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POLYGAMY

  • Forbidden
    Deuteronomy 17:17; Leviticus 18:18; Malachi 2:14, 15; Matthew 19:4, 5; Mark 10:2-8; 1Timothy 3:2, 12; Titus 1:6

  • Authorized
    2Samuel 12:8

  • Tolerated
    Exodus 21:10; 1Samuel 1:2; 2Chronicles 24:3

  • Practiced:

    • General references
      Job 27:15

    • By Lamech
      Genesis 4:19

    • By Abraham
      Genesis 16

    • By Esau
      Genesis 26:34; 28:9

    • By Jacob
      Genesis 29:30

  • Practiced:

    • By Ashur
      1Chronicles 4:5

    • By Gideon
      Judges 8:30

    • By Elkanah
      1Samuel 1:2

    • By David
      1Samuel 25:39-44; 2Samuel 3:2-5; 5:13; 1Chronicles 14:3

    • By Solomon
      1Kings 11:1-8

    • By Rehoboam
      2Chronicles 11:18-23

    • By Abijah
      2Chronicles 13:21

    • By Jehoram
      2Chronicles 21:14

    • By Joash
      2Chronicles 24:3

    • By Ahab
      2Kings 10

    • By Jehoiachin
      2Kings 24:15

    • By Belshazzar
      Daniel 5:2; 1Chronicles 2-8

    • By Hosea
      Hosea 3:1-2

  • Mosaic law respecting the firstborn in
    Deuteronomy 21:15-17

  • Sought by women
    Isaiah 4:1

  • The evil effects of:

    • Husband's favoritism in:

      • General references
        Deuteronomy 21:15-17

      • Jacob's
        Genesis 29:30; 30:15

      • Elkanah's
        1Samuel 1:5

      • Rehoboam's
        2Chronicles 11:21

    • Domestic unhappiness

      • In Abraham's family
        Genesis 16; 21:9-16

      • In Jacob's family
        Genesis 29:30-34; 30:1-23

      • In Elkanah's family
        1Samuel 1:4-7

    • With Solomon
      1Kings 11:4-8


POLYTHEISM

  • General references
    Genesis 31:19; 35:2, 4; Joshua 24:2, 23; Judges 2:13; 3:7; 10:16; 17:5; Jeremiah 2:28; 11:13; Daniel 4:8; 1Corinthians 8:5


POMEGRANATE

  • A fruit.

  • Abounded in the land of Canaan
    1Samuel 14:2

  • Brought by the spies to show the fruitfulness of the land of Canaan
    Numbers 13:23

  • Figures of the fruits of:

    • Embroidered on the ephod
      Exodus 28:33, 34; 39:24

    • Carved on the pillars of the temple
      1Kings 7:18, 20, 42; Jeremiah 52:22, 23

  • Wine made of
    Song of Solomon 8:2


PONTIUS


PONTUS

  • A province of Asia Minor
    Acts 2:9; 1Peter 1:1

  • Aquila lived in
    Acts 18:2


POOL

  • Of Samaria
    1Kings 22:38

  • Of Jerusalem:

    • Upper pool
      2Kings 18:17; Isaiah 36:2

    • Lower pool
      Isaiah 22:9

  • Siloah (Siloam)
    Nehemiah 3:15; John 9:7, 11

  • Of Heshbon
    Song of Solomon 7:4


POOR

  • Atonement money of, uniform with that of the rich people
    Exodus 30:15

  • Unclassified scriptures relating to
    Exodus 23:3, 6; Leviticus 19:15; 1Samuel 2:7; Nehemiah 8:10, 12; Job 29:11-13, 15, 16; 30:25; 31:15-22; 34:19; Psalm 37:16; 82:3, 4; 109:16; 13:7, Proverbs 10:15; 14:20, 8, 23; 21, 31; 18:23; 19:1, 4, 7, 17, 22; 20:13; 21:13; 22:2, 9; 28:6, 8, 23:21; 11, 19; 29:14; Ecclesiastes 4:6, 13; 6:8; 9:15, 16; Jeremiah 22:16; Ezekiel 16:49; Matthew 25:42, 45; 26:11; Mark 12:43, 44; 14:7; Luke 6:30-35; 16:20, 21; John 12:6; James 1:9, 10

