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SACRED

—See HOLY

—See SANCTIFIED

—EXODUS 30:25  ²⁵And thou shalt make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.

—EXODUS 30:32-33  ³²Upon the flesh of man shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any like it, according to the composition thereof: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you. ³³Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.

—EXODUS 30:37-38  ³⁷And the incense which thou shalt make, according to the composition thereof ye shall not make for yourselves: it shall be unto thee holy for Jehovah. ³⁸Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereof, he shall be cut off from his people.

SACRIFICE of Christ

—See LORD’S SUPPER

—See REDEMPTION

—JOHN 3:16-17 ¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. ¹⁷For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him.

—ROMANS 5:6-8  6For while we were yet weak, in due season Christ died for the ungodly. 7For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: for peradventure for the good man some one would even dare to die. 8But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 9Much more then, being now justified by his blood, shall we be saved from the wrath of God through him. 10For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, shall we be saved by his life; 11and not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

—GALATIANS 1:4   ⁴who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil world, according to the will of our God and Father:

—GALATIANS 2:20   ²⁰I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

—EPHESIANS 5:2  ²and walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a sweet smell.

—1 TIMOTHY 2:6  ⁶who gave himself a ransom for all; the testimony to be borne in its own times;

—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.

—HEBREWS 2:9-10  ⁹But we behold him who hath been made a little lower than the angels, even Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God he should taste of death for every man. ¹⁰For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

—HEBREWS 10:5-14  ⁵Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, But a body didst thou prepare for me; ⁶In whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hadst no pleasure: ⁷Then said I, Lo, I am come (In the roll of the book it is written of me) To do thy will, O God.  ⁸Saying above, Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein (the which are offered according to the law), ⁹then hath he said, Lo, I am come to do thy will. he taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. ¹⁰By which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. ¹¹And every priest indeed standeth day by day ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, the which can never take away sins: ¹²but he, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; ¹³henceforth expecting till his enemies be made the footstool of his feet. ¹⁴For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.

—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.

—REVELATION 5:6  ⁶And I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, having seven horns, and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent forth into all the earth.

SACRIFICE New Testament

—HEBREWS 13:15-16  ¹⁵Through him then let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which make confession to his name. ¹⁶But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

—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 JOHN 3:16-17 ¹⁶Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. ¹⁷But whoso hath the world’s goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?

SACRIFICE Personal

—See COMMITMENT

—See CONTRIBUTION

—See DEMANDS

—See GENEROSITY

—See GIVING

—See SERVANT, SERVICE

—See PRIORITIES

—See WORTHINESS

—2 SAMUEL 24:24  ²⁴And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will verily buy it of thee at a price. Neither will I offer burnt-offerings unto Jehovah my God which cost me nothing. So David bought the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

—MATTHEW 19:29  ²⁹And every one that hath left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life.

—MARK 12:43-44  ⁴³And he called unto him his disciples, and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, This poor widow cast in more than all they that are casting into the treasury: ⁴⁴for they all did cast in of their superfluity; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.

—MARK 14:3-9  3And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster cruse of ointment of pure nard very costly; and she brake the cruse, and poured it over his head. 4But there were some that had indignation among themselves, saying, To what purpose hath this waste of the ointment been made? 5For this ointment might have been sold for above three hundred shillings, and given to the poor. And they murmured against her. 6But Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me. 7For ye have the poor always with you, and whensoever ye will ye can do them good: but me ye have not always. 8She hath done what she could; she hath anointed my body beforehand for the burying. 9And verily I say unto you, Wheresoever the gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, that also which this woman hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.

—JOHN 15:13  ¹³Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

—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.

—GALATIANS 6:2  ²Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

—PHILIPPIANS 4:18  ¹⁸But I have all things, and abound: I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things that came from you, an odor of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing to God.

—1 PETER 4:12-16  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: ¹³but insomuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of his glory also ye may rejoice with exceeding joy. ¹⁴If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are ye; because the Spirit of glory and the Spirit of God resteth upon you. ¹⁵For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil-doer, or as a meddler in other men’s matters: ¹⁶but if a man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this name.

SAINT

—See ANOINTED

—See SANCTIFICATION

—ROMANS 1:7  ⁷to all that are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

—1 CORINTHIANS 1:2  ²unto the church of God which is at Corinth, even them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, their Lord and ours:

—PHILIPPIANS 1:1  ¹Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus that are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:

—COLOSSIANS 1:12  ¹²giving thanks unto the Father, who made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;

SALVATION

—See JUSTIFICATION

—See RECONCILIATION

—See REDEMPTION

—See SAVIOR

—MARK 16:16  ¹⁶He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.

