1) The gathering together of the waters originally called
Ge 1:10 
 
2) Great rivers often called 
Isa 11:15 Jer 51:36 
 
3) Lakes often called 
De 3:17 Mt 8:24,27,32 
 
4) God 
4a) Created 
Ex 20:11 Ps 95:5 Ac 14:15 
 
4b) Made the birds and fished out of 
Ge 1:20-22 
 
4c) Founded the earth upon 
Ps 24:2 
 
4d) Set bounds to, by a perpetual decree 
Job 26:10 38:8,10,11 Pr 8:27,29 
 
4e) Measures the waters of 
Isa 40:12 
 
4f) Does what he pleases in 
Ps 135:6 
 
4g) Dries up, by his rebuke 
Isa 50:2 Na 1:4 
 
4h) Shakes, by his word 
Hag 2:6 
 
4i) Stills, by his power 
Ps 65:7 89:9 107:29 
 
5) Of immense extent 
Job 11:9 Ps 104:25 
 
6) Of great depth 
Ps 68:22 
 
7) Rivers supplied by exhalations from 
Ec 1:7 
 
8) Replenished by rivers 
Ec 1:7 Eze 47:8 
 
9) CALLED THE 
9a) Deep 
Job 41:31 Ps 107:24 2Co 11:25 
 
9b) Great waters 
Ps 77:19 
 
9c) Great and wide sea 
Ps 104:25 
 
10) The clouds the garment of 
Job 38:9 
 
11) Darkness the swaddling band of 
Job 38:9 
 
12) Sand the barrier of 
Jer 5:22 
 
13) Inhabited by innumerable creatures great and small 
Ps 104:25,26 
 
14) The wonders of God seen in 
Ps 107:24 
 
15) Made to glorify God 
Ps 69:34 148:7 
 
16) SEAS MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE 
16a) The Adriatic or sea of Adria 
Ac 27:27 
 
16b) Mediterranean or great sea 
Nu 34:6 De 11:24 34:2 Zec 14:8 
 
16c) Red Sea 
Ex 10:19 13:18 23:31 
 
16d) Sea of Joppa or sea of the Philistines 
Ezr 3:7 Ex 23:21 
 
16e) Salt of Dead Sea 
Ge 14:3 Nu 34:12 
 
16f) Sea of Galilee 
Mt 4:18 8:32 Joh 6:1 
 
16g) Sea of Jazer 
Jer 48:32 
 
17) Raised by the wind 
Ps 107:25,26 Jon 1:4 
 
18) Caused to foam by Leviathan 
Job 41:31,32 
 
19) THE WAVES OF 
19a) Raised upon high 
Ps 93:3 107:25 
 
19b) Tossed to and fro 
Jer 5:22 
 
19c) Multitudinous 
Jer 51:42 
 
19d) Mighty 
Ps 93:4 Ac 27:41 
 
19e) Tumultuous 
Lu 21:25 Jude 1:13 
 
20) The shore of, covered with sand 
Ge 22:17 1Ki 4:29 Job 6:3 Ps 78:27 
 
21) Numerous islands in 
Eze 26:18 
 
22) Passed over in ships 
Ps 104:26 107:23 
 
23) Sailing on, dangerous 
Ac 27:9,20 2Co 11:26 
 
24) COMMERCIAL NATIONS 
24a) Often built cities on the borders of 
Ge 49:13 Eze 27:3 Na 3:8 
 
24b) Derived great wealth from 
De 33:19 
 
25) Shall give up its dead at the last day 
Re 20:13 
 
26) The renewed earth shall be without 
Re 21:1 
 
27) ILLUSTRATIVE 
27a) Of heavy afflictions 
Isa 43:2 La 2:13 
 
27b) (Trouble,)of the wicked 
Isa 57:20 
 
27c) (Roaring,)of hostile armies 
Isa 5:30 Jer 6:23 
 
27d) (Waves of,)of righteousness 
Isa 48:18 
 
27e) (Waves of,)of devastating armies 
Eze 26:3,4 
 
27f) (Waves of,)of the unsteady 
Jas 1:6 
 
27g) (Covered with waters,)of the diffusion of spiritual
knowledge over the earth in the latter days 
Isa 11:9 Hab 2:14 
 
27h) (Smooth as glass,)of the peace of heaven 
Re 4:6 15:2 
 
 
1) Christ received 
Joh 6:27 
 
2) Saints receive 
2Co 1:22 Eph 1:13 
 
3) Is to the day of redemption 
Eph 4:30 
 
4) The wicked do not receive 
Re 9:4 
 
5) Judgment suspended until all saints receive 
Re 7:3 
 
6) Typified 
Ro 4:11 
 
 
1) Called signet 
Ge 38:18,25 
 
2) Precious stones set in gold used as 
Ex 28:11 
 
3) Inscriptions upon, alluded to 
2Ti 2:19 
 
4) Generally worn as rings or bracelets 
Jer 22:24 
 
5) IMPRESSIONS OF 
5a) Frequently taken in clay 
Job 38:14 
 
5b) Used for security 
Da 6:17 Mt 27:66 
 
5c) Attached to all royal decrees 
1Ki 21:8 Es 3:12 8:8 
 
5d) Attached to covenants 
Ne 9:38 10:1 
 
5e) Attached to lease and transfers of property 
Jer 32:9-12,44 
 
5f) Set upon treasures 
De 32:34 
 
5g) Attached to the victims approved for sacrifice,
alluded to 
Joh 6:27 
 
5h) Were given by kings as a badge of authority 
Ge 41:41,42 
 
6) Illustrative of 
6a) Circumcision 
Ro 4:11 
 
6b) Converts 
1Co 9:2 
 
6c) What is dear or valued 
So 8:6 Jer 22:24 Hag 2:23 
 
6d) Secrecy 
Da 12:4 Re 5:1 10:4 
 
6e) Security 
So 4:12 2Ti 2:19 Re 7:2-8 20:3 
 
6f) Full approval 
Joh 3:33 
 
6g) Appropriation of saints to God by the Spirit 
2Co 1:22 Eph 1:13 4:30 
 
6h) Restraint 
Job 9:7 37:7 Re 20:3 
 
 
1) Time of, unknown 
Mt 24:36 Mr 13:32 
 
2) CALLED THE 
2a) Times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord 
Ac 3:19 
 
2b) Times of restitution of all things 
Ac 3:21 Ro 8:21 
 
2c) Last time 
1Pe 1:5 
 
2d) Appearing of Jesus Christ 
1Pe 1:7 
 
2e) Revelation of Jesus Christ 
1Pe 1:13 
 
2f) Glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour 
Tit 2:13 
 
2g) Coming of the day of God 
2Pe 3:12 
 
2h) Day of our Lord Jesus Christ 
1Co 1:8 
 
3) FORETOLD BY 
3a) Prophets 
Da 7:13 Jude 1:14 
 
3b) Himself 
Mt 25:31 Joh 14:3 
 
3c) Apostles 
Ac 3:20 1Ti 6:14 
 
3d) Angels 
Ac 1:10,11 
 
4) Signs preceding 
Mt 24:3-51 
 
5) The Manner of 
5a) In clouds 
Mt 24:30 26:64 Re 1:7 
 
5b) In the glory of his Father 
Mt 16:27 
 
5c) In his own glory 
Mt 25:31 
 
5d) In flaming fire 
2Th 1:8 
 
5e) With power and great glory 
Mt 24:30 
 
5f) As he ascended 
Ac 1:9,11 
 
5g) With a shout and the voice of the Archangel 
1Th 4:16 
 
5h) Accompanied by Angels 
Mt 16:27 25:31 Mr 8:38 2Th 1:7 
 
5i) With his saints 
1Th 3:13 Jude 1:14 
 
5j) Suddenly 
Mr 13:36 
 
5k) Unexpectedly 
Mt 24:44 Lu 12:40 
 
5l) As a thief in the night 
1Th 5:2 2Pe 3:10 Re 16:15 
 
5m) As the lightning 
Mt 24:27 
 
6) The heavens and earth shall be dissolved, &c at 
2Pe 3:10,12 
 
7) They who shall have died in Christ shall rise first at
1Th 4:16 
 
8) The saints alive at, shall be caught up to meet him 
1Th 4:17 
 
9) Is not to make atonement 
Heb 9:28 Ro 6:9,10 Heb 10:14 
 
10) THE PURPOSES OF, ARE TO 
10a) Complete the salvation of saints 
Heb 9:28 1Pe 1:5 
 