  • Duty to
    Exodus 22:25-27; 23:11; Leviticus 19:9, 10; 23:22; 25:25-28, 35-37, 39-43; Deuteronomy 14:28, 29; 15:2-14; 24:12-21; 26:12, 13; Nehemiah 8:10; Psalm 37:21, 26; 112:4, 41:1-3; 5, 9; Proverbs 28:27; 29:7; 31:9, 20; Isaiah 1:17; 16:3, 4; Ezekiel 18:7, 58:7, 10; 16, 17; Daniel 4:27; Zechariah 7:10; Matthew 5:42; 19:21; 25:35, 36; Mark 14:7; Luke 3:11; 6:30; 11:41; 12:33; 14:12-14; 18:22; 19:8; Acts 20:35; Romans 12:8, 13, 20; 1Corinthians 13:3; 16:1, 2; 2Corinthians 6:10; 9:5-7; 8:9; Galatians 2:10; 6:10; 1Timothy 5:9, Ephesians 4:28; 10, 16; Hebrews 13:3; James 1:27; 2:2-9, 15, 16; 5:4; 1John 3:17-19

  • God's care of

    • General references
      1Samuel 2:7; Job 5:15, 16; 34:18, 31:15; 19, 28; 36:6, 15; Psalm 9:18; 10:14; 12:5; 14:6; 34:6; 35:10; 68:10; 72:2, 69:33; 4, 12-14; 74:21; 107:9, 102:17; 36, 41; 109:31; 113:7, 8; 132:15; 140:12; Proverbs 22:2, 146:5, 7; 22, 23; 29:13; Ecclesiastes 5:8; Isaiah 11:4; 14:30, 32; 25:4; 29:19; 41:17; Jeremiah 20:13; Zephaniah 3:12; Zechariah 11:7; Matthew 11:5; Luke 4:18; 7:22; 16:22; James 2:5

    • See GOD, GOODNESS OF,   GOD, PROVIDENCE OF

  • Kindness to, instances of

    • To Ruth
      Ruth 2:23

    • By Boaz
      Ruth 2:14-16

    • To the widow of Zarephath
      1Kings 17:12-24

    • Prophet's widow
      2Kings 4:1-7

    • Jews
      Esther 9:22

    • By Job
      Job 29:11-16; 31:16-21, 38-40

    • The Temanites
      Isaiah 21:14

    • Nebuzaradan
      Jeremiah 39:10

    • The Good Samaritan
      Luke 10:33-35

    • Zacchaeus
      Luke 19:8

    • Christian churches
      Acts 6:1; 11:29; Romans 15:25, 26; 2Corinthians 8:1-4

    • Dorcas
      Acts 9:36

    • Cornelius
      Acts 10:2, 4

    • The congregation at Antioch in Syria
      Acts 11:29, 30

    • Paul
      Romans 15:25

    • Churches of Macedonia and Achaia
      Romans 15:26; 2Corinthians 8:1-5

  • Oppressions of:

    • General references
      Nehemiah 5:1-13; 22:6, Job 20:19-21; 7, 9-11; 24:4, 7-10; Psalm 10:2, 8-10; 37:14; Proverbs 14:20; 17:5; 19:7; 22:7, 16; 28:3, 15; 30:14; Ecclesiastes 5:8; Isaiah 3:14, 15; 10:1, 2; 32:6, 7; Ezekiel 18:12; 22:29; Amos 2:6-8; 4:1, 2; 5:11, 12; 8:4, 6; Habakkuk 3:14; James 2:6