—LUKE 19:10. ¹⁰For the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost.

—JOHN 14:6  ⁶Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

—ACTS 2:40  ⁴⁰And with many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, Save yourselves from this crooked generation.

—ROMANS 8:31-39 ³¹What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? ³²he that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely give us all things? ³³Who shall lay anything to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth; ³⁴who is he that condemneth? It is Christ Jesus that died, yea rather, that was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. ³⁵Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? ³⁶Even as it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.  ³⁷Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. ³⁸For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, ³⁹nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

—ROMANS 10:9-13  ⁹because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved: ¹⁰for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. ¹¹For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be put to shame. ¹²For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek: for the same Lord is Lord of all, and is rich unto all that call upon him: ¹³for, Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

—1 TIMOTHY 2:4  ⁴who would have all men to be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth.

—HEBREWS 5:8-9  ⁸though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered; ⁹and having been made perfect, he became unto all them that obey him the author of eternal salvation;

—HEBREWS 11:7  ⁷By faith Noah, being warned of God concerning things not seen as yet, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

—1 PETER 3:21  ²¹which also after a true likeness doth now save you, even baptism, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the interrogation of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ;

—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.

SANCTIFICATION

—See ANOINTED

—See APATHY

—See CONSECRATION

—See FELLOWSHIP

—See PROFANITY

—See PURITY

—See SAINT

—EXODUS 19:10-13  10And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to-day and to-morrow, and let them wash their garments, 11and be ready against the third day; for the third day Jehovah will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. 12And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death: 13no hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, he shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.

—PROVERBS 20:25. ²⁵It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make inquiry.

—2 SAMUEL 6:7. ⁷And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.

—ISAIAH 35:8-9  ⁸And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but is shall be for the redeemed: the wayfaring men, yea fools, shall not err therein. ⁹No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast go up thereon; they shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:

—JEREMIAH 6:10  ¹⁰To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of Jehovah is become unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.

—EZEKIEL 20:12-22  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. ¹⁵Moreover also I sware unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands; ¹⁶because they rejected mine ordinances, and walked not in my statutes, and profaned my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols. ¹⁷Nevertheless mine eye spared them, and I destroyed them not, neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness. ¹⁸And I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their ordinances, nor defile yourselves with their idols. ¹⁹I am Jehovah your God: walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them; ²⁰and hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am Jehovah your God. 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. ²²Nevertheless I withdrew my hand, and wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them forth.

—MATTHEW 7:6  ⁶Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest haply they trample them under their feet, and turn and rend you.

—ACTS 20:32  32And now I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you the inheritance among all them that are sanctified.

—ROMANS 6:19-22  ¹⁹I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity, even so now present your members as servants to righteousness unto sanctification. ²⁰For when ye were servants of sin, ye were free in regard of righteousness. ²¹What fruit then had ye at that time in the things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. ²²But now being made free from sin and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto sanctification, and the end eternal life.

—1 CORINTHIANS 1:2  ²unto the church of God which is at Corinth, even them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, their Lord and ours:

—1 CORINTHIANS 6:11  ¹¹And such were some of you: but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God.

— 1 CORINTHIANS 7:14  ¹⁴For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the brother: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

—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.

—COLOSSIANS 1:12  ¹²giving thanks unto the Father, who made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;

—1 THESSALONIANS 4:3-7  ³For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication; ⁴that each one of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honor, ⁵not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who know not God; ⁶that no man transgress, and wrong his brother in the matter: because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified. ⁷For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification. ⁸Therefore he that rejecteth, rejecteth not man, but God, who giveth his Holy Spirit unto you.

—1 THESSALONIANS 5:23  ²³And the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved entire, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

—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.

—HEBREWS 2:11  ¹¹For both he that sanctifieth and they that are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,

—HEBREWS 10:29  ²⁹of how much sorer punishment, think ye, shall he be judged worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant wherewith he was sanctified an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

—HEBREWS 12:14  ¹⁴Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord:

—1 PETER 1:2  ²according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

—1 PETER 1:22  ²²Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:

—1 PETER 2:9-10  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: ¹⁰who in time past were no people, but now are the people of God: who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

— 1 PETER 3:15  ¹⁵but sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord: being ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear:

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

SANCTIMONIOUSNESS

—See ARROGANCE

—See HAUGHTINESS

—See HUMILITY

—LUKE 7:39  ³⁹Now when the Pharisee that had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him, that she is a sinner.

