COAL #1145
1 FIGURATIVE
2 SYMBOLICAL
COAL OIL #1146
COAT OF MAIL #1147
1 General scriptures concerning
1Sa 17:5,38; 1Ki 22:34; 2Ch 18:33
COCK CROWING #1148
1 General scriptures concerning
Mt 26:34,74,75; Mr 13:35; 14:30,68,72
COCKATRICE #1149
1 (A fabulous serpent)
2 FIGURATIVE
Isa 11:8; 14:29; 59:5; Jer 8:17
COCKLE #1150
1 A general term for obnoxious plants
COERCION #1151
1 RELIGIOUS
Ex 22:20; 2Ch 15:12-15; Da 3:1-30; 6:26,27
1.1 See INTOLERANCE
COFFER #1152
1 A chest
COFFIN #1153
1 General scriptures concerning
COIN #1154
COL-HOZEH #1155
COLLECTION #1156
1 (Of money, for the poor people)
3 See BENEFICENCE
5 See LIBERALITY
COLLEGE #1157
1 Second quarter of the city of Jerusalem
COLLUSION #1158
1 IN SIN
1.1 See COMPLICITY
1.2 See CONNIVANCE
COLONIZATION #1159
1 Of conquered countries and people
COLORS #1160
1 Symbolical uses of
2 BLACK: A SYMBOL OF AFFLICTION AND CALAMITY
Job 3:5; 10:20-22; 30:26; Ps 107:10,11; 143:3; Isa 5:30; 8:22; 9:19; 24:11; 50:3; Joe 2:6,10; 3:14,15; Am 5:8; Na 2:10; Zep 1:14,15; Mt 8:12; 22:13; 25:30; 2Pe 2:4; Jude 1:13; Re 16:10
3 BLUE: SYMBOL OF DEITY
Ex 24:10; 25:3,4; 26:1; 28:28,37; 38:18; 39:1-5,21,24,29,31; Nu 4:5-12; 15:38-40; 2Ch 2:7,14; 3:14; Jer 10:9; Eze 1:26; 10:1
3.1 For additional reference, see passages below under CRIMSON
3.2 SYMBOL OF ROYALTY
4 CRIMSON, RED, PURPLE, AND SCARLET, SYMBOLS OF VARIOUS IDEAS
4.1 Of iniquity
4.2 Of royalty
Jud 8:26; Da 5:7,16,29; Mt 27:28
4.3 Prosperity
4.4 Conquest
4.5 These colors figured largely in the symbolisms of the tabernacle furnishing, and priestly vestments and functions, as types and shadows of the atonement
Ex 25:3-5; 26:1,14,31,36; 36:8,19,35,37; 27:16; 28:4-8,15,31,33; 35:5-7,23,25,35; 38:18,23; 39:2,3,5,29; Le 14:4,6,49,51,52; Nu 4:7,8,13; 19:2,5,6; Isa 63:1-3; Heb 9:19-23
5 WHITE: SYMBOL OF HOLINESS
5.1 The high priest's holy garments were made of white linen
5.2 Choir singers were arrayed in white
6 SCRIPTURES EMPLOYING THE SYMBOL
Ps 51:7; Ec 9:8; Isa 1:18; Da 7:9; 11:35; 12:10; Mt 17:1,2; 28:2,3; Mr 9:3; Re 1:13,14; 2:17; 3:4,5,18; 4:4; 6:2,11; 7:9,13,14; 15:6; 19:8,11,14; 20:11
COLOSSE (COLOSSAE) #1161
COLT #1162
Mt 21:2,5,7; Mr 11:2; Joh 12:15
COMFORT #1163
1 See AFFLICTION , CONSOLATION IN
COMFORTER #1164
2 See HOLY SPIRIT
COMMANDMENTS #1165
1 General scriptures concerning
Ex 13:8-10; 20:3-17; De 4:5,9,10; 5:6-21; 6:4-9; 11:18-21; 32:46,47; Jos 8:30-35; 2Ch 17:7-9; Ne 8:2-8; Ps 78:1-7; Pr 3:3,4; 6:20,21; 7:1-4; Isa 57:8; Jer 11:4; Zec 7:9,10; 8:16,17
