put a hook in thy jaws, and hang all the fish in thy waters upon thy scales; after that I will draw thee out of thy waters, yea, and all the fish of the waters that hang upon thy scales. I will cast thee out upon the dry land with the fish of thy waters, so that thou shalt lie upon the field. Thou shalt not be gathered nor taken up: but shall be meat for the beasts of the field, and for the fowls of the air:
Fishes » Illustrative » Of those ensnared by the wicked
Thou makest men as the fish in the sea, and like as the creeping beasts, that have no guide.
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Fishes » Illustrative » Of the visible church
the which when it is full, men draw to land, and sit and gather the good into their vessels, and cast the bad away.
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Forests » Illustrative » (destroyed by fire,) of destruction of the wicked
For the ungodly burn, as a fire in the briers and thorns: And as it were out of a fire in a wood or a red bush, so ascendeth the smoke of their pride.
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But the light of Israel shall be that fire, and his Sanctuary shall be the flame, and it shall kindle, and burn up his thorns and briers in one day. Yea, all the glory of his woods and fields shall be consumed with body and soul. As for himself, he shall be as one chased away.
Forests » Illustrative » (a fruitful field turned into,) of the jews rejected by God
Unto the time that the spirit be poured upon us from above. Then shall the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the plenteous field shall be reckoned for a wood.
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See ye not that it is hard at hand, that Lebanon shall be turned into a low field, and that the low field shall be as the wood?
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Forests » Illustrative » Of the unfruitful world
And when the hail falleth, it shall fall in the wood and in the city.
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Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of God
For my people hath done two evils: They have forsaken me, the well of the water of life; and digged them pits, yea, vile and broken pits, that hold no water.
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Thou art the comfort of Israel. All that forsake thee, shall be ashamed. And they that depart from thee shall be written in the earth. For they have lost the LORD that is the fountain of the water of life.
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For with thee is the well of life; and in thy light shall we see light.
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Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of spiritual wisdom
The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters; and the well of wisdom is like a full stream.
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Understanding is a well of life unto him that hath it; as for the chastening of fools, it is but foolishness.
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Fountains and springs » Illustrative » (corrupt,) of the natural heart
Doth a fountain send forth at one place sweet water, and bitter also?
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But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile the man. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, breaking of wedlock, whoredom, theft, false witness-bearing, blasphemy.
Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of eternal life
And he said unto me, "It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning, and the end. I will give to him that is athirst of the well of the water of life, free.
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But whosoever shall drink of the water that I shall give him, shall never be more a thirst: But the water that I shall give him, shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life."
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Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of the means of grace
And at that day the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the brooks of Judah shall run with water. And a fountain shall go out of the house of the LORD and water the river of Shittim.
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I bring forth floods in the hills, and wells in the plain fields. I turn the wilderness to rivers, and the dry land to conduits of water.
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Fountains and springs » Illustrative » (sealed up,) of the church
Thou art a well kept garden, O my sister, my spouse, thou are a well kept watering spring, and a sealed well.
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Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of a numerous posterity
And Israel shall dwell in safety alone. And the eyes of Jacob shall look upon a land of corn and wine. Moreover, his heaven shall drop with dew.
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Fountains and springs » Illustrative » (troubled,) of saints led astray
A righteous man falling down before the ungodly, is like a troubled well and a spring that is destroyed.
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Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of the law of the wise
The law is a well of life unto the wise; that it may keep him from the snares of death.
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Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of Godly fear
The fear of the LORD is a well of life; to avoid the snares of death.
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Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of Christ
In that time shall the house of David and the citizens of Jerusalem have an open well, to wash of sin and uncleanness.
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Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of a good wife
Let thy well be blessed; and be glad with the wife of thy youth.
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Fountains and springs » Illustrative » (always flowing,) of unceasing wickedness of the jews
Like as a conduit aboundeth in water, even so this city aboundeth in wickedness. Robbery and unrighteousness is heard in her, sorrow and wounds are ever there in my sight.
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Fountains and springs » Illustrative » (not failing,) of the church
The LORD shall ever be thy guide, and satisfy the desire of thine heart, and fill thy bones with marrow. Thou shalt be like a fresh watered garden, and like the fountain of water, that never leaveth running.
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Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of the holy ghost
He that believeth on me, as sayeth the scripture, 'Out of his belly shall flow rivers of water of life.'" This spake he of the spirit, which they that believed on him should receive. For the holy ghost was not yet there, because that Jesus was not yet glorified.
Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of constant supplies of grace
The singers also and trumpeters shall he rehearse. All my fresh springs shall be in thee.
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Fruits » Illustrative » Of a holy conversation
A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his own mouth, and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
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Every man shall enjoy good according to the innocency of his mouth; and after the works of his hands shall he be rewarded.
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Fruits » Illustrative » Of effects of industry
She considereth land, and buyeth it; with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
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Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her own works praise her in the gates.
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Fruits » Illustrative » (bad,) of the conduct and conversation of evil men
Either make the tree good, and his fruit good also, or else make the tree evil, and his fruit evil also. For the tree is known by his fruit.
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Even so, every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
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Fruits » Illustrative » Of converts to the church
There shall be a heap of corn in the earth, high upon the hills; his fruit shall shake like Lebanon, and shall be green in the city like grass upon the earth.
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And he that reapeth, receiveth reward; and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: That both he that soweth and he that reapeth might rejoice together.
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Fruits » Illustrative » Of doctrines of Christ
As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. In his shadow was my desire to sit, for his fruit was sweet to my mouth.
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Fruits » Illustrative » Of works of the spirit
But the fruit of the spirit is: love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, temperance. Against such there is no law.
Fruits » Illustrative » Of the reward of the wicked
Among all things living, man hath the most deceitful and unsearchable heart. Who shall then know it? "Even I the LORD search out the ground of the heart, and try the reins, and reward every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his counsels."
Fruits » Illustrative » Of good works
Even so, every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth bad fruit: nor yet a bad tree can bring forth good fruit.
Fruits » Illustrative » Of the example, &c of the Godly
The fruit of the righteous is as the tree of life; a wise man also winneth men's souls.
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Fruits » Illustrative » Of praise
For by him offer we the sacrifice of praise always to God: that is to say, the fruit of those lips, which confess his name.
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Fruits » Illustrative » Of effects of repentance
Bring forth therefore the fruits belonging to repentance:
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Fruits » Illustrative » Of the reward of saints
Bid the righteous do well, for they shall enjoy the fruits of their studies.
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Gardens » Illustrative » Of the church
Come into my garden O my sister, my Spouse: I have gathered my Myrrh with my spice. I will eat my honey and my honeycomb, I will drink my wine and my milk. Eat, O ye friends, drink and be merry, O ye beloved.
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My love is gone down into his garden, unto the sweet smelling beds, that he may refresh himself in the garden, and gather flowers.
I went down into the nut garden, to see what grew by the brooks, to look if the vineyard flourished, and if the pomegranates were shot forth.
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Gardens » Illustrative » (well watered,) of spiritual prosperity of the church
The LORD shall ever be thy guide, and satisfy the desire of thine heart, and fill thy bones with marrow. Thou shalt be like a fresh watered garden, and like the fountain of water, that never leaveth running.
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And they shall come, and rejoice upon the hill of Zion, and shall have plenteousness of goods, which the LORD shall give them: Namely, wheat, wine, oil, young sheep and calves. And their conscience shall be as a well-watered garden, for they shall no more be hungry.
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Gardens » Illustrative » (enclosed,) of the pleasantness, fruitfulness, and security of the church
Thou art a well kept garden, O my sister, my spouse, thou are a well kept watering spring, and a sealed well.
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Gardens » Illustrative » (when dried up,) of the wicked
Ye shall be as an oak whose leaves are fallen away, and as a garden that hath no moistness.
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Garments » Illustrative » (white,) of righteousness
I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich: and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, that thy filthy nakedness do not appear: and anoint thine eyes with eye salve, that thou mayest see.
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His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow.
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Garments » Illustrative » (washed in wine,) of abundance
He shall bind his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the vine branch, and shall wash his garment in wine and his mantle in the blood of grapes:
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Garments » Illustrative » (rolled in blood,) of victory
Moreover all temerarious and seditious power, yea, where there is but a coat filled with blood, shall be burnt, and feed the fire.
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Gates » Illustrative » (of heaven,) of access to God
And he dreamed: and behold there stood a ladder upon the earth, and the top of it reached up to heaven. And see, the angels of God went up and down upon it. Yea, and the LORD stood upon it and said, "I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father and the God of Isaac: The land which thou sleepest upon will I give thee and thy seed. And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth: And thou shalt spread abroad: west, east, north and south. And through thee and thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed. read more.
And see, I am with thee, and will be thy keeper in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land: Neither will I leave thee; until I have made good all that I have promised thee." When Jacob was awaked out of his sleep, he said, "Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was not aware." And he was afraid, and said, "How fearful is this place? It is none other, but even the house of God and the gate of heaven!"
And see, I am with thee, and will be thy keeper in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land: Neither will I leave thee; until I have made good all that I have promised thee." When Jacob was awaked out of his sleep, he said, "Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was not aware." And he was afraid, and said, "How fearful is this place? It is none other, but even the house of God and the gate of heaven!"
Gates » Illustrative » (of hell,) of satan's power
And I say also unto thee, that thou art Peter. And upon this rock, I will build my congregation: and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
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Gates » Illustrative » (strait,) of the entrance to life
But strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
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Gates » Illustrative » (wide,) of the entrance to ruin
Enter in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
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Gates » Illustrative » (of the grave,) of death
"I thought I should have gone to the gates of hell in my best age, and have wanted the residue of my years.
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Gates » Illustrative » Of Christ
I am the door: by me, if any man enter in, he shall be safe, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
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Goat » Illustrative » Of the wicked
My wrathful displeasure is moved at the shepherds, and I will visit the goats. For the LORD of Hosts will graciously visit his flock, the house of Judah, and hold them as a goodly fair horse in the battle.
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and before him shall be gathered all nations. And he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth the sheep from the goats. And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, and the goats on the left hand.
Goat » Illustrative » Of macedonian empire
I took heed unto this, and then came there a he goat from the west over the whole earth, and touched not the ground. This goat had a marvelous goodly horn betwixt his eyes,
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but the goat is the king of Greek land: the great horn that stood betwixt his eyes, that is the principal king.
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Goat » Illustrative » (flock of,) of the church
O how fair art thou, my love, how fair art thou? Thou hast doves' eyes, beside that which lieth hid within. Thy hairy locks are like the wool of a flock of goats that be shorn on Mount Gilead.
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Grass » Illustrative » Of shortness and uncertainty of life
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man is as the flower of grass; the grass is withered, and the flower falleth away,
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As soon as thou scatterest them, they are even as asleep, and fade away suddenly like the grass.
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that a man in his time is but as grass, and flourisheth as a flower of the field.
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The same voice spake, "Now cry." And I said, "What shall I cry?" Then spake it, "That all flesh is grass, and that all the beauty thereof, is as the flower of the field. When the grass is withered, the flower falleth away. Even so is the people as grass, when the breath of the LORD bloweth upon them.
Grass » Illustrative » (on tops of houses,) of the wicked
And the inhabiters of them shall be of little power, and faint-hearted and confounded. They shall be like the grass of the field and green herbs, and as the hay on the tops of the houses which withereth afore it come to any height.
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For their inhabiters shall be like lame men, brought in fear and confounded. They shall be like the grass and green herbs in the field, like the hay upon housetops, that withereth afore it be grown up.
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Grass » Illustrative » (refreshed by dew and showers,) of the saints refreshed by grace
He shall come down like the rain into a fleece of wool, even as the drops that water the earth.
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And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the multitude of people, as the dew of the LORD, and as the drops upon the grass, that tarrieth for no man, and waiteth of nobody.
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Grass » Illustrative » Of prosperity of the wicked
that the ungodly are green as grass, and that all the works of wickedness do flourish, to be destroyed forever.
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hands » Illustrative » (opened,) of liberality
But open thine hand unto him and lend him sufficient for his need which he hath.
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When thou givest it them, they gather it; when thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
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hands » Illustrative » Of power
And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah, and he girded up his loins and ran before Ahab, till they came to Jezreel.
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And therefore the LORD gave Israel a deliverer and they went out from under the hands of the Syrians. And the children of Israel dwelt in their tents as before time.
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hands » Illustrative » (shut,) of illiberality
When one of thy brethren among you is waxed poor in any of thy cities within thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, see that thou harden not thine heart nor shut to thine hand from thy poor brother:
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hands » Illustrative » (lifted up against another,) of rebellion
The matter is not so: But there is a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, which hath lifted up his hand against king David. Deliver us him only, and I will depart from the city." And the woman said unto Joab, "Behold, his head shall be thrown through the wall to thee."
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The Heart » Illustrative » Of Christ
O get thee away, my love, as a roe or a young hart unto the sweet smelling mountains.
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My beloved is like a Roe or a young hart. Behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh in at the window, and peepeth through the grate.
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The Heart » Illustrative » (sure-footedness of,) of experienced saints
The LORD God is my strength, he shall make my feet as the feet of harts: and he which giveth the victory, shall bring me to my high places, singing upon my psalms.
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He maketh my feet like hart's feet, and setteth me up on high. {TYNDALE: And maketh my feet as swift as a hind's, and setteth me fast upon my high hold.}
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The Heart » Illustrative » (without pasture,) of the persecuted
{Vav} All the beauty of the daughter of Zion is away, her princes are become like harts that find no pasture. They are driven away before their enemy, so that they have no more power.
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The Heart » Illustrative » (panting for water,) of afflicted saints longing for God
{To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} Like as the hart desireth the water brooks, so longeth my soul after thee, O God. My soul is athirst for God, yea even for the living God; when shall I come to appear before the presence of God?
The Heart » Illustrative » Of converted sinners
Then shall the lame man leap as a hart and the dumb man's tongue shall give thanks. In the wilderness also, there shall wells spring, and floods of water in the desert.
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Harvest » Illustrative » Of the end of the world
Let both grow together till harvest come: and in time of harvest, I will say to the reapers, Gather ye first the tares, and bind them in sheaves to be burnt: but gather the wheat into my barn.'"
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And the enemy that soweth them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the world. And the reapers be the angels.
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Harvest » Illustrative » Of ripeness for wrath
Lay to your scythes, for the harvest is ripe. Come, get you down: the winepress is full, yea the winepresses run over, for their wickedness is waxen great.
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And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, "Thrust in thy sickle and reap: for the time is come to reap, for the corn of the earth is ripe."
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Harvest » Illustrative » Of a time of judgment
"For thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon hath been in her time like as a threshing floor, but shortly shall her harvest come.
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But Judah shall have a harvest for himself, when I return the captivity of my people.
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Harvest » Illustrative » Of a time when many are ready to receive the gospel
Then said he to his disciples, "The harvest is great, but the laborers are few: Wherefore, pray the Lord of the harvest to send forth laborers into his harvest."
Harvest » Illustrative » (cold in,) of a refreshing message
Like as the winter cool in the harvest, so is a faithful messenger to him that sent him, and refresheth his master's mind.
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Harvest » Illustrative » (rain in,) of honor given to fools
Like as snow is not mete in summer, nor rain in harvest; even so is worship unseemly for a fool.
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Harvest » Illustrative » Of seasons of grace
The harvest is gone, the Summer hath an end, and we are not helped.
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Harvest » Illustrative » (dew in,) of God's protection
For thus hath the LORD said unto me: "I will take my rest, and look upon the matter in my habitation, like a fair heat after the rain, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest."
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Head » Illustrative » Of Christ
And hath put all things under his feet, and hath made him above all things, the head of the congregation:
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and holdeth not the head: whereof all the body by joints and couples receiveth nourishment, and is knit together, and increaseth with the increasing that cometh of God.
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I would ye knew that Christ is the head of every man; and the man is the woman's head; and God is Christ's head.
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Head » Illustrative » (made bald,) of heavy judgments
They went up to the idols' house, even to Dibon to the high places, to weep for Nebo; and Moab did mourn for Medeba. All their heads were bald, and all their beards shaven.
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And at the same time shall the LORD of Hosts call men to weeping, mourning, to baldness and a putting on of sackcloth.