—ROMANS 14:3  ³Let not him that eateth set at nought him that eateth not; and let not him that eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.

—1 CORINTHIANS 1:31  ³¹that, according as it is written, he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

—PHILIPPIANS 2:5-8  ⁵Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: ⁶who, existing in the form of God, counted not the being on an equality with God a thing to be grasped, ⁷but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men; ⁸and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, becoming obedient even unto death, yea, the death of the cross.

—JAMES 2:4  ⁴Do ye not make distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

SATISFACTION

—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.

SAVIOR

—See SALVATION

—MATTHEW 1:21  ²¹And she shall bring forth a son; and thou shalt call his name JESUS; for it is he that shall save his people from their sins.

—JOHN 3:16  ¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

—JOHN 14:6  ⁶Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

—ACTS 4:12  ¹²And in none other is there salvation: for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, wherein we must be saved.

—ROMANS 1:16  ¹⁶For I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

SCRIPTURE

—See WORD OF GOD

SEEKERS

—See BOLDNESS

—See CONFIDENCE

— ZEPHANIAH 2:3  ³Seek ye Jehovah, all ye meek of the earth, that have kept his ordinances; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye will be hid in the day of Jehovah’s anger.

—ACTS 17:24-28  ²⁴The God that made the world and all things therein, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; ²⁵neither is he served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; ²⁶and he made of one every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation; ²⁷that they should seek God, if haply they might feel after him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us: ²⁸for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

—JAMES 4:8  ⁸Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded.

SEED

—LUKE 8:4-15  ⁴And when a great multitude came together, and they of every city resorted unto him, he spake by a parable: ⁵The sower went forth to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden under foot, and the birds of the heaven devoured it. ⁶And other fell on the rock; and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture. ⁷And other fell amidst the thorns; and the thorns grew with it, and choked it. ⁸And other fell into the good ground, and grew, and brought forth fruit a hundredfold. As he said these things, he cried, he that hath ears to hear, let him hear. ⁹And his disciples asked him what this parable might be. ¹⁰And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to the rest in parables; that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand. ¹¹Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. ¹²And those by the way side are they that have heard; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved. ¹³And those on the rock are they who, when they have heard, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away. ¹⁴And that which fell among the thorns, these are they that have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. ¹⁵And that in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it fast, and bring forth fruit with patience.

—JAMES 1:21  ²¹Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

—1 PETER 1:23  ²³having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth.

SELF-CONTROL

—1 CORINTHIANS 9:27  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.

—GALATIANS 5:23. ²³meekness, self-control; against such there is no law.

—1 THESSALONIANS 4:4  ⁴that each one of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honor,

—JAMES 3:2  ²For in many things we all stumble. If any stumbleth not in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.

SELF-DECEPTION

—See SELF-EXAMINATION

—PROVERBS 11:18  ¹⁸The wicked earneth deceitful wages; But he that soweth righteousness hath a sure reward.

—ECCLESIASTES 2:10  ¹⁰And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor; and this was my portion from all my labor.

—JEREMIAH 6:14  ¹⁴They have healed also the hurt of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

—MATTHEW 15:14  ¹⁴Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.

—ACTS 5:4  ⁴While it remained, did it not remain thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thy power? How is it that thou hast conceived this thing in thy heart? thou has not lied unto men, but unto God.

—JAMES 1:22-23  ²²But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves. ²³For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror:

—2 PETER 1:9  ⁹For he that lacketh these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins.

—1 JOHN 1:6-8  ⁶If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: 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. ⁸If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

SELF-DENIAL

—See ASCETICISM

—COLOSSIANS 2:20-23. ²⁰If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances, ²¹Handle not, nor taste, nor touch ²²all which things are to perish with the using, after the precepts and doctrines of men? ²³Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will-worship, and humility, and severity to the body; but are not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.

SELF-DETERMINATION

—See OPINION

—See SAVIOR

—PROVERBS 13:12  ¹²Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; But when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

—JEREMIAH 10:23  ²³O Jehovah, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

—1 CORINTHIANS 1:18-21  ¹⁸For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us who are saved it is the power of God. ¹⁹For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the discernment of the discerning will I bring to nought.  ²⁰Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 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.

SELF-DENIAL

—See COMMITMENT

—MATTHEW 16:24-27  ²⁴Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. ²⁵For whosoever would save his life shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it. ²⁶For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life? ²⁷For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then shall he render unto every man according to his deeds.

