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COVETOUSNESS to CYRUS

• General references
  Exodus 18:21; 20:17; Deuteronomy 5:21; Nehemiah 5:7; 31:24, Job 20:15; 25, 28; Psalm 10:3; 119:36; Proverbs 1:19; 11:24, 26; 15:27; 21:25, 26; 22:16; 23:4, 5; 30:8, 9; Ecclesiastes 1:2-8; 4:8; 5:10, 11; Isaiah 1:23; 5:8; 56:11; 57:17; Jeremiah 6:13; 8:10; 17:11; 22:17; 51:13; Ezekiel 22:12, 13; 33:31; Hosea 4:18; 10:1; Micah 2:2; 3:11; 7:3; Habakkuk 1:15, 16; 2:5-9; Haggai 1:6; Matthew 6:19-21, 24, Malachi 1:10; 25, 31-33; 13:22; 16:26; 19:23, 24; 22:1-14; Mark 4:19; 7:21-23; Luke 7:14; 12:15-21, 33, 34; 14:16-24; 18:24, 25; John 6:26, 27; Romans 1:29; 13:9; 1Corinthians 5:11; 6:10; Colossians 3:2, Ephesians 5:3, 5; 5, 6; Philippians 3:18, 19; 1Thessalonians 2:5; 1Timothy 3:3; 6:5-11, 17; 2Timothy 3:2; Titus 1:7, 11; Hebrews 13:5; James 4:2, 13-17; 1Peter 5:2; 2Peter 2:3, 14-16; 1John 2:15-17; Jude 1:11

• See AVARICE ,  RICH ,  RICHES ,  WORLDLINESS

• Instances of:

  • Eve, in desiring the forbidden fruit
    Genesis 3:6

  • Lot, in choosing the plain of the Jordan
    Genesis 13:10-13

  • Laban:

    • In giving Rebekah to be Isaac's wife
      Genesis 24:29-51

    • In deceiving Jacob when he served him seven years for Rachel
      Genesis 29:15-30

    • In deceiving Jacob in wages
      Genesis 31:7, 15, 41, 42

• Instances of:

  • Jacob:

    • In defrauding Esau of his, father's blessing
      Genesis 27:6-29

    • In defrauding Laban of his flocks and herds
      Genesis 30:35-43

    • In buying Esau's birthright
      Genesis 25:31

  • Balaam, in loving the wages of unrighteousness
    2Peter 2:15; with Numbers 22

  • Achan, in hiding the treasure
    Joshua 7:21

  • Eli's sons, in taking the flesh of the sacrifice
    1Samuel 2:13-17

  • Samuel's sons, in taking bribes
    1Samuel 8:3

  • Saul, in sparing Agag and the booty
    1Samuel 15:8, 9

  • David, of Bathsheba
    2Samuel 11:2-5

  • Ahab, in desiring Naboth's vineyard
    1Kings 21:2-16

• Gehazi, in taking a gift from Naaman
  2Kings 5:20-27

• Some Jews, in exacting usury from their brethren
  Nehemiah 5:1-11

• In keeping back the portion of the Levites
  Nehemiah 13:10

• In building fine houses while the house of the Lord lay waste
  Haggai 1:4-9

• In following Jesus merely for the loaves and fish
  John 6:26

• Money-changers in the temple
  Matthew 21:12, 13; Luke 19:45, 46; John 2:14-16

• The rich young ruler
  Matthew 19:16-22

• The rich fool
  Luke 12:15-21

• Judas, in betraying Jesus for twenty pieces of silver
  Matthew 26:15, 16; Mark 14:10, 11; Luke 22:3-6; John 12:6

• The unjust steward
  Luke 16:1-8

• The Pharisees
  Luke 16:14

• Simon Magus, in trying to buy the gift of the Holy Spirit
  Acts 8:18-23

• The sorcerers, in filing complaint against Paul and Silas
  Acts 16:19

• Demetrius, in raising a riot against Paul and Silas
  Acts 19:24, 27

• Festus, in hoping for a bribe from Paul
  Acts 24:26

• Demas in forsaking Paul for love of the world
  2Timothy 4:10

• See   AVARICE,   BRIBERY,   RICH,   RICHES

• Used for pulling
  1Samuel 6:7-12; Hosea 10:11

• Milk of, used for food

  • See MILK ,  CATTLE ,  KINE

• Figurative
  Amos 4:1

• General references
  Leviticus 26:36, 37; Deuteronomy 20:8; 32:30; Joshua 7:5; 23:10; Judges 7:3; Job 15:24; 18:11; Proverbs 28:1; 29:25; Isaiah 51:12, 13; Galatians 6:12; 2Timothy 4:16