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Make thee bald, and shave thee, because of thy tender children: Make thee clean bald as an Eagle, for they shall be carried away captive from thee.
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And instead of good smell there shall be stink among them. And for their girdles there shall be loose bands. And for well set hair there shall be baldness. Instead of a stomacher, a sackcloth; and for their beauty, witheredness and sunburning.
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Head » Illustrative » (covered,) of subjection
Every woman that prayeth or prophesieth bare-headed, dishonesteth her head. For it is even all one and the very same thing, even as though she were shaven.
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For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head, for the angels' sakes.
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Head » Illustrative » Of rulers
And hath delivered thee all things that are among the children of men: the beasts of the field, and the fowls under the heaven, and given thee dominion over them all. Thou art that golden head.
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And Samuel said, "When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel? And the LORD anointed thee king over Israel.
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Head » Illustrative » (lifted up,) of exaltation
The three branches are three days: for within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thine office again, and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the old manner, even as thou didst when thou wast his butler.
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And now shall he lift up mine head above mine enemies round about me. Therefore will I offer in his dwelling an oblation with great gladness; I will sing and speak praises unto the LORD.
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Head » Illustrative » (anointed,) of joy and prosperity
But my horn shall be exalted like the horn of an unicorn; and shall be anointed with fresh oil.
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Thou preparest a table before me against mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil, and fillest my cup full.
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Head » Illustrative » (lifted up,) of joy and confidence
But thou, O LORD, art my defender; thou art my worship, and the lifter up of my head.
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When these things begin to come to pass: then look up, and lift up your heads, for your redemption draweth nigh."
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Head » Illustrative » Of God
I would ye knew that Christ is the head of every man; and the man is the woman's head; and God is Christ's head.
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Head » Illustrative » Of chief men
Therefore the LORD shall root out of Israel both head and tail, branch and twig in one day. By the head, is understood the senator and honorable man, and by the tail, the Prophet that preacheth lies.
Head » Illustrative » (covered,) of defense and protection
O LORD. O LORD God, thou strength of my health; thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
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Head » Illustrative » Of the chief city of a kingdom
For the head city of the Syrians is Damascus, but the head of Damascus is Rezin. And after five and threescore years, shall Ephraim be no more a people.
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Head » Illustrative » (lifted up,) of pride, &c
For lo, thine enemies make a murmuring; and they that hate thee, lift up their head.
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Hedges » Illustrative » Of heavy judgments
{Gimel} He hath so hedged me in, that I cannot get out; and hath laid heavy links upon me.
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"But I will hedge her way with thorns, and stop it, that she shall not find her footsteps:
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Hedges » Illustrative » Of holy ordinances, &c
"Hearken another similitude. There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and made a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a strange country:
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This he hedged, this he walled round about, and planted it with goodly grapes. In the midst of it builded he a tower, and made a wine press therein. And afterward when he looked that it should bring him grapes, it brought forth thorns.
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Hedges » Illustrative » (broken down,) of the taking away of protection
Well, now I shall tell you how I will do with my vineyard: I will take the hedge from it, that it may perish, and break down the wall, that it may be trodden under foot.
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Why hast thou then broken down her hedge, that all they which go by, pluck off her grapes?
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Hedges » Illustrative » Of numerous afflictions
That should be joy to the man whose way is hid, which God keepeth back from him.
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"He hath hedged up my way, that I cannot pass; he hath set darkness in my gate.
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Hedges » Illustrative » Of the way of the slothful
The way of the slothful is full of thorns; but the street of the righteous is well cleansed.
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Hedges » Illustrative » Of God's protection
Hast thou not preserved him, his house, and all his substance on every side? Hast thou not blessed the work of his hands? Is not his possession increased in the land?
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Herbs » Illustrative » Of the wicked
And the inhabiters of them shall be of little power, and faint-hearted and confounded. They shall be like the grass of the field and green herbs, and as the hay on the tops of the houses which withereth afore it come to any height.
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For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and be withered even as the green herb.
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Herbs » Illustrative » (dew on,) of grace given to saints
For thus hath the LORD said unto me: "I will take my rest, and look upon the matter in my habitation, like a fair heat after the rain, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest."
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Highways » Illustrative » Of facilities for the restoration of the jews
Go from gate to gate, and prepare the way for the people: cast up gravel, and make the way high and cleanse it of stones, and set up a banner for the people.
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And thus shall he make a way for his people, that remaineth from the Assyrians, like as it happened to the Israelites, what time they departed out of the land of Egypt.
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Highways » Illustrative » (made in the deserts,) of facilities for the spread of the gospel
A voice crieth in the wilderness, "Prepare the way for the LORD, make straight the path for our God in the desert.
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Behold, I shall make a new thing, and shortly shall it appear. Ye shall well know it; I told it you afore, but I will tell it you again. I will make streets in the desert, and rivers of water in the wilderness.
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Highways » Illustrative » (broad,) of the way to destruction
Enter in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
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Highways » Illustrative » (narrow,) of the way of life
But strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
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Highways » Illustrative » Of the way of holiness
There shall be foot paths and common streets: this shall be called the holy way. No unclean person shall go through it, for the LORD himself shall go with them that way, and the ignorant shall not err.
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Highways » Illustrative » Of Christ
Jesus said unto him, "I am the way, the truth and the life. And no man cometh unto the father, but by me.
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Horns » Illustrative » Of antiChristian powers
And the angel said unto me, "Wherefore marvellest thou? I will show thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that beareth her, which hath seven heads, and ten horns.
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And I stood on the sea sand. And I saw a beast rise out of the sea, having seven heads, and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his head, the name of blasphemy.
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And he carried me away into the wilderness in the spirit. And I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet beast full of names of blasphemy, which had ten horns.
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Horns » Illustrative » Of kings
I took heed unto this, and then came there a he goat from the west over the whole earth, and touched not the ground. This goat had a marvelous goodly horn betwixt his eyes,
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The ram which thou sawest with the two horns, is the king of the Medes and Persians:
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After this I saw in a vision by night, and behold, the fourth beast was grim and horrible, and marvelous strong. It had great iron teeth, it devoured and destroyed, and stamped the residue under feet. It was far unlike the other beasts that were before it: for it had ten horns, whereof I took good heed. And behold, there came up among them, another like horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked away. Behold, this horn had eyes like a man, and a mouth speaking presumptuous things.
Then I looked up, and saw, and behold, there stood before the river, a ram, which had horns: and these horns were high, but one was higher than another, and the highest came up last.
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Horns » Illustrative » (cutting off,) of destruction of power
All the horns of the ungodly will I break, and the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
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The horn of Moab shall be smitten down, and her arm broken, sayeth the LORD.
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{Gimel} In the wrath of his indignation he hath broken all the horn of Israel: he hath withdrawn his righthand from the enemy. Yea, a flame of fire is kindled in Jacob, and hath consumed up all round about.
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Horns » Illustrative » (pushing with,) of conquests
His beauty is as a firstborn ox and his horns as the horns of an unicorn. And with them he shall push the nations together, even unto the ends of the world. These are the many thousands of Ephraim and the thousands of Manasseh."
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Therefore get thee up, O thou daughter Zion, and thresh out the corn. For I will make thy horn iron. and thy claws brass, that thou mayest grind many people: their goods shalt thou appropriate unto the LORD, and their substance unto the ruler of the whole world.
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And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made horns of iron and said, "Thus sayeth the LORD, 'With these horns thou shalt winnow the Syrians until thou have made an end of them."
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Horns » Illustrative » (budding of,) of the commencement or revival of a nation
There shall I make the horn of David to flourish; I have ordained a lantern for mine anointed.
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At the same time will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to grow forth, and open thy mouth again among them: that they may know how that I am the LORD."
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Horns » Illustrative » (exalting,) of increase of power and glory
The LORD's adversaries shall be made to fear him: and out of heaven he shall thunder upon them. The LORD shall judge the ends of the world, and shall give might unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed."
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And Hannah prayed and said, "Mine heart rejoiceth in the LORD. Mine horn is high in the LORD and my mouth is wide open over mine enemies, for I rejoice in thy salvation.
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Horns » Illustrative » Of power of Christ
And hath raised up a horn of salvation unto us, in the house of his servant David.
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And I beheld, and lo, in the midst of the seat and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a lamb as though he had been killed, which had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the spirits of God, sent into all the world.
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Horns » Illustrative » Of power of the wicked
All the horns of the ungodly will I break, and the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
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Save me from the lion's mouth, and hear me from among the horns of the unicorns.
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Horns » Illustrative » Of power of God
The LORD is my stony rock, and my defense, my Saviour, my God, and my might, in whom I will trust, my buckler, the horn also of my salvation, and my refuge. {TYNDALE: The LORD is my rock, my castle and my deliverer. God is my strength, and in him will I trust: my shield and the horn that defendeth me: mine high hold and refuge.}
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His glory covereth the heavens, and the earth is full of his praise. His shine is as the sun, and beams of light go out of his hands; there is his power hid.
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Horns » Illustrative » Of power of ephraim, &c
His beauty is as a firstborn ox and his horns as the horns of an unicorn. And with them he shall push the nations together, even unto the ends of the world. These are the many thousands of Ephraim and the thousands of Manasseh."
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Horns » Illustrative » (raising up,) of arrogance
I said unto the fools, "Deal not so madly," and to the ungodly, "Set not up your horn. Set not up your horn on high, and speak not with a stiff neck."
Horns » Illustrative » (bringing down,) of degradation
I have sewed a sackcloth upon my skin, and lie with my strength in the dust.
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Iron » Illustrative » Of severe affliction
For the LORD took you and brought you out of the iron furnace of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as it is come to pass this day.
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Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being fast bound in misery and iron,
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Iron » Illustrative » Of severe exercise of power
and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and as the vessels of a potter, shall he break them to shivers. Even as I received of my father.
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Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of iron, and break them in pieces like a potter's vessel."
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Iron » Illustrative » Of strength
his legs were of iron, his feet were part of iron and part of earth.
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The fourth kingdom shall be as strong as iron. For like as iron bruiseth and breaketh all things: Yea even as iron beateth everything down, so shall it beat down and destroy.
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Iron » Illustrative » Of a hard barren soil
"And the heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee, iron.
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Iron » Illustrative » (seared with,) of insensibility of conscience
and devilish doctrine of them which speak false through hypocrisy, and have their consciences marked with a hot iron,
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Iron » Illustrative » Of stubbornness
Howbeit, I knew that thou art obstinate, and that thy neck hath an iron vein, and thy brow is of brass.
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Jerusalem » Illustrative » Of the church glorified
And I, John, saw that holy city, new Jerusalem, come down from God out of heaven prepared as a bride garnished for her husband.
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Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out. And I will write upon him, the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God and I will write upon him my new name.
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And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and a high mountain, and he showed me the great city, holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
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Jerusalem » Illustrative » Of the church
- For mount Sinai is called Hagar in Arabia, and bordereth upon the city which is now Jerusalem - and is in bondage with her children. But Jerusalem, which is above, is free: which is the mother of us all.
Jerusalem » Illustrative » (its strong position,) of saints under God's protection
The hills stand about Jerusalem; even so standeth the LORD round about his people, from this time forth for evermore.
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Lambs » Illustrative » Of any thing dear or cherished
Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do wickedness in his sight? Thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword and hast taken his wife to thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
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But the poor had nothing, save one little lamb which he bought and nourished up. And it grew up with him and his children, and did eat of his own meat and drank of his own cup, and slept in his bosom, and was as dear unto him as his daughter.
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Lambs » Illustrative » Of Christ as a sacrifice
The next day, John saw Jesus coming unto him, and said, "Behold, the lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
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And I beheld, and lo, in the midst of the seat and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a lamb as though he had been killed, which had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the spirits of God, sent into all the world.
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Lambs » Illustrative » Of the lord's people
Then shall the wolf dwell with the lamb, and the Leopard shall lie down by the goat. Bullocks, Lions and cattle shall keep company together, so that a little child shall rule them.
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Then shall the sheep eat their appointed fodder; and the rich mens' lands, that were laid waste, shall strangers devour.
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Lambs » Illustrative » Of weak believers
When they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon the son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these?" He said unto him, "Yea Lord, thou knowest, that I love thee." He said unto him, "Feed my lambs."
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He shall feed his flock like a herdsman. He shall gather the lambs together with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall kindly entreat those that bear young.
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Lambs » Illustrative » (patience of,) of the patience of Christ
He suffered wrong and was evil entreated, and yet opened not his mouth: he was as a sheep led to be slain: and as a lamb before his shearer, he was dumb and opened not his mouth.
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The tenor of the scripture which he read was this, "He was led as a sheep to be slain: And like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth.
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Lambs » Illustrative » (brought to slaughter,) of the wicked under judgments
I shall carry them down to be slain like sheep, like whethers and goats.
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Lambs » Illustrative » Of purity of Christ
but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb undefiled, and without spot,
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Lambs » Illustrative » (consumed in sacrifice,) of complete destruction of the wicked
As for the ungodly, they shall perish. and the enemies of the LORD shall consume as the fat of lambs; yea, even as the smoke shall they consume away.
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Lambs » Illustrative » (deserted and exposed,) of israel deprived of God's protection
For Israel is gone back like a wanton cow. The LORD therefore shall make her feed, as the lamb that goeth astray.
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Lambs » Illustrative » (among wolves,) of ministers among the unGodly
Go your ways. Behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
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Lamps » Illustrative » (put out,) of destruction of the wicked
"How oft shall the candle of the wicked be put out? How oft cometh their destruction upon them? Oh what sorrow shall God give them for their part in his wrath!
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Shall not the light of the ungodly be put out? Yea, the flame of his fire shall not burn.
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The light of the righteous maketh joyful; but the candle of the ungodly shall be put out.
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Lamps » Illustrative » Of omniscience of Christ
His body was like the Chrisolite stone; his face, to look upon, was like lightning; his eyes as the flame of fire; his arms and feet were like fair glistering metal; but the voice of his words was like the voice of a multitude.
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His head and his hairs were white, as white wool, and as snow: and his eyes were as a flame of fire:
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Lamps » Illustrative » Of the word of God
{Nun} Thy word is a lantern unto my feet and a light unto my paths.
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For the commandment is a lantern, and the law a light: yea, chastening and nurture is the way of life:
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Lamps » Illustrative » Of a succession of heirs
Nevertheless, for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a light in Jerusalem; that he set up his son after him to continue Jerusalem,
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and will give his son one, that David my servant may have a light always before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me, to put my name there.
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Lamps » Illustrative » Of God's guidance
Thou also shalt light my candle; the LORD my God shall make my darkness to be light. {TYNDALE: Thou art my light, O LORD, and the LORD shall light my darkness.}
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Thou art my light, O LORD, and the LORD shall light my darkness.
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Lamps » Illustrative » Of salvation of God
For Zion's sake therefore will I not hold my tongue, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not cease: until their righteousness break forth as a shining light, and their salvation as a burning lamp.
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When the sun was down and it was waxed dark, behold, there was a smoking furnace and a fire brand that went between the said pieces.
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Lamps » Illustrative » Of severe judgments
And the third angel blew, and there fell a great star from heaven burning as it were a lamp, and it fell into the third part of the rivers, and into fountains of waters,
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Lamps » Illustrative » (totally quenched,) of complete destruction of those who curse parents
Whoso curseth his father and mother, his light shall be put out in the midst of darkness.
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Lamps » Illustrative » Of graces of the holy ghost
And out of the seat proceeded lightnings, and thunderings, and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire, burning before the seat, which are the seven spirits of God.
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Lamps » Illustrative » Of spirit of man
The lantern of the LORD is the breath of man; and goeth through all the inward parts of the body.
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Lamps » Illustrative » Of wise rulers
But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him and smote the Philistine and killed him. Then the servants of David sware unto him, saying, "Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that the light of Israel be not put out."
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Lamps » Illustrative » Of glory of the cherubim
And the similitude of the beasts and the fashion of them was as burning coals of fire and as fire brands, walking between the beasts. And the fire did shine, and out of the fire proceeded lightning.
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Lamps » Illustrative » Of ministers
He was a burning, and a shining light; and ye would for a season have rejoiced in his light.
