Thematic Bible: Illustrative
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Arrows » Illustrative » Of God's judgment
He prepares weapons of death for himself, he makes his arrows into fiery shafts.
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Indeed, you will make them retreat, when you aim your bow at their faces.
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I'll send arrows of severe famine in their direction, meant for destruction, which I'll shoot, intending to destroy them. I'll make you have more and more famines that will attack you, and I'll disrupt your source of food.
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I'll bury them in misfortunes and bring them to an end with my arrows. Emaciated from famine, feverish from plague, and destroyed by bitterness, I'll send fanged beasts against them, along with poisonous snakes that glide through the dust. Outside, the sword will cause bereavement; within, there will be terror for the young man and virgin alike, also for the nursing infant and the aged man." read more.
"I said, "I will scatter them, erasing their memory from the human race, if it weren't for dreading the taunting of their enemies otherwise, their adversary might misinterpret and say, "Our power is great. It isn't the LORD who made all of this happen."'" They are a nation devoid of purpose and without insight. O, that they were wise to understand this and consider their future! How can one person chase a thousand of them and two put a myriad to flight, unless their Rock delivers them and the LORD gives them up? For their rock isn't like our Rock, as even our enemies admit. Instead, their vine is from the vines of Sodom and the vineyards of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous, their clusters bitter. Their wine is the venom of serpents, a poisonous cobra. "Is this not kept in reserve, sealed up with me in my treasury? To me belong vengeance and recompense. In due time their feet will slip, because their time of calamity is near and the things prepared for them draw near. For the LORD will vindicate his people and bring comfort to his servants, because he will observe that their power has waned, when neither prisoner nor free person remain. "He will say, "Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge? Who ate the fat of their offerings and drank the wine that was their drink offering? Let them rise and help you and be your hiding place!' "Look now! I AM, and there is no other god besides me. I myself cause death and I sustain life; I wound severely and I also heal; from my power no one can deliver. "I solemnly swear to heaven I say "As certainly as I'm alive and living forever, I'll whet my shining sword, with my hands in firm grasp of judgment. I'll show vengeance on my adversary and repay those who keep on hating me. I'll make my arrows drunk with blood. My sword will devour flesh, along with the blood of the slain, and I'll take their enemy leaders captive.'
"I said, "I will scatter them, erasing their memory from the human race, if it weren't for dreading the taunting of their enemies otherwise, their adversary might misinterpret and say, "Our power is great. It isn't the LORD who made all of this happen."'" They are a nation devoid of purpose and without insight. O, that they were wise to understand this and consider their future! How can one person chase a thousand of them and two put a myriad to flight, unless their Rock delivers them and the LORD gives them up? For their rock isn't like our Rock, as even our enemies admit. Instead, their vine is from the vines of Sodom and the vineyards of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous, their clusters bitter. Their wine is the venom of serpents, a poisonous cobra. "Is this not kept in reserve, sealed up with me in my treasury? To me belong vengeance and recompense. In due time their feet will slip, because their time of calamity is near and the things prepared for them draw near. For the LORD will vindicate his people and bring comfort to his servants, because he will observe that their power has waned, when neither prisoner nor free person remain. "He will say, "Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge? Who ate the fat of their offerings and drank the wine that was their drink offering? Let them rise and help you and be your hiding place!' "Look now! I AM, and there is no other god besides me. I myself cause death and I sustain life; I wound severely and I also heal; from my power no one can deliver. "I solemnly swear to heaven I say "As certainly as I'm alive and living forever, I'll whet my shining sword, with my hands in firm grasp of judgment. I'll show vengeance on my adversary and repay those who keep on hating me. I'll make my arrows drunk with blood. My sword will devour flesh, along with the blood of the slain, and I'll take their enemy leaders captive.'
But God shot an arrow at them, and they were wounded immediately.
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Arrows » Illustrative » Of severe afflictions
"The arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit absorbs their poison; God's terrors have been arranged just for me!
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because your arrows have sunk deep into me, and your hand has come down hard on me.
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Arrows » Illustrative » Of lightnings
The clouds poured rain; the skies rumbled. Indeed, your lightning bolts flashed. Your thunderous sound was in a whirlwind; your lightning lights up the world; the earth becomes agitated and quakes.
Arrows » Illustrative » Of false witnesses
A club, a sword, and a sharp arrow that's what a man is who lies about his neighbor.
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Arrows » Illustrative » (falling from the hand), of the paralyzing power
There I will strike your bow from your left hand and your arrows from your right, causing your fall.
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Arrows » Illustrative » Of slanderous tongues
Their tongue is a deadly arrow that speaks deceit. With his mouth a person says, "Peace,' to his friend, but inwardly he sets a trap for him.
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Arrows » Illustrative » Of young children
How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them! He will not be ashamed as they confront their enemies at the city gate. A Song of Ascents
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Arrows » Illustrative » Of Christ
He made my mouth like a sharp sword; he hid me in the shadow of his hands. He made me like a polished arrow and hid me away in his quivers.
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Arrows » Illustrative » (broken), of destruction of power
There he shattered sharp arrows, shields, swords, and weapons of war. Interlude
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Arrows » Illustrative » Of devices of the wicked
Look, the wicked have bent their bow and placed their arrow on the string, to shoot from the darkness at the upright in heart.
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Arrows » Illustrative » Of bitter words
who sharpen their tongues like swords, and aim their bitter words like arrows,
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Arrows » Illustrative » Of the word of Christ
Your arrows are sharpened to penetrate the hearts of the king's enemies. People will fall under you.
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or adder Asp » Illustrative » Of obstinate rejecters of God's word
Their venom is like a poisonous snake; even like a deaf serpent that shuts its ears, refusing to hear the voice of the snake charmer, the cunning enchanter.
or adder Asp » Illustrative » Of the enemies of God's people
You will stomp on lions and snakes; you will trample young lions and serpents.
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Beds » Illustrative » (too short,) of plans which afford no rest or peace
because the bed is too short to stretch out on, and its blankets too narrow to wrap around oneself!
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Beds » Illustrative » (made on high,) of carnal security
"You have made your bed on a high and lofty mountain, and you went up to offer sacrifice there.
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Beds » Illustrative » Of the grave
Then he enters into peace, and they'll rest on his couches, each one living righteously.
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Beds » Illustrative » (made in sickness,) of divine support and comfort
The LORD will uphold him even on his sickbed; you will transform his bed of illness into health.
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Beds » Illustrative » (made in darkness,) of extreme misery
"If my hope were that my house is the afterlife itself, if I were to make my bed in darkness,
Birds » Illustrative » (snaring,) of designs of the wicked
We have escaped like a bird from the hunter's trap. The trap has been broken, and we have escaped.
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My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent. If they say, "Come with us! Let's lie in wait for blood; let's ambush some innocent person for no reason at all. Let's swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those who go down into the Pit. read more.
We'll find all kinds of valuable wealth, and we'll fill our houses with spoil. Throw your lot in with us, and all of us will have one purse." My son, do not go along with them, and keep your feet away from their paths! For they run toward evil; these enticers shed blood without hesitation. Look, it is useless to spread a net in full view of all the birds,
We'll find all kinds of valuable wealth, and we'll fill our houses with spoil. Throw your lot in with us, and all of us will have one purse." My son, do not go along with them, and keep your feet away from their paths! For they run toward evil; these enticers shed blood without hesitation. Look, it is useless to spread a net in full view of all the birds,
until an arrow pierces his liver. As a bird darts into a snare, he doesn't realize his fatal decision.
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Birds » Illustrative » Of people of different countries
The birds in the sky made nests in its boughs; all the beasts of the field gave birth under its branches. All the great nations rested in its shade.
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Although it is the smallest of all seeds, when it is fully grown it is larger than the garden plants and becomes a tree, and the birds in the sky come and nest in its branches."
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Birds » Illustrative » Of the devil and his spirits
When anyone hears the word about the kingdom yet doesn't understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.
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As he was sowing, some seeds fell along the path, and birds came and ate them up.
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Birds » Illustrative » Of unsettled persons, &c
Like fluttering birds, like an abandoned nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon River.
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Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders away from his home.
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Birds » Illustrative » (snaring,) of death
In addition, no human being knows his time: Like fish captured in a cruel net, or as birds caught in a snare, so also are human beings caught by bad timing that surprises them.
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Birds » Illustrative » Of hostile nations
Is my inheritance like a speckled bird of prey to me? Are the other birds of prey all around her coming against her? Go, gather all the wild animals and bring them to devour it.
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Birds » Illustrative » Of cruel and rapacious kings
I am calling a bird of prey from the east, and from a far country a man with his purpose. Indeed, I've spoken; I will certainly make it happen; I've planned it; and I will certainly carry it out.
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Blood » Illustrative » (on one's own head,) of guilt
David told him, "Your blood is on your own head, because your own words testified against you! After all, you said, "I myself have killed the LORD's anointed!'"
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"Anyone who curses his father or mother is certainly to be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother, so his guilt will remain his responsibility."
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loans with usury, and exacts interest; will he live? He certainly will not! He has done all these detestable practices. He will certainly die, and his guilt will be his own fault."
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Blood » Illustrative » (given to drink,) of severe judgments
I'll judge you with the same standards by which I issue verdicts against a woman who commits adultery and murder. I'll avenge the blood you've shed with impassioned wrath.
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You have given them blood to drink because they spilled the blood of saints and prophets. This is what they deserve."
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Blood » Illustrative » (washing the feet in,) of victories
that your feet may wade through blood. The tongues of your dogs will have their portions from your enemies."
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The righteous person will rejoice when he sees your vengeance; when he washes his feet in the blood of the wicked.
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Blood » Illustrative » (building with,) of oppression and cruelty
"Woe to the one who founds a city upon bloodshed, and constructs a city by lawlessness.
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Blood » Illustrative » (preparing to,) of ripening for destruction
therefore as I'm alive and living," declares the Lord GOD, "I'm turning you over to bloodshed, and bloodshed will certainly overtake you, since you never have hated shedding blood. That's why bloodshed will certainly pursue you.
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Bottles » Illustrative » (broken,) of severe judgments
Its breaking will be like when potters' vessels are broken, shattered so ruthlessly that among its fragments not even a broken sliver will be found for taking fire from a hearth or scooping water out of a cistern."
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"Then you are to break the jug in front of the men who have come with you,
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"Therefore, look, days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I'll send those who tip over vessels to him, and they'll tip him over. They'll empty his vessels and shatter his jars.
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Bottles » Illustrative » Of sinners ripe for judgment
"This is what you're to tell them: "This is what the LORD God of Israel says: "Every wineskin is to be filled with wine."' When they say to you, "Don't we know very well that every wineskin is to be filled with wine?', then say to them, "This is what the LORD says: "I'm about to make all the inhabitants of this land drunk the kings who sit on David's throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the residents of Jerusalem. I'll smash them against each other, even fathers against their sons," declares the LORD. "I'll have no pity, mercy, or compassion when I destroy them."'"
Bottles » Illustrative » (dried up,) of the afflicted
Though I have become like a water skin dried by smoke, I have not forgotten your statutes.
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Bottles » Illustrative » Of God's remembrance
You have kept count of my wanderings. Put my tears in your bottle have not you recorded them in your book?
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Bottles » Illustrative » (ready to burst,) of the impatient
My insides feel like unvented wine, like it's about to burst like a new wineskin.
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Bottles » Illustrative » Of the clouds
Who has the wisdom to be able to count the clouds, or to empty the water jars of heaven,
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the Bow » Illustrative » (when broken,) of the overthrow of power
At that time I'll shatter the military strength of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel."
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This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "Look, I'm going to break the bow of Elam, the finest of their troops.
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The bows of warriors are shattered, but those who stumble are equipped with strength.
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I will make a covenant with them at that time, a covenant with the wild animals of the field, with the birds of the air, and with the creatures of the ground. I will banish the battle bow, the sword, and war from the earth. I will cause my people to lie down where it is safe.
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the Bow » Illustrative » Of the tongue of the wicked
Look, the wicked have bent their bow and placed their arrow on the string, to shoot from the darkness at the upright in heart.
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They use their tongues like a bow. Lies rather than truth fly throughout the land. They progress from one evil to another, and they don't know me," declares the LORD.
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the Bow » Illustrative » (when deceitful,) of the hypocrite
They fell away and were as disloyal as their ancestors. They became unreliable, like a defective bow;
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They return but not to the Most High. They are like a defective weapon. Their princes will fall by the sword because of their raging tongue, and they will be a laughingstock in the land of Egypt."
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the Bow » Illustrative » Of strength and power
My glory renews for me and my bow is as good as new in my hand.'
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Bread » Illustrative » (seeking of begging,) of extreme poverty
I once was young and now I am old, but I have not seen a righteous person forsaken or his descendants begging for bread.
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Anyone who remains in your family will come and prostrate themselves before him for a small wage or a loaf of bread and will say, "Please put me in one of the priest's offices so I can eat a piece of bread."'"
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All her people groaned as they searched for food. They traded their valuables in order to eat, to keep themselves alive. Look, LORD, and see how I have become dishonored.
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Bread » Illustrative » (when broken,) of the death of Christ
While they were eating, Jesus took a loaf of bread and blessed it. Then he broke it in pieces and handed it to the disciples, saying, "Take this and eat it. This is my body."
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For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you how the Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took a loaf of bread, gave thanks for it, and broke it in pieces, saying, "This is my body that is for you. Keep doing this in memory of me."
Bread » Illustrative » (partaking of,) of communion of saints
United in purpose, they went to the Temple every day, ate at each other's homes, and shared their food with glad and humble hearts.
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Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body, because all of us eat from the same loaf.
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Bread » Illustrative » (want of,) of extreme poverty
It's better to be unimportant, yet have a servant, than to pretend to be important, but lack food.
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"But at that time, he'll protest! He'll say, "I won't be your healer. I have neither food nor clothing in my house! You're not going to make me a leader of the people!'
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Bread » Illustrative » (eating without scarceness,) of plenty
a land without scarcity. You'll eat food in it and lack nothing. It's a land where its rocks are iron and you can dig copper from its mountains."
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Bread » Illustrative » (of deceit,) of unlawful gain
Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but later his mouth will be full of gravel.
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Bread » Illustrative » (of idleness,) of sloth
She looks discretely to the affairs of her household, and she is never lazy.
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Bread » Illustrative » (of wickedness,) of oppression
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and they drink the wine of violence.
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Bread » Illustrative » (fulness of,) of abundance
Look! This was the sin of your sister Sodom and her daughters: Pride, too much food, undisturbed peace, and failure to help the poor and needy.
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Bread » Illustrative » (of adversity,) of heavy affliction
And although the LORD gives you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, your teachers won't hide themselves anymore, but your own eyes will see your teachers.
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Bread » Illustrative » Of Christ
The bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world." Then they told him, "Sir, give us this bread all the time." Jesus told them, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never become hungry, and whoever believes in me will never become thirsty.
Bread » Illustrative » (of tears,) of sorrow
You fed them tears as their food, and caused them to drink a full measure of tears.
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Brooks » Illustrative » Of wisdom
The words a man says are as deep waters a fountain of wisdom is an overflowing stream.
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Brooks » Illustrative » (drinking of, by the way,) of help in distress
He will drink from a stream on the way, then hold his head high.
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Brooks » Illustrative » Of temporal abundance
He won't look at the rivers the torrents of honey and curd.
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Brooks » Illustrative » (deceptive,) of false friends
But my brothers have acted treacherously like a cascading river, like torrential rivers that overflow.
Cities of refuge » Illustrative » Of Christ
For you have been a stronghold for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat for the blistering attack from the ruthless is like a rainstorm beating against a wall,
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will say to the LORD, "You are my refuge, my fortress, and my God in whom I trust!"
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Cities of refuge » Illustrative » (the way to,) of Christ
Jesus told him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
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"A highway will be there yes, there and people will call it "The Holy Way'. As for unclean people, they will not journey on it, but it will be for whomever is traveling on that Way not even fools will get lost.
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Cities of refuge » Illustrative » Of the hope of the gospel
so that by these two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to prove false, we who have taken refuge in him might be encouraged to seize the hope set before us.
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Clouds » Illustrative » Of judgments of God
Just as a shepherd looks after his flock during the day time while he is with them, so also I'm going to watch over my sheep, delivering them from every place where they've been scattered during the times of gloom and doom.
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How the Lord in his wrath shamed cherished Zion! He cast down from heaven to earth the glory of Israel, He did not remember his footstool in the time of his anger.
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For comes now the day comes now the Day of the LORD, the day of clouds! The time of the gentiles is fulfilled!
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A day of doom and gloom, a day of clouds and shadows like the dawn spreads out to cover the mountains a people strong and robust. Never has there been anything like it, neither will anything follow to compare with it, even through the lifetime of generation upon generation."
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Clouds » Illustrative » Of hostile armies
Look, he comes up like clouds, and his chariots are like a whirlwind. His horses are as swift as eagles. Woe to us we're destroyed!
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You'll arise suddenly, like a tornado, coming like a windstorm to cover the land, you and all your soldiers with you, along with many nations."'"
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You'll come up to invade my people Israel like a storm cloud to cover the land. In the last days, Gog, I'll bring you up to invade my land so that the world will learn to know me when I show them how holy I am before their very eyes."'"
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Clouds » Illustrative » Of unsearchableness of God
I was amazed to see a wind storm blow in from the north, consisting of a massive cloud and fire that was flashing back and forth, surrounded by bright light. From deep within the cloud, something was shining that appeared to have a color like bronze that had been placed in fire until it glowed.
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The darkness around him was his canopies amassed water was his overhanging clouds!
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Thick clouds are all around him; righteousness and justice are his throne's foundation.
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Clouds » Illustrative » Of multitudes of persons
Therefore, having so vast a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, and throwing off everything that hinders us and especially the sin that so easily entangles us, let us keep running with endurance the race set before us,
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"Who are these that fly like clouds, and like doves to their windows?
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Clouds » Illustrative » (riding upon,) of the power and greatness of God
A message about Egypt: "Watch out! The LORD rides on a swift cloud, and is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt tremble before him, and the hearts of the Egyptians melt within them.
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He lays the beams of his roof loft on the water above, making clouds his chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.
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Clouds » Illustrative » (passing away,) of the goodness and prosperity of hypocrites
"What am I to do with you, Ephraim? What am I to do with you, Judah? Your love is like a morning rain cloud it passes away like the morning dew.
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Therefore they will be like morning clouds, like early morning dew that evaporates, like chaff blown away from the threshing floor, or like smoke from a chimney."
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Clouds » Illustrative » (a morning without,) of wise rulers
The God of Israel has spoken; the Rock of Israel has talked to me. "When one is governing men justly, he fears God while governing. He is like dawn's first light, like bright sun blazing on a cloudless morning, glistening on grassland that flourishes after a rain shower.
Clouds » Illustrative » (when seasonable,) of the favor of good rulers
When a king is pleased, there is life, and his favor is like a cloud that brings spring rain.
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Clouds » Illustrative » (without rain,) of the fraudulent
Like clouds and winds without rain is the man who brags about gifts he never gave.
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Clouds » Illustrative » (carried away by a tempest,) of false teachers
These men are dried-up springs, mere clouds driven by a storm. Gloomy darkness is reserved for them.
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Clouds » Illustrative » Of sins of men
I've wiped away your transgressions like a cloud and your sins like mist. Return to me; because I've redeemed you.
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Clouds » Illustrative » (without water,) of false teachers
These people are stains on your love feasts. They feast with you without any sense of awe. They are shepherds who care only for themselves. They are waterless clouds blown about by the winds. They are autumn trees that are fruitless, totally dead, and uprooted.
