IDLENESS AND SLOTH

 

 - Forbidden - Ro 12:11; Heb 6:12



 - Produce apathy - Pr 12:27; 26:15



 - Akin to extravagance - Pr 18:9



 - Accompanied by conceit - Pr 26:16



 - LEAD TO



      . Poverty - Pr 10:4; 20:13



      . Want - Pr 20:4; 24:34



      . Hunger - Pr 19:15; 20:13



      . Bondage - Pr 12:24



      . Disappointment - Pr 13:4; 21:25



      . Ruin - Pr 24:30,31; Ec 10:18



      . Tattling and meddling - 1Ti 5:13



 - Effects of, afford instruction to others - Pr 24:30-32



 - Remonstrance against - Pr 6:6,9



 - False excuses for - Pr 20:4; 22:13



 - Illustrated - Pr 26:14; Mt 25:18,26



 - Exemplified



      . Watchmen - Isa 56:10



      . Athenians - Ac 17:21



      . Thessalonians - 2Th 3:11





 
IDOLATRY

 

 - Forbidden - Ex 20:2,3; De 5:7



 - CONSISTS IN



      . Bowing down to images - Ex 20:5; De 5:9



      . Worshipping images - Isa 44:17; Da 3:5,10,15



      . Sacrificing to images - Ps 106:38; Ac 7:41



      . Worshipping other gods - De 30:17; Ps 81:9



      . Swearing by other gods - Ex 23:13; Jos 23:7



      . Walking after other gods - De 8:19



      . Speaking in the name of other gods - De 18:20



      . Looking to other gods - Ho 3:1



      . Serving other gods - De 7:4; Jer 5:19



      . Fearing other gods - 2Ki 17:35



      . Sacrificing to other gods - Ex 22:20



      . Worshipping the true God by an image - Ex 32:4-6; Ps 106:19,20



      . Worshipping angels - Col 2:18



      . Worshipping the host of heaven - De 4:19; 17:3



      . Worshipping demons - Mt 4:9-10; Re 9:20



      . Worshipping dead men - Ps 106:28



      . Setting up idols in the heart - Eze 14:3,4



      . Covetousness - Eph 5:5; Col 3:5



      . Sensuality - Php 3:19



 - Is changing the glory of God into an image - Ro 1:23; Ac 17:29



 - Is changing the truth of God into a lie - Ro 1:25; Isa 44:20



 - Is a work of the flesh - Ga 5:19,20



 - Incompatible with the service of God - Ge 35:2,3; Jos 24:23; 1Sa 7:3; 1Ki 18:21; 2Co 6:15,16