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Lebanon » Illustrative » (fragrance of,) of the graces of the church
Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb; yea, milk and honey is under thy tongue, and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of frankincense.
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His branches shall run out, and as an olive tree shall his glory be, and his savour as Lebanon. They that shall turn and sit in his shadow, shall live with corn, and flourish as vines. His renown shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
Lebanon » Illustrative » Of the jewish nation
thou that dwellest upon Lebanon, and makest thy nest in the Cedar's trees. O how great shall thy mourning be, when thy sorrows come upon thee, as a woman travailing with child?
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For thus hath the LORD spoken upon the king's house of Judah: Thou art the head, as Gilead is in Lebanon: What wilt thou lay of it, if I make thee and thy cities also not so waste that no man shall dwell therein?
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Lebanon » Illustrative » Of great and powerful monarchs
The thorns of the wood shall be rooted out with iron, and Lebanon shall have a mighty fall.
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Therefore thus sayeth the LORD God of Hosts, "Thou my people, that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid for the king of the Assyrians: He shall wag his staff at thee, yea and beat thee with the rod, as the Egyptians did sometimes:
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Lebanon » Illustrative » (glory of,) of the glory of the church
She shall flourish pleasantly, and be joyful, and ever be giving thanks more and more. For the glory of Lebanon, the beauty of Carmel and Sharon shall be given her. These shall know the honour of the LORD, and the majesty of our God.
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The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee: The fir trees, Boxes and Cedars together, to garnish the place of my Sanctuary, for I will glorify the place of my feet.
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Lebanon » Illustrative » Of the temple
Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may consume thy cedar trees.
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Lebanon » Illustrative » (mourning of,) of deep affliction
Moreover, thus sayeth the LORD God: In the day when he goeth down to the grave, I will cause a lamentation to be made, I will cover the deep upon him, I will staunch his floods, and the great waters shall be restrained. I shall cause Lebanon to be sorrowful for his sake, and all the trees of the field shall be smitten.
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Lebanon » Illustrative » Of the gentile world
See ye not that it is hard at hand, that Lebanon shall be turned into a low field, and that the low field shall be as the wood?
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Lebanon » Illustrative » (shaking of its forests,) of prodigious growth of the church
There shall be a heap of corn in the earth, high upon the hills; his fruit shall shake like Lebanon, and shall be green in the city like grass upon the earth.
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Leopard » Illustrative » Of antiChrist
And the beast which I saw, was like a cat of the mountain, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave him his power and his seat, and great authority:
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Leopard » Illustrative » (tamed,) of the wicked subdued by the gospel
Then shall the wolf dwell with the lamb, and the Leopard shall lie down by the goat. Bullocks, Lions and cattle shall keep company together, so that a little child shall rule them.
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Leopard » Illustrative » Of the macedonian empire
Then I looked, and behold, there was another like unto a leopard: this had wings as a fowl, even four upon the back. This beast had four heads, and there was power given him.
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Leopard » Illustrative » Of God in his judgments
Therefore will I be unto them as a lion, and as a leopard in the way to the Assyrians.
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Lions » Illustrative » Of God in executing judgments
{Daleth} He layeth wait for me like a Bear, and as a lion in a hole.
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I will come upon them as a she bear, that is robbed of her whelps, and I will break that stubborn heart of theirs. There will I devour them as a lion: yea the wild beast shall tear them.
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I am unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a lion's whelp to the house of Judah. Even I, I will spoil them, and go my way. I will take them with me, and no man shall rescue them.
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I thought I would have lived unto the morrow, but he bruised my bones like a lion, and made an end of me in one day.
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Lions » Illustrative » Of cruel and powerful enemies
Behold, like as the Lion cometh up from the pleasant meadows of Jordan unto the green pastures of Etham, so will I drive him, and make him run against her. But who is the young man that I will ordain thereto? Who is like unto me? What is he that will strive with me? What shepherd may stand in my hands?
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Their cry is as it were of a lion, and the roaring of them like lion's whelps. They shall roar, and haunch up the prey, and no man shall recover it or get it from them.
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They shall roar together like lions, and as the young lions when they be angry, so shall they bend themselves.
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Lions » Illustrative » Of imaginary fears of the slothful
The slothful body sayeth, "There is a lion without, I might be slain in the street."
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The slothful sayeth, "There is a leopard in the way, and a lion in the midst of the streets."
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Lions » Illustrative » (roaring of,) of a king's wrath
The king's disfavor is like the roaring of a Lion, but his friendship is like the dew upon the grass.
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The king ought to be feared as the roaring of a lion; whoso provoketh him unto anger, offendeth against his own soul.
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Lions » Illustrative » Of brave men
Saul and Jonathan lovely and pleasant in their lives, were in their deaths not divided; men swifter than Eagles and stronger than Lions.
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Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada the son of a lusty man valiant in acts of Kabzeel, he slew two lions of Moab. He went down and slew a lion in a pit in time of snow.
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Lions » Illustrative » Of persecutors
notwithstanding the Lord assisted me, and strengthed me, that by me the preaching should be fulfilled to the utmost and that all the gentiles should hear. And I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
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They gape upon me with their mouths, as it were a rampaging and a roaring lion.
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Lions » Illustrative » (tamed,) of the natural man subdued by grace
The cow and the Bear shall feed together, and their young ones shall lie together. The Lion shall eat straw like the ox, or the cow.
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The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat hay like the bullock. But earth shall be the serpent's meat. There shall no man hurt nor slay another, in all my holy hill, sayeth the LORD.
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Lions » Illustrative » Of the tribe of gad
And unto Gad he said, "Blessed is the room-maker Gad. He dwelleth as a lion that catcheth the arm with the of the head.
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Lions » Illustrative » Of Christ
And one of the elders said unto me, "Weep not. Behold, a lion being of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, hath obtained to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof."
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Lions » Illustrative » Of boldness of saints
The ungodly fleeth, no man chasing him; but the righteous standeth stiff as a lion.
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Lions » Illustrative » Of the tribe of judah
Judah is a lion's whelp. From spoil, my son, thou art come on high: he laid him down and couched himself as a lion, and as a lioness. Who dare stir him up?
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Lions » Illustrative » Of israel
He couched himself and lay down as a lion and as a lioness; who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee."
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Lions » Illustrative » Of God in protecting his church
For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, "Like as the lion or lion's whelps roareth upon the prey that he hath gotten, and is not afraid though the multitude of shepherds cry out upon him, neither abashed for all the heap of them: So shall the LORD of Hosts come down from the mount Zion, and defend his hill.
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Lions » Illustrative » Of the devil
Be sober, and watch. For your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
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Locusts » Illustrative » Of destructive enemies
Yea, a mighty and an innumerable people shall come up into my land: these have teeth like the teeth of Lions, and chaftbones like the lioness.
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a dark and gloomy day, a cloudy and black day. As the morning is spread over the mountains, so it this populous and strong people: such as have not been since the beginning, neither shall be after them for evermore. Before him shall be a consuming fire, and behind him a burning flame. The land shall be as a garden of pleasure before him, but behind him shall it be a very waste wilderness, and there is no man, that shall escape him. They are to look upon like bairded horses, and run like horsemen. read more.
They skipped up upon the hills, as it were the sound of chariots; as the flame of fire that consumeth the straw, and as a mighty people ready to the battle. The folk shall be afraid of him, all faces shall be as black as a pot. These shall run like giants, and leap over the walls like men of war. Every man in his going will keep his array, and not go out of his Path. There shall not one drive another, but each shall keep his own way. They shall break in at the windows, and not be hurt: They shall come into the city, and run upon the walls; They shall climb up upon the houses, and slip in at the windows like a thief.
They skipped up upon the hills, as it were the sound of chariots; as the flame of fire that consumeth the straw, and as a mighty people ready to the battle. The folk shall be afraid of him, all faces shall be as black as a pot. These shall run like giants, and leap over the walls like men of war. Every man in his going will keep his array, and not go out of his Path. There shall not one drive another, but each shall keep his own way. They shall break in at the windows, and not be hurt: They shall come into the city, and run upon the walls; They shall climb up upon the houses, and slip in at the windows like a thief.
Locusts » Illustrative » Of false teachers of the apostacy
And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: And unto them was given power as the scorpions of the earth have power.
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Locusts » Illustrative » (destruction of,) of destruction of God's enemies
yet the fire shall consume thee, the sword shall destroy thee. Yea, as the locust doth, so shall it eat thee up. It shall fall heavily upon thee as the locusts, yea right heavily shall it fall upon thee, even as the grasshoppers.
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Locusts » Illustrative » Of unGodly rulers
Thy lords are as the grasshoppers, and thy captains as the multitude of grasshoppers: which when they be cold, remain in the hedges: but when the Sun is up, they flee away, and no man can tell where they are become.
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Measures » Illustrative » (drinking water, by measure) of severe famine
And he said unto me, "Behold thou son of man, I will minish all the provision of bread in Jerusalem, so that they shall weigh their bread, and eat it with scarceness. But as for water, they shall have a very little measure thereof, to drink.
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Thou shalt drink also a certain measure of water: Namely, the sixth part of a Hin shalt thou drink daily from the beginning to the end.
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Measures » Illustrative » (weighing the waters in a measure,) of God's infinite wisdom
But God seeth her way, and knoweth her place.
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When he weighed the winds, and measured the waters;
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Measures » Illustrative » (the measure of the stature of Christ,) of perfection
till we, everyone - in the unity of faith, and knowledge of the son of God - grow up unto a perfect man, after the measure of age which is of the fullness of Christ:
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Measures » Illustrative » (correcting in measure,) of mitigated afflictions
For I am with thee, to help thee, sayeth the LORD. And though I shall destroy all the people among whom I have scattered thee, yet will I not destroy thee, but correct thee, and that with discretion. For I know, that thou art in no wise without fault.
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Measures » Illustrative » (measuring the dust of the earth,) of God's greatness
"Who hath holden the waters in his fist? Who hath measured heaven with his span, and hath comprehended all the earth of the world in three measures? Who hath weighed the mountains and hills in a balance?
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Measures » Illustrative » (opening the mouth without measure,) of the insatiableness of hell
Therefore gapeth hell, and openeth her mouth marvelous wide: that their pride, boasting, and wealth, with such as rejoice therein, may descend into it.
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Measures » Illustrative » (drinking tears in great measure,) of severe afflictions
Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, yea thou hast given them plenteousness of tears to drink.
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Measures » Illustrative » (the measure of our days,) of the shortness of life
"LORD, let me know mine end, and the number of my days: that I may be certified how long I have to live.
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Mills » Illustrative » (ceasing,) of desolation
And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more in thee: and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee, and the sound of a mill shall be heard no more in thee,
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Moreover, I will take from them the voice of gladness and solace, the voice of the bridegroom and the bride, the voice of the anointed, with the cressets:
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Mills » Illustrative » (grinding at,) of degradation, &c
But as for thee O daughter, thou virgin Babylon, thou shalt sit in the dust. Thou shalt sit upon the ground, and not in a throne, O thou maiden of Chaldea. Thou shalt no more be called tender and pleasant. Thou shalt bring forth the quern and grind meal, put down thy stomacher, make bare thy knees, and shalt wade through the water rivers.
Moon » Illustrative » (withdrawing her light,) of deep calamities
Immediately after the tribulations of those days, shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven shall move.
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For the stars and planets of heaven shall not give their light; the sun shall be quenched in the rising, and the moon will not shine with his light.
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The earth shall quake before him, yea the heavens shall be moved; The Sun and Moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shine.
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The sun and moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their light.
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Moon » Illustrative » Of fairness of the church
What is she, this that peepeth out as the morning, fair as the moon, excellent as the sun, glorious as an army of men with their banners?
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Moon » Illustrative » Of changeableness of the world
And there appeared a great wonder in heaven. A woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars.
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Moon » Illustrative » (becoming blood,) of judgments
And I beheld when he opened the sixth seal, and lo there was a great earthquake, and the sun was as black as sackcloth made of hair. And the moon waxed even as blood:
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Moon » Illustrative » Of glory of Christ in the church
Thy Sun shall never go down, and thy Moon shall not be taken away, for the LORD himself shall be thine everlasting light, and thy sorrowful days shall be rewarded thee.
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Morning » Illustrative » (breaking forth,) of the glory of the church
What is she, this that peepeth out as the morning, fair as the moon, excellent as the sun, glorious as an army of men with their banners?
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Then should the light break out as doth the dayspring, and then health should shortly bud out. And thy righteousness shall go before thee, and the glory of the LORD would come upon thee.
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Morning » Illustrative » (star of,) of the glory of Christ
"I, Jesus, sent mine angel, to testify unto you these things in the congregations. I am the root and the generation of David, and the bright morning star."
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Morning » Illustrative » (star of,) of reward of saints
And so will I give him the morning star.
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Morning » Illustrative » (wings of,) of rapid movements
If I take the wings of the morning, and remain in the uttermost part of the sea,
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Morning » Illustrative » Of the resurrection day
They lie in the hell like sheep, death gnaweth upon them, and the righteous shall have domination of them in the morning. Their beauty shall consume in the sepulchre, and hell shall be their dwelling.
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Morning » Illustrative » (clouds in,) of the short lived profession of hypocrites
O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, how shall I entreat thee? Seeing your love is like a morning cloud, and like a dew that goeth early away.
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Morning » Illustrative » (spread upon the mountains,) of heavy calamities
a dark and gloomy day, a cloudy and black day. As the morning is spread over the mountains, so it this populous and strong people: such as have not been since the beginning, neither shall be after them for evermore.
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Moths » Illustrative » (eating a garment,) of God's judgments
Behold, the LORD God standeth by me: what is he that can condemn me? Lo, they shall be all like as an old cloth, which the moths shall eat up.
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For worms shall eat them as a garment, and moths shall devour them as it were wool. But my righteousness shall continue ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
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Moths » Illustrative » Of God in the execution of his judgments
Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as a caterpillar.
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Moths » Illustrative » (making its house in garments,) of man's folly in providing earthly things
His house shall endure as the moth, and as a booth that the watchman maketh.
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Moths » Illustrative » (garments eaten by,) of those who have suffered severe judgments
Whereas I, notwithstanding, must consume like as a foul carrion, and as a cloth that is moth eaten.
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Mountains » Illustrative » Of difficulties
Jesus said unto them, "Because of your unbelief. For I say verily unto you, if ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye should say unto this mountain, remove hence to yonder place, and he should remove: Neither should any thing be impossible for you to do.
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What art thou, thou great mountain, before Zerubbabel? Thou must be made even. And he shall bring up the first stone so that men shall cry unto him, 'Good luck, good luck!''
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Let all valleys be exalted, and every mountain and hill be laid low. Whatso is crooked, let it be made straight, and let the rough places be made plain fields.
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Mountains » Illustrative » Of the church of God
Then was the iron, the earth, the copper, the silver and gold broken altogether in pieces: and became like the chaff of corn, that the wind bloweth away from the summer floors, that they can no more be found. But the stone that smote the Image, became a great mountain, which fulfilleth the whole earth.
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It shall come to pass in the last days that the mount of the house of the LORD, shall be set in the top of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills: and all nations shall resort thereto.
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In the days of these kings, shall the God of heaven set up an everlasting kingdom, which shall not perish, and his kingdom shall not be given over to another people. Yea, the same shall break and destroy all these kingdoms, but it shall endure forever. And whereas thou sawest that without any hands there was cut out of the mount a stone, which brake the iron, the copper, the earth, the silver and gold in pieces: by that hath the great God showed the king, what will come after this. This is a true dream, and the interpretation of it is sure."
Mountains » Illustrative » (burning,) of destructive enemies
"Behold, I come upon thee, thou noisesome hill, sayeth the LORD; thou that destroyest all lands. I will stretch out my hand over thee, and cast thee down from the stony rocks; and will make thee a burnt hill,
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And the second angel blew: and as it were a great mountain: burning with fire was cast into the sea, and the third part of the sea turned to blood,
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Mountains » Illustrative » (breaking forth into singing,) of exceeding joy
Be glad ye heavens, whom the LORD hath made, let all that is here beneath upon the earth, be joyful. Rejoice ye mountains and woods, with all the trees that are in you: for the LORD shall redeem Jacob, and show his glory upon Israel.