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Covenants » Illustrative » Of the united determination of a people to serve God
Then Jehoiada entered into a covenant with the LORD, the king, and the people, that they would live as the LORD's people, and also entered into a covenant with the king and the people.
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They also entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their ancestors with all their heart and soul,
joined with their relatives and their leaders. They entered into an oath enforced by a curse to walk in God's Law that was given through God's servant Moses, and to be careful to obey all of the commands of the LORD, our Lord, as well as his regulations and statutes:
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Covenants » Illustrative » Of God's promises to man
At that time you were without the Messiah, excluded from citizenship in Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise. You had no hope and were in the world without God.
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"Pay attention! I'm establishing my covenant with you and with your descendants after you, and with every living creature that is with you the flying creatures, the livestock, and all the wildlife of the earth that are with you all the earth's animals that came out of the ark. I will establish my covenant with you: No living beings will ever be cut off again by flood waters, and there will never again be a flood that destroys the earth."
Covenants » Illustrative » (with death and hell,) of carnal security
Because you said: "We have entered into a covenant with death, and we have an agreement with Sheol, so when the overwhelming scourge makes its choice, it cannot reach us, since we have made lies our refuge and have concealed ourselves inside falsehood,'
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"Then your covenant with death will be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand; when the overwhelming scourge sweeps by, you will be trampled by it.
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Covenants » Illustrative » (with stones and beasts of the earth,) of peace and prosperity
I will make a covenant with them at that time, a covenant with the wild animals of the field, with the birds of the air, and with the creatures of the ground. I will banish the battle bow, the sword, and war from the earth. I will cause my people to lie down where it is safe.
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For you'll have a pact with the stones in the field; and the beasts of the field will be at peace with you.
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Covenants » Illustrative » Of the contract of marriage
Yet you ask, "For what reason?' Because the LORD acts as a witness between you and the wife of your youth, because you were unfaithful to her, your partner, the wife of your covenant.
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Covenants » Illustrative » Of good resolutions
"I made a covenant with my eyes; how, then, can I focus my attention on a virgin?
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Defilement » Illustrative » Of sin
It is not what goes into the mouth that makes a person unclean. It is what comes out of the mouth that makes a person unclean."
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But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and it is those things that make a person unclean.
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Defilement » Illustrative » Of unholy doctrines
You know that you are God's sanctuary and that God's Spirit lives in you, don't you? If anyone destroys God's sanctuary, God will destroy him, for God's sanctuary is holy. And you are that sanctuary!
the Deluge » Illustrative » Of the destruction of sinners
Look! The LORD has one who is mighty and strong, like a hailstorm and destructive tempest, like a storm of mighty, overflowing water and he will give rest to the land.
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"Then your covenant with death will be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand; when the overwhelming scourge sweeps by, you will be trampled by it.
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Therefore every godly person should pray to you at such a time. Surely a flood of great waters will not reach him.
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the Deluge » Illustrative » (unexpectedness of,) of suddenness of Christ's coming
"No one knows when that day or hour will come not the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father, because just as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be when the Son of Man comes. In those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage right up to the day when Noah went into the ark. read more.
They were unaware of what was happening until the flood came and swept all of them away. That's how it will be when the Son of Man comes.
They were unaware of what was happening until the flood came and swept all of them away. That's how it will be when the Son of Man comes.
"Just as it was in Noah's time, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man. People were eating, drinking, marrying, and being given in marriage right up to the day when Noah went into the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed all of them. So it was in the days of Lot. People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. read more.
But on the day when Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed all of them. The day when the Son of Man is revealed will be like that.
But on the day when Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed all of them. The day when the Son of Man is revealed will be like that.
the Deluge » Illustrative » Of baptism
who disobeyed long ago in the days of Noah, when God waited patiently while the ark was being built. In it a few, that is, eight persons, were saved by water. Baptism, which is symbolized by that water, now saves you also, not by removing dirt from the body, but by asking God for a clear conscience based on the resurrection of Jesus, the Messiah,
Dogs » Illustrative » Of obstinate sinners
"Never give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs. Otherwise, they will trample them with their feet and then turn around and attack you."
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Outside are dogs, sorcerers, immoral people, murderers, idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
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Dogs » Illustrative » (dead,) of the mean
After whom is the king of Israel going out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog or a single flea?
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Mephibosheth bowed low again and asked, "Who am I, your servant, that you would pay attention to a dead dog like me?"
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Dogs » Illustrative » Of gentiles
Suddenly, a Canaanite woman from that territory came near and began to shout, "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed!"
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He replied, "It's not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the puppies."
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Dogs » Illustrative » Of persecutors
For dogs have surrounded me; a gang of those who practice of evil has encircled me. They gouged my hands and my feet.
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Deliver me from the sword; my precious life from the power of the dog.
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Dogs » Illustrative » Of false teachers
Beware of the dogs! Beware of the evil workers! Beware of the mutilators!
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Dogs » Illustrative » Of fools
A dog that returns to its vomit is like a fool who reverts to his folly.
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Dogs » Illustrative » (dumb,) of unfaithful ministers
His watchmen are blind; they are all without knowledge. They are all dumb dogs they cannot bark. They keep on dreaming and lying around, and they're lovers of sleep!
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Dogs » Illustrative » Of covetous ministers
Meanwhile, the dogs have a mighty appetite they can never get enough. And as for them, they are the shepherds who lack understanding; they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, each and every one.
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Dogs » Illustrative » Of apostates
The proverb is true that describes what has happened to them: "A dog returns to its vomit," and "A pig that is washed goes back to wallow in the mud."
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Doves » Illustrative » Of the church
I was asleep, but my heart was awake. There's a sound! My beloved is knocking. "Open up for me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my perfect one. For my head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night."
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My dove, in the hidden places of the rocks, in the secret places of the cliffs, show me your form, and let me hear your voice. For your voice is pleasant, and your shape is lovely.
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Doves » Illustrative » Of mourners
We all growl like bears; we sigh mournfully like doves. We look for justice, but there is none, and for deliverance, but it's far from us.
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Like a swallow or a crane I chirp, I moan like a dove. My eyes look weakly upward. O Lord, I am oppressed, so stand up for me!
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Doves » Illustrative » Of the holy ghost
At this, he permitted him to be baptized. When Jesus had been baptized, he immediately came up out of the water. Suddenly, the heavens opened up for him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him.
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John also testified, "I saw the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him.
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Doves » Illustrative » Of the meekness of Christ
His eyes are like doves by streams of water, bathed in milk, mounted like jewels.
Doves » Illustrative » (in its flight,) of the return of israel from captivity
Trembling like a bird, they will come out of Egypt, and as a dove from the land of Assyria; and I will settle them in their houses," declares the LORD.
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Doves » Illustrative » Of converts to the church
"Who are these that fly like clouds, and like doves to their windows?
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the Dragon » Illustrative » Of the devil
He captured the dragon, that ancient serpent, also known as the Devil and Satan, and tied him up for a thousand years.
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When the thousand years are over, Satan will be freed from his prison.
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The beast that I saw was like a leopard. Its feet were like bear's feet, and its mouth was like a lion's mouth. The dragon gave it his power, his throne, and complete authority.
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the Dragon » Illustrative » Of cruel and persecuting kings
Tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: "Watch out! I'm coming to get you, Pharaoh, king of Egypt! You big monster! You lay in wait in the middle of your waterways and say, "My waterways belong to me! I made them for myself!"
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At that time, with his fierce, mighty, and powerful sword, the LORD will punish the gliding serpent Leviathan the coiling serpent Leviathan and he will kill the dragon that's in the sea.
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"Awake! Awake! Clothe yourself with strength, you arm of the LORD! Awake, as in days gone by, as in generations of long ago. Was it not you who split apart Rehob, who pierced that sea monster through?
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the Dragon » Illustrative » (poison of,) of wine
Their wine is the venom of serpents, a poisonous cobra.
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the Dragon » Illustrative » Of enemies of the church
You will stomp on lions and snakes; you will trample young lions and serpents.
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the Dragon » Illustrative » Of wicked men
Nevertheless, you crushed us in the lair of jackals, and covered us in deep darkness.
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Eagles » Illustrative » (swiftness of,) of the swiftness of hostile armies
For this is what the LORD says: "Look, like an eagle one will fly swiftly and spread his wings against Moab.
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Look, he comes up like clouds, and his chariots are like a whirlwind. His horses are as swift as eagles. Woe to us we're destroyed!
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Our pursuers were swifter than soaring eagles; they pursued us over the mountains, lying in wait for us in the wilderness.
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"The LORD will raise a distant nation against you from the other side of the earth. Swooping down like a vulture,
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Eagles » Illustrative » (mode of teaching her young to fly,) of God's care of his church
Like an eagle stirs its nest, hovering near its young, spreading out his wings to take him and carry him on his pinions,
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"You saw what I did to the Egyptians, and how I carried you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself.
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Eagles » Illustrative » Of wisdom and zeal of God's ministers
The form of their faces was human, but each of the four also had the face of a lion to the right, the face of an ox to the left, and the face of an eagle behind them.
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The first living creature was like a lion, the second living creature was like an ox, the third living creature had a face like a human, and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle.
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Eagles » Illustrative » (height and security of its dwelling,) of the fancied but fatal security of the wicked
The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you. You who live in hidden places in the rocks, who hold on to the heights of the hill, although you make your nest high like the eagle, I'll bring you down from there," declares the LORD.
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Though you soar high like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, I will bring you down even from there," declares the Lord.
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Eagles » Illustrative » Of great and powerful kings
Tell them, "This is what the Lord GOD says, "A massive eagle with gigantic wings, long pinions, and full, multi-colored plumage came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar.
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"Sound the ram's horn! Like a vulture the enemy will come against the Temple of the LORD, because Israel violated my covenant, transgressing my Law.
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Eagles » Illustrative » (wings of,) of protection afforded to the church
However, the woman was given the two wings of a large eagle so that she could fly away from the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she could be taken care of for a time, times, and half a time.
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Eagles » Illustrative » (swiftness of,) of the melting away of riches
When you fix your gaze on it, it's gone, for it sprouts wings for itself and flies to the sky like an eagle.
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Eagles » Illustrative » (upward flight of,) of the saint's rapid progress toward heaven
but those who keep waiting for the LORD will renew their strength. Then they'll soar on wings like eagles; they'll run and not grow weary; they'll walk and not grow tired."
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Eagles » Illustrative » (renewed strength and beauty of,) of the renewal of saints
He keeps satisfying you with good things, and he keeps renewing your youth like the eagle's.
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Eagles » Illustrative » (increased baldness of, in the moulting season,) of calamities
"Shave your head and cut off your locks as you mourn your beloved children. Make yourself bald as an eagle, because they will go from you into exile!"
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Eagles » Illustrative » (hasting to the prey,) of the swiftness of man's days
They pass by like a ship made of reeds, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
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Eyes » Illustrative » (open,) of spiritual illumination
Open my eyes so that I will observe amazing things from your instruction.
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Turn my eyes away from gazing at worthless things, and revive me by your ways.
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Eyes » Illustrative » (anointing with eyesalve,) of healing by the spirit
Therefore, I advise you to buy from me gold purified in fire so you may be rich, white clothes to wear so your shameful nakedness won't show, and ointment to put on your eyes so you may see.
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Eyes » Illustrative » Of the mind
"The eye is the lamp of the body. So if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. Therefore, if the light within you has turned into darkness, how great is that darkness!"
Feet » Illustrative » (sliding,) of yielding to temptation
The carefree are thinking, "I have contempt for misfortune,' Those who are about to stumble deserve it.
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Because my steps have held fast to your paths, my footsteps have not faltered.
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For I said, "Do not let them gloat over me, as they congratulate themselves when my foot slips."
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When I say that my foot is shaking, your gracious love, LORD, will sustain me.
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Feet » Illustrative » (treading under,) of complete destruction
At that time tribute will be brought to the LORD of the Heavenly Armies from a tall and smooth-skinned people, from a people feared far and wide, a nation that metes out punishment and oppresses, whose land the rivers divide, to Mount Zion, the place that bears the name of the LORD.
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He rejected all the valiant men the LORD, in my midst. He set a time to meet with me to crush my young warriors. The LORD has trampled, as in a winepress, the fair virgin that is Judah.
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Feet » Illustrative » (washed or dipped in oil,) of abundance
About Asher he said: "May Asher be blessed, along with his descendants, may his brothers be pleased with him, may he dip his feet in oil,
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I was successful wherever I went, and even the rocks poured out streams of olive oil for me."
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Feet » Illustrative » (dipped in blood,) of victory
that your feet may wade through blood. The tongues of your dogs will have their portions from your enemies."
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Feet » Illustrative » (set in a large place,) of liberty
You have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy, but you have set my feet in a sturdy place.
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Feet » Illustrative » (set on a rock,) of stability
He plucked me out of a pit of confusion, even out of the quicksand; he placed my feet on a rock and established my steps.
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Fig tree » Illustrative » (barren,) of mere professors of religion
Seeing a fig tree by the roadside, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. He told it, "May fruit never come from you again!" And immediately the fig tree dried up.
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Then Jesus told them this parable: "A man had a fig tree that had been planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it but didn't find any. So he told the gardener, "Look here! For three years I've been coming to look for fruit on this tree but I haven't found any. Cut it down! Why should it waste the soil?'
Fig tree » Illustrative » (sitting under one's own,) of prosperity and peace
Instead, each man will sit in the shade of his grape vines and beneath the shade of his fig tree," since theLORD of the Heavenly Armies has spoken.
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Judah and Israel lived safely, and everyone enjoyed their own vine and fig tree from Dan to Beer-sheba through all of Solomon's life.
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Fishes » Illustrative » Of men ignorant of future events
In addition, no human being knows his time: Like fish captured in a cruel net, or as birds caught in a snare, so also are human beings caught by bad timing that surprises them.
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Fishes » Illustrative » (bad,) of mere professors
When it was full, the fishermen hauled it ashore. Then they sat down, sorted the good fish into containers, and threw the bad ones away. That is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out, cull out the evil people from among the righteous ones,
Fishes » Illustrative » (good,) of saints
When it was full, the fishermen hauled it ashore. Then they sat down, sorted the good fish into containers, and threw the bad ones away. That is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out, cull out the evil people from among the righteous ones,
Fishes » Illustrative » Of the whole population of egypt
"So I'm going to plant a hook in your jaw and make the fish in your waterways grab hold of your scales. I'll bring you up out of the middle of your waterways, along with all of the fish from your waterways that cling to your scales, Then I'll fling you out into the desert, you and all those fish in your waterways. You'll fall out in the open fields; you'll never be reunited. I'm giving you to the wild beasts of the earth and to the birds of the sky, and they will dine on you!
Fishes » Illustrative » Of those ensnared by the wicked
"You have fashioned mankind like fish in the ocean, like creeping things that have no ruler.
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Fishes » Illustrative » Of the visible church
When it was full, the fishermen hauled it ashore. Then they sat down, sorted the good fish into containers, and threw the bad ones away.
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Forests » Illustrative » (destroyed by fire,) of destruction of the wicked
"For wickedness has burned like a blaze that consumes briers and thorns; it sets thickets of the forest on fire, and skyward they swirl in a column of smoke.
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"The light of Israel will become a fire, and its Holy One a flame, and it will burn and consume Assyria's thorns and briers in a single day. The splendor of its forest and its fruitful land the LORD will destroy both soul and body and Assyria will be as when a dying man wastes away.
Forests » Illustrative » (a fruitful field turned into,) of the jews rejected by God
until the Spirit from on high is poured upon us, and the desert becomes a fertile field, and the fertile field seems like a forest."
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"In a very little while, will not Lebanon be turned into a garden of fruit, and the garden of fruit seem like a forest?
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Forests » Illustrative » Of the unfruitful world
But it will hail when the forest comes down, and the wood will be leveled completely.
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Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of God
"Indeed, my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that cannot hold water."
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LORD, you are the hope of Israel; all who forsake you will be put to shame. Those who turn aside from you will be written in the dust, because they have forsaken the LORD, the spring of living water.
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For with you is a fountain of life, and in your light we will see light.
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Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of spiritual wisdom
The words a man says are as deep waters a fountain of wisdom is an overflowing stream.
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Anyone who has understanding is a fountain of life, but foolishness brings punishment to fools.
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Fountains and springs » Illustrative » (corrupt,) of the natural heart
A spring cannot pour both fresh and brackish water from the same opening, can it?
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But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and it is those things that make a person unclean. It is out of the heart that evil thoughts come, as well as murder, adultery, sexual immorality, stealing, false testimony, and slander.
Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of eternal life
Then he told me, "It has happened! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will freely give a drink from the spring of the water of life to the one who is thirsty.
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But whoever drinks the water that I will give him will never become thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become a well of water for him, springing up to eternal life."
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Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of the means of grace
It will come about at that time that the mountains will drip with newly pressed wine, the hills will flow with milk, and the streams of Judah will flow abundantly. A fountain will spring from the Temple of the LORD, to water the Valley of the Acacias.
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I'll open up rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys. I'll turn the desert into a pool of water, and the parched land into springs of water.
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Fountains and springs » Illustrative » (sealed up,) of the church
My sister, my bride, is a locked garden a locked rock garden, a sealed up spring.
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Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of a numerous posterity
So Israel lives in confidence, isolated as the fountain of Jacob in a land of grain and new wine, where the heavens rain down dew.
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Fountains and springs » Illustrative » (troubled,) of saints led astray
A muddied spring or a polluted well that's what a righteous person is who compromises with the wicked.
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Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of the law of the wise
What the wise have to teach is a fountain of life and causes someone to avoid the snares of death.
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Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of Godly fear
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, enabling anyone to escape the snares of death.
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Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of Christ
Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of a good wife
Let your fountain be blessed and enjoy the wife of your youth.
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Fountains and springs » Illustrative » (always flowing,) of unceasing wickedness of the jews
As a well keeps its waters fresh, so the city keeps her wickedness fresh. Violence and destruction are heard in her, sickness and wounds are always before me.
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Fountains and springs » Illustrative » (not failing,) of the church
And the LORD will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in parched places, and they will strengthen your bones; and you'll be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters never fail.
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Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of the holy ghost
The one who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, will have rivers of living water flowing from his heart." Now he said this about the Spirit, whom those who were believing in him were to receive, because the Spirit was not yet present and Jesus had not yet been glorified.
Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of constant supplies of grace
Then singers, as they play their instruments, will declare, "All my roots are in you." A song. A psalm by the descendants of Korah. According to . An instruction by Heman the Ezrahite.
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Fruits » Illustrative » Of a holy conversation
The positive words that a man speaks fill his stomach; he will be satisfied with what his lips produce.
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By his fruitful speech a man can remain satisfied, and a man's handiwork will reward him.
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Fruits » Illustrative » Of effects of industry
She evaluates a field and purchases it; from the proceeds she plants a vineyard.
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Reward her for her work let her actions result in public praise.
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Fruits » Illustrative » (bad,) of the conduct and conversation of evil men
"Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree rotten and its fruit rotten, because a tree is known by its fruit.
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In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a rotten tree produces bad fruit.
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Fruits » Illustrative » Of converts to the church
May grain be abundant in the land all the way to the mountain tops; may its fruits flourish like the forests of Lebanon, and may the cities sprout like the grass of the earth.
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The one who harvests is already receiving his wages and gathering a crop for eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who harvests may rejoice together.
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Fruits » Illustrative » Of doctrines of Christ
Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. In his shade I take delight and sit down, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
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Fruits » Illustrative » Of works of the spirit
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things.