    • Instances of, the widow's son
      2Kings 4:1-7


POPLAR

  • A tree
    Genesis 30:37; Hosea 4:13


POPULAR SINS

  • Laws against
    Exodus 23:2

  • See SIN


POPULARITY

  • Instances of

    • David
      2Samuel 3:36

    • Absalom
      2Samuel 15:2-6, 13

    • Job
      Job 29


PORATHA

  • Son of Haman
    Esther 9:8


PORCH


PORCIUS


PORPOISE

  • General references
    Exodus 26:14; 36:19; 39:34


PORTERS

  • Guards at the city gates, the doors of the king's palace, and doors of the temple
    1Chronicles 9:17-32; 2Chronicles 34:13; 35:15

  • Lodged round about the temple in order to be present for opening the doors
    1Chronicles 9:27

  • One-third were porters of the temple
    2Chronicles 23:4

  • One-third were porters of the king's house
    2Chronicles 23:5

  • One-third were porters of the gate of the foundation
    2Chronicles 23:5

  • They also served as porters of the gates of the walls
    Nehemiah 12:25

  • They served in twenty-four courses
    1Chronicles 26:13-19

  • Their posts were determined by lot
    1Chronicles 24:31; 26:13-19


POST

  • A bearer of a message
    Job 9:25; Jeremiah 51:31

  • Of Hezekiah
    2Chronicles 30:6, 10

  • Of Ahasuerus
    Esther 3:13, 15; 8:10, 14


POTIPHAR

  • An officer of Pharaoh. Joseph's master.
    Genesis 37:36; 39:1


POTI-PHERAH

  • A priest of On. Joseph's father-in-law.
    Genesis 41:45, 50; 46:20


POTSHERD

  • Fragment of earthenware
    Job 2:8; Isaiah 45:9


POTTERY

  • Clay prepared for, by treading
    Isaiah 41:25

  • Vessels made of
    Jeremiah 18:3, 4

  • Place for manufacture of, outside the wall of Jerusalem, bought as a burying ground for poor people
    Matthew 27:7-10

  • Figurative:

    • General references
      Isaiah 64:8; Romans 9:21

    • Of weakness, in the idol in Nebuchadnezzars vision
      Daniel 2:41


POUND

  • The Hebrew word "maneh" is translated "pound," and is equivalent to almost one pound fourteen ounces
    1Kings 10:17; Ezra 2:69; Nehemiah 7:71-72

  • Equivalent to about twelve ounces
    John 12:3
  • The Greek word "mina" is translated "pound," and worth approximately nineteen dollars
    Luke 19:13-25

  • See MEASURE,  WEIGHTS


POVERTY

  • General references
    Proverbs 6:11; 10:15; 15:16; 16:8; Ecclesiastes 4:6; Proverbs 20:13; 23:21; 24:33, 34; 28:19; 30:8, 9

  • See POOR, THE


POWER


PRAISE


PRAYER


PRAYERFULNESS

  • General references
    Psalm 5:1-3; 42:8; 109:4; 116:2; Daniel 6:10; Luke 2:37; Acts 6:4; 10:2, 9; Romans 1:9; 12:12; Ephesians 1:15, 16; Colossians 1:9; 1Thessalonians 3:10; 5:17; 1Timothy 5:5; 2Timothy 1:3


PRAYERLESSNESS

  • General references
    Job 15:4; 21:14, 15; 27:10; Psalm 14:4; 53:4; 79:6; Isaiah 43:22; 64:7; Jeremiah 10:21, 25; Daniel 9:13; Hosea 7:7; Jonah 1:6; Zephaniah 1:6


PREACHING

  • The act of exhorting, prophesying, reproving, teaching.