SELF-ESTEEM

—EXODUS 3:11 ¹¹And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?

—JEREMIAH 1:6 ⁶Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, I know not how to speak; for I am a child.

SELF-EXAMINATION

—See EXAMINATION

—See HYPOCRISY

—See SELF-DECEPTION

—See SOUL SEARCHING

—PSALM 119:59  ⁵⁹I thought on my ways, And turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

—PSALM 139:23-24  ²³Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts; ²⁴And see if there be any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.

—LAMENTATIONS 3:40  ⁴⁰Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah.

—HAGGAI 1:7  ⁷Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider your ways.

—LUKE 6:41-42  ⁴¹And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? ⁴²Or how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me cast out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote that is in thy brother’s eye.

—ROMANS 2:21-24  ²¹thou therefore that teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? ²²thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou rob temples? ²³thou who gloriest in the law, through thy transgression of the law dishonorest thou God? ²⁴For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you, even as it is written.

—1 CORINTHIANS 11:28 ²⁸But let a man prove himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.

—2 CORINTHIANS 13:5  ⁵Try your own selves, whether ye are in the faith; prove your own selves. Or know ye not as to your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you? unless indeed ye be reprobate.

—GALATIANS 6:4  ⁴But let each man prove his own work, and then shall he have his glorying in regard of himself alone, and not of his neighbor.

—PHILIPPIANS 3:8-11 ⁸Yea verily, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but refuse, that I may gain Christ, ⁹and be found in him, not having a righteousness of mine own, even that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith: ¹⁰that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed unto his death; ¹¹if by any means I may attain unto the resurrection from the dead.

—COLOSSIANS 1:9-10  ⁹For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray and make request for you, that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, ¹⁰to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

—1 TIMOTHY 4:16  ¹⁶Take heed to thyself, and to thy teaching. Continue in these things; for in doing this thou shalt save both thyself and them that hear thee.

—JAMES 1:23-25  ²³For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror: ²⁴for he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. ²⁵But he that looketh into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and so continueth, being not a hearer that forgetteth but a doer that worketh, this man shall be blessed in his doing.

—2 PETER 3:17-18  ¹⁷Ye therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware lest, being carried away with the error of the wicked, ye fall from your own stedfastness. ¹⁸But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and for ever. Amen.

SELFISHNESS

—See ENVY

—See JEALOUSY

—See PRIORITIES

—See WEALTH

—PROVERBS 23:6-8  ⁶Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, Neither desire thou his dainties: ⁷For as he thinketh within himself, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; But his heart is not with thee.  ⁸The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, And lose thy sweet words.

— PROVERBS 30:7-9  ⁷Two things have I asked of thee; Deny me them not before I die: ⁸Remove far from me falsehood and lies;                Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is needful for me: ⁹Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is Jehovah?  Or lest I be poor, and steal, And use profanely the name of my God.

—JEREMIAH 6:13  ¹³For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

— MATTHEW 16:24-26  ²⁴Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. ²⁵For whosoever would save his life shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it. ²⁶For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?

—MARK 9:35  ³⁵And he sat down, and called the twelve; and he saith unto them, If any man would be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all.

— LUKE 9:23-25  ²³And he said unto all, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. ²⁴For whosoever would save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. ²⁵For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose or forfeit his own self?

—LUKE 16:19-21 ¹⁹Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day: ²⁰and a certain beggar named Lazarus was laid at his gate, full of sores, ²¹and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table; yea, even the dogs came and licked his sores.

—ROMANS 12:10  ¹⁰In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;

— ROMANS 15:2-3  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 13:5  ⁵doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil;

—2 CORINTHIANS 9:6  ⁶But this I say, he that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

—PHILIPPIANS 1:15  ¹⁵Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:

—PHILIPPIANS 2:3-4  ³doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself; ⁴not looking each of you to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

—PHILIPPIANS 2:21. ²¹For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s.

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

1 PETER 2:1.  ¹Wherefore laying aside all Malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,  Selfishness is the root of these things.

—3 JOHN 1:9  ⁹I wrote somewhat unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.

—JUDE 1:16-19 ¹⁶These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their lusts (and their mouth speaketh great swelling words), showing respect of persons for the sake of advantage.  ¹⁷But ye, beloved, remember ye the words which have been spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; ¹⁸That they said to you, In the last time there shall be mockers, walking after their own ungodly lusts. ¹⁹These are they who make separations, sensual, having not the Spirit.