10b) Be glorified in his saints 
2Th 1:10 
 
10c) Be admired in them that believe 
2Th 1:10 
 
10d) Bring to light the hidden things of darkness 
1Co 4:5 
 
10e) Judge 
Ps 50:3,4 Joh 5:22 2Ti 4:1 Jude 1:15 Re 20:11-13 
 
10f) Reign 
Isa 24:23 Da 7:14 Re 11:15 
 
10g) Destroy death 
1Co 15:25,26 
 
11) Every eye shall see him at 
Re 1:7 
 
12) Should be always considered as at hand 
Ro 13:12 Php 4:5 1Pe 4:7 
 
13) Blessedness of being prepared for 
Mt 24:46 Lu 12:37,38 
 
14) SAINTS 
14a) Assured of 
Job 19:25,26 
 
14b) Love 
2Ti 4:8 
 
14c) Look for 
Php 3:20 Tit 2:13 
 
14d) Wait for 
1Co 1:7 1Th 1:10 
 
14e) Haste to 
2Pe 3:12 
 
14f) Pray for 
Re 22:20 
 
14g) Should be ready for 
Mt 24:44 Lu 12:40 
 
14h) Should watch for 
Mt 24:42 Mr 13:35-37 Lu 21:36 
 
14i) Should be patient to 
2Th 3:5 Jas 5:7,8 
 
15) Shall be preserved to 
Php 1:6 2Ti 4:18 1Pe 1:5 Jude 1:24 
 
16) Shall not be ashamed at 
1Jo 2:28 4:17 
 
17) Shall be blameless at 
1Co 1:8 1Th 3:13 5:23 Jude 1:24 
 
18) Shall be like him at 
Php 3:21 1Jo 3:2 
 
19) Shall see him as he is, at 
1Jo 3:2 
 
20) Shall appear with him in glory at 
Col 3:4 
 
21) Shall receive a crown of glory at 
2Ti 4:8 1Pe 5:4 
 
22) Shall reign with him at 
Da 7:27 2Ti 2:12 Re 5:10 20:6 22:5 
 
23) Faith of, shall be found to praise at 
1Pe 1:7 
 
24) THE WICKED 
24a) Scoff at 
2Pe 3:3,4 
 
24b) Presume upon the delay of 
Mt 24:48 
 
24c) Shall be surprised by 
Mt 24:37-39 1Th 5:3 2Pe 3:10 
 
24d) Shall be punished at 
2Th 1:8,9 
 
25) The man of sin to be destroyed at 
2Th 2:8 
 
26) Illustrated 
Mt 25:6 Lu 12:36,39 19:12,15 
 
 
1) Every herb, tree and grass yields its own 
Ge 1:11,12,29 
 
2) Each kind of, has its own body 
1Co 15:38 
 
3) SOWING OF 
3a) Time for, called seed time 
Ge 8:22 
 
3b) Necessary to its productiveness 
Joh 12:24 1Co 15:36 
 
3c) Required constant diligence 
Ec 11:4,6 
 
3d) Often attended with great waste 
Mt 13:4,5,7 
 
3e) Often attended with danger 
Ps 126:5,6 
 
4) Yearly return of time of sowing, secured by covenant 
Ge 8:21,22 
 
5) The ground carefully ploughed, and prepared for 
Isa 28:24,25 
 
6) Often sown beside rivers 
Ec 11:1 Isa 32:20 
 
7) Often trodden into the ground, by the feet of oxen 
Isa 32:20 
 
8) Required to be watered by the rain 
Isa 55:10 
 
9) In Egypt required to be artificially watered 
De 11:10 
 
10) Yielded an abundant increase in Canaan 
Ge 26:12 Mt 13:23 
 
11) MOSAIC LAWS RESPECTING 
11a) Different kinds of, not to be sown in the same field
Le 19:19 De 22:9 
 
11b) If dry, exempted from uncleanness though touched by
an unclean thing 
Le 11:37 
 
