Thematic Bible: Illustrative of
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Armies » Illustrative of » The church
Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?
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And it grew great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them. Yes, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down. And a host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practiced, and prospered. read more.
Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said to that certain saint who spoke, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?
Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said to that certain saint who spoke, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?
Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.
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Armies » Illustrative of » Multitudes of angels
Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he will presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
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Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.
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And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
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And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say to him, What doest thou?
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Armies » Illustrative of » Numerous and heavy afflictions
His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp around my tabernacle.
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military Arms » Illustrative of » Spiritual armor
But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breast-plate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.
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The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
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By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
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Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take to you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. read more.
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breast-plate of righteousness;
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breast-plate of righteousness;
military Arms » Illustrative of » Spiritual weapons
(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
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And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
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military Arms » Illustrative of » Judgments of God
They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
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The LORD hath opened his armory, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.
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wild Donkey » Illustrative of » Israel in their love of idols
How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways; A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
wild Donkey » Illustrative of » The ishmaelites
And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
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wild Donkey » Illustrative of » Intractableness of natural man
For vain man would be wise, though man is born like a wild ass's colt.
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wild Donkey » Illustrative of » The assyrian power
For they have gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
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wild Donkey » Illustrative of » The wicked in their pursuit of sin
Behold, as wild asses in the desert, they go forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
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Bears » Illustrative of » God in his judgments
He was to me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
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I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
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Bears » Illustrative of » The kingdom of antiChrist
And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
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Bears » Illustrative of » Wicked rulers
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
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Bears » Illustrative of » The natural man
And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
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Bears » Illustrative of » The kingdom of the medes
And behold another beast, a second, like a bear, and it raised itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus to it, Arise, devour much flesh.
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Beasts » Illustrative of » Persecutors
Notwithstanding, the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
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If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it to me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to-morrow we die.
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Beasts » Illustrative of » AntiChrist
And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and who had not worshiped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
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And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
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Beasts » Illustrative of » People of different nations
Its leaves were fair, and its fruit abundant, and in it was food for all: the beasts of the field had shade under it, and the fowls of heaven dwelt among its boughs, and all flesh was fed from it.
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Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit of it abundant, and in it was food for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of heaven had their habitation: It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth to heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.
Beasts » Illustrative of » UnGodly professors
But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption:
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But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
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Beasts » Illustrative of » The wicked
Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
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One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
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Beasts » Illustrative of » Kingdoms
I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spoke: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.
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I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great.
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Books » Illustrative of » The record of the church of Christ
To the general assembly and church of the first-born, who are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
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And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince who standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
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And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.
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And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
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Books » Illustrative of » Memorials of conversation and conduct of men
And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.
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A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set and the books were opened.
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Then they that feared the LORD spoke often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.
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Books » Illustrative of » Memorials of God's providence
Thou numberest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
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Thy eyes saw my substance, yet being imperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
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Brass » Illustrative of » The strength and firmness of Christ
His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in color to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.
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And his feet like fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
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Brass » Illustrative of » Strength given to saints
And I will make thee to this people a fortified brazen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
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Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thy horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain to JEHOVAH, and their substance to the Lord of the whole earth.
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Brass » Illustrative of » Obstinate sinners
Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
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They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
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Brass » Illustrative of » Extreme drought
And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
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Brass » Illustrative of » The earth made barren
And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
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Brass » Illustrative of » The decrees of God
And I turned, and lifted up my eyes, and looked, and behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.
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Brass » Illustrative of » Macedonian empire
And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
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the Burnt offering » Illustrative of » The offering of Christ
And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savor.
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Above, when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt-offerings and offering for sin thou wouldst not, neither hadst pleasure in them; which are offered by the law; Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. By which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
the Burnt offering » Illustrative of » Being Devoted to God
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
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Calves » Illustrative of » Patient endurance
And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the color of burnished brass.
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And the first living being was like a lion, and the second living being like a calf, and the third living being had a face as a man, and the fourth living being was like a flying eagle.