 SERVANT

—See SACRIFICE, PERSONAL

—See WORK, WORKING FOR GOD

—ROMANS 16:1.  ¹I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:

—2 CORINTHIANS 6:4.  ⁴But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

—2 CORINTHIANS 11:15, 23.  ¹⁵Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works . . . ²³Are they ministers of Christ? I speak as a fool I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.

—COLOSSIANS 1:25.  ²⁵Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;

SERVICE

—See HOSPITALITY

—See WORKING FOR GOD

— ISAIAH 53:1-12  ¹Who hath believed our message? and to whom hath the arm of Jehovah been revealed? ²For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. ³he was despised, and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and as one from whom men hide their face he was despised; and we esteemed him not.  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.  ⁷he was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he opened not his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth. ⁸By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who among them considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living for the transgression of my people to whom the stroke was due? ⁹And they made his grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in his death; although he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.  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.

—MATTHEW 20:25-28  ²⁵But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. ²⁶Not so shall it be among you: but whosoever would become great among you shall be your minister; ²⁷and whosoever would be first among you shall be your servant: ²⁸even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

—MATTHEW 25:35-46  ³⁵for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in; ³⁶naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me. ³⁷Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? or athirst, and gave thee drink? ³⁸And when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? ³⁹And when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? ⁴⁰And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, even these least, ye did it unto me. ⁴¹Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels: ⁴²for I was hungry, and ye did not give me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink; ⁴³I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. ⁴⁴Then shall they also answer, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? ⁴⁵Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not unto one of these least, ye did it not unto me. ⁴⁶And these shall go away into eternal punishment: but the righteous into eternal life.

—MARK 9:35  ³⁵And he sat down, and called the twelve; and he saith unto them, If any man would be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all.

—LUKE 22:24-27  ²⁴And there arose also a contention among them, which of them was accounted to be greatest. ²⁵And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles have lordship over them; and they that have authority over them are called Benefactors. ²⁶But ye shall not be so: but he that is the greater among you, let him become as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. ²⁷For which is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am in the midst of you as he that serveth.

—JOHN 13:13-16  ¹³Ye call me, Teacher, and, Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. ¹⁴If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another’s feet. ¹⁵For I have given you an example, that ye also should do as I have done to you. ¹⁶Verily, verily, I say unto you, a servant is not greater than his lord; neither one that is sent greater than he that sent him.

—ACTS 20:35  ³⁵In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

—2 CORINTHIANS 1:4  ⁴who comforteth us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort them that are in any affliction, through the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

—PHILIPPIANS 2:7  ⁷but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men;

—COLOSSIANS 3:22-24  ²²Servants, obey in all things them that are your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord: ²³whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men; ²⁴knowing that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance: ye serve the Lord Christ.

—COLOSSIANS 4:7  ⁷All my affairs shall Tychicus make known unto you, the beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow-servant in the Lord:

—JUDE 1:1 ¹Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:

SEXUALITY

—MATTHEW 19:11-12  ¹¹But he said unto them, Not all men can receive this saying, but they to whom it is given. ¹²For there are eunuchs, that were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are eunuchs, that were made eunuchs by men: and there are eunuchs, that made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. he that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

—1 CORINTHIANS 7:1-7  ¹Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. ²But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. ³Let the husband render unto the wife her due: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. 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. ⁶But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment. ⁷Yet I would that all men were even as I myself. Howbeit each man hath his own gift from God, one after this manner, and another after that.

SEXUAL IMMORALITY

—See PORNOGRAPHY

—1 CORINTHIANS 5:1-2  ¹It is actually reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not even among the Gentiles, that one of you hath his father’s wife. ²And ye are puffed up, and did not rather mourn, that he that had done this deed might be taken away from among you.

SHAME

–See CHARACTER

–See HONOR

—PSALM 119:80  ⁸⁰Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes, That I be not put to shame.

—JEREMIAH 6:15  ¹⁵Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall; at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith Jehovah.

SHEPHERDS

—See ELDERS

—JEREMIAH 23:1-4  ¹Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith Jehovah. ²Therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, against the shepherds that feed my people: Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them; behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith Jehovah. ³And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and multiply. ⁴And I will set up shepherds over them, who shall feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be lacking, saith Jehovah.

