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PARABLES

—MATTHEW 13-10-13  ¹⁰And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? ¹¹And he answered and said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. ¹²For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he hath. ¹³Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

PARDON

—See GRACE

—See MERCY

PARENTS

—See FAMILY

— DEUTERONOMY 6:7  ⁷and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

—PSALM 103:13  ¹³Like as a father pitieth his children, So Jehovah pitieth them that fear him.

—EZEKIEL 18:19-20  ¹⁹Yet say ye, Wherefore doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? when the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live. ²⁰The soul that sinneth, it shall die: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

—1 TIMOTHY 3:4  ⁴one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

—TITUS 1:6  ⁶if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly.

PARTIALITY

—See FAVORITISM

—PSALM 49:16-20  ¹⁶Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, When the glory of his house is increased.  ¹⁷For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; His glory shall not descend after him.  ¹⁸Though while he lived he blessed his soul (And men praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself), ¹⁹he shall go to the generation of his fathers; They shall never see the light.  ²⁰Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, Is like the beasts that perish.

—JAMES 2:1-4  ¹My brethren, hold not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. ²For if there come into your synagogue a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, and there come in also a poor man in vile clothing; ³and ye have regard to him that weareth the fine clothing, and say, Sit thou here in a good place; and ye say to the poor man, Stand thou there, or sit under my footstool; ⁴Do ye not make distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

PASTORS

—See ELDERS

PATIENCE  OF GOD

—GENESIS 6:3  ³And Jehovah said, My spirit shall not strive with man for ever, for that he also is flesh: yet shall his days be a hundred and twenty years.

—DEUTERONOMY 6:16  ¹⁶Ye shall not tempt Jehovah your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.

—2 PETER 3:8-9  ⁸But forget not this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. ⁹The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

PATIENCE OF BELIEVERS

—See COMPLAINING

—See SUFFERING

—See STEADFASTNESS

—PSALM 27:14  ¹⁴Wait for Jehovah:  Be strong, And let thy heart take courage; Yea, wait thou for Jehovah.

—PROVERBS 15:18  A wrathful man stirreth up contention; But he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

—PROVERBS 25:15  ¹⁵By long forbearing is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

—ISAIAH 40:31  ³¹but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.

—ROMANS 8:18-19  ¹⁸For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed to us-ward. ¹⁹For the earnest expectation of the creation waiteth for the revealing of the sons of God.

—PHILIPPIANS 4:5. ⁵Let your forbearance be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.

—1 THESSALONIANS 5:14  ¹⁴And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be longsuffering toward all.

—2 TIMOTHY 2:24  ²⁴And the Lord’s servant must not strive, but be gentle towards all, apt to teach, forbearing,

—2 TIMOTHY 4:2-5  ²preach the word; be urgent in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. ³For the time will come when they will not endure the sound doctrine; but, having itching ears, will heap to themselves teachers after their own lusts; ⁴and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside unto fables. ⁵But be thou sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil thy ministry.

— JAMES 1:2-4  ²Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations; ³Knowing that the proving of your faith worketh patience. ⁴And let patience have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.

—JAMES 5:7-11 ⁷Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receive the early and latter rain. ⁸Be ye also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord is at hand. ⁹Murmur not, brethren, one against another, that ye be not judged: behold, the judge standeth before the doors. ¹⁰Take, brethren, for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spake in the name of the Lord. ¹¹Behold, we call them blessed that endured: ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, how that the Lord is full of pity, and merciful.

—1 PETER 4:12  ¹²Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial among you, which cometh upon you to prove you, as though a strange thing happened unto you:

— REVELATION 3:11  ¹¹I come quickly: hold fast that which thou hast, that no one take thy crown.

PATTERN OF OBEDIENCE

—See OBEDIENCE

—EXODUS 25:40  ⁴⁰And see that thou make them after their pattern, which hath been showed thee in the mount.

—ACTS 7:44  ⁴⁴Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he appointed who spake unto Moses, that he should make it according to the figure that he had seen.

—HEBREWS 8:5  ⁵who serve that which is a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses is warned of God when he is about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern that was showed thee in the mount.

— ROMANS 6:17  ¹⁷But thanks be to God, that, whereas ye were servants of sin, ye became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching whereunto ye were delivered;

— 2 TIMOTHY 1:13  ¹³Hold the pattern of sound words which thou hast heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

PEACE

—JOHN 14:27. ²⁷Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

—PHILIPPIANS 4:7  ⁷And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

PEER-PRESSURE

—See MAJORITY RULE

—JOHN 12:42-43  ⁴²Nevertheless even of the rulers many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess it, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: ⁴³for they loved the glory that is of men more than the glory that is of God.

PERCEPTION

—1 SAMUEL 16:7  ⁷But Jehovah said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for Jehovah seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but Jehovah looketh on the heart.

PERFECTION

—JAMES 1:4  ⁴And let patience have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.