2 PRECEPTS OF JESUS. EXPLICITLY STATED, OR IMPLIED IN DIDACTIC DISCOURSE
Mt 5:16,22-24,27-48; 6:1-4,6-8,16-25,31-34; 7:1-29; 10:5-42; 16:24; 18:8-10,15-17,21,22; 19:16-19; 20:25-28; 22:21,34-40; 24:42-51; 25:34-46; Mr 6:7-11; 8:34; 9:35,38,39,42-50; 10:9,11,12,17-22; 11:22; 12:17; 13:33-37; Lu 6:27-42; 10:28-37; 12:12-31; Joh 7:24; 13:34,35; 14:11,15,23,24; 15:2,4,5,7-12,14,17,20-22
3 PRECEPTS OF PAUL. EXPLICITLY STATED OR IMPLIED IN DIDACTIC EPISTLES
Ro 12:1-3,6-21; 13:8-14; 14:19-21; 15:1,2; 1Co 8:1,7-13; 10:7-10,24,28,29,31,32; 14:20; 16:13,14; 2Co 13:7; Ga 5:1,16; 6:1,2; Eph 4:1-3,26-32; 5:1-6,11,15,17-21; 6:10,11,13-18; Php 1:27,28; 2:2-8,12-16; 4:6,8,9; Col 2:6,16,20-23; 3:1,2,5,8,9,12-17,23; 1Th 3:12; 4:1,3,5,6,9-12; 5:6,8,12-22; 2Th 2:15; 3:6-15; 1Ti 1:4; 2:1,2,8-12; 3:2-13; 4:1-7,12-16; 5:1-14,16-21; 6:11-14,17-20; 2Ti 1:13,14; 2:19,22-25; 3:2-5; Tit 1:5-14; 2:2-5,9-12; 3:1,2,8; Heb 6:1,11,12; 10:22-25; 13:1-3,5,7,9,15-17
4 OTHER APOSTLES
4.1 PRECEPTS OF, EXPLICITLY STATED OR IMPLIED IN DIDACTIC EPISTLES
Jas 1:16,19,21,22; 2:1-4,8-12; 3:1; 4:7-11,13-15; 5:7-12,16; 1Pe 1:13-17; 2:11-25; 3:8-12,15-17; 4:1-16; 5:1-3,5-9; 2Pe 1:5-7,10; 3:14,18; 1Jo 2:15,28; 3:10-23; 4:1,7,8,11,12,15,16,21; 5:21; 2Jo 1:5,6; 3Jo 1:11; Jude 1:3,4,20-23; Re 3:11,18,19; 22:17
4.6 See INSTRUCTION
4.12 See WOMAN and other topics
5 OF MEN
Isa 29:13; Mt 15:3-20; Mr 7:2-23; Ro 14:1-6,10-23; 1Ti 4:1-3
COMMERCE #1166
1 Laws concerning
2 Carried on by means of caravans
3 Carried on by means of ships
1Ki 9:27,28; 10:11; 22:48; Ps 107:23-30; Pr 31:11; Re 18:19
4 Conducted in fairs
Isa 60:6; Jer 6:20; Eze 27:21-24
6 Egyptians
7 Ethiopians
8 Ishmaelites
9 Israelites
1Ki 9:26-28; Ne 3:31,32; Eze 27:17
10 Ninevites
11 Syrians
12 Tyrians
2Sa 5:11; 1Ki 5:6; Isa 23:8; Eze 27; 28:5
13 Zidonians
14 Babylonians
15 Jews
17 Evil practices connected with
18 Articles of
18.1 Apes
18.2 Balm
18.3 Blue cloth
18.4 Brass
18.5 Cinnamon
18.6 Corn
18.7 Cattle
18.8 Chest of rich apparel
18.9 Chariots
18.10 Clothes for chariots
18.11 Embroidery
18.12 Frankincense
18.13 Gold
1Ki 9:28; 10:22; 2Ch 8:18; Isa 60:6; Re 18:12
18.14 Honey
18.15 Horses
1Ki 10:29; Eze 27:14; Re 18:13
18.16 Ivory
1Ki 10:22; 2Ch 9:21; Eze 27:15; Re 18:12
18.17 Iron and steel
18.18 Land
18.19 Lead
18.20 Linen
18.21 Oil
18.22 Pearls
18.23 Peacocks
18.24 Perfumes
18.25 Precious stones
Eze 27:16,22; 28:13,16; Re 18:12
18.26 Purple