  • Solomon called preacher
    Ecclesiastes 1:1, 12

  • Noah called preacher
    2Peter 2:5

  • Sitting while
    Matthew 5:1; Luke 4:20; 5:3

  • Moses was slow of speech
    Exodus 4:10-12

  • Preaching repentance:

    • By John the Baptist
      Matthew 3:2; Mark 1:4, 15; Luke 3:3

    • By Jesus
      Matthew 4:17; Mark 1:15

    • By the apostles
      Mark 6:12
  • "The Gospel of the Kingdom of God," the subject of Christ's
    Mark 1:14, 15; 2:2; Luke 8:1

  • Christ crucified and risen, the burden of Paul's
    Acts 17:3

  • Effective:

    • By Azariah
      2Chronicles 15:1-15

    • By Jonah
      Jonah 3

    • By Peter and other apostles
      Acts 2:14-41

    • By Philip
      Acts 8:5-12, 27-38

    • By Paul
      Acts 9:20; 13:16-43

    • See REVIVALS

  • Unclassified scriptures relating to
    Psalm 8:2; Matthew 11:25, 26; 1Corinthians 1:17, 18, 21, Luke 10:21; 23, 27-29; 2:1-8, 14:1-20, 12, 13; 24, 25; 2Corinthians 2:14-16; 3:12, 13; Colossians 1:23-29; 1Thessalonians 1:5; 2:3-12; 1Timothy 6:20, 21; 2Timothy 2:15, 16; Titus 1:3; 3:8, 9


PRECEPTS


PRECIOUS STONES


PREDESTINATION

  • General references
    Genesis 21:12, 13; Exodus 9:16; 33:19; Deuteronomy 4:37; 7:7, 8; 10:15; 32:8; Joshua 11:20; 1Samuel 12:22; 1Kings 12:15; 20:42; 2Kings 19:25; 2Chronicles 6:6; Job 23:13, 14; Psalm 33:12; 78:67, 65:4; 68, 70-72; 105:17-22; 135:4; Isaiah 44:1, Proverbs 16:4; 2, 7; Jeremiah 1:4, 5; Malachi 1:2, 3; Matthew 11:25, 26; 20:16, 23; 24:22, 22:14; 40, 41; 25:34; 26:24; Mark 13:20, 22; 14:21; Luke 4:25-27; 8:10; 10:20; 17:34-36; 18:7; John 6:37, 39, 22:22; 44, 45; 17:2, 15:16, 19; 6, 9; 21:23; Acts 1:7; 2:23, 39, 47; 3:18; 4:28; 13:48; 17:26; 22:14; Romans 1:6; 8:28-30, 33; 11:5, 9:7-33; 7, 8; 1Corinthians 1:26-29; 2:7; Galatians 1:15; Ephesians 1:4, 5, 9-11; 2:10; 3:11; Colossians 3:12; 1Thessalonians 1:4; 2:12; 2Thessalonians 2:13; 2Timothy 1:9; Titus 1:1, 2; James 1:18; 1Peter 1:2, 20; 2Peter 1:10; Jude 1:4; Revelation 13:8

  • Exemplified:

    • In the destruction of:

      • Eli's sons
        1Samuel 2:25

      • The Hivites
        Joshua 11:20

      • The Philistines
        Judges 14:4

      • Ahaziah
        2Chronicles 22:7

      • Amaziah and the idolatrous Jews
        2Chronicles 25:20

    • In the covenant with Abraham to have posterity
      Genesis 21:12; Nehemiah 9:7, 8

    • In Zerubbabel
      Haggai 2:23
    • In the apostles
      John 13:18; 15:19

    • In Jacob
      Romans 9:12, 13

    • In Rufus
      Romans 16:13

    • In Paul
      Galatians 1:15


PREPARATION DAY

  • General references
    Matthew 27:62; Mark 15:42; John 19:14, Luke 23:54; 31, 42


