VAIL OR VEIL

 

 - A covering for the head usually worn by women - Ge 38:14



 - WAS WORN



      . As a token of modesty - Ge 24:65



      . As a token of subjection - 1Co 11:3,6,7,10



      . For concealment - Ge 38:14



 - The removing of, considered rude and insolent - So 5:7



 - Removing of, threatened as a punishment to ungodly women - Isa 3:23



 - Moses put one on to conceal the glory of his face - Ex 34:33; 2Co 3:13



 - ILLUSTRATIVE



      . Of the spiritual blindness of the Gentile nations - Isa 25:7



      . Of the spiritual blindness of the Jewish nation - 2Co 3:14-16





 
VAIL, THE SACRED

 

 - Moses commanded to make - Ex 26:31



 - Made by Bezaleel for the tabernacle - Ex 36:35



 - Suspended from four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold - Ex 26:32



 - Hung between the holy and most holy place - Ex 26:33; Heb 9:3



 - Designed to conceal the ark, mercy seat, and the symbol of the divine presence - Ex 40:3



 - THE HIGH PRIEST



      . Alone allowed to enter within - Heb 9:6,7



      . Allowed to enter but once a year - Le 16:2; Heb 9:7



      . Could not enter without blood - Le 16:3; Heb 9:7



 - Made by Solomon for the temple - 2Ch 3:14



 - Was rent at the death of our Lord - Mt 27:51; Mr 15:38; Lu 23:45



 - ILLUSTRATIVE



      . Of the obscurity of the Mosaic age - Heb 9:8



      . Of the flesh of Christ which concealed his divinity - Heb 10:20; Isa 53:2



      . (Rending of,) of the death of Christ which opened heaven to saints - Heb 10:19,20; 9:24





 
VALLEYS

 

 - Tracts of land between mountains - 1Sa 17:3



 - CALLED



      . Vales - De 1:7; Jos 10:40



      . Dales - Ge 14:17; 2Sa 18:18



      . Fat valleys, when fruitful - Isa 28:1,4



      . Rough valleys, when uncultivated and barren - De 21:4



 - Watered by mountain streams - Ps 104:8,10



 - Canaan abounded in - De 11:11



 - ABOUNDED WITH



      . Fountains and springs - De 8:7; Isa 41:18



      . Rocks and caves - Job 30:6; Isa 57:5



      . Trees - 1Ki 10:27



      . Lily of the valley - So 2:1



      . Ravens - Pr 30:17



      . Doves - Eze 7:16



 - Of Israel well tilled and fruitful - 1Sa 6:13; Ps 65:13



 - Often the scenes of idolatrous rites - Isa 57:5



 - The heathen supposed that certain deities presided over - 1Ki 20:23,28



 - The Canaanites held possession of, against Judah - Jud 1:19



 - Often the scenes of great contests - Jud 5:15; 7:8,22; 1Sa 17:19



 - MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE



      . Achor - Jos 7:24; Isa 65:10; Ho 2:5



      . Ajalon - Jos 10:12



      . Baca - Ps 84:6



      . Berachah - 2Ch 20:26



      . Bochim - Jud 2:5



      . Charashim - 1Ch 4:14



      . Elah - 1Sa 17:2; 21:9



      . Eshcol - Nu 32:9; De 1:24



      . Gad - 2Sa 24:5



      . Gerar - Ge 26:17



      . Gibeon - Isa 28:21



      . Hebron - Ge 37:14



      . Hinnom or Tophet - Jos 18:16; 2Ki 23:10; 2Ch 28:3; Jer 7:32



      . Jehoshaphat or decision - Joe 3:2,14



      . Jericho - De 34:3



      . Jezreel - Ho 1:5



      . Jephthah-el - Jos 19:14,27



      . Keziz - Jos 18:21



      . Lebanon - Jos 11:17



      . Megiddo - 2Ch 35:22; Zec 12:11



      . Moab where Moses was buried - De 34:6



      . Passengers or Hamongog - Eze 39:11



      . Rephaim or giants - Jos 15:8; 18:16; 2Sa 5:18; Isa 17:5



      . Salt - 2Sa 8:13; 2Ki 14:17



      . Shaveh or king's dale - Ge 14:17; 2Sa 18:18



      . Shittim - Joe 3:18



      . Siddim - Ge 14:3,8



      . Sorek - Jud 16:4



      . Succoth - Ps 60:6



      . Zared - Nu 21:12



      . Zeboim - 1Sa 13:18



      . Zephathah - 2Ch 14:10



 - To be filled with hostile chariots, threatened as a punishment - Isa 22:7



 - MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH



      . The moon made to stand still over Ajalon - Jos 10:12



      . Ditches in, filled with water - 2Ki 3:16,17



      . Water in, made to appear to the Moabites like blood - 2Ki 3:22,23



 - ILLUSTRATIVE



      . Of the church of Christ - So 6:11



      . (Fruitful and well watered,) of the tents of Israel - Nu 24:6



      . (Dark,) of affliction and death - Ps 23:4



      . (Filling up of,) of removing all obstructions to the gospel - Isa 40:4; Lu 3:5





 
VANITY

 

