CONTENTMENT
  Instances of:    Esau, in refusing Jacob's present Genesis 33:9  Barzillai, in refusing to go with David to Jerusalem 2Samuel 19:33-37  The Shunammite, in refusing to make a request of Elisha 2Kings 4:13    
   Means self-restrained, especially in regard to sexual activity. General references Job 31:1; Matthew 5:27, 28; 19:12; Romans 13:13; 1Corinthians 7:1-9, 25-29, 36-38; 9:27; Colossians 3:5; 1Timothy 4:12; 5:1, 2; Revelation 14:1, 4, 5   
     In divine government of man Genesis 2:16, 17; 3:3; 4:7; 18:19; Exodus 19:5; Leviticus 26:3-28; Deuteronomy 7:12-26; 30:15, 11:26-28; 16, 19; Joshua 24:15; 2Samuel 24:12-14; 1Kings 3:14; 20:42; 1Chronicles 28:7; 2Chronicles 26:5; Job 36:11, 12; Jeremiah 11:4; 12:17; 18:8-10; 22:4, 5; Ezekiel 33:14-16; Jonah 3:10; Matthew 19:17; 23:37; 26:39, 42; Mark 11:26; John 9:41; 14:23; 15:6, 7; Colossians 1:22, 23; 2Thessalonians 2:8-10; Hebrews 3:14; Revelation 2:22; 3:3; 22:17 See  BLESSINGS, CONTINGENT ON OBEDIENCE,   PREDESTINATION,  WILL      
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Modes of ratifying:   By giving presents Genesis 21:25-30; 1Samuel 18:4    By consummating in the presence of the public at the gate of the city Genesis 23:18; Ruth 4:1, 2    By erecting a heap of stones Genesis 31:44-54    By oaths Genesis 26:3, 31; Joshua 9:15, 20; 1Chronicles 16:16; Hebrews 6:16, 17    By joining hands Proverbs 6:1; 11:21; 17:18; 22:26; Ezekiel 17:18    With salt Numbers 18:19    By taking off the shoe Ruth 4:6-8    Written instrument Jeremiah 32:10-15    See COVENANTS ,  VOWS       
 
 Scriptures illustrative of the binding force of Leviticus 6:1, Exodus 21:2-6; Joshua 9:3-9, 15, 2, 4-7; 16, 18-27; Matthew 20:1-16; Galatians 3:15  
           "Wayside" Matthew 13:4, 19    "Stony ground" Matthew 13:5, 20, 21    "Choked" Matthew 13:7, 22   
 
 
 
  Instances of:    Ruth Ruth 1:16  Nebuchadnezzar Daniel 4  The mariners with Jonah Jonah 1:5, 6, 9, 14, 16  Ninevites Jonah 3  Gadarenes Luke 8:35-39  The Samaritans John 4:28-42  The thief on the cross Luke 23:39-43  At Pentecost, about three-thousand people Acts 2:41  Post-pentecostal Acts 4:4  The eunuch Acts 8:35-38  Saul of Tarsus Acts 9:3-18  Sergius Paulus Acts 13:7, 12; 26:12-23  Cornelius Acts 10  Jews and Greeks at Antioch Acts 13:43  Lydia Acts 16:14, 15  Jailer Acts 16:27-34  Greeks Acts 17:4, 12    
  
  Zealous, instances of:   Nebuchadnezzar Daniel 3:29; 4:1-37  Andrew John 1:40, 41  Philip John 1:43-45  The woman of Samaria John 4:28, 29  The man possessed by demons Luke 8:39  The blind men Matthew 9:31; John 9:8-38  The deaf man Mark 7:36      
  
      
    Of sin   General references Genesis 4:13; Deuteronomy 28:65-67; Job 40:4, 5; Psalm 31:10; 38:1-22; 51:1-4, 7-17; Isaiah 6:5; Ezekiel 7:16, 17, Lamentations 1:20; 25, 26; 33:10; Micah 7:17; Luke 5:8; Acts 2:37; 9:6; 16:29, 30; Romans 2:15; 1Corinthians 14:24, 25  
   See SIN, CONFESSION OF   
 Instances of:     Adam and Eve, after their disobedience Genesis 3:8-10  Joseph's brother, on account of their cruelty to Joseph Genesis 42:21, 22; 44:16; 45:3; 50:15-21   
    Pharaoh:     After the plague of hail Exodus 9:27, 28  The plague of locusts Exodus 10:16, 17  The death of the firstborn Exodus 12:32       
   The Israelites:     After being rebuked and punished for worshiping the golden calf Exodus 33:4  The death of the ten spies and their being sentenced to wander for forty years Numbers 14:39, 40  Their complaining against God and being bitten by fiery serpents Numbers 21:7     
   Saul, after sparing Agag and the best of the spoils 1Samuel 15:24    
   David:  
Widow of Zarephath, when her son died 1Kings 17:18  Belshazzar, when he "saw the part of the hand that wrote" Daniel 5:6  Darius, when Daniel was in the lions' den Daniel 6:18   
Mariners:  
Jonah, in the belly of the great fish Jonah 2  Herod, when he heard of the fame of Jesus Matthew 14:2; Mark 6:14; Luke 9:7  Jews, when Jesus commanded the guiltless man to cast the first stone at the woman taken in adultery John 8:9  Judas, after his betrayal of Jesus Matthew 27:3-5  Saul of Tarsus, when he saw Jesus on the way to Damascus Acts 9:6  Felix, under the preaching of Paul Acts 24:25  Philippian jailer, after the earthquake Acts 16:30 See  WICKED   
       