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Calves » Illustrative of » Sacrifices of praise
Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say to him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
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Let your manner of life be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
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Calves » Illustrative of » Saints nourished by grace
But to you that fear my name, shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
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Candlestick » Illustrative of » Christ
Then Jesus spoke again to them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
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For there was a tabernacle made; the first, in which was the candlestick, and the table, and the show-bread; which is called the sanctuary.
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And said to me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick: all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and its seven lamps, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which were upon the top of it.
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Candlestick » Illustrative of » The church
The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.
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And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
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Candlestick » Illustrative of » Ministers
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a close vessel, but on a candlestick: and it giveth light to all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
Cedars » Illustrative of » Majesty, strength, and glory of Christ
His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
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Thus saith the Lord GOD, I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of its young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon a high mountain and eminent: In the mountain of the hight of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shade of its branches shall they dwell.
Cedars » Illustrative of » Arrogant rulers
And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,
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Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts will lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled. And he shall cut down the thickets of the forests with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
Cedars » Illustrative of » Powerful nations
Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose hight was like the hight of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
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Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shady cover, and of a high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.
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Cedars » Illustrative of » Beauty and glory of israel
As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign-aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar-trees beside the waters.
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Cedars » Illustrative of » Saints in their rapid growth
The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree; he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
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Chariots » Illustrative of » Prophets
And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
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Now Elisha had fallen sick of his disease of which he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.
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Chariots » Illustrative of » Christ's love to his church
Or ere I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib.
Chariots » Illustrative of » Angels
And he answered, Fear not: for they that are with us are more than they that are with them. And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire around Elisha.
Chariots » Illustrative of » The judgments of God
For behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
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Chariots » Illustrative of » The clouds
Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
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Circumcision » Illustrative of » Purity of heart
Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiff-necked.
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And the LORD thy God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
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Circumcision » Illustrative of » Readiness to hear and obey
To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is to them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
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Circumcision » Illustrative of » Purity of speech
And Moses spoke before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened to me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?
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Cities » Illustrative of » The apostacy
And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
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And the woman whom thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
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Cities » Illustrative of » Church triumphant
And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
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And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
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Cities » Illustrative of » Visible church
I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
Cities » Illustrative of » Riches
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
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Cities » Illustrative of » Heavenly inheritance
But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for he hath prepared for them a city.
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Cities » Illustrative of » Saints
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid.
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Cloud of glory » Illustrative of » The glory of Christ
And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
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Cloud of glory » Illustrative of » The protection of the church
And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defense.
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Creation » Illustrative of » Renewal of the earth
Seeing then that all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy deportment and godliness,
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For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
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Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, in which dwelleth righteousness.
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Creation » Illustrative of » New Birth
Therefore, if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
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For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
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Creation » Illustrative of » Daily renewal of saints
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
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And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
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Creditors » Illustrative of » God's claim upon men
Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened to a certain king who would take account of his servants.
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Agree with thy adversary quickly, while thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
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So likewise shall my heavenly Father do to you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
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Creditors » Illustrative of » The demands of the law
For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
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the Daily sacrifice » Illustrative of » Christ
The next day John seeth Jesus coming to him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world.
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And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!
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But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
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the Daily sacrifice » Illustrative of » Acceptable prayer
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
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Darkness » Illustrative of » Heavy afflictions
And they shall look to the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
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Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
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To the upright there ariseth light in darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
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All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
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And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one looketh to the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in its heavens.
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Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.
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Darkness » Illustrative of » Greatness and unsearchableness of God
And he made darkness pavilions around him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
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Clouds and darkness surround him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
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And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.
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He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
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Then spoke Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
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Darkness » Illustrative of » Ignorance and error
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
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To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them who are sanctified by faith that is in me.
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And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
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Teach us what we shall say to him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.
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For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD will arise upon thee, and his glory will be seen upon thee.
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Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
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Darkness » Illustrative of » The punishment of devils and wicked men
For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved to judgment;
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These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
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Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into utter darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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Darkness » Illustrative of » The power of satan
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
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Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his beloved Son:
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Darkness » Illustrative of » A course of sin
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
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Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
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Darkness » Illustrative of » Secrecy
What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that publish ye upon the house-tops.