—EZEKIEL 34:1-10  ¹And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, ²Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, even to the shepherds, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe unto the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the sheep? ³Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill the fatlings; but ye feed not the sheep. ⁴The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought back that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with rigor have ye ruled over them. ⁵And they were scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became food to all the beasts of the field, and were scattered. ⁶My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my sheep were scattered upon all the face of the earth; and there was none that did search or seek after them.  ⁷Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of Jehovah: ⁸As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, surely forasmuch as my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became food to all the beasts of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my sheep; ⁹therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of Jehovah: ¹⁰Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my sheep at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheep; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; and I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.

SICKNESS

—JAMES 5:14-15  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.

SIN

—GENESIS 3:24   ²⁴So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden the Cherubim, and the flame of a sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

—GENESIS 4:7-8  ⁷If thou doest well, shall it not be lifted up? and if thou doest not well, sin coucheth at the door: and unto thee shall be its desire, but do thou rule over it. ⁸And Cain told Abel his brother. And it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

—NUMBERS 32:23  ²³But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against Jehovah; and be sure your sin will find you out.

—2 SAMUEL 11:27.  ²⁷And when the mourning was past, David sent and took her home to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased Jehovah.

—PSALM 25:7   ⁷Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: According to thy lovingkindness remember thou me, For thy goodness’ sake, O Jehovah.

—PSALM 40:12  ¹²For innumerable evils have compassed me about; Mine iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up; They are more than the hairs of my head; And my heart hath failed me.

—PSALM 51:1-19  1Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.  2Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin.  3For I know my transgressions; And my sin is ever before me.  4Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, And done that which is evil in thy sight; That thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, And be clear when thou judgest.  5Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity; And in sin did my mother conceive me.  6Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts; And in the hidden part thou wilt make me to know wisdom.  7Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.  8Make me to hear joy and gladness, That the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.  9Hide thy face from my sins, And blot out all mine iniquities.  10Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me.  11Cast me not away from thy presence; And take not thy holy spirit from me.  12Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; And uphold me with a willing spirit.  13Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; And sinners shall be converted unto thee.  14Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation; And my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.  15O Lord, open thou my lips; And my mouth shall show forth thy praise.  16For thou delightest not in sacrifice; Else would I give it: Thou hast no pleasure in burnt-offering.  17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: A broken and contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.  18Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: Build thou the walls of Jerusalem.  19Then will thou delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, In burnt-offering and in whole burnt-offering: Then will they offer bullocks upon thine altar.

—ECCLESIASTES 7:20  ²⁰Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

—ISAIAH 59:1-2  ¹Behold, Jehovah’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: ²but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, so that he will not hear.

—EZEKIEL 18:20  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.

—MICAH 1:9  ⁹For her wounds are incurable; for it is come even unto Judah; it reacheth unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.

—MATTHEW 1:21  ²¹And she shall bring forth a son; and thou shalt call his name JESUS; for it is he that shall save his people from their sins.

—MATTHEW 18:3-4. ³and said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye turn, and become as little children, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven. ⁴Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the Same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

—JOHN 1:29   ²⁹On the morrow he seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world!

—JOHN 8:34   ³⁴Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Every one that committeth sin is the bondservant of sin.

—ACTS 2:37-38  ³⁷Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and the rest of the apostles, Brethren, what shall we do? ³⁸And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

—ROMANS 3:9-23  ⁹What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we before laid to the charge both of Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin; ¹⁰as it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one; ¹¹There is none that understandeth, There is none that seeketh after God; ¹²They have all turned aside, they are together become unprofitable; There is none that doeth good, no, not, so much as one: ¹³Their throat is an open sepulchre; With their tongues they have used deceit: The poison of asps is under their lips: ¹⁴Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: ¹⁵Their feet are swift to shed blood; ¹⁶Destruction and misery are in their ways; ¹⁷And the way of peace have they not known: ¹⁸There is no fear of God before their eyes. ¹⁹Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God: ²⁰because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight; for through the law cometh the knowledge of sin.  ²¹But now apart from the law a righteousness of God hath been manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; ²²even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ unto all them that believe; for there is no distinction; ²³for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

—ROMANS 5:8-9. ⁸But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. ⁹Much more then, being now justified by his blood, shall we be saved from the wrath of God through him.

—ROMANS 6:12-14  ¹²Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey the lusts thereof: ¹³neither present your members unto sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves unto God, as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. ¹⁴For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under law, but under grace.

—ROMANS 6:23  ²³For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

—ROMANS 7:23  ²³but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity under the law of sin which is in my members.

—ROMANS 10:10  ¹⁰for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

—1 CORINTHIANS 10:13  ¹³There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.