Fruits » Illustrative » Of the reward of the wicked
"The heart is more deceitful than anything. It is incurable who can know it? I am the LORD who searches the heart, who tests the inner depths to give to each person according to what he deserves, according to the fruit of his deeds.
Fruits » Illustrative » Of good works
In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a rotten tree produces bad fruit. A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, and a rotten tree cannot produce good fruit.
Fruits » Illustrative » Of the example, &c of the Godly
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and the one who wins people is wise.
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Fruits » Illustrative » Of praise
Therefore, through him let us always bring God a sacrifice of praise, that is, the fruit of our lips that confess his name.
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Fruits » Illustrative » Of effects of repentance
Produce fruit that is consistent with repentance!
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Fruits » Illustrative » Of the reward of saints
"Tell the righteous that things will go well, because they will enjoy the fruit of their actions."
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Gardens » Illustrative » Of the church
I've come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I've gathered my myrrh with my spices. I've eaten my honeycomb with my honey. I've drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, friends! Drink and become drunk with love.
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My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to graze his flock in the gardens and gather lilies.
I went down to the walnut orchard, to look at the green sprouts in the valley, to see whether the vine had budded, whether the pomegranates had blossomed.
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Gardens » Illustrative » (well watered,) of spiritual prosperity of the church
And the LORD will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in parched places, and they will strengthen your bones; and you'll be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters never fail.
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They'll come and cry out with joy on the heights of Zion. They'll be radiant over the LORD's goodness, over the grain, the new wine, the fresh oil, and over the young of the flocks and herds. Their lives will be like a well-watered garden. They'll never again grow faint.
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Gardens » Illustrative » (enclosed,) of the pleasantness, fruitfulness, and security of the church
My sister, my bride, is a locked garden a locked rock garden, a sealed up spring.
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Gardens » Illustrative » (when dried up,) of the wicked
You'll be like an oak whose leaf is withering, like an unwatered garden.
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Garments » Illustrative » (white,) of righteousness
Therefore, I advise you to buy from me gold purified in fire so you may be rich, white clothes to wear so your shameful nakedness won't show, and ointment to put on your eyes so you may see.
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His appearance was bright as lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.
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Garments » Illustrative » (washed in wine,) of abundance
Binding his donkey to the vine and his mare's foal to its thick tendrils, he will wash his garments in wine and his robe in the juice of grapes.
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Garments » Illustrative » (rolled in blood,) of victory
For every boot of the tramping soldier in battle tumult and every garment rolled in blood will be used for burning as fuel for a fire.
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Gates » Illustrative » (of heaven,) of access to God
when he had a dream! He saw a raised highway that had been built with its ending point on earth and its beginning point in heaven. God's angels were ascending and descending on it. And there was the LORD, standing above it and telling Jacob, "I am the LORD God of your grandfather Abraham. I'm Isaac's God, too. I'm giving you and your descendants the ground on which you're sleeping. Your descendants are going to become like the dust of the earth and spread out to the west, east, north, and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants. read more.
Now pay attention! I'm here with you, and I'm going to be watching over you wherever you go. I'm going to bring you back to this land, because I won't ever leave you until I've accomplished what I've promised about you." Then Jacob woke up during the night and told himself, "Surely, the LORD is in this place and I never knew it!" In mounting terror, he cried out, "How scary this place is! This is nothing less than God's house and the gateway to heaven!"
Now pay attention! I'm here with you, and I'm going to be watching over you wherever you go. I'm going to bring you back to this land, because I won't ever leave you until I've accomplished what I've promised about you." Then Jacob woke up during the night and told himself, "Surely, the LORD is in this place and I never knew it!" In mounting terror, he cried out, "How scary this place is! This is nothing less than God's house and the gateway to heaven!"
Gates » Illustrative » (of hell,) of satan's power
I tell you that you are Peter, and it is on this rock that I will build my congregation, and the powers of hell will not conquer it.
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Gates » Illustrative » (strait,) of the entrance to life
How narrow is the gate and how constricted is the road that leads to life, and there aren't many people who find it!"
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Gates » Illustrative » (wide,) of the entrance to ruin
"Go in through the narrow gate, because the gate is wide and the road is spacious that leads to destruction, and many people are entering by it.
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Gates » Illustrative » (of the grave,) of death
I said, "Must I leave in the prime of my life? Must I be consigned to the control of Sheol? Bitter are my years!"
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Gates » Illustrative » Of Christ
I'm the gate. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved. He'll come in and go out and find pasture.
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Goat » Illustrative » Of the wicked
"Against the shepherds my anger rises I am punishing the leaders also, because the LORD of the Heavenly Armies has visited his flock, the house of Judah, appointing them as his royal war horse for battle.
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All the nations will be assembled in front of him, and he will cull them out, one from another, like a shepherd separates sheep from goats. He will put the sheep on his right but the goats on his left.
Goat » Illustrative » Of macedonian empire
"As I watched and wondered, a male goat was coming from the west over the surface of the entire earth without touching the ground. The goat had a distinctive horn between its eyes.
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The demonic goat is the king of Greece, and the great horn between its eyes is its first king.
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Goat » Illustrative » (flock of,) of the church
Look at you! You are beautiful, my darling. Look at you! You are so beautiful. Your eyes behind your veil are doves, your hair is like a flock of goats coming down from Mt. Gilead.
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Grass » Illustrative » Of shortness and uncertainty of life
For "All human life is like grass, and all its glory is like a flower in the grass. The grass dries up and the flower drops off,
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You will sweep them away while they are asleep by morning they are like growing grass.
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A person's life is like grass it blossoms like wild flowers,
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A voice says, "Cry out!" So I asked, "What am I to cry out?" "All humanity is grass, and all its loyalty is like the flowers of the field. Grass withers and flowers fade away when the LORD's breath blows on them; surely the people are like grass.
Grass » Illustrative » (on tops of houses,) of the wicked
while their inhabitants, lacking strength, stand dismayed and confused. They were like vegetation out in the fields, and like green herbs just as grass that grows on a housetop dries out before it can grow.
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Their inhabitants are devoid of power, and are terrified and put to shame. They've become like plants in the field, like green shoots, like grass on rooftops, scorched by the east wind.
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Grass » Illustrative » (refreshed by dew and showers,) of the saints refreshed by grace
May he be like the rain that descends on mown grass, like showers sprinkling on the ground.
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The survivors of Jacob will live among many nations, as dew from the LORD, as showers upon the grass. They will look to no one, and will place no hope in human beings.
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Grass » Illustrative » Of prosperity of the wicked
Though the wicked sprout like grass; and all who practice iniquity flourish, it is they who will be eternally destroyed.
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hands » Illustrative » (opened,) of liberality
Instead, be sure to open your hand to him and lend him enough to lessen his need.
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They receive what you give them; when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.
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hands » Illustrative » Of power
After Ahab had left, the hand of the LORD came upon Elijah, and he tucked his mantle into his belt and outran Ahab in a race to the city gate of Jezreel.
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The LORD provided Israel with a deliverer, so they escaped the Aramean oppression while the descendants of Israel lived in tents as they had formerly.
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hands » Illustrative » (shut,) of illiberality
"If there should be a poor man among your relatives in one of the cities of the land that the LORD your God is about to give you, don't be hard-hearted or tight-fisted toward your poor relative.
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hands » Illustrative » (lifted up against another,) of rebellion
That's a lie! But there is a man from the Ephraim hill country he's known as Bichri's son Sheba who has rebelled against King David. Turn him over and I'll withdraw from the city!"
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The Heart » Illustrative » Of Christ
Come quickly, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.
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My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, there he stands behind our wall, looking through the windows, gazing through the lattice.
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The Heart » Illustrative » (sure-footedness of,) of experienced saints
The LORD God is my strength he will make my feet like those of a deer, equipping me to tread on my mountain heights. For the choir director: On my stringed instruments.
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who makes my feet swift as the deer; who makes me stand on high places;
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The Heart » Illustrative » (without pasture,) of the persecuted
Fled from cherished Zion are all that were her splendor. Her princes have become like deer that cannot find their feeding grounds. They flee with strength exhausted from their pursuers.
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The Heart » Illustrative » (panting for water,) of afflicted saints longing for God
As an antelope pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When may I come and appear in God's presence?
The Heart » Illustrative » Of converted sinners
then the lame will leap like deer, and the tongues of speechless people will sing for joy. Yes, waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams will run through the desert;
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Harvest » Illustrative » Of the end of the world
Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, "Gather the weeds first and tie them in bundles for burning, but bring the wheat into my barn."'"
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The enemy who sowed them is the Devil, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels.
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Harvest » Illustrative » Of ripeness for wrath
Put in the sickle, because the harvest is ripe. Come and go down, because the winepress is full. The wine vats are overflowing, because their evil is great!
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Another angel came out of the Temple, crying out in a loud voice to the one who sat on the cloud, "Swing your sickle, and gather the harvest, for the hour has come to gather it, because the harvest of the earth is fully ripe."
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Harvest » Illustrative » Of a time of judgment
For this is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says: "The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time when it's pounded down. In just a little while, the time of her harvest will come."
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"So, Judah, a harvest has been appointed for you when I restore my people from captivity."
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Harvest » Illustrative » Of a time when many are ready to receive the gospel
Then he told his disciples, "The harvest is vast, but the workers are few. So ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest."
Harvest » Illustrative » (cold in,) of a refreshing message
Like cold snow during harvest time is a faithful messenger to those who send him; he refreshes his masters.
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Harvest » Illustrative » (rain in,) of honor given to fools
Like snowfall in summer or rain at harvest time, so honor is inappropriate for a fool.
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Harvest » Illustrative » Of seasons of grace
The harvest is past, the summer has ended, and we haven't been delivered.
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Harvest » Illustrative » (dew in,) of God's protection
For this is what the LORD told me: "I will remain quiet and watch in my dwelling place like dazzling heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest."
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Head » Illustrative » Of Christ
God has put everything under the Messiah's feet and has made him the head of everything for the good of the church,
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He does not hold on to the head, from whom the whole body, which is nourished and held together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God enables it.
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Now I want you to realize that the Messiah is the head of every man, and man is the head of the woman, and God is the head of the Messiah.
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Head » Illustrative » (made bald,) of heavy judgments
He has gone up to the temple, and to Dibon, to the high places to weep; over Nebo and over Medeba Moab wails. His head is completely bald, and every beard is shaved off.
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On that day the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies called for weeping and mourning, for shaving heads and wearing sackcloth.
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"Shave your head and cut off your locks as you mourn your beloved children. Make yourself bald as an eagle, because they will go from you into exile!"
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"And it will come about that instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of well-set hair, baldness; instead of a fine robe, sackcloth; and instead of beauty, shame.
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Head » Illustrative » (covered,) of subjection
and every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, which is the same as having her head shaved.
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This is why a woman should have authority over her own head: because of the angels.
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Head » Illustrative » Of rulers
so that wherever people, wild animals, or birds of the sky live, he has placed them under your control, giving you dominion over them all you're that head of gold.
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So Samuel replied, "Is it not true that though you were small in your own eyes you became head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed you king over Israel?
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Head » Illustrative » (lifted up,) of exaltation
Within three days, Pharaoh will encourage you and return you to your responsibilities. You'll attend to Pharaoh's personal wine cup, just as you did when you were his senior security advisor.
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Now my head will be lifted up above my enemies, even those who surround me. I will sacrifice in his tent with shouts of joy; I will sing and make melodies to the LORD.
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Head » Illustrative » (anointed,) of joy and prosperity
You've grown my strength like the horn of a wild ox; I was anointed with fresh oil.
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You prepare a table before me, even in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
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Head » Illustrative » (lifted up,) of joy and confidence
But you, LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.
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"Now when these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your deliverance is approaching."
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Head » Illustrative » Of God
Now I want you to realize that the Messiah is the head of every man, and man is the head of the woman, and God is the head of the Messiah.
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Head » Illustrative » Of chief men
So the LORD has cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed in a single day the elder and the dignitary is the head, and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail.
Head » Illustrative » (covered,) of defense and protection
LORD, my Lord, my strong deliverer, you have protected my head in the time of battle.
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Head » Illustrative » Of the chief city of a kingdom
Because Aram's head is Damascus, and Rezin is its king, within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered as a people.
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Head » Illustrative » (lifted up,) of pride, &c
See! Your enemies rage; those who hate you issue threats.
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Hedges » Illustrative » Of heavy judgments
He has walled me in so I cannot escape; he placed heavy chains on me.
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"Look how I'm blocking her path with thorns and building a wall to hinder her, so she can't find her way.
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Hedges » Illustrative » Of holy ordinances, &c
"Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a wall around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went abroad.
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He plowed its land and cleared it of stones. Then he planted it with the choicest vines, built a watchtower in the middle of it, and dug a wine vat in it; He expected it to produce good grapes, but it produced only wild ones."
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Hedges » Illustrative » (broken down,) of the taking away of protection
"Now, let me tell you, won't you please, what I'm going to do to my vineyard. "I'm going to take away its protective hedge, and it will be devoured; I'll break down its wall, and it will be trampled.
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Why did you break down its walls so that those who pass by pluck its fruits?
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Hedges » Illustrative » Of numerous afflictions
To the formerly successful man who lost his way in life, and God fenced him in?
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He blocked my path, so I cannot pass; and he turned out the lights on my pathways.
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Hedges » Illustrative » Of the way of the slothful
The lifestyle of the lazy is like a thorny hedge, but the path taken by the upright is an open highway.
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Hedges » Illustrative » Of God's protection
Haven't you surrounded him with a fence on all sides, around his house, and around all that he owns? You have blessed everything he puts his hands on and you have increased his livestock in the land.
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Herbs » Illustrative » Of the wicked
while their inhabitants, lacking strength, stand dismayed and confused. They were like vegetation out in the fields, and like green herbs just as grass that grows on a housetop dries out before it can grow.
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Indeed, they soon will wither like grass, and like green herbs they will fade away.
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Herbs » Illustrative » (dew on,) of grace given to saints
For this is what the LORD told me: "I will remain quiet and watch in my dwelling place like dazzling heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest."
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Highways » Illustrative » Of facilities for the restoration of the jews
"Pass through the gates! prepare the way for the people! Build up! Build up the highway! Clear it of stumbling stones, speak among the nations.
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And there will be a highway for the remnant that is left of his people out of Assyria, as there was for Israel when they came up from the land of Egypt.
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Highways » Illustrative » (made in the deserts,) of facilities for the spread of the gospel
A voice cries out: "In the wilderness prepare the way for the LORD; and in the desert a straight highway for our God.'
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Watch! I'm about to carry out something new! And now it's springing up don't you recognize it? I'm making a way in the wilderness and paths in the desert.
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Highways » Illustrative » (broad,) of the way to destruction
"Go in through the narrow gate, because the gate is wide and the road is spacious that leads to destruction, and many people are entering by it.
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Highways » Illustrative » (narrow,) of the way of life
How narrow is the gate and how constricted is the road that leads to life, and there aren't many people who find it!"
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Highways » Illustrative » Of the way of holiness
"A highway will be there yes, there and people will call it "The Holy Way'. As for unclean people, they will not journey on it, but it will be for whomever is traveling on that Way not even fools will get lost.
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Highways » Illustrative » Of Christ
Jesus told him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
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Horns » Illustrative » Of antiChristian powers
"Why are you surprised?" The angel asked me. "I will tell you the secret of the woman and the beast with the seven heads and the ten horns that carries her.
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I saw a beast coming out of the sea. It had ten horns, seven heads, and ten royal crowns on its horns. On its heads were blasphemous names.
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Then the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness. I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was controlled by blasphemy. It had seven heads and ten horns.
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Horns » Illustrative » Of kings
"As I watched and wondered, a male goat was coming from the west over the surface of the entire earth without touching the ground. The goat had a distinctive horn between its eyes.
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"Pay attention! I'm going to brief you about what will happen at the end of the period of wrath, because its end is appointed. The ram that you saw with a pair of horns are the kings of Media and Persia.
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"After this, I continued to observe the night visions. And look! there was a fourth awe-inspiring, terrifying, and viciously strong animal! It had large, iron teeth. It devoured and crushed things, and trampled under its feet whatever remained. Different from all of the other previous animals, it had ten horns. "While I was thinking about the horns look another horn, this time a little one, grew up among them. Three of the first horns were yanked up by their roots right in front of it. Look! It had eyes like those of a human being and a mouth that boasted with audacious claims."
"Then I turned my head to look, and to my surprise, a two-horned ram was standing beside the canal. The two horns grew long, the first one growing longer than the second, with the longer one springing up last.
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Horns » Illustrative » (cutting off,) of destruction of power
I will cut down the strength of the wicked, but the strength of the righteous will be lifted up. To the Director: With stringed instruments. A psalm of Asaph. A song.
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The strength of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken," declares the LORD.
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In his fierce wrath he cut off all the strength of Israel. He withdrew his protection as the enemy approached. He burned Jacob like a blazing fire consumes everything around it.
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Horns » Illustrative » (pushing with,) of conquests
May the firstborn of his bull be honorable to him, and may his horns be those of a wild ox. With them may he push people all together, to the ends of the earth. These are the myriads of Ephraim and the thousands of Manasseh."
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Get up and smash them to pieces, daughter of Zion, because I will make your horn like iron and your hooves like bronze! And you will beat many people to pieces, and I will consecrate their dishonest gain to the LORD and their assets to the Lord of the entire earth."
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Chenaanah's son Zedekiah made iron horns for himself and told them, "This is what the LORD says, "With these horns you are to gore the Arameans until they are eliminated!'"
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Horns » Illustrative » (budding of,) of the commencement or revival of a nation
There I will create a power base for David I have prepared a lamp for my anointed one.
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"When that day comes about, I'll strengthen Israel's military might, and I will give you an audience in their midst. Then they will know that I am the LORD.'"
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Horns » Illustrative » (exalting,) of increase of power and glory
The LORD will shatter his enemies those who contend against him. Who is holy? The one who will thunder against them in the heavens. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth, he will give strength to his king, and he will increase the strength of His anointed one."
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Then Hannah prayed: "My heart exults in the LORD; my strength is increased by the LORD. I will open my mouth to speak against my enemies, because I rejoice in your deliverance.
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Horns » Illustrative » Of power of Christ
He has raised up a mighty Savior for us from the family of his servant David,
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Then I saw a lamb standing in the middle of the throne, the four living creatures, and the elders. He looked like he had been slaughtered. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent into all the earth.
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Horns » Illustrative » Of power of the wicked
I will cut down the strength of the wicked, but the strength of the righteous will be lifted up. To the Director: With stringed instruments. A psalm of Asaph. A song.
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Deliver me from the mouth of the lion, from the horns of the wild oxen. You have answered me.
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Horns » Illustrative » Of power of God
The LORD is my rock, my fortress, my deliverer, my God, my stronghold in whom I take refuge, my shield, the glory of my salvation, and my high tower."
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His radiance is like sunlight; beams of light shine from his hand, where his strength lays hidden.
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Horns » Illustrative » Of power of ephraim, &c
May the firstborn of his bull be honorable to him, and may his horns be those of a wild ox. With them may he push people all together, to the ends of the earth. These are the myriads of Ephraim and the thousands of Manasseh."
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Horns » Illustrative » (raising up,) of arrogance
I will say to the proud, "Don't brag," and to the wicked, "Don't vaunt your strength. Don't use your strength to fight heaven or speak from stubborn arrogance."
Horns » Illustrative » (bringing down,) of degradation
"I've even sewn sackcloth directly to my skin; I've buried my strength in the dust.
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Iron » Illustrative » Of severe affliction
For the LORD took you and brought you out of the iron-smelting furnace out of Egypt to be the people of his inheritance, as you are today.
