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PERSECUTION

  • Of Jesus
    Genesis 3:15; 22:1, 2, Psalm 2:1-5; 6-8, 11-21; 69:1-21; 109:25; Isaiah 49:7; 50:6; 52:14; 53:2-5, 7-10; Micah 5:1; Matthew 2:13; 11:19; 12:14, 24; 16:1; 20:22; 26:3, 4, 14-16, 22:15; 59, 67; Mark 3:6, 27:25-30, 39-44; 21, 22; 11:18; 14:1, 12:13; 48, 65; 15:14, 34; 16:17; Luke 4:28, 29; 6:11; 11:15, 7:34; 53, 54; 12:50; 13:31; 19:14, 47; 22:2-5, 52, 20:20; 53, 63-65; 23:11, 23; 7:1, 7, 19, 20, John 5:16; 8:37, 40, 48, 30, 32; 10:20, 52, 59; 31, 39; 11:57; 15:18, 20, 21, 14:30; 18:22, 23, 24, 25; 29, 30; 19:6, 15; Acts 2:23; 3:13-15; 4:27; 7:52; 13:27-29; Hebrews 12:2, 3; 1Peter 4:1

  • Of the righteous:

    • General references
      Genesis 49:23; Job 1:9; 2:4, 5; 12:4, 5; Psalm 11:2; 37:32; 38:20; 42:3, 10; 44:15-18, 22; 56:5; 69:10, 12; 74:7, 8; 94:5; 119:51, 61, 69, 78, 85-87, 95, 110, 157, 161; Proverbs 29:10, 27; Isaiah 26:20; 29:20, 21; 51:12, 13; 59:15; Jeremiah 2:30; 11:19; 15:10; 18:18; 20:7, 8; 26:11-14; 50:7; Amos 5:10; Habakkuk 1:13; 10:16-18, Matthew 5:10-12, 44; 21-23, 28; 20:22, 23; 23:34, 35; 24:8-10; Mark 9:42; Luke 6:22, 13:9, 11-13; 23, 26; 17:33; 21:12-19; John 12:42; 15:18, 19; 16:1, 2; 17:14; Acts 4:16-20; 5:29, 40-42; 7:52; 8:4; 28:22; Romans 8:17, 35-37; 1Corinthians 4:9-13; 13:3; 6:4, 2Corinthians 4:8-12; 5, 8-10; 11:23-27; 12:10; Galatians 4:29; 6:12, 17; Philippians 1:12-14, 28, 29; Colossians 1:24; 2:2, 1Thessalonians 1:6; 14, 15; 2Thessalonians 1:4; 2Timothy 1:8, 12; 3:2, 2:9-12; 3, 12; 4:16, 17; Hebrews 10:32-34; 11:25-27, 33-38; 12:3, 4; 13:13; James 2:6; 5:6, 10; 1Peter 3:14, 4:3, 4, 12-14, 16, 17; 16, 19; Revelation 2:3, 1John 3:1, 13; 10, 13; 6:9-11; 7:13-17; 12:11; 17:6; 20:4

PERSECUTION

  • Of the righteous:

    • A mode of divine chastisement
      Lamentations 1:3

    • Diffuses the gospel
      Acts 8:1, 4; 11:19-21; Philippians 1:12-14

    • Deliverance from
      Psalm 124; 129:1, 2

    • Instances of persecution:

      • Of Abel
        Genesis 4:8; Matthew 23:35; 1John 3:12

      • Of Lot
        Genesis 19:9

      • Of Moses
        Exodus 2:15; 17:4

      • Of David
        Psalm 31:13; 59:1, 2

      • Of prophets martyred by Jezebel
        1Kings 18:4

      • Of Gideon
        Judges 6:28-32

      • Of Elijah
        1Kings 18:10; 19; 2Kings 1:9; 2:23

      • Of Micaiah
        1Kings 22:26; 2Chronicles 18:26

      • Of Elisha
        2Kings 6:31

      • Of Hanani
        2Chronicles 16:10

      • Of Zachariah
        2Chronicles 24:21; Matthew 23:35

      • Of Job
        Job 13:4-13; 16:1-4; 17:2; 19:1-5; 30:1-10

      • Of Jeremiah
        Jeremiah 15:10, 15; 17:15-18; 18:18-23; 26; 32:2; 33:1; 36:26; 37; 38:1-6