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I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I have not said to the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
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Darkness » Illustrative of » The grave
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
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Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness, and the shades of death; A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shades of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
Darkness » Illustrative of » Anything hateful
Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it. Let darkness and the shades of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined to the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months. read more.
Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein. Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning. Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein. Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning. Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
Darkness » Illustrative of » Abstruse and deep subjects
He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shades of death.
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Days » Illustrative of » Spiritual light
But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breast-plate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.
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We have also a more sure word of prophecy; to which ye do well that ye take heed, as to a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts:
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Ye are all children of light, and children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
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Days » Illustrative of » Time of judgment
Every man's work will be made manifest: for the day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will try every man's work, of what sort it is.
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But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you, or by man's judgment: yes, I judge not my own self.
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Days » Illustrative of » The path of the just
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more to the perfect day.
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The Dead » Illustrative of » Man's state by nature
For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not because we would be unclothed, but clothed, that mortality might be swallowed up in life.
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And you hath he revived, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
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Even when we were dead in sins, hath made us alive together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
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The Dead » Illustrative of » A state of deep affliction, &c
We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noon day as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.
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For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
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Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
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The Dead » Illustrative of » Faith without works
But she that liveth in pleasure, is dead while she liveth.
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Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
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For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
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The Dead » Illustrative of » Freedom from the power of sin
Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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By no means: how shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
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Now if we are dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
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The Dead » Illustrative of » Impotence
But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, on account of the woman whom thou hast taken: for she is a man's wife.
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And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about a hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb.
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The Dead » Illustrative of » Diviners, &c
And when they shall say to you, Seek to them that have familiar spirits, and to wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek to their God? for the living to the dead?
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The Dead » Illustrative of » Freedom from the law
Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit to God.
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Deserts » Illustrative of » The world
Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple-tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bore thee.
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Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
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Deserts » Illustrative of » Barrenness
He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.
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He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the water-springs into dry ground;
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He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into water-springs.
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Deserts » Illustrative of » Desolation by armies
Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth to me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart. The spoilers have come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace. read more.
They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit; and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit; and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
Your mother shall be greatly confounded; she that bore you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
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Deserts » Illustrative of » The gentiles
I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah-tree, and the myrtle, and the oil-tree; I will set in the desert the fir-tree, the pine, and the box-tree together:
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The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose.
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Deserts » Illustrative of » What affords no support
O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? a land of darkness? why say my people, We are lords; we will come no more to thee?
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Deserts » Illustrative of » Those deprived of all blessings
Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and kill her with thirst.
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Dreams » Illustrative of » Prosperity of sinners
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? Though his excellence shall mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds; Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they who have seen him shall say, Where is he? read more.
He shall fly away as a dream, and will not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
He shall fly away as a dream, and will not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image.
Dreams » Illustrative of » Enemies of the church
And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night-vision. It shall even be as when a hungry man dreameth, and behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.
Dreams » Illustrative of » Impure imaginations
Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
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Earthquakes » Illustrative of » The judgments of God
And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it upon the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
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The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is entirely dissolved, the earth is exceedingly moved.
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Thou shalt be visited by the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.
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I beheld the mountains, and lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
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Earthquakes » Illustrative of » The overthrow of kingdoms
For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;
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And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen: and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.
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Famine » Illustrative of » Destruction of idols
The LORD will be terrible to them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.
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Famine » Illustrative of » A dearth of the means of grace
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.
Fire » Illustrative of » Judgments
They that fled stood under the shade of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.
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From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.
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And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
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Fire » Illustrative of » God's vengeance
For our God is a consuming fire.
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For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
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Fire » Illustrative of » The word of God
Is not my word like a fire? saith the LORD? and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
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Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, Behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
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Fire » Illustrative of » God's protection
For I, saith the LORD, will be to her a wall of fire on every side, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
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So it was always; the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.
Fire » Illustrative of » God's enemies
And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it.
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And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;
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Fire » Illustrative of » Zeal of saints
My zeal hath consumed me; because my enemies have forgotten thy words.
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My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then I spoke with my tongue.
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Fire » Illustrative of » Christ as judge
But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap.
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And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;
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Fire » Illustrative of » The tongue
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
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And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire from hell.