11c) If wet, rendered unclean by contact with an unclean
thing 
Le 11:38 
 
11d) The tithe of, to be given to God 
Le 27:30 
 
11e) Not to be sown during the sabbatical year 
Le 25:4,20 
 
11f) Not to be sown in year of jubilee 
Le 25:11 
 
12) Difference between, and the plant which grows from
it, noticed 
1Co 15:37,38 
 
13) THE JEWS PUNISHED BY 
13a) Its rotting in the ground 
Joe 1:17 Mal 2:3 
 
13b) Its yielding but little increase 
Isa 5:10 Hag 1:6 
 
13c) Its increase being consumed by locusts 
De 28:38 Joe 1:4 
 
13d) Its increase being consume by enemies 
Le 26:16 De 28:33,51 
 
13e) Its being choked by thorns 
Jer 12:13 Mt 13:7 
 
14) ILLUSTRATIVE OF 
14a) The word of God 
Lu 8:11 1Pe 1:23 
 
14b) Spiritual life 
1Jo 3:9 
 
15) SOWING, ILLUSTRATIVE OF 
15a) Preaching the gospel 
Mt 13:3,32 1Co 9:11 
 
15b) Scattering or dispersing a people 
Zec 10:9 
 
15c) Christian liberality 
Ec 11:6 2Co 9:6 
 
15d) Men's works producing a corresponding recompence 
Job 4:8 Ho 10:12 Ga 6:7,8 
 
15e) The death of Christ and its effects 
Joh 12:24 
 
15f) The burial of the body 
1Co 15:36-38 
 
 
1) Commanded 
Isa 55:6 Mt 7:7 
 
2) INCLUDES SEEKING 
2a) His Name 
Ps 83:16 
 
2b) His word 
Isa 34:16 
 
2c) His face 
Ps 27:8 105:4 
 
2d) His strength 
1Ch 16:11 Ps 105:4 
 
2e) His commandments 
1Ch 28:8 Mal 2:7 
 
2f) His precepts 
Ps 119:45,94 
 
2g) His kingdom 
Mt 6:33 Lu 12:31 
 
2h) His righteousness 
Mt 6:33 
 
2i) Christ 
Mal 3:1 Lu 2:15,16 
 
2j) Honour which comes from him 
Joh 5:44 
 
2k) Justification by Christ 
Ga 2:16,17 
 
2l) The city which God has prepared 
Heb 11:10,16 13:14 
 
3) By prayer 
Job 8:5 Da 9:3 
 
4) In his house 
De 12:5 Ps 27:4 
 
5) SHOULD BE 
5a) Immediate 
Ho 10:12 
 
5b) Evermore 
Ps 105:4 
 
5c) While he may be found 
Isa 55:6 
 
5d) With diligence 
Heb 11:6 
 
5e) With the heart 
De 4:29 1Ch 22:19 
 
5f) In the day of trouble 
Ps 77:2 
 
6) Ensures 
6a) His being found 
De 4:29 1Ch 28:9 Pr 8:17 Jer 29:13 
 
6b) His favour 
La 3:25 
 
6c) His protection 
Ezr 8:22 
 
6d) His not forsaking us 
Ps 9:10 
 
6e) Life 
Ps 69:32 Am 5:4,6 
 
6f) Prosperity 
Job 8:5,6 Ps 34:10 
 
6g) Being heard of him 
Ps 34:4 
 
6h) Understanding all things 
Pr 28:5 
 
6i) Gifts of righteousness 
Ho 10:12 
 
7) Imperative upon all 
Isa 8:19 
 
8) Afflictions designed to lead to 
Ps 78:33,34 Ho 5:15 
 
9) None, by nature, are found to be engaged in 
Ps 14:2 Ro 3:11 Lu 12:23,30 
 
10) SAINTS 
10a) Specially exhorted to 
Zep 2:3 
 
10b) Desirous of 
Job 5:8 
 
10c) Purpose, in heart 
Ps 27:8 
 
10d) Prepare their hearts for 
2Ch 30:19 
 
10e) Set their hearts to 
2Ch 11:16 
 
10f) Engage in, with the whole heart 
2Ch 15:12 Ps 119:10 
 
10g) Early in 
Job 8:5 Ps 63:1 Isa 26:9 
 
10h) Earnest in 
So 3:2,4 
 
10i) Characterised by 
Ps 24:6 
 
11) Is never in vain 
Isa 45:19 
 
12) Blessedness of 
Ps 119:2 
 
13) Leads to joy 
Ps 70:4 105:3 
 
14) Ends in praise 
Ps 22:26 
 
15) Promise connected with 
Ps 69:32 
 
16) Shall be rewarded 
Heb 11:6 
 
17) THE WICKED 
17a) Are gone out of the way of 
Ps 14:2,3 Ro 3:11,12 
 
17b) Prepare not their hearts for 
2Ch 12:14 
 
17c) Refuse, through pride 
Ps 10:4 
 
17d) Not led to, by affliction 
Isa 9:13 
 
17e) Sometimes pretend to 
Ezr 4:2 Isa 58:2 
 
17f) Rejected, when too late in 
Pr 1:28 
 
18) They who neglect denounced 
Isa 31:1 
 
19) Punishment of those who neglect 
Zep 1:4-6 
 
20) Exemplified 
20a) Asa 
2Ch 14:7 
 
20b) Jehoshaphat 
2Ch 17:3,4 
 
20c) Uzziah 
2Ch 26:5 
 
20d) Hezekiah 
2Ch 31:21 
 
20e) Josiah 
2Ch 34:3 
 
20f) Ezra 
Ezr 7:10 
 
20g) David 
Ps 34:4 
 
20h) Daniel 
Da 9:3,4 
 
 
1) A characteristic of the wicked 
Ps 49:18 
 
2) Prosperity frequently leads to 
Ps 30:6 Ho 12:8 Lu 12:17-19 
 
3) Obstinate sinners often given up to 
Ps 81:11,12 Ho 4:17 2Th 2:10,11 
 
4) EXHIBITED IN THINKING THAT 
4a) Our own ways are right 
Pr 14:12 
 
4b) We should adhere to established wicked practices 
Jer 44:17 
 
4c) We are pure 
Pr 30:12 
 
4d) We are better than others 
Lu 18:11 
 
4e) We are rich in spiritual things 
Re 3:17 
 
4f) We may have peace while in sin 
De 29:19 
 
4g) We are above adversity 
Ps 10:6 
 
4h) Gifts entitle us to heaven 
Mt 7:21,22 
 
4i) Privileges entitle us to heaven 
Mt 3:9 Lu 13:25,26 
 
4j) God will not punish our sins 
Ps 10:11 Jer 5:12 
 
4k) Christ shall not come to judge 
2Pe 3:4 
 
4l) Our lives shall be prolonged 
Isa 56:12 Lu 12:19 Jas 4:13 
 
5) Frequently preserved in, to the last 
Mt 7:22 25:11,12 Lu 13:24,25 
 
6) Fatal consequences of 
Mt 7:23 24:48-51 Lu 12:20 1Th 5:3 
 
7) Exemplified 
7a) Ahab 
1Ki 20:27,34 
 
7b) Israelites 
Ho 12:8 
 
7c) Jews 
Joh 8:33,41 
 
7d) Church of Laodicea 
Re 3:17 
 
7e) Babylon 
Isa 47:7-11 
 
 
1) Christ set an example of 
Mt 4:8-10 8:20 Joh 6:38 Ro 15:3 Php 2:6-8 
 
2) A test of devotedness to Christ 
Mt 10:37,38 Lu 9:23,24 
 
3) NECESSARY 
3a) In following Christ 
Lu 14:27-33 
 
3b) In the warfare of saints 
2Ti 2:4 
 
3c) To the triumph of saints 
1Co 9:25-27 
 
4) Ministers especially called to exercise 
2Co 6:4,5 
 
5) SHOULD BE EXERCISED IN 
5a) Denying ungodliness and worldly lusts 
Ro 6:12 Tit 2:12 
 
5b) Controlling the appetite 
Pr 23:2 
 
5c) Abstaining from fleshly lusts 
1Pe 2:11 
 
5d) No longer living to lusts of men 
1Pe 4:2 
 
5e) Mortifying sinful lusts 
Mr 9:43 Col 3:5 
 
5f) Mortifying deeds of the body 
Ro 8:13 
 
5g) Not pleasing ourselves 
Ro 15:1-3 
 
5h) Not seeking out own profit 
1Co 10:24,33 13:5 Php 2:4 
 
5i) Preferring the profit of others 
Ro 14:20,21 1Co 10:24,33 
 
5j) Assisting others 
Lu 3:11 
 
5k) Even lawful things 
1Co 10:23 
 
5l) Forsaking all 
Lu 14:33 
 
5m) Taking up the cross and following Christ 
Mt 10:38 16:24 
 
5n) Crucifying the flesh 
Ga 5:24 
 
5o) Being crucified with Christ 
Ro 6:6 
 
5p) Being crucified to the world 
Ga 6:14 
 
5q) Putting off the old man which is corrupt 
Eph 4:22 Col 3:9 
 
5r) Preferring Christ to all earthly relations 
Mt 8:21,22 Lu 14:26 
 
6) Becomes strangers and pilgrims 
Heb 11:13-15 1Pe 2:11 
 
7) Danger of neglecting 
Mt 16:25,26 1Co 9:27 
 
8) Reward of 
Mt 19:28,29 Ro 8:13 
 
9) Happy result 
2Pe 1:4 
 
10) Exemplified 
10a) Abraham 
Ge 13:9 Heb 11:8,9 
 
10b) Widow of Zarephath 
1Ki 17:12-15 
 
10c) Esther 
Es 4:16 
 
10d) Rechabites 
Jer 35:6,7 
 
10e) Daniel 
Da 1:8-16 
 
10f) Apostles 
Mt 19:27 
 
10g) Simon, Andrew, James, and John 
Mr 1:16-20 
 
10h) Poor Widow 
Lu 21:4 
 
10i) The Christians 
Ac 2:45 4:34 
 
10j) Barnabas 
Ac 4:36,37 
 
10k) Paul 
Ac 20:24 1Co 9:19,27 
 
10l) Moses 
Heb 11:24,25 
 
 
1) Enjoined 
2Co 13:5 
 
2) Necessary before the communion 
1Co 11:28 
 
3) Cause of difficulty in 
Jer 17:9 
 
4) SHOULD BE ENGAGED IN 
4a) With holy awe 
Ps 4:4 
 
4b) With diligent search 
Ps 77:6 La 3:40 
 
4c) With prayer for divine searching 
Ps 26:2 139:23,24 
 
4d) With purpose of amendment 
Ps 119:59 La 3:40 
 
5) Advantages of 
1Co 11:31 Ga 6:4 1Jo 3:20-22 
 
 
1) Contrary to the law of God 
Le 19:18 Mt 22:39 Jas 2:8 
 
2) The example of Christ condemns 
Joh 4:34 Ro 15:3 2Co 8:9 
 
3) God hates 
Mal 1:10 
 
4) EXHIBITED IN 
4a) Being lovers of ourselves 
2Ti 3:2 
 
4b) Pleasing ourselves 
Ro 15:1 
 
4c) Seeking our own 
1Co 10:33 Php 2:21 
 
4d) Seeking after gain 
Isa 56:11 
 
4e) Seeking undue precedence 
Mt 20:21 
 
4f) Living to ourselves 
2Co 5:15 
 
4g) Neglect of the poor 
1Jo 3:17 
 
4h) Serving God for reward 
Mal 1:10 
 
4i) Performing duty for reward 
Mic 3:11 
 
5) Inconsistent with Christian love 
1Co 13:5 
 
6) Inconsistent with communion of saints 
Ro 12:4,5 1Co 12:12-27 
 
7) Especially forbidden to saints 
1Co 10:24 Php 2:4 
 
8) The love of Christ should constrain us to avoid 
2Co 5:14,15 
 
9) Ministers should be devoid of 
1Co 9:19-23 10:33 
 
10) All men addicted to 
Eph 2:3 Php 2:21 
 
11) Saints falsely accused of 
Job 1:9-11 
 
12) Characteristic of the last days 
2Ti 3:1,2 
 
13) Exemplified 
13a) Cain 
Ge 4:9 
 
13b) Nabal 
1Sa 25:3,11 
 
13c) Haman 
Es 6:6 
 
13d) Priests 
Isa 56:11 
 
13e) Jews 
Zec 7:6 
 
13f) James and John 
Mr 10:37 
 
13g) Multitude 
Joh 6:26 
 
 
1) Man is prone to 
Pr 20:6 30:12 
 
2) Hateful to God 
Lu 16:15 
 
3) IS VAIN BECAUSE OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS IS 
3a) But external 
Mt 23:25-28 Lu 11:39-44 
 