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And so shall ye go forth with joy, and be lead with peace. The mountains and hills shall sing with you for joy, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
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Mountains » Illustrative » (made waste,) of desolation
and hated Esau: Yea I have made his hills waste, and his heritage a wilderness for dragons."
I will make waste both mountain and hill, and dry up every green thing that groweth thereon. I will dry up the floods of water, and drink up the rivers.
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Mountains » Illustrative » Of persons in authority
Be glad ye heavens, whom the LORD hath made, let all that is here beneath upon the earth, be joyful. Rejoice ye mountains and woods, with all the trees that are in you: for the LORD shall redeem Jacob, and show his glory upon Israel.
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The mountains also shall bring peace, and the little hills righteousness unto the people.
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Mountains » Illustrative » (threshing of,) of heavy judgments
Behold, I will make thee a treading cart and a new flail, that thou mayest thresh and grind the mountains, and bring the hills to powder.
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Mountains » Illustrative » Of proud and haughty persons
upon all high hills, and upon all stout mountains,
Mountains » Illustrative » Of God's righteousness
Thy righteousness standeth like the strong mountains; thy judgments are like the great deep. Thou, LORD, shalt save both man and beast.
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Mountains » Illustrative » (dropping new wine,) of abundance
"Behold, the days will come," saith the LORD, "that the earer shall overtake the reaper, and treader of grapes the sower of seed. And the mountains shall drop sweetness, and the hills shall be earable.
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Music » Illustrative » Of joy and gladness
for the LORD thy God is with thee. It is he that hath power to save: he hath a special pleasure in thee, and a marvelous love toward thee: yea he rejoiceth over thee with gladness."
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speaking unto yourselves in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord in your hearts,
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Music » Illustrative » Of heavenly felicity
And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and twenty four elders fell down before the lamb, having harps and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints, and they sung a new song saying, "Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof, for thou wast killed, and hast redeemed us by thy blood, out of all kindreds, and tongues, and people, and nations,
Music » Illustrative » (ceasing of,) of calamities
The mirth of tabrets shall be laid down, the cheer of the joyful shall cease, and the pleasure of lutes shall have an end: there shall no more wine be drunk with mirth, the beer shall be bitter to them that drink it;
Oak Trees » Illustrative » Of wicked rulers
upon all high and stout Cedar trees of Lebanon, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,
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Howl ye Fir trees, for the cedar is fallen, yea all the proud are wasted away. Howl, O ye oak trees of Bashan, for the mighty strong wood is cut down.
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Oak Trees » Illustrative » (fading,) of the wicked under judgments
Ye shall be as an oak whose leaves are fallen away, and as a garden that hath no moistness.
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Oak Trees » Illustrative » Of the church
Nevertheless, the tenth part shall remain therein, for it shall convert and be fruitful. And likewise as the Terebinths and Oak trees in winter cast their leaves and yet have their sap in them, so shall the holy seed continue in their substance."
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Oak Trees » Illustrative » Of strong and powerful men
"'Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, that was as high as the Cedar trees, and as strong as the oaks: notwithstanding I destroyed his fruit from above and his root from under.
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Olive Trees » Illustrative » (when wild,) of the gentiles
For if thou wast cut out of a natural wild olive tree, and wast grafted contrary to nature in a true olive tree: how much more shall the natural branches be graffed in their own olive tree again?
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Though some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, art graft in among them, and made partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
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Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of Christ
For if thou wast cut out of a natural wild olive tree, and wast grafted contrary to nature in a true olive tree: how much more shall the natural branches be graffed in their own olive tree again?
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Though some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, art graft in among them, and made partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
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Olive Trees » Illustrative » (gleaning of,) of the remnant of grace
Some gathering indeed shall there be left in it, even as in the shaking of an olive tree, there remain two of three berries in the upper bough, and four or five in the branches. Thus the LORD God of Israel hath spoken.
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For it shall happen unto all lands and to all people, like as when a man smiteth down the olives, that are left upon the tree: or seeketh after grapes, when the wine gathering is out.
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Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of the righteous
As for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God, my trust is in the tender mercy of God for ever and ever.
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His branches shall run out, and as an olive tree shall his glory be, and his savour as Lebanon.
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Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of the two witnesses
"And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth." These are two olive trees, and two candlesticks, standing before the God of the earth.
Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of the jewish church
The LORD called thee a green olive tree, a fair one, a fruitful one, a goodly one: but now that there is a contrary report of thee abroad, he will burn thee up, and destroy thy branches.
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Olive Trees » Illustrative » Probable origin of its being the emblem of peace
and the dove came to him again about eventide, and behold: there was in her mouth a leaf of an olive tree which she had plucked, whereby Noah perceived that the waters were abated upon the earth.
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Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of children of pious parents
Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine upon the walls of thy house, thy children like the olive branches round about thy table.
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Ostriches » Illustrative » Of the unnatural cruelty of the jews in their calamities
{Gimel} The Dragons give their young ones suck with bare breasts: but the daughter of my people is cruel, and dwelleth in the wilderness like the Ostriches.
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Ostriches » Illustrative » (companionship with,) of extreme desolation
But now I am a companion of dragons, and a fellow of ostriches.
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Oxen » Illustrative » (prepared for a feast,) of the provision of the gospel
Again he sent forth other servants, saying, 'Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner, mine oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready; come unto the marriage.'
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She hath killed her victuals, poured out her wine, and prepared her table.
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Oxen » Illustrative » (engaged in husbandry,) of ministers
O how happy shall ye be, when ye shall safely sow your seed beside all waters, and drive thither the feet of your oxen and asses.
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yea, thine oxen and Mules that till the ground, shall eat good fodder which is purged with the fan.
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Oxen » Illustrative » (not muzzled in treading corn,) of minister's right to support
For it is written in the law of Moses, "Thou shall not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn." Doth God take thought for oxen? Either saith he it not altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he which eareth should ear in hope: and that he which thresheth in hope, should be partaker of his hope.
Oxen » Illustrative » (led to slaughter,) of saints under persecution
But I, as a meek lamb, was carried away to be slain: not knowing, that they had devised such a counsel against me saying, "We will destroy his meat with wood, and drive him out of the land of the living: that his name shall never be thought upon."
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Oxen » Illustrative » (stall fed,) of sumptuous living
Better is a mess of pottage with love; than a fat ox with evil will.
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Oxen » Illustrative » (led to slaughter,) of a rash youth
suddenly to follow her - as it were an ox to the slaughter, and like as it were a fool that laugheth when he goeth to the stocks to be punished -
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Plowing » Illustrative » Of peace and prosperity
And he shall be judge among the heathen and tell many nations their faults. And they shall turn their swords into mattocks and their spears into scythes. One nation shall not lift up a sword against another, neither shall they teach to war any more.
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And shall give sentence among the multitude of the Heathen and reform the people of far countries: so that of their swords they shall make plowshares, and scythes of their spears. One people shall not lift up a sword against another, yea they shall no more learn to fight.
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Plowing » Illustrative » Of a course of sin
For, as I have proved by experience, they that plow iniquity and sow wretchedness, reap the same.
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But now they have plowed them wickedness, therefore shall they reap sin, and eat the fruit of lies. Seeing thou puttest thy confidence in thine own ways, and leanest to the multitude of thy worthies:
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Plowing » Illustrative » Of the labor ministers
Either saith he it not altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he which eareth should ear in hope: and that he which thresheth in hope, should be partaker of his hope.
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Plowing » Illustrative » Of repentance and reformation
For thus sayeth the LORD, to all Judah and Jerusalem, "Plow your land, and sow not among the thorns.
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Plowing » Illustrative » Of a severe course of affliction
Ephraim was unto me, as a cow that is used to go to plow; therefore I loved him, and fell upon his fair neck. I drove Ephraim, Judah plowed, and Jacob played the husbandman:
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Plowing » Illustrative » (attention and constancy required in,) of continued devotedness
Jesus said unto him, "No man that putteth his hand to the plough, and looketh back, is apt to the kingdom of God."
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Pomegranate-trees » Illustrative » Of saints
I went down into the nut garden, to see what grew by the brooks, to look if the vineyard flourished, and if the pomegranates were shot forth.
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In the morning will we rise betimes, and go see the vineyard: if it be sprung forth, if the grapes be grown, and if the pomegranates be shot out. There will I give thee my breasts;
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Pomegranate-trees » Illustrative » (fruit of,) of the graces of the church
Thy lips are like a rose colored ribbon, thy words are lovely: thy cheeks are like a piece of a pomegranate, within thine hairs.
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Thy cheeks are like a piece of a pomegranate, within thy volupers.
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Pomegranate-trees » Illustrative » (an orchard of,) of the church
The fruits that sprout in thee are like a very Paradise of pomegranates with sweet fruits:
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Pools and ponds » Illustrative » (in the wilderness,) of the gifts of the spirit
I bring forth floods in the hills, and wells in the plain fields. I turn the wilderness to rivers, and the dry land to conduits of water.
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The dry ground shall turn to rivers, and the thirsty to springs of water. Whereas dragons dwelt afore, there shall grow sweet flowers and green rushes.
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Pools and ponds » Illustrative » (turning cities into,) of great desolation
and will give it to the Otters, and will make water puddles of it. and I will sweep them out with the broom of destruction, sayeth the LORD of Hosts.
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Pools and ponds » Illustrative » Of nineveh
Nineveh is like a pool full of water, but then shall they be fain to flee. "Stand, stand," shall they cry, and there shall not one turn back.
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Rain » Illustrative » Of spiritual blessings
who going through the vale of misery use it for a well; and the pools are filled with water.
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Thou, O God sendest a gracious rain upon thine inheritance, and refreshest it when it is dry.
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Good fortune and prosperity will I give them, and unto all that be round about my hill. A prosperous shower and rain will I send them in due season,
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Rain » Illustrative » (destructive,) of God's judgments
Upon the ungodly he shall rain snares, fire, brimstone, storm and tempest: this shall be their portion to drink.
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With pestilence and blood will I punish him: stormy rain and hail stones, fire and brimstone, will I cause to rain upon him and all his heap, yea and upon all that great people that is with him.
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"For though the wicked have never so much to fill his belly, yet God shall send his wrath upon him, and cause his indignation to rain over him:
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Rain » Illustrative » Of Christ in the communication of his graces
He shall come down like the rain into a fleece of wool, even as the drops that water the earth.
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Then shall we have understanding, and endeavor ourselves to know the LORD. He shall go forth as the spring of the day, and come unto us as the evening and morning rain upon the earth."
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Rain » Illustrative » Of the doctrine of faithful ministers
My doctrine drop, as doth the rain; and my speech flow, as doth the dew - as the mizzling upon the herbs, and as the drops upon the grass.
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Rain » Illustrative » Of the word of God
And like as the rain and snow cometh down from heaven, and returneth not thither again, but watereth the earth, maketh it fruitful and green, that it may give corn and bread unto the sower: So the word also that cometh out of my mouth shall not turn again void unto me, but shall accomplish my will and prosper in the thing, whereto I sent it.
Rain » Illustrative » (destructive,) of a poor man oppressing the poor
One poor man oppressing another by violence, is like a continual rain that destroyeth the fruit.
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Rain » Illustrative » Of righteousness
that they might sow unto righteousness, and reap the fruits of well doing: that they might plow up their fresh land and seek the LORD, till he came, and learned them righteousness.
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Rings » Illustrative » Of the glory of Christ
His hands are like gold rings, having enclosed the precious stone of Tarshish; His body is as the pure ivory, decked over with Sapphires.
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Rings » Illustrative » (put on the hands,) of favor
But his father said to his servants, 'Bring forth that best garment, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet.
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Rivers » Illustrative » (drying up of,) of God's judgments
He shall go upon the sea of trouble, and smite the sea waves: so that all the deep floods shall be dried up. The proud boasting of Assyria shall be cast down, and the scepter of Egypt shall be taken away.
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When he reproveth the sea, he drieth it up, and turneth all the floods to dry land. Bashan is desolate, Carmel and the pleasure of Lebanon wasteth away.
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Therefore thus sayeth the LORD: Behold, I will defend thy cause, and avenge thee: I will drink up her sea, and dry up her water springs.
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This is the heavy burden upon Egypt: Behold, the LORD will ride upon a swift cloud, and come into Egypt. And the idols of Egypt shall tremble at his coming, and the heart of Egypt shall quake within her. And I will stir up the Egyptians one against another among themselves, so that one shall be ever against his brother and neighbour, yea one city against another, and one kingdom against another. And Egypt shall be choked in herself. When they ask counsel at their idols, at their sorcerors, at their soothsayers and witches: then will I bring their counsel to naught. read more.
I will deliver Egypt also into the hands of grievous rulers, and a cruel king shall have the rule of them. The water of the sea shall be drawn out, the Nile shall sink away, and be drunk up. The rivers also shall be drawn out, the wells shall decrease and dry away. Reed and rush shall fail, the grass by the waterside or upon the river bank, yea and whatsoever is sown by the waters, shall be withered, destroyed, and brought to naught. The fishers shall mourn, all such as cast angles in the water shall complain, and they that spread their nets in the water shall be faint hearted.
I will deliver Egypt also into the hands of grievous rulers, and a cruel king shall have the rule of them. The water of the sea shall be drawn out, the Nile shall sink away, and be drunk up. The rivers also shall be drawn out, the wells shall decrease and dry away. Reed and rush shall fail, the grass by the waterside or upon the river bank, yea and whatsoever is sown by the waters, shall be withered, destroyed, and brought to naught. The fishers shall mourn, all such as cast angles in the water shall complain, and they that spread their nets in the water shall be faint hearted.
Rivers » Illustrative » Of the gifts and graces of the holy spirit
The rivers of the flood thereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy dwelling of the most highest.
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I bring forth floods in the hills, and wells in the plain fields. I turn the wilderness to rivers, and the dry land to conduits of water.
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Behold, I shall make a new thing, and shortly shall it appear. Ye shall well know it; I told it you afore, but I will tell it you again. I will make streets in the desert, and rivers of water in the wilderness. The wild beasts shall worship me: the dragon, and the Ostrich. For I shall give water in the wilderness, and streams in the desert: that I may give drink to my people, whom I choose.
Rivers » Illustrative » (overflowing of,) of God's judgments
Behold, the strength and power of the LORD shall break into the land on every side, like a tempest of hail that beareth down strongholds, and like a horrible, mighty and overflowing water.
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Behold, the Lord shall bring mighty and great floods of water upon them: namely, the king of the Assyrians with all his power. Which shall pour out his furiousness upon every man, and run over all their banks.
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Thus the covenant that ye have made with death shall be done away: and the condition that ye made with hell, shall not stand. Yea, when the sore plague goeth forth, ye shall be trodden down under it.
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Rivers » Illustrative » (fruitfulness of trees planted by,) of the permanent prosperity of saints
And he shall be like a tree planted by the waterside, that will bring forth his fruit in due season. His leaf, also, shall not wither; and, look, whatsoever he doeth, it shall prosper.
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For he shall be as a tree, that is planted by the waterside: which spreadeth out the root unto moistness, whom the heat cannot harm, when it cometh, but his leaves are green. And though there grow but little fruit because of drought yet is he not careful, but he never leaveth off to bring forth fruit.
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Rivers » Illustrative » Of heavy afflictions
I stick fast in the deep mire, where no ground is; I am come into deep waters, so that the floods run over me.
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If thou goest through the water, I will be with thee, that the strong floods should not pluck thee away. When thou walkest in the fire, it shall not burn thee, and the flame shall not kindle upon thee.
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Rivers » Illustrative » Of the abundance of grace in Christ
He shall be unto men, as a defense for the wind, and as a refuge for the tempest, like as a river of water in a thirsty place, and the shadow of a great rock in a dry land.
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And of his fullness have all we received, even grace for grace.
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Rivers » Illustrative » Of abundance
so that he shall no more see the rivers, and brooks of honey and butter.
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When my ways ran over with butter, and when the stony rocks gave me rivers of oil;
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Rivers » Illustrative » (steady course of,) of peace of saints
For thus sayeth the LORD: behold, I will let peace into her, like a water flood, and the might of the Heathen like a flowing stream. Then shall ye suck, ye shall be born upon her sides, and be joyful upon her knees.