   
     
   
   
   
   
 
 
     A kid young goat must not be boiled in its mother's milk Deuteronomy 14:21    Spice used in Ezekiel 24:10    Ephraim, a cake unturned Hosea 7:8    In the temple Ezekiel 46:19-24    See BREAD,  OVEN           
 
   A measure for liquids and solids, containing ten ephahs, or baths, and equal to the homer Ezekiel 45:14    Rendered measure in 1Kings 4:22; 5:11; 2Chronicles 2:10; 27:5; Ezra 7:22; Luke 16:7    See MEASURES           
  Ancient uses of:   In casting lots Micah 2:5  Fastening tents Exodus 35:18; 39:40; Isaiah 54:2  Leading or binding animals Psalm 118:27; Hosea 11:4  Hitching to cart or plough Job 39:10  Binding prisoners Judges 15:13  Measuring ground 2Samuel 8:2; Joshua 17:14; Psalm 78:55; Amos 7:17; Zechariah 2:1  Worn on the head as a sign of submission 1Kings 20:31    
 
 
 
     
  Visited:   By the Aposlte Paul Acts 18; 2Corinthians 12:14; 13:1; 1Corinthians 16:5-7; 2Corinthians 1:16 By Apollos Acts 19:1  By Titus 2Corinthians 8:16, 17; 12:18    By Erastus, a Christian of Romans 16:23; 2Timothy 4:20    
  
  Church of:   Schism in 1Corinthians 1:12; 3:4  Immortalities in 1Corinthians 5 ; 11  Writes to Paul 1Corinthians 7:1  Alienation of, from Paul 2Corinthians 10  Abuse of ordinances in 1Corinthians 11:22; 14  Heresies in 1Corinthians 15:12; 2Corinthians 11  Lawsuits in 1Corinthians 6  Liberality of 2Corinthians 9  Paul's letters to 1Corinthians 1:2; 16:21-24; 2Corinthians 1:1, 13      
  
       A general term applied to all grains. In valleys Psalm 65:13; Mark 4:28    A product of Egypt Genesis 41:47-49    Palestine Deuteronomy 33:28; Ezekiel 27:17    Parched Ruth 2:14; 1Samuel 17:17; 25:18; 2Samuel 17:28    Ground 2Samuel 17:19    Eaten by the Israelites Joshua 5:11, 12    Shocks of, burnt Judges 15:5    Heads of, plucked by Christ's disciples Matthew 12:1    Mosaic laws concerning Exodus 22:6; Deuteronomy 23:25    Figurative Psalm 72:16; Hosea 14:7; John 12:24  Symbolic Genesis 41:5 See  BARLEY,  BARN,  BREAD,  FIRSTFRUITS,  GLEANING,  HARVEST,  REAPING,  RYE,  THRESHING,  TITHES,  WHEAT         
  
     
  Instances of:    Eglon Judges 3:17  Eli 1Samuel 4:18       
    
  Physical decomposition  General references Leviticus 22:25  After death Genesis 3:19; Job 17:14; 21:26; 34:15; Psalm 16:10; 49:9; 104:29; Ecclesiastes 3:20; 12:7; Jonah 2:6; Acts 2:27, 31; 13:34-37; 1Corinthians 15:42, 50      
 
 
  