      • Of Urijah
        Jeremiah 26:23

      • Of prophets
        Matthew 21:35, 36

      • Of the three Hebrew young men Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego of the captivity
        Daniel 3:8-23

      • Of Daniel
        Daniel 6

      • Of the Jews
        Ezra 4; Nehemiah 4

      • Of John the Baptist
        Matthew 14:3-12

      • Of James
        Acts 12:2

      • Of Simon
        Mark 15:21

      • Of the disciples
        John 9:22, 34; 20:19

      • Of Lazarus
        John 12:10

      • Of the apostles
        Acts 4:3-18; 5:18-42; 12:1-19; Revelation 1:9

      • Of Stephen
        Acts 6:9-15; 7

      • Of PAUL
      • Of the church
        Acts 8:1; 9:1-14; Galatians 1:13

      • Of Timothy
        Hebrews 13:23

      • Of John
        Revelation 1:9

      • Of Antipas
        Revelation 2:13

      • Of the congregation at Smyrna
        Revelation 2:8-10


PERSEVERANCE

  • General references
    1Chronicles 16:11; Job 17:9; Psalm 37:24, 28; 73:24; 138:8; Proverbs 4:18; Jeremiah 32:40; Hosea 12:6; Matthew 10:22; 24:13; Mark 4:3-8; 13:13; Luke 10:42; John 6:37, 22:31, 32; 39, 40; 8:31, 32; 10:28, 29; 15:4, 5, 7, 9; Acts 11:23; 13:43; 14:21, 22; Romans 2:6, 7; 8:30, 33-35, 37-39; 11:29; 15:1, 1Corinthians 1:8, 9; 2, 58; 16:13; 2Corinthians 1:21, 22; 5:9, 15; Galatians 5:1, 10; 6:9; Ephesians 4:14; 6:13, 18; Philippians 1:6, 27; 3:16; Colossians 1:10, 4:1; 22, 23; 2:7; 1Thessalonians 3:8, 13; 5:21; 2Thessalonians 2:15-17; 3:13; 2:1, 2Timothy 1:12, 13; 3, 12; 3:14; 4:18; Titus 1:9; 3:5, Hebrews 2:1; 6, 14; 6:1, 11, 12, 15, 4:14; 17, 18; 10:23, 35, 36; 12:1-15; James 1:4, 13:9, 13; 12, 25; 5:10, 11; 1Peter 1:4-7; 5:8; 2Peter 1:10, 11; 3:17, 18; 1John 2:19, 27; Revelation 2:7, 10, 11, 3:5, 11, 17, 25-28; 12, 21; 14:12; 16:15; 21:7, 8; 22:11

  • See CHARACTER,  INSTABILITY,  STABILITY

  • Instances of:

    • Jacob, in prayer
      Genesis 32:24-26

    • Caleb and Joshua, in representing the land of promise
      Numbers 14:24, 38


PERSIA

  • An empire which extended from India to Ethiopia, comprising one-hundred and twenty-seven provinces
    Esther 1:1; Daniel 6:1

  • Government of, restricted by constitutional limitations
    Esther 8:8; Daniel 6:8-12

  • Municipal governments in, provided with dual governors
    Nehemiah 3:9, 12, 16-18

  • The princes were advisors in matters of administration
    Daniel 6:1-7

  • Status of women in:

    • Queen sat on the throne with the king
      Nehemiah 2:6

    • Vashti was divorced for refusing to appear before the king's courtiers
      Esther 1:10-22; 2:4

  • Israel captive in
    2Chronicles 36:20

  • Captivity foretold
    Hosea 13:16

  • Men of, in the Tyrian army
    Ezekiel 27:10

  • Rulers of:

    • Ahasuerus
      Esther 1:3

    • Darius
      Daniel 5:31; 6; 9:1

    • Artaxerxes I
      Ezra 4:7-24

    • Artaxerxes II
      Ezra 7; Nehemiah 2; 5:14

    • Cyrus
      2Chronicles 36:22, 23; Ezra 1; 3:7; 5:13, 4:3; 14, 17; 6:3; Isaiah 41:2, 3; 44:28; 45:1-4, 13; 46:11; 48:14, 15

    • Princes of
      Esther 1:14

  • System of justice
    Ezra 7:25

  • Prophecies concerning
    Isaiah 13:17; 21:1-10; Jeremiah 49:34-39; 51:11-64; Ezekiel 32:24, 25; 38:5; Daniel 2:31-45; 5:28; 7; 8; 11:1-4

  • See BABYLON,   CHALDEA


PERSIS

  • A Christian woman in Rome
    Romans 16:12


PERSONAL CALL


PERSONIFICATION

  • Of wisdom
    Proverbs 1; 2:1-9; 8; 9

  • See PANTOMIME


PERUDA

  • One of the servants of Solomon.

  • Descendants of, return to Jerusalem from captivity in Babylon
    Ezra 2:55

  • Called PERIDA
    Nehemiah 7:57


PESTILENCE

  • Sent as a judgment
    Leviticus 26:16, 25


PETER


PETHAHIAH

  • A priest during the reign of David
    1Chronicles 24:16

  • A Levite who divorced his Gentile wife:

    • General references
      Ezra 10:23

    • Probably identical with the one mentioned in Nehemiah 9:5
      Nehemiah 9:5

  • A counselor of Artaxerxes
    Nehemiah 11:24


PETHOR

  • A city in Mesopotamia. Home of the prophet Balaam.
    Numbers 22:5; Deuteronomy 23:4


PETHUEL

  • Father of the prophet Joel
    Joel 1:1


PETITION

  • Right of, recognized by:

    • Pharaoh
      Exodus 5:15-18

    • Israel
      Numbers 27:1-5; 32:1-5; Joshua 17:4, 36:1-5; 14, 16; 21:1, 2

    • David
      1Kings 1:15-21

    • Rehoboam
      1Kings 12:1-17; 2Chronicles 10

    • Jehoram
      2Kings 8:3, 6


PETROLEUM

  • Figurative
    Job 29:6


PEULTHAI

  • A porter of the tabernacle
    1Chronicles 26:5


PHALLU

  • Also called PALLU. Son of Reuben
    Genesis 46:9; Exodus 6:14; Numbers 26:5, 8; 1Chronicles 5:3


PHALTI

  • Also called PHALTIE, son-in-law of Saul
    1Samuel 25:44; 2Samuel 3:15, 16


PHALTIEL


PHARAOH

PHARAOH is listed on a separate page.


PHARES


PHAREZ

  • Also called PEREZ and PHARES.

  • A twin son of Judah by Tamar
    Genesis 38:29; 1Chronicles 2:4

  • Children of
    Genesis 46:12; Numbers 26:20, 21; 1Chronicles 2:5; 9:4

  • Return from the captivity
    Nehemiah 11:4, 6

  • In the lineage of Jesus
    Matthew 1:3; Luke 3:33


PHARISEES

  • A sect of the Jews
    Acts 15:5

  • Doctrines of:

    • General references
      Matthew 15:9

    • Concerning the resurrection
      Acts 23:6, 8

    • Association with publicans and sinners
      Matthew 9:11-13

  • Traditions of:

    • Fasting
      Matthew 9:14; Luke 18:12

    • The washing of hands
      Matthew 15:1-3; Mark 7:1-15

    • The duties of children to parents
      Matthew 15:4-9

    • The Sabbath
      Matthew 12:2-8

  • Hypocrisy of:

    • Reproved by John
      Matthew 3:7-10

    • Reproved by Jesus
      Matthew 6:2-8, 16-18; 15:1-9; 16:1-12; 21:33-46; 23:2-33; Luke 11:14-54; 12:1; 15:1-9

  • Reject John
    Luke 7:30

  • Reject Christ
    Matthew 12:38, 39; 15:12; John 7:48
  • Come to Jesus with questions
    Matthew 19:3; 22:15-22