3b) But partial 
Mt 23:25 Lu 11:44 
 
3c) No better than filthy rags 
Isa 64:6 
 
3d) Ineffectual for salvation 
Job 9:30,31 Mt 5:20 Ro 3:20 
 
3e) Unprofitable 
Isa 57:12 
 
4) Is boastful 
Mt 23:30 
 
5) THEY WHO ARE GIVEN TO 
5a) Audaciously approach God 
Lu 18:11 
 
5b) Seek to justify themselves 
Lu 10:29 
 
5c) Seek to justify themselves before men 
Lu 16:15 
 
5d) Reject the righteousness of God 
Ro 10:3 
 
5e) Condemn others 
Mt 9:11-13 Lu 7:39 
 
5f) Consider their own way right 
Pr 21:2 
 
5g) Despise others 
Isa 65:5 Lu 18:9 
 
5h) Proclaim their own goodness 
Pr 20:6 
 
5i) Are pure in their own eyes 
Pr 30:12 
 
5j) Are abominable before God 
Isa 65:5 
 
6) Folly of 
Job 9:20 
 
7) Saints renounce 
Php 3:7-10 
 
8) Warning against 
De 9:4 
 
9) Denunciation against 
Mt 23:27,28 
 
10) Illustrated 
Lu 18:10-12 
 
11) Exemplified 
11a) Saul 
1Sa 15:13 
 
11b) Young man 
Mt 19:20 
 
11c) Lawyer 
Lu 10:25,29 
 
11d) Pharisees 
Lu 11:39 Joh 8:33 9:28 
 
11e) Israel 
Ro 10:3 
 
11f) Church of Laodicea 
Re 3:17 
 
 
1) Forbidden 
2Ch 30:8 Ps 75:5 95:8 
 
2) PROCEED FROM 
2a) Unbelief 
2Ki 17:14 
 
2b) Pride 
Ne 9:16,29 
 
2c) An evil heart 
Jer 7:24 
 
3) God knows 
Isa 48:4 
 
4) EXHIBITED IN 
4a) Refusing to hearken to God 
Pr 1:24 
 
4b) Refusing to hearken to the messengers of God 
1Sa 8:19 Jer 44:16 Zec 7:11 
 
4c) Refusing to walk in the ways of God 
Ne 9:17 Ps 78:10 Isa 42:24 Jer 6:16 
 
4d) Refusing to hearken to parents 
De 21:18,19 
 
4e) Refusing to receive correction 
De 21:18 Jer 5:3 7:28 
 
4f) Rebelling against God 
De 31:27 Ps 78:8 
 
4g) Resisting the Holy Spirit 
Ac 7:51 
 
4h) Walking in the counsels of an evil heart 
Jer 7:24 23:17 
 
4i) Hardening the neck 
Ne 9:16 
 
4j) Hardening the heart 
2Ch 36:13 
 
4k) Going backward and not forward 
Jer 7:24 
 
5) Heinousness of 
1Sa 15:23 
 
6) MINISTERS SHOULD 
6a) Be without 
Tit 1:7 
 
6b) Warn their people against 
Heb 3:7-12 
 
6c) Pray that their people may be forgiven for 
Ex 34:9 De 9:27 
 
7) Characteristic of the wicked 
Pr 7:11 2Pe 2:10 
 
8) The wicked cease not from 
Jud 2:19 
 
9) Punishment for 
De 21:21 Pr 29:1 
 
10) Illustrated 
Ps 32:9 Jer 31:18 
 
11) Exemplified 
11a) Simeon and Levi 
Ge 49:6 
 
11b) Israelites 
Ex 32:9 De 9:6,13 
 
11c) Saul 
1Sa 15:19-23 
 
11d) David 
2Sa 24:4 
 
11e) Josiah 
2Ch 35:22 
 
11f) Zedekiah 
2Ch 36:13 
 
 
1) Created by God 
Job 26:13 
 
2) Characterised as subtle 
Ge 3:1 Mt 10:16 
 
3) Called crooked 
Job 26:13 Isa 27:1 
 
4) Unclean and unfit for food 
Mt 7:10 
 
5) INFEST 
5a) Hedges 
Ec 10:8 
 
5b) Holes in walls 
Am 5:19 
 
5c) Deserts 
De 8:15 
 
6) Produced from eggs 
Isa 59:5 
 
7) Cursed above all creatures 
Ge 3:14 
 
8) Doomed to creep on their belly 
Ge 3:14 
 
9) Doomed to eat their food mingled with dust 
Ge 3:14 Isa 65:25 Mic 7:17 
 
10) Many kinds of poisonous 
De 32:24 Ps 58:4 
 
11) All kinds of, can be tamed 
Jas 3:7 
 
12) Were often enchanted or fascinated 
Ec 10:11 
 
13) Dangerous to travellers 
Ge 49:17 
 
14) Man's aversion and hatred to 
Ge 3:15 
 
15) Often sent as a punishment 
Nu 21:6 De 32:24 1Co 10:9 
 
16) MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH 
16a) Moses' rod turned into 
Ex 4:3 7:9,15 
 
16b) Israelites cured by looking at one of brass 
Nu 21:8,9 Joh 3:14,15 
 
16c) Power over, given to the disciples 
Mr 16:18 Lu 10:19 
 
17) ILLUSTRATIVE 
17a) Of the devil 
Ge 3:1 2Co 11:3 Re 12:9 20:2 
 
17b) Of hypocrites 
Mt 23:33 
 
17c) Of the tribe of Dan 
Ge 49:17 
 
17d) Of enemies who harass and destroy 
Isa 14:29 Jer 8:17 
 
17e) (Sharp tongue of,)of malice of the wicked 
Ps 140:3 
 
17f) (Poisonous bite of,)of baneful effects of wine 
Pr 23:21,32 
 
 
1) Early mention of 
Ge 9:25,26 
 
2) DIVIDED INTO 
2a) Male 
Ge 24:34 32:5 
 
2b) Female 
Ge 16:6 32:5 
 
2c) Bond 
Ge 43:18 Le 25:46 
 
2d) Hired 
Mr 1:20 Lu 15:17 
 
3) Persons devoted to the service of another so called 
Ps 119:49 Isa 56:6 
 
4) The subjects of a prince or king so called 
Ex 9:20 11:8 
 
5) Persons of low condition so called 
Ec 10:7 
 
6) Persons devoted to God so called 
Ps 119:49 Isa 56:6 Ro 1:1 
 
7) The term often used to express humility 
Ge 18:3 33:5 1Sa 20:7 1Ki 20:32 
 
8) HIRED 
8a) Called hireling 
Job 7:1 Joh 10:12,13 
 
8b) Engaged by the year 
Le 25:53 Isa 16:14 
 
8c) Engaged by the day 
Mt 20:2 
 
8d) Not to be oppressed 
De 24:14 
 
8e) To be paid without delay at the expiration of their
service 
Le 19:13 De 24:15 
 
8f) To be esteemed worthy of their hire 
Lu 10:7 
 
8g) To partake of the produce of the land in the
sabbatical year 
Le 25:6 
 
8h) If foreigners not allowed to partake of the passover
or holy things 
Ex 12:45 Le 22:10 
 
8i) Anxiety of, for the end of their daily toil, alluded
to 
Job 7:2 
 
8j) Hebrew slaves serving their brethren to be treated as
Le 25:39,40 
 
8k) Hebrew slaves serving strangers to be treated as 
Le 25:47,53 
 
8l) Often stood in the market place waiting for
employment 
Mt 20:1-3 
 
8m) Often will fed and taken care of 
Lu 15:17 
 
8n) Often oppressed and their wages kept back 
Mal 3:5 Jas 5:4 
 
9) SLAVES OR BOND 
9a) Called bondmen 
Ge 43:18 44:9 
 
9b) By birth 
Ge 14:14 Ps 116:16 Jer 2:14 
 
9c) By purchase 
Ge 17:27 37:36 
 
9d) Captives taken in war often kept as 
De 20:14 2Ki 5:2 
 
9e) Strangers sojourning in Israel might be purchased as 
Le 25:45 
 
9f) Persons belonging to other nations might be purchased
as 
Le 25:44 
 
9g) Persons unable to pay their debts liable to be sold
as 
2Ki 4:1 Ne 5:4,5 Mt 18:25 
 
9h) Thieves unable to make restitution were sold as 
Ex 22:3 
 
9i) More valuable than hired servants 
De 15:18 
 
9j) When Israelites not to be treated with rigour 
Le 25:39,40,46 
 
9k) When Israelites to have their liberty after six years
service 
Ex 21:2 De 15:12 
 
9l) Israelites sold as, refusing their liberty, to have
their ears bored to the door 
Ex 21:5,6 De 15:16,17 
 
9m) Israelites sold to strangers as, might be redeemed by
their nearest of kin 
Le 25:47-55 
 
9n) All Israelites sold as, to be free at the jubilee 
Le 25:10,40,41,54 
 
9o) Could not when set free demand wives or children
procured during servitude 
Ex 21:3,4 
 
9p) To be furnished liberally, when their servitude
expired 
De 15:13,14 
 
9q) When foreigners to be circumcised 
Ge 17:13,27 Ex 12:44 
 
9r) To be allowed to rest on the Sabbath 
Ex 20:10 
 
9s) To participate in all national rejoicings 
De 12:18 16:11,14 
 
9t) Persons of distinction had many 
Ge 14:14 Ec 2:7 
 
9u) Engaged in the most menial offices 
1Sa 25:41 Joh 13:4,5 
 
9v) Maimed of injured by masters to have their freedom 
Ex 21:26,27 
 
9w) Masters to be recompensed for injury done to 
Ex 21:32 
 
9x) Laws respecting the killing of 
Ex 21:20,21 
 
9y) Of others not to be coveted or enticed away 
Ex 20:17 De 5:21 
 
9z) Seeking protection not to be delivered up to masters 
De 23:15 
 
9A) Custom of branding, alluded to 
Ga 6:17 
 
9B) Sometimes rose to rank and station 
Ec 10:7 
 
9C) Sometimes intermarried  with their master's family 
1Ch 2:34,35 
 
9D) Laws respecting marriage with female 
Ex 21:7-11 
 
9E) Seizing and stealing of men for, condemned and
punished by the law 
Ex 21:16 De 24:7 1Ti 1:10 
 