—2 CORINTHIANS 7:10  ¹⁰For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, a repentance which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

—GALATIANS 6:1-8  ¹Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted. ²Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. ³For if a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. ⁴But let each man prove his own work, and then shall he have his glorying in regard of himself alone, and not of his neighbor. ⁵For each man shall bear his own burden.  ⁶But let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things. ⁷Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. ⁸For he that soweth unto his own flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth unto the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap eternal life.

—EPHESIANS 1:7. ⁷in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

—COLOSSIANS 1:13-14  ¹³who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love; ¹⁴in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins:

—COLOSSIANS 3:5-7  ⁵Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry; ⁶for which things’ sake cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience: ⁷wherein ye also once walked, when ye lived in these things;

—1 TIMOTHY 1:15  ¹⁵Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief:

—HEBREWS 9:26-28  ²⁶else must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once at the end of the ages hath he been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. ²⁷And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this cometh judgment; 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.

—HEBREWS 2:14-15   ¹⁴Since then the children are sharers in flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner partook of the same; that through death he might bring to nought him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; ¹⁵and might deliver all them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

—JAMES 1:15   ¹⁵Then the lust, when it hath conceived, beareth sin: and the sin, when it is fullgrown, bringeth forth death.

—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.

—2 PETER 2:19-22  ¹⁹promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he also brought into bondage. ²⁰For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein and overcome, the last state is become worse with them than the first. ²¹For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered unto them. ²²It has happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog turning to his own vomit again, and the sow that had washed to wallowing in the mire.

—1 JOHN 1:7-10  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. ⁸If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. ⁹If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. ¹⁰If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

—1 JOHN 3:4. ⁴Every one that doeth sin doeth also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.

SINCERITY

— John 8:31-32  ³¹Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed him, If ye abide in my word, then are ye truly my disciples; ³²and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

—PHILIPPIANS 1:9-10  ⁹And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment; ¹⁰so that ye may approve the things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and void of offence unto the day of Christ;

— 2 THESSALONIANS 2:10-11  ¹⁰and with all deceit of unrighteousness for them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. ¹¹And for this cause God sendeth them a working of error, that they should believe a lie:

SINGING

—See MUSIC

—PSALM 146:1-2 ¹Praise ye Jehovah.  Praise Jehovah, O my soul.  ²While I live will I praise Jehovah: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.

—MATTHEW 26:30 ³⁰And when they had sung a hymn, they went out unto the mount of Olives.

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

—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.

—COLOSSIANS 3:16 ¹⁶Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God.

—HEBREWS 2:12  ¹²saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, In the midst of the congregation will I sing thy praise.

—JAMES 5:13  ¹³Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praise.

SLANDER

—See GOSSIP

—See SPEECH

—PSALM 141:3  ³Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips.

—PROVERBS 10:19-21  ¹⁹In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression; But he that refraineth his lips doeth wisely.  ²⁰The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver: The heart of the wicked is little worth.  ²¹The lips of the righteous feed many; But the foolish die for lack of understanding.

—PROVERBS 15:14  ¹⁴The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge; But the mouth of fools feedeth on folly.

—JAMES 3:2-12  ²For in many things we all stumble. If any stumbleth not in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also. ³Now if we put the horses’ bridles into their mouths that they may obey us, we turn about their whole body also. ⁴Behold, the ships also, though they are so great and are driven by rough winds, are yet turned about by a very small rudder, whither the impulse of the steersman willeth. ⁵So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire! ⁶And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell. ⁷For every kind of beasts and birds, of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind. ⁸But the tongue can no man tame; it is a restless evil, it is full of deadly poison. ⁹Therewith bless we the Lord and Father; and therewith curse we men, who are made after the likeness of God: ¹⁰out of the same mouth cometh forth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. ¹¹Doth the fountain send forth from the same opening sweet water and bitter? ¹²Can a fig tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine figs? Neither can salt water yield sweet.

SLAVERY

—GALATIANS 4:8-9  ⁸Howbeit at that time, not knowing God, ye were in bondage to them that by nature are no gods: ⁹but now that ye have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how turn ye back again to the weak and beggarly rudiments, whereunto ye desire to be in bondage over again?

—2 PETER 2:19   ¹⁹promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he also brought into bondage.