PERSECUTION

—See PATIENCE

—See SUFFERING

—See REVENGE

—MATTHEW 5:38-41  ³⁸Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: ³⁹but I say unto you, resist not him that is evil: but whosoever smiteth thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. ⁴⁰And if any man would go to law with thee, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. ⁴¹And whosoever shall compel thee to go one mile, go with him two.

—ACTS 5:41  ⁴¹They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the Name.

—ACTS 12:1-5   ¹Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. ²And he killed JAMES the brother of John with the sword. ³And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. Then were the days of unleavened bread. ⁴And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.  ⁵Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.

—2 CORINTHIANS 1:5-9  ⁵For as the sufferings of Christ abound unto us, even so our comfort also aboundeth through Christ. ⁶But whether we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; or whether we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which worketh in the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: ⁷and our hope for you is stedfast; knowing that, as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so also are ye of the comfort. ⁸For we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning our affliction which befell us in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, insomuch that we despaired even of life: ⁹yea, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead:

—2 TIMOTHY 3:12  ¹²Yea, and all that would live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

—1 PETER 2:19-23  ¹⁹For this is acceptable, if for conscience toward God a man endureth griefs, suffering wrongfully. ²⁰For what glory is it, if, when ye sin, and are buffeted for it, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye shall take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. ²¹For hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow his steps: ²²who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: ²³who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:

PERSEVERANCE

—See PATIENCE

—See PERSECUTION

—See PERSISTENCE

—See REVENGE

—See SUFFERING

—ROMANS 5:3-4  ³And not only so, but we also rejoice in our tribulations: knowing that tribulation worketh stedfastness; ⁴and stedfastness, approvedness; and approvedness, hope:

—1 CORINTHIANS 9:24-27. ²⁴Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain. ²⁵And every man that striveth in the games exerciseth self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. ²⁶I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air: ²⁷but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

—1 CORINTHIANS 16:13  ¹³Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

—HEBREWS 4:11  ¹¹Let us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, that no man fall after the same example of disobedience.

—1 PETER 2:18-19  ¹⁸Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. ¹⁹For this is acceptable, if for conscience toward God a man endureth griefs, suffering wrongfully.

PERSISTENCE

—See PATIENCE

—See PERSECUTION

—See PERSEVERANCE

—See REVENGE

—See SUFFERING

—MATTHEW 15:18. ²⁸Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it done unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was healed from that hour.

—LUKE 18:1-8  ¹And he spake a parable unto them to the end that they ought always to pray, and not to faint; ²saying, There was in a city a judge, who feared not God, and regarded not man: ³and there was a widow in that city; and she came oft unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. ⁴And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; ⁵yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest she wear me out by her continual coming. ⁶And the Lord said, Hear what the unrighteous judge saith. ⁷And shall not God avenge his elect, that cry to him day and night, and yet he is longsuffering over them? ⁸I say unto you, that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

PERSONALITY

—See WORLDLINESS

—1 CORINTHIANS 2:14-16  ¹⁴Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged. ¹⁵But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, and he himself is judged of no man. ¹⁶For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

PHILOSOPHY

—See EMPTY WORDS

— 2 CORINTHIANS 10:5  ⁵casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

PILGRIM

—see ALIEN

PLEASURE OF GOD

—JOHN 8:29  ²⁹And he that sent me is with me; he hath not left me alone; for I do always the things that are pleasing to him.

—1 THESSALONIANS 2:4  ⁴but even as we have been approved of God to be intrusted with the gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God who proveth our hearts.

POLITICS

—PSALM 2:1-3  ¹Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers: ²But his delight is in the law of Jehovah; And on his law doth he meditate day and night.  ³And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water, That bringeth forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also doth not wither; And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

POOR

—See WEALTH

—MATTHEW 11:5  ⁵the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good tidings preached to them.

—JAMES 1:9-10  ⁹But let the brother of low degree glory in his high estate: ¹⁰and the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

PORNOGRAPHY

—See SEXUAL IMMORALITY

—HEBREWS 12:16  ¹⁶lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one mess of meat sold his own birthright.

PRACTICAL JOKES

—PROVERBS 26:18-19  ¹⁸As a madman who casteth firebrands, Arrows, and death, ¹⁹So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, And saith, Am not I in sport?

PRACTICING

—PHILIPPIANS 4:9  ⁹The things which ye both learned and received and heard and saw in me, these things do: and the God of peace shall be with you.

PRAISE

—ACTS 2:47  ⁴⁷praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to them day by day those that were saved.

—ROMANS 2:29  ²⁹but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

PRAYER

—See Appendix PRAYER

—See MEDIATION

—DEUTERONOMY 4:7.  ⁷For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?

—2 CHRONICLES 7:14 ¹⁴if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

—JOB 42:8  ⁸Now therefore, take unto you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt-offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you; for him will I accept, that I deal not with you after your folly; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

—PSALM 32:6  ⁶For this let every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found:  Surely when the great waters overflow they shall not reach unto him.

