DIADEM. (R. V., MITRE) #1402
1 General scriptures concerning
DIAL #1403
1 A contrivance for indicating time by the sun's rays
DIAMOND #1404
1 One of the jewels in the breastplate
Ex 28:18; 39:11; Jer 17:1; Eze 28:13
DIANA #1405
DIBLAIM #1406
DIBLATH #1407
1 An unknown place
DIBON #1408
1 Also called DIBON-GAD and DIMON
1.1 A city on the northern banks of the Arnon
1.2 Israelites encamp at
1.3 Allotted to Gad and Reuben
2 A city in the tribe of Judah
2.1 Probably identical with DIMINAH
DIBRI #1409
DIDYMUS (TWIN) #1410
DIKLAH #1411
1 Son of Joktan, and name of a district inhabited by his descendants
DILEAN #1412
DILIGENCE #1413
1 Jesus an example of
2 Required by God in seeking him
3 Obeying him
4 Listening to him
5 Striving after perfection
6 Cultivating proper behaviors of a true Christian
7 Keeping the soul
8 Keeping the heart
9 Labors of love
10 Following every good work
11 Guarding against defilement
12 Seeking to be found spotless
13 Making our calling sure
14 Self-examination
15 Lawful business
16 Preserving "the faith" through teaching
17 Instructing children
18 Discharging official duties
19 Saints should abound in
20 Required in the service of God
21 Is not in vain
22 Preserves from evil
23 Leads to assured hope
24 God rewards
25 In temporal matters leads to favor
26 Prosperity
27 Honor
28 FIGURATIVE
28.1 Exemplified
28.1.1 Ruth
28.1.2 Hezekiah
28.1.3 Nehemiah and his helpers
28.1.4 Psalmist
28.1.5 Apostles
28.1.6 Apollos
28.1.7 Titus
28.1.8 Paul
28.1.9 Onesiphorus
28.5 See SLOTHFULNESS
DIMNAH #1414
DIMON #1415
DIMONAH #1416
DINAH #1417
2 Ravishment of
DINHABAH #1418
DINNER #1419
1 Eaten at noon
DIONYSIUS #1420
DIOTREPHES #1421
1 A false teacher
DIPLOMACY #1422
1 General scriptures concerning
3 INSTANCES OF
3.2 The Gibeonites, in securing a treaty with the Israelites through deception
3.3 Of Jephthah, with the king of Moab, unsuccessful
3.5 Of Hiram, to secure the good will of David
3.6 Of Toi, to promote the friendship of David
3.7 David, in sending Hushai Absalom's court
2Sa 15:32-37; 16:15-19; 17:1-14
3.9 Absalom winning the people
3.10 Solomon, in his alliance with Hiram
1Ki 5:1-12; 9:10-14,26,27; 10:11
3.11 By intermarriage with other nations
3.12 Ambassadors from Ben-hadad to Ahab
3.13 Jehoash purchases peace from Hazael
3.14 Ahaz purchases assistance from the king of Assyria
3.15 Rab-shakeh, in trying to induce Jerusalem to capitulate by bombastic harangue
2Ki 18:17-37; 19:1-13; Isa 36:11-22
3.16 Sanballat, in prevent the rebuilding of Jerusalem by Nehemiah
3.17 The people of Tyre and Sidon, in securing the favor of Herod (Agrippa I)
3.18 Paul, in arraying the Pharisees and Sadducees against each other at his trial
3.19 Paul, in circumcising Timothy
3.20 Paul, in performing certain temple services to placate Jewish believers
Ac 21:20-25; with Ga 6:12
3.21 Corrupt practices in: The officers of Nebuchadnezzars court to secure the destruction of Daniel
DISBELIEF #1423
DISCIPLE #1424
1 A name given to the followers of any teacher
Mt 10:1; 20:17; Ac 9:26; 14:2; 21:4
4 The seventy (better mss. have "seventy-two") followers of Jesus are sent forth
5 First called (divinely, from the Greek word, chrematizo) "Christians" at Antioch (of Syria)
DISCIPLESHIP #1425
1 Tests of
Mt 10:32-39; Lu 14:26,27,33; Joh 21:15-19
2 See COMMANDMENTS
DISCIPLINE #1426
1 Of armies, for disobedience of orders
3 CHURCH DISCIPLINE
3.1 See CHURCH , DISCIPLINE IN
DISCONTENTMENT #1427
2 See CONTENTMENT
DISCOURAGEMENT #1428
1 See DESPONDENCY
DISEASE #1429
2 As judgments
3 INSTANCES OF
3.4 David's child
3.5 Gehazi
3.6 Jeroboam
3.7 Jehoram
3.8 Uzziah
3.9 Threatened as judgments
Le 26:16; De 7:15; 28:22,27,28,35; 29:22
Ex 15:26; 23:25; De 7:15; 2Ch 16:12; Ps 103:3; 107:20
3.11 In answer to prayer
3.12 Miraculous healing of, a sign to accompany the preaching of the word
3.14 Physicians employed for
2Ch 16:12; Jer 8:22; Mt 9:12; Mr 5:26; Lu 4:23
3.15 Remedies used
Pr 17:22; 20:30; Isa 38:21; Jer 30:13; 46:11
3.16 Poultices
3.17 Ointments