  • See COURAGE

• Instances of:

  • Adam, in attempting to shift responsibility for his sin upon Eve
    Genesis 3:12

  • Abraham, in calling his wife his sister
    Genesis 12:11-19; 20:2-12

  • Isaac, in calling his wife his sister
    Genesis 26:7-9

  • Jacob, in flying from Laban
    Genesis 31:31

  • Aaron, in yielding to the Israelites, when they demanded an idol
    Exodus 32:22-24

  • The ten spies
    Numbers 13:28, 31-33

  • The Israelites:

    • In fearing to attempt the conquest of Canaan
      Numbers 14:1-5; Deuteronomy 1:26-28

    • In the battle with the people of Ai
      Joshua 7:5

    • Fearing to meet Goliath
      1Samuel 17:24

    • Fearing to fight with the Philistines
      1Samuel 13:6, 7

  • Twenty thousand of Gideon's army
    Judges 7:3

  • Ephraimites
    Psalm 78:9

  • Ephraimites and Manassehites
    Joshua 17:14-18

  • Amoritish kings
    Joshua 10:16

  • Canaanites
    Joshua 2:11; 5:1

  • Samuel, fearing to obey God's command to anoint a king in Saul's place
    1Samuel 16:2

  • David, in fleeing from Absalom
    2Samuel 15:13-17

  • Nicodemus, in coming to Jesus by night
    John 3:1, 2

  • Joseph of Arimathaea, secretly a disciple
    John 19:38

  • Parents of the blind man, who was restored to sight
    John 9:22

  • Early converts among the rulers
    John 12:42, 43

  • The disciples:

    • During the storm at sea
      Matthew 8:26; Mark 4:38; Luke 8:25

    • When they saw Jesus walking on the sea
      Matthew 14:25; Mark 6:50; John 6:19

    • When Jesus was apprehended
      Matthew 26:56

  • Peter, in denying the Lord
    Matthew 26:69-74; Mark 14:66-72; Luke 22:54-60; John 18:16, 17, 25, 27

  • Pilate, in condemning Jesus, through fear of the people
    John 19:12-16

  • Guards of the sepulcher of Jesus
    Matthew 28:4

  • The Philippian jailer
    Acts 16:27

  • Peter and other Christians, at Antioch of Syria
    Galatians 2:11-14

• Father of Anub
  1Chronicles 4:8

• Daughter of Zur
  Numbers 25:15, 18

• A biscuit or cake, hard-baked
  1Kings 14:3

• Instances of:

  • Satan, in the temptation of Eve
    Genesis 3:1-5

  • Jacob:

    • In purchase of Esau's birthright
      Genesis 25:31-33

    • Obtaining Isaac's blessing
      Genesis 27:6-29

    • In management of Laban's flocks and herds
      Genesis 30:31-43

  • Gibeonites, in deceiving Joshua and the Israelites into a treaty
    Joshua 9:3-15

  • Sanballat, in trying to deceive Nehemiah into a conference
    Nehemiah 6

  • Jews:

    • In seeking to entangle the Master
      Matthew 22:15-17, 24-28; Mark 12:13; 14:18-23; Luke 20:19-26

    • In seeking to kill Jesus
      Matthew 26:4; Mark 14:1

• See ART,  MASTER WORKMAN

• An amphibious bird
  Isaiah 38:14; Jeremiah 8:7

• Beginning of
  Genesis 1:1

• History of
  Genesis 1; 2

• See ANIMALS,  BIRDS,  EARTH,  FISH,  GRASS ,  HEAVENS ,  MAN ,  MOON ,  SEAS,  STARS,  SUN,  WATER,  WOMAN,  GOD, CREATOR,  JESUS, CREATOR