 - DESCRIBED AS



      . An abomination to God - De 7:25



      . Hateful to God - De 16:22; Jer 44:4



      . Vain and foolish - Ps 115:4-8; Isa 44:19; Jer 10:3



      . Bloody - Eze 23:39



      . Abominable - 1Pe 4:3



      . Unprofitable - Jud 10:14; Isa 46:7



      . Irrational - Ac 17:29; Ro 1:21-23



      . Defiling - Eze 20:7; 36:18



 - THEY WHO PRACTISE



      . Forget God - De 8:19; Jer 18:15



      . Go astray from God - Eze 44:10



      . Pollute the name of God - Eze 20:39



      . Defile the sanctuary of God - Eze 5:11



      . Are estranged from God - Eze 14:5



      . Forsake God - 2Ki 22:17; Jer 16:11



      . Hate God - 2Ch 19:2,3



      . Provoke God - De 31:20; Isa 65:3; Jer 25:6



      . Are vain in their imaginations - Ro 1:21



      . Are ignorant and foolish - Ro 1:21,22



      . Inflame themselves - Isa 57:5



      . Hold fast their deceit - Jer 8:5



      . Carried away by it - 1Co 12:2



      . Go after it in heart - Eze 20:16



      . Are mad upon it - Jer 50:38



      . Boast of it - Ps 97:7



      . Have fellowship with devils - Ho 4:12



      . Ask counsel of their idols - Ho 4:12



      . Look to idols for deliverance - Isa 44:17; 45:20



      . Swear by their idols - Am 8:14



 - Objects of, numerous - 1Co 8:5



 - OBJECTS OF DESCRIBED AS



      . Strange gods - Ge 35:2,4; Jos 24:20



      . Other gods - Jud 2:12,17; 1Ki 14:9



      . New gods - De 32:17; Jud 5:8



      . Gods that cannot save - Isa 45:20



      . Gods that have not made the heavens - Jer 10:11



      . No gods - Jer 5:7; Ga 4:8



      . Molten gods - Ex 34:17; Le 19:4



      . Molten images - De 27:15; Hab 2:18



      . Graven images - Isa 45:20; Ho 11:2



      . Senseless idols - De 4:28; Ps 115:5,7



      . Dumb idols - Hab 2:18



      . Dumb Stones - Hab 2:19



      . Stocks - Jer 3:9; Ho 4:12



      . Abominations - Isa 44:19; Jer 32:34



      . Images of abomination - Eze 7:20



      . Idols of abomination - Eze 16:36



      . Stumbling blocks - Eze 14:3



      . Teachers of lies - Hab 2:18



      . Wind and confusion - Isa 41:29



      . Nothing - Isa 41:24; 1Co 8:4



      . Helpless - Jer 10:5



      . Vanity - Jer 18:15



      . Vanities of the Gentiles - Jer 14:22



 - Making idols for the purpose of, described and ridiculed - Isa 44:10-20



 - Obstinate sinners judicially given up to - De 4:28; 28:64; Ho 4:17



 - Warnings against - De 4:15-19



 - Exhortations to turn from - Eze 14:6; 20:7; Ac 14:15



 - Renounced on conversion - 1Th 1:9



 - Led to abominable sins - Ro 1:26-32; Ac 15:20



 - SAINTS SHOULD



      . Keep from - Jos 23:7; 1Jo 5:21



      . Flee from - 1Co 10:14



      . Not have anything connected with in their houses - De 7:26



      . Not partake of any thing connected with - 1Co 10:19,20



      . Not have religious intercourse with those who practise - Jos 23:7; 1Co 5:11



      . Not covenant with those who practise - Ex 34:12,15; De 7:2



      . Not intermarry with those who practise - Ex 34:16; De 7:3



      . Testify against - Ac 14:15; 19:26



      . Refuse to engage in, though threatened with death - Da 3:18



 - Saints preserved by God from - 1Ki 19:18; Ro 11:4



 - Saints refuse to receive the worship of - Ac 10:25,26; 14:11-15



 - Angels refuse to receive the worship of - Re 22:8,9



 - Destruction of, promised - Eze 36:25; Zec 13:2



 - Everything connected with, should be destroyed - Ex 34:13; De 7:5; 2Sa 5:21; 2Ki 23:14



 - Woe denounced against - Hab 2:19



 - Curse denounced against - De 27:15



 - PUNISHMENT OF



      . Judicial death - De 17:2-5



      . Dreadful judgments which end in death - Jer 8:2; 16:1-11



      . Banishment - Jer 8:3; Ho 8:5-8; Am 5:26,27



      . Exclusion from heaven - 1Co 6:9,10; Eph 5:5; Re 22:15



      . Eternal torments - Re 14:9-11; 21:8



 - Exemplified



      . Israel - Ex 32:1; 2Ki 17:12



      . Philistines - Jud 16:23



      . Micah - Jud 17:4,5



      . Jeroboam - 1Ki 12:28



      . Maachah - 1Ki 15:13



      . Ahab - 1Ki 16:31



      . Jezebel - 1Ki 18:19



      . Sennacherib - 2Ki 19:37



      . Manasseh - 2Ki 21:4-7



      . Amon - 2Ki 21:21



      . Ahaz - 2Ch 28:3



      . Judah - Jer 11:13



      . Nebuchadnezzar - Da 3:1



      . Belshazzar - Da 5:23



      . People of Lystra - Ac 14:11,12



      . Athenians - Ac 17:16



      . Ephesians - Ac 19:28



 - Zeal against-Exemplified



      . Asa - 1Ki 15:12



      . Josiah - 2Ki 23:5



      . Jehoshaphat - 2Ch 17:6



      . Israel - 2Ch 31:1



      . Manasseh - 2Ch 33:15



 - All forms of, forbidden by the law of Moses - Ex 20:4,5



 - All heathen nations given up to - Ps 96:5; Ro 1:23,25; 1Co 12:2



 - Led the heathen to think that their gods visited the earth in bodily shapes - Ac 14:11