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Rivers » Illustrative » Of people flying from judgments
Go through thy land, O thou daughter of the sea, as men go over the water; for thou hast no more strength.
Sackcloth » Illustrative » (girding with,) of heavy afflictions
And at the same time shall the LORD of Hosts call men to weeping, mourning, to baldness and a putting on of sackcloth.
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And instead of good smell there shall be stink among them. And for their girdles there shall be loose bands. And for well set hair there shall be baldness. Instead of a stomacher, a sackcloth; and for their beauty, witheredness and sunburning.
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O ye rich idle cities, ye that fear no peril: ye shall be abashed and removed, when ye see the bareness, the nakedness, and preparing to war.
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Sackcloth » Illustrative » (heavens becoming black as,) of severe judgments
And I beheld when he opened the sixth seal, and lo there was a great earthquake, and the sun was as black as sackcloth made of hair. And the moon waxed even as blood:
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Sackcloth » Illustrative » (covering the heavens with,) of severe judgments
As for heaven, I clothe it with darkness, and put as it were a sack upon it.
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Sackcloth » Illustrative » (putting of,) of joy and gladness
Thou hast turned my heaviness into joy; thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness.
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Salt » Illustrative » (without savor,) of graceless professors
"Ye are the salt of the earth: but and if the salt have lost her saltiness, what can be salted therewith? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden underfoot of men.
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Salt is good. But if the salt be unsavoury: what shall ye salt therewith? See that ye have salt in yourselves. And have peace among yourselves, one with another."
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Salt » Illustrative » Of wisdom in speech
Let your speech be always well favoured and be powdered with salt, that ye may know how to answer every man.
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Salt » Illustrative » (pits of,) of desolation
Therefore as truly as I live, sayeth the LORD of Hosts the God of Israel, Moab shall be as Sodom, and Ammon as Gomorrah: even dry thorn hedges, salt pits and perpetual wilderness. The residue of my folk shall spoil them, the remnant of my people shall have them in possession.
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Salt » Illustrative » Of saints
"Ye are the salt of the earth: but and if the salt have lost her saltiness, what can be salted therewith? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden underfoot of men.
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Salt » Illustrative » Of grace in the heart
Salt is good. But if the salt be unsavoury: what shall ye salt therewith? See that ye have salt in yourselves. And have peace among yourselves, one with another."
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Salt » Illustrative » Preparation » The wicked » For destruction
"Every man therefore shall be salted with fire: And every sacrifice shall be seasoned with salt.
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Scorpions » Illustrative » Ministers of antiChrist
And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: And unto them was given power as the scorpions of the earth have power.
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and to them was commanded that they should not kill them, but that they should be vexed five months, and their pain was as the pain that cometh of a scorpion, when he hath stung a man.
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And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails. And their power was to hurt men five months.
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Scorpions » Illustrative » Severe scourges
And now, where my father put a grievous yoke upon you, I will make it heavier. For where my father corrected you with scourges, I will chastise you with scorpions."
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Scorpions » Illustrative » Wicked men
"Therefore, thou son of man, fear them not; neither be afraid of their words: for they shall rebel against thee, and despise thee. Yea, thou shalt dwell among scorpions. But fear not their words, be not abashed at their looks: for it is a froward household.
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the Sea » Illustrative » (smooth as glass,) of the peace of heaven
And I saw as it were a glassy sea, mingled with fire, and them that had gotten victory of the beast, and of his image, and of his mark, and of the number of his name, stand on the glassy sea, having the harps of God
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And before the seat there was a sea of glass, like unto crystal, and in the midst of the seat, and round about the seat, were four beats full of eyes before and behind.
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the Sea » Illustrative » Of heavy afflictions
If thou goest through the water, I will be with thee, that the strong floods should not pluck thee away. When thou walkest in the fire, it shall not burn thee, and the flame shall not kindle upon thee.
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{Mem} What shall I say of thee, O thou daughter Jerusalem? To whom shall I liken thee? To whom shall I compare thee, O thou daughter Zion, to comfort thee withal? Thy hurt is like a main sea: who may heal thee?
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the Sea » Illustrative » (covered with waters,) of the diffusion of spiritual knowledge over the earth in the latter days
For the earth shall be full of knowledge of the LORD's honour, like as the waters that cover the sea.
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No man shall do evil to another, no man shall destroy another, in all the hill of my Sanctuary. For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, even as though the water of the sea flowed over the earth.
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the Sea » Illustrative » (roaring,) of hostile armies
In that day they shall be so fierce upon them, as the sea. And if we look unto the land, behold, it shall be all darkness and sorrow. If we look to heaven: behold, it shall be dark with careful desperation.
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with bows and with darts shall they be weaponed. It is a rough and fierce people, an unmerciful people: their voice roareth like the sea, they ride upon horses well appointed to the battle against thee, O daughter Zion!"
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the Sea » Illustrative » (waves of,) of devastating armies
Yea therefore sayeth the LORD God: Behold O Tyre, I will upon thee, I will bring a great multitude of people against thee, like as when the sea ariseth with his waves: These shall break the walls of Tyre, and cast down her towers. I will scrape the ground from her, and make her a bare stone.
the Sea » Illustrative » (waves of,) of righteousness
If thou wilt now regard my commandment, thy wealthiness shall be as the water stream: and thy righteousness as the waves flowing in the sea.
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the Sea » Illustrative » (trouble,) of the wicked
But the wicked are like the raging sea, that cannot rest; whose water foameth with the mire and gravel.
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the Sea » Illustrative » (waves of,) of the unsteady
But let him ask in faith, and waver not. For he that doubteth is like the waves of the sea, tossed of the wind, and carried with violence.
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Seed » Illustrative
This yet remember, how that he which soweth little, shall reap little: and he that soweth plenteously shall reap plenteously.
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Cease not thou therefore with thy hands to sow thy seed, whether it be in the morning or in the evening: for then knowest not whether this or that shall prosper, and if they both take, it is the better.
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that they might sow unto righteousness, and reap the fruits of well doing: that they might plow up their fresh land and seek the LORD, till he came, and learned them righteousness.
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Be not deceived, God is not mocked. For whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he reap. He that soweth in his flesh, shall of the flesh reap corruption: but he that soweth in the spirit shall, of the spirit, reap life everlasting.
Serpents » Illustrative » Of the devil
And he took the dragon, that old serpent which is the devil and Satan, and he bound him a thousand years:
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And the great dragon, that old serpent called the devil and Satan; Was cast out. Which deceiveth all the world. And he was cast into the earth, and his angels were cast out also.
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But the serpent was subtler than all the beasts of the field which the LORD God had made; and said unto the woman, "Ah sir, that God hath said, ye shall not eat of all manner trees in the garden."
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But I fear, lest as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, even so your wits should be corrupt from the singleness that is in Christ.
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Serpents » Illustrative » (poisonous bite of,) of baneful effects of wine
It goeth down softly; but at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth as an adder.
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for such as be drunkards and riotous shall come to poverty, and he that is given to much sleep, shall go with a ragged coat.
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Serpents » Illustrative » Of enemies who harass and destroy
Moreover, I will send Cockatrices and serpents among you which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you," sayeth the LORD.
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Rejoice not, thou whole Philistia, as though the rod of him that beateth thee were broken: For out of the serpent's root, there shall come an adder, and the fruit shall be a fiery worm.
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Serpents » Illustrative » Of the tribe of dan
Dan shall be a serpent in the way, and an adder in the path, and bite the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
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Serpents » Illustrative » Of hypocrites
ye serpents and generation of vipers, how should ye escape the damnation of hell?
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Serpents » Illustrative » (sharp tongue of,) of malice of the wicked
They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
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Sheep » Illustrative » (in proneness to wander,) of those who depart from God
And we went astray as sheep, and turned every man his way: and the LORD put on him the wickedness of us all.
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I go astray, like a sheep that is lost; O seek thy servant, for I do not forget thy commandments.
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Such as be lost, will I seek; such as go astray, will I bring again; such as be wounded, will I bind up; such as be weak, will I make strong; such as be fat and well liking, those will I preserve and feed them with the thing that is lawful.
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Sheep » Illustrative » Of the jews
But as for his own people, he led them forth like sheep, and carried them in the wilderness like a flock.
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{An Instruction of Asaph} O God, wherefore doest thou cast us so clean away? Why is thy wrath so hot against the sheep of thy pasture?
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So we, that be the people and sheep of thy pasture, shall give thee thanks forever, and will always be showing forth thy praise, from generation to generation.
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Sheep » Illustrative » Of the people of Christ
He said to him again the second time, "Simon the son of Jonas, lovest thou me?" He said unto him, "Yea Lord thou knowest that I love thee." He said unto him, "Feed my sheep." He said unto him the third time, "Simon the son of Jonas, lovest thou me?" And Peter sorrowed because he said to him the third time, "Lovest thou me," and said unto him, "Lord, thou knowest all things, thou knowest that I love thee." Jesus said unto him, "Feed my sheep.
Then said Jesus unto them again, "Verily, verily I say unto you: that I am the door of the sheep. All, even as many as came before me, are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door: by me, if any man enter in, he shall be safe, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. read more.
The thief cometh not but for to steal and kill, and destroy. I am come that they might have life, and have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. An hired servant which is not the shepherd, neither the sheep are his own, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and flyeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. The hired servant flyeth because he is a hired servant, and careth not for the sheep. I am that good shepherd, and know mine, and am known of mine. As my father knoweth me: even so know I my father. And I give my life for the sheep, and other sheep I have, which are not of this fold. Them also must I bring, that they may hear my voice. And that there may be one flock, and one shepherd. Therefore doth my father love me: because I put my life from me, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me: but I put it away of myself. I have power to put it from me, and power I have to take it again. This commandment have I received of my father." And there was a dissension among the Jews for these sayings, and many of them said, "He hath the devil, and is mad: why hear ye him?" Others said, "These are not the words of him that hath the devil: Can the devil open the eyes of the blind?" And it was at Jerusalem, the feast of the dedication, and it was the winter: And Jesus walked in Solomon's porch. Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, "How long dost thou make us doubt? If thou be Christ, tell us plainly." Jesus answered them, "I told you and ye believe not: The works that I do in my father's name, they bear witness of me: but ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep. As I said unto you,
The thief cometh not but for to steal and kill, and destroy. I am come that they might have life, and have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. An hired servant which is not the shepherd, neither the sheep are his own, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and flyeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. The hired servant flyeth because he is a hired servant, and careth not for the sheep. I am that good shepherd, and know mine, and am known of mine. As my father knoweth me: even so know I my father. And I give my life for the sheep, and other sheep I have, which are not of this fold. Them also must I bring, that they may hear my voice. And that there may be one flock, and one shepherd. Therefore doth my father love me: because I put my life from me, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me: but I put it away of myself. I have power to put it from me, and power I have to take it again. This commandment have I received of my father." And there was a dissension among the Jews for these sayings, and many of them said, "He hath the devil, and is mad: why hear ye him?" Others said, "These are not the words of him that hath the devil: Can the devil open the eyes of the blind?" And it was at Jerusalem, the feast of the dedication, and it was the winter: And Jesus walked in Solomon's porch. Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, "How long dost thou make us doubt? If thou be Christ, tell us plainly." Jesus answered them, "I told you and ye believe not: The works that I do in my father's name, they bear witness of me: but ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep. As I said unto you,
Sheep » Illustrative » (when found,) of restored sinners
I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
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And when he hath found him, he putteth him on his shoulders with joy:
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Sheep » Illustrative » (separated from the goats,) of the separation of saints from the wicked
and before him shall be gathered all nations. And he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth the sheep from the goats. And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, and the goats on the left hand.
Sheep » Illustrative » (lost,) of the unregenerate
But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
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Sheep » Illustrative » (in patience and simplicity,) of patience, &c of Christ
He suffered wrong and was evil entreated, and yet opened not his mouth: he was as a sheep led to be slain: and as a lamb before his shearer, he was dumb and opened not his mouth.
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Sheep » Illustrative » Of the wicked in their death
They lie in the hell like sheep, death gnaweth upon them, and the righteous shall have domination of them in the morning. Their beauty shall consume in the sepulchre, and hell shall be their dwelling.
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Sheep » Illustrative » Of those under God's judgment
{To the Chanter, an instruction of the sons of Korah} We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us what thou hast done in their time of old.
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Shepherds » Illustrative » (ignorant and foolish,) of bad ministers
Thus sayeth the LORD God: Behold, I myself will upon the shepherds, and require my sheep from their hands, and make them cease from feeding of my sheep: Yea the shepherds shall feed themselves no more: For I will deliver my sheep out of their mouths, so that they shall not devour them after this.
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They are shameless dogs, that be never satisfied. The shepherds also in like manner have no understanding, but every man turneth his own way, everyone after his own covetousness, with all his power.
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"Thou son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy and speak unto them, 'Thus sayeth the LORD God: Woe be unto the shepherds of Israel, that feed themselves. Should not the shepherds feed the flocks?
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My people hath been a lost flock. My shepherds have deceived them, and have made them go astray upon the hills. They have gone from the mountains to the little hill, and forgotten their fold.
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Shepherds » Illustrative » Of Christ as the good shepherd
"Arise, O thou sword, upon my shepherd, and upon the prince of my people, sayeth the LORD of Hosts: Smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered abroad, and so will I turn mine hand to the little ones.
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The God of peace that brought again from death our Lord Jesus Christ, the great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting testament,
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I will raise up to them one only shepherd: even my servant David. He shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
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I am that good shepherd, and know mine, and am known of mine.
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Shepherds » Illustrative » Of kings as the leaders of the people
I say to Cyrus, "Thou art mine herdsman," so that he shall fulfill all things after my will. I say unto Jerusalem, "Be thou builded," and to the temple, "Be thou fast grounded."
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Behold, like as the Lion cometh up from the pleasant meadows of Jordan unto the green pastures of Etham, so will I drive him, and make him run against her. But who is the young man that I will ordain thereto? Who is like unto me? What is he that will strive with me? What shepherd may stand in my hands?
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Their tents shall they pitch round about her, and every one shall feed his part with his hand.
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Shepherds » Illustrative » (their care and tenderness,) of tenderness of Christ
He shall feed his flock like a herdsman. He shall gather the lambs together with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall kindly entreat those that bear young.
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I will bring them out from all people, and gather them together out of all lands, I will bring them into their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel, by the rivers, and in all the places of the country. I will feed them in right good pastures, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their folds be. There shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed: even upon the mountains of Israel. I will feed my sheep myself, and bring them to their rest, sayeth the LORD God. read more.
Such as be lost, will I seek; such as go astray, will I bring again; such as be wounded, will I bind up; such as be weak, will I make strong; such as be fat and well liking, those will I preserve and feed them with the thing that is lawful.
Such as be lost, will I seek; such as go astray, will I bring again; such as be wounded, will I bind up; such as be weak, will I make strong; such as be fat and well liking, those will I preserve and feed them with the thing that is lawful.
Shepherds » Illustrative » (searching out straying sheep,) of Christ seeking the lost
Like as a shepherd among the flock seeketh after the sheep that are scattered abroad, even so will I seek after my sheep, and gather them together out of all places, where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
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And the Pharisees, and scribes murmured, saying, "He received to his company sinners, and eateth with them." Then put he forth this similitude to them, saying, "What man of you having a hundred sheep, if he lose one of them doth not leave ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find him? read more.
And when he hath found him, he putteth him on his shoulders with joy: And as soon as he cometh home he calleth together his lovers, and neighbours saying unto them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.' I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
And when he hath found him, he putteth him on his shoulders with joy: And as soon as he cometh home he calleth together his lovers, and neighbours saying unto them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.' I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
Shepherds » Illustrative » Of God as leader of israel
Thou leddest thy people like sheep, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
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{To the Chanter, upon Shoshannim, a Psalm of Asaph} Hear, O thou shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Jacob like a flock of sheep; show thyself, thou that sittest upon the Cherubim.
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Shepherds » Illustrative » Ministers » Of the gospel
I will set shepherds also over them, which shall feed them. They shall no more fear and dread, for there shall none of them be lost, sayeth the LORD.