 - A consequence of the fall - Ro 8:20



 - Every man is - Ps 39:11



 - Every state of man is - Ps 62:9



 - Man at his best estate is - Ps 39:5



 - Man is like to - Ps 144:4



 - The thoughts of man are - Ps 94:11



 - The days of man are - Job 7:16; Ec 6:12



 - Childhood and youth are - Ec 11:10



 - The beauty of man is - Ps 39:11; Pr 31:30



 - The help of man in - Ps 60:11; La 4:17



 - Man's own righteousness is - Isa 57:12



 - Worldly wisdom is - Ec 2:15,21; 1Co 3:20



 - Worldly pleasure is - Ec 2:1



 - Worldly anxiety - Ps 39:6; 127:2



 - Worldly labour is - Ec 2:11; 4:4



 - Worldly enjoyment is - Ec 2:3,10,11



 - Worldly possessions are - Ec 2:4-11



 - Treasures of wickedness are - Pr 10:2



 - Heaping up riches is - Ec 2:26; 4:8



 - Love of riches is - Ec 5:10



 - Unblessed riches are - Ec 6:2



 - Riches gotten by falsehood are - Pr 21:6



 - All earthly things are - Ec 1:2



 - Foolish questions are - 1Ti 1:6,7; 6:20; 2Ti 2:14,16; Tit 3:9



 - The conduct of the ungodly is - 1Pe 1:18



 - The religion of hypocrites is - Jas 1:26



 - The worship of the wicked is - Isa 1:13; Mt 6:7



 - Lying words are - Jer 7:8



 - False teaching is but - Jer 23:32



 - Mere external religion is - 1Ti 4:8; Heb 13:9



 - Alms giving without charity is - 1Co 13:3



 - Faith without works is - Jas 2:14



 - Idolatry is - 2Ki 17:15; Ps 31:6; Isa 44:9,10; Jer 10:8; 18:15



 - Wealth gotten by, diminishes - Pr 13:11



 - SAINTS



      . Hate the thoughts of - Ps 119:113



      . Pray to be kept from - Ps 119:37; Pr 30:8



      . Avoid - Ps 24:4



      . Avoid those given to - Ps 26:4



 - THE WICKED



      . Especially characterised by - Job 11:11



      . Though full of, affect to be wise - Job 11:12



      . Love - Ps 4:2



      . Imagine - Ps 2:1; Ac 4:25; Ro 1:21



      . Devise - Ps 36:4



      . Speak - Ps 10:7; 12:2; 41:6



      . Count God's service as - Job 21:15; Mal 3:14



      . Allure others by words of - 2Pe 2:18



      . Walk after - Jer 2:5



      . Walk in - Ps 39:6; Eph 4:17



      . Inherit - Jer 16:19



      . Reap - Pr 22:8; Jer 12:13



      . Judicially given up to - Ps 78:33; Isa 57:13



 - Fools follow those given to - Pr 12:11



 - Following those given to, leads to poverty - Pr 28:19



 - They who trust in, rewarded with - Job 15:31





 
VINE, THE

 

 - Often found wild - 2Ki 4:39; Ho 9:10



 - CULTIVATED



      . In vineyards from the time of Noah - Ge 9:20



      . On the sides of hills - Jer 31:5



      . In the valleys - So 6:11



      . By the walls of houses - Ps 128:3



 - Required to be dressed and pruned to increase its fruitfulness - Le 25:3; 2Ch 26:10; Isa 18:5