 - Led the heathen to consider their gods to have but a local influence - 1Ki 20:23; 2Ki 17:26



 - OBJECTS OF



      . The heavenly bodies - 2Ki 23:5; Ac 7:42



      . Angels - Col 2:18



      . Departed spirits - 1Sa 28:14,15



      . Earthly creatures - Ro 1:23



      . Images - De 29:17; Ps 115:4; Isa 44:17



 - Temples built for - Ho 8:14



 - Altars raised for - 1Ki 18:26; Ho 8:11



 - Accompanied by feasts - 2Ki 10:20; 1Co 10:27,28



 - OBJECTS OF, WORSHIPPED



      . With sacrifices - Nu 22:40; 2Ki 10:24



      . With libations - Isa 57:6; Jer 19:13



      . With incense - Jer 48:35



      . With prayer - 1Ki 18:26; Isa 44:17



      . With singing and dancing - Ex 32:18,19; 1Ki 18:26; 1Co 10:7



      . By bowing to them - 1Ki 19:18; 2Ki 5:18



      . By kissing them - 1Ki 19:18; Ho 13:2



      . By kissing the hand to them - Job 31:26,27



      . By cutting the flesh - 1Ki 18:28



      . By burning children - De 12:31; 2Ch 33:6; Jer 19:4,5; Eze 16:21



      . In temples - 2Ki 5:18



      . On high places - Nu 22:41; Jer 2:20



      . In groves - Ex 34:13



      . Under trees - Isa 57:5; Jer 2:20



      . In private houses - Jud 17:4,5



      . On the tops of houses - 2Ki 23:12; Zep 1:5



      . In secret places - Isa 57:8



 - Rites of, obscene and impure - Ex 32:25; Nu 25:1-3; 2Ki 17:9; Isa 57:6,8,9; 1Pe 4:3



 - Divination connected with - 2Ch 33:6



 - Victims sacrificed in, often adorned with garlands - Ac 14:13



 - IDOLS MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE



      . Adrammelech - 2Ki 17:31



      . Anammelech - 2Ki 17:31



      . Ashima - 2Ki 17:30



      . Ashtoreth - Jud 2:13; 1Ki 11:33



      . Baal - Jud 2:11-13; 6:25



      . Baal-berith - Jud 8:33; 9:4,46



      . Baal-peor - Nu 25:1-3



      . Baalzebub - 2Ki 1:2,16



      . Baal-zephon - Ex 14:2



      . Bel - Jer 50:2; 51:44



      . Chemosh - Nu 21:29; 1Ki 11:33



      . Chiun - Am 5:26



      . Dagon - Jud 16:23; 1Sa 5:1-3



      . Diana - Ac 19:24,27



      . Huzzab - Na 2:7



      . Jupiter - Ac 14:12



      . Mercury - Ac 14:12



      . Molech or Milcom - Le 18:21; 1Ki 11:5,33



      . Merodach - Jer 50:2



      . Nergal - 2Ki 17:30



      . Nebo - Isa 46:1



      . Nibhaz and Tartak - 2Ki 17:31



      . Nisroch - 2Ki 19:37



      . Queen of heaven - Jer 44:17,25



      . Remphan - Ac 7:43



      . Rimmon - 2Ki 5:18



      . Succothbenoth - 2Ki 17:30



      . Tammuz - Eze 8:14



 - Objects of, carried in procession - Isa 46:7; Am 5:26; Ac 7:43



 - Early notice of, amongst God's professing people - Ge 31:19,30; 35:1-4; Jos 24:2



 - THE JEWS



      . Practised, in Egypt - Jos 24:14; Eze 23:3,19



      . Brought, out of Egypt with them - Eze 23:8; Ac 7:39-41



      . Forbidden to practise - Ex 20:1-5; 23:24



      . Often mixed up, with God's worship - Ex 32:1-5; 1Ki 12:27,28



      . Followed the Canaanites in - Jud 2:11-13; 1Ch 5:25



      . Followed the Moabites in - Nu 25:1-3



      . Followed the Assyrians in - Eze 16:28-30; 23:5-7



      . Followed the Syrians in - Jud 10:6



 - Adopted by Solomon - 1Ki 11:5-8



 - Adopted by the wicked kings - 1Ki 21:26; 2Ki 21:21; 2Ch 28:2-4; 33:3,7



 - Example of the kings encouraged Israel in - 1Ki 12:30; 2Ki 21:11; 2Ch 33:9



 - Great prevalence of, in Israel - Isa 2:8; Jer 2:28; Eze 8:10



 - A virtual forsaking of God - Jer 2:9-13



 - The good kings of Judah endeavoured to destroy - 2Ch 15:16; 34:7



 - Captivity of Israel on account of - 2Ki 17:6-18



 - Captivity of Judah on account of - 2Ki 17:19-23





 
IGNORANCE OF GOD

 