—PSALM 145:18. ¹⁸Jehovah is nigh unto all them that call upon him, To all that call upon him in truth.

—PROVERBS 1:28-33  ²⁸Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me: ²⁹For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah: ³⁰They would none of my counsel; They despised all my reproof.  ³¹Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices.  ³²For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.  ³³But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely, And shall be quiet without fear of evil.

—PROVERBS 28:9  ⁹He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination.

—JEREMIAH 42:2-4  ²and said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we pray thee, our supplication be presented before thee, and pray for us unto Jehovah thy God, even for all this remnant; for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us: ³that Jehovah thy God may show us the way wherein we should walk, and the thing that we should do. ⁴Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray unto Jehovah your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass that whatsoever thing Jehovah shall answer you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back from you.

— EZEKIEL 20:3  ³Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Is it to inquire of me that ye are come? As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will not be inquired of by you.

—MATTHEW 6:5-13  ⁵And when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypocrites: for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward. ⁶But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thine inner chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee. ⁷And in praying use not vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. ⁸Be not therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. ⁹After this manner therefore pray ye. Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. ¹⁰Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth. ¹¹Give us this day our daily bread. ¹²And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. ¹³And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

—MATTHEW 7:11  ¹¹If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

—MATTHEW 15:8-9  ⁸This people honoreth me with their lips; But their heart is far from me.  ⁹But in vain do they worship me, Teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men.

—LUKE 18:1-8  ¹And he spake a parable unto them to the end that they ought always to pray, and not to faint; ²saying, There was in a city a judge, who feared not God, and regarded not man: ³and there was a widow in that city; and she came oft unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. ⁴And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; ⁵yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest she wear me out by her continual coming. ⁶And the Lord said, Hear what the unrighteous judge saith. ⁷And shall not God avenge his elect, that cry to him day and night, and yet he is longsuffering over them? ⁸I say unto you, that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

—LUKE 18:11-13  ¹¹The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. ¹²I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I get. ¹³But the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote his breast, saying, God, be thou merciful to me a sinner.

—JOHN 15:7  ⁷If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

—JOHN 14:13-14. ¹³And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. ¹⁴If ye shall ask anything in my name, that will I do. ¹⁵If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.

—ACTS 6:4  ⁴But we will continue stedfastly in prayer, and in the ministry of the word.

—ACTS 12:5-16  ⁵Peter therefore was kept in the prison: but prayer was made earnestly of the church unto God for him. ⁶And when Herod was about to bring him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and guards before the door kept the prison. ⁷And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shined in the cell: and he smote Peter on the side, and awoke him, saying, Rise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands. ⁸And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And he did so. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me. ⁹And he went out, and followed; and he knew not that it was true which was done by the angel, but thought he saw a vision. ¹⁰And when they were past the first and the second guard, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth into the city; which opened to them of its own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and straightway the angel departed from him. ¹¹And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a truth, that the Lord hath sent forth his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews. ¹²And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together and were praying. ¹³And when he knocked at the door of the gate, a maid came to answer, named Rhoda. ¹⁴And when she knew Peter’s voice, she opened not the gate for joy, but ran in, and told that Peter stood before the gate. ¹⁵And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she confidently affirmed that it was even so. And they said, It is his angel. ¹⁶But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened, they saw him, and were amazed.

—ACTS 16:25  ²⁵But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns unto God, and the prisoners were listening to them;

—ACTS 22:16  ¹⁶And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on his name.

— 1 CORINTHIANS 14:15 ¹⁵What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.

—EPHESIANS 6:18  ¹⁸with all prayer and supplication praying at all seasons in the Spirit, and watching thereunto in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,

—PHILIPPIANS 1:19 ¹⁹For I know that this shall turn out to my salvation, through your supplication and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

—PHILIPPIANS 4:6-7  ⁶In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. ⁷And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

—1 THESSALONIANS 5:17-18  ¹⁷pray without ceasing; ¹⁸in everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus to you-ward.

—1 THESSALONIANS 5:25  ²⁵Brethren, pray for us.

—1 TIMOTHY 2:1-8  ¹I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men; ²for kings and all that are in high place; that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and gravity. ³This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; ⁴who would have all men to be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth. ⁵For there is one God, one mediator also between God and men, himself man, Christ Jesus, ⁶who gave himself a ransom for all; the testimony to be borne in its own times; ⁷whereunto I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I speak the truth, I lie not), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.  ⁸I desire therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and disputing.

—JAMES 1:5-8  ⁵But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. ⁶But let him ask in faith, nothing doubting: for he that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and tossed. ⁷For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord; ⁸a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways.

—JAMES 4:3  ³Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend it in your pleasures.