  • Minister to Jesus
    Luke 7:36; 11:37; 14:1

  • Become disciples of Jesus
    John 3:1; Acts 15:5; 22:3

  • Paul, a Pharisee
    Acts 23:6; 26:5

  • See HERODIANS,  SADDUCEES


PHAROSH

  • Also called PAROSH, the ancestor of one of the families which returned to Jerusalem from the captivity in Babylon
    Ezra 2:3; 8:3; 10:25; Nehemiah 7:8; 10:14


PHARPAR

  • A river of Damascus, referred to by Naaman
    2Kings 5:12


PHASEAH

  • Also called PHASEAH, ancestor of a family which returned to Jerusalem from the captivity
    Ezra 2:49; Nehemiah 3:6; 7:51


PHEBE

  • A servant of the church at Cenchrea
    Romans 16:1


PHENICE

  • A harbor of Crete
    Acts 27:12, 13, 21

PHENICIA

  • Also called PHENICE.

  • Inhabitants of, descended from Canaan
    Genesis 10:15, 18, 19
  • Called ZIDONIANS
    Judges 18:7; Ezekiel 32:30

  • Jews from, hear Jesus
    Mark 3:8

  • Paul visits the congregations in
    Acts 15:3; 21:2-4; 27:3


PHICHOL

  • Chief captain of the Philistines
    Genesis 21:22, 32; 26:26


PHILADELPHIA

  • A city of Lydia. One of the seven churches mentioned in Revelation
    Revelation 1:11; 3:7-13


PHILANTHROPY


PHILEMON

  • A Christian man in Colossae. Paul's letter to
    Philemon 1:25


PHILETUS

  • An heretical teacher at Rome
    2Timothy 2:17, 18


PHILIP

  • The brother of Herod Antipas and the husband of Herodias
    Matthew 14:3; Mark 6:17; Luke 3:19

  • Tetrarch of Iturea
    Luke 3:1

  • One of the seven deacons (servants):

    • General references
      Acts 6:5

    • Successfully preaches in Samaria
      Acts 8:4-14

    • Expounds the Scriptures to the Ethiopian eunuch whom he immerses
      Acts 8:27-38

    • Caught away by the Spirit to Azotus, preaches in the cities, and goes to Caesarea
      Acts 8:39, 40

    • Lives at Caesarea, and entertains Paul
      Acts 21:8

    • Has four daughters prophetesses
      Acts 21:9, 10

  • One of the twelve apostles:

    • General references
      Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:14; Acts 1:13

    • Call of
      John 1:43

    • Brings Nathanael to Jesus
      John 1:45-50

    • Assists in caring for the multitude whom Jesus miraculously feeds
      John 6:5-7

    • Brings certain Greeks to Jesus who desire to see him
      John 12:20-22

    • Asks Jesus to show the Father
      John 14:8-13


PHILIPPI

  • A city of Macedonia.

  • Apostle Paul preaches in
    Acts 16:12-40; 20:1-6; 1Thessalonians 2:2

  • Contributes to the maintenance of Paul
    Philippians 4:10-18

  • Paul sends Epaphroditus to
    Philippians 2:25

  • Paul writes a letter to the Christians of
    Philippians 1:1


PHILISTIA

  • The sea coast in the west of the territories of the tribes of Dan and Simeon
    Psalm 60:8; 87:4; 108:9


PHILISTINES

  • Descendants of Mizraim
    Genesis 10:14; 1Chronicles 1:12; Jeremiah 47:4; Amos 9:7

  • Called:

    • Cherethites
      1Samuel 30:14-16; Ezekiel 25:16; Zephaniah 2:5

    • Casluhim
      Genesis 10:14; 1Chronicles 1:12

    • Caphtorim
      Jeremiah 47:4; Amos 9:7

  • Territory of
    Exodus 13:17; 23:31; Deuteronomy 2:23; Joshua 13:3; 15:47

  • Lords of
    Joshua 13:3; Judges 3:3; 16:5, 30; 1Samuel 5:8, 11; 6:4, 12; 7:7; 29:2, 6, 7