 - Ignorance of Christ is - Joh 8:19



 - EVIDENCED BY



      . Want of love - 1Jo 4:8



      . Not keeping his commands - 1Jo 2:4



      . Living in sin - Tit 1:16; 1Jo 3:6



 - LEADS TO



      . Error - Mt 22:29



      . Idolatry - Isa 44:19; Ac 17:29,30



      . Alienation from God - Eph 4:18



      . Sinful lusts - 1Th 4:5; 1Pe 1:14



      . Persecuting saints - Joh 15:21; 16:3



 - Is no excuse for sin - Le 4:2; Lu 12:48



 - The wicked, in a state of - Jer 9:3; Joh 15:21; 17:25; Ac 17:30



 - The wicked choose - Job 21:14; Ro 1:28



 - Punishment of - Ps 79:6; 2Th 1:8



 - MINISTERS SHOULD



      . Compassionate those in - Heb 5:2; 2Ti 2:24,25



      . Labour to remove - Ac 17:23



 - Exemplified



      . Pharaoh - Ex 5:2



      . Israelites - Ps 95:10; Isa 1:3



      . False prophets - Isa 56:10,11



      . Jews - Lu 23:34



      . Nicodemus - Joh 3:10



      . Gentiles - Ga 4:8



      . Paul - 1Ti 1:13





 
INCENSE

 

 - Brought from Sheba - Jer 6:20



 - Called frankincense - So 4:6,14



 - An article of extensive commerce - Re 18:13



 - Common, not to be offered to God - Ex 30:9



 - For God's service mixed with sweet spices - Ex 25:6; 37:29



 - Receipt for mixing - Ex 30:34-36



 - None but priest to offer - Nu 16:40; De 33:10



 - OFFERED



      . In censers - Le 10:1; Nu 16:17,46



      . On the altar of gold - Ex 30:1,6; 40:5



      . Morning and evening - Ex 30:7,8



      . Perpetually - Ex 30:8



      . By the high priest in the most holy place on the day of atonement - Le 16:12,13



      . With fire from off the altar of burnt offering - Le 16:12; Nu 16:46



 - Offering of, allotted to the priests - Lu 1:9



 - The Jews prayed at time of offering - Lu 1:10



 - Designed for atonement - Nu 16:46,47



 - Put on meat offerings - Le 2:1,2,15,16; 6:15



 - Levites had charge of - 1Ch 9:29



 - Used in idolatrous worship - Jer 48:35



 - THE JEWS



      . Not accepted in offering, on account of sin - Isa 1:13; 66:3



      . Offered, to idols on altars of brick - Isa 65:3



      . Punished for offering, to idols - 2Ch 34:25



 - Nadab and Abihu destroyed for offering, with strange fire - Le 10:1,2



 - Korah and his company punished for offering - Nu 16:16-35



 - Uzziah punished for offering - 2Ch 26:16-21



 - Presented to Christ by the wise men - Mt 2:11



 - ILLUSTRATIVE OF



      . The merits of Christ - Re 8:3,4



      . Prayer - Ps 141:2; Mal 1:11; Re 5:8





 
INDUSTRY

 

 - Commanded - Eph 4:28; 1Th 4:11



 - Required of man in a state of innocence - Ge 2:15



 - Required of man after the fall - Ge 3:23



 - To be suspended on the Sabbath - Ex 20:10



 - Characteristic of godly women - Pr 31:13-31



 - Early rising necessary to - Pr 31:15



 - REQUISITE TO SUPPLY



      . Our own wants - Ac 20:34; 1Th 2:9



      . Wants of others - Ac 20:35; Eph 4:28



 - The slothful devoid of - Pr 24:30,31



 - LEADS TO



      . Increase of substance - Pr 13:11



      . Affection of relatives - Pr 31:28



      . General commendation - Pr 31:31



 - Illustrated - Pr 6:6-8



 - Exemplified



      . Rachel - Ge 29:9



      . Jacob - Ge 31:6



      . Jethro's daughters - Ex 2:10



      . Ruth - Ru 2:2,3



      . Jeroboam - 1Ki 11:28



      . David - 1Sa 16:11



      . Jewish elders - Ezr 6:14,15



      . Dorcas - Ac 9:39



      . Paul - Ac 18:3; 1Co 4:12





 
INDWELLING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE

 