9F) Laws respecting, often violated 
Jer 34:8-16 
 
10) BOND, ILLUSTRATIVE 
10a) Of Christ 
Ps 40:6 Heb 10:5 Php 2:7,8 
 
10b) Of saints 
1Co 6:20 7:23 
 
10c) Of the wicked 
2Pe 2:19 Ro 6:16,19 
 
11) Christ condescended to the office of 
Mt 20:28 Lu 22:27 Joh 13:5 Php 2:7 
 
12) Are inferior to their masters 
Lu 22:27 
 
13) Should follow Christ's example 
1Pe 2:21 
 
14) DUTIES OF, TO MASTERS 
14a) To pray for them 
Ge 24:12 
 
14b) To honour them 
Mal 1:6 1Ti 6:1 
 
14c) To revere them the more, when they are believers 
1Ti 6:2 
 
14d) To be subject to them 
1Pe 2:18 
 
14e) To obey them 
Eph 6:5 Tit 2:9 
 
14f) To attend to their call 
Ps 123:2 
 
14g) To please them well in all things 
Tit 2:9 
 
14h) To sympathise with them 
2Sa 12:18 
 
14i) To prefer their business to their own necessary food
Ge 24:33 
 
14j) To bless God for mercies shown to them 
Ge 24:27,48 
 
14k) To be faithful to them 
Lu 16:10-12 1Co 4:2 Tit 2:10 
 
14l) To be profitable to them 
Lu 19:15,16,18 Phm 1:11 
 
14m) To be anxious for their welfare 
1Sa 25:14-17 2Ki 5:2,3 
 
14n) To be earnest in transacting their business 
Ge 24:54-56 
 
14o) To be prudent in the management of their affairs 
Ge 24:34-49 
 
14p) To be industrious in labouring for them 
Ne 4:16,23 
 
14q) To be kind and attentive to their guests 
Ge 43:23,24 
 
14r) To be submissive even to the froward 
Ge 16:6,9 1Pe 2:18 
 
14s) Not to answer them rudely 
Tit 2:9 
 
14t) Not to serve them with eye-service, as men-pleasers 
Eph 6:6 Col 3:22 
 
14u) Not to defraud them 
Tit 2:10 
 
15) Should be contented in their situation 
1Co 7:20,21 
 
16) Should be compassionate to their fellows 
Mt 18:33 
 
17) SHOULD SERVE 
17a) For conscience towards God 
1Pe 2:19 
 
17b) In the fear of God 
Eph 6:5 Col 3:22 
 
17c) As the servants of Christ 
Eph 6:5,6 
 
17d) Heartily, as to the Lord, and not to men 
Eph 6:7 Col 3:23 
 
17e) As doing the will of God from the heart 
Eph 6:6 
 
17f) In singleness of heart 
Eph 6:5 Col 3:22 
 
17g) With good will 
Eph 6:7 
 
18) When patient under injury are acceptable to God 
1Pe 2:19,20 
 
19) When Good 
19a) Are the servants of Christ 
Col 3:24 
 
19b) Are brethren beloved in the Lord 
Phm 1:16 
 
19c) Are the Lord's freemen 
1Co 7:22 
 
19d) Are partakers of gospel privileges 
1Co 12:13 Ga 3:28 Eph 6:8 Col 3:11 
 
19e) Deserve the confidence of their masters 
Ge 24:2,4,10 39:4 
 
19f) Often exalted 
Ge 41:40 Pr 17:2 
 
19g) Often advanced by master 
Ge 39:4,5 
 
19h) To be honoured 
Ge 24:31 Pr 27:18 
 
19i) Bring God's blessing upon their masters 
Ge 30:27,30 39:3 
 
19j) Adorn the doctrine of God their Saviour in all
things 
Tit 2:10 
 
19k) Have God with them 
Ge 31:42 39:21 Ac 7:9,10 
 
19l) Are prospered by God 
Ge 39:3 
 
19m) Are protected by God 
Ge 31:7 
 
19n) Are guided by God 
Ge 24:7,27 
 
19o) Are blessed by God 
Mt 24:46 
 
19p) Are mourned over after death 
Ge 35:8 
 
19q) Shall be rewarded 
Eph 6:8 Col 3:24 
 
20) The property of masters increased by faithful 
Ge 30:29,30 
 
21) CHARACTERISTICS OF WICKED SERVANTS 
21a) Eye-service 
Eph 6:6 Col 3:22 
 
21b) Men-pleasers 
Eph 6:6 Col 3:22 
 
21c) Deceit 
2Sa 19:26 Ps 101:6,7 
 
21d) Quarrelsomeness 
Ge 13:7 26:20 
 
21e) Covetousness 
2Ki 5:20 
 
21f) Lying 
2Ki 5:22,24 
 
21g) Stealing 
Tit 2:10 
 
21h) Gluttony 
Mt 24:49 
 
21i) Unmerciful to their fellows 
Mt 18:30 
 
21j) Will not submit to correction 
Pr 29:19 
 
21k) Do not bear to be exalted 
Pr 30:21,22 Isa 3:5 
 
21l) Shall be punished 
Mt 24:50 
 
22) Good-Exemplified 
22a) Eliezer 
Ge 24:1-67 
 
22b) Deborah 
Ge 24:59 35:8 
 
22c) Jacob 
Ge 31:36-40 
 
22d) Joseph 
Ge 39:3 Ac 7:10 
 
22e) Servants of Boaz 
Ru 2:4 
 
22f) Jonathan's armour bearer 
1Sa 14:6,7 
 
22g) David's servants 
2Sa 12:18 
 
22h) Captive maid 
2Ki 5:2-4 
 
22i) Servants of Naaman 
2Ki 5:13 
 
22j) Servants of Centurion 
Mt 8:9 
 
22k) Servants of Cornelius 
Ac 10:7 
 
22l) Onesimus after his conversion 
Phm 1:11 
 
23) Bad-Exemplified 
23a) Servants of Abraham and Lot 
Ge 13:7 
 
23b) Servants of Abimelech 
Ge 21:25 
 
23c) Absalom's servants [Absalom's servants obeyed a bad master;
they were bad men rather than bad servants] 
2Sa 13:28,29 14:30 
 
23d) Ziba 
2Sa 16:1-4 
 
23e) Servants of Shimei 
1Ki 2:39 
 
23f) Jeroboam 
1Ki 11:26 
 
23g) Zimri 
1Ki 16:9 
 
23h) Gehazi 
2Ki 5:20 
 
23i) Servants of Amon 
2Ki 21:23 
 
23j) Job's servants 
Job 19:16 
 
23k) Servants of the High Priest 
Mr 14:65 
 
23l) Onesimus before his conversion 
Phm 1:11 
 
 
1) Clean and used as food 
De 14:4 
 
2) DESCRIBED AS 
2a) Innocent 
2Sa 24:17 
 
2b) Sagacious 
Joh 10:4,5 
 
2c) Agile 
Ps 114:4,6 
 
2d) Being covered with a fleece 
Job 31:20 
 
2e) Remarkably prolific 
Ps 107:41 144:13 So 4:2 Eze 36:37 
 
3) Bleating of, alluded to 
Jud 5:16 1Sa 15:14 
 
4) Under man's care from the earliest age 
Ge 4:4 
 
5) Constituted a great part of patriarchal wealth 
Ge 13:5 24:25 26:14 
 
6) Males of called rams 
1Sa 15:22 Jer 51:40 
 
7) Females of, called ewes 
Ps 78:71 
 
8) Young of, called lambs 
Ex 12:3 Isa 11:6 
 
9) PLACES CELEBRATED FOR 
9a) Kedar 
Eze 27:21 
 
9b) Bashan 
De 32:14 
 
9c) Nebaioth 
Isa 60:7 
 
9d) Bozrah 
Mic 2:12 
 
10) Flesh of, extensively used as food 
1Sa 25:18 1Ki 1:19 4:23 Ne 5:18 Isa 22:13 
 
11) Milk of, used as food 
De 32:14 Isa 7:21,22 1Co 9:7 
 
12) Skins of, worn as clothing by the poor 
Heb 11:37 
 
13) Skins of, made into a covering for the tabernacle 
Ex 25:5 36:10 39:34 
 
14) Wool of, made into clothing 
Job 31:20 Pr 31:13 Eze 34:3 
 
15) Offered in sacrifice from the earliest age 
Ge 4:4 8:20 15:9,10 
 
16) Offered in sacrifice under the law 
Ex 20:24 Le 1:10 1Ki 8:5,63 
 
17) FLOCKS OF 
17a) Attended by members of the family 
Ge 29:9 Ex 2:16 1Sa 16:11 
 
17b) Attended by servants 
1Sa 17:20 Isa 61:5 
 
17c) Guarded by dogs 
Job 30:1 
 
17d) Kept in folds or cotes 
1Sa 24:3 2Sa 7:8 Joh 10:1 
 
17e) Conducted to the richest pastures 
Ps 23:2 
 
17f) Fed on the mountains 
Ex 3:1 Eze 34:6,13 
 
17g) Fed in the valleys 
Isa 65:10 
 
17h) Frequently covered the pastures 
Ps 65:13 
 
17i) Watered every day 
Ge 29:8-10 Ex 2:16,17 
 
17j) Made to rest at noon 
Ps 23:2 So 1:7 
 
17k) Followed the shepherd 
Joh 10:4,27 
 
17l) Fled from strangers 
Joh 10:5 
 
18) Washed and shorn every year 
So 4:2 
 
19) Firstlings of, not to be shorn 
De 15:19 
 
20) Firstlings of, not to be redeemed 
Nu 18:17 
 
21) Firstlings of, could not be dedicated as a free-will
offering 
Le 27:26 
 
22) Tithe of, given to the Levites 
2Ch 31:4-6 
 
23) First wool of, given to the priests 
De 18:4 
 
24) Time of shearing, a time of rejoicing 
1Sa 25:2,11,36 2Sa 13:23 
 
25) WERE FREQUENTLY 
25a) Given as presents 
2Sa 17:29 1Ch 12:40 
 
25b) Given as tribute 
2Ki 3:4 2Ch 17:11 
 
25c) Destroyed by wild beasts 
Jer 50:17 Mic 5:8 Joh 10:12 
 
25d) Taken in great numbers in war 
Jud 6:4 1Sa 14:32 1Ch 5:21 2Ch 14:15 
 
25e) Cut off by disease 
Ex 9:3 
 
26) False prophets assume the simple appearance 
Mt 7:15 
 
27) ILLUSTRATIVE 
27a) Of the Jews 
Ps 74:1 78:52 79:13 
 
27b) Of the people of Christ 
Joh 10:7-26 21:16,17 Heb 13:20 1Pe 5:2 
 
27c) Of the wicked in their death 
Ps 49:14 
 
27d) Of those under God's judgment 
Ps 44:1 
 
27e) (In patience and simplicity,)of patience, of Christ 
Isa 53:7 
 
27f) (In proneness to wander,)of those who depart from
God 
Ps 119:176 Isa 53:6 Eze 34:16 
 