• See CREATION ,  GOD, CREATOR,  MAN, CREATED

• New creature
  2Corinthians 5:17; Galatians 6:15

• See REGENERATION

• Laws concerning
  Exodus 21:2-6; 22:25-27; Leviticus 25:14-17, 35-37; Deuteronomy 15:2, 3; 24:6, 23:19, 20; 10-13, 17; Matthew 5:42; Luke 6:34

• Oppressions of
  2Kings 4:1; Nehemiah 5:1-13; Job 20:18-20; 22:6; 24:3, 9; Proverbs 22:26, 27; Matthew 5:25, 26; 18:28-35; Luke 12:58, 59

• Merciful
  Psalm 112:5; Matthew 18:23-27; Luke 7:41-43

• See  DEBT,   DEBTOR,   JUBILEE,  SURETY

• See DECREES,  LAW OF MOSES,  ECCLESIASTICISM,  TRADITION

• A general term for animals
  Leviticus 11:20-23, Genesis 1:26; 29-31, 42; Psalm 104:20, 25; Romans 1:23

• Unclean
  Leviticus 5:2; 11:20, 29-44; Deuteronomy 14:19

• Clean
  Leviticus 11:21, 22

• Uses of, in idolatrous worship
  Ezekiel 8:10

• General references
  Joshua 7:25; 1Samuel 31:12; 2Kings 23:20; Amos 2:1; 6:10

• See BURIAL

• A disciple with Paul at Rome
  2Timothy 4:10

• An island in the Mediterranean Sea.

• Visited by Paul
  Acts 27:7, 12, 13, 21

• Visited by Titus
  Titus 1:5

• Character of the inhabitants of
  Acts 2:11; Titus 1:12

• Used for grain
  Job 39:9; Proverbs 14:4; Isaiah 1:3

• Scriptures containing partial lists of
  Ezekiel 22:8-12, 27-30; Hosea 4:1, 2; Matthew 15:19; Mark 7:21, 22; Romans 1:24, 29-32; 3:14-18; 13:9; 1Corinthians 5:11; Galatians 5:19-21
  

• See  ADULTERY,  ARSON,  HOMICIDE,  THEFT,   PUNISHMENT

• Released at feasts
  Matthew 27:15, 21; Mark 15:6; Luke 23:17

• Confined in prisons
  Genesis 39:20-23; Ezra 7:26; Acts 4:3; 12:4, 5; 16:19-40

• In dungeons
  Genesis 40:15; 41:14; Exodus 12:29; Isaiah 24:22; Jeremiah 37:16; 38:10; Lamentations 3:53, 55

• Cruelty to criminals

  • See SCOURGING ,  STONING ,  MOCKING

• Punishment of various crimes

  • See ADULTERY, ARSON, HOMICIDE, PUNISHMENTS

• See SELF-INCRIMINATION

• See COLOR

• General references
  Isaiah 3:22

• A leader of a synagogue at Corinth
  Acts 18:8; 1Corinthians 1:14

• See UNCHARITABLENESS

• See DRAGON

• Jesus crucified on
  Matthew 27:32; Mark 15:21; Luke 23:26; Acts 2:23, 36; 4:10; 1Corinthians 1:23; 2:2, 8; Ephesians 2:16; Philippians 2:8; Colossians 1:20; 2:14; Hebrews 12:2

• Carried by Simon
  Matthew 27:32; Mark 15:21; Luke 23:26

• Carried by Jesus
  John 19:17

• Figurative
  Matthew 10:38; 16:24; Mark 8:34; 10:21; Luke 9:23; 14:27; 1Corinthians 1:17, 18; Galatians 5:11; 6:14; Philippians 3:18
  

• See CRUCIFIXION,  SELF-DENIAL

• General references
  Proverbs 20:5

• See WITNESS

• Prescribed for priests
  Exodus 29:6; 39:30; Leviticus 8:9

• Worn by kings
  2Samuel 1:10; 12:30; 2Kings 11:12; Esther 6:8; Song of Solomon 3:11; Revelation 6:2