 - In his Church, as his temple - 1Co 3:16



 - In the body of saints, as his temple - 1Co 6:19; 2Co 6:16



 - Promised to saints - Eze 36:27



 - Saints enjoy - Isa 63:11; 2Ti 1:14



 - Saints full of - Ac 6:5; Eph 5:18



 - IS THE MEANS OF



      . Quickening - Ro 8:11



      . Guiding - Joh 16:13; Ga 5:18



      . Fruit bearing - Ga 5:22



 - A proof of being Christ's - Ro 8:9; 1Jo 4:13



 - A proof of adoption - Ro 8:15; Ga 4:5



 - Is abiding - 1Jo 2:27



 - THOSE WHO HAVE NOT



      . Are sensual - Jude 1:19



      . Are without Christ - Ro 8:9



 - Opposed by the carnal nature - Ga 5:17





 
INGRATITUDE

 

 - A characteristic of the wicked - Ps 38:20; 2Ti 3:2



 - OFTEN EXHIBITED



      . By relations - Job 19:14



      . By servants - Job 19:15,16



      . To benefactors - Ps 109:5; Ec 9:15



      . To friends in distress - Ps 38:11



 - Saints should avoid the guilt of - Ps 7:4,5



 - SHOULD BE MET WITH



      . Prayers - Ps 35:12,13; 109:4



      . Faithfulness - Ge 31:38-42



      . Persevering love - 2Co 12:15



 - Punishment of - Pr 17:13; Jer 18:20,21



 - Exemplified



      . Laban - Ge 31:6,7



      . Chief butler - Ge 40:23



      . Israel - Ex 17:4



      . Men of Keilah - 1Sa 23:5,12



      . Saul - 1Sa 24:17



      . Nabal - 1Sa 25:5-11,21



      . Absalom - 2Sa 15:6



      . Joash - 2Ch 24:22





 
INGRATITUDE TO GOD

 

 - A characteristic of the wicked - Ro 1:21



 - Inexcusable - Isa 1:2,3; Ro 1:21



 - Unreasonable - Jer 2:5,6,31; Mic 6:2,3



 - Exceeding folly of - De 32:6



 - Guilt of - Ps 106:7,21; Jer 2:11-13



 - Prosperity likely to produce - De 31:20; 32:15; Jer 5:7-11



 - Warnings against - De 8:11-14; 1Sa 12:24,25



 - Punishment of - Ne 9:20-27; Ho 2:8,9



 - Illustrated - Isa 5:1-7; Eze 16:1-15



 - Exemplified



      . Israel - De 32:18



      . Saul - 1Sa 15:17-19



      . David - 2Sa 12:7-9



      . Nebuchadnezzar - Da 5:18-21



      . Lepers - Lu 17:17,18





 
INJUSTICE

 