PRESBYTER


PRESCIENCE OF GOD


PRESENT


PRESUMPTION

  • General references
    Exodus 5:2; 14:11, 12; 17:7; Numbers 15:30; 16:41; 21:5; Deuteronomy 6:16; 29:19, 20; 1Kings 20:28; 22:24; Job 15:25; Psalm 19:13; 131:1; Proverbs 18:12, 13; 25:6, 7; Isaiah 5:18-25; 10:15; 14:13, 14; 28:14-18, 22; 29:15, 16, 20; 45:9, 10; 58:3; 65:5; Jeremiah 23:34; Matthew 4:5-7; Luke 4:9-11; 12:18-20; 14:7-11; 18:11, 12; Romans 1:32; 9:20, 21; 1Corinthians 10:9-12; 2Thessalonians 2:3; James 4:13-16; 2Peter 2:10, 11

  • Instances of:

    • Satan, when he said to Eve, "You will surely not die,"
      Genesis 3:1-5

    • Builders of Babel
      Genesis 11:4

    • Abraham, in questioning about Sodom
      Genesis 18:23-32

    • Moses, in rebuking Jehovah
      Numbers 11:11-15, 22

    • Nadab and Abihu
      Leviticus 10:1, 2

    • Israelites:

      • In ascending to the top of the hill against the Amalekites
        Numbers 14:44, 45

      • Complaining at Meribah
        Exodus 17:2, 7

      • In reviling God
        Malachi 1:6, 3:7, 7, 12; 8, 13

    • Korah, Dathan, and Abiram
      Numbers 16:3

    • Saul:

      • In sacrificing
        1Samuel 13:8-14

      • Sparing the Amalekites
        1Samuel 15:3, 9-23

    • Men of Beth-shemesh
      1Samuel 6:19

    • Uzzah, in steadying the ark of the covenant
      2Samuel 6:6, 7

    • David's anger on account of Uzzah's death
      2Samuel 6:8

    • David, in numbering Israel
      2Samuel 24:1-17

    • Jeroboam
      1Kings 13:4

    • Ben-hadad
      1Kings 20:10

    • Uzziah
      2Chronicles 26:16

    • Sennacherib
      2Chronicles 32:13, 14

    • Job:

      • In cursing the day of his birth
        Job 3

      • Reproved by Eliphaz
        Job 4; 5

    • Jonah
      Jonah 4:1-8

    • Peter:

      • In objecting to Jesus' statement that Jesus must be killed
        Matthew 16:21-23; Mark 8:32

      • In reflecting upon his knowledge when he asked, amid a throng, who touched Jesus
        Luke 8:45

      • In objecting to Jesus washing Peter's feet
        John 13:8

      • In asking Jesus, "What will this man do?"
        John 21:20-22

    • The disciples:

      • In rebuking those who brought little children to Jesus
        Matthew 19:13; Mark 10:13, 14; Luke 18:15

      • In their indignation at the anointing of Jesus
        Matthew 26:8, 9; Mark 14:4, 5; John 12:5
    • Reproving Jesus
      John 7:3-5

    • James and John, in desiring to call down fire upon the Samaritans
      Luke 9:54

    • Those who reviled Jesus
      Matthew 27:42, 43; Mark 15:29-32

    • Theudas
      Acts 5:36

    • The sons of Sceva
      Acts 19:13, 14

    • Diotrephes
      3John 1:9


PRETORIUM

  • Also called COMMON HALL, JUDGMENT HALL, and PALACE
    Matthew 27:27; Mark 15:16; John 18:28, 33; 19:9; Acts 23:35; Philippians 1:13


