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STATE to STORK

• See CHURCH and STATE ,  GOVERNMENT

• Wisdom in
  Proverbs 28:2

• School in
  Daniel 1:3-5

• Instances of those skilled in statecraft:

  • Joseph
    Genesis 47:15-26

  • Samuel
    1Samuel 11:12-15

  • Nathan
    1Kings 1:11-14

  • Jeroboam
    1Kings 12:26-33

  • Daniel

    • See DANIEL ,  GOVERNMENT,  KINGS,  RULERS

• Used as weapons
  Matthew 26:47; Mark 14:43

• Symbolic
  Zechariah 11:7-14

• See DECISION,  PERSEVERANCE,  STABILITY

• See THEFT

• Sometimes called BRASS.

• Bows of
  2Samuel 22:35; Job 20:24; Psalm 18:34

• Strength of
  Jeremiah 15:12

• A Christian in Corinth, whose household Paul baptized
  1Corinthians 1:16; 16:15, 17

• The first Christian martyr.

• Appointed one of the committee of seven to oversee the daily ministration
  Acts 6:3, 5, 6

• Faith and power of
  Acts 6:5, 8-10

• False charges against
  Acts 6:11-15

• Defense of
  Acts 7

• Stoned
  Acts 7:54-60; 8:1; 22:20

• Burial of
  Acts 8:2

• Gentle and forgiving spirit of
  Acts 7:59, 60

• See BARRENNESS

• General references
  Genesis 15:2; 43:19; 1Chronicles 28:1; Luke 8:3

• Figurative:

  • The faithful steward described
    Luke 12:35-38, 42

  • The unfaithful, described
    Luke 16:1-8

  • The parable of the pounds
    Luke 19:12-27

  • The parable of the talents
    Matthew 25:14-30

  • Must be faithful
    1Corinthians 4:1, 2; Titus 1:7; 1Peter 4:10

• Used as cymbals
  Ezekiel 37:16

• See IMPENITENT,  OBDURACY

• Feet fastened in, as a punishment
  Job 13:27; 33:11; Proverbs 7:22

• In prisons
  Jeremiah 20:2; Acts 16:24

• A Greek philosophy, inculcating doctrines of severe morality, self-denials, and inconvenience services.

• Scripture analogies to:

  • John the Baptist:

    • Wears camel's hair and subsisted on locusts and wild honey
      Matthew 3:4

    • Came "neither eating nor drinking,"
      Matthew 11:18; Luke 7:33

  • Jesus requires:

    • Self-denial and crosses
      Matthew 10:38, 39; 16:24; Mark 8:34, 35; Luke 9:23-26; 14:27

    • The subordination of natural affection
      Matthew 10:37; Luke 14:26

  • Paul teaches:

    • That the "law of the mind" is at war with the "law of the members,"
      Romans 7:14-24

    • That the body must be kept under subjection
      1Corinthians 9:27

    • Advises celibacy
      1Corinthians 7:1-9, 25, 26, 32, 33, 39, 40

• School of, at Athens
  Acts 17:18

• See ASCETICISM

• See STOICISM,  ASCETICISM

• An article of dress
  Isaiah 3:24

• Commandments engraved upon
  Exodus 24:12; 31:18; 34:1-4; Deuteronomy 4:13; 5:22; 9:9-11; 10:1-3

• The law of Moses written upon
  Joshua 8:32

• Houses built of
  Isaiah 9:10; Amos 5:11

• Temple built of
  1Kings 5:17, 18; 7:9-12; Matthew 24:2; Luke 19:44; 21:5, 6

• Prepared in the quarries
  1Kings 6:7

• Hewn cut
  Exodus 34:1; Deuteronomy 10:1; 1Kings 5:17; 6:36; 7:9; 2Kings 12:12; 22:6; 1Chronicles 22:2; 2Chronicles 34:11; Lamentations 3:9

• Sawed
  1Kings 7:9

• Hewers stone-cutters of
  1Kings 5:18; 2Kings 12:12; 1Chronicles 22:15

• City walls built of
  Nehemiah 4:3

• Memorial pillars of
  Genesis 28:18-22; 31:45-52; Joshua 4:2-9, 20-24; 24:25; 1Samuel 7:12