 - Forbidden - Le 19:15,35; De 16:19



 - SPECIALLY TO BE AVOIDED TOWARDS



      . The poor - Ex 23:6; Pr 22:16,22,23



      . The stranger and fatherless - Ex 22:21,22; De 24:17; Jer 22:3



      . Servants - Job 31:13,14; De 24:14; Jer 22:13



 - Of the least kind, condemned - Lu 16:10



 - GOD



      . Regards - Ec 5:8



      . Approves not of - La 3:35,36



      . Abominates - Pr 17:15; 20:10



      . Hears the cry of those who suffer - Jas 5:4



      . Provoked to avenge - Ps 12:5



 - Brings a curse - De 27:17,19



 - A bad example leads to - Ex 23:2



 - Intemperance leads to - Pr 31:5



 - Covetousness leads to - Jer 6:13; Eze 22:12; Mic 2:2



 - SAINTS SHOULD



      . Hate - Pr 29:27



      . Testify against - Ps 58:1,2; Mic 3:8,9



      . Bear, patiently - 1Co 6:7



      . Take no vengeance for - Mt 5:39



 - THE WICKED



      . Deal with - Isa 26:10



      . Judge with - Ps 82:2; Ec 3:16; Hab 1:4



      . Practise, without shame - Jer 6:13,15; Zep 3:5



 - Punishment of - Pr 11:7; 28:8; Am 5:11,12; 8:5,8; 1Th 4:6



 - Exemplified



      . Potiphar - Ge 39:20



      . Sons of Samuel - 1Sa 8:3



      . Ahab - 1Ki 21:10,15,16



      . Jews - Isa 59:14



      . Princes - Da 6:4



      . Judas - Mt 27:4



      . Pilate - Mt 27:24-26



      . Priests - Ac 4:3



      . Festus - Ac 24:27





 
INSECTS

 

 - Created by God - Ge 1:24,25



 - DIVIDED INTO



      . Clean and fit for food - Le 11:21,22



      . Unclean and abominable - Le 11:23,24



 - MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE



      . Ant - Pr 6:6; 30:25



      . Bee - Jud 14:8; Ps 118:12; Isa 7:18



      . Beetle - Le 11:22



      . Caterpillar - Ps 78:46; Isa 33:4



      . Cankerworm - Joe 1:4; Na 3:15,16



      . Earthworm - Job 25:6; Mic 7:17



      . Flea - 1Sa 24:14



      . Fly - Ex 8:22; Ec 10:1; Isa 7:18



      . Gnat - Mt 23:24



      . Grasshopper - Le 11:22; Jud 6:5; Job 39:20



      . Hornet - De 7:20



      . Locust - Ex 10:12,13



      . Bald locust - Le 11:22



      . Lice - Ex 8:16; Ps 105:31



      . Maggot - Ex 16:20



      . Moth - Job 4:19; 27:18; Isa 50:9



      . Palmer-worm - Joe 1:4; Am 4:9



      . Spider - Job 8:14; Pr 30:28



 - Fed by God - Ps 104:25,27; 145:9,15





 
INSPIRATION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE

 

 - Foretold - Joe 2:28; Ac 2:16-18



 - All Scripture given by - 2Sa 23:2; 2Ti 3:16; 2Pe 1:21



 - DESIGN OF



      . To reveal future events - Ac 1:16; 28:25; 1Pe 1:11



      . To reveal the mysteries of God - Am 3:7; 1Co 2:10



      . To give power to ministers - Mic 3:8; Ac 1:8



      . To direct ministers - Eze 3:24-27; Ac 11:12; 13:2



      . To control ministers - Ac 16:6



      . To testify against sin - 2Ki 17:13; Ne 9:30; Mic 3:8; Joh 16:8,9



 - MODES OF



      . Various - Heb 1:1



      . By secret impulse - Jud 13:25; 2Pe 1:21



      . By a voice - Isa 6:8; Ac 8:29; Re 1:10



      . By visions - Nu 12:6; Eze 11:24



      . By dreams - Nu 12:6; Da 7:1



 - Necessary to prophesying - Nu 11:25-27; 2Ch 20:14-17



 - Is irresistible - Am 3:8



 - Despisers of, punished - 2Ch 36:15,16; Zec 7:12





 
IRON

 