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Some sat in deepest darkness, shackled with cruel iron,
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Iron » Illustrative » Of severe exercise of power
"He will rule them with an iron scepter; shattering them like clay pots.'
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You will break them with an iron rod, you will shatter them like pottery."
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Iron » Illustrative » Of strength
its legs made of iron, and its feet made partly of iron and partly of clay.
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Then there will be a fourth kingdom, as strong as iron. Just as all things are broken to pieces and shattered by iron, so it will shatter and crush everything.
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Iron » Illustrative » Of a hard barren soil
The sky above your head will become bronze while the ground beneath you will become iron.
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Iron » Illustrative » (seared with,) of insensibility of conscience
and the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences have been burned by a hot iron.
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Iron » Illustrative » Of stubbornness
Because I knew that you are obstinate, and because your neck is an iron sinew, and your forehead is bronze,
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Jerusalem » Illustrative » Of the church glorified
I also saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.
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I will make the one who conquers to become a pillar in the sanctuary of my God, and he will never go out of it again. I will write on him the name of my God, the name of the city of my God (the new Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God), and my own new name.
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He carried me away in the Spirit to a large, high mountain and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven.
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Jerusalem » Illustrative » Of the church
Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery along with her children. But the heavenly Jerusalem is the free woman, and she is our spiritual mother.
Jerusalem » Illustrative » (its strong position,) of saints under God's protection
Just as mountains encircle Jerusalem, so the LORD encircles his people, from now to eternity.
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Lambs » Illustrative » Of any thing dear or cherished
""Why did you despise what the LORD has promised by doing what is detestable in his sight? ""You struck down Uriah the Hittite with a battle sword. ""You took his wife to be your own. ""You killed him with the sword of the Ammonite army.
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but the poor man had nothing except for one little ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It used to share his food and drink from his own cup. It even slept in his arms. It was like a daughter to him.
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Lambs » Illustrative » Of Christ as a sacrifice
The next day, John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
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Then I saw a lamb standing in the middle of the throne, the four living creatures, and the elders. He looked like he had been slaughtered. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent into all the earth.
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Lambs » Illustrative » Of the lord's people
"The wolf will live with the lamb; the leopard will lie down with the young goat. The calf and the lion will graze together, and a little child will lead them.
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Then the lambs will graze in their pasture; fatlings and foreigners will eat among the waste places of the rich."
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Lambs » Illustrative » Of weak believers
When they had finished breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?" Peter told him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you." Jesus told him, "Feed my lambs."
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Like a shepherd, he tends his flock. He gathers the lambs in his arms, carries them close to his heart, and gently leads the mother sheep."
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Lambs » Illustrative » (patience of,) of the patience of Christ
He was oppressed and he was afflicted, yet he didn't open his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, as a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.
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This was the passage of Scripture he was reading: "Like a sheep he was led away to be slaughtered, and like a lamb is silent before its shearer, so he does not open his mouth.
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Lambs » Illustrative » (brought to slaughter,) of the wicked under judgments
"I'll bring them down like lambs for the slaughter, like rams with male goats.
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Lambs » Illustrative » Of purity of Christ
but with the precious blood of the Messiah, like that of a lamb without blemish or defect.
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Lambs » Illustrative » (consumed in sacrifice,) of complete destruction of the wicked
Indeed, the wicked will perish. The LORD's enemies will be consumed like flowers in the fields. They will vanish like smoke.
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Lambs » Illustrative » (deserted and exposed,) of israel deprived of God's protection
For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn mule! Nevertheless, will not the LORD feed them like a lamb in a broad pasture?
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Lambs » Illustrative » (among wolves,) of ministers among the unGodly
Get going! See, I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.
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Lamps » Illustrative » (put out,) of destruction of the wicked
"How often do the wicked have their lights put out? Does calamity ever fall on them? Will God in his anger ever apportion their destruction?
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"Indeed, the light of the wicked is extinguished; the flame from his fire doesn't shine.
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The light of the righteous shines, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
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Lamps » Illustrative » Of omniscience of Christ
His body was like beryl, his face flashed like lightning, his eyes were like flaming torches, his arms and legs were like polished bronze, and his speech roared like that of a crowd.
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His head and his hair were white like wool, in fact, as white as snow. His eyes were like flames of fire,
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Lamps » Illustrative » Of the word of God
Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light for my pathway.
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Because the command is a lamp and the Law a light, rebukes that discipline are a way of life
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Lamps » Illustrative » Of a succession of heirs
Nevertheless, for the sake of David, the LORD his God maintained a lamp for David in Jerusalem by raising up his son after him so that Jerusalem would be established,
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I'll give one tribe to his son, so my servant David will always have a light shining in my presence in Jerusalem, the city that I chose for myself and where I have placed my name.
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Lamps » Illustrative » Of God's guidance
For you, LORD, make my lamp shine; my God enlightens my darkness.
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For you are my lamp, LORD, the LORD who illuminates my darkness.
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Lamps » Illustrative » Of salvation of God
"And I won't remain silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I won't stay quiet, until her vindication shines out like brightness, and her salvation like a burning torch.
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When the sun had fully set and it was dark, a smoking fire pot and a fiery torch passed between the animal pieces.
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Lamps » Illustrative » Of severe judgments
When the third angel blew his trumpet, a huge star blazing like a torch fell from heaven. It fell on one-third of the rivers and on the springs of water.
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Lamps » Illustrative » (totally quenched,) of complete destruction of those who curse parents
Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the deepest darkness.
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Lamps » Illustrative » Of graces of the holy ghost
Flashes of lightning, noises, and peals of thunder came from the throne. Burning in front of the throne were seven flaming torches, which are the seven spirits of God.
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Lamps » Illustrative » Of spirit of man
A person's spirit is the lamp of the LORD; it searches throughout one's innermost being.
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Lamps » Illustrative » Of wise rulers
But Zeruiah's son Abishai came to David's aid, attacked the Philistine, and killed him. After this, David's army told him, "You're not going out anymore with us to battle, so Israel's beacon won't be extinguished!"
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Lamps » Illustrative » Of glory of the cherubim
Now, in the midst of the living beings there was something that appeared to glow like coals kindled by a fire, like torches that moved back and forth between the living beings. The fire was dazzling, and lightning flashed from the fire.
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Lamps » Illustrative » Of ministers
That man John was a lamp that burns and brightly shines, and for a while you were willing to rejoice in his light.
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Lebanon » Illustrative » (fragrance of,) of the graces of the church
Your lips drip honey, my bride; milk and honey are under your tongue. The scent of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.
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Israel's branches will spread out, and its beauty will be like an olive tree, with its scent like that of Lebanon. Those who live under its protection will surely return. Their grain will flourish; they will blossom like a vine, and Israel's scent will be like wine from Lebanon.
Lebanon » Illustrative » Of the jewish nation
You who live in Lebanon, who build your nest in the cedars, how you will groan when pains come upon you, pain like that of a woman giving birth.
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For this is what the LORD says about the house of the king of Judah, "You are like Gilead to me, like the summit of Lebanon. Yet I'll surely make you a desert, towns where no one lives.
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Lebanon » Illustrative » Of great and powerful monarchs
He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an ax, and Lebanon will fall by the Majestic One."
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Therefore this is what the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies says: "My people, you who live in Zion, don't be afraid of the Assyrians, of the rod that beats you, who lift up their club against you as the Egyptians did.
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Lebanon » Illustrative » (glory of,) of the glory of the church
it will burst into bloom, and rejoice with gladness and shouts of joy. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God.
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"He has given you the glory of Lebanon, and it will come to you, the cypress, and the plane tree, and the pine, to adorn the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
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Lebanon » Illustrative » Of the temple
Open your doors, Lebanon, and fire will consume your cedars.
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Lebanon » Illustrative » (mourning of,) of deep affliction
"This is what the Lord GOD says: "On the day that it descended into Sheol, I shut down its water supplies, covered over its deep water, and shut down its rivers. As a result its abundant water sources dried up, and I caused Lebanon to mourn for it. All the trees of the field wilted because of it.
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Lebanon » Illustrative » Of the gentile world
"In a very little while, will not Lebanon be turned into a garden of fruit, and the garden of fruit seem like a forest?
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Lebanon » Illustrative » (shaking of its forests,) of prodigious growth of the church
May grain be abundant in the land all the way to the mountain tops; may its fruits flourish like the forests of Lebanon, and may the cities sprout like the grass of the earth.
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Leopard » Illustrative » Of antiChrist
The beast that I saw was like a leopard. Its feet were like bear's feet, and its mouth was like a lion's mouth. The dragon gave it his power, his throne, and complete authority.
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Leopard » Illustrative » (tamed,) of the wicked subdued by the gospel
"The wolf will live with the lamb; the leopard will lie down with the young goat. The calf and the lion will graze together, and a little child will lead them.
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Leopard » Illustrative » Of the macedonian empire
"After this, I continued to watch and look! there was another one, resembling a leopard with four birds' wings on its back. The animal also had four heads, and authority was imparted to it.
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Leopard » Illustrative » Of God in his judgments
"So I will be like a lion to them. Like a leopard I will stalk them along the road.
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Lions » Illustrative » Of God in executing judgments
He is like a bear that lies in wait for me, a lion in hiding.
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I will confront them like a bear deprived of her cubs; I will tear open their ribs. I will devour them like a lion the wild beasts will rip them apart.
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Therefore I will be like a lion to Ephraim, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I even I will tear them to pieces, and then I will leave. I will take them away, and there will be no rescue.
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I've been swept bare until morning; just like a lion, he breaks all my bones day and night you make an end of me.
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Lions » Illustrative » Of cruel and powerful enemies
Look, like a lion comes up from the thicket of the Jordan to a pasture that grows year round, so I'll drive them away from her in an instant, and I'll appoint whomever is chosen over her. Indeed, who is like me? Who gives me counsel? Who is the shepherd who will stand against me?"
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With a roar like a lion, they snarl, and like young lions, they growl; they seize their prey and then carry it off, with no one to rescue.
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They'll roar together like young lions; they'll growl like lion cubs.
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Lions » Illustrative » Of imaginary fears of the slothful
The lazy person says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the street!"
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The lazy person claims, "There is a lion in the road! There's a lion in the streets!"
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Lions » Illustrative » (roaring of,) of a king's wrath
The king's anger is like the roaring of a lion, but his goodwill is like dew on the grass.
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A king's anger is like a lion's roar; anyone who angers him forfeits his life.
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Lions » Illustrative » Of brave men
Saul and Jonathan, loved and handsome in life, in death were not separated. Swifter than eagles they were, and more valiant than lions.
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Jehoiada's son Benaiah, who was a valiant man, accomplished great things. He was from Kabzeel. He killed two men named Ariel from Moab and then he also went down into a pit and struck down a lion during a snow storm one day.
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Lions » Illustrative » Of persecutors
However, the Lord stood by me and gave me strength so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the gentiles could hear it. I was rescued out of a lion's mouth.
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Their mouths are opened wide toward me, like roaring and attacking lions.
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Lions » Illustrative » (tamed,) of the natural man subdued by grace
The cow and the bear will graze, and their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox.
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"The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox; but as for the serpent its food will be dust! They won't harm or destroy on my entire holy mountain," says the LORD.
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Lions » Illustrative » Of the tribe of gad
About Gad he said: "Blessed be the one who enlarges Gad! Like a roaring lion, he crouches, tearing arm and scalp.
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Lions » Illustrative » Of Christ
"Stop crying," one of the elders told me. "Look! The Lion from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered. He can open the scroll and its seven seals."
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Lions » Illustrative » Of boldness of saints
The wicked flee, though no one pursues, but the righteous are bold like a lion.
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Lions » Illustrative » Of the tribe of judah
Judah is a lion cub. My son, you have gone up from the prey. Crouching like a lion, he lies down, Like a lioness, who would dare rouse him?
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Lions » Illustrative » Of israel
He crouches, laying low like a lion. Who would awaken him? Those who bless you are blessed, and those who curse you are cursed."
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Lions » Illustrative » Of God in protecting his church
For this is what the LORD told me: "Just as a lion or a young lion growls over his objects of prey, even when a whole band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not alarmed at their shouting or disturbed by their clamor so the LORD of the Heavenly Armies will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and on its hill.
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Lions » Illustrative » Of the devil
Be clear-minded and alert. Your opponent, the Devil, is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.
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Locusts » Illustrative » Of destructive enemies
Indeed, a nation has invaded my land it is strong and its population is too large to count with teeth like a lion and fangs like a lioness.
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A day of doom and gloom, a day of clouds and shadows like the dawn spreads out to cover the mountains a people strong and robust. Never has there been anything like it, neither will anything follow to compare with it, even through the lifetime of generation upon generation." "A fire blazes in their presence, and behind them a conflagration rages. Before they come, the land is like the garden in Eden; after they leave, there is only a barren wasteland. Indeed, nothing escapes them. As to their form, they're like horses; and like chariot horses, how they can run! read more.
They leap like the rumbling of chariots echoing from mountain tops, like the roar of wild fire that devours the chaff, as an army firmly established in battle array. The people are terrified in their presence; every face grows pale. They run like elite soldiers, climbing ramparts like men trained for war. Each man advances in proper order, never breaking rank. Neither does a man crowd his fellow soldier; each one marches in his own path. When they fall by the sword they are not injured. They swarm through the city, running upon its ramparts. Climbing atop the houses, they enter through windows like a thief."
They leap like the rumbling of chariots echoing from mountain tops, like the roar of wild fire that devours the chaff, as an army firmly established in battle array. The people are terrified in their presence; every face grows pale. They run like elite soldiers, climbing ramparts like men trained for war. Each man advances in proper order, never breaking rank. Neither does a man crowd his fellow soldier; each one marches in his own path. When they fall by the sword they are not injured. They swarm through the city, running upon its ramparts. Climbing atop the houses, they enter through windows like a thief."
Locusts » Illustrative » Of false teachers of the apostacy
Locusts came out of the smoke onto the earth, and they were given power like that of earthly scorpions.
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Locusts » Illustrative » (destruction of,) of destruction of God's enemies
In that place fire will consume you, the sword will cut you down, consuming you as locusts do. Multiply yourself like locusts, increase like swarming grasshoppers.
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Locusts » Illustrative » Of unGodly rulers
Your imperial guards are like the swarming grasshopper; your marshals are like hordes of grasshoppers, settling in the stone walls on a chilly day. The sun rises, and they flee away; no one knows where they went.
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Measures » Illustrative » (drinking water, by measure) of severe famine
He also told me, "Son of Man, look! I'm about to disrupt the source of bread in Jerusalem. As a result, they'll ration bread by weight while their terror continues to grow and they'll ration drinking water while their horror continues to mount!
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You are to measure one sixth of one hin of water each time you drink it.
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Measures » Illustrative » (weighing the waters in a measure,) of God's infinite wisdom
God understands how to get there; he knows where they live.
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"He imparted weight to the wind; he regulated water by his measurement.
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Measures » Illustrative » (the measure of the stature of Christ,) of perfection
until all of us are united in the faith and in the full knowledge of God's Son, and until we attain mature adulthood and the full standard of development in the Messiah.
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Measures » Illustrative » (correcting in measure,) of mitigated afflictions
For I'll be with you to save you,' declares the LORD. "For I'll put an end to all the nations where I scattered you; but I won't make an end of you. I'll discipline you justly, but I certainly won't leave you unpunished.'
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Measures » Illustrative » (measuring the dust of the earth,) of God's greatness
"Who has measured the waters of the sea in the hollow of his hand and marked off the heavens by the width of his hand? Who has enclosed the dust of the earth in a measuring bowl, or weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance?
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Measures » Illustrative » (opening the mouth without measure,) of the insatiableness of hell
Therefore Sheol's appetite has grown; it has opened its mouth beyond limit. Jerusalem's nobility and her multitudes will go there, along with her brawlers and whoever is reveling within her.
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Measures » Illustrative » (drinking tears in great measure,) of severe afflictions
You fed them tears as their food, and caused them to drink a full measure of tears.
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Measures » Illustrative » (the measure of our days,) of the shortness of life
"LORD, let me know how my life ends, and the standard by which you will measure my days, whatever it is! Then I will know how transient my life is.
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Mills » Illustrative » (ceasing,) of desolation
The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters will never be heard within you again. No artisan of any trade will ever be found within you again. The sound of a millstone will never be heard within you again.
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I'll destroy the sounds of gladness and rejoicing from them, the sounds of the bridegroom and the bride, the sound of the hand mill and also the light of the lamp.
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Mills » Illustrative » (grinding at,) of degradation, &c
"Come down and sit in the dust, Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a chair, Daughter of the Chaldeans! For no longer will they call you tender and attractive. Take millstones and grind flour. Remove your veil, strip off your robes, bare your legs, and wade through the rivers.
Moon » Illustrative » (withdrawing her light,) of deep calamities
"Immediately after the troubles of those days, "The sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of heaven will be shaken loose.'
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For the stars of the heavens and their constellations won't shine their light; the sun will be dark when it rises, and the moon won't shine its light.
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"The land quivers in their presence; even the heavens shake. The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will stop shining.
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The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will stop shining.
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Moon » Illustrative » Of fairness of the church
Who is this who appears like the dawn, beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun, awesome as an army with banners?
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Moon » Illustrative » Of changeableness of the world
A spectacular sign appeared in the sky: a woman dressed with the sun, who had the moon under her feet and a victor's crown of twelve stars on her head.
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Moon » Illustrative » (becoming blood,) of judgments
Then I saw the lamb open the sixth seal. There was a powerful earthquake. The sun turned as black as sackcloth made of hair, and the full moon turned as red as blood.
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Moon » Illustrative » Of glory of Christ in the church
Your sun won't set, nor will your moon withdraw itself for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your days of mourning will end.
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Morning » Illustrative » (breaking forth,) of the glory of the church
Who is this who appears like the dawn, beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun, awesome as an army with banners?
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"Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will spring up quickly; and your vindication will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will guard your back.
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Morning » Illustrative » (star of,) of the glory of Christ
"I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give this testimony to you for the churches. I am the root and descendant of David, the bright morning star."
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Morning » Illustrative » (star of,) of reward of saints
"Just as I have received authority from my Father, I will also give him the morning star.
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Morning » Illustrative » (wings of,) of rapid movements
If I take wings with the dawn and settle down on the western horizon
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Morning » Illustrative » Of the resurrection day
Like sheep, they are destined for the realm of the dead, with death as their shepherd. The upright will have dominion over them in the morning; their strength will be consumed in the afterlife, so that they have no home.
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Morning » Illustrative » (clouds in,) of the short lived profession of hypocrites
"What am I to do with you, Ephraim? What am I to do with you, Judah? Your love is like a morning rain cloud it passes away like the morning dew.
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Morning » Illustrative » (spread upon the mountains,) of heavy calamities
A day of doom and gloom, a day of clouds and shadows like the dawn spreads out to cover the mountains a people strong and robust. Never has there been anything like it, neither will anything follow to compare with it, even through the lifetime of generation upon generation."
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Moths » Illustrative » (eating a garment,) of God's judgments
See! It is the Lord GOD who will help me. Who is it that will declare me guilty? See! They will all wear out like a garment; moths will eat them up.
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For moths will eat them up just like a garment, and worms will devour them like wool; but my deliverance will last forever, and my salvation to all generations.
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Moths » Illustrative » Of God in the execution of his judgments
Therefore I will consume Ephraim like a moth, and the house of Judah as rottenness consumes.
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Moths » Illustrative » (making its house in garments,) of man's folly in providing earthly things
"He has built his house like a moth's cocoon, like a temporary sunshade that a watchman makes.