—JAMES 5:13-18  ¹³Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praise. ¹⁴Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: ¹⁵and the prayer of faith shall save him that is sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, it shall be forgiven him. ¹⁶Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working. ¹⁷Elijah was a man of like passions with us, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain; and it rained not on the earth for three years and six months. ¹⁸And he prayed again; and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

—1 PETER 3:7  ⁷Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.

—1 PETER 4:7  ⁷But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore of sound mind, and be sober unto prayer:

—1 JOHN 5:14-16  ¹⁴And this is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us: ¹⁵and if we know that he heareth us whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him. ¹⁶If any man see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: not concerning this do I say that he should make request.

—JUDE 1:20  ²⁰But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,

PREACHING

—See TEACHING

—See WORSHIP

—ACTS 20:7  ⁷And upon the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul discoursed with them, intending to depart on the morrow; and prolonged his speech until midnight.

—1 CORINTHIANS 1:21  ²¹For seeing that in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom knew not God, it was God’s good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save them that believe.

—EPHESIANS 4:15  ¹⁵but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, even Christ;

—2 TIMOTHY 4:1-5  ¹I charge thee in the sight of God, and of Christ Jesus, who shall judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: ²preach the word; be urgent in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. ³For the time will come when they will not endure the sound doctrine; but, having itching ears, will heap to themselves teachers after their own lusts; ⁴and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside unto fables. ⁵But be thou sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil thy ministry.

PREEMINENCE OF GOD

—ISAIAH 55:8-9 ⁸For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah. ⁹For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

PREPAREDNESS

—See PROCRASTINATION

—PROVERBS 6:6-11  ⁶Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise: ⁷Which having no chief, Overseer, or ruler, ⁸Provideth her bread in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest.  ⁹How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard?  When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?  ¹⁰Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep: ¹¹So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

—PROVERBS 30:25  ²⁵The ants are a people not strong, Yet they provide their food in the summer;

—MATTHEW 25:10  ¹⁰And while they went away to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage feast: and the door was shut.

—JOHN 9:4  ⁴We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

—EPHESIANS 6:11-17  ¹¹Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. ¹²For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. ¹³Wherefore take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand. ¹⁴Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, ¹⁵and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; ¹⁶withal taking up the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one. ¹⁷And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

—TITUS 3:1  ¹Put them in mind to be in subjection to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready unto every good work,

—1 PETER 1:13  ¹³Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

PREJUDICE

—see BIGOTRY

—JAMES 2:4-9   ⁴Do ye not make distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts? ⁵Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him? ⁶But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats? ⁷Do not they blaspheme the honorable name by which ye are called? ⁸Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well: ⁹but if ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.

PRESUMPTUOUSNESS

—GENESIS 3:6. ⁶And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; and she gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat.

—1 SAMUEL 13:8-14. ⁸And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him. ⁹And Saul said, Bring hither the burnt-offering to me, and the peace-offerings. And he offered the burnt-offering. ¹⁰And it came to pass that, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt-offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him. ¹¹And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines assembled themselves together at Michmash; ¹²therefore said I, Now will the Philistines come down upon me to Gilgal, and I have not entreated the favor of Jehovah: I forced myself therefore, and offered the burnt-offering. ¹³And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly; thou hast not kept the commandment of Jehovah thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would Jehovah have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever. ¹⁴But now thy kingdom shall not continue: Jehovah hath sought him a man after his own heart, and Jehovah hath appointed him to be prince over his people, because thou hast not kept that which Jehovah commanded thee.

—2 SAMUEL 4:11. ¹¹How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed, shall I not now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

—PSALM 19:13  ¹³Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; Let them not have dominion over me:  Then shall I be upright, And I shall be clear from great transgression.

—PROVERBS 13:10  By pride cometh only contention; But with the well-advised is wisdom.

—JOB 42:3-6  ³Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge?  Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.  ⁴Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.  ⁵I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; But now mine eye seeth thee:  ⁶Wherefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes.

—1 CORINTHIANS 6:9. ⁹Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men,

PRIDE

—See ARROGANCE

—PROVERBS 8:12-13  ¹²I wisdom have made prudence my dwelling, And find out knowledge and discretion.  ¹³The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil:  Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate.

—PROVERBS 29:23  ²³A man’s pride shall bring him low; But he that is of a lowly spirit shall obtain honor.

— 1 TIMOTHY 6:3-4  ³If any man teacheth a different doctrine, and consenteth not to sound words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; ⁴he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but doting about questionings and disputes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,

PRIEST

—see PRIESTHOOD

—ROMANS 15:16. ¹⁶that I should be a minister of Christ Jesus unto the gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the gentiles might be made acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

—REVELATION 1:6  ⁶and he made us to be a kingdom, to be priests unto his God and Father; to him be the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

—REVELATION 5:9-10  ⁹And they sing a new song, saying, Worthy art thou to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou was slain, and didst purchase unto God with thy blood men of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation, ¹⁰and madest them to be unto our God a kingdom and priests; and they reign upon earth.