• By queens
  Esther 1:11; 2:17; 8:15

• Made of gold
  Psalm 21:3; Zechariah 6:11

• Of victory
  2Timothy 2:5

• An ornament
  Ezekiel 23:42; 16:12

• Set with gems
  2Samuel 12:30; 1Chronicles 20:2; Zechariah 9:16; Isaiah 62:3

• Of thorns
  Matthew 27:29; Mark 15:17; John 19:5

• Figurative
  Isaiah 28:5; 1Corinthians 9:25; 2Timothy 4:8; James 1:12; 1Peter 5:4; Revelation 2:10; 3:11

• Symbolic
  Revelation 4:4, 10; 6:2; 9:7; 12:1, 3; 13:1; 14:14; 19:12

• The reproach of
  Galatians 3:13; 5:11

• Of Jesus

  • See JESUS, HISTORY OF

• Of two criminals
  Matthew 27:38

• Of disciples, foretold
  Matthew 23:34

  • See CROSS

• Figurative
  Romans 6:6; Galatians 2:20; 5:24; 6:14

• Instances of:

  • Of Sarah to Hagar
    Genesis 16:6; 21:9-14

  • Egyptians to the Israelites
    Exodus 5:6-18

  • Peninnah to Hannah
    1Samuel 1:4-7; 2:3

  • Of Jews to Jesus
    Matthew 26:67; 27:28-31

  • Soldiers to Jesus
    Luke 22:64; John 19:3

  • In war
    Isaiah 13:16, 18

  • See  ANIMALS, CRUELTY TO,  KINDNESS,  LOVE,   MALICE,   PRISONERS OF WAR

• A vessel for liquids
  1Samuel 26:11; 1Kings 14:3; 2Kings 2:20

• A precious stone
  Job 28:17; Ezekiel 1:22; Revelation 4:6; 21:11; 22:1

• A measure of distance
  Genesis 6:16; Deuteronomy 3:11; Ezekiel 40:5; 43:13; Revelation 21:17

• Who can add to his height
  Matthew 6:27; Luke 12:25

• A bird, forbidden as food
  Leviticus 11:16; Deuteronomy 14:15

• General references
  Numbers 11:5; Isaiah 1:8

• Chewing of, was one of the facts by which ceremonially clean and unclean animals were distinguished
  Leviticus 11:3-8; Deuteronomy 14:3-8

• A plant bearing a small aromatic seed
  Isaiah 28:25, 27; Matthew 23:23

• General scriptures
  Genesis 40:11; 2Samuel 12:3; 1Kings 7:26; Matthew 23:25

• Made of silver
  Genesis 44:2

• Made of gold
  1Chronicles 28:17; Jeremiah 52:19

• Used in the institution of the Lord's Supper
  Matthew 26:27; Mark 14:23; Luke 22:20; 1Corinthians 10:21

• Of the table of demons
  1Corinthians 10:21

• Figurative

  • Of sorrow
    Psalm 11:6; 73:10; 75:8; Isaiah 51:17, 22; Jeremiah 25:15-28; Ezekiel 23:31-34; Matthew 20:22, 23; 26:39; Mark 14:36; Luke 22:42; John 18:11; Revelation 14:10

  • Of consolation
    Jeremiah 16:7

  • Of joy
    Psalm 23:5

  • Of salvation
    Psalm 116:13

• General references
  Genesis 40:1, 11; 1Kings 10:5; 2Chronicles 9:4; Nehemiah 1:11

• See AVARICE ,  COVETOUSNESS ,  LUST

• See MIRACLES ,  DISEASES ,  PHYSICIAN

• General scriptures
  Proverbs 27:20; Ecclesiastes 7:21

• Instances of:

  • Of Eve
    Genesis 3:6

  • Of Abraham, to know whether God would destroy the righteous people in Sodom
    Genesis 18:23-32

  • Of Jacob, to know the name of the angel
    Genesis 32:29

  • Of the Israelites, to see God
    Exodus 19:21, 24

  • Of the Israelites, to witness the offering in the Holy of Holies
    Numbers 4:19, 20

  • Of Manoah, to know the name of an angel
    Judges 13:17, 18

  • Of the people of Bethshemish, to look inside the ark of the covenant
    1Samuel 6:19