3.18 Emulsions
3.19 Of the sexual organs
3.20 See CIRCUMCISION
3.21 See MENSTRUATION
3.23 Treatment of fractures
3.24 See AFFLICTION
4 FIGURATIVE
4.1 Various kinds of
4.9 See CONGESTION
4.10 See CONSUMPTION
4.20 See HEMORRHAGE
4.21 See HEMORRHOIDS
4.28 See PESTILENCE
4.32 See SPERMATORRHEA
4.33 See STAMMERING
4.37 Of the bowels
DISHAN #1430
DISHON #1431
DISHONESTY #1432
1 General scriptures concerning
Le 6:2-7; 19:13,35,36; De 25:13-16; Job 24:2-11; Ps 37:21; 50:18; 62:10; Pr 3:27,28; 11:1; 20:10,14,17,23; Isa 32:7; Jer 7:8-10; 9:4-6,8; 22:13; Eze 22:29; Ho 4:1,2; 12:7; Am 3:10; 8:5; Mic 6:10,11; Na 3:1; Zep 1:9; Zec 5:3,4; Lu 16:1-8; 1Th 4:6; Jas 5:4
2 INSTANCES OF
2.1 Abimelech's servants confiscate a well
2.2 Jacob obtains his brother's birthright by an unjust advantage
2.3 Jacob steals his father's blessing
2.4 Jacob gains from Laban's flocks by skillful manipulation
2.5 Rebekah's craftiness in Jacob's behalf
2.6 Laban's treatment of Jacob
2.7 Rachel steals the household gods
2.8 Simeon and Levi deceive the Shechemites
2.9 Achan hides the wedge of gold and the Babylonian garment
2.10 Micah steals one-thousand one-hundred pieces of silver
2.11 Micah's priest steals his images
2.12 Joab's guile in securing Absalom's return
2.13 Ahab confiscates Naboth's vineyard
2.14 Judas' hypocritical sympathy for the poor
DISOBEDIENCE TO GOD #1433
1 DENUNCIATIONS AGAINST
Nu 14:11,12,22-24; 32:8-13; De 18:19; 28:15-68; Le 26:14-46
2 PUNISHMENT OF
2.1 Of the Egyptians by plagues
2.3 See also SIN , PUNISHMENT OF
3 INSTANCES OF
3.1 Of Adam and Eve, eating the forbidden fruit
3.2 Of Lot, in refusing to go to the mountain, as commanded by the angels
3.3 Of Lot's wife, in looking back upon Sodom
3.4.1 In making excuses when commissioned to deliver lsrael
3.4.2 When he struck the rock
3.5 Of Aaron, at the hitting of the rock by Moses
3.6 Of Pharaoh, in refusing to let the people of Israel go
Ex 5:2; 7:13,22,23; 8:15,19,32; 9:12,34; 10:20,27; 11:10; 14:8
3.7 Of the people of Israel, in gathering excessive quantities of manna
3.8 In refusing to enter the promised land
De 1:26; with Nu 14:1-10; Jos 5:6; Ps 106:24,25
3.9 Of Nadab and Abihu, in offering strange fire
3.10 Of Balaam, in accompanying the messengers from Balak
3.11 Of Achan, in hiding the wedge of gold and the Babylonian garnient
3.12.1 In offering a sacrifice
3.12.2 In sparing Agag and the spoils of the Amalekites
3.13 Of David, in his adultery, and in arranging for the death of Uriah
3.14 Of Solomon, in building places for idolatrous worship
3.15 Of the prophet of Judah, in not keeping the commandment to deliver his message to Jeroboam without delay
3.16 Of a man of Israel, who refused to strike the prophet
3.17 Of Ahab, in suffering the king of Assyria to escape out of his hands
3.18 Of priests, in not performing their functions after the due order
3.20 Of the people of Judah, in going to live in Egypt contrary to divine command
3.21 Of Jonah, in refusing to deliver the message to the Ninevites
3.22 Of the blind men Jesus healed, and ordered them not to proclaim their healing
3.23 Of the leper whom Jesus healed, and ordered him not to proclaim the fact
3.24 Of Paul, in going to Jerusalem contrary to repeated warnings
3.25 OF CHILDREN
3.26 See CHILDREN , COMMANDMENTS TO
3.27 OF THE RIGHTEOUS
3.28 See COMMANDMENTS
DISPERSION #1434
2 After building the tower of Babel
DISPUTE #1435
1 (About property)
DISSEMBLING #1436
1 INSTANCES OF
1.1 Joseph
1.2 David
DISSENSION #1437
1 In congregations
1Co 1:10-13; 3:3,4; 11:18,19
DISSIPATION #1438
1 Dangers of
2 See DRUNKENNESS
DISTAFF #1439
1 General scriptures concerning
DITCH #1440
1 FIGURATIVE
DIVINATION #1441
DIVINITY OF CHRIST #1442
DIVORCE #1443
1 General scriptures concerning
Ex 21:7-11; De 21:10-14; 24:1-4; Ezr 10:1-16; Ne 13:23-30; Jer 3:1; Mic 2:9; Mal 2:14-16; Mt 5:31,32; 19:3-12; Mr 10:2; Lu 16:18; 1Co 7:10-17
2 Disobedience of the wife to the husband, a sufficient cause for, in the Persian empire
4 FIGURATIVE