18.27 Sheep
18.28 Slaves
18.29 Silk
18.30 Silver
18.31 Sweet cane
18.32 Thyine wood
18.33 Timber
18.34 Tin
18.35 Wheat
18.36 White wool
18.37 Wine
18.38 Bodies and souls of men
19 Transportation of passengers
COMMISSARY #1167
1 For armies, cattle driven with
3 For royal households
COMMONWEALTH #1168
1 FIGURATIVE
1.1 (R. V. margin)
COMMUNION #1169
1 WITH GOD
Ps 16:7; Joh 14:16-18,23; 1Co 16; 2Co 6:16; 13:14; Ga 4:6; Php 2:1,2; 1Jo 1:3; Re 3:20
1.1 See FELLOWSHIP
2 INSTANCES OF
2.1 Enoch
2.2 Noah
2.3 Abraham
Ge 12:1-3,7; 17:1,2; 18:1-33; 22:1,2,11,12,16-18
2.4 Hagar
2.5 Isaac
2.6 Isaac, in dreams
Ge 28:13,15; 31:3; 35:1,7; 46:2-4
2.7 Moses
Ex 3; 4:1-17; 33:9,11; 34:28; Nu 12:8
2.8 Joshua
Jos 1:1-9; 6:2-5; 7:10-15; 8:1,2; 20:1-6
2.9 Gideon
2.10 Solomon
3 OF SAINTS
1Sa 23:16; Ps 55:14; 119:63; 133:1-3; Am 3:3; Mal 3:16; Lu 22:32; 24:17,32; Joh 17:20,21; Ac 2:42; Ro 12:15; 1Co 10:16,17; 12:12,13; 2Co 6:14-18; Eph 4:1-3; 5:11; Col 3:16; 1Th 4:18; 5:11,14; Heb 3:13; 10:24,25; Jas 5:16; 1Jo 1:3,7
3.1 See FELLOWSHIP
COMMUNISM #1170
1 General scriptures concerning
Ac 2:44,45; 4:32,34-37; 5:1-10
COMPANY #1171
1 EVIL
Ge 19:15; 49:6; Ex 23:2,32,33; 34:12-15; Le 18:3; 20:23; Nu 16:21-26; 33:55; De 7:2-4; 12:30; Jos 23:6-13; Jud 2:1-3; 2Sa 23:6,7; 2Ch 19:2; Ezr 9:14; Ps 1:1; 6:8; 15:4; 26:4,5,9; 28:3; 31:6; 50:18; 84:10; 101:4,7; 106:34,35; 119:115; 120:5-7; 139:19,21,22; 141:4; Pr 1:10,14,15; 2:11,12,16,19; 4:14,15; 5:8; 9:6; 12:11,26; 13:20; 14:7; 16:29; 17:12; 20:19; 22:5,10,24,25; 23:6,20; 24:1; 28:7,19; 29:16,24; Ec 9:18; Isa 1:23; 6:5; 8:11,12; Jer 2:25; 9:2; 15:17; 51:6,45; Ho 4:17; 7:5,8,9; Mic 6:16; Mt 24:12; Ro 16:17,18; 1Co 5:6,9-11; 15:33; 2Co 6:14,15,17; Ga 5:9; Eph 5:6,7; 2Th 3:6; 1Ti 5:22; 6:5; 2Ti 3:4,5; 2Pe 2:7,8,18; 2Jo 1:10,11; Re 2:2; 18:4
2 GOOD
2.3 See FELLOWSHIP
COMPASSES #1172
1 CARPENTER'S
COMPASSION #1173
1 OF GOD
2 OF CHRIST
COMPLAINT #1174
COMPLICITY #1175
1 General scriptures concerning
Ps 50:18; Pr 29:24; Ro 1:32; 2Jo 1:10,11
2 INSTANCES OF
2.1 The daughter of Herodias, in asking for the head of John the Baptist
2.2 Pilate, in the death of Jesus
Mt 27:17-26; Mr 15:9-15; Lu 23:13-25; Joh 19:13-16
2.3 Paul, in the stoning of Stephen
2.5 See CONNIVANCE
2.6 See CONSPIRACY
COMPROMISE #1176
1 BEFORE LITIGATION, ENJOINED
Pr 25:8-10; Mt 5:25,26; Lu 12:58,59
1.1 See ADJUDICATION
1.2 See ARBITRATION
CONCEIT #1177
1 General scriptures concerning