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Fire » Illustrative of » Zeal of angels
Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
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And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.
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Fire » Illustrative of » The holy spirit
When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst of it by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.
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And there appeared to them, cloven tongues as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
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Fire » Illustrative of » Lust
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
Fire » Illustrative of » Persecution
I am come to send fire on the earth, and what will I, if it is already kindled? But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it shall be accomplished! Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, No; but rather division: read more.
For from henceforth there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. The father will be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
For from henceforth there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. The father will be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
Fire » Illustrative of » The church destroying her enemies
And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it.
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Fire » Illustrative of » The hope of hypocrites
Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that encompass yourselves with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of my hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
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Fire » Illustrative of » Wickedness
For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the rising of smoke.
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Fire » Illustrative of » The self-righteous
Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.
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Fire » Illustrative of » Affliction
When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
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the First-born » Illustrative of » The dignity, &c of Christ
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the first-born among many brethren.
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Also I will make him my first-born, higher than the kings of the earth.
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And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the first-born from the dead; that in all things he may have the pre-eminence.
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the First-born » Illustrative of » The dignity, &c of the church
To the general assembly and church of the first-born, who are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
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First fruits » Illustrative of » Resurrection of Christ
But now is Christ raised from the dead, and become the first-fruits of them that slept.
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But every man in his own order: Christ the first-fruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
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First fruits » Illustrative of » Church of Christ
These are they who were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they who follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the first-fruits to God and to the Lamb.
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Of his own will he hath begotten us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures.
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First fruits » Illustrative of » Early jewish church
Israel was holiness to the LORD, and the first-fruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.
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First fruits » Illustrative of » First converts in any place
Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my well-beloved Epenetus, who is the first-fruits of Achaia to Christ.
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Flowers » Illustrative of » Shortness of man's life
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
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As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
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Flowers » Illustrative of » The graces of Christ
His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet-smelling myrrh.
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Flowers » Illustrative of » Rich men
But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. For the sun hath no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and its flower falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
Flowers » Illustrative of » Glory of man
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and its flower falleth away:
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Flowers » Illustrative of » Kingdom of israel
Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower; who are on the head of the rich valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
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Fortresses » Illustrative of » God's protection
The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
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O LORD, my strength and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come to thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things in which there is no profit.
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Fortresses » Illustrative of » Protection afforded to ministers
I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
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Fortresses » Illustrative of » Christ, the defence of saints
He shall dwell on high: his place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
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Foundation » Illustrative of » Christ
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
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For other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
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Foundation » Illustrative of » Doctrines of the apostles, &c
And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone;
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Foundation » Illustrative of » Decrees and purposes of God
Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth firm, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
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Foundation » Illustrative of » The righteous
As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
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Foundation » Illustrative of » Security of saints' inheritance
For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
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Foundation » Illustrative of » First principles of the gospel
Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on to perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith towards God, Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of the resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
Foundation » Illustrative of » Hope of saints
A Psalm or Song for the sons of Korah. His foundation is in the holy mountains.
Foundation » Illustrative of » Magistrates
They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
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Foxes » Illustrative of » Enemies of the church
Take for us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
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Foxes » Illustrative of » False prophets
O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts.
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Foxes » Illustrative of » Cunning and deceitful persons
And he said to them, Go ye and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out demons, and I do cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.
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Girdles » Illustrative of » Strength
And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.
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For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
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Girdles » Illustrative of » Truth
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breast-plate of righteousness;
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Girdles » Illustrative of » Righteousness of Christ
And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
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Girdles » Illustrative of » Faithfulness of Christ
And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
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Girdles » Illustrative of » Gladness
Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
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Gold » Illustrative of » True converts
Now if any man buildeth upon this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
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Gold » Illustrative of » The doctrines of grace
I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness may not appear; and anoint thy eyes with eye-salve, that thou mayest see.
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Gold » Illustrative of » Babylonish empire
And wherever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thy hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
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Gold » Illustrative of » Tried faith
That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though tried with fire, might be found to praise, and honor, and glory, at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
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Gold » Illustrative of » Saints after affliction
But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
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Honey » Illustrative of » The word of God
How sweet are thy words to my taste! yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
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More to be desired are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honey-comb.