27g) (Lost,)of the unregenerate 
Mt 10:6 
 
27h) (When found,)of restored sinners 
Lu 15:5,7 
 
27i) (Separation from the goats,)of the separation of
saints from the wicked 
Mt 25:32,33 
 
 
1) Early mention of 
Ge 4:2 
 
2) Usually carried a scrip or bag 
1Sa 17:40 
 
3) Carried a staff or rod 
Le 27:32 Ps 23:4 
 
4) Dwelt in tents while tending their flocks 
So 1:8 Isa 38:12 
 
5) Members of the family both male and female acted as 
Ge 29:6 1Sa 16:11 17:15 
 
6) Had hired keepers under them 
1Sa 17:20 
 
7) The unfaithfulness of hireling, alluded to 
Joh 10:12 
 
8) CARE OF THE SHEEP BY, EXHIBITED IN 
8a) Knowing them 
Joh 10:14 
 
8b) Going before and leading them 
Ps 77:20 78:52 80:1 
 
8c) Seeking out good pasture for them 
1Ch 4:39-41 Ps 23:2 
 
8d) Numbering them when they return from pasture 
Jer 33:13 
 
8e) Watching over them by night 
Lu 2:8 
 
8f) Tenderness to the ewes in lamb, and to the young 
Ge 33:13,14 Ps 78:71 
 
8g) Defending them when attacked by wild beasts 
1Sa 17:34-36 Am 3:12 
 
8h) Searching them out when lost and straying 
Eze 34:12 Lu 15:4,5 
 
8i) Attending them when sick 
Eze 34:16 
 
9) An abomination to the Egyptians 
Ge 46:34 
 
10) ILLUSTRATIVE 
10a) Of God as leader of Israel 
Ps 77:20 80:1 
 
10b) Of Christ as the good shepherd 
Eze 34:23 Zec 13:7 Joh 10:14 Heb 13:20 
 
10c) Of kings as the leaders of the people 
Isa 44:28 Jer 6:3 49:19 
 
10d) Of ministers of the gospel 
Jer 23:4 
 
10e) (Searching out straying sheep,)of Christ seeking the
lost 
Eze 34:12 Lu 15:2-7 
 
10f) (Their care and tenderness,)of tenderness of Christ 
Isa 40:11 Eze 34:13-16 
 
10g) (Ignorant and foolish,)of bad ministers 
Isa 56:11 Jer 50:6 Eze 34:2,10 Zec 11:7,8,15-17 
 
 
1) Twelve cakes of fine flour 
Le 24:5 
 
2) Called hallowed bread 
1Sa 21:4 
 
3) Materials for, provided by the people 
Le 24:8 Ne 10:32,33 
 
4) Prepared by Levites 
1Ch 9:32 23:29 
 
5) Placed in two rows on the table by the priests 
Ex 25:30 40:23 Le 24:6 
 
6) TABLE OF 
6a) Dimensions of 
Ex 25:23 
 
6b) Covered with gold 
Ex 25:24 
 
6c) Had an ornamental border 
Ex 25:25 
 
6d) Had staves of shittim wood covered with gold 
Ex 25:28 
 
6e) Had rings of gold in the corners for the staves 
Ex 25:26,27 
 
6f) Had dishes, spoons, covers, and bowls of gold 
Ex 25:29 
 
6g) Placed in the north side of the tabernacle 
Ex 40:22 Heb 9:2 
 
6h) Directions for removing 
Nu 4:7 
 
7) Pure frankincense placed on 
Le 24:7 
 
8) Was changed every Sabbath day 
Le 24:8 
 
9) After removal from the table given to the priests 
Le 24:9 
 
10) Not lawful for any but the priests to eat, except in
extreme cases 
1Sa 21:4-6 Mt 12:4 
 
11) ILLUSTRATIVE OF 
11a) Christ as the bread of life 
Joh 6:48 
 
11b) The Church 
1Co 5:7 10:17 
 
 
1) A part of defensive armour 
Ps 115:9 140:7 
 
2) FREQUENTLY MADE OF, OR COVERED WITH 
2a) Gold 
2Sa 8:7 1Ki 10:17 
 
2b) Brass 
1Ki 14:27 
 
3) Said to belong to God 
Ps 47:9 
 
4) KINDS OF 
4a) The buckler or target 
2Ch 9:15 1Ch 5:18 Eze 26:8 
 
4b) The small shield 
2Ch 9:16 
 
4c) Often borne by an armour bearer 
1Sa 17:7 
 
5) BEFORE WAR 
5a) Gathered together 
Jer 51:11 
 
5b) Uncovered 
Isa 22:6 
 
5c) Repaired 
Jer 46:3 
 
5d) Anointed 
2Sa 1:21 Isa 21:5 
 
5e) Often made red 
Na 2:3 
 
6) Provided by the kings of Israel in great abundance 
2Ch 11:12 26:14 32:5 
 
7) A disgrace to lose, or throw away 
2Sa 1:21 
 
8) Of the vanquished, often burned 
Eze 39:9 
 
9) In times of peace were hung up in towers or armouries 
Eze 27:10 So 4:4 
 
10) Were scarce in Israel in the days of Deborah and
Barak 
Jud 5:8 
 
11) Many of the Israelites used, with expertness 
1Ch 12:8,24,34 2Ch 14:8 25:5 
 
12) ILLUSTRATIVE OF 
12a) Protection of God 
Ge 15:1 Ps 33:20 
 
12b) Favour of God 
Ps 5:12 
 
12c) Truth of God 
Ps 91:4 
 
12d) Salvation of God 
2Sa 22:36 Ps 18:35 
 
12e) Faith 
Eph 6:16 
 
 
1) Probably originated from the ark made by Noah 
Ge 7:17,18 
 
2) Antiquity of, among the Jews 
Ge 49:13 Jud 5:17 
 
3) DESCRIBED AS 
3a) Gallant 
Isa 33:21 
 
3b) Large 
Jas 3:4 
 
3c) Strong 
Isa 23:14 
 
3d) Swift 
Job 9:26 
 
4) Solomon built a navy of 
1Ki 9:26 
 
5) MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE 
5a) Of Chittim 
Nu 24:24 Da 11:30 
 