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Ships » Illustrative » (wrecked,) of departure from the faith
having faith and good conscience, which some have put away from them, and as concerning faith have made shipwreck.
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Ships » Illustrative » Of industrious women
She is like the merchants' ship, that bringeth her victuals from afar.
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Shoes » Illustrative » Of the beauty conferred on saints
But his father said to his servants, 'Bring forth that best garment, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet.
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O how pleasant are thy treadings, with thy shoes, thou prince's daughter? The joint of thy thighs are like a fair jewel, which is wrought by a cunning work master;
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Shoes » Illustrative » (taken off,) of an ignominious and servile condition
Thou keepest thy foot from nakedness, and thy throat from thirst, and thinkest thus in thyself, 'Tush: I will take no sorrow; I will love the strange gods, and hang upon them.'
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Thou shalt bring forth the quern and grind meal, put down thy stomacher, make bare thy knees, and shalt wade through the water rivers.
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Shoes » Illustrative » (thrown over a place,) of subjection
Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I stretch out my shoe; Philistia shall be glad of me.
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Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I stretch out my shoe; upon Philistia will I triumph."
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Shoes » Illustrative » Of the preparation of the gospel
and shod with shoes prepared by the gospel of peace.
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Shoes » Illustrative » (having blood on,) of being engaged in war and slaughter
Moreover thou knowest how Joab the son of Zeruiah hath served me, and what he hath done to the two captains of the hosts of Israel - unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether - how he slew them and shed the blood of war in time of peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins and in his shoes that were on his feet.
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Silver » Illustrative » Of saints purified by affliction
And the same third part will I bring through the fire, and will cleanse them, as the silver is cleansed: Yea and try them, like as gold is tried. Then shall they call upon my name, and I will hear them: I will say, 'It is my people.' And they shall say, 'LORD, my God.'"
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For thou, O God, hast proved us; thou hast tried us like as silver is tried.
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Silver » Illustrative » (dross of,) of the wicked
"Thou son of man, the house of Israel is turned to dross. All they that should be brass, tin, iron and lead, are in the fire become dross.
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Thy silver is turned to dross, and thy wine mixed with water.
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Silver » Illustrative » Of the medo-persian kingdom
The image head was of fine gold, his breast and arms of silver, his body and loins were of copper,
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After thee there shall arise another kingdom, which shall be less than thine. The third kingdom shall be like copper, and have domination in all lands.
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Silver » Illustrative » Of the tongue of the just
An innocent tongue is a noble treasure; but the heart of the ungodly is nothing worth.
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Silver » Illustrative » Of good rulers
Thy silver is turned to dross, and thy wine mixed with water. Thy princes are traitors and companions of thieves. They love gifts altogether, and gape for rewards. As for the fatherless, they help him not to his right, neither will they let the widows causes come before them.
Silver » Illustrative » (reprobate,) of the wicked
Therefore shall they be called reprobate silver, because the LORD hath cast them out."
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Silver » Illustrative » (labor of seeking for,) of diligence required for attaining knowledge
If thou seekest after her as after money, and diggest for her as for treasures;
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Silver » Illustrative » Of the words of the lord
The words of the LORD are pure words: even as the silver, which from the earth is tried, and purified seven times in the fire.
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Stars » Illustrative » (withdrawing their light,) of severe judgments
When thou art put out, I will cover the heaven, and make his stars dim. I will spread a cloud over the Sun, and the moon shall not give her light.
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For the stars and planets of heaven shall not give their light; the sun shall be quenched in the rising, and the moon will not shine with his light.
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The earth shall quake before him, yea the heavens shall be moved; The Sun and Moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shine.
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The sun and moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their light.
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Stars » Illustrative » Of ministers
Unto the messenger of the congregation of Ephesus write, 'These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, and walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks:
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And he had in his right hand seven stars. And out of his mouth went a sharp two edged sword. And his face shone even as the sun in his strength.
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Stars » Illustrative » Of princes and subordinate governors
And the fourth angel blew, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of stars: so that the third part of them was darkened. And the day was smitten that the third part of it should not shine, and likewise the night.
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It grew up to the host of heaven, whereof it did cast some down to the ground, and of the stars also, and trod them under feet.
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Stars » Illustrative » (bright and morning star,) of Christ
"I, Jesus, sent mine angel, to testify unto you these things in the congregations. I am the root and the generation of David, and the bright morning star."
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Stars » Illustrative » (morning star,) of glory to be given to faithful saints
And so will I give him the morning star.
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Stars » Illustrative » Of Christ
I see him but not now, I behold him but not nigh. There shall come a star of Jacob and rise a scepter of Israel, which shall smite the coasts of Moab and undermine all the children of Seth.
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Stars » Illustrative » (setting the nest amongst,) of pride and carnal security
But though thou wentest up as high as the Eagle, and madest thy nest above among the stars: yet would I pluck thee down from thence.
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Stars » Illustrative » (shining of,) of the reward of faithful ministers
The wise, such as have taught others, shall glister as the shining of heaven: and those that have instructed the multitude unto Godliness, shall be as the stars, world without end.
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Stars » Illustrative » (wandering,) of false teachers
They are raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame. They are wandering stars, to whom is reserved the mist of darkness forever.
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Stars » Illustrative » Of angels
Where wast thou, when the morning stars praised me together, and all the children of God rejoiced triumphantly?
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The sun » Illustrative » Of the glory of Christ
and was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his clothes were as white as the light.
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And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud, and the rainbow upon his head. And his face as it were the sun, and his feet as it were pillars of fire;
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And he had in his right hand seven stars. And out of his mouth went a sharp two edged sword. And his face shone even as the sun in his strength.
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The sun » Illustrative » (darkened,) of severe calamities
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the LORD come.
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When thou art put out, I will cover the heaven, and make his stars dim. I will spread a cloud over the Sun, and the moon shall not give her light.
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The earth shall quake before him, yea the heavens shall be moved; The Sun and Moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shine.
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The sun » Illustrative » (its brightness,) of the future glory of saints
The wise, such as have taught others, shall glister as the shining of heaven: and those that have instructed the multitude unto Godliness, shall be as the stars, world without end.
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Then shall the just men shine as bright as the sun in the kingdom of their father. Whosoever hath ears to hear, let him hear.
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The sun » Illustrative » Of supreme rulers
For the stars and planets of heaven shall not give their light; the sun shall be quenched in the rising, and the moon will not shine with his light.
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And he dreamed yet another dream and told it his brethren, saying, "Behold, I have had one dream more: me thought the sun and the moon and eleven stars made obeisance to me."
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The sun » Illustrative » (going down at noon,) of premature destruction
At the same time," sayeth the LORD God, "I shall cause the sun to go down at noon, and the land to be dark in the clear day.
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She that hath born seven children, shall have none; her heart shall be full of sorrow. The Sun shall fail her in the clear day, when she shall be confounded and faint for very heaviness. As for those that remain, I will deliver them unto the sword of their enemies, sayeth the LORD."
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The sun » Illustrative » (its clearness,) of the purity of the church
What is she, this that peepeth out as the morning, fair as the moon, excellent as the sun, glorious as an army of men with their banners?
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The sun » Illustrative » (before or in sight of,) of public ignominy
Thus sayeth the LORD, 'Behold, I will stir up evil against thee even of thine own house and will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, which shall sleep with them in the sight of the sun. And thou didst it secretly, yet will I do this thing before all Israel and in the open sunlight.'"
The sun » Illustrative » (no more going down,) of perpetual blessedness
Thy Sun shall never go down, and thy Moon shall not be taken away, for the LORD himself shall be thine everlasting light, and thy sorrowful days shall be rewarded thee.
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The sun » Illustrative » (its power,) of the triumph of saints
So, perish all thine enemies LORD: but they that love thee, let them be as the sun rising in his might!" And the land had rest forty years.
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The sun » Illustrative » Of Christ's coming
But unto you that fear my name, shall the Son of righteousness arise, and health shall be under his wings: ye shall go forth, and multiply as the fat calves.
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The sun » Illustrative » Of God's favor
For the LORD God is a light and defense; the LORD will give grace and worship, and no good thing shall he withhold from them that live a godly life.
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Swords » Illustrative » Of severe and heavy calamities
Or if I bring a sword into the land, and charge it to go through the land, so that I slay down man and beast in it,
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And burn the third part thereof in the fire in the midst of the city, and cut the other third part in pieces with a knife. As for the third part that remaineth, cast it in the wind, and then show the bare knife.
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"Thou son of man, prophesy and speak, 'Thus sayeth the LORD God: speak, the sword is sharpened and well scoured.
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Swords » Illustrative » Of the tongue of the wicked
I lie with my soul among the cruel lions; even among the children of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
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who have whet their tongue like a sword, and shoot out their arrows, even bitter words,
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A slanderous person pricketh like a sword; but a wise man's tongue is wholesome.
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Swords » Illustrative » Of the justice of God
"Arise, O thou sword, upon my shepherd, and upon the prince of my people, sayeth the LORD of Hosts: Smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered abroad, and so will I turn mine hand to the little ones.
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If I whet the lightning of my sword, and mine hand take in hand to do justice, I will show vengeance on mine enemies and will reward them that hate me.
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Swords » Illustrative » (drawing of,) of war and destruction
And I will straw you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you, and your land shall be waste, and your cities desolate.
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'Thus sayeth the LORD God: Behold, I will upon thee, and will draw my sword out of the sheath, and root out of thee both the righteous and the wicked. Seeing then that I will root out of thee both the righteous and wicked, therefore shall my sword go out of his sheath against all flesh from the north to the south: that all flesh may know how that I the LORD have drawn my sword out of the sheath, and it shall not be put in again.
Swords » Illustrative » Of the word of Christ
And he made my mouth like a sharp sword. In the shadow he led me with his hand. And he made me as an excellent arrow, and hid in his quiver.
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And he had in his right hand seven stars. And out of his mouth went a sharp two edged sword. And his face shone even as the sun in his strength.
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Swords » Illustrative » Of the word of God
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God,
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for the word of God is quick, and mighty in operation, and sharper than any two edged sword: and entereth through, even unto the dividing asunder of the soul and the spirit and of the joints, and the marrow: and judgeth the thoughts and the intents of the heart.
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Swords » Illustrative » Of the protection of God
Happy art thou Israel: who is like unto thee? A people that art saved by the LORD; thy shield, and helper, and sword of thy glory. And thine enemies shall hide themselves from thee, and thou shalt walk upon their high hills."
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Swords » Illustrative » (not departing from one's house,) of perpetual calamity
Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house, because thou hast despised me and taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite, to be thy wife.'
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Swords » Illustrative » Of false witnesses
Whoso beareth false witness against his neighbour, he is a very spear, a sword, and a sharp arrow.
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Swords » Illustrative » (putting, into its sheath,) of peace and friendship
O thou sword of the LORD? Turn again unto thy sheath; rest, and leave off.
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Swords » Illustrative » (living by,) of rapine
And with thy sword shalt thou live and shalt be thy brother's servant; But the time will come, when thou shalt get the mastery, and loose his yoke from off thy neck."
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Swords » Illustrative » Of war and contention
Think not, that I am come to send peace into the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
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Swords » Illustrative » Of the end of the wicked
But at the last she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two edged sword.
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Swords » Illustrative » Of persecuting spirit of the wicked
The ungodly have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the simple and poor, and to slay such as are of a right conversation.
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Swords » Illustrative » Of judicial authority
For he is the minister of God, for thy wealth. But and if thou do evil, then fear: for he beareth not a sword for nought; but is the minister of God, to take vengeance on them that do evil.
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Swords » Illustrative » Of the wicked
Arise, LORD, disappoint him, and cast him down; deliver my soul with thy sword from the ungodly -
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Swords » Illustrative » Of deep mental affliction
And moreover, the sword shall pierce thy soul, that the thoughts of many hearts may be opened."
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Tabernacle » Illustrative » Of the church
{A Psalm of David} Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? Who shall rest upon thy holy hill?
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and is a minister of holy things, and of the very tabernacle which God pitched, and not man.
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Make thy tent wider, and spread out the hangings of thine habitation: spare not, lay forth thy cords, and make fast thy stakes:
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And in mercy shall the throne be prepared, and he shall sit upon it in the truth, in the tabernacle of David: judging, and seeking judgment, and making haste unto righteousness.
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And I, John, saw that holy city, new Jerusalem, come down from God out of heaven prepared as a bride garnished for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them. And they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them and be their God.
Tabernacle » Illustrative » Of Christ
And the word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw the glory of it, as the glory of the only begotten son of the father, which word was full of grace, and verity.
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But Christ being a high priest of good things to come, came by a greater, and a more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands: that is to say, not of this manner building,
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And Jerusalem shall be a tabernacle for a shadow because of heat in the daytime, and place and refuge where a man may keep him from weather and rain.
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Wherewith the holy ghost this signifying, that the way of holy things was not yet opened, while as yet the first tabernacle was standing, which was a similitude for the time then present, and in which were offered gifts and sacrifices that could not make them that minister perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;
Tabernacle » Illustrative » (the holy of holies,) of heaven
Seeing, brethren, that by the means of the blood of Jesus, we may be bold to enter into that holy place,
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which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast. Which hope also entereth in, into those things which are within the veil,
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neither by the blood of goats, and calves: but by his own blood, we entered once for all into the holy place, and found eternal redemption.
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Tabernacle » Illustrative » Of the body
We know surely if our earthy mansion wherein we now dwell were destroyed, that we have a building ordained of God, a habitation not made with hands, but eternal in heaven:
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Notwithstanding, I think it mete, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
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Tabernacle » Illustrative » (the vail,) of the obscurity of the mosaic dispensation
Wherewith the holy ghost this signifying, that the way of holy things was not yet opened, while as yet the first tabernacle was standing,
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with meats only and drinks, and divers washings, and justifyings of the flesh, which were ordained until the time of reformation.
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Tabernacle » Illustrative » (the vail,) of Christ's body
by the new and living way, which he hath prepared for us, through the veil, that is to say by his flesh.
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Tents » Illustrative » (spread out,) of the heavens
That he sitteth upon the Circle of the world, and that all the inhabiters of the world are, in comparison of him, but as grasshoppers; That he spreadeth out the heavens as a covering, he stretcheth them out as a tent to dwell in;
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Tents » Illustrative » (enlarging of,) of the great extension of the church
Make thy tent wider, and spread out the hangings of thine habitation: spare not, lay forth thy cords, and make fast thy stakes:
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Threshing » Illustrative » Of the judgments of God
"For thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon hath been in her time like as a threshing floor, but shortly shall her harvest come.
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Thou troddest down the land in thine anger, and didst thrash the Heathen in thy displeasure.
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This, O my fellow threshers and fanners, have I heard of the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, to show it unto you.
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Threshing » Illustrative » (dust made by,) of complete destruction
Behold, I will make thee a treading cart and a new flail, that thou mayest thresh and grind the mountains, and bring the hills to powder.
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But there were left of the people, to Jehoahaz, but fifty horsemen and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen - for the king of Syria had destroyed them and made them like threshed chaff.
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Threshing » Illustrative » Of the labors of ministers
For it is written in the law of Moses, "Thou shall not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn." Doth God take thought for oxen? Either saith he it not altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he which eareth should ear in hope: and that he which thresheth in hope, should be partaker of his hope.
Threshing » Illustrative » Of the church in her conquests
Behold, I will make thee a treading cart and a new flail, that thou mayest thresh and grind the mountains, and bring the hills to powder. Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them. But thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shall delight in praising the holy one of Israel.
Threshing » Illustrative » (an instrument for, with teeth,) of the church overcoming opposition
Behold, I will make thee a treading cart and a new flail, that thou mayest thresh and grind the mountains, and bring the hills to powder.
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Threshing » Illustrative » (gathering the sheaves for,) of preparing the enemies of the church for judgments
But they know not the thoughts of the LORD; they understand not his counsel, that shall gather them together as the sheaves in the barn.
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Trees » Illustrative » (good and fruitful,) of saints
That I might give unto them that mourn in Zion, beauty in the stead of ashes, joyful ointment for sighing, pleasant raiment for a heavy mind; That they might be called excellent in righteousness, a planting of the LORD for him to rejoice in.