  • Kings of:

    • Abimelech I
      Genesis 20

    • Abimelech II
      Genesis 26

    • Achish
      1Samuel 21:10-15; 27:2-12; 28:1, 2; 29

  • Allowed to remain in Canaan
    Judges 3:3, 4

  • Shamgar kills six-hundred men with an ox goad
    Judges 3:31

  • For their history during the leadership of Samson see
    Judges 13; 14; 15; 16

  • Defeat the Israelites; take the ark of the covenant; suffer plagues, and return the ark
    1Samuel 4:6

  • Army of
    1Samuel 13:5

  • Defeated bySamuel
    1Samuel 7

  • Defeated by Saul and Jonathan
    1Samuel 9:16; 13; 14

  • Their champion, Goliath, killed by David
    1Samuel 17

  • David kills two-hundred men
    1Samuel 18:22-30

  • David finds refuge among
    1Samuel 27

  • Defeat the Israelites and kill Saul and his sons
    1Samuel 31; 1Chronicles 10:1

  • Defeated by David
    2Samuel 5:17-25; 23:9-16; 1Chronicles 14:8-16

  • Pay tribute to Jehoshaphat
    2Chronicles 17:11

  • Defeated by Hezekiah
    2Kings 18:8

  • Prophecies against
    Isaiah 9:11, 12; 14:29-31; Jeremiah 25:17-20; 47; Ezekiel 25:15-17; Amos 1:6-8; Zephaniah 2:4-7; Zechariah 9:5-7


PHILOLOGUS

  • A disciple in Rome
    Romans 16:15


PHILOSOPHY

  • The nature of things
    Ecclesiastes 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7

  • A philosophical discussion about wisdom
    Job 28

  • Philosophical inductions and deductions relating to God and His providence
    Job 5:8-20; 9; 10:2-21; 12:6-24; 33:12-30; 37

  • Reveals the mysteries of providence
    Proverbs 25:2; Romans 1:19, 20

  • Is not sufficient for:

    • An adequate knowledge of God
      1Corinthians 1:21, 22

    • Salvation through the atonement of Jesus Christ
      1Corinthians 2:6-10


PHINEHAS

  • High priest
    Exodus 6:25; 1Chronicles 6:4, 50

  • Religious zeal of, in killing the Israelitish woman who had committed abomination
    Numbers 25:7-15; Psalm 106:30

  • Chief of the Korahite Levites
    1Chronicles 9:19, 20

  • Sent to sound the trumpets in the battle with the Midianites
    Numbers 31:6

  • Sent, with other princes of the Israelites west of the Jordan River to inquire of the Israelites on the east of the Jordan River what the monument they had erected signified
    Joshua 22:13-32

  • Inheritance allotted to
    Joshua 24:33

  • Mediator in behalf of the people
    Judges 20:28


PHLEGON

  • A disciple in Rome
    Romans 16:14


PHRYGIA

  • An inland province of Asia Minor.

  • People from, in Jerusalem
    Acts 2:10

  • Paul in
    Acts 16:6; 18:23


PHURAH

  • A servant of Gideon
    Judges 7:10, 11


PHUT

  • Also called PUT.

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

  • The descendants of Phut, or the country inhabited by them
    Ezekiel 27:10; Nahum 3:9; Jeremiah 46:9; Ezekiel 30:5; 38:5


PHUVAH

  • Also called PUA and PUAH.

  • Son of Issachar
    Genesis 46:13; Numbers 26:23; 1Chronicles 7:1

  • Descendants of
    Numbers 26:23


PHYGELLUS

  • A Christian in Asia Minor, turns away from Paul
    2Timothy 1:15


PHYLACTERY

  • A small box containing slips of parchment on which there were written portions of the law
    Exodus 13:9, 16; Deuteronomy 6:4-9; 11:18