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Honey » Illustrative of » Holy speech of saints
Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honey-comb; honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
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Honey » Illustrative of » Wisdom
My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honey-comb, which is sweet to thy taste: So shall the knowledge of wisdom be to thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
Honey » Illustrative of » Pleasant words
Pleasant words are as a honey-comb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
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Honey » Illustrative of » Lips of a strange woman
For the lips of a strange woman drop as a honey-comb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
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Horses » Illustrative of » Beauty of the church
I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.
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My anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.
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Incense » Illustrative of » Prayer
And when he had taken the book, the four living beings, and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odors, which are the prayers of saints.
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Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
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For from the rising of the sun even to the setting of the same, my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.
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Incense » Illustrative of » The merits of Christ
And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given to him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended before God out of the angel's hand.
Laver of brass » Illustrative of » Christ the fountain for sin
In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.
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And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first-begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. To him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
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Laver of brass » Illustrative of » Regeneration
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Spirit;
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That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
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Leaven » Illustrative of » Doctrines of pharisees, &c
Then they understood that he did not caution them against the leaven of bread, but against the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
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Then Jesus said to them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
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Leaven » Illustrative of » The rapid spread of the gospel
Another parable he spoke to them; The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
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It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
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Leaven » Illustrative of » UnGodly professors
Your boasting is not good. Know ye not, that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? Cleanse out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
Leaven » Illustrative of » Malice and wickedness
Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
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Leaven » Illustrative of » False teachers
This persuasion cometh not from him that calleth you. A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
Leviathan » Illustrative of » Powerful and cruel kings
In that day the LORD with his keen and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he will slay the dragon that is in the sea.
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Leviathan » Illustrative of » Power and severity of God
None is so fierce that he dare rouse him: who then is able to stand before me?
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Light » Illustrative of » Christ the source of all wisdom
I am come a light into the world, that whoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
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Then Jesus spoke again to them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
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In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
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A light to enlighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
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Light » Illustrative of » The word of God
We have also a more sure word of prophecy; to which ye do well that ye take heed, as to a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts:
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The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding to the simple.
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NUN. Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.
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Light » Illustrative of » Saints
That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
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For ye were sometime darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light;
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And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
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Light » Illustrative of » Gospel
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them who believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine to them.
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But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
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Light » Illustrative of » Wise rulers
But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succored him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, Thou shalt go out no more with us to battle, that thou mayest not extinguish the light of Israel.
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And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
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Light » Illustrative of » Future glory of saints
Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
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Giving thanks to the Father, who hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
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Light » Illustrative of » Glory of God
Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and power everlasting. Amen.
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Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
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Light » Illustrative of » Whatever makes manifest
But all things that are reproved, are made manifest by the light: for whatever doth make manifest is light.
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But he that doeth truth, cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
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Light » Illustrative of » Ministers
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid.
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He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
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Light » Illustrative of » Guidance of God
A Psalm of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
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For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
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Light » Illustrative of » Favor of God
There are many that say, Who will show us any good? LORD, lift thou upon us the light of thy countenance.
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O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.
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Light » Illustrative of » Glory of Christ
And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined around him a light from heaven:
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At mid-day, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, surpassing the brightness of the sun, shining around me, and them who journeyed with me.
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Light » Illustrative of » The glory of the church
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD will arise upon thee, and his glory will be seen upon thee. And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
Light » Illustrative of » The path of the just
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more to the perfect day.
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Light » Illustrative of » Purity of Christ
And he was transfigured before them: and his face shone as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
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Light » Illustrative of » Wisdom of God
He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
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Light » Illustrative of » The soul of man
Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine. The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
Light » Illustrative of » Purity of God
This then is the message which we have heard from him, and declare to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
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Manna » Illustrative of » Blessedness given to saints
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth, he excepted, that receiveth it.
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Manna » Illustrative of » Christ
Then Jesus said to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he who cometh down from heaven, and giveth life to the world. Then said they to him, Lord, evermore give us this bread. read more.
And Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me, shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me, shall never thirst.
And Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me, shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me, shall never thirst.
Marriage » Illustrative of » God's union with the jewish nation
Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married to you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
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For thy maker is thy husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
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And I will betroth thee to me for ever; yes, I will betroth thee to me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in loving-kindness, and in mercies. I will even betroth thee to me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD.
Marriage » Illustrative of » Christ's union with his church
This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
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For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the Savior of the body. Therefore as the church is subject to Christ, so let wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
Mercy-seat » Illustrative of » Christ
Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation, through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
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And after the second vail, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
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Mercy-seat » Illustrative of » The throne of grace
Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
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Milk » Illustrative of » First principles of God's word
I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
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For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need of one to teach you again which are the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong food.
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As new-born babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
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Milk » Illustrative of » Blessings of the gospel
Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
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And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth from the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
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Milk » Illustrative of » Godly and edifying discourses
Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honey-comb; honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
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Milk » Illustrative of » Doctrines of the gospel
I have come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh, with my spice; I have eaten my honey-comb with my honey; I have drank my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yes, drink abundantly, O beloved.
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Milk » Illustrative of » Temporal blessings
His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
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Milk » Illustrative of » Wealth of the gentiles
Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Savior and thy Redeemer, the mighty one of Jacob.
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Nazarites » Illustrative of » Saints
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you;
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Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
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Nazarites » Illustrative of » Christ
For such a high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
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Night » Illustrative of » Seasons of severe calamities
Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shades of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: JEHOVAH is his name:
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The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire ye: return, come.
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Night » Illustrative of » Seasons of spiritual desertion
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
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Night » Illustrative of » Spiritual darkness
The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
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Night » Illustrative of » death
I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh when no man can work.
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Offerings » Illustrative of » Christ's offering of himself
And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savor.
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Offerings » Illustrative of » The conversion of the jews
And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering to the LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD.
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Offerings » Illustrative of » The conversion of the gentiles
That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
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Oil » Illustrative of » The unction of the holy spirit
Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
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I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
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And I answered again, and said to him, What are these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?
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Oil » Illustrative of » The consolation of the gospel
To appoint to them that mourn in Zion, to give to them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified.
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Oil » Illustrative of » Kind reproof
Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
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Palaces » Illustrative of » The splendor of the church
If she is a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she is a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.
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Palaces » Illustrative of » The Godly children of saints
That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
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Palaces » Illustrative of » The place of satan's dominion
When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:
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Palm trees » Illustrative of » The church
This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes. I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of its boughs: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;
Palm trees » Illustrative of » The upright appearance of idols
They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
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Palm trees » Illustrative of » The righteous
The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree; he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
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Pillars » Illustrative of » Stability of Christ
And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
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His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
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Pillars » Illustrative of » Ministers
For behold, I have made thee this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against her princes, against her priests, and against the people of the land.
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And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given to me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go to the heathen, and they to the circumcision.
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Pillars » Illustrative of » Stability of the earth
He raiseth the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them.
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The earth and all its inhabitants are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
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Pillars » Illustrative of » Saints who overcome in Christ
Him that overcometh, will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go out no more: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
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Pillars » Illustrative of » The church
But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
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Pillars » Illustrative of » Stability of the heavens
The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
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Plagues » Illustrative of » God's judgments upon the apostacy
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
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Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
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Plagues » Illustrative of » The diseased state of man's heart
Whatever prayer and supplication shall be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, who shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands towards this house:
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Precious stones » Illustrative of » Seductive splendor and false glory of the apostacy
And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
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And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet-color, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her lewdness:
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Precious stones » Illustrative of » Saints
And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
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Now if any man buildeth upon this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
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Precious stones » Illustrative of » Preciousness of Christ
Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner-stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
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Precious stones » Illustrative of » Stability of heavenly jerusalem
And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
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Precious stones » Illustrative of » Glory of heavenly jerusalem
Having the glory of God: and her light was like to a stone most precious, even like a jasper-stone, clear as crystal;
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Precious stones » Illustrative of » Worldly glory of nations
Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. read more.