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even as the broad valleys and as gardens by the river's side, as the tents which the LORD hath pitched and as cypress trees upon the water.
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Even so, every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth bad fruit: nor yet a bad tree can bring forth good fruit.
And he shall be like a tree planted by the waterside, that will bring forth his fruit in due season. His leaf, also, shall not wither; and, look, whatsoever he doeth, it shall prosper.
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For he shall be as a tree, that is planted by the waterside: which spreadeth out the root unto moistness, whom the heat cannot harm, when it cometh, but his leaves are green. And though there grow but little fruit because of drought yet is he not careful, but he never leaveth off to bring forth fruit.
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Trees » Illustrative » Of Christ
For if thou wast cut out of a natural wild olive tree, and wast grafted contrary to nature in a true olive tree: how much more shall the natural branches be graffed in their own olive tree again?
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Let him that hath ears hear, what the spirit saith unto the congregations. To him that overcometh, will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.'
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Blessed are they that do his commandments, that their power may be in the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
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In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river was there wood of life; which bare twelve manner of fruits, and gave fruit every month: and the leaves of the wood served to heal the people withal.
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Trees » Illustrative » Of kings, &c
The thorns of the wood shall be rooted out with iron, and Lebanon shall have a mighty fall.
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And all the trees of the field shall know, that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, and set the low tree up: that I have dried up the green tree, and made the dry tree to flourish: Even I the LORD that spake it, have also brought it to pass.'"
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Fair and beautiful was he in his greatness and in the length of his branches, for his root stood beside great waters; no Cedar tree might hide him. In the pleasant garden of God, there was no fir tree like his branches, the plain trees were not like the boughs of him. All the trees in the garden of God might not be compared unto him in his beauty: So fair and goodly had I made him with the multitude of his branches: Insomuch that all the trees in the pleasant garden of God, had envy at him. read more.
"'Therefore, thus sayeth the LORD God: Forsomuch as he hath lift up himself so high, and stretched his top into the clouds, and seeing his heart is proud in his highness:
"'Therefore, thus sayeth the LORD God: Forsomuch as he hath lift up himself so high, and stretched his top into the clouds, and seeing his heart is proud in his highness:
I saw a vision in my head upon my bed: and behold, there stood a tree upon the ground, which was very high, great and mighty. The height reached unto the heaven, and the breadth extended to all the ends of the earth: his leaves were fair, he had very much fruit, so that every man had enough to eat therein. The beasts of the field had shadows under it, and the fowls of the air dwelt in the boughs thereof. Shortly, all creatures fed of it. read more.
I saw in my head a vision upon my bed: and behold, a watcher, and a holy one, came down from heaven and cried mightily, saying, 'Hew down the tree, break off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit abroad: that all the beasts may get them away from under him, and the fowls from his branches.
I saw in my head a vision upon my bed: and behold, a watcher, and a holy one, came down from heaven and cried mightily, saying, 'Hew down the tree, break off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit abroad: that all the beasts may get them away from under him, and the fowls from his branches.
Trees » Illustrative » Of the life and conversation of the righteous
The fruit of the righteous is as the tree of life; a wise man also winneth men's souls.
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A wholesome tongue is a tree of life; but he that abuseth it, hath a broken mind.
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Trees » Illustrative » (producing evil fruit,) of the wicked
Even so, every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth bad fruit: nor yet a bad tree can bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit shall be hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Trees » Illustrative » Of wisdom
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her, and blessed are they that keep her fast.
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Trees » Illustrative » (duration of,) of continued prosperity of saints
They shall not build, and another possess; they shall not plant, and another eat. But the life of my people shall be like a tree, and so shall the work of their hands.
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Trees » Illustrative » of the elect
Nevertheless, the tenth part shall remain therein, for it shall convert and be fruitful. And likewise as the Terebinths and Oak trees in winter cast their leaves and yet have their sap in them, so shall the holy seed continue in their substance."
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Trees » Illustrative » (dry,) of useless persons
Then shall not the stranger, which cleaveth to the LORD, say, "Alas the LORD hath shut me clean out from his people." Neither shall the gelded man say, "Lo, I am a dried tree."
Trees » Illustrative » (evergreen,) of saints
O Blessed is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, and hath not sat in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and in his law will he exercise himself, day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the waterside, that will bring forth his fruit in due season. His leaf, also, shall not wither; and, look, whatsoever he doeth, it shall prosper.
Trees » Illustrative » (shaking of the leaves off,) of the terror of the wicked
Now when the house of David - that is Ahaz - heard word thereof, that Syria and Ephraim were confederate together: His heart quaked, yea and the hearts also of his people, like as a tree in the field that is moved with the wind.
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Trees » Illustrative » (dry,) of the wicked ripe for judgment
For if they do this to a green tree: what shall be done to the dry?"
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Trees » Illustrative » (green,) of the innocence of Christ
For if they do this to a green tree: what shall be done to the dry?"
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Trees » Illustrative » (barren,) of the wicked
Ephraim is hewn down, their root is dried up, so that they shall bring no more fruit: yea and though they bring forth any, yet will I slay even the best beloved fruit of their body.
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Unicorn » Illustrative » Of God as the strength of israel
God, that brought them out of Egypt, is as the strength of an unicorn unto them!
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God that brought him out of Egypt is as the strength of an unicorn unto him, and he shall eat the nations that are his enemies and break their bones and pierce them through with his arrows.
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Unicorn » Illustrative » (horns of,) of the strength of the descendants of joseph
His beauty is as a firstborn ox and his horns as the horns of an unicorn. And with them he shall push the nations together, even unto the ends of the world. These are the many thousands of Ephraim and the thousands of Manasseh."
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Unicorn » Illustrative » (the position of its horns,) of the exaltation of saints
But my horn shall be exalted like the horn of an unicorn; and shall be anointed with fresh oil.
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Unicorn » Illustrative » (horns of,) of the strength of powerful enemies
Save me from the lion's mouth, and hear me from among the horns of the unicorns.
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Unicorn » Illustrative » Of the wicked
There shall the Unicorns fall with them, and the bulls with the giants; and their land shall be washed with blood, and their ground corrupt with fatness.
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Valleys » Illustrative » (filling up of,) of removing all obstructions to the gospel
Let all valleys be exalted, and every mountain and hill be laid low. Whatso is crooked, let it be made straight, and let the rough places be made plain fields.
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Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low: And crooked things shall be made straight: and the rough ways shall be made smooth.
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Valleys » Illustrative » Of the church of Christ
I went down into the nut garden, to see what grew by the brooks, to look if the vineyard flourished, and if the pomegranates were shot forth.
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Valleys » Illustrative » (fruitful and well watered,) of the tents of israel
even as the broad valleys and as gardens by the river's side, as the tents which the LORD hath pitched and as cypress trees upon the water.
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Valleys » Illustrative » (dark,) of affliction and death
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me: thy rod and thy staff comfort me.
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Veil or veil » Illustrative » Of the spiritual blindness of the jewish nation
But their minds were blinded. For until this day remaineth the same covering, untaken away, in the old testament when they read it - which in Christ is put away: But even unto this day, when Moses is read the veil hangeth before their hearts. Nevertheless when they turn to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away.
Veil or veil » Illustrative » Of the spiritual blindness of the gentile nations
Upon the hill shall he take away the side veil that hangeth before the face of all people, and the covering wherewith all Gentiles are covered.
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the sacred Veil » Illustrative » Of the flesh of Christ which concealed his divinity
He came up as a spray before him, and as a root out of a dry land. There was neither fashion or beauty on him. And when we looked on him, there was no godliness that we should lust after him.
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by the new and living way, which he hath prepared for us, through the veil, that is to say by his flesh.
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the sacred Veil » Illustrative » (rending of,) of the death of Christ which opened heaven to saints
Seeing, brethren, that by the means of the blood of Jesus, we may be bold to enter into that holy place, by the new and living way, which he hath prepared for us, through the veil, that is to say by his flesh.
the sacred Veil » Illustrative » Of the obscurity of the mosaic dispensation
Wherewith the holy ghost this signifying, that the way of holy things was not yet opened, while as yet the first tabernacle was standing,
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The vine » Illustrative » (sitting under one's own) of peace and prosperity
But every man shall sit under his vineyard and under his fig tree, and no man to fray him away: for the mouth of the LORD of Hosts hath spoken it.
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And Judah and Israel dwelt without fear, every man under his vine and under his fig tree from Dan to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.
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Then shall every man call for his neighbour, under the vine and under the fig tree, sayeth the LORD of Hosts.
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The vine » Illustrative » Of israel
This he hedged, this he walled round about, and planted it with goodly grapes. In the midst of it builded he a tower, and made a wine press therein. And afterward when he looked that it should bring him grapes, it brought forth thorns.
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Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt; thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
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As for the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts, it is the house of Israel, and whole Judah his fair planting. Of these he looked for equity, but see there is wrong; for righteousness, lo, it is but misery.
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The vine » Illustrative » (its unfruitful branches,) of mere professors
Every branch that beareth not fruit in me, he will take away. And every branch that beareth fruit will he purge, that it may bring more fruit.
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If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered: and men gather it and cast it into the fire, and it burneth.
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The vine » Illustrative » (its rich clusters,) of the graces of the church
I said, I will climb up the date tree, and take hold of his branches. Thy breasts also shall be as the vine grapes, the smell of thy nostrils like the smell of apples,
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The vine » Illustrative » (worthlessness of its wood,) of the unprofitableness, of the wicked
And therefore thus sayeth the LORD God: Like as I cast the vine into the fire for to be burnt, as other trees of the wood: Even so will I do with them that dwell in Jerusalem, and set my face against them: they shall go out from the fire, and yet the fire shall consume them. Then shall ye know that I am the LORD: when I set my face against them,
The vine » Illustrative » Of Christ
I am the true vine, and my father is a husbandman. Every branch that beareth not fruit in me, he will take away. And every branch that beareth fruit will he purge, that it may bring more fruit.
The vine » Illustrative » (its quick growth,) of the growth of saints in grace
They that shall turn and sit in his shadow, shall live with corn, and flourish as vines. His renown shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
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The vine » Illustrative » (unfruitful,) of the wicked
Israel was a goodly vine, but he hath brought forth unprofitable fruit: yea, the more fruit he had the more altars he made; the more good I did to their land, the more friendship showed they to their Images.
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The vine » Illustrative » (pruning of,) of God's purifying his people by afflictions
Every branch that beareth not fruit in me, he will take away. And every branch that beareth fruit will he purge, that it may bring more fruit.
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The vine » Illustrative » (its fruitful branches,) of saints
I am the vine, and ye are the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit. For without me can ye do nothing.
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Vineyards » Illustrative » Of the jewish church
Divers herdsmen have broken down my vineyard, and trodden upon my portion. Of my pleasant portion, they have made a wilderness and desert.
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And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority doest thou these things? And who gave thee this power?"
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As for the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts, it is the house of Israel, and whole Judah his fair planting. Of these he looked for equity, but see there is wrong; for righteousness, lo, it is but misery.
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At the same time shall men sing of the vineyard of Muscatel.
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Vineyards » Illustrative » (gleaning grapes of,) of the elect
For it shall happen unto all lands and to all people, like as when a man smiteth down the olives, that are left upon the tree: or seeketh after grapes, when the wine gathering is out.
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Vineyards » Illustrative » (failure of,) of severe calamities
After years and days shall ye be brought in fear, O ye careless cities. For Harvest shall be out, and the grape gathering shall not come.
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Walls » Illustrative » Of ordinances as a protection to the church
Well, now I shall tell you how I will do with my vineyard: I will take the hedge from it, that it may perish, and break down the wall, that it may be trodden under foot.
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My beloved is like a Roe or a young hart. Behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh in at the window, and peepeth through the grate.
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Walls » Illustrative » Of those who afford protection
upon all costly towers, and upon all strong walls,
But they were a wall of defense unto us both by night and also by day, all the while we were with them keeping sheep.
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Walls » Illustrative » Of salvation
In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah. We have a strong city; Salvation shall God appoint instead of walls and bulwarks.
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Violence and robbery shall never be heard of in thy land, neither harm and destruction within thy borders. Thy walls shall be called health, and thy gates the praise of God.
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Walls » Illustrative » (bowing or tottering,) of the wicked under judgments
therefore shall ye have this mischief again for your destruction and fall, like as a high wall, that falleth because of some rift or blast, whose breaking cometh suddenly.
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How long will ye imagine mischief against every man? Ye shall be slain, all of the sort of you; yea, as a tottering wall shall ye be, and like a broken hedge.
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Walls » Illustrative » Of the church as a protection to the nation
If she be a wall, we shall build a silver bulwark thereupon: if she be an open door, we shall fasten her with boards of Cedar tree. I am a wall, and my breasts like towers, then was I as one that hath found favour in his sight.
Walls » Illustrative » (daubed with untempered mortar,) of the teaching of false prophets
"'And that for this cause: they have deceived my people, and told them of peace, where no peace was. One setteth up a wall, and they daub it with loose clay. Therefore tell them which daub it with untempered mortar, that it shall fall. For there shall come a great shower of rain, great stones shall fall upon it, and a sore storm of wind shall break it. So shall the wall come down. Shall it not then be said unto you, 'Where is now the mortar, that ye daubed it withal?' read more.
Therefore, thus sayeth the LORD God: I will break out in my wrathful displeasure with a stormy wind, so that in mine anger there shall come a mighty shower of rain and hailstones in my wrath, to destroy withal. As for the wall that ye have daubed with untempered mortar, I will break it down: make it even with the ground, so the foundation thereof shall remove, and it shall fall. Yea, and ye yourselves shall perish in the midst thereof: to learn you for to know, that I am the LORD. Thus will I perform my wrath upon this wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered mortar, and then will I say unto you: The wall is gone, and the daubers are away.
Therefore, thus sayeth the LORD God: I will break out in my wrathful displeasure with a stormy wind, so that in mine anger there shall come a mighty shower of rain and hailstones in my wrath, to destroy withal. As for the wall that ye have daubed with untempered mortar, I will break it down: make it even with the ground, so the foundation thereof shall remove, and it shall fall. Yea, and ye yourselves shall perish in the midst thereof: to learn you for to know, that I am the LORD. Thus will I perform my wrath upon this wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered mortar, and then will I say unto you: The wall is gone, and the daubers are away.
Walls » Illustrative » (brazen,) of prophets in their testimony against the wicked
Climb up the hill of Lebanon, O thou daughter Zion! Lift up thy voice upon Bashan, cry from all parts: for all thy lovers are destroyed.
Walls » Illustrative » (of partition,) of separation of jews and gentiles
For he is our peace, which hath made of both one, and hath broken down the wall in the midst, that was a stop between us,
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Walls » Illustrative » Of the wealth of the rich in his own conceit
But the rich man's goods are his stronghold, yea he taketh them for a high wall round about him.
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Walls » Illustrative » Of the protection of God
Yea, I myself, sayeth the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be honored in her.'
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Walls » Illustrative » (whited,) of hypocrites
Then said Paul to him, "God shall smite thee, thou painted wall. Sittest thou and judgest me after the law: and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?"
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Watchmen » Illustrative » Of ministers
Their arrows are sharp, and their bows bent. Their horses' hoofs are like flint, and their cart wheels like a stormy wind.
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Obey them that have the oversight of you, and submit yourselves to them, for they watch for your souls, even as they that must give accounts for them: that they may do it with joy, and not with grief. For that is an unprofitable thing for you.
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Upon the walls of Jerusalem, I have set keepers which shall never cease, neither by day nor yet by night.
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"Thou son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore take good heed to the words, and give them warning at my commandment.
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Watchmen » Illustrative » (looking for the morning,) of anxious waiting for God
I look for the LORD; my soul doth wait for him, and in his word is my trust. My soul fleeth unto the LORD before the morning watch, I say, before the morning watch.
Watchmen » Illustrative » (blind,) of careless ministers
For his watchmen are all blind, they have altogether no understanding. They are all dumb dogs, no being able to bark; they are sleepery, sluggish, and lie snorting.