 - Canaan abounded in - De 6:11; 8:8



 - PLACES CELEBRATED FOR



      . Eshcol - Nu 13:23,24



      . Sibmah - Isa 16:8,9



      . Lebanon - Ho 14:7



      . Egypt - Ps 78:47; 80:8



 - The dwarf and spreading vine particularly esteemed - Eze 17:6



 - Of Sodom bad and unfit for use - De 32:32



 - Often degenerated - Isa 5:2; Jer 2:21



 - Frequently injured by hail and frost - Ps 78:47; 105:32,33



 - Foxes destructive to - So 2:15



 - The wild boar destructive to - Ps 80:13



 - THE FRUIT OF



      . Called grapes - Ge 40:10



      . Peculiarly sour when unripe - Jer 31:30



      . Eaten fresh from the tree - De 23:24



      . Eaten dried - 1Sa 25:18; 30:12



      . Sold in the markets - Ne 13:15



      . Made into wine - De 32:14; Mt 26:29



 - The wood of, fit only for burning - Eze 15:2-5



 - Young cattle fed on its leaves and tender shoots - Ge 49:11



 - Probably produced two crops of fruit in the year - Nu 13:20



 - Perfumed the air with the fragrance of its flowers - So 2:13; Ho 14:7



 - God made, fruitful for his people when obedient - Joe 2:22; Zec 8:12



 - Frequently made unfruitful as a punishment - Jer 8:13; Ho 2:12; Joe 1:7,12; Hag 2:19



 - Sometimes cast its fruit before it came to perfection - Job 15:33; Mal 3:11



 - Nazarites prohibited eating any part of - Nu 6:3,4



 - ILLUSTRATIVE



      . Of Christ - Joh 15:1,2



      . Of Israel - Ps 80:8; Isa 5:2,7



      . (Its fruitful branches,) of saints - Joh 15:5



      . (Of unfruitful branches,) of mere professors - Joh 15:2,6



      . (Its quick growth,) of the growth of saints in grace - Ho 14:7



      . (Its rich clusters,) of the graces of the church - So 7:8



      . (Pruning of,) of God's purifying his people by afflictions - Joh 15:2



      . (Worthlessness of its wood,) of the unprofitableness, of the wicked - Eze 15:6,7



      . (Unfruitful,) of the wicked - Ho 10:1



      . (Sitting under one's own) of peace and prosperity - 1Ki 4:25; Mic 4:4; Zec 3:10



 - Proverbial allusion to fathers eating the unripe fruit of - Jer 31:29,30; Eze 18:2





 
VINEYARDS

 

 - Origin and antiquity of - Ge 9:20



 - The design of planting - Ps 107:37; 1Co 9:7



 - Frequently walled or fenced with hedges - Nu 22:24; Pr 24:31; Isa 5:2,5



 - Cottages built in, for the keepers - Isa 1:8



 - Provided with the apparatus for making wine - Isa 5:2; Mt 21:33



 - The stones carefully gathered out of - Isa 5:2



 - LAWS RESPECTING



      . Not to be planted with different kinds of seed - De 22:9



      . Not to be cultivated in the Sabbatical year - Ex 23:11; Le 25:4



      . The spontaneous fruit of, not to be gathered during the sabbatical year - Le 25:5,11



      . Compensation in kind to be made for injury done to - Ex 22:5



      . Strangers entering, allowed to eat fruit of, but not to take any away - De 23:24



      . The gleaning of, to be left for the poor - Le 19:10; De 24:21



      . The fruit of new, not to be eaten for three years - Le 19:23



      . The fruit of new, to be holy to the Lord in the fourth year - Le 19:24



      . The fruit of new, to be eaten by the owners from the fifth year - Le 19:25



      . Planters of, not liable to military service till they had eaten of the fruit - De 20:6



 - Frequently let out to husbandmen - So 8:11; Mt 21:33



 - Rent of, frequently paid by part of the fruit - Mt 21:34



 - Were often mortgaged - Ne 5:3,4



 - Estimated rent of - So 8:11; Isa 7:23



 - Estimated profit arising from, to the cultivators - So 8:12



 - The poor engaged in the culture of - 2Ki 25:12; Isa 61:5



 - Members of the family often wrought in - So 1:6; Mt 21:28-30



 - Mode of hiring and paying labourers for working in - Mt 20:1,2



 - Of the kings of Israel superintended by officers of the state - 1Ch 27:27



 - THE VINTAGE OR INGATHERING OF



      . Was a time of great rejoicing - Isa 16:10



      . Sometimes continued to the time of sowing seed - Le 26:5



      . Failure in, occasioned great grief - Isa 16:9,10



 - Of red grapes particularly esteemed - Isa 27:2



 - The produce of, was frequently destroyed by enemies - Jer 48:32



 - The whole produce of, often destroyed by insects - De 28:39; Am 4:9



 - In unfavourable seasons produced but little wine - Isa 5:10; Hag 1:9,11



 - The wicked judicially deprived of the enjoyment of - Am 5:11; Zep 1:13



 - The Rechabites forbidden to plant - Jer 35:7-9



 - Of the slothful man neglected and laid waste - Pr 24:30,31



 - ILLUSTRATIVE



      . Of the Jewish Church - Isa 5:7; 27:2; Jer 12:10; Mt 21:23



      . (Failure of,) of severe calamities - Isa 32:10



      . (Cleaning grapes of,) of the elect - Isa 24:13





 
VISIONS

 