PRIDE

  • General references
    Exodus 18:10, 11; Leviticus 26:19; Deuteronomy 8:11-14, 17-20; Judges 9:14, 15; 1Samuel 2:3-5; 1Kings 20:11; 2Kings 14:9, 10; 2Chronicles 25:18, 19; Job 11:12; 12:2, 3; 13:2, 5; 15:1-13; 18:3; 21:31, 32; 32:9-13; 37:24; Psalm 9:20; 10:2-6, 11; 12:4; 18:27; 31:23; 49:11; 73:6, 52:7; 8, 9; 75:4-6; 119:21, 69, 101:5; 70, 78; 138:6; Proverbs 3:34; 6:16, 17; 8:13; 10:17; 11:2, 12; 12:9, 15; 13:10; 14:21; 15:5, 10, 12, 16:5, 25, 32; 18, 19; 17:19; 18:11, 12; 20:6; 21:4, 24; 26:5, 25:14, 27; 12, 16; 27:2; 28:11, 25; 29:8, 23; 30:12, 13; Isaiah 2:11-17; 3:16-26; 5:8, 15; 9:9, 10; 10:5-16; 13:11; 14:12-16; 16:6, 7; 22:16, 19; 23:7, 9; 24:4, 21; 26:5; 28:3; 47:4-10; 13:9, Jeremiah 9:23, 24; 48:7, 14, 15, 17; 15, 29; 49:4, 16; 50:31, 32; Ezekiel 16:56; 28:2-9, 17; 30:6; 31:10-14; Daniel 4:37; 11:45; Hosea 5:5; 7:10; 10:11; Obadiah 1:3, 4; Nahum 3:19; Habakkuk 2:4, 5, 9; Zephaniah 2:10, 15; 3:11; Malachi 4:1; Matthew 20:26, 27; 23:6-8, 10-12; Mark 7:21; 10:43; 12:38, 39; Luke 1:51, 52; 9:46; 11:43; 14:8, 9; 18:14; Romans 1:22, 20:45-47; 29, 30; 11:17-21, 25; 12:3, 16; 1Corinthians 1:29; 3:18; 4:6-8, 10; 5:2, 6; 8:1, 2; 10:12; 13:4; 2Corinthians 10:5, 14:38; 12, 18; 12:7; Galatians 6:3; Ephesians 4:17; Philippians 2:3; 1Timothy 2:9; 6:3, 3:6; 4, 17; 2Timothy 3:2, 4; James 3:1; 4:6; 1Peter 5:3, 5; 1John 2:16; Revelation 3:17, 18; 18:7, 8

  • Instances of:

    • Ahithophel
      2Samuel 17:23

    • Naaman, refusing to wash in the Jordan River
      2Kings 5:11-13

    • Hezekiah, in displaying his resources
      2Kings 20:13; 2Chronicles 32:31; Isaiah 39:2

    • Uzziah
      2Chronicles 26:16-19

    • Haman
      Esther 3:5; 5:11, 13; 6:6; 7:10

    • Kings of Tyre
      Ezekiel 28:2

    • Nebuchadnezzar
      Daniel 4:30-34; 5:20


PRIEST


PRIMOGENITURE


PRINCE OF PEACE


PRINCESSES

  • Taught in household duties
    2Samuel 13:8, 9


PRISCA

  • A female disciple in Ephesus
    2Timothy 4:19


PRISCILLA

  • Wife of Aquila. A disciple at Corinth
    Acts 18:1-3, 18, 19, 26; Romans 16:3, 4; 1Corinthians 16:19; 2Timothy 4:19


PRISON

  • General references
    Genesis 39:20; 42:16-19; Leviticus 24:12; Numbers 15:34; Ezra 7:26; Jeremiah 52:11; Luke 23:19; Acts 4:3; 12:4, 5

  • Public ward of
    Acts 5:18

  • Cells of
    Acts 16:24

  • Court of
    Jeremiah 33:1


PRISONERS

  • Joseph
    Genesis 39:20-23; 40; 41:1-44

  • Jeremiah
    Jeremiah 38:6-28; 39:14

  • John the Baptist
    Matthew 11:2; 14:3-12; Mark 6:17; Luke 3:20

  • Jesus
    Matthew 26:47-75; 27; Mark 14:43-72; 15; Luke 22:47-71; 23; John 18:3-40; 19