  • Worn ostentatiously by the Jews upon the head and left arm
    Matthew 23:5


PHYSICIAN

  • General references
    2Chronicles 16:12; Matthew 9:12; Mark 5:26; Luke 8:43

  • Proverbs about
    Mark 2:17; Luke 4:23

  • Luke, a physician
    Colossians 4:14

  • Figurative
    Job 13:4; Jeremiah 8:22; Luke 5:31


PHYSIOGNOMY

  • Character revealed in
    Isaiah 3:9

  • See FACE


PHYSIOLOGY

  • General references
    Job 10:11; Psalm 139:14-16; Proverbs 14:30

  • See ANATOMY ,   HYGIENE

  • Figurative
    Ephesians 4:16; Colossians 2:19


PI-BESETH

  • A city in lower Egypt, prophesied against by Ezekiel.
    Ezekiel 30:17


PICTURE

  • General references
    Leviticus 26:1; Numbers 33:52; Proverbs 25:11; Isaiah 2:16


PIECE OF SILVER


PIETY


PIGEON

  • Used as sacrifice
    Genesis 15:9; Leviticus 1:14; 5:7; 12:8; 14:22; Luke 2:24

  • See DOVE


PIHAHIROTH

  • The place on the west shore of the Red Sea where Pharaoh overtook the Israelites
    Exodus 14:2, 9; Numbers 33:7, 8


PILATE, PONTIUS

  • Roman governor of Judaea during the time of Jesus' ministry
    Matthew 27:2; Luke 3:1

  • Causes the slaughter of certain Galileans
    Luke 13:1

  • Tries Jesus and orders his crucifixion
    Matthew 27; Mark 15; Luke 23; John 18:28-40; 19; Acts 3:13; 4:27; 13:28; 1Timothy 6:13

  • Allows Joseph of Arimathaea to take Jesus' body
    Matthew 27:57, 58; Mark 15:43-45; Luke 23:52; John 19:38


PILDASH

  • Son of Nahor
    Genesis 22:22


PILEHA

  • One of those who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
    Nehemiah 10:24


PILLAR

  • Of Solomon's temple
    1Kings 7:13-22; 2Kings 25:17

  • Broken and carried to Babylon
    Jeremiah 52:17, 2Kings 25:13; 20, 21

  • Of Solomon's palaces
    1Kings 7:6

  • Used to mark roads
    Jeremiah 31:21

  • Pillar of salt, Lot's wife turned to
    Genesis 19:26; Luke 17:32

  • Monuments erected to commemorate events:

    • By Jacob, his vision of angels
      Genesis 28:18 with Genesis 31:13; Genesis 35:14

    • By Jacob, his covenant with Laban
      Genesis 31:45

    • By Moses, the covenant between Jehovah and Israel
      Exodus 24:4

    • By Joshua, the crossing of the Jordan River
      Joshua 4:1-9; with Deuteronomy 27:2-6; Joshua 8:30

    • By Joshua, at Shechem
      Joshua 24:25-27; with Judges 9:6

    • By Samuel, the defeat of the Philistines
      1Samuel 7:12

    • By Absalom, to keep his name alive
      2Samuel 18:18

  • Other purposes of:

    • As a boundary
      Joshua 15:6 with Joshua 18:17

    • As a road sign
      1Samuel 20:19

    • As a landmark
      2Samuel 20:8; 1Kings 1:9

  • Prophecy of one in Egypt
    Isaiah 19:19

  • Figurative
    Revelation 3:12


PILLOW

  • A cushion
    1Samuel 26:7, Genesis 28:11, 18; 11, 16

  • A support for the head:

    • Stones used for
      Genesis 28:11, 18

    • Called BOLSTER
      1Samuel 26:7, 11, 12, 16

    • Made of goats' hair
      1Samuel 19:13, 16

    • Jesus sleeps upon
      Mark 4:38

  • Figurative, of false teachers
    Ezekiel 13:18, 20


PILOT

  • General references
    Ezekiel 27:8, 27-29


PILTAI

  • A priest who returned to Jerusalem from captivity in Babylon
    Nehemiah 12:17


PIN


PINE

  • A tree
    Nehemiah 8:15; Isaiah 41:19; 60:13


PINNACLE WING

  • Of temple
    Matthew 4:5


PINON

  • A leader of Edom
    Genesis 36:41; 1Chronicles 1:52


PIPE

  • A wind instrument of music.