 - Dug out of the earth - Job 28:2



 - DESCRIBED AS



      . Strong and durable - Job 40:18; Da 2:40



      . Fusible - Eze 22:20



      . Malleable - Isa 2:4



 - Of greater gravity than water - 2Ki 6:5



 - Admits of a high polish - Eze 27:19



 - Hardened into steel - 2Sa 22:35; Job 20:24



 - Of small comparative value - Isa 60:17



 - The land of Canaan abounded with - De 8:9; 33:25



 - From the north hardest and best - Jer 15:12



 - Used from the earliest age - Ge 4:22



 - MADE INTO



      . Armour - 2Sa 23:7; Re 9:9



      . Weapons of war - 1Sa 13:19; 17:7



      . Chariots - Jud 4:3



      . Implements for husbandry - 1Sa 13:20,21; 2Sa 12:31



      . Tools for artificers - Jos 8:31; 1Ki 6:7



      . Graving tools - Job 19:24; Jer 17:1



      . Gates - Ac 12:10



      . Nails and hinges - 1Ch 22:3



      . Bars - Ps 107:16; Isa 45:2



      . Fetters - Ps 105:18; 149:8



      . Yokes - De 28:48; Jer 28:13,14



      . Idols - Da 5:4,23



      . Bedsteads - De 3:11



      . Pillars - Jer 1:18



      . Rods - Ps 2:9; Re 2:27



 - Sharpens things made of - Pr 27:17



 - Working in, a trade - 1Sa 13:19; 2Ch 2:7,14



 - An article of commerce - Eze 27:12,19; Re 18:12



 - Great quantity of, provided for the temple - 1Ch 22:3,14,16; 29:2



 - Taken in war, often dedicated to God - Jos 6:19,24



 - Mode of purifying, taken in war - Nu 31:21-23



 - Miraculously made to swim - 2Ki 6:6



 - Illustrative



      . Of strength - Da 2:33,40



      . Of stubbornness - Isa 48:4



      . Of severe affliction - De 4:20; Ps 107:10



      . Of a hard barren soil - De 28:23



      . Of severe exercise of power - Ps 2:9; Re 2:27



      . (Seared with,) of insensibility of conscience - 1Ti 4:2





 
ISHMAELITES, THE

 

 - Descended from Abraham's son, Ishmael - Ge 16:15,16; 1Ch 1:28



 - Divided into twelve tribes - Ge 25:16



 - Heads of tribes - Ge 25:13-15; 1Ch 1:29-31



 - CALLED



      . Hagarites - 1Ch 5:10



      . Hagarenes - Ps 83:6



      . Arabians - Isa 13:20



 - Original possessions of - Ge 25:18



 - Governed by kings - Jer 25:24



 - Dwelt in tents - Isa 13:20



 - Rich in cattle - 1Ch 5:21



 - Wore ornaments of gold - Jud 8:24



 - Were the merchants of the east - Ge 37:25; Eze 27:20,21



 - Travelled in large companies or caravans - Ge 37:25; Job 6:19



 - Waylaid and plundered travellers - Jer 3:2



 - Often confederate against Israel - Ps 83:6



 - OVERCOME BY



      . Gideon - Jud 8:10-24



      . Reubenites and Gadites - 1Ch 5:10,18-20



      . Uzziah - 2Ch 26:7



 - Sent presents to Solomon - 1Ki 10:15; 2Ch 9:14



 - Sent flocks to Jehoshaphat - 2Ch 17:11



 - PREDICTIONS RESPECTING



      . To be numerous - Ge 16:10; 17:20



      . To be wild and savage - Ge 16:12



      . To be warlike and predatory - Ge 16:12



      . To be divided into twelve tribes - Ge 17:20



      . To continue independent - Ge 16:12



      . To be a great nation - Ge 21:13,18



      . To be judged with the nations - Jer 25:23-25



      . Their glory to be diminished - Isa 21:13-17



      . Their submission to Christ - Ps 72:10,15



 - Probably preached to by Paul - Ga 1:17





 
ISSACHAR, THE TRIBE OF

 

 - Descended from Jacob's fifth son - Ge 30:17,18



 - Predictions respecting - Ge 49:14,15; De 33:18,19



 - PERSONS SELECTED FROM



      . To number the people - Nu 1:8



      . To spy out the land - Nu 13:7



      . To divide the land - Nu 34:26



 - Strength of, on leaving Egypt - Nu 1:28,29; 2:6



 - Encamped under the standard of Judah east of the tabernacle - Nu 2:5



 - Next to and under standard of Judah in the journeys of Israel - Nu 10:14,15



 - Offering of, at the dedication - Nu 7:18-23



 - Families of - Nu 26:23,24



 - Strength of, on entering Canaan - Nu 26:25



 - On Gerizim said amen to the blessings - De 27:12



 - Bounds of their inheritance - Jos 19:17-23



 - Assisted Deborah against Sisera - Jud 5:15



 - Officers of, appointed by David - 1Ch 27:18



 - Officers of, appointed by Solomon - 1Ki 4:17



 - Some of, at David's coronation - 1Ch 12:32



 - Number of warriors belonging to, in David's time - 1Ch 7:2,5



 - Many of, at Hezekiah's passover - 2Ch 30:18



 - Remarkable persons of - Jud 10:1; 1Ki 15:27