• Great, as landmarks:

  • Abel
    1Samuel 6:18

  • Ezel
    1Samuel 20:19

  • Zoheleth
    1Kings 1:9

• Thrown upon accursed ground
  2Kings 3:19, 25

• Used:

  • In building altars
    Joshua 8:31

  • For weighing margin
    Leviticus 19:36

  • For closing graves
    Matthew 27:60; Mark 15:46; 16:3

• Tombs hewn in
  Matthew 27:60; Mark 15:46; 16:3

• Idols made of
  Deuteronomy 4:28; 28:36, 64; 29:17; 2Kings 19:18; Isaiah 37:19; Ezekiel 20:32

• Great, in Solomon's temple
  1Kings 5:17, 18; 7:9-12

• Magnificent, in Herod the Great's temple
  Mark 13:1

• Skill in throwing
  Judges 20:16; 1Chronicles 12:2

  • See SLINGS,  ADAMANT,  CHALCEDONY,  MARBLE,  ONYX,  PILLARS,   PRECIOUS

• Figurative:

  • General references
    Genesis 49:24; Zechariah 3:9

  • Of temptation, "stone of stumbling"
    Isaiah 8:14; Romans 9:33; 1Peter 2:8

  • Of Christ, "a tested Stsne," "a precious stone," "a sure foundation"
    Isaiah 28:16

  • Of Christ's rejection, the rejected conerstone
    Psalm 118:22; Matthew 21:42-44; Mark 12:10; Luke 20:17, 18; Acts 4:11; 1Peter 2:4

  • The true foundation
    Isaiah 28:16; Matthew 16:18; 1Corinthians 3:11; Ephesians 2:20; Revelation 21:14

  • Of Christ, the water of life
    1Corinthians 10:4

  • Of the impenitent heart
    Ezekiel 36:26

  • Of the witness of the Spirit, the white stone
    Revelation 2:17

• Symbolic of the kingdom of Christ
  Daniel 2:34, 45

• Precious:

  • In the breastplate and ephod
    Exodus 28:9-21; 39:6-14

  • Voluntary offerings of, by the Israelites for the breastplate and ephod
    Exodus 35:27

  • Exported from:

    • Sheba
      1Kings 10:2, 10; 2Chronicles 9:9, 10; Ezekiel 27:22

    • Ophir
      1Kings 10:11

  • Partial catalogue of
    Ezekiel 28:13

  • Seen in the foundation of the New Jerusalem in John's apocalyptic vision
    Revelation 21:19, 20

  • In the crowns of kings
    2Samuel 12:30; 1Chronicles 20:2

  • Figurative
    Isaiah 54:11, 12

  • See AGATE,  AMETHYST,  BERYL,  CARBUNCLE,  CHRYSOLYTE,  CHRYSOPRASUS,  CORAL,  CRYSTAL,  DIAMOND,  EMERALD,  JACINTH,  JASPER,  LIGURE,  RUBY,  SAPPHIRE,  SARDIUS,  SARDONYX,  TOPAZ

• Capital punishment by
  Exodus 19:13; Deuteronomy 13:10; 17:5; 22:21; Hebrews 11:37

• Instances of stoning:

  • Sabbath breaker
    Numbers 15:36

  • Achan
    Joshua 7:25

  • Naboth
    1Kings 21:13

  • Stephen
    Acts 7:59

  • Paul
    Acts 14:19; 2Corinthians 11:25

    • See WITNESS

• General references
  2Kings 4:10

• Footstool, figurative:

  • Of the earth
    Isaiah 66:1; Matthew 5:35; Acts 7:49

  • Of the temple
    1Chronicles 28:2; Lamentations 2:1

  • Of the sanctuary
    Psalm 99:5; 132:7

  • Of the nemies of Jesus
    Psalm 110:1; Matthew 22:44; Mark 12:36; Luke 20:43; Acts 2:35; Hebrews 1:13

• See TREASURE-HOUSES

• Forbidden as food
  Leviticus 11:19

• Nest of, in fir trees
  Psalm 104:17

• Migratory
  Jeremiah 8:7

• Figurative
  Zechariah 5:9