PRIESTHOOD

—see PRIEST

—ROMANS 12:1  ¹I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

—1 PETER 2:5  ⁵ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

—1 PETER 2:9  ⁹But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

—REVELATION 5:9-10  ⁹And they sing a new song, saying, Worthy art thou to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou was slain, and didst purchase unto God with thy blood men of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation, ¹⁰and madest them to be unto our God a kingdom and priests; and they reign upon earth.

PRIORITIES

—See COMMITMENT

—See SELFISHNESS

—ECCLESIASTES 12:13-14  ¹³This is the end of the matter; all hath been heard: fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man. ¹⁴For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

—HOSEA 6:6  ⁶For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.

—MATTHEW 6:19-22 ¹⁹Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal: ²⁰but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: ²¹for where thy treasure is, there will thy heart be also. ²²The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

—MATTHEW 6:33. ³³But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

—MATTHEW 13:44-46  ⁴⁴The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in the field; which a man found, and hid; and in his joy he goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.  ⁴⁵Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a merchant seeking goodly pearls: ⁴⁶and having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

—MARK 8:35-37  ³⁵For whosoever would save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s shall save it. ³⁶For what doth it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? ³⁷For what should a man give in exchange for his life?

—MARK 10:22  ²²But his countenance fell at the saying, and he went away sorrowful: for he was one that had great possessions.

—LUKE 12:20-21  ²⁰But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be? ²¹So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

—LUKE 14:26-27  ²⁶If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. ²⁷Whosoever doth not bear his own cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

—LUKE 15:4-10  ⁴What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? ⁵And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. ⁶And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and his neighbors, saying unto them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost. ⁷I say unto you, that even so there shall be joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine righteous persons, who need no repentance.  ⁸Or what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek diligently until she find it? ⁹And when she hath found it, she calleth together her friends and neighbors, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I had lost. ¹⁰Even so, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

—ACTS 5:29  ²⁹But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.

—ROMANS 15:1-3  ¹Now we that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. ²Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, unto edifying. ³For Christ also pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell upon me.

—1 CORINTHIANS 7:4-5  ⁴The wife hath not power over her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power over his own body, but the wife. ⁵Defraud ye not one the other, except it be by consent for a season, that ye may give yourselves unto prayer, and may be together again, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.

—2 CORINTHIANS 8:1-5  ¹Moreover, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God which hath been given in the churches of Macedonia; ²how that in much proof of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. ³For according to their power, I bear witness, yea and beyond their power, they gave of their own accord, ⁴beseeching us with much entreaty in regard of this grace and the fellowship in the ministering to the saints: ⁵and this, not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.

PROCRASTINATION

—See INDUSTRIOUSNESS

—See PREPAREDNESS

—PROVERBS 27:1  ¹Boast not thyself of tomorrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

PROFANE

—HEBREWS 12:16  16lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one mess of meat sold his own birthright.

PROFANITY

—See SANCTIFICATION

— EZEKIEL 20:12-14  ¹²Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Jehovah that sanctifieth them. ¹³But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they rejected mine ordinances, which if a man keep, he shall live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly profaned. Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness, to consume them. ¹⁴But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.

—EZEKIEL 22:26  ²⁶Her priests have done violence to my law, and have profaned my holy things: they have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they caused men to discern between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

—ROMANS 2:4  ⁴Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? ⁵but after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up for thyself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; ⁶who will render to every man according to his works:

—1 CORINTHIANS 11:22  ²²What, have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and put them to shame that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you? In this I praise you not.

—HEBREWS 6:4-8  ⁴For as touching those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit, ⁵and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come, ⁶and then fell away, it is impossible to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. ⁷For the land which hath drunk the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receiveth blessing from God: ⁸but if it beareth thorns and thistles, it is rejected and nigh unto a curse; whose end is to be burned.

PROMISE

—1 KINGS 8:56  ⁵⁶Blessed be Jehovah, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by Moses his servant.

— 1 SAMUEL 20:14-17  ¹⁴And thou shalt not only while yet I live show me the lovingkindness of Jehovah, that I die not; ¹⁵but also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever; no, not when Jehovah hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth. ¹⁶So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, And Jehovah will require it at the hand of David’s enemies.  ¹⁷And Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had to him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

—MATTHEW 28:6  ⁶he is not here; for he is risen, even as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

—ACTS 7:5  ⁵and he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: and he promised that he would give it to him in possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

—ACTS 7:17  ¹⁷But as the time of the promise drew nigh which God vouchsafed unto Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

—ROMANS 4:20-22  ²⁰yet, looking unto the promise of God, he wavered not through unbelief, but waxed strong through faith, giving glory to God, ²¹and being fully assured that what he had promised, he was able also to perform. ²²Wherefore also it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.

—GALATIANS 3:16  ¹⁶Now to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

—GALATIANS 3:29  ²⁹And if ye are Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, heirs according to promise.