SLEEP

—See DEATH

—See REST

—JOHN 11:11-15  ¹¹These things spake he: and after this he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus is fallen asleep; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. ¹²The disciples therefore said unto him, Lord, if he is fallen asleep, he will recover. ¹³Now Jesus had spoken of his death: but they thought that he spake of taking rest in sleep. ¹⁴Then Jesus therefore said unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead. ¹⁵And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.

SOLDIER

—2 TIMOTHY 2:3-4  ³Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. ⁴No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

 SORROW

—2 CORINTHIANS 7:10  ¹⁰For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, a repentance which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

 SOUL

—See SPIRIT

—GENESIS 1:27  ²⁷And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

—LUKE 24:39  ³⁹See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye behold me having.

—1 THESSALONIANS 5:23  ²³And the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved entire, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ

 SOUL SEARCHING

—See SELF-EXAMINATION

—PSALM 139:23-24  ²³Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts; ²⁴And see if there be any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.

SPEAKING

—PSALM 19:14  ¹⁴Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in thy sight, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer.

—PROVERBS 25:11  ¹¹A word fitly spoken

Is like apples of gold in network of silver.

—MATTHEW 12:36-37  ³⁶And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. ³⁷For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

 SPEECH

—See GOSSIP

—See SLANDER

—PSALM 39:1-3  ¹I said, I will take heed to my ways, That I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, While the wicked is before me.  ²I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; And my sorrow was stirred.  ³My heart was hot within me; While I was musing the fire burned: Then spake I with my tongue:

—PROVERBS 10:11  ¹¹The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life; But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

—PROVERBS 15:1-2  ¹A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.  ²The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright; But the mouth of fools poureth out folly.

—PROVERBS 18:4  ⁴The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters; The wellspring of wisdom is as a flowing brook.

—PROVERBS 18:19-21  ¹⁹A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city; And such contentions are like the bars of a castle.  ²⁰A man’s belly shall be filled with the fruit of his mouth; With the increase of his lips shall he be satisfied.  ²¹Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

—PROVERBS 26:20-21  ²⁰For lack of wood the fire goeth out; And where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.  ²¹As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to inflame strife.

—MATTHEW 12:34-37  ³⁴Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. ³⁵The good man out of his good treasure bringeth forth good things: and the evil man out of his evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. ³⁶And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. ³⁷For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

SPIRIT

—See SOUL

—1 CORINTHIANS 2:11. ¹¹For who among men knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of the man, which is in him? even so the things of God none knoweth, save the Spirit of God.

—1 CORINTHIANS 14:14-16. ¹⁴For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful. 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. ¹⁶Else if thou bless with the spirit, how shall he that filleth the place of the unlearned say the Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he knoweth not what thou sayest?

—1 THESSALONIANS 5:23  ²³And the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved entire, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

SPIRITUALITY

—See SPIRITUAL GROWTH

—See WORLDLINESS

—GALATIANS 5:16-17  ¹⁶But I say, walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. ¹⁷For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary the one to the other; that ye may not do the things that ye would.

SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS

—EPHESIANS 1:3  ³Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ:

SPIRITUAL GROWTH

—See GROWTH

—See SPIRITUALITY

—See WORLDLINESS

—ROMANS 8:5-11  ⁵For they that are after the flesh mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. ⁶For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace: ⁷because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can it be: ⁸and they that are in the flesh cannot please God. ⁹But ye are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. But if any man hath not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. ¹⁰And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the spirit is life because of righteousness. ¹¹But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwelleth in you, he that raised up Christ Jesus from the dead shall give life also to your mortal bodies through his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

—1 CORINTHIANS 2:12-16  ¹²But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is from God; that we might know the things that were freely given to us of God. ¹³Which things also we speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Spirit teacheth; combining spiritual things with spiritual words. 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.

—GALATIANS 5:16-26  ¹⁶But I say, walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. ¹⁷For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary the one to the other; that ye may not do the things that ye would. ¹⁸But if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under the law. ¹⁹Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, ²⁰idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, parties, ²¹envyings, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; of which I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. ²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ²³meekness, self-control; against such there is no law. ²⁴And they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof.  ²⁵If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also walk. ²⁶Let us not become vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another.

—GALATIANS 6:1  ¹Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

—COLOSSIANS 3:1-2  ¹If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. ²Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.

—2 PETER 3:18  ¹⁸But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and for ever. Amen.

STEADFASTNESS

—See DETERMINATION

—See PATIENCE

—See ENDURANCE

—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.

—EZEKIEL 3:8-9  ⁸Behold, I have made thy face hard against their faces, and thy forehead hard against their foreheads. ⁹As an adamant harder than flint have I made