By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
Precious stones » Illustrative of » Beauty and stability of the church
Oh thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colors, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
priests » Illustrative of » Saints
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
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And ye shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak to the children of Israel.
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priests » Illustrative of » Christ
And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering often the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins, for ever sat down on the right hand of God;
Prisons » Illustrative of » Bondage to sin and satan
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to publish good tidings to the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
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To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison-house.
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That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.
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Prisons » Illustrative of » Hell
And when the thousand years have expired, Satan shall be loosed from his prison,
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Prisons » Illustrative of » Deep afflictions
Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall encompass me; for thou wilt deal bountifully with me.
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Purifications or baptisms » Illustrative of » Regeneration
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
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That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
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Purifications or baptisms » Illustrative of » Purification by the blood of Christ
Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience; Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation. But Christ being come a high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; read more.
Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood; he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood; he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
Reaping » Illustrative of » Receiving the reward of wickedness
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
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For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if it shall yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
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He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
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For he that soweth to his flesh shall from the flesh reap corruption: but he that soweth to the Spirit, shall from the Spirit reap life everlasting.
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Reaping » Illustrative of » The final judgment
Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
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The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them who do iniquity; read more.
And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then shall the righteous shine as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then shall the righteous shine as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Reaping » Illustrative of » Receiving the reward of righteousness
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he shall come and reign righteousness upon you.
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For he that soweth to his flesh shall from the flesh reap corruption: but he that soweth to the Spirit, shall from the Spirit reap life everlasting. And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Reaping » Illustrative of » The judgments of God on the antiChristian world
And I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe. And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
Reaping » Illustrative of » Ministers receiving temporal provision for spiritual labors
If we have sown to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?
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Reaping » Illustrative of » Gathering in souls to God
I sent you to reap that on which ye bestowed no labor: other men labored, and ye have entered into their labors.
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Rocks » Illustrative of » God as salvation of his people
But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou hast waxed fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God who made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
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O come, let us sing to the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
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He shall cry to me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
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Rocks » Illustrative of » Christ as a stumbling-stone to the wicked
As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumbling-stone, and rock of offense: and whoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
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And he will be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offense to both the houses of Israel, for a trap and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
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And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense, even to them who stumble at the word, being disobedient: to which also they were appointed.
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Rocks » Illustrative of » God as the strength of his people
Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with foreign slips:
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To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spoke to the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
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In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
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Rocks » Illustrative of » Whatever we trust in
For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges:
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And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted,
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Rocks » Illustrative of » Christ as foundation of his church
Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner-stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
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And I say also to thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church: and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
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Rocks » Illustrative of » A place of safety
For in the time of trouble he will hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle will he hide me; he will set me up upon a rock.
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He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
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Rocks » Illustrative of » Christ as source of spiritual gifts
And all drank the same spiritual drink: (for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.)
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Rocks » Illustrative of » God as creator of his people
Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
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Rocks » Illustrative of » God as defence of his people
Bow down thy ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for a house of defense to save me. For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.
Rocks » Illustrative of » Christ as refuge of his people
And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a weary land.
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Rocks » Illustrative of » God as refuge of his people
But the LORD is my defense; and my God is the rock of my refuge.
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Rocks » Illustrative of » The ancestor of a nation
Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look to the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.
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The roe » Illustrative of » Christ
Until the day shall break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
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My beloved is like a roe, or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, showing himself through the lattice.
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The roe » Illustrative of » The church
Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.
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Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.
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The roe » Illustrative of » The swift of foot
And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.
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The roe » Illustrative of » A good wife
Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
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Sacrifices » Illustrative of » Thanksgiving
I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.
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By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to his name.
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And now shall my head be lifted above my enemies around me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD.
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And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
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Sacrifices » Illustrative of » Benevolence
But to do good, and to communicate, forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
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But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received from Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odor of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing to God.
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Sacrifices » Illustrative of » Martyrdom
But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
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For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
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Sacrifices » Illustrative of » Devotedness
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
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And if I am even offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
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Sacrifices » Illustrative of » Righteousness
Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt-offering and whole burnt-offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thy altar.
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Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.