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Moths » Illustrative » (garments eaten by,) of those who have suffered severe judgments
So I'm a man who wears out like something rotten, like a garment that has become moth-eaten."
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Mountains » Illustrative » Of difficulties
He told them, "Because of your lack of faith. I tell all of you with certainty, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, "Move from here to there,' and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.
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"Who are you, great mountain? You will become a plain in Zerubbabel's presence, and he will position the capstone, exulting over it, "How beautiful! How beautiful!"'"
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Every valley will be lifted up, and every mountain and hill will be lowered; the rough ground will become level, and the mountain ridges made a plain.
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Mountains » Illustrative » Of the church of God
Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were broken in pieces together and became like chaff from a summer threshing floor that the breeze carries away without leaving a trace. Then the rock that struck the statue grew into a huge mountain and filled the entire earth.
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"It will come about in the last days that the mountain that is the LORD's Temple will be established as the highest of mountains, and will be raised above the hills; all the nations will stream to it.
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"During the reigns of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor its sovereignty left in the hands of another people. It will shatter and crush all of these kingdoms, and it will stand forever. Now, just as you saw that the stone was cut out of the mountain without human hands and that it crushed the iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold to pieces so also the great God has revealed to the king what will take place after this. Your dream will come true, and its meaning will prove trustworthy."
Mountains » Illustrative » (burning,) of destructive enemies
"Look, I'm against you, destroying mountain, who destroys the whole earth," declares the LORD. "I'll stretch out my hand against you and roll you down from the crags. And I'll make you a burned-out mountain.
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When the second angel blew his trumpet, something like a huge mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea. One-third of the sea turned into blood,
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Mountains » Illustrative » (breaking forth into singing,) of exceeding joy
"Shout for joy, you heavens, for the LORD has done it! Shout aloud, you depths of the earth! Burst out with singing, you mountains, you forest, and all your trees! For the LORD has redeemed Jacob and will display his glory in Israel.
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"For you will go out in joy, and come back with peace; the mountains and the hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees in the fields will clap their hands.
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Mountains » Illustrative » (made waste,) of desolation
"Was not Esau Jacob's brother?" declares the LORD, "yet I loved Jacob, hated Esau, turned his mountains into a wasteland, and gave his inheritance to desert jackals.
I'll devastate the mountains and hills, and dry up all their vegetation; I'll turn rivers into islands, and dry up the ponds.
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Mountains » Illustrative » Of persons in authority
"Shout for joy, you heavens, for the LORD has done it! Shout aloud, you depths of the earth! Burst out with singing, you mountains, you forest, and all your trees! For the LORD has redeemed Jacob and will display his glory in Israel.
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May the mountains bring prosperity to the people and the hills bring righteousness.
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Mountains » Illustrative » (threshing of,) of heavy judgments
"See, I'm making you into a new, sharp, and multi-tooth threshing sledge. You'll thresh and crush the mountains, and make the hills like chaff.
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Mountains » Illustrative » Of proud and haughty persons
against all the high mountains, and against all the lofty hills;
Mountains » Illustrative » Of God's righteousness
Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your justice is like the great depths of the sea. You deliver both people and animals, LORD.
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Mountains » Illustrative » (dropping new wine,) of abundance
"Look! The days are coming," declares the LORD, "when the one who sows will overtake the harvester and the treader of grapes will overtake the planter. Fresh wine will drip down from the mountains, cascading down from the hills.
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Music » Illustrative » Of joy and gladness
The LORD your God among you is powerful he will save and he will take joyful delight in you. In his love he will renew you with his love; he will celebrate with singing because of you.
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Then you will recite to one another psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; you will sing and make music to the Lord with your hearts;
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Music » Illustrative » Of heavenly felicity
When the lamb had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders bowed down in front of him. Each held a harp and a gold bowl full of incense, the prayers of the saints. They sang a new song: "You are worthy to take the scroll and open its seals, because you were slaughtered. With your blood you purchased people for God from every tribe, language, people, and nation.
Music » Illustrative » (ceasing of,) of calamities
"The celebrations of the tambourine have ended, the noise of the jubilant has stopped, and the mirth that the harp produces has ended. No longer do they drink wine accompanied by singing; even beer tastes bitter to those who drink it.
Oak Trees » Illustrative » Of wicked rulers
He will take his stand against all the cedars of Lebanon, against the proud and self-exalting; and against all the oaks of Bashan;
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Wail, cypress tree, for the cedar has fallen while the stately trees are destroyed. Wail, oak trees of Bashan, for the old growth forest has been cut down.
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Oak Trees » Illustrative » (fading,) of the wicked under judgments
You'll be like an oak whose leaf is withering, like an unwatered garden.
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Oak Trees » Illustrative » Of the church
Even though a tenth of its people remain in it, it will once again be burned, like a terebinth or an oak tree, the stump of which, though the tree has been felled, still contains holy seed."
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Oak Trees » Illustrative » Of strong and powerful men
Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorites in front of them, though their height seemed like a cedar, though their strength seemed like an oak, but whose fruit I destroyed from above and the roots from beneath.
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Olive Trees » Illustrative » (when wild,) of the gentiles
After all, if you were cut off from what is naturally a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much easier it will be for these natural branches to be grafted back into their own olive tree!
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Now if some of the branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive branch, have been grafted in their place to share the rich root of the olive tree,
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Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of Christ
After all, if you were cut off from what is naturally a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much easier it will be for these natural branches to be grafted back into their own olive tree!
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Now if some of the branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive branch, have been grafted in their place to share the rich root of the olive tree,
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Olive Trees » Illustrative » (gleaning of,) of the remnant of grace
Nevertheless, gleanings will remain in Israel, as when an olive tree is beaten two or three ripe olives left in the topmost branches, four or five left among the branches of a fruit-filled tree," declares the LORD God of Israel.
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So it will be on the earth and among the nations as when an olive tree is beaten, or as gleanings when the grape harvest has ended."
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Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of the righteous
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the gracious love of God forever and ever.
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Israel's branches will spread out, and its beauty will be like an olive tree, with its scent like that of Lebanon.
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Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of the two witnesses
I will give my two witnesses who wear sackcloth the authority to prophesy for 1,260 days." These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lamp stands standing in the presence of the Lord of the earth.
Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of the jewish church
The LORD once called you a green olive tree, with beautiful shape and fruit. With a great roaring sound, he has set fire to it and its branches will be destroyed.
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Olive Trees » Illustrative » Probable origin of its being the emblem of peace
The dove returned to him in the evening, but in its beak there was an olive leaf that it had plucked! So Noah knew that the flood waters had decreased on the land.
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Olive Trees » Illustrative » Of children of pious parents
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children like olive shoots surrounding your table.
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Ostriches » Illustrative » Of the unnatural cruelty of the jews in their calamities
Even wild animals nurse, suckling their young; but the women of my people are cruel, like ostriches in the wilderness.
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Ostriches » Illustrative » (companionship with,) of extreme desolation
I've become a brother to jackals, and a friend to ostriches.
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Oxen » Illustrative » (prepared for a feast,) of the provision of the gospel
So he sent other servants after saying, "Tell those who have been invited, "Look! I've prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened calves have been slaughtered. Everything is ready. Come to the wedding!"'
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She has prepared her food, she has spiced her wine, and she also has set her dining table.
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Oxen » Illustrative » (engaged in husbandry,) of ministers
How happy you will be, sowing your seed beside every stream, and letting your cattle and donkeys range freely!"
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and oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat seasoned fodder that workers will winnow with shovels and forks.
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Oxen » Illustrative » (not muzzled in treading corn,) of minister's right to support
For in the Law of Moses it is written, "You must not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain." God is not only concerned about oxen, is he? Isn't he really speaking for our benefit? Yes, this was written for our benefit, because the one who plows should plow in hope, and the one who threshes should thresh in hope of sharing in the crop.
Oxen » Illustrative » (led to slaughter,) of saints under persecution
I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter. I didn't know that they had devised schemes against me. They told themselves, "Let's destroy the tree with its fruit. Let's eliminate him from the land of the living, so his name won't be remembered again."
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Oxen » Illustrative » (stall fed,) of sumptuous living
A vegetarian meal served with love is better than a big, thick steak with a plateful of animosity.
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Oxen » Illustrative » (led to slaughter,) of a rash youth
All of a sudden he follows her like an ox fit for slaughter or like a fool fit for a trap
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Plowing » Illustrative » Of peace and prosperity
He will judge between the nations, and will render verdicts for the benefit of many. "They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nations will not raise swords against nations, and they will not learn warfare anymore.
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And he will judge among many people, rebuking strong nations far away; and they will reshape their swords as plowshares and their spears as pruning hooks. No nation will threaten another, nor will they train for war anymore.
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Plowing » Illustrative » Of a course of sin
It's been my experience that those who plow the soil of iniquity and those who sow the seed of trouble will reap their harvest!
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You have plowed evil; you have reaped unrighteousness; you have eaten the fruit of hypocrisy; because you trusted in your own direction, and in the number of your mighty forces.
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Plowing » Illustrative » Of the labor ministers
Isn't he really speaking for our benefit? Yes, this was written for our benefit, because the one who plows should plow in hope, and the one who threshes should thresh in hope of sharing in the crop.
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Plowing » Illustrative » Of repentance and reformation
For this is what the LORD says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, "Break up your unplowed ground, and don't sow among thorns.
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Plowing » Illustrative » Of a severe course of affliction
"Ephraim, the well-trained heifer, loves to thresh grain, so I will spare her neck. I will turn Ephraim into a pack animal. Judah will pull the plow, and Jacob will turn up the fallow ground.
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Plowing » Illustrative » (attention and constancy required in,) of continued devotedness
Jesus told him, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God."
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Pomegranate-trees » Illustrative » Of saints
I went down to the walnut orchard, to look at the green sprouts in the valley, to see whether the vine had budded, whether the pomegranates had blossomed.
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Let us go early to the vineyards, let us see whether the vine has budded, whether the blossom has opened, whether the pomegranates have bloomed. There I'll give you my love.
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Pomegranate-trees » Illustrative » (fruit of,) of the graces of the church
Your lips are like a scarlet thread, and your mouth is lovely. Behind your veil, your temple is like a slice of pomegranate.
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Your temple behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.
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Pomegranate-trees » Illustrative » (an orchard of,) of the church
Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates, with choice fruit, henna with nard,
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Pools and ponds » Illustrative » (in the wilderness,) of the gifts of the spirit
I'll open up rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys. I'll turn the desert into a pool of water, and the parched land into springs of water.
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the burning sands will become a pool, and the thirsty ground fountains of water. In the haunts of jackals there will be a verdant resting place with reeds and rushes."
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Pools and ponds » Illustrative » (turning cities into,) of great desolation
"And I'm going to make it a possession of the hedgehog pools of water and I'll sweep with the broom of destruction," declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.
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Pools and ponds » Illustrative » Of nineveh
Nineveh is a reservoir whose water is draining away. "Wait! Wait!" they cry, yet not even one person looks back.
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Rain » Illustrative » Of spiritual blessings
They will pass through the Baca Valley where he will prepare a spring for them; even the early rain will cover it with blessings.
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God, you poured out abundant rain on your inheritance. When Israel was weary, you sustained her.
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I'm going to make them and everything that surrounds my hill a blessing. I'll send down the rain! At the appropriate time there will be a rainstorm of blessing!
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Rain » Illustrative » (destructive,) of God's judgments
He rains on the wicked burning coals and sulfur; a scorching wind is their destiny.
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I'll judge them with disease and bloodshed. I'll shower him, his soldiers, and the vast army that accompanies him with a torrential flood, hailstones, fire, and sulfur.
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"It will come about that, when he has filled himself to the full, God will vent his burning anger on him; he will pour it out on him and on his body.
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Rain » Illustrative » Of Christ in the communication of his graces
May he be like the rain that descends on mown grass, like showers sprinkling on the ground.
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Let us know, let us pursue knowledge of the LORD; his coming is as certain as the dawn. He will come to us like the rain, like the autumn and spring rains come on the earth.
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Rain » Illustrative » Of the doctrine of faithful ministers
May my instructions descend like rain and may my words flow like dew, as light rain upon the grass, and as showers upon new plants.
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Rain » Illustrative » Of the word of God
"For just as the rain and snow come down from heaven, and do not return there without watering the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, yielding seed for the sower and bread for eating, so will my message be that goes out of my mouth it won't return to me empty. Instead, it will accomplish what I desire, and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
Rain » Illustrative » (destructive,) of a poor man oppressing the poor
A poor man who oppresses the weak is like a rainstorm that destroys all the crops.
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Rain » Illustrative » Of righteousness
Sow in righteousness in your own interest, reap in gracious love, break up your own unprepared ground; It is now time to inquire of the LORD, until he comes to pour out righteousness for you.
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Rings » Illustrative » Of the glory of Christ
His hands are rods of gold, set with beryl. His stomach is carved ivory, inlaid with sapphires.
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Rings » Illustrative » (put on the hands,) of favor
But the father told his servants, "Hurry! Bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.
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Rivers » Illustrative » (drying up of,) of God's judgments
They will pass through the sea of affliction, and they will strike the waves in that sea. All of the depths of the Nile will evaporate, Assyria's arrogance will be brought down low, and the ruling power of Egypt will disappear.
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He rebukes the sea, and it evaporates; he dries up all the rivers. Bashan and Carmel wither, while the flowers of Lebanon languish.
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Therefore this is what the LORD says: "Look, I'm going to argue your case and take vengeance for you. I'll dry up her sea and make her fountain dry.
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A message about Egypt: "Watch out! The LORD rides on a swift cloud, and is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt tremble before him, and the hearts of the Egyptians melt within them. I will stir up Egyptians against Egyptians, and everyone will fight against his brother, everyone against his neighbor, city against city, kingdom against kingdom. The spirits of the Egyptians within them will be drained of courage, and I will bring their plans to nothing. They will consult idols and spirits of the dead, and mediums and spiritists. read more.
I will hand the Egyptians over to the power of a cruel master, and a fierce king will rule over them," declares the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies. "The water sources of the Nile will be dried up, and the river will become dry and parched. The canals will stink, and the tributaries of Egypt will dwindle and dry up. Reeds and rushes will wither away. And the bulrushes along the Nile, along the mouth of the Nile, will wither away. All the sown fields of the Nile will become parched, and they will be blown away; there will be nothing left. The fishermen will groan, and all who cast hooks into the Nile will lament; those who spread nets upon the water will become weaker and weaker.
I will hand the Egyptians over to the power of a cruel master, and a fierce king will rule over them," declares the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies. "The water sources of the Nile will be dried up, and the river will become dry and parched. The canals will stink, and the tributaries of Egypt will dwindle and dry up. Reeds and rushes will wither away. And the bulrushes along the Nile, along the mouth of the Nile, will wither away. All the sown fields of the Nile will become parched, and they will be blown away; there will be nothing left. The fishermen will groan, and all who cast hooks into the Nile will lament; those who spread nets upon the water will become weaker and weaker.
Rivers » Illustrative » Of the gifts and graces of the holy spirit
Look! There is a river whose streams make the city of God rejoice, even the Holy Place of the Most High.
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I'll open up rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys. I'll turn the desert into a pool of water, and the parched land into springs of water.
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Watch! I'm about to carry out something new! And now it's springing up don't you recognize it? I'm making a way in the wilderness and paths in the desert. Wild animals, jackals, and owls will honor me because I provide water in the desert and streams in the wilderness to give drink to my people, my chosen ones,
Rivers » Illustrative » (overflowing of,) of God's judgments
Look! The LORD has one who is mighty and strong, like a hailstorm and destructive tempest, like a storm of mighty, overflowing water and he will give rest to the land.
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watch out! The LORD God is about to bring the flood waters of the Euphrates River against them, mighty and strong.
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"Then your covenant with death will be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand; when the overwhelming scourge sweeps by, you will be trampled by it.
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Rivers » Illustrative » (fruitfulness of trees planted by,) of the permanent prosperity of saints
He will be like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in its season, and whose leaf does not wither. He will prosper in everything he does.
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He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by a stream. He won't fear when the heat comes, and his leaves will be green. In a year of drought he won't be concerned, nor will he stop producing fruit."
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Rivers » Illustrative » Of heavy afflictions
I am sinking in deep mire, and there is no solid ground. I have come into deep water, and the flood overwhelms me.
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When you pass through the waters, I'll be with you; and through the rivers, they won't sweep over you. when you walk through fire you won't be scorched, and the flame won't set you ablaze.
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Rivers » Illustrative » Of the abundance of grace in Christ
Each one will be like a shelter from the wind and a hiding place from storms, like streams of water in the desert, in the shadow of a great rock in an exhausted land.
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We have all received one gracious gift after another from his abundance,
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Rivers » Illustrative » Of abundance
He won't look at the rivers the torrents of honey and curd.
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I was successful wherever I went, and even the rocks poured out streams of olive oil for me."
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Rivers » Illustrative » (steady course of,) of peace of saints
This is what the LORD says: "See, I will extend prosperity to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flooding stream; and you will nurse, and you will be carried on her hip, and bounced upon her knees.
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Rivers » Illustrative » Of people flying from judgments
"Cultivate your land like the Nile, you daughter of Tarshish; for there is no longer a harbor.
Sackcloth » Illustrative » (girding with,) of heavy afflictions
On that day the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies called for weeping and mourning, for shaving heads and wearing sackcloth.
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"And it will come about that instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of well-set hair, baldness; instead of a fine robe, sackcloth; and instead of beauty, shame.
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So tremble, you ladies of leisure! Shudder, you daughters who feel so complacent! Strip down and make yourselves naked down to the waist! Then wrap yourself in sackcloth and beat your breasts.
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Sackcloth » Illustrative » (heavens becoming black as,) of severe judgments
Then I saw the lamb open the sixth seal. There was a powerful earthquake. The sun turned as black as sackcloth made of hair, and the full moon turned as red as blood.
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Sackcloth » Illustrative » (covering the heavens with,) of severe judgments
I clothe the skies with darkness and make sackcloth their covering."
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Sackcloth » Illustrative » (putting of,) of joy and gladness
You have turned my mourning into dancing; you took off my sackcloth and clothed me with a garment of joy,
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Salt » Illustrative » (without savor,) of graceless professors
"You are the salt of the world. But if the salt should lose its taste, how can it be made salty again? It's good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled on by people.
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Salt is good. But if salt loses its taste, how can you restore its flavor? Keep on having salt among yourselves, and live in peace with one another."
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Salt » Illustrative » Of wisdom in speech
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer everyone.
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Salt » Illustrative » (pits of,) of desolation
Therefore as I'm alive and living," declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, "Moab will surely become like Sodom, and the Ammonites like Gomorrah, a place overrun by weeds and salty marshes, unpopulated forever. The survivors of my people will confiscate their property, and those who remain of my nation will inherit what was theirs.
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Salt » Illustrative » Of saints
"You are the salt of the world. But if the salt should lose its taste, how can it be made salty again? It's good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled on by people.
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Salt » Illustrative » Of grace in the heart
Salt is good. But if salt loses its taste, how can you restore its flavor? Keep on having salt among yourselves, and live in peace with one another."
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Salt » Illustrative » Preparation » The wicked » For destruction
Because everyone will be salted with fire, and every sacrifice will be salted with salt.
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Scorpions » Illustrative » Ministers of antiChrist
Locusts came out of the smoke onto the earth, and they were given power like that of earthly scorpions.
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They were not allowed to kill them, but were only allowed to torture them for five months. Their torture was like the pain of a scorpion when it stings someone.
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They had tails and stingers like scorpions, and they had the power to hurt people with their tails for five months.