  • Of the Babylonians, to see Hezekiah's treasures
    2Kings 20:13

  • Of Daniel, to know a vision
    Daniel 12:8-9

  • Of Peter, to know what was being done with Jesus
    Matthew 26:58

  • Of Peter, to know what John would be appointed to do
    John 21:21-22

  • A disciple, to know if few would be saved
    Luke 13:23

  • Of Herod Antipas, to see Jesus
    Luke 9:9; 23:8

  • Of the Jews, to see Lazarus, after he was raised from the dead
    John 12:9

  • Of the Jews, to see Jesus
    John 12:20, 21

  • Of the disciples, to know whether Jesus would restore the kingdom of the Jews
    Acts 1:6-7

  • Of the Athenians, to hear some new thing
    Acts 17:19-21

  • Of angels, to look into the mysteries of salvation
    1Peter 1:12

• Against the serpent
  Genesis 3:14, 15

• Against Adam and Eve
  Genesis 3:15-19

• Against the ground
  Genesis 3:17, 18

• Against Cain
  Genesis 4:11-16

• Against Canaan, Noah's son
  Genesis 9:24-27

• Against Meroz
  Judges 5:23

• Against Gehazi
  2Kings 5:27

• Barak commands Balaam to curse Israel
  Numbers 22:6; 23:11

  • See BENEDICTIONS

• Curses of the Mosaic Law
  Deuteronomy 27:1-26; Joshua 8:30-34

  • See  BLESSINGS

• Of parents
  Exodus 21:17; Matthew 15:4; Mark 7:10

• Shimei curses David
  2Samuel 16:5-8

• The precepts of Jesus concerning
  Matthew 5:44; Luke 6:28

• Apostolic
  Romans 12:4

• See ANATHEMA MARANATHA,   BLASPHEMY,  GOD, NAME OF, NOT TO BE PROFANED,  OATH

• For the tabernacle
  Exodus 26; 27:9-18; 36:8-18

• In the palace of Ahasuerus
  Esther 1:6

  • See TABERNACLE,  TAPESTRY

• Figurative
  Isaiah 40:22; 54:2; Jeremiah 4:20; 10:20; 49:29

• Son of Ham
  Genesis 10:6-8; 1Chronicles 1:8-10

• A Benjamite, title of
  Psalm 7

• Land of
  Genesis 2:13; Psalm 68:31; Isaiah 18:1

• See  ETHIOPIA

• Poetic form of Cush
  Habakkuk 3:7

• See ETHIOPIA

• A messenger, who brought news to David
  2Samuel 18:21-32

• Father of Shelemiah
  Jeremiah 36:14

• Father of Zephaniah
  Zephaniah 1:1

• Also called CUTHAH. A district of Asia, from which colonists were transported to Samaria
  2Kings 17:24-30; Ezra 4:10

• The flesh for the dead, forbidden
  Leviticus 19:28; 21:5; Deuteronomy 14:1; Jeremiah 16:6

• A musical instrument.

• Of brass
  1Chronicles 15:19, 28; 1Corinthians 13:1

• Used in the tabernacle service
  2Samuel 6:5; 15:16, 1Chronicles 13:8; 19, 28

• Used in the temple service
  2Chronicles 5:12, 13; 1Chronicles 16:5, 42; 25:1, 6; Psalm 150:5

• Used on special occasions:

  • Day of atonement
    2Chronicles 29:25

  • Laying of the foundation of the second temple
    Ezra 3:10, 11

  • Dedication of the wall
    Nehemiah 12:27, 36

• General references
  Isaiah 44:14; Song of Solomon 1:14, 4:13

• An island
  Acts 21:3; 27:4

• Barnabas born in
  Acts 4:36

• Preaching the gospel at
  Acts 11:19, 20

• Visited by Barnabas and Saul
  Acts 13:4-12

• Barnabas and Mark visit
  Acts 15:39

• Mnason, a disciple of
  Acts 21:16

• A city in Libya
  Acts 2:10

• Contained a synagogue
  Acts 6:9

• Simon and Lucius belonged to
  Mark 15:21; Acts 11:20; 13:1

• Governor of Syria when Jesus was born
  Luke 2:2

• King of Persia.

• Issues a decree for the emancipation of the Jews and rebuilding the temple
  2Chronicles 36:22, 23; Ezra 1; 3:7; 4:3; 5:13, 14; 6:3

• Prophecies concerning
  Isaiah 13:17-22; 21:2; 41:2; 44:28; 45:1-4, 13; 46:11; 48:14, 15