  • The apostles
    Acts 5:17-42

  • Peter
    Acts 12:3-19

  • Paul
    Acts 16:19-40; 21:27-40; 22; 23; 24; 25; 26; 27; 28

  • Silas
    Acts 16:19-40

  • Required to labor
    Judges 16:21

  • Sustained on bread and water of affliction
    1Kings 22:27

  • In chains
    Acts 12:6

  • In stocks
    Proverbs 7:22; Jeremiah 29:26; Acts 16:24

  • Confined in:

    • Court of the palace
      Jeremiah 32:2
    • House of the scribe
      Jeremiah 37:15

    • House of the captain of the guard
      Genesis 40:3

  • Visited by friends
    Matthew 11:2; Acts 24:23

  • Bound to soldiers
    Acts 12:6, 7

  • Severe hardships of, mitigated
    Jeremiah 37:20, 21

  • Cruelty to:

    • General references
      Jeremiah 38:6; Lamentations 3:53, 54

    • See CAPTIVE

  • Guards responsible for
    Acts 12:18, 19

  • Tortured to extort self-incriminating testimony
    Acts 22:24

  • Scourged
    Matthew 27:26; Mark 15:15; Acts 16:23, 33; 2Corinthians 6:5; 11:23, 24

  • Permitted to make defense
    Acts 24:10; 25:8, 16; 26:1; 2Timothy 4:16

  • Kindness to:

    • By the prison guard to Jeremiah
      Jeremiah 38:7-28

    • By the Philippian jailer to Paul
      Acts 16:33

    • By Felix
      Acts 24:23

    • By Julius, the centurion
      Acts 27:1, 3, 28:16, 30-31

  • To be visited and ministered to
    Matthew 25:35-46

  • Released at feasts
    Matthew 27:15-17; Mark 15:6; Luke 23:17; John 18:39

  • Of war:

    • Put to death
      Joshua 10:16-27; 1Samuel 15:33; 27:11; 2Samuel 12:31; 2Kings 25:7; 1Chronicles 20:3; Hosea 13:16; Amos 1:13; Lamentations 3:34

    • Put to death by divine command
      Numbers 31:9, 17

    • Thumbs and toes cut off
      Judges 1:6-7

    • Blinded
      2Kings 25:7

    • Consolations for
      Psalm 69:33; 79:11; 102:19, 20; 146:7

  • Figurative
    Isaiah 61:1; Luke 4:18


PRIVILEGE


PRIZE

  • A reward of merit
    1Corinthians 9:24

  • Figurative
    Philippians 3:14


PROBATION

  • General references
    Romans 5:4

  • Adam on
    Genesis 2:15-17; 3:3

  • Amorites
    Genesis 15:16

  • Solomon
    1Kings 3:14; 1Kings 9:4-9 with 1Kings 11:9-12

  • Taught in parables:

    • Of the talents and pounds
      Matthew 25:14-30; Luke 19:12-27

    • Of the fig tree
      Luke 13:6-9
    • Of the embezzling steward
      Luke 16:1-12

  • Taught by Paul
    Hebrews 6

  • None after death
    Matthew 12:32; 25:10-13; 26:24


PROCHORUS

  • An early Christian deacon
    Acts 6:5


PROCLAMATION

  • Imperial
    2Chronicles 30:1-10; Esther 1:22; 6:9; 8:10-14; Isaiah 40:3, 9; Daniel 3:4-7; 4:1; 5:29

  • Emancipation
    2Chronicles 36:23; Ezra 1:1-4


PROCRASTINATION

  • General references
    Exodus 22:29; Proverbs 27:1; 12:22, Ezekiel 11:2, 3; 27, 28; Matthew 8:21; 24:48-51; 25:2-13; Luke 9:59-62; Acts 24:25; 1Thessalonians 5:2, 3; Hebrews 3:7-19; 4:1-7

  • Instances of:

    • Pharaoh
      Exodus 8:10

    • Elisha
      1Kings 19:20, 21

    • Esther
      Esther 5:8


PRODIGAL SON

  • General references
    Luke 15:11-32


PRODIGALITY


PROFANATION


PROFANITY

  • Of the name of God


PROFESSION

  • False
    Proverbs 20:6; Hosea 8:2


PROGNOSTICATION


PROHIBITION

  • Of the use of intoxicating liquors

    • To priests on duty
      Leviticus 10:9

    • To Nazarites
      Numbers 6:3, 4


PROMISES


PROMOTION

  • General references
    Psalm 75:6, 7; 78:70, 71; 113:7, 8

  • As a reward of merit
    1Chronicles 11:6

  • Instances of:

    • Abraham
      Genesis 12:2

    • Joseph, from imprisoned slave to prince
      Genesis 41:1-45

    • Moses, from exile to lawgiver

    • Aaron, from slave to high priest

    • Saul, from obscurity to a scepter

    • David, from a shepherd to the throne

    • Jeroboam, from a slave to the throne
      1Kings 11:26-35

    • Baasha, "out of the dust" to the throne
      1Kings 16:1, 2

    • Daniel, from a captive to premier
      Daniel 2:48

    • Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego
      Daniel 3:30


PROPAGATION

  • Of species, enjoined
    Genesis 1:11, 12, 21-25, 28; 9:1, 7

  • See BARRENNESS


PROPERTY

  • In real estate:

    • General references
      Genesis 23:17, 18; 26:20

    • Rights in, violated
      Genesis 21:25; 26:18-22

    • Dedicated
      Leviticus 27:16-25

    • Dwellings:

      • Alienated for debt
        Leviticus 25:29, 30

      • By absence
        2Kings 8:1-6

      • In villages, inalienable
        Leviticus 25:31-33

      • Dedicated
        Leviticus 27:14, 15

    • Confiscation of Naboth's vineyard
      1Kings 21:15, 16

    • Priests exempt from taxes
      Genesis 47:22

    • Entail of
      Numbers 27:1-11; 36:1-9

    • Inherited
      Ecclesiastes 2:21

    • Landmarks of, not to be removed
      Deuteronomy 19:14; 27:17

  • Personal property:

    • Rights in, sacred
      Exodus 20:17; Deuteronomy 5:21

    • Laws concerning trespass of, and violence to
      Exodus 21:28-36; 22:9; Deuteronomy 23:25

    • Strayed, to be returned to owner
      Leviticus 6:3, 4; Deuteronomy 22:1-3

    • Hired
      Exodus 22:14, 15

    • Loaned
      Exodus 22:10-15

    • Sold for debt
      Proverbs 22:26, 27

    • Rights of redemption of
      Jeremiah 32:7

    • Dedicated to God, redemption of
      Leviticus 27:9-13, 26-33

    • In slaves
      Exodus 21:4


PROPHECY


PROPHETS


PROPHETESSES

  • General references
    Ezekiel 13:17; Joel 2:28, 29

  • Miriam
    Exodus 15:20

  • Deborah
    Judges 4:4

  • Huldah
    2Kings 22:14

  • Noadiah
    Nehemiah 6:14

  • Isaiah's wife
    Isaiah 8:3

  • Elizabeth
    Luke 1:41-45

  • Anna
    Luke 2:36-38

  • Daughters of Philip
    Acts 21:9

  • Jezebel
    Revelation 2:20

  • See WOMEN


PROPITIATION

  • General references
    Romans 3:25; 5:1, 10-11; 2Corinthians 5:18-19; Colossians 1:20-22; 1John 2:2; 4:10; Hebrews 9:5

  • See ATONEMENT


PROSELYTE

  • In Old Testament times a foreign resident
    Exodus 20:10; Deuteronomy 5:14

  • In New Testament a person of Gentile origin who accepted the Jewish religion, whether living in Palestine or elsewhere
    Matthew 23:15; Acts 2:10, 6:5, 13:43


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