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Scorpions » Illustrative » Severe scourges
Not only that, but since my father loaded you down heavily, I'm going to add to that burden. My father disciplined you with whips, but I'm going to discipline you with scorpions!'"
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Scorpions » Illustrative » Wicked men
"Now as for you, Son of Man, never be afraid of them or of anything they have to say, because being with them will be like settling down to live among briers, thorn bushes, and scorpions! Don't be afraid of anything they have to say, and don't be awed by their appearance, since they are a rebellious group.
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the Sea » Illustrative » (smooth as glass,) of the peace of heaven
Then I saw what looked like a sea of glass mixed with fire. Those who had conquered the beast, its image, and the number of its name were standing on the sea of glass holding God's harps in their hands.
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In front of the throne was something like a sea of glass as clear as crystal. In the center of the throne and on each side of the throne were four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back.
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the Sea » Illustrative » Of heavy afflictions
When you pass through the waters, I'll be with you; and through the rivers, they won't sweep over you. when you walk through fire you won't be scorched, and the flame won't set you ablaze.
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What can be said about you? To what should you be compared, fair Jerusalem? To what may I liken you, so I may comfort you, fair one of Zion? Indeed, your wound is as deep as the sea who can heal you?
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the Sea » Illustrative » (covered with waters,) of the diffusion of spiritual knowledge over the earth in the latter days
Indeed, the earth will be filled with knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as water fills the sea."
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They will neither harm nor destroy on my holy mountain; for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea."
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the Sea » Illustrative » (roaring,) of hostile armies
They will roar over it at that time, like the sea waves roar. If one surveys the land, watch out! There's darkness and distress; even the daylight is darkened by its clouds.
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They grab bow and spear; they're cruel and show no mercy. Their sound roars like the sea as they ride on horses, deployed like men ready for battle against you, daughter of Zion."
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the Sea » Illustrative » (waves of,) of devastating armies
"Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: "Watch out! I'm coming to get you, Tyre! I'm about to bring many nations to attack you. They'll come in wave after wave, like the advancing tide, and will destroy the city walls of Tyre. After they break down her fortified towers, I'll scrape away the city's debris, right down to the bare bedrock,
the Sea » Illustrative » (waves of,) of righteousness
Now if only you had paid attention to my commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, and your success like the waves of the sea.
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the Sea » Illustrative » (trouble,) of the wicked
But the wicked are tossed like the sea; for it is not able to keep still, and its waters toss up mire and mud.
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the Sea » Illustrative » (waves of,) of the unsteady
But he must ask in faith, without any doubts, for the one who has doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.
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Seed » Illustrative
Remember this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.
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Sow your seed in the morning, and don't stop working until evening, since you don't know which of your endeavors will do well, whether this one or that, or even if both will do equally well.
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Sow in righteousness in your own interest, reap in gracious love, break up your own unprepared ground; It is now time to inquire of the LORD, until he comes to pour out righteousness for you.
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Stop being deceived; God is not to be ridiculed. A person harvests whatever he plants: The person who sows through human means will harvest decay from human means, but the person who sows in the Spirit will harvest eternal life from the Spirit.
Serpents » Illustrative » Of the devil
He captured the dragon, that ancient serpent, also known as the Devil and Satan, and tied him up for a thousand years.
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The huge dragon was hurled down. That ancient serpent, called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world, was hurled down to the earth, along with its angels.
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Now the Shining One was more clever than any animal of the field that the LORD God had made. He asked the woman, "Did God actually say, "You are not to eat from any tree of the garden'?"
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However, I am afraid that just as the serpent deceived Eve by its tricks, so your minds may somehow be lured away from sincere and pure devotion to the Messiah.
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Serpents » Illustrative » (poisonous bite of,) of baneful effects of wine
Eventually it will bite like a snake and sting like a serpent.
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because drunks and gluttons tend to become poor, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
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Serpents » Illustrative » Of enemies who harass and destroy
Look, I'll send snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they'll bite you."
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"Don't rejoice, all of you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken, because from the snake's root a viper will spring up, and its offspring will be a darting, poisonous serpent.
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Serpents » Illustrative » Of the tribe of dan
Dan will be a snake on the path, a viper on the road that snaps at the heels of horses, causing their riders to fall off.
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Serpents » Illustrative » Of hypocrites
You snakes, you children of serpents! How can you escape being condemned to hell?
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Serpents » Illustrative » (sharp tongue of,) of malice of the wicked
They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Interlude
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Sheep » Illustrative » (in proneness to wander,) of those who depart from God
All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned, each of us, to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
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I have wandered away like a lost sheep; come find your servant, for I do not forget your commands. A Song of Ascents
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"I'm going to seek both the lost as well as the scattered, and bring them both back so their broken bones can be set and the sick can be healed. But in righteousness I'll exterminate the fat and the stiff-necked.'"
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Sheep » Illustrative » Of the jews
Yet he led out his people like sheep, guiding them like a flock in the desert.
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Why, God? Have you rejected us forever? Your anger is burning against the sheep of your pasture.
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Then we, your people, the sheep of your pasture, will praise you always, from generation to generation. We will declare your praise. For the Director of Music: According to "The Lilies". A testimony of Asaph. A psalm.
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Sheep » Illustrative » Of the people of Christ
Then he asked him a second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter told him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you." Jesus told him, "Take care of my sheep." He asked him a third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was deeply hurt that he had asked him a third time, "Do you love me?" So he told him, "Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you!"
So again Jesus said, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, I'm the gate for the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and bandits, but the sheep didn't listen to them. I'm the gate. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved. He'll come in and go out and find pasture. read more.
The thief comes only to steal, slaughter, and destroy. I've come that they may have life, and have it abundantly. "I'm the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. The hired worker, who isn't the shepherd and doesn't own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, deserts the sheep, and runs away. So the wolf snatches them and scatters them, because he's a hired worker, and the sheep don't matter to him. I'm the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep that don't belong to this fold. I must lead these also, and they'll listen to my voice. So there will be one flock and one shepherd. This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it back again. No one is taking it from me; I lay it down of my own free will. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it back again. This is what my Father has commanded me." Once again there was a division among the Jews because of what Jesus had been saying. Many of them were saying, "He has a demon and is insane. Why bother listening to him?" Others were saying, "These are not the words of a man who is demon-possessed. A demon cannot open the eyes of the blind, can it?" Now Hanukkah was taking place in Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus was walking around in the Temple inside the open porch of Solomon. So the Jewish leaders surrounded him and quizzed him, "How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you're the Messiah, tell us so plainly." Jesus answered them, "I have told you, but you don't believe it. The actions that I do in my Father's name testify on my behalf, but you don't believe, because you don't belong to my sheep.
The thief comes only to steal, slaughter, and destroy. I've come that they may have life, and have it abundantly. "I'm the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. The hired worker, who isn't the shepherd and doesn't own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, deserts the sheep, and runs away. So the wolf snatches them and scatters them, because he's a hired worker, and the sheep don't matter to him. I'm the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep that don't belong to this fold. I must lead these also, and they'll listen to my voice. So there will be one flock and one shepherd. This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it back again. No one is taking it from me; I lay it down of my own free will. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it back again. This is what my Father has commanded me." Once again there was a division among the Jews because of what Jesus had been saying. Many of them were saying, "He has a demon and is insane. Why bother listening to him?" Others were saying, "These are not the words of a man who is demon-possessed. A demon cannot open the eyes of the blind, can it?" Now Hanukkah was taking place in Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus was walking around in the Temple inside the open porch of Solomon. So the Jewish leaders surrounded him and quizzed him, "How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you're the Messiah, tell us so plainly." Jesus answered them, "I have told you, but you don't believe it. The actions that I do in my Father's name testify on my behalf, but you don't believe, because you don't belong to my sheep.
Sheep » Illustrative » (when found,) of restored sinners
In the same way, I tell you that there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over 99 righteous people who don't need to repent."
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When he finds it, he puts it on his shoulders and rejoices.
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Sheep » Illustrative » (separated from the goats,) of the separation of saints from the wicked
All the nations will be assembled in front of him, and he will cull them out, one from another, like a shepherd separates sheep from goats. He will put the sheep on his right but the goats on his left.
Sheep » Illustrative » (lost,) of the unregenerate
Instead, go to the lost sheep of the nation of Israel.
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Sheep » Illustrative » (in patience and simplicity,) of patience, &c of Christ
He was oppressed and he was afflicted, yet he didn't open his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, as a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.
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Sheep » Illustrative » Of the wicked in their death
Like sheep, they are destined for the realm of the dead, with death as their shepherd. The upright will have dominion over them in the morning; their strength will be consumed in the afterlife, so that they have no home.
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Sheep » Illustrative » Of those under God's judgment
God, we heard it with our ears; our ancestors told us about what you did in their day a long time ago.
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Shepherds » Illustrative » (ignorant and foolish,) of bad ministers
"This is what the Lord GOD says: "Watch out, I'm coming after you shepherds! I'm going to demand my sheep back from them and fire them as shepherds. The shepherds won't be shepherds anymore when I snatch my flock right out of their mouths so they can't be eaten by them anymore."'"
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Meanwhile, the dogs have a mighty appetite they can never get enough. And as for them, they are the shepherds who lack understanding; they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, each and every one.
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"Son of Man, prophesy against Israel's shepherds. Tell those shepherds, "This is what the Lord GOD says:
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My people have become lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray, turning them toward the mountains. They go from mountain to hill. They have forgotten their resting place.
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Shepherds » Illustrative » Of Christ as the good shepherd
"Arise, sword, against my shepherd, against the mighty one who is related to me," declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies. "Strike the shepherd, the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn against the insignificant ones.
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Now may the God of peace, who by the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, the Great Shepherd of the sheep,
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""Then I'll install one shepherd for them my servant David and he will feed them, will be there for them, and will serve as their shepherd.
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I'm the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me,
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Shepherds » Illustrative » Of kings as the leaders of the people
who says about Cyrus, "He's my shepherd, and he'll carry out everything that I please: He'll say of Jerusalem, "Let it be rebuilt,' and of my Temple, "Let its foundations be laid again.'"'"
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Look, like a lion comes up from the thicket of the Jordan to a pasture that grows year round, so I'll drive them away from her in an instant, and I'll appoint whomever is chosen over her. Indeed, who is like me? Who gives me counsel? Who is the shepherd who will stand against me?"
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Shepherds and their flocks will come against her. They'll pitch their tents all around her, and every one will tend his flock in his own place.
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Shepherds » Illustrative » (their care and tenderness,) of tenderness of Christ
Like a shepherd, he tends his flock. He gathers the lambs in his arms, carries them close to his heart, and gently leads the mother sheep."
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I'm going to bring them out from foreign nations and from foreign lands. Then I'll bring them to their own land and feed them in Israel on the mountains, in their valleys, and in all of their settlements throughout the land. I'll feed them in excellent pastures, and even the very heights of Israel's mountains will serve as verdant pastures for them in which they'll rest and feed yes, even on the fertile mountains of Israel! I will feed my sheep and give them rest,' declares the Lord GOD. read more.
"I'm going to seek both the lost as well as the scattered, and bring them both back so their broken bones can be set and the sick can be healed. But in righteousness I'll exterminate the fat and the stiff-necked.'"
"I'm going to seek both the lost as well as the scattered, and bring them both back so their broken bones can be set and the sick can be healed. But in righteousness I'll exterminate the fat and the stiff-necked.'"
Shepherds » Illustrative » (searching out straying sheep,) of Christ seeking the lost
Just as a shepherd looks after his flock during the day time while he is with them, so also I'm going to watch over my sheep, delivering them from every place where they've been scattered during the times of gloom and doom.
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But the Pharisees and the scribes kept complaining, "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them." So he told them this parable: "Suppose one of you has 100 sheep and loses one of them. He leaves the 99 in the wilderness and looks for the one that is lost until he finds it, doesn't he? read more.
When he finds it, he puts it on his shoulders and rejoices. Then he goes home, calls his friends and neighbors together, and says to them, "Rejoice with me, because I've found my lost sheep!' In the same way, I tell you that there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over 99 righteous people who don't need to repent."
When he finds it, he puts it on his shoulders and rejoices. Then he goes home, calls his friends and neighbors together, and says to them, "Rejoice with me, because I've found my lost sheep!' In the same way, I tell you that there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over 99 righteous people who don't need to repent."
Shepherds » Illustrative » Of God as leader of israel
You have led your people like a flock by the hands of Moses and Aaron. An instruction of Asaph
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Shepherd of Israel, listen! The one who leads Joseph like a flock, the one enthroned on the cherubim, display your glory.
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Shepherds » Illustrative » Ministers » Of the gospel
I'll raise up shepherds over them, and they'll shepherd them. My flock will no longer be afraid or terrified, and none will be missing," declares the LORD.
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Ships » Illustrative » (wrecked,) of departure from the faith
with faith and a good conscience. By ignoring their consciences, some people have destroyed their faith like a wrecked ship.
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Ships » Illustrative » Of industrious women
She is like a seagoing ship that brings her food from far away.
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Shoes » Illustrative » Of the beauty conferred on saints
But the father told his servants, "Hurry! Bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.
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How beautiful are your feet in sandals, noble lady. The curves of your thighs are like ornaments, the work of a skilled artist's hands.
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Shoes » Illustrative » (taken off,) of an ignominious and servile condition
"Don't run until your feet are bare and your throat is dry. But you say, "It's hopeless! Because I love foreign gods, I'll go after them!'"
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Take millstones and grind flour. Remove your veil, strip off your robes, bare your legs, and wade through the rivers.
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Shoes » Illustrative » (thrown over a place,) of subjection
Moab is my wash basin; over Edom I will throw my shoes; over Philistia I will celebrate my triumph."
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Moab is my washbasin; I will fling my shoe on Edom and shout over Philistia."
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Shoes » Illustrative » Of the preparation of the gospel
and being firm-footed in the gospel of peace.
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Shoes » Illustrative » (having blood on,) of being engaged in war and slaughter
"Furthermore, you're aware of what Zeruiah's son Joab did to me and to those two commanders of the armies of Israel, Ner's son Abner and Jether's son Amasa, whom he killed, and how he shed the blood of wartime during times of peace, staining the very belt he wears around his waist and the sandals he wears on his feet.
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Silver » Illustrative » Of saints purified by affliction
And I will bring that surviving third through, testing them as if through fire, purifying them like silver, assaying them like gold. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say, "This is my people,' and they will say, "The LORD is my God.'"
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For you, God, tested us, to purify us like fine silver.
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Silver » Illustrative » (dross of,) of the wicked
"Son of Man, Israel has become like dross to me. All of them are like remnants of bronze, tin, iron, and lead in a furnace the dross left over from smelting silver.
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Your silver has become dross, your best wine is diluted with water.
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Silver » Illustrative » Of the medo-persian kingdom
That statue had a head made of pure gold, with its chest and arms made of silver, its abdomen and thighs made of bronze,
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"After you, another kingdom will arise that is inferior to yours, and then a third kingdom of bronze will arise to rule all the earth.
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Silver » Illustrative » Of the tongue of the just
What the righteous person says is like precious silver; the thoughts of the wicked are compared to small things.
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Silver » Illustrative » Of good rulers
Your silver has become dross, your best wine is diluted with water. Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. All of them are lovers of bribes and are runners after gifts. They don't bring justice to orphans, and the widow's case never comes up for review in their court."
Silver » Illustrative » (reprobate,) of the wicked
They're called reject silver, because the LORD has rejected them.
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Silver » Illustrative » (labor of seeking for,) of diligence required for attaining knowledge
if you seek it like silver and search for it like hidden treasure,
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Silver » Illustrative » Of the words of the lord
The words of the LORD are pure, like silver refined in an earthen furnace, purified seven times over.
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Stars » Illustrative » (withdrawing their light,) of severe judgments
When I extinguish your lights, I'll cover the heavens and darken their stars. I'll cover the sun with a cloud and the moon won't reflect its light.
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For the stars of the heavens and their constellations won't shine their light; the sun will be dark when it rises, and the moon won't shine its light.
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"The land quivers in their presence; even the heavens shake. The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will stop shining.
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The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will stop shining.
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Stars » Illustrative » Of ministers
"To the messenger of the church in Ephesus, write: "The one who holds the seven stars in his right hand, the one who walks among the seven gold lamp stands, says this:
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In his right hand he held seven stars, and out of his mouth came a sharp, two-edged sword. His face was like the sun when it shines with full force.
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Stars » Illustrative » Of princes and subordinate governors
When the fourth angel blew his trumpet, one-third of the sun, one-third of the moon, and one-third of the stars were struck so that one-third of them turned dark. One-third of the day was kept from having light, as was the night.
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Then it moved against the Heavenly Army. It persuaded some of the Heavenly Army to fall to the earth, along with some of the stars, and it trampled them.
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Stars » Illustrative » (bright and morning star,) of Christ
"I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give this testimony to you for the churches. I am the root and descendant of David, the bright morning star."
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Stars » Illustrative » (morning star,) of glory to be given to faithful saints
"Just as I have received authority from my Father, I will also give him the morning star.
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Stars » Illustrative » Of Christ
I can see him, but not right now. I observe him, but from a distance. A star streams forth from Jacob; a scepter arises from Israel. He will crush Moab's forehead, along with all of Seth's descendants.
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Stars » Illustrative » (setting the nest amongst,) of pride and carnal security
Though you soar high like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, I will bring you down even from there," declares the Lord.
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Stars » Illustrative » (shining of,) of the reward of faithful ministers
Those who manifest wisdom will shine like the brightness of the expanse of heaven, and those who turn many to righteousness will shine like the stars for ever and ever.
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Stars » Illustrative » (wandering,) of false teachers
They are wild waves of the sea, churning up the foam of their own shame. They are wandering stars for whom the deepest darkness has been reserved forever.
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Stars » Illustrative » Of angels
while the morning stars sang together and all the divine beings shouted joyfully?
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The sun » Illustrative » Of the glory of Christ
His appearance was changed in front of them, his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as light.
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Then I saw another powerful angel come down from heaven. He was dressed in a cloud, and there was a rainbow over his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like columns of fire.
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In his right hand he held seven stars, and out of his mouth came a sharp, two-edged sword. His face was like the sun when it shines with full force.
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The sun » Illustrative » (darkened,) of severe calamities
The sun will be given over to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and terrifying Day of the LORD.
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When I extinguish your lights, I'll cover the heavens and darken their stars. I'll cover the sun with a cloud and the moon won't reflect its light.
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"The land quivers in their presence; even the heavens shake. The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will stop shining.
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The sun » Illustrative » (its brightness,) of the future glory of saints
Those who manifest wisdom will shine like the brightness of the expanse of heaven, and those who turn many to righteousness will shine like the stars for ever and ever.
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Then the righteous will shine like the sun in their Father's kingdom. Let the person who has ears listen!"
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The sun » Illustrative » Of supreme rulers
For the stars of the heavens and their constellations won't shine their light; the sun will be dark when it rises, and the moon won't shine its light.
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But then he had another dream, and he proceeded to tell his brothers about that one, too. "I had another dream," he said. "The sun, moon, and eleven of the stars were bowing down before me!"
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The sun » Illustrative » (going down at noon,) of premature destruction
It will come about at that time," declares the Lord GOD, "I will cause the sun to set at noon and the earth to darken in the daylight.
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"The woman who gave birth to seven will grow faint, her life will expire. Her sun will set while it's still day. She will be disgraced and humiliated. I'll kill the rest of them with swords in the presence of their enemies," declares the LORD.
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The sun » Illustrative » (its clearness,) of the purity of the church
Who is this who appears like the dawn, beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun, awesome as an army with banners?