—HEBREWS 6:13-18  ¹³For when God made promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he sware by himself, ¹⁴saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. ¹⁵And thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise. ¹⁶For men swear by the greater: and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation. ¹⁷Wherein God, being minded to show more abundantly unto the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath; ¹⁸that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us:

—2 PETER 1:4  ⁴whereby he hath granted unto us his precious and exceeding great promises; that through these ye may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in that world by lust.

—2 PETER 3:9  ⁹The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

PROPHECY

—See ETERNAL PURPOSE

—See INSPIRATION

—See WORD OF GOD

—HEBREWS 1:1-2  ¹God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners, ²hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds;

—2 PETER 1:20-21  ²⁰who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was manifested at the end of times for your sake, ²¹who through him are believers in God, that raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.

PROPHET

—DEUTERONOMY 18:15-22 ¹⁵Jehovah thy God will raise up unto thee a prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken; ¹⁶according to all that thou desiredst of Jehovah thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of Jehovah my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not. ¹⁷And Jehovah said unto me, They have well said that which they have spoken. ¹⁸I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. ¹⁹And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.  ²⁰But the prophet, that shall speak a word presumptuously in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die. ²¹And if thou say in thy heart, How shall we know the word which Jehovah hath not spoken? ²²when a prophet speaketh in the name of Jehovah, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which Jehovah hath not spoken: the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously, thou shalt not be afraid of him.

—1 SAMUEL 9:9  ⁹(Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he said, Come, and let us go to the seer; for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)

—1 KINGS 22:28. ²⁸And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, Jehovah hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hear, ye peoples, all of you.

—ISAIAH 30:9-11  ⁹For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of Jehovah; ¹⁰that say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits, ¹¹get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.

—JEREMIAH 1:4-5  ⁴Now the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, ⁵Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.

—ACTS 7:51-53  ⁵¹Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do ye. ⁵²Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed them that showed before of the coming of the Righteous One; of whom ye have now become betrayers and murderers; ⁵³ye who received the law as it was ordained by angels, and kept it not.

—1 CORINTHIANS 13:8 ⁸Love never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall be done away; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall be done away.

—1 PETER 1:10-12 ¹⁰Concerning which salvation the prophets sought and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: ¹¹searching what time or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did point unto, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that should follow them. ¹²To whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto you, did they minister these things, which now have been announced unto you through them that preached the gospel unto you by the Holy Spirit sent forth from heaven; which things angel desire to look into.

—2 PETER 1:19-21 ¹⁹And we have the word of prophecy made more sure; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts: ²⁰knowing this first, that no prophecy of scripture is of private interpretation. ²¹For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but men spake from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.

PROPITIATION

—See SUBSTITUTION

—EXODUS 28:38  ³⁸And it shall be upon Aaron’s forehead, and Aaron shall bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before Jehovah.

—ISAIAH 53:4-6  4Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. 6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and Jehovah hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

—ISAIAH 53:10-12  10Yet it pleased Jehovah to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand. 11He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by the knowledge of himself shall my righteous servant justify many; and he shall bear their iniquities. 12Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his soul unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors: yet he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

—LUKE 24:26  ²⁶Behooved it not the Christ to suffer these things, and to enter into his glory?

—1 PETER 2:24  ²⁴who his own self bare our sins in his body upon the tree, that we, having died unto sins, might live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed.

—HEBREWS 9:28  ²⁸so Christ also, having been once offered to bear the sins of many, shall appear a second time, apart from sin, to them that wait for him, unto salvation. 

PROSPERITY

—PSALM 37:7-8  ⁷Rest in Jehovah, and wait patiently for him:  Fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, Because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.  ⁸Cease from anger, and forsake wrath:  Fret not thyself, it tendeth only to evil-doing.

—ISAIAH 2:7  ⁷And their land is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land also is full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots.

PROTECTION

—PSALM 62:2. ²he only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.

 PROVIDENCE

—See DELIVERANCE

—See FAITH

—See FEAR

—See PROVISION

—GENESIS 41:25 ²⁵And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: what God is about to do he hath declared unto Pharaoh.

—GENESIS 50:20  ²⁰And as for you, ye meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

—EXODUS 9:16 ¹⁶but in very deed for this cause have I made thee to stand, to show thee my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.

—EXODUS 13:21-22.  ²¹And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: ²²he took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.

—EXODUS 14:13-14  ¹³And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of Jehovah, which he will work for you to-day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to-day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. ¹⁴Jehovah will fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

—JOSHUA11:20. ²⁰For it was of Jehovah to harden their hearts, to come against Israel in battle, that he might utterly destroy them, that they might have no favor, but that he might destroy them, as Jehovah commanded Moses.

—JUDGES 14:4. ⁴But his father and his mother knew not that it was of Jehovah; for he sought an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines had rule over Israel.