5b) Of Tarshish 
Isa 23:1 60:9 
 
5c) Of Adramyttium 
Ac 27:2 
 
5d) Of Alexandria 
Ac 27:6 
 
5e) Of Chaldea 
Isa 43:14 
 
5f) Of Tyre 
2Ch 8:18 
 
6) Generally made of the fir tree 
Eze 27:5 
 
7) Sometimes made of bulrushes 
Isa 18:2 
 
8) The seams of, were caulked 
Eze 27:9,27 
 
9) PARTS OF MENTIONED 
9a) The forepart or foreship 
Ac 27:30,41 
 
9b) The hinder part or stern 
Ac 27:29,41 
 
9c) The hold or between the sides 
Jon 1:5 
 
9d) The mast 
Isa 33:23 Eze 27:5 
 
9e) The sails 
Isa 33:23 Eze 27:7 
 
9f) The tackling 
Isa 33:23 Ac 27:19 
 
9g) The rudder or helm 
Jas 3:4 
 
9h) The rudder-bands 
Ac 27:40 
 
9i) The anchors 
Ac 27:29,40 
 
9j) The boats 
Ac 27:30,32 
 
9k) The oars 
Isa 33:21 Eze 27:6 
 
10) Often the property of individuals 
Ac 27:11 
 
11) Commanded by a master 
Jon 1:6 Ac 27:11 
 
12) Guided in their course by pilots 
Eze 27:8,27-29 
 
13) Governed and directed by the helm 
Jas 3:4 
 
14) Course of frequently directed by the heavenly bodies 
Ac 27:20 
 
15) Worked by mariners or sailors 
Eze 27:9,27 Jon 1:5 Ac 27:30 
 
16) Generally impelled by sails 
Ac 27:2-7 
 
17) Often impelled by oars 
Jon 1:13 Joh 6:19 
 
18) NAVIGATED 
18a) Rivers 
Isa 33:21 
 
18b) Lakes 
Lu 5:1,2 
 
18c) The ocean 
Ps 104:26 107:23 
 
19) Soundings usually taken for, in dangerous places 
Ac 27:28 
 
20) Usually distinguished by signs or figure heads 
Ac 28:11 
 
21) Course of, through the midst of the sea, wonderful 
Pr 30:18,19 
 
22) EMPLOYED IN 
22a) Trading 
1Ki 22:48 2Ch 8:18 9:21 
 
22b) Fishing 
Mt 4:21 Lu 5:4-9 Joh 21:3-8 
 
22c) War 
Nu 24:24 Da 11:30,40 
 
22d) Carrying passengers 
Jon 1:3 Ac 27:2,6 28:11 
 
23) The hinder part of, occupied by the passengers 
Mr 4:38 
 
24) ENDANGERED BY 
24a) Storms 
Jon 1:4 Mr 4:37,38 
 
24b) Quicksands 
Ac 27:17 
 
24c) Rocks 
Ac 27:29 
 
25) When damaged were sometimes undergirded with cables 
Ac 27:17 
 
26) Were often wrecked 
1Ki 22:48 Ps 48:7 Ac 27:41-44 2Co 11:25 
 
27) ILLUSTRATIVE 
27a) Of industrious women 
Pr 31:14 
 
27b) (Wrecked,)of departure from the faith 
1Ti 1:19 
 
 
1) Early use of 
Ge 14:23 
 
2) Called sandals 
Mr 6:9 Ac 12:8 
 
3) Soles of, sometimes plated with brass or iron 
De 33:25 
 
4) Bound round the feet with latchets or strings 
Joh 1:27 Ac 12:8 
 
5) OF LADIES OF DISTINCTION 
5a) Often made of badgers' skins 
Eze 16:10 
 
5b) Often highly ornamental 
So 7:1 
 
5c) Probably often adorned with tinkling ornaments 
Isa 3:18 
 
6) Loosing of, for another a degrading office 
Mr 1:17 Joh 1:27 
 
7) Bearing, for another a degrading office, only
performed by slaves 
Mt 3:11 
 
8) THE JEWS 
8a) Put on, before beginning a journey 
Ex 12:11 
 
8b) Never wore, in mourning 
2Sa 15:30 Isa 20:2,3 Eze 24:17,23 
 
8c) Put off, when they entered sacred places 
Ex 3:5 Jos 5:15 
 
9) Worn out by a long journey 
Jos 9:5,13 
 
10) Of Israel preserved for forty years, while journeying
in the wilderness 
De 29:5 
 
11) Often given as bribes 
Am 2:6 8:6 
 
12) CUSTOMS CONNECTED WITH 
12a) A man who refused to marry a deceased brother's wife
disgraced by pulling off his shoes 
De 25:9,10 
 
12b) The right of redemption resigned by a man's giving
one of his shoes to the next of kin 
Ru 4:7,8 
 
13) The Apostles prohibited from taking for their journey
more, than the pair they had on 
Mt 10:10 Mr 6:9 Lu 10:4 
 
14) ILLUSTRATIVE 
14a) Of the preparation of the gospel 
Eph 6:15 
 
14b) Of the beauty conferred on saints 
So 7:1 Lu 15:22 
 
14c) (Having blood on,)of being engaged in war and
slaughter 
1Ki 2:5 
 
14d) (Taken off,)of an ignominious and servile condition 
Isa 47:2 Jer 2:25 
 
14e) (Thrown over a place,)of subjection 
Ps 60:8 108:9 
 
 
1) Sent by God 
De 28:59-61 32:39 2Sa 12:15 Ac 12:23 
 
2) The devil sometimes permitted to inflict 
Job 2:6,7 Lu 9:39 13:16 
 
3) Often brought on by intemperance 
Ho 7:5 
 
4) Often sent as a punishment of sin 
Le 26:14-16 2Ch 21:12-15 1Co 11:30 
 
5) One of God's four sore judgments on a guilty land 
Eze 14:19-21 
 
6) GOD 
6a) Promises to heal 
Ex 23:25 2Ki 20:5 
 
6b) Heals 
De 32:39 Ps 103:3 Isa 38:5,9 
 
6c) Exhibits his mercy in healing 
Php 2:27 
 
6d) Exhibits his power in healing 
Lu 5:17 
 
6e) Exhibits his love in healing 
Isa 38:17 
 
6f) Often manifests saving grace to sinners during 
Job 33:19-24 Ps 107:17-21 
 
6g) Permits saints to be tried by 
Job 2:5,6 
 
6h) Strengthens saints in 
Ps 41:3 
 
6i) Comforts saints in 
Ps 41:3 
 
6j) Hears the prayers of those in 
Ps 30:2 107:18-20 
 
6k) Preserves saints in time of 
Ps 91:3-7 
 
6l) Abandons the wicked to 
Jer 34:17 
 
6m) Persecutes the wicked by 
Jer 29:18 
 
7) Healing of, lawful on the Sabbath 
Lu 13:14-16 
 
8) Christ compassionate those in 
Isa 53:4 Mt 8:16,17 
 
9) CHRIST HEALED 
9a) Being present 
Mr 1:31 Mt 4:23 
 
9b) Not being present 
Mt 8:13 
 
9c) By imposition of hands 
Mr 6:5 Lu 13:13 
 
9d) With a touch 
Mt 8:3 
 
9e) Through the touch of his garment 
Mt 14:35,36 Mr 5:27-34 
 
9f) With a word 
Mt 8:8,13 
 
10) Faith required in those healed of, by Christ 
Mt 9:28,29 Mr 5:34 10:52 
 
11) Often incurable by human means 
De 28:27 2Ch 21:18 
 
12) The Apostles were endued with power to heal 
Mt 10:1 Mr 16:18,20 
 
13) THE POWER OF HEALING 
13a) One of the miraculous gifts bestowed on the early
Church 
1Co 12:9,30 Jas 5:14,15 
 
14) SAINTS 
14a) Acknowledge that, comes from God 
Ps 31:1-8 Isa 38:12,15 
 
14b) Are resigned under 
Job 2:10 
 
14c) Mourn under, with prayer 
Isa 38:14 
 
14d) Pray for recovery from 
Isa 38:2,3 
 
14e) Ascribe recovery from, to God 
Isa 38:20 
 
14f) Praise God for recovery from 
Ps 103:1-3 Isa 38:19 Lu 17:15 
 
14g) Thank God publicly for recovery form 
Isa 38:20 Ac 3:8 
 
14h) Feel for others in 
Ps 35:13 
 
14i) Visit those in 
Mt 25:36 
 
15) Visiting those in, an evidence of belonging to Christ
Mt 25:34,36,40 
 
16) Pray for those afflicted with 
Ac 28:8 Jas 5:14,15 
 
17) God's aid should be sought in 
2Ch 16:12 
 
18) THE WICKED 
18a) Have much sorrow, with 
Ec 5:17 
 
18b) Forsake those in 
1Sa 30:13 
 
18c) Visit not those in 
Mt 25:43 
 
19) Not visiting those in, an evidence of not belonging
to Christ 
Mt 25:43,45 
 
20) Illustrative of sin 
Le 13:45,46 Isa 1:5 Jer 8:22 Mt 9:12 
 
 
1) Descended from Sidon, son of Canaan 
Ge 10:15 1Ch 1:13 
 
2) Formerly a part of the Phoenician nation 
Mt 15:21,22 Mr 7:24,26 
 
3) Dwelt on the sea coast 
Lu 6:17 Ac 27:3 
 
4) CITIES OF MENTIONED 
4a) Zidon 
Jos 11:8 19:28 
 
4b) Zarephath or Sarepta 
1Ki 17:9 Lu 4:26 
 
4c) Governed by kings 
Jer 25:22 27:3 
 
5) CHARACTER OF 
5a) Careless and secure 
Jud 18:7 
 
5b) Idolatrous 
1Ki 11:5 
 
5c) Superstitious 
Jer 27:3,9 
 
5d) Wicked and impenitent 
Mt 11:21,22 
 
6) Engaged in extensive commerce 
Isa 23:2 
 
7) Were skilful sailors 
Eze 27:8 
 
8) Supplied the Jews with timber 
1Ch 22:4 Ezr 3:7 
 
9) Supplied from Judea with provisions 
Ac 12:20 Eze 27:17 
 
10) TERRITORY OF 
10a) Bordered on the land of Canaan 
Ge 10:19 
 
10b) Given by God to Israel 
Ge 49:13 Jos 13:6 
 
10c) Allotted to the tribe of Asher 
Jos 19:24,28 
 
10d) Visited by our Lord 
Mt 15:21 
 
11) Israel unable to expel 
Jud 1:31 3:3 
 
12) Hostile and oppressive to God's people 
Jud 10:12 Eze 28:22,24 Joe 3:5,6 
 
13) Solomon intermarried with 
1Ki 11:1 
 
14) Ahab intermarried with 
1Ki 16:31 
 
15) Israel followed the idolatry of 
Jud 10:6 1Ki 11:33 
 
16) PREDICTIONS RESPECTING 
16a) Territory of, to be given to Nebuchadnezzar, king of
Babylon 
Jer 27:3,6 
 
16b) Partaking with the other nations of God's judgments 
Jer 25:22-28 Eze 32:20 
 
16c) All their helpers to be cut off 
Jer 47:4 
 
16d) That God should be glorified in the judgments upon
them 
Eze 28:21-23 
 
16e) Their spoiling and oppression of the Jews to be
fully recompensed 
Joe 3:4,8 
 