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The sun » Illustrative » (before or in sight of,) of public ignominy
"This is what the LORD says: ""Listen very carefully! ""I'm raising up evil against you right out of your own household. ""I'm going to take your wives away from you right before your eyes. ""Then I'll give them to your neighbor. ""And then he's going to have sex with your wives in broad daylight! ""What you did in secret I'm going to do right in front of all Israel and in broad daylight as well!'"
The sun » Illustrative » (no more going down,) of perpetual blessedness
Your sun won't set, nor will your moon withdraw itself for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your days of mourning will end.
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The sun » Illustrative » (its power,) of the triumph of saints
"May all of your enemies perish like this, LORD! But may those who love him be like the ascending sun in its strength!" Then the land enjoyed quiet for 40 years.
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The sun » Illustrative » Of Christ's coming
But the Sun of Righteousness will arise with healing in its light for those who fear my name. You will go out and leap like calves released from their stalls
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The sun » Illustrative » Of God's favor
For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD grants grace and favor; the LORD will not withhold any good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
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Swords » Illustrative » Of severe and heavy calamities
"Or if I were to bring war to that land and say, "Hey, sword! Pass throughout the land so I can destroy both man and beasts in it,'
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You are to burn a third of it in the middle of the city when you've finished your siege. Next, you are to take another third of it and beat it with your sword. Last, you are to scatter the remaining third to the wind, after which I'll unsheathe my sword and pursue them.
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"Son of Man, prophesy and say, "This is what the Lord GOD says: "A sword! A sword is being sharpened. It's also being polished.
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Swords » Illustrative » Of the tongue of the wicked
I am surrounded by lions. I lie down with those who burn with fire that is, with people whose teeth are like spears and arrows whose tongues are like sharp swords.
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who sharpen their tongues like swords, and aim their bitter words like arrows,
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Some speak rashly like the cutting of a sword, but what the wise say promotes healing.
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Swords » Illustrative » Of the justice of God
"Arise, sword, against my shepherd, against the mighty one who is related to me," declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies. "Strike the shepherd, the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn against the insignificant ones.
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I'll whet my shining sword, with my hands in firm grasp of judgment. I'll show vengeance on my adversary and repay those who keep on hating me.
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Swords » Illustrative » (drawing of,) of war and destruction
"I'll scatter you among the nations and draw the sword after you so that your land becomes desolate and your towns become ruins.
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Declare to Israel, "This is what the LORD says: "Watch out! I'm against you! I'm going to unsheathe my sword to kill both the righteous and the wicked among you. Since I'm going to kill both the righteous and the wicked among you, I'll be unsheathing my sword against everyone from south to north. Then everyone will know that I am the LORD, who unsheathed my sword, and who won't have to unsheathe it again."'
Swords » Illustrative » Of the word of Christ
He made my mouth like a sharp sword; he hid me in the shadow of his hands. He made me like a polished arrow and hid me away in his quivers.
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In his right hand he held seven stars, and out of his mouth came a sharp, two-edged sword. His face was like the sun when it shines with full force.
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Swords » Illustrative » Of the word of God
also take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
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For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul and spirit, joints and marrow, as it judges the thoughts and purposes of the heart.
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Swords » Illustrative » Of the protection of God
How blessed are you, Israel! Who can be like you, a people delivered by the LORD, your shield of help and your finely crafted sword. May your enemies cower before you. You will tread down their high places."
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Swords » Illustrative » (not departing from one's house,) of perpetual calamity
""Therefore the sword will never leave your household, because you have despised me by taking the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.'
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Swords » Illustrative » Of false witnesses
A club, a sword, and a sharp arrow that's what a man is who lies about his neighbor.
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Swords » Illustrative » (putting, into its sheath,) of peace and friendship
Ah, sword of the LORD, how long before you are quiet? Put yourself into your scabbard, be at rest, be silent!
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Swords » Illustrative » (living by,) of rapine
By your sword you'll live; but you'll serve your brother. But when you've become restless, you'll break off his yoke from your neck."
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Swords » Illustrative » Of war and contention
"Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword!
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Swords » Illustrative » Of the end of the wicked
But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a double-edged sword.
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Swords » Illustrative » Of persecuting spirit of the wicked
The wicked take out a sword and bend the bow, to bring down the humble and the poor to slay those who are righteous in conduct.
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Swords » Illustrative » Of judicial authority
For they are God's servants, working for your good.
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Swords » Illustrative » Of the wicked
Arise, LORD, confront them, bring them to their knees! Deliver me from the wicked by your sword
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Swords » Illustrative » Of deep mental affliction
Indeed, a sword will pierce your own soul, too, so that the inner thoughts of many people might be revealed."
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Tabernacle » Illustrative » Of the church
LORD, who may stay in your tent? Who may dwell on your holy mountain?
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and who serves in the sanctuary, the true tent set up by the Lord and not by any human.
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"Enlarge the location of your tent, let the curtains of your dwellings be stretched wide, and don't hold back. Lengthen your cords; strengthen your stakes.
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then a throne will be established in gracious love, and there will sit in faithfulness in the Tent of David one who judges, seeks justice, and is swift to do what is right."
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I also saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband. I heard a loud voice from the throne say, "See, the tent of God is among humans! He will make his home with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them, and he will be their God.
Tabernacle » Illustrative » Of Christ
The Word became flesh and lived among us. We gazed on his glory, the kind of glory that belongs to the Father's unique Son, who is full of grace and truth.
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But when the Messiah came as a high priest of the good things that have come, he went through the greater and more perfect tent that was not made by human hands and that is not a part of this creation.
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and also to serve as a refuge and shelter from storms and rain."
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The Holy Spirit was indicating by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first part of the tent was still standing. This illustration for today indicates that the gifts and sacrifices being offered could not clear the conscience of a worshiper,
Tabernacle » Illustrative » (the holy of holies,) of heaven
Therefore, my brothers, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,
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That hope, firm and secure like an anchor for our souls, reaches behind the curtain
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Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with his own blood he went into the Most Holy Place once for all and secured our eternal redemption.
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Tabernacle » Illustrative » Of the body
We know that if the earthly tent we live in is torn down, we have a building in heaven that comes from God, an eternal house not built by human hands.
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Yet I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I am living in this bodily tent,
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Tabernacle » Illustrative » (the vail,) of the obscurity of the mosaic dispensation
The Holy Spirit was indicating by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first part of the tent was still standing.
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since they deal only with food, drink, and various washings, which are required for the body until the time when things would be set right.
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Tabernacle » Illustrative » (the vail,) of Christ's body
the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain (that is, through his flesh),
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Tents » Illustrative » (spread out,) of the heavens
He's the one who sits above the disk of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers. He's the one who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to live in,
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Tents » Illustrative » (enlarging of,) of the great extension of the church
"Enlarge the location of your tent, let the curtains of your dwellings be stretched wide, and don't hold back. Lengthen your cords; strengthen your stakes.
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Threshing » Illustrative » Of the judgments of God
For this is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says: "The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time when it's pounded down. In just a little while, the time of her harvest will come."
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You march through the land in righteous indignation; you tread down the nations in anger.
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O my downtrodden people, my wall! I'll tell you what I have heard from the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel."
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Threshing » Illustrative » (dust made by,) of complete destruction
"See, I'm making you into a new, sharp, and multi-tooth threshing sledge. You'll thresh and crush the mountains, and make the hills like chaff.
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For the Aramean king had left only 50 cavalry, ten chariots, and 10,000 soldiers out of the army belonging to Jehoahaz, because the king of Aram had destroyed the others, making them like chaff left over after threshing.
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Threshing » Illustrative » Of the labors of ministers
For in the Law of Moses it is written, "You must not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain." God is not only concerned about oxen, is he? Isn't he really speaking for our benefit? Yes, this was written for our benefit, because the one who plows should plow in hope, and the one who threshes should thresh in hope of sharing in the crop.
Threshing » Illustrative » Of the church in her conquests
"See, I'm making you into a new, sharp, and multi-tooth threshing sledge. You'll thresh and crush the mountains, and make the hills like chaff. You'll winnow them, and the wind will lift them up, and a tempest will blow them away. Then you'll rejoice in the LORD, and you'll make your boast in the Holy One of Israel."
Threshing » Illustrative » (an instrument for, with teeth,) of the church overcoming opposition
"See, I'm making you into a new, sharp, and multi-tooth threshing sledge. You'll thresh and crush the mountains, and make the hills like chaff.
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Threshing » Illustrative » (gathering the sheaves for,) of preparing the enemies of the church for judgments
But they don't know the thoughts of the LORD, and they don't understand his tactics, for he will gather them like harvested grain to his threshing floor.
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Trees » Illustrative » (good and fruitful,) of saints
to provide for those who grieve in Zion to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, a mantle of praise instead of a spirit of despair." "Then people will call them "Oaks of Righteousness", "The Planting of the LORD", in order to display his splendor.
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They're spread out like valleys, like gardens along river banks, like aloe planted by the LORD, or like cedars beside water.
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In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a rotten tree produces bad fruit. A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, and a rotten tree cannot produce good fruit.
He will be like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in its season, and whose leaf does not wither. He will prosper in everything he does.
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He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by a stream. He won't fear when the heat comes, and his leaves will be green. In a year of drought he won't be concerned, nor will he stop producing fruit."
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Trees » Illustrative » Of Christ
After all, if you were cut off from what is naturally a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much easier it will be for these natural branches to be grafted back into their own olive tree!
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"Let everyone listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. To everyone who conquers I will give the privilege of eating from the tree of life that is in God's paradise.'"
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"How blessed are those who wash their robes so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city!
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Between the city street and the river, the tree of life was visible from each side. It produced twelve kinds of fruit, each month having its own fruit. The leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.
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Trees » Illustrative » Of kings, &c
He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an ax, and Lebanon will fall by the Majestic One."
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Then all the trees of the fields will know that I, the LORD, bring down the lofty tree and exalt the lowly tree. I dry up the green tree and cause the dry tree to bud. I the LORD have spoken this, and I will fulfill it."
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"Beautiful because it was so great, with its long branches, it was rooted in many bodies of water. The cedars in God's garden could not compare to it; Fir trees could not match its boughs. The plane tree never grew branches like it, and no tree in God's garden compares to its beauty. I made it beautiful, including all of its branches; all the trees in God's garden of Eden envied it!'" read more.
"Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: "Because of its towering height, with its summit reaching into the clouds, and because it was haughty in its position,
"Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: "Because of its towering height, with its summit reaching into the clouds, and because it was haughty in its position,
This is what I saw in the visions of my head while I was in bed: I was looking and listen carefully! I saw a tree in the middle of the earth, the height of which was very great. The tree grew large, became strong, and its top reached the sky. It could be seen to the ends of the earth. Its foliage was beautiful, its fruit bountiful, and its food sufficient for everyone. The animals of the field found shade under it, the birds of the sky lived in its branches, and every creature was fed from it. read more.
"Then I saw in the visions of my head while I was in bed and take careful notice! I saw a holy observer descend from heaven. He called out aloud:
"Then I saw in the visions of my head while I was in bed and take careful notice! I saw a holy observer descend from heaven. He called out aloud:
Trees » Illustrative » Of the life and conversation of the righteous
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and the one who wins people is wise.
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A gentle statement is a tree of life, but perverted speech shatters the spirit.
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Trees » Illustrative » (producing evil fruit,) of the wicked
In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a rotten tree produces bad fruit. A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, and a rotten tree cannot produce good fruit. Every tree that doesn't produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into a fire.
Trees » Illustrative » Of wisdom
She is a tree of life for those who embrace her, and whoever clutches her tightly will be joyful.
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Trees » Illustrative » (duration of,) of continued prosperity of saints
They won't build for others to inhabit; they won't plant for others to eat for like the lifetime of a tree, so will the lifetime of my people be, and my chosen ones will long enjoy the work of their hands.
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Trees » Illustrative » of the elect
Even though a tenth of its people remain in it, it will once again be burned, like a terebinth or an oak tree, the stump of which, though the tree has been felled, still contains holy seed."
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Trees » Illustrative » (dry,) of useless persons
"Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say: "The LORD will surely exclude me from his people.' Furthermore, let no eunuch say, "Look! I am just a dry tree.'"
Trees » Illustrative » (evergreen,) of saints
How blessed is the person, who does not take the advice of the wicked, who does not stand on the path with sinners, and who does not sit in the seat of mockers. But he delights in the LORD's instruction, and meditates in his instruction day and night. He will be like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in its season, and whose leaf does not wither. He will prosper in everything he does.
Trees » Illustrative » (shaking of the leaves off,) of the terror of the wicked
When it was reported to the house of David, "Aram has joined forces with Ephraim!" the heart of the people of Ahaz trembled like forest trees in a windstorm.
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Trees » Illustrative » (dry,) of the wicked ripe for judgment
And if they do this when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?"
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Trees » Illustrative » (green,) of the innocence of Christ
And if they do this when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?"
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Trees » Illustrative » (barren,) of the wicked
Ephraim is blighted; its roots shriveled. It can bear no fruit. Even if they bear children, I will kill their cherished offspring.
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Unicorn » Illustrative » Of God as the strength of israel
From Egypt God brought them his strength was like a wild ox!
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God is bringing them out of Egypt with the strength of an ox. He'll devour enemy nations, break their bones, and impale them with arrows.
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Unicorn » Illustrative » (horns of,) of the strength of the descendants of joseph
May the firstborn of his bull be honorable to him, and may his horns be those of a wild ox. With them may he push people all together, to the ends of the earth. These are the myriads of Ephraim and the thousands of Manasseh."
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Unicorn » Illustrative » (the position of its horns,) of the exaltation of saints
You've grown my strength like the horn of a wild ox; I was anointed with fresh oil.
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Unicorn » Illustrative » (horns of,) of the strength of powerful enemies
Deliver me from the mouth of the lion, from the horns of the wild oxen. You have answered me.
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Unicorn » Illustrative » Of the wicked
Wild oxen will fall together with them young steers and mighty bulls. Their land will be drenched with blood, and their soil will be swollen with fat.
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Valleys » Illustrative » (filling up of,) of removing all obstructions to the gospel
Every valley will be lifted up, and every mountain and hill will be lowered; the rough ground will become level, and the mountain ridges made a plain.
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Every valley will be filled, and every mountain and hill will be leveled. The crooked ways will be made straight, and the rough roads will be made smooth.
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Valleys » Illustrative » Of the church of Christ
I went down to the walnut orchard, to look at the green sprouts in the valley, to see whether the vine had budded, whether the pomegranates had blossomed.
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Valleys » Illustrative » (fruitful and well watered,) of the tents of israel
They're spread out like valleys, like gardens along river banks, like aloe planted by the LORD, or like cedars beside water.
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Valleys » Illustrative » (dark,) of affliction and death
Even when I walk through a valley of deep darkness, I will not be afraid because you are with me. Your rod and your staff they comfort me.
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Veil or veil » Illustrative » Of the spiritual blindness of the jewish nation
However, their minds were hardened, for to this day the same veil is still there when they read the old covenant. Only in union with the Messiah is that veil removed. Yet even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. But whenever a person turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.
Veil or veil » Illustrative » Of the spiritual blindness of the gentile nations
And on this mountain, he will swallow up the burial shroud that enfolds all nations, the veil that is spread over all nations
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the sacred Veil » Illustrative » Of the flesh of Christ which concealed his divinity
For he grew up before him like a tender plant, and like a root out of a dry ground; he had no form and he had no majesty that we should look at him, and there is no attractiveness that we should desire him.
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the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain (that is, through his flesh),
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the sacred Veil » Illustrative » (rending of,) of the death of Christ which opened heaven to saints
Therefore, my brothers, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain (that is, through his flesh),
the sacred Veil » Illustrative » Of the obscurity of the mosaic dispensation
The Holy Spirit was indicating by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first part of the tent was still standing.
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The vine » Illustrative » (sitting under one's own) of peace and prosperity
Instead, each man will sit in the shade of his grape vines and beneath the shade of his fig tree," since theLORD of the Heavenly Armies has spoken.
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Judah and Israel lived safely, and everyone enjoyed their own vine and fig tree from Dan to Beer-sheba through all of Solomon's life.
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At that time,' declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "you will invite each of your neighbors to join you under the vine and fig tree.'"
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The vine » Illustrative » Of israel
He plowed its land and cleared it of stones. Then he planted it with the choicest vines, built a watchtower in the middle of it, and dug a wine vat in it; He expected it to produce good grapes, but it produced only wild ones."
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You uprooted a vine from Egypt, and drove out nations to transplant it.
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For the vineyard of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the garden in which he delights. He looked for justice, but saw only bloodshed; he searched for righteousness, but heard only an outcry!
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The vine » Illustrative » (its unfruitful branches,) of mere professors
He cuts off every branch that does not produce fruit in me, and he cuts back every branch that does produce fruit, so that it might produce more fruit.
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Unless a person abides in me, he is thrown away like a pruned branch and dries up. People gather such branches, throw them into a fire, and they are burned up.
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The vine » Illustrative » (its rich clusters,) of the graces of the church
I told myself, "I'll go up the palm tree, and take hold of its fruit. May your breasts be like clusters of the vine, and the smell of your breath like apples.
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The vine » Illustrative » (worthlessness of its wood,) of the unprofitableness, of the wicked
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: "Just as the wood from a grape vine is removed from the forest and used for kindling fires, I'm giving the inhabitants of Jerusalem over to punishment. They may have escaped one fire, but the coming fire will burn them up completely, and they will know that I am the LORD, when I set myself in opposition to them
The vine » Illustrative » Of Christ
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the vintner. He cuts off every branch that does not produce fruit in me, and he cuts back every branch that does produce fruit, so that it might produce more fruit.
The vine » Illustrative » (its quick growth,) of the growth of saints in grace
Those who live under its protection will surely return. Their grain will flourish; they will blossom like a vine, and Israel's scent will be like wine from Lebanon.
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The vine » Illustrative » (unfruitful,) of the wicked
"Israel, the overgrown vine, bears fruit like itself; the more fruitful they become, the more altars they build. The better the land, the more ornate the stone idols.
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The vine » Illustrative » (pruning of,) of God's purifying his people by afflictions
He cuts off every branch that does not produce fruit in me, and he cuts back every branch that does produce fruit, so that it might produce more fruit.
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The vine » Illustrative » (its fruitful branches,) of saints
I am the vine, you are the branches. The one who abides in me while I abide in him produces much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.
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Vineyards » Illustrative » Of the jewish church
Many shepherds will destroy my vineyard. They'll trample down my portion. They'll turn my pleasant portion into a desolate desert.
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Then Jesus went into the Temple. While he was teaching, the high priests and the elders of the people came to him and asked, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"
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For the vineyard of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the garden in which he delights. He looked for justice, but saw only bloodshed; he searched for righteousness, but heard only an outcry!
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At that time, "A fermenting vineyard sing about it!
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Vineyards » Illustrative » (gleaning grapes of,) of the elect
So it will be on the earth and among the nations as when an olive tree is beaten, or as gleanings when the grape harvest has ended."
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Vineyards » Illustrative » (failure of,) of severe calamities
In little more than a year, you complacent women will shudder; for the grape harvest will fail, and the fruit harvest will not come.
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Walls » Illustrative » Of ordinances as a protection to the church
"Now, let me tell you, won't you please, what I'm going to do to my vineyard. "I'm going to take away its protective hedge, and it will be devoured; I'll break down its wall, and it will be trampled.
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My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, there he stands behind our wall, looking through the windows, gazing through the lattice.
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Walls » Illustrative » Of those who afford protection
against every high tower, and against every fortified wall;
They were a wall around us both day and night, all the time we were with them taking care of the sheep.