 - God often made known his will by - Ps 89:19



 - God especially made himself known to prophets by - Nu 12:6



 - OFTEN ACCOMPANIED



      . A representative of the divine person and glory - Isa 6:1



      . An audible voice from heaven - Ge 15:1; 1Sa 3:4,5



      . An appearance of angels - Lu 1:22,11; 24:23; Ac 10:3



      . An appearance of human beings - Ac 9:12; 16:9



 - Frequently difficult and perplexing to those who received them - Da 7:15; 8:15; Ac 10:17



 - OFTEN COMMUNICATED



      . In the night season - Ge 46:2; Da 2:19



      . In a trance - Nu 24:16; Ac 11:5



 - Often recorded for the benefit of the people - Hab 2:2



 - Often multiplied for the benefit of the people - Ho 12:10



 - MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE



      . To Abraham - Ge 15:1



      . To Jacob - Ge 46:2



      . To Moses - Ex 3:2,3; Ac 7:30-32



      . To Samuel - 1Sa 3:2-15



      . To Nathan - 2Sa 7:4,17



      . To Eliphaz - Job 4:13-16



      . To Isaiah - Isa 6:1-8



      . To Ezekiel (See chapters 10, 40-48 of Ezekiel) - Eze 1:4-14; 8:2-14; 11:24,25; 37:1-10



      . To Nebuchadnezzar - Da 2:28; Da 4:5



      . To Daniel (See chapters 7, 8, and 10 of Daniel) - Da 2:19



      . To Amos - Am 7:1-9; 8:1-6; 9:1



      . To Zechariah - Zec 1:8; 3:1; 4:2; 5:2; 6:1



      . To Paul - Ac 9:3,6; 16:9; 18:9; 22:18; 27:23; 2Ch 12:1-4



      . To Ananias - Ac 9:10,11



      . To Cornelius - Ac 10:3



      . To Peter - Ac 10:9-17



      . To John (See also Rev chapters 4 - 22) - Re 1:12



 - Sometimes withheld for a long season - 1Sa 3:1



 - The withholding of a great calamity - Pr 29:18; La 2:9



 - False prophets pretended to have seen - Jer 14:14; 23:16



 - The prophets of God skilled in interpreting - 2Ch 26:5; Da 1:17





 
VOWS

 

 - Solemn promises made to God - Ps 76:11



 - WERE MADE IN REFERENCE TO



      . Devoting the person to God - Nu 6:2



      . Dedicating children to God - 1Sa 1:11



      . Devoting property to God - Ge 28:22



      . Offering sacrifices - Le 7:16; 22:18,22; Nu 15:3



      . Afflicting the soul - Nu 30:13



 - To be voluntary - De 23:21,22



 - To be performed faithfully - Nu 30:2



 - To be performed without delay - De 23:21,23



 - Danger of inconsiderately making - Pr 20:25



 - Of children void without the consent of parents - Nu 30:3-5



 - Of married women void without consent of husbands - Nu 30:6-8,10-13



 - Of widows and women divorced from their husbands binding - Nu 30:9



 - Of wives, could only be objected to at the time of making - Nu 30:14,15



 - Might be redeemed by paying a suitable compensation - Le 27:1-8,11-23



 - Clean beasts the subjects of, not to be redeemed - Le 27:9,10



 - RECORDED IN SCRIPTURE



      . Of Jacob - Ge 28:20-22; 31:13



      . Of Israelites - Nu 21:2



      . Of Jephthah - Jud 11:30,31



      . Of Hannah - 1Sa 1:1



      . Of Elkanah - 1Sa 1:24



      . Of David - Ps 132:2-5



      . Of mariners who cast out Jonah - Jon 1:16



      . Of Jonah - Jon 2:9



      . Of Lemuel's mother - Pr 31:1,2



      . Of Paul - Ac 18:18



      . Of certain Jews with Paul - Ac 21:23,24,26



 - All things dedicated by, to be brought to the tabernacle - De 12:6,11,17,18,26



 - Of things corrupt or blemished an insult to God - Le 22:23; Mal 1:14



 - The hire of a prostitute or price of a dog could not be the subject of - De 23:18