  • Used in religious services
    1Samuel 10:5; Isaiah 30:29

  • See MUSIC, INSTRUMENTS OF


PIRAM

  • A king of the Amorites, overcome and killed by Joshua
    Joshua 10:3, 16-18, 24-27


PIRATHON

  • A place in the land of Ephraim
    Judges 12:15

  • Men of
    Judges 12:13; 2Samuel 23:30; 1Chronicles 11:31; 27:14


PIRATHONITE


PISGAH

  • A ridge or mountain east of the Jordan River, opposite to Jericho.

  • The Israelites come to
    Numbers 21:20

  • A boundary of the country assigned to the Reubenites and Gadites
    Deuteronomy 3:17; 4:49; Joshua 12:3

  • Balaam prophesies on
    Numbers 23:14-24

  • Moses views Palestine from
    Deuteronomy 3:27; 34:1-4


PISIDIA

  • A province in Asia Minor Paul visits
    Acts 13:14; 14:24


PISON

  • One of the rivers of Eden
    Genesis 2:11


PISPAH

  • An Asherite
    1Chronicles 7:38


PIT

  • Benaiah kills a lion in
    2Samuel 23:20

  • Figurative:

    • General references
      Psalm 7:15, 16; 40:2; 57:6; 69:15; 119:85; Proverbs 23:27; 26:27; 28:10; Ecclesiastes 10:8; Jeremiah 48:44

    • Of the bottomless pit
      Revelation 9:1, 2, 11; 11:7; 17:8; 20:1, 3

PITCH

  • An opaque mineral used as a plaster and cement
    Isaiah 34:9

  • Used by Noah, in the ark ship
    Genesis 6:14

  • In making the basket in which Moses was hidden
    Exodus 2:3

  • See BITUMEN


PITCHER

  • Earthen
    Lamentations 4:2

  • Used by Gideon in his battle with the Midianites
    Judges 7:10-20


PITHOM

  • A treasure city in lower Egypt
    Exodus 1:11


PITHON

  • Son of Micah
    1Chronicles 8:35; 9:41


PITY

  • Of God
    Isaiah 63:9; James 5:11

  • Not to be shown to offenders
    Deuteronomy 7:16; 13:8; 19:13, 21; 25:11, 12

  • Instances of. The master of the unforgiving servant
    Matthew 18:27


PLAGUE

  • As a judgment on the Egyptians:

    • General references
      Psalm 105; 135:8, 9; Acts 7:36

    • The plague of blood
      Exodus 7:14-25

    • The plague of frogs
      Exodus 8:1-15

    • The plague of lice
      Exodus 8:16-19

    • The plague of flies
      Exodus 8:20

    • The plague on cattle
      Exodus 9:1-7

    • The plague of boils and open sores
      Exodus 9:8-12

    • The plague of hail
      Exodus 9:18-34

    • The plague of locusts
      Exodus 10:1-20

    • The plague of darkness
      Exodus 10:21-23

    • The plague of death of the firstborn
      Exodus 11:4-7, 12:17, 29-30

  • As a judgment on the Israelites:

    • On account of idolatry
      Exodus 32:35

    • After eating the quail meat
      Numbers 11:33

    • After refusing to enter the promised land
      Numbers 14:37

    • After complaining about the destruction of Korah and his family
      Numbers 16:41-50

    • The plague of serpents
      Numbers 21:6
    • For the sin of Peor
      Joshua 22:17

    • On account of David's sin
      2Samuel 24:10-25

  • As a judgment on the Philistines
    1Samuel 6:4, 5

  • Denounced as a judgment
    Leviticus 26:21; Deuteronomy 28:59

  • Foretold
    Revelation 11:6; 15:1, 6-8; 16; 22:18, 19

  • See JUDGMENTS,   PESTILENCE


PLAN


PLANE

  • A tool
    Isaiah 44:13


PLANET


PLANTS


PLASTER

  • General references
    Leviticus 14:42, 43, 48; Deuteronomy 27:2; Daniel 5:5


PLEADING

  • General references
    Deuteronomy 17:8

  • Of the guilty
    Joshua 7:19-21

  • Jesus declined to plead
    Matthew 26:62; Mark 15:2; Luke 23:3; John 18:33, 34