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Water » Illustrative » Of the gifts and graces of the holy spirit
When the thirsty and poor seek water, and find none, and when their tongue is dry of thirst: I give it them, sayeth the LORD. I, the God of Israel, forsake them not.
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And I will pour pure water upon you, and ye shall be cleansed from all uncleanness, and from all your idols. I will cleanse you.
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For I shall pour water upon the dry ground, and rivers upon the thirsty. I shall pour my spirit upon thy seed, and mine increase upon thy stock.
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He that believeth on me, as sayeth the scripture, 'Out of his belly shall flow rivers of water of life.'" This spake he of the spirit, which they that believed on him should receive. For the holy ghost was not yet there, because that Jesus was not yet glorified.
Water » Illustrative » (deep,) of severe affliction
{To the Chanter, upon Shoshannim, of David} Save me, O God; for the waters are come in, even unto my soul.
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And though the LORD giveth you the bread of adversity, and the water of trouble, thine instructor flyeth not far from thee; if thine eyes look unto thine instructor,
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Thou hast suffered men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, and thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.
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If thou goest through the water, I will be with thee, that the strong floods should not pluck thee away. When thou walkest in the fire, it shall not burn thee, and the flame shall not kindle upon thee.
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Water » Illustrative » (many,) of different nations and people
And there came one of the seven angels, which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, "Come, I will show thee the judgment of the great whore, that sitteth upon many waters,
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And he said unto me, "The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are people, and folk, and nations, and tongues.
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Water » Illustrative » (covering the sea,) of the general diffusion of the knowledge of God
For the earth shall be full of knowledge of the LORD's honour, like as the waters that cover the sea.
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No man shall do evil to another, no man shall destroy another, in all the hill of my Sanctuary. For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, even as though the water of the sea flowed over the earth.
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Water » Illustrative » (its weakness,) of faintness and cowardice
And the men of Ai smote of them upon a thirty and six men, and chased them before the gates even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down. And the hearts of the people were discouraged and melted like water.
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All hands shall be let down, and all knees shall be weak as the water;
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Water » Illustrative » Of hostile armies
Behold, the Lord shall bring mighty and great floods of water upon them: namely, the king of the Assyrians with all his power. Which shall pour out his furiousness upon every man, and run over all their banks.
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Even like many waters shall the people rage: God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and vanish away like the dust with the wind upon a hill, and as the whirlwind through a storm.
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Water » Illustrative » (rapidly flowing away,) of the career of the wicked
Let them fall away like water that runneth a pace; and when they shoot their arrows, let them be rooted out.
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"The ungodly is very swift: O that his portion also upon earth were swifter than the running water, which suffereth not the shipman to behold the fair and pleasant vineyards.
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Water » Illustrative » (noise of many,) of the word of Christ
and his feet like unto brass, as though they burnt in a furnace: and his voice as the sound of many waters.
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Water » Illustrative » (difficulty of stopping,) of strife and contention
He that soweth discord and strife, is like one that diggeth up a water brook; but an open enemy is like the water that breaketh out and runneth abroad.
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Water » Illustrative » (many,) of a variety of afflictions
He sent from on high and fetched me, and plucked me out of mighty waters.
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Water » Illustrative » (spilled on the ground,) of death
For we must needs die, and perish as water spilt on the ground which cannot be gathered up again: and God will not take away the life, but find the means that the banished be not utterly expelled from him.
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Water » Illustrative » (deep,) of the words of the wise of the wise
The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters; and the well of wisdom is like a full stream.
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Water » Illustrative » (deep,) of counsel in the heart
Wise counsel in the heart of man is like a water in the deep of the earth; but he that hath understanding bringeth it forth.
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Water » Illustrative » Of persecutors
Yea, the waters had drowned us, the stream had gone over our soul. The deep waters of the proud had gone even unto our soul.
Water » Illustrative » (pouring, out of buckets,) of a numerous progeny
The water shall flow out of his bucket and his seed shall be many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag; and his kingdom shall be exalted.
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Water » Illustrative » (its instability,) of a wavering disposition
As unstable as water wast thou: thou shalt therefore not be the chiefest, for thou wentest up upon thy father's bed, and then defiledest thou my couch with going up.
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Water » Illustrative » (poured out,) of faintness by terror
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart also in the midst of my body is even like melting wax.
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Water » Illustrative » Of persecutions
They came round about me daily like water, and compassed me together on every side.
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Water » Illustrative » (still,) of the ordinances of the gospel
He feedeth me in a green pasture, and leadeth me forth beside the waters of comfort.
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Water » Illustrative » (poured out,) of the wrath of God
Yet are the princes of Judah become like them, that remove the landmarks: therefore will I pour out my wrath upon them like water.
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Water » Illustrative » Of the support of God
"Forasmuch as the people refuseth the still-running water of Siloam, and put their delight in Rezin and Remaliah's son:
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Weights » Illustrative » (heavy,) of the exceeding glory reserved for saints
For our exceeding tribulation, which is momentary and light, prepareth an exceeding and eternal weight of glory unto us,
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Weights » Illustrative » Of sins
Wherefore let us also - seeing that we are compassed with so great a multitude of witnesses - lay away all that presseth down, and the sin that hangeth on us, and let us run with patience, unto the battle that is set before us,
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Weights » Illustrative » Of the restraints put on the elements
When he weighed the winds, and measured the waters;
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Wells » Illustrative » Of the holy spirit in saints
But whosoever shall drink of the water that I shall give him, shall never be more a thirst: But the water that I shall give him, shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life."
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Thou art a well of gardens, a well of living waters, which run down from Lebanon.
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Wells » Illustrative » Of wisdom and understanding in man
The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters; and the well of wisdom is like a full stream.
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Understanding is a well of life unto him that hath it; as for the chastening of fools, it is but foolishness.
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Wells » Illustrative » Of the mouth of the righteous
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life; but the mouth of the ungodly is past shame, and presumptuous.
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Wells » Illustrative » (drinking from one's own,) of enjoyment of domestic happiness
Drink of the water of thine own well, and of the rivers that run out of thine own springs.
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Wells » Illustrative » (a fruitful bough by,) of joseph's numerous posterity
"That flourishing child, Joseph; that flourishing child, and goodly unto the eye! The daughters come forth to bear rule;
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Wells » Illustrative » (without water,) of hypocrites
These are wells without water, and clouds carried about of a tempest, to whom the mist of darkness is reserved forever.
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Wells » Illustrative » Of the ordinances of the church
And ye shall draw water in gladness out of the wells of salvation.
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Wind » Illustrative » (when destructive,) of the judgments of God
Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of Hosts with thunder, earthquake, and with a great noise, with the whirlwind, tempest, and with the flame of a consuming fire.
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Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them. But thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shall delight in praising the holy one of Israel.
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Every man recompenseth with the measure that he receiveth: He museth upon his sore wind, as upon the days of extreme heat.
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Wind » Illustrative » Of the operations of the holy spirit
Then said he unto me, "Thou son of man, prophesy thou toward the wind: prophesy, and speak to the wind, 'Thus sayeth the LORD God: Come, O thou air, from the four winds, and blow upon these slain, that they may be restored to life.'"
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The wind bloweth where he listeth, and thou hearest his sound: but canst not tell whence he cometh and whither he goeth. So is every man that is born of the spirit."
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And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as it had been the coming of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they sat.
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Wind » Illustrative » (chaff or stubble before,) of the wicked
Yea, they shall be even as chaff before the wind, and as dust that the storm carrieth away.
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As for the ungodly, it is not so with them: but they are like the chaff, which the wind scattereth away from the face of the earth.
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Wind » Illustrative » (without rain,) of one who boasts of a false gift
Whoso maketh great boasts and giveth nothing, is like clouds and wind without rain.
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Wind » Illustrative » Of false doctrines
That we henceforth be no more children, wavering and carried with every wind of doctrine, by the wiliness of men and craftiness, whereby they lay a wait for us to deceive us.
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Wind » Illustrative » (bringing forth,) of disappointed expectations
We have been with child, and suffered pain as though we had brought forth wind. For there is no salvation in the earth, neither do the inhabiters of the world submit them selves.
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Wind » Illustrative » Of molten images
Lo, wicked are they and vain, with the things also that they take in hand: yea, their images are but wind and emptiness.
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Wind » Illustrative » Of iniquity which leads to destruction
We are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags, stained with the flux of a woman: we fall every and each one as the leaf, for our sins carry us away like the wind.
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Wind » Illustrative » (feeding upon,) of vain hopes
Ephraim keepeth the air, and followeth after the east wind: he is ever increasing lies and destruction. They be confederate with the Assyrians, their oil is carried into Egypt.
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Wind » Illustrative » Of terrors which pursue the soul
"Fearfulness is turned against me. Mine honour vanisheth away more swiftly than wind, and my prosperity departeth hence like as it were a cloud.
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Wind » Illustrative » (sowing,) of a course of sin
They have sown wind, therefore shall they reap a whirlwind. Their seed shall bear no corn, there shall no meal be made of their increase: though they reap, yet shall strangers devour it up.
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Wind » Illustrative » Of the speeches of the desperate
Do ye take deliberacy to check men's sayings, and judge a poor word spoken in vain?
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Wind » Illustrative » Of the life of man
"O remember that my life is but a wind, and that mine eye shall no more see the pleasures thereof;
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Wine » Illustrative » Of the wrath and judgments of God
"Therefore lay this riddle before them, and say, 'Thus sayeth the LORD God of Israel: Every pot shall be filled with wine.' And they shall say, 'Thinkest thou we know not, that every pot shall be filled with wine?' Then shalt thou say unto them, 'Thus sayeth the LORD: Behold, I shall fill all the inhabiters of this land with drunkenness, the kings that sit upon David's stool, the Priests and Prophets, with all that dwell at Jerusalem. And I will shoot them one against another; yea, the fathers against the sons, sayeth the LORD. I will not pardon them, I will not spare them, nor have pity upon them: but destroy them.'"
For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full mixed, and he poureth out of the same. As for the dregs thereof, all the ungodly of the earth shall drink them, and suck them out.
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Thou hast showed thy people heavy things; thou hast given us a drink of deadly wine.
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"For thus hath the LORD God of Israel spoken unto me, 'Take this wine cup of indignation from my hand, that thou mayest cause all the people, to whom I send thee, for to drink of it: that when they have drunken thereof, they may be mad, and out of their wits, when the sword cometh that I will send among them.' Then took I the cup from the LORD's hand, and made all the people drink thereof, unto whom the LORD had sent me. read more.
But first the city of Jerusalem, and all the cities of Judah, their kings and princes: to make them desolate, waste, despised and cursed according as it is come to pass this day.
But first the city of Jerusalem, and all the cities of Judah, their kings and princes: to make them desolate, waste, despised and cursed according as it is come to pass this day.
Wine » Illustrative » Of the abominations of the apostacy
for all nations have drunken of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. And the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and her merchants are waxed rich of the abundance of her pleasures."
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with whom the kings of the earth have committed whoredom, and the inhabiters of the earth are drunken with the wine of her fornication."
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Wine » Illustrative » Of the blessings of the gospel
She hath killed her victuals, poured out her wine, and prepared her table.
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"O come on your way, eat my bread, and drink my wine, which I have poured out for you.
Wine » Illustrative » Of the blood of Christ
And he took the cup, and thanked, and gave it them, saying, "Drink of it every one. This is my blood of the new testament, that shall be shed for many, for the forgiveness of sins. I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine tree, until that day, when I shall drink it new with you in my father's kingdom."
Wine » Illustrative » Of violence and rapine
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of robbery.
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Wolves » Illustrative » Of wicked rulers
Her rulers within her are as roaring lions: her judges are as wolves in the evening, which leave nothing behind them till the morrow.
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Thy rulers in thee are like ravishing wolves, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, for their own covetous lucre.
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Wolves » Illustrative » Of fierce enemies
Wherefore a lion out of the wood shall hurt them, and a wolf in the evening shall destroy them. The cat of the mountain shall lie lurking by their cities, to tare in pieces all them that come thereout. For their offenses are many, and their departing away is great.
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Their horses are swifter than the cats of the mountain, and bite sorer than the wolves in the evening. Their horsemen come by great heaps from far, they flee hastily to devour as the Eagle.
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Wolves » Illustrative » (taming of,) of the change effected by conversion
Then shall the wolf dwell with the lamb, and the Leopard shall lie down by the goat. Bullocks, Lions and cattle shall keep company together, so that a little child shall rule them.
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The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat hay like the bullock. But earth shall be the serpent's meat. There shall no man hurt nor slay another, in all my holy hill, sayeth the LORD.
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Wolves » Illustrative » Of false teachers
"Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
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For I am sure of this: that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, which will not spare the flock.
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Wolves » Illustrative » Of the wicked
"Behold, I send you forth as sheep among wolves: Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and innocent as doves.
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Go your ways. Behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
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Wolves » Illustrative » Of the tribe of benjamin
"Benjamin is a ravishing wolf. In the morning he shall devour his prey, and at night he shall divide his spoil."
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Wolves » Illustrative » Of the devil
An hired servant which is not the shepherd, neither the sheep are his own, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and flyeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
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Woman » Illustrative » (chaste and holy,) of saints
and that because of the good and pleasant savour. Thy name is sweet smelling ointment when it is shed forth; therefore do the maidens love thee.
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These are they, which were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These follow the lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from men being the first fruits unto God and to the lamb,
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For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy. For I coupled you to one man, to make you a chaste virgin to Christ:
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Woman » Illustrative » (gloriously arrayed,) of the church of Christ
The king's daughter is all glorious within, her clothing is of wrought gold.
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But Jerusalem, which is above, is free: which is the mother of us all.
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And there appeared a great wonder in heaven. A woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars.
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Woman » Illustrative » (lewd,) of the roman apostacy
And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
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And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and decked with gold, precious stone, and pearls, and had a cup of gold in her hand, full of abominations, and filthiness of her fornication.
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Woman » Illustrative » (wise,) of saints
But the wise took oil with them in their vessels with their lamps also.
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Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went to meet the bridegroom: five of them were foolish, and five were wise.
Woman » Illustrative » (at ease and careless,) of a state of carnal security
Up, ye rich and idle women, hearken unto my voice. Ye careless cities, mark my words.
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O ye rich idle cities, ye that fear no peril: ye shall be abashed and removed, when ye see the bareness, the nakedness, and preparing to war.
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Woman » Illustrative » (foolish,) of mere professors
Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went to meet the bridegroom: five of them were foolish, and five were wise. The foolish took their lamps, but took none oil with them.
Woman » Illustrative » (delicate,) of backsliding israel
I will liken the daughter of Zion to a fair and tender woman, and to her shall come the shepherds with their flocks.
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Woman » Illustrative » (forsaken,) of israel in her captivity
For the LORD shall call thee, being as a desolate sorrowful woman, and as a young wife that hath broken her wedlock, sayeth thy God.
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Years » Illustrative » (of visitation,) of severe judgments
Wherefore, their way shall be slippery in the darkness, wherein they may stagger and fall. For I will bring a plague upon them, even the year of their visitation, sayeth the LORD.
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so that none shall remain. For upon the citizens of Anathoth will I bring a plague, and the year of their visitation."
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Years » Illustrative » (acceptable,) of the dispensation of the gospel
That I might declare the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of the vengeance of our God; that I might comfort all them that are in heaviness.
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And to preach the acceptable year of the Lord."
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Years » Illustrative » (coming to,) of manhood
By faith Moses, when he was of a great age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,
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Years » Illustrative » (being full of,) of old age
and then fell sick and died, in a lusty age - when he had lived enough - and was put unto his people.
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Years » Illustrative » (of the right hand of the most high,) of prosperity
At the last, I came to this point, that I thought, "O why art thou so foolish? the righthand of the most highest can change all!"
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Years » Illustrative » (of the redeemed,) of redemption by Christ
For that day of vengeance that I have taken in hand, and the year of my deliverance, is come.
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Years » Illustrative » (of recompenses,) of judgments
Unto thee also, O Zion, shall come the day of the vengeance of God, and the year when thine own judgments shall be recompensed.
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Years » Illustrative » (well stricken in,) of old age
And they had no child, because that Elizabeth was barren; And both were well stricken in age.
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