—1 SAMUEL 16:16-19. ¹⁶Let our lord now command thy servants, that are before thee, to seek out a man who is a skilful player on the harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well. ¹⁷And Saul said unto his servants, provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me. ¹⁸Then answered one of the young men, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is skilful in playing, and a mighty man of valor, and a man of war, and prudent in speech, and a comely person; and Jehovah is with him. ¹⁹Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, who is with the sheep.

—1 SAMUEL 29:3-11.  ³Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who hath been with me these days, or rather these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell away unto me unto this day? ⁴But he princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make the man return, that he may go back to his place where thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us: for wherewith should this fellow reconcile himself unto his lord? should it not be with the heads of these men? ⁵Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands?  ⁶Then Achish called David, and said unto him, As Jehovah liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight; for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favor thee not. ⁷Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines. ⁸And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been before thee unto this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king? ⁹And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, he shall not go up with us to the battle. ¹⁰Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with the servants of thy lord that are come with thee; and as soon as ye are up early in the morning, and have light, depart. ¹¹So David rose up early, he and his men, to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.

—2 SAMUEL 5:24. ²⁴And it shall be, when thou hearest the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry-trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself; for then is Jehovah gone out before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.

—2 SAMUEL 17:14. ¹⁴And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For Jehovah had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Jehovah might bring evil upon Absalom.

—2 SAMUEL 24:1. ¹And again the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and, saying, Go, number Israel and Judah.

—1 KINGS 22:20. ²⁰And Jehovah said, Who shall entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said on this manner; and another said on that manner.

—2 KINGS 6:16-17. ¹⁶And he answered, Fear not; for they that are with us are more than they that are with them. ¹⁷And Elisha prayed, and said, Jehovah, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And Jehovah opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.

—2 KINGS 18:7. ⁷And Jehovah was with him; whithersoever he went forth he prospered: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.

—2 KINGS 19:35. ³⁵And it came to pass that night, that the angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.

—ESTHER 4:14. ¹⁴For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then will relief and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place, but thou and thy father’s house will perish: and who knoweth whether thou art not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

—JOB 42:2  I know that thou canst do all things, And that no purpose of thine can be restrained.

—PSALM 1:3  3And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water, That bringeth forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also doth not wither; And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

—PSALM 22:9-10  ⁹But thou art he that took me out of the womb; Thou didst make me trust when I was upon my mother’s breasts.  ¹⁰I was cast upon thee from the womb; Thou art my God since my mother bare me.

—PSALM 37:25  ²⁵I have been young, and now am old; Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his seed begging bread.

—PSALM 40:5  ⁵Many, O Jehovah my God, are the wonderful works which thou hast done, And thy thoughts which are to us-ward; They cannot be set in order unto thee; If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered.

—PSALM 46:1-3  ¹God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.  ²Therefore will we not fear, though the earth do change, And though the mountains be shaken into the heart of the seas; ³Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, Though the mountains tremble with the swelling thereof.

—PSALM 57:2  ²I will cry unto God Most High, Unto God that performeth all things for me.

—PSALM 105:8-15  ⁸he hath remembered his covenant for ever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations, ⁹The covenant which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac, ¹⁰And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant, ¹¹Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan,          The lot of your inheritance; ¹²When they were but a few men in number, Yea, very few, and sojourners in it.  ¹³And they went about from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people.  ¹⁴he suffered no man to do them wrong; Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes, ¹⁵Saying, Touch not mine anointed ones, And do my prophets no harm.

—ECCLESIASTES 9:1  ¹For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them.

—HAGGAI 1:5-11  ⁵Now therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider your ways. ⁶Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.  ⁷Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider your ways. ⁸Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith Jehovah. ⁹Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith Jehovah of hosts. Because of my house that lieth waste, while ye run every man to his own house. ¹⁰Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholdeth its fruit. ¹¹And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the grain, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labor of the hands.

—MATTHEW 7:7-11  ⁷Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: ⁸for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. ⁹Or what man is there of you, who, if his son shall ask him for a loaf, will give him a stone; ¹⁰or if he shall ask for a fish, will give him a serpent? ¹¹If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

—MATTHEW 16:23 ²³But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art a stumbling-block unto me: for thou mindest not the things of God, but the things of men.

—ROMANS 8:28. ²⁸And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.

—1 CORINTHIANS 15:10  10But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not found vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

—PHILIPPIANS 1:12. ¹²Now I would have you know, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the progress of the gospel;

—1 TIMOTHY 1:15-16  ¹⁵Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief: ¹⁶howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me as chief might Jesus Christ show forth all his longsuffering, for an ensample of them that should thereafter believe on him unto eternal life.

—JAMES 5:16  ¹⁶Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.