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Sacrifices » Illustrative of » A broken spirit
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
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Sacrifices » Illustrative of » Prayer
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
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Seals » Illustrative of » Security
And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled; and after that he must be loosed a little season.
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Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth firm, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
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A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
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And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. And I heard the number of them who were sealed: and there were sealed a hundred and forty four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel. read more.
Of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Asher were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Naphtalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Isachar were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.
Of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Asher were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Naphtalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Isachar were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.
Seals » Illustrative of » Appropriation of saints to God by the spirit
And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed to the day of redemption.
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Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the spirit in our hearts.
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In whom ye also trusted, after ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
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Seals » Illustrative of » What is dear or valued
In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will make thee as a signet; for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts.
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Set me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thy arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals of it are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
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As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence;
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Seals » Illustrative of » Secrecy
But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
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And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.
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And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.
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Seals » Illustrative of » Restraint
And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled; and after that he must be loosed a little season.
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Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
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He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.
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Seals » Illustrative of » Converts
If I am not an apostle to others, yet doubtless I am to you: for ye are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
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Seals » Illustrative of » Circumcision
And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith, which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they are not circumcised, that righteousness might be imputed to them also;
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Seals » Illustrative of » Full approval
He that hath received his testimony, hath set to his seal that God is true.
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Seed » Illustrative of » The word of God
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
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Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
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Seed » Illustrative of » Spiritual life
Whoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
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Shields » Illustrative of » Salvation of God
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath held me up and thy gentleness hath made me great.
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Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.
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Shields » Illustrative of » Protection of God
After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
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Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.
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Shields » Illustrative of » Faith
Above all, taking the shield of faith, with which ye will be able to extinguish all the fiery darts of the wicked.
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Shields » Illustrative of » Truth of God
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
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Shields » Illustrative of » Favor of God
For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favor wilt thou compass him as with a shield.
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Showbread » Illustrative of » The church
For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
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Cleanse out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
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Showbread » Illustrative of » Christ, as the bread of life
I am that bread of life.
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Sieges » Illustrative of » The omnipresence of God
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thy hand upon me.
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Sieges » Illustrative of » Zion in her affliction
And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
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Sieges » Illustrative of » The judgments of God
Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
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Swine » Illustrative of » Hypocrites
But it hath happened to them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and, The sow that was washed, to her wallowing in the mire.
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Swine » Illustrative of » The wicked
Give not that which is holy to dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
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The First Temple » Illustrative of » The spiritual church
And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
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Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
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And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone; In whom all the building fitly framed together, groweth to a holy temple in the Lord: In whom ye also are built together, for a habitation of God through the Spirit.
The First Temple » Illustrative of » Christ
Jesus answered and said to them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
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But he spoke of the temple of his body.
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The First Temple » Illustrative of » The bodies of saints
What, know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God, and ye are not your own?
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Towers » Illustrative of » The grace and dignity of the church
Thy neck is like the tower of David built for an armory, on which hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.
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Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thy eyes like the fish-pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh towards Damascus.
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I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favor.
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Towers » Illustrative of » God as the protector of his people
The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my preserver; thou savest me from violence.
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He is the tower of salvation for his king: and he showeth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
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Towers » Illustrative of » The proud and haughty
And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.
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And upon every high tower, and upon every fortified wall,
Towers » Illustrative of » The name of the lord
The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
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Towers » Illustrative of » Ministers
I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
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Towers » Illustrative of » Mount sion
And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, to thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come, to the daughter of Jerusalem.
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War » Illustrative of » The contest of saints with the enemies of their salvation
This charge I commit to thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mayest war a good warfare;
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For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
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But I see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
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For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh:
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War » Illustrative of » The contest between antiChrist and the church
And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
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And they worshiped the dragon which gave power to the beast: and they worshiped the beast, saying, Who is like the beast? who is able to make war with him?
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And it was given to him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and languages, and nations.
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War » Illustrative of » Our contest with death
There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
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War » Illustrative of » The malignity of the wicked
The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
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Widow's » Illustrative of » Zion in captivity
How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary.
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Widow's » Illustrative of » A desolate condition
Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thy heart, I am, and none else besides me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children: But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection, for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thy enchantments.
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