  • Prisoners required to plead
    Acts 7:1

  • See DEFENSE


PLEASURE

  • Worldly
    Job 20:12-16; 21:12, 13; Proverbs 9:17; 15:21; 21:17; Ecclesiastes 1:17; 2:1-13; Isaiah 5:11, 12; 22:12, 13; 47:8, 9; Amos 6:1; Luke 8:14; Romans 1:32; 2Thessalonians 2:12; 1Timothy 5:6; 2Timothy 3:4; Titus 3:3; Hebrews 11:25, 26; 2Peter 2:13

  • See HAPPINESS,   JOY,   WORLDLINESS


PLEDGE

  • General references
    Genesis 38:17-20

  • A creditor must not enter the house of a debtor to take
    Deuteronomy 24:10-13

  • See PAWN,  SURETY


PLEIADES

  • General references
    Job 9:9; 38:31; Amos 5:8


PLOW

  • Shares of, sharpened by the smiths of the Philistines
    1Samuel 13:20

  • Used by Elisha with twelve yoke pairs of oxen
    1Kings 19:19

  • By Job's servants
    Job 1:14

  • Figurative of afflictions
    Psalm 129:3


PLOWSHARE

  • General references
    Isaiah 2:4; Joel 3:10; Micah 4:3


PLUMMET

  • General references
    Amos 7:7, 8; Zechariah 4:10

  • Figurative
    Isaiah 28:17


POCHERETH

  • The ancestor of a family which returned to Jerusalem from the captivity in Babylon
    Ezra 2:57; Nehemiah 7:59


POET


POETRY

  • Acrostic
    Psalm 25; 34; 37; 111; 112; 119; 145; Proverbs 31:10-31; Lamentations 1; 2; 3; 4; 5

  • Didatic:

    • Moses' song
      Deuteronomy 32

    • See the Bible books of Job, Proverbs, Song of Solomon

    • See PSALMS, DIDACTIC

  • Elegy:

    • Upon the death of Saul
      2Samuel 1:19-27

    • Upon the death of Abner
      2Samuel 3:33, 34

    • See ELEGY

  • Epic:

    • Moses' song
      Exodus 15:1-19

    • Miriam's song
      Exodus 15:21

    • Song of Deborah
      Judges 5

  • Lyrics, sacred:

    • Moses' and Miriam's songs
      Exodus 15

    • Hannah's song
      1Samuel 2:1-10

    • The song of Elizabeth
      Luke 1:42-45

    • The song of Mary
      Luke 1:46-55

    • The song of Zacharias
      Luke 1:68-79

    • The Psalms
      Psalm 1-150


POLICY


POLITICS

  • Statecraft.

  • Corruption in:

    • General references
      Psalm 12:8

    • In the court of Ahasuerus
      Esther 3

    • In the court of Darius
      Daniel 6:4-15

    • Instances of:

      • Absalom, electioneering for the throne
        2Samuel 15:2-6

      • Pilate, condemning Jesus to gratify the clamoring people
        Matthew 27:23-27; Mark 15:15; Luke 23:13-25; John 18:38, 39; 19:4-13

  • Ministers in:

    • Zadok the priest, a partisan of David
      2Samuel 15:24-29

    • Nathan, the prophet, influences the selection of David's successor
      1Kings 1:11-40

  • Women in:

    • The wise woman of Abel who saved the city through diplomacy
      2Samuel 20:16-22

    • Bathsheba, in securing the crown for Solomon
      1Kings 1:15-21

    • Herodias, in influencing the administration of Herod
      Matthew 14:3-11; Mark 6:17-28

    • Mother of Zebedee's children, in seeking favor for her sons
      Matthew 20:20-23

    • See INFLUENCE, POLITICAL ,   DIPLOMACY,  GOVERNMENT


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