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Walls » Illustrative » Of salvation
At that time, people will sing this song in the land of Judah: "We have a strong city; God crafts victory, its walls and ramparts.
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Then violence will no longer be heard in your land, nor devastation or destruction within your borders; but you'll call your walls "Salvation', and your gates "Praise'.
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Walls » Illustrative » (bowing or tottering,) of the wicked under judgments
therefore, for you this sin will become like a breach in a high wall that is about to collapse, bulging out, and whose crash comes suddenly in an instant.
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How long will you rage against someone? Would you attack him as if he were a leaning wall or a tottering fence?
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Walls » Illustrative » Of the church as a protection to the nation
If she's a wall, on her we will build a battlement of silver. If she's a door, we will enclose her with planks of cedar. I was a wall and my breasts were like towers. Then I became like one who finds peace in his eyes.
Walls » Illustrative » (daubed with untempered mortar,) of the teaching of false prophets
because they've truly caused my people to stray saying, "Peace," but there's no peace.'" "When someone builds a wall, they coat it with whitewash. Tell those who coat it with whitewash that it will fall. It will be washed off by the rain. Great hailstones will fall and a stormy wind will strip it off. Look! When the wall collapses, won't it be said of you, "Where's the coat of paint that you spread all over the wall?' read more.
"Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says, "In my burning anger, I'll rip it open with a windstorm. In my anger, I'll rinse it off with rain, and put an end to it with a hailstorm in my destructive rage. I'll tear down the wall that you've smeared with whitewash, level it to the ground, and tear out its foundation. Then it will collapse and you'll perish with it! Then you'll know that I am the LORD. ""That's how I'll vent my anger on the wall and on the ones who coated it with whitewash. And I'll say to you, "The wall is gone and so are those who coated it."
"Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says, "In my burning anger, I'll rip it open with a windstorm. In my anger, I'll rinse it off with rain, and put an end to it with a hailstorm in my destructive rage. I'll tear down the wall that you've smeared with whitewash, level it to the ground, and tear out its foundation. Then it will collapse and you'll perish with it! Then you'll know that I am the LORD. ""That's how I'll vent my anger on the wall and on the ones who coated it with whitewash. And I'll say to you, "The wall is gone and so are those who coated it."
Walls » Illustrative » (brazen,) of prophets in their testimony against the wicked
Go up to Lebanon and cry out, to Bashan and lift up your voice. Cry out from Abarim, for all your lovers have been crushed.
Walls » Illustrative » (of partition,) of separation of jews and gentiles
For it is he who is our peace. Through his mortality he made both groups one by tearing down the wall of hostility that divided them.
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Walls » Illustrative » Of the wealth of the rich in his own conceit
The wealth of a rich person is his fortified city; in his own imagination, it is like a high wall.
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Walls » Illustrative » Of the protection of God
I myself will be an encircling rampart of fire,' declares the LORD, "and I will be the glory in her midst.'
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Walls » Illustrative » (whited,) of hypocrites
At this Paul told him, "God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! How can you sit there and judge me according to the Law, and yet in violation of the Law order me to be struck?"
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Watchmen » Illustrative » Of ministers
Their arrows are sharp, all their bows ready for action. Their horses' hooves seem like flint, and their chariot wheels spin like a whirlwind.
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Continue to follow and be submissive to your leaders, since they are watching over your souls as those who will have to give a word of explanation. By doing this, you will be letting them carry out their duties joyfully, and not with grief, for that would be harmful for you.
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"Upon your walls, Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; all day and all night they won't remain silent. You who make mention of the LORD, take no rest,
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"Son of Man," he said, "I've appointed you to be a watchman over the house of Israel. Therefore when you hear a message that comes from me, you are to warn them for me.
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Watchmen » Illustrative » (looking for the morning,) of anxious waiting for God
I wait for the LORD; my soul waits, and I will hope in his word. My soul looks to the Lord more than watchmen look for the morning more, indeed, than watchmen for the morning.
Watchmen » Illustrative » (blind,) of careless ministers
His watchmen are blind; they are all without knowledge. They are all dumb dogs they cannot bark. They keep on dreaming and lying around, and they're lovers of sleep!
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Water » Illustrative » Of the gifts and graces of the holy spirit
"As for the poor, the needy, those seeking water when there is none and their tongues are parched from thirst I, the LORD, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, won't abandon them.
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I'll sprinkle pure water on you all, and you'll be cleansed from your impurity and from all of your idols."
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For I'll pour water upon thirsty ground and streams on parched land. So will I pour my Spirit upon your offspring, and my blessing upon your descendants.
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The one who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, will have rivers of living water flowing from his heart." Now he said this about the Spirit, whom those who were believing in him were to receive, because the Spirit was not yet present and Jesus had not yet been glorified.
Water » Illustrative » (deep,) of severe affliction
Deliver me, God, because the waters are up to my neck.
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And although the LORD gives you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, your teachers won't hide themselves anymore, but your own eyes will see your teachers.
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You caused men to ride over us. You brought us through fire and water, but you led us to abundance.
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When you pass through the waters, I'll be with you; and through the rivers, they won't sweep over you. when you walk through fire you won't be scorched, and the flame won't set you ablaze.
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Water » Illustrative » (many,) of different nations and people
Then one of the seven angels who held the seven bowls came and told me, "Come, I will show you how the notorious prostitute who sits on many waters will be judged.
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The angel also told me, "The bodies of water you saw, on which the prostitute is sitting, are nations, multitudes, nations, and languages.
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Water » Illustrative » (covering the sea,) of the general diffusion of the knowledge of God
Indeed, the earth will be filled with knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as water fills the sea."
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They will neither harm nor destroy on my holy mountain; for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea."
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Water » Illustrative » (its weakness,) of faintness and cowardice
The men of Ai killed about 36 of them, pursuing them outside the city gates as far as Shebarim, killing them as they descended. As a result, the army became terrified and lost their confidence.
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Every hand will be limp. Every knee will glisten with sweat."
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Water » Illustrative » Of hostile armies
watch out! The LORD God is about to bring the flood waters of the Euphrates River against them, mighty and strong.
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The nations roar like the rushing of many waters, but the LORD will rebuke them, and they will run far away, chased like chaff blown down from the mountains or like thick dust that rolls along, blown along by a wind storm.
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Water » Illustrative » (rapidly flowing away,) of the career of the wicked
May they flow away like rain water that runs off, may they become like someone who shoots broken arrows.
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"They remain only a short time on the water's surface; their inheritance will be cursed in the land; no one will work in their vineyards.
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Water » Illustrative » (noise of many,) of the word of Christ
his feet were like glowing bronze refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of raging waters.
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Water » Illustrative » (difficulty of stopping,) of strife and contention
Starting a quarrel is like spilling water so drop the dispute before it escalates.
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Water » Illustrative » (many,) of a variety of afflictions
He sent for me from on high! He grabbed hold of me, drawing me out of deep water.
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Water » Illustrative » (spilled on the ground,) of death
After all, even though we all die, and we're all like water being spilled on the ground that cannot be recovered, nevertheless God doesn't take away life, but carries out his plans so as not to cast away permanently from him those who are presently estranged.
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Water » Illustrative » (deep,) of the words of the wise of the wise
The words a man says are as deep waters a fountain of wisdom is an overflowing stream.
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Water » Illustrative » (deep,) of counsel in the heart
The intentions of a person's heart are deep waters, but a discerning person reveals them.
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Water » Illustrative » Of persecutors
Then the flood waters would have overwhelmed us, the torrent would have flooded over us; the swollen waters would have swept us away.
Water » Illustrative » (pouring, out of buckets,) of a numerous progeny
He will pour water from his buckets, and his descendants will stream forth like abundant water. His king will be more exalted than Agag when he exalts his own kingdom.
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Water » Illustrative » (its instability,) of a wavering disposition
But you're as undisciplined as a roaring river, so eventually you won't succeed, because you got in your father's bed, defiled it, and then approached my couch."
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Water » Illustrative » (poured out,) of faintness by terror
I am poured out like water; all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax, melting within me.
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Water » Illustrative » Of persecutions
Like waters, they engulf me all day long; they surround me on all sides.
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Water » Illustrative » (still,) of the ordinances of the gospel
He causes me to lie down in pastures of green grass; he guides me beside quiet waters.
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Water » Illustrative » (poured out,) of the wrath of God
The princes of Judah have become like those who move boundary markers: I will pour out my anger on them like water.
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Water » Illustrative » Of the support of God
"Because this people have rejected the gently-flowing waters of Shiloah, and because they keep rejoicing in Rezin and Remaliah's son,
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Weights » Illustrative » (heavy,) of the exceeding glory reserved for saints
This light, temporary nature of our suffering is producing for us an everlasting weight of glory, far beyond any comparison,
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Weights » Illustrative » Of sins
Therefore, having so vast a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, and throwing off everything that hinders us and especially the sin that so easily entangles us, let us keep running with endurance the race set before us,
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Weights » Illustrative » Of the restraints put on the elements
"He imparted weight to the wind; he regulated water by his measurement.
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Wells » Illustrative » Of the holy spirit in saints
But whoever drinks the water that I will give him will never become thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become a well of water for him, springing up to eternal life."
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You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water, streams flowing from Lebanon.
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Wells » Illustrative » Of wisdom and understanding in man
The words a man says are as deep waters a fountain of wisdom is an overflowing stream.
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Anyone who has understanding is a fountain of life, but foolishness brings punishment to fools.
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Wells » Illustrative » Of the mouth of the righteous
What the righteous say is a flowing fountain, but what the wicked say conceals violence.
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Wells » Illustrative » (drinking from one's own,) of enjoyment of domestic happiness
Drink water from your own cistern, and fresh water from your own well.
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Wells » Illustrative » (a fruitful bough by,) of joseph's numerous posterity
"Joseph is descended from a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine planted near springs of water. His branches climb over walls.
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Wells » Illustrative » (without water,) of hypocrites
These men are dried-up springs, mere clouds driven by a storm. Gloomy darkness is reserved for them.
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Wells » Illustrative » Of the ordinances of the church
You will draw water joyfully from the wells of salvation. And you will say at that time:
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Wind » Illustrative » (when destructive,) of the judgments of God
you will be visited by the LORD of the Heavenly Armies with thunder, an earthquake, and great noise, with a windstorm, a tempest, and flames from a devouring fire.
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You'll winnow them, and the wind will lift them up, and a tempest will blow them away. Then you'll rejoice in the LORD, and you'll make your boast in the Holy One of Israel."
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Measure by measure, in their exile you contended with them; with his fierce blast he removed them, as on a day when the east wind blows.
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Wind » Illustrative » Of the operations of the holy spirit
Then he ordered me, "Prophesy to the Spirit, Son of Man. Tell the Spirit, "This is what the Lord GOD says: "Come from the four winds, you Spirit, and breathe into these people who have been killed, so they will live."'"
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The wind blows where it wants to. You hear its sound, but you don't know where it comes from or where it is going. That's the way it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit."
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Suddenly, a sound like the roar of a mighty windstorm came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.
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Wind » Illustrative » (chaff or stubble before,) of the wicked
May they become like a straw, blown away before the wind; like a chaff that's swept off by a storm.
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But this is not the case with the wicked. They are like chaff that the wind blows away.
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Wind » Illustrative » (without rain,) of one who boasts of a false gift
Like clouds and winds without rain is the man who brags about gifts he never gave.
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Wind » Illustrative » Of false doctrines
Then we will no longer be little children, tossed like waves and blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people's trickery, or by clever strategies that would lead us astray.
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Wind » Illustrative » (bringing forth,) of disappointed expectations
We were pregnant, writhing in pain, but we gave birth only to wind. We have not won your victory on earth, nor have the inhabitants of the world been born."
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Wind » Illustrative » Of molten images
See, none of them exist, and their deeds are nothing. Their metal images are only wind and confusion.'"
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Wind » Illustrative » Of iniquity which leads to destruction
All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like a filthy rag; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind, our iniquities sweep us away.
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Wind » Illustrative » (feeding upon,) of vain hopes
"Ephraim feeds on the wind, chasing after the eastern winds, storing up lies and desolation day after day. They are making a contract with the Assyrians, and sending oil to Egypt.
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Wind » Illustrative » Of terrors which pursue the soul
My greatest fears have overcome me; my honor is assaulted as though by a wind storm; my prosperity evaporates like a morning cloud."
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Wind » Illustrative » (sowing,) of a course of sin
"Because they sow the wind, they will reap the wind storm. The plant has no stalk and its bud yields no grain. Even if there's a harvest, foreigners will gobble it up.
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Wind » Illustrative » Of the speeches of the desperate
Did you intend your words to reprove, even though the speech of a desperate person is just wind?
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Wind » Illustrative » Of the life of man
Remember that my life is a breath; my eyes won't go back to seeing good things.
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Wine » Illustrative » Of the wrath and judgments of God
"This is what you're to tell them: "This is what the LORD God of Israel says: "Every wineskin is to be filled with wine."' When they say to you, "Don't we know very well that every wineskin is to be filled with wine?', then say to them, "This is what the LORD says: "I'm about to make all the inhabitants of this land drunk the kings who sit on David's throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the residents of Jerusalem. I'll smash them against each other, even fathers against their sons," declares the LORD. "I'll have no pity, mercy, or compassion when I destroy them."'"
For there is a cup in the hand of the LORD, foaming with well-mixed wine that he will pour out, leaving only the dregs, from which all the wicked of the earth will drink.
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You made your people go through hard times; you had us drink wine that makes us stagger.
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For this is what the LORD God of Israel says to me, "Take this cup of the wine of burning anger from my hand and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it. They'll drink, stagger, and act like madmen because of the sword I'm sending among them." So I took the cup from the LORD's hand, and I made all the nations to whom the LORD sent me drink it: read more.
Jerusalem, the cities of Judah, its kings and officials to make them into a ruin, an object of horror and scorn, and a curse, as it is this day;
Jerusalem, the cities of Judah, its kings and officials to make them into a ruin, an object of horror and scorn, and a curse, as it is this day;
Wine » Illustrative » Of the abominations of the apostacy
For all the nations have drunk from the wine of her sexual immorality, and the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality with her. The world's businesses have become rich from her luxurious excesses."
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The kings of the earth committed sexual immorality with her, and those living on earth became drunk with the wine of her immorality."
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Wine » Illustrative » Of the blessings of the gospel
She has prepared her food, she has spiced her wine, and she also has set her dining table.
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"Come! Eat my food, and drink the wine that I have mixed.
Wine » Illustrative » Of the blood of Christ
Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you, because this is my blood of the new covenant that is being poured out for many people for the forgiveness of sins. I tell all of you I will never again drink the product of the vine until that day when I drink it with you once again in my Father's kingdom."
Wine » Illustrative » Of violence and rapine
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and they drink the wine of violence.
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Wolves » Illustrative » Of wicked rulers
Its national officials are roaring lions; its judges are like wolves of the night that don't leave the bones for the morning.
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""I'm constantly being profaned among them. Her princes within her are like wolves tearing their prey apart. They shed blood, destroying souls, and make unjust gain.
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Wolves » Illustrative » Of fierce enemies
Therefore a lion from the forest will attack them, a wolf from the desert will devastate them. A leopard is watching their towns, and everyone who goes out of them will be torn to pieces. For their transgressions are many, and their apostasies numerous.
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Their horses are swifter than leopards, and more cunning than wolves that attack at night. Their horsemen are galloping as they approach from far away. They swoop in like ravenous vultures.
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Wolves » Illustrative » (taming of,) of the change effected by conversion
"The wolf will live with the lamb; the leopard will lie down with the young goat. The calf and the lion will graze together, and a little child will lead them.
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"The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox; but as for the serpent its food will be dust! They won't harm or destroy on my entire holy mountain," says the LORD.
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Wolves » Illustrative » Of false teachers
"Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are savage wolves.
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I know that when I'm gone, savage wolves will come among you and not spare the flock.
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Wolves » Illustrative » Of the wicked
"Pay attention, now! I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. So be as cunning as serpents and as innocent as doves.
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Get going! See, I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.
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Wolves » Illustrative » Of the tribe of benjamin
"Benjamin is vicious like a wolf; what he kills in the morning he devours in the evening."
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Wolves » Illustrative » Of the devil
The hired worker, who isn't the shepherd and doesn't own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, deserts the sheep, and runs away. So the wolf snatches them and scatters them,
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Woman » Illustrative » (chaste and holy,) of saints
The fragrance of your perfumed oil is wonderful. Your name is perfume poured out. Therefore the young women love you.
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They have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins, and they follow the lamb wherever he goes. They have been redeemed from among humanity as the first fruits for God and the lamb.
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I am jealous of you with God's own jealousy, because I promised you in marriage to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to the Messiah.
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Woman » Illustrative » (gloriously arrayed,) of the church of Christ
In her chamber, the king's daughter is glorious; her clothing is embroidered with gold thread.
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But the heavenly Jerusalem is the free woman, and she is our spiritual mother.
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A spectacular sign appeared in the sky: a woman dressed with the sun, who had the moon under her feet and a victor's crown of twelve stars on her head.
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Woman » Illustrative » (lewd,) of the roman apostacy
The woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth."
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The woman wore purple and scarlet clothes and was adorned with gold, gems, and pearls. In her hand she was holding a gold cup filled with detestable things and the impurities of her immorality.
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Woman » Illustrative » (wise,) of saints
But the wise ones took flasks of oil with their lamps.
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"At that time, the kingdom from heaven will be comparable to ten bridesmaids who took their oil lamps and went out to meet the groom. Now five of them were foolish, and five were wise,
Woman » Illustrative » (at ease and careless,) of a state of carnal security
"As for you ladies of leisure Get up and listen to my voice! You daughters who feel so complacent hear what I have to say!
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So tremble, you ladies of leisure! Shudder, you daughters who feel so complacent! Strip down and make yourselves naked down to the waist! Then wrap yourself in sackcloth and beat your breasts.
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Woman » Illustrative » (foolish,) of mere professors
"At that time, the kingdom from heaven will be comparable to ten bridesmaids who took their oil lamps and went out to meet the groom. Now five of them were foolish, and five were wise, because when the foolish ones took their lamps, they didn't take any oil with them.
Woman » Illustrative » (delicate,) of backsliding israel
I'll destroy the lovely and delicate Daughter of Zion.
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Woman » Illustrative » (forsaken,) of israel in her captivity
For the LORD has called you back like a wife deserted and grieved in spirit, like the wife of a man's youth when she is cast off," says the LORD your God.
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Years » Illustrative » (of visitation,) of severe judgments
Therefore their way will be slippery. They'll be driven out into the darkness, where they'll fall. For I'll bring disaster on them, the year of their judgment," declares the LORD.
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Not one of them will be left, for I'll bring disaster on the men of Anathoth when I punish them."
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Years » Illustrative » (acceptable,) of the dispensation of the gospel
to proclaim the year of the LORD's favor, the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn;
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and to announce the year of the Lord's favor."
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Years » Illustrative » (coming to,) of manhood
By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called a son of Pharaoh's daughter,
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Years » Illustrative » (being full of,) of old age
then passed away, dying at a ripe old age, having lived a full life, and joined his ancestors.
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Years » Illustrative » (of the right hand of the most high,) of prosperity
So I say: "It causes me pain that the right hand of the Most High has changed."
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Years » Illustrative » (of the redeemed,) of redemption by Christ
"For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year for my redeeming work had come.
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Years » Illustrative » (of recompenses,) of judgments
For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for Zion's cause.
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Years » Illustrative » (well stricken in,) of old age
They had no children because Elizabeth was barren and because both of them were getting old.
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