       
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
    Angry Proverbs 25:23    Cheerful Job 29:24; Psalm 4:6; 21:6; 44:3; Proverbs 15:13; 27:17    Fierce Deuteronomy 28:50; Daniel 8:23    Guilty Genesis 4:5; Isaiah 3:9    Health indicated in Psalm 42:11; 43:5    Pride in 2Kings 5:1; Psalm 10:4    Reading of Genesis 31:2, 5    Sad 1Samuel 1:18; Nehemiah 2:2, 3; Ecclesiastes 7:3; Ezekiel 27:35; Daniel 1:15; 5:6    Transfigured Exodus 34:29-35; 2Corinthians 3:7, 13; Luke 9:29    See FACE         
  Enjoined upon:   Joshua Deuteronomy 31:7, 8, 22, 23; Joshua 1:1-9    The Israelites Leviticus 26:6-8; 2Chronicles 32:7, 8    Solomon 1Chronicles 22:13; 28:20    Asa 2Chronicles 15:1-7    The judicial and executive officers by Jehoshaphat 2Chronicles 19:11    
 
  
  
  
   
   Ecclesiatical   General references 1Chronicles 26:29-32; 2Chronicles 19:8-11; Matthew 18:15-18; John 20:23, See  CHURCH, DISCIPLINE IN    
  
   Civil     Held at the tabernacle Numbers 27:2  The gates of cities Deuteronomy 21:19; 22:15; 25:7; Joshua 20:4; Ruth 4:1; Zechariah 8:16  Under a palm tree Judges 4:5  Composition of, and mode of procedure Exodus 18:25, 26; Deuteronomy 1:15-17; 17:9; Ruth 4:2-5; 1Chronicles 26:29-32; 2Chronicles 19:8-11; Matthew 26:54-71; Mark 14:53, 55-65; 15:1; Luke 22:50-71; Acts 5:17-21, 25-28, John 18:13-28; 34, 38-41 See  JUDGE,   JUSTICE,  PRIEST, JUDICIAL FUNCTIONS OF    
   
   
   Sentence of, final and obligatory Deuteronomy 17:8-12    Contempt of Deuteronomy 17:8-13; Micah 5:1; Acts 23:1-5     
     Corrupt  -  
General references Proverbs 17:15; 29:26; Isaiah 1:23; 5:23; 10:1, 2; Micah 3:11; 7:3; Zephaniah 3:3; Matthew 26:59-62; 27:18-26; Mark 14:53, 55-65; 15:10; Acts 4:15-18; 6:11-14; 24:26, 27,  See   BRIBERY,   JUDGE,   JUSTICE      
 
   
 
 
  Miscellaneous sub-topics  Sacred Joshua 9:18-21; Galatians 3:15    Binding Joshua 9:18-20; Jeremiah 34:8-21; Ezekiel 17:14-18; Galatians 3:15    Binding, not only on those who make them, but on those who are represented Deuteronomy 29:14, 15    Blood of Exodus 24:8    Book of Exodus 24:7    The Mosaic law called a covenant Exodus 34:28    See CONTRACTS,  VOWS    
  
  
   Of God with men:   Confirmed with an oath Genesis 22:16; 26:3; 50:24; Psalm 89:35; 105:9; Luke 1:73; Hebrews 6:13, 17, 18  Binding Leviticus 26; Jeremiah 11:2, 3; Galatians 3:15  Everlasting Genesis 8:20-22; 9:1-17; Psalm 105:8, 10; Isaiah 54:10; 61:8  God faithful to Leviticus 26:44, 45; Deuteronomy 4:31; 7:8, 9; Judges 2:1; 1Kings 8:23; Psalm 105:8-11; 106:45; 111:5; Micah 7:20  Repudiated by God on account of Jews' idolatry Jeremiah 44:26, 27; Hebrews 8:9  Broken by the Jews Jeremiah 22:9; Ezekiel 16:59; Hebrews 8:9  Punishments for breaking of Leviticus 26:25-46    
  
  Instances of:    Of the sabbath Exodus 31:16  Of the Ten Commandments Exodus 34:28; Deuteronomy 5:2, 3; 9:9  With Adam Genesis 2:16, 17  With Noah Genesis 8:16; 9:8-17   
  
  With Abraham  
  With Isaac Genesis 17:19  - With Jacob
 Genesis 28:13-15  With the Israelites to deliver them from Egypt Exodus 6:4-8  With Phinehas Numbers 25:12, 13  With Israel, at Horeb Deuteronomy 5:2-3  In Moab Deuteronomy 29:1-15  Of the Levites Nehemiah 13:29; Malachi 2:4, 5  With David 2Samuel 7:12-16; 1Chronicles 17:11-14; 2Chronicles 6:16  With David and his house 2Samuel 23:5; Psalm 89:20-37; Jeremiah 33:21  With his people Isaiah 55:3; 59:21  To be confirmed Daniel 9:27    
  
The second covenant Jeremiah 31:31-34; Hebrews 8:4-13; 12:18-24; 13:20     
    
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