 PROVISION

—See PROVIDENCE

—PSALM 65:9-13  ⁹Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it, Thou greatly enrichest it; The river of God is full of water:  Thou providest them grain, when thou hast so prepared the earth.  ¹⁰Thou waterest its furrows abundantly; Thou settlest the ridges thereof:  Thou makest it soft with showers; Thou blessest the springing thereof.  ¹¹Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; And thy paths drop fatness.  ¹²They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness; And the hills are girded with joy.  ¹³The pastures are clothed with flocks; The valleys also are covered over with grain; They shout for joy, they also sing.

—ECCLESIASTES 11:2-6. ²Give a portion to seven, yea, even unto eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. ³If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if a tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there shall it be. ⁴he that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. ⁵As thou knowest not what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child; even so thou knowest not the work of God who doeth all. ⁶In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

 PURITY

—See BAPTISM

—See BLOOD

—See IMPURITY

—See SANCTIFICATION

—See WORTHINESS

—PSALM 24:3  3Who shall ascend into the hill of Jehovah? And who shall stand in his holy place?  4He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; Who hath not lifted up his soul unto falsehood, And hath not sworn deceitfully.

—PSALM 119:9  ⁹Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way?  By taking heed thereto according to thy word.

—1 TIMOTHY 5:22  22Lay hands hastily on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.

—TITUS 2:14  14who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works.

—JAMES 1:27  27Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

—1 JOHN 1:7  ⁷but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

—1 JOHN 3:3  ³And every one that hath this hope set on him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

—REVELATION 1:5  5and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loveth us, and loosed us from our sins by his blood;

—REVELATION 3:4-5  ⁴But thou hast a few names in Sardis that did not defile their garments: and they shall walk with me in white; for they are worthy. ⁵he that overcometh shall thus be arrayed in white garments; and I will in no wise blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

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QUARRELS

—See CONFLICT

—JAMES 4:1-2  ¹Whence come wars and whence come fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your pleasures that war in your members? ²Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and covet, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; ye have not, because ye ask not.

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RACISM

—GALATIANS 3:28  ²⁸There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one man in Christ Jesus.

 RANSOM

—EXODUS 30:12  ¹²When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel, according to those that are numbered of them, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto Jehovah, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.

 RASHNESS

—PSALM 106:32-33  ³²They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, So that it went ill with Moses for their sakes; ³³Because they were rebellious against his spirit, And he spake unadvisedly with his lips.

 READINESS

—MATTHEW 25:10-13  ¹⁰And while they went away to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage feast: and the door was shut. ¹¹Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. ¹²But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. ¹³Watch therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour..

—MARK 13:31-37  ³¹Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. ³²But of that day or that hour knoweth no one, not even the angels in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.  ³³Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. ³⁴It is as when a man, sojourning in another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, to each one his work, commanded also the porter to watch. ³⁵Watch therefore: for ye know not when the lord of the house cometh, whether at even, or at midnight, or at cockcrowing, or in the morning; ³⁶lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. ³⁷And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

—1 CORINTHIANS 16:13. ¹³Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

—1 THESSALONIANS 5:1-7  ¹But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that aught be written unto you. ²For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. ³When they are saying, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall in no wise escape. ⁴But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief: ⁵for ye are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness; ⁶so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober. ⁷For they that sleep sleep in the night: and they that are drunken are drunken in the night.

—2 TIMOTHY 4:2  ²preach the word; be urgent in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.

 REBELLION

—DEUTERONOMY 21:18-21 ¹⁸If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them; ¹⁹then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; ²⁰and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. ²¹And all the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

—DEUTERONOMY 29:19-21. ¹⁹and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to destroy the moist with the dry. ²⁰Jehovah will not pardon him, but then the anger of Jehovah and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lie upon him, and Jehovah will blot out his name from under heaven. ²¹And Jehovah will set him apart unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that is written in this book of the law.

— 1 SAMUEL 2:25  ²⁵If one man sin against another, God shall judge him; but if a man sin against Jehovah, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding, they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because Jehovah was minded to slay them.

—1 SAMUEL 3:14. ¹⁴And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be expiated with sacrifice nor offering for ever.

—1 SAMUEL 15:23  ²³For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

— ECCLESIASTES 7:29  ²⁹Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

— ISAIAH 1:5  ⁵Why will ye be still stricken, that ye revolt more and more? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

—JEREMIAH 6:16  ¹⁶Thus saith Jehovah, Stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way; and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls: but they said, We will not walk therein.

—JEREMIAH 44:16. ¹⁶As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of Jehovah, we will not hearken unto thee.

—EZEKIEL 20:21  ²¹But the children rebelled against me; they walked not in my statutes, neither kept mine ordinances to do them, which if a man do, he shall live in them; they profaned my sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.

—HEBREWS 10:26-27  ²⁶For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more a sacrifice for sins, ²⁷but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of fire which shall devour the adversaries.

 REBIRTH

—See BORN AGAIN

—1 CORINTHIANS 15:40-50  ⁴⁰There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. ⁴¹There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory. ⁴²So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: ⁴³it is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: ⁴⁴it is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. ⁴⁵So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. ⁴⁶Howbeit that is not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; then that whic