17) Many of, attended Christ's ministry 
Mr 3:8 
 
18) Having revolted from Herod, were obliged to
propitiate him 
Ac 12:20 
 
 
1) Fenced cities invested by 
2Ki 18:13 
 
2) Threatened as a punishment 
De 28:52 
 
3) DESCRIBED AS 
3a) Encamping against 
2Sa 12:28 2Ch 32:1 
 
3b) Pitching against 
2Ki 25:1 
 
3c) Compassing about with armies 
2Ki 6:14 Lu 21:20 
 
3d) Setting in array against 
Jer 50:9 
 
3e) Being against round about 
Jer 51:2 
 
4) Often lasted for a long time 
2Ki 17:5 
 
5) Great noise and tumult of, alluded to 
Joe 2:5 
 
6) THOSE ENGAGED IN 
6a) Built forts and mounts 
Eze 4:2 26:8 
 
6b) Dug a trench round the city 
Lu 19:43 
 
6c) Invested the city on every side 
Eze 23:24 
 
6d) Cut off all supplies 
2Ki 19:24 
 
6e) Frequently laid ambushes 
Jud 9:34 
 
6f) Called upon the city to surrender 
1Ki 20:2,3 2Ki 18:18,20 
 
6g) Employed battering rams against the walls 
Eze 4:2 26:9 
 
6h) Cast arrows and other missiles into the city 
2Ki 19:32 
 
6i) Often suffered much during 
Eze 29:18 
 
7) The Jews forbidden to cut down fruit trees for the
purpose of 
De 20:19,20 
 
8) Extreme difficulty of taking cities by, alluded to 
Pr 18:19 
 
9) CITIES INVESTED BY 
9a) Repaired and newly fortified beforehand 
2Ch 32:5 Isa 22:9,10 Na 3:14 
 
9b) Supplied with water beforehand 
Na 3:14 
 
9c) The inhabitants of, cut off beforehand supplies of
water outside, useful to besiegers 
2Ch 32:3,4 
 
9d) Were strictly shut up 
Jos 6:1 
 
9e) Walls of, defended by the inhabitants 
2Sa 11:20,21 2Ki 18:26 2Ch 32:18 
 
9f) Sometimes used ambushes or sorties 
Jer 51:12 
 
9g) Often suffered from famine 
2Ki 6:26-29 25:3 Eze 6:12 
 
9h) Often suffered from pestilence 
Jer 21:6 32:24 
 
9i) Often demanded terms of peace 
1Sa 11:1-3 
 
9j) Frequently taken by ambush 
Jud 9:43,44 
 
9k) Frequently taken by assault 
Jos 10:35 2Sa 12:29 
 
9l) Frequently helped by allies 
1Sa 11:11 23:5 
 
9m) Inhabitants of, exhorted to be courageous 
2Ch 32:6-8 
 
10) CITIES TAKEN BY 
10a) Given up to pillage 
Jer 50:26,27 
 
10b) Inhabitants of, often put to the sword 
Jos 10:28,30,32,35 Jer 50:30 
 
10c) Frequently broken down 
Jud 9:45 
 
10d) Frequently destroyed by fire 
Jos 8:19 
 
10e) Sometimes sown with salt 
Jud 9:45 
 
10f) Sometimes called after the name of the captor 
2Sa 12:28 
 
11) MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE 
11a) Jericho 
Jos 6:2-20 
 
11b) Ai 
Jos 7:2-4 8:1-19 
 
11c) Makkedah 
Jos 10:28 
 
11d) Libnah 
Jos 10:29,30 
 
11e) Lachish 
Jos 10:31,32 
 
11f) Eglon 
Jos 10:34,35 
 
11g) Hebron 
Jos 10:36,37 
 
11h) Debir 
Jos 10:38,39 
 
11i) Shechem 
Jud 9:34,45 
 
11j) Thebez 
Jud 9:50 
 
11k) Jabesh-gilead 
1Sa 11:1 
 
11l) Keilah 
1Sa 23:1 
 
11m) Ziklag 
1Sa 30:1,2 
 
11n) Rabbah 
2Sa 11:1 12:26-29 
 
11o) Gibbethon 
1Ki 16:15 
 
11p) Tirzah 
1Ki 16:17 
 
11q) Samaria 
1Ki 20:1 2Ki 6:24 17:5 
 
11r) Ramoth-gilead 
1Ki 22:4,29 
 
11s) Cities of Israel in Galilee 
2Ki 15:29 
 
11t) Cities of Judah 
2Ki 18:13 
 
11u) Jerusalem 
2Ki 24:10,11 25:1,2 
 
12) Illustrative Of 
12a) The omnipresence of God 
Ps 139:5 
 
12b) The judgments of God 
Mic 5:1 
 
12c) Zion in her affliction 
Isa 1:8 
 
 
1) Veins of, found in the earth 
Job 28:1 
 
2) Generally found in an impure state 
Pr 25:4 
 
3) Comparative value of 
Isa 60:17 
 
4) DESCRIBED AS 
4a) White and shining 
Ps 68:13,14 
 
4b) Fusible 
Eze 22:20,22 
 
4c) Malleable 
Jer 10:9 
 
5) Purified by fire 
Pr 17:3 Zec 13:9 
 
6) PURIFIED, CALLED 
6a) Refined silver 
1Ch 29:4 
 
6b) Choice silver 
Pr 8:19 
 
7) Tarshish carried on extensive commerce in 
Jer 10:9 Eze 27:12 
 
8) The patriarchs rich in 
Ge 13:2 24:35 
 
9) Used as money from the earliest times 
Ge 23:15,16 37:28 1Ki 16:24 
 
10) Very abundant in the reign of Solomon 
1Ki 10:21,22,27 2Ch 9:20,21,27 
 
11) The working in, a trade 
Ac 19:24 
 
12) MADE INTO 
12a) Cups 
Ge 44:2 
 
12b) Dishes 
Nu 7:13,84,85 
 
12c) Bowls 
Nu 7:13,84 
 
12d) Thin plates 
Jer 10:9 
 
12e) Chains 
Isa 40:19 
 
12f) Wires (alluded to) 
Ec 12:6 
 
12g) Sockets for the boards of the tabernacle 
Ex 26:19,25,32 36:24,26,30,36 
 
12h) Ornaments and hooks for the pillars of the
tabernacle 
Ex 27:17 38:19 
 
12i) Candlesticks 
1Ch 28:15 
 
12j) Tables 
1Ch 28:16 
 
12k) Beds or couches 
Es 1:6 
 
12l) Vessels 
2Sa 8:10 Ezr 6:5 
 
12m) Idols 
Ps 115:4 Isa 2:20 30:22 
 
12n) Ornaments for the person 
Ex 3:22 
 
13) Given by the Israelite for making the tabernacle 
Ex 25:3 35:24 
 
14) Given by David and his subjects for making the temple
1Ch 28:14 29:2,6-9 
 
15) Taken in war often consecrated to God 
Jos 6:19 2Sa 8:11 1Ki 15:15 
 
16) Taken in war purified by fire 
Nu 31:22,23 
 
17) Often given as presents 
1Ki 10:25 2Ki 5:5,23 
 
18) Tribute often paid in 
2Ch 17:11 Ne 5:15 
 
19) ILLUSTRATIVE 
19a) Of the words of the Lord 
Ps 12:6 
 
19b) Of the tongue of the just 
Pr 10:20 
 
19c) Of good rulers 
Isa 1:22,23 
 
19d) Of the Medo-Persian kingdom 
Da 2:32,39 
 
19e) Of saints purified by affliction 
Ps 66:10 Zec 13:9 
 
19f) (Labour of seeking for,)of diligence required for
attaining knowledge 
Pr 2:4 
 
19g) (Reprobate,)of the wicked 
Jer 6:30 
 
19h) (Dross of,)of the wicked 
Isa 1:22 Eze 22:18 
 
20) Wisdom to be esteemed more than 
Job 28:15 Pr 3:14 8:10,19 16:16 
 
 
1) Descended from Jacob's second son by Leah 
Ge 29:33 
 
2) Predictions respecting 
Ge 49:5-7 
 
3) PERSONS SELECTED FROM 
3a) To number the people 
Nu 1:6 
 
3b) To spy out the land 
Nu 13:5 
 
3c) To divide the land 
Nu 34:20 
 
4) Formed part of the second division of Israel in their
journeys 
Nu 10:18,19 
 
5) Encamped under the standard of Reuben south of the
tabernacle 
Nu 2:12 
 
6) Strength of, on leaving Egypt 
Nu 1:22,23 2:13 
 
7) Offering of, at the dedication 
Nu 7:36-41 
 
8) Families of 
Nu 26:12-13 
 
9) Strength of, on entering Canaan 
Nu 26:14 
 
10) Plagued for following the idolatry, of Midian, which
accounts for their decrease 
Nu 25:9,14 26:14 1:23 
 
11) On Mount Gerizim 
said amen to the blessings 
De 27:12 
 
12) Inheritance of, within Judah 
Jos 19:1-8 
 
13) Bounds of their inheritance with cities and villages 
Jos 19:2-8 1Ch 4:28-33 
 
14) United with Judah in expelling the Canaanites from
their inheritance 
Jud 1:3,17 
 
15) Many of, at the coronation of David 
1Ch 12:25 
 
16) Officer appointed over, by David 
1Ch 27:16 
 
17) Part of, united with Judah under Asa 
2Ch 15:9 
 
18) Josiah purged their land of idols 
2Ch 34:6 
 
19) Part of, destroyed the remnant of the Amalekites, and
dwelt in their land 
1Ch 4:39-43