Pr 3:5,7; 12:15; 23:4; 26:5,12,16; 28:11,26; Isa 5:21; Jer 9:23; Lu 18:11,12; Ro 1:22; 11:25; 12:16
CONCEPTION #1178
1 MIRACULOUS
1.2 Rebekah
1.3 Rachel
1.4 Manoah's wife
1.5 Hannah
1.6 Elisabeth
1.7 Mary
CONCISION #1179
1 A term for "over-zealous" circumcision
CONCUBINAGE #1180
1 LAWS CONCERNING
Ex 21:7-11; Le 19:20-22; De 21:10-14
1.1 Concubines might be dismissed
1.3 Children of, not heirs
1.4 Practiced by
1.4.1 Abraham
1.4.2 Nahor
1.4.3 Jacob
1.4.4 Eliphaz
1.4.5 Gideon
1.4.6 A Levite
1.4.7 Caleb
1.4.8 Manasseh
1.4.9 Saul
1.4.10 David
1.4.11 Solomon
1.4.12 Rehoboam
1.4.13 Abijah
1.4.14 Belshazzar
CONCUPISCENCE #1181
1 See LASCIVIOUSNESS
CONDEMNATION, SELF #1182
1 See SELF-CONDEMNATION
CONDESCENSION OF GOD #1183
1 In reasoning with his creatures
1.1 Sets forth his reasons for sending the flood
2 Enters into covenant with Abraham
3 Indulges Abraham's intercession for Sodom
6 Sends flesh to the Israelites in consequence of their murmuring
7 Indulges Moses' prayer to behold his glory
10 Invites sinners, saying, "Come now, and let us reason together,"
11 Expostulates with backsliding Israel
Isa 41:21-24; 43:1-19; 65:1-16; Jer 3:1-15; 4:1-31; 7:1-34; Eze 18:25-32; 33:10-20; Ho 2; Mic 6:1-9; Mal 3:7-15
12 SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
Ps 8:4-6; 113:5,6; 144:3; Isa 45:11; Joh 3:16; Ro 5:8; Heb 2:11; 6:17,18; 1Jo 4:10,19
CONDOLENCE #1184
1 INSTANCES OF
1.2 King of Babylon, to Hezekiah
1.3 The three friends of, to Job
1.5 See AFFLICTION , COMFORT IN
CONEY #1185
1 General scriptures concerning
Le 11:5; De 14:7; Ps 18; Pr 30:26
CONFECTIONER #1186
1 General scriptures concerning
CONFEDERACIES #1187
1 INSTANCES OF
1.1 Of kings
Ge 14:1,2; Jos 10:1-5; 11:1-5; 1Ki 20:1
CONFESSION #1188
1 OF CHRIST
Mt 3:11; 7:21-23; 10:32,33; Lu 12:8; Joh 1:15-18; 9:22-38; 12:42,43; Ac 8:35-37; 18:5; 19:4,5; Ro 10:9-11; 1Co 12:3; 1Jo 1:6; 2:4; 4:2,3,15
2 OF SIN
CONFIDENCE #1189
1 BETRAYED: INSTANCES OF
1.1 Joshua, by the Gibeonites
1.6 The worshipers of Baal, by Jehu
2 FALSE
De 29:18,19; 1Ki 20:11; 2Ki 18:21; Isa 36:6; Job 11:20; 15:31; 29:18; Ps 10:6; 20:7,8; 30:6; 33:16,17; 36:2; 44:6; 49:6,7; 52:7; 60:11; 108:12; Pr 14:16; 16:25; 18:11; 23:4; 26:12; 28:26; 29:26; Isa 2:22; 5:21; 8:12; 9:9,10; 20:5; 22:11; 28:15,18; 30:1,2,5,7,10,15,16; 31:1,3; 47:7,8,10; 56:12; 57:13; Jer 2:13,18,22,23,37; 3:23; 5:17; 6:14; 7:8; 8:11; 12:5; 14:13; 17:5; 21:13; 23:17; 48:7,11; 49:4,5; La 4:17; Eze 8:12; 13:10,11; 29:6,7; 30:8; Ho 5:13; 7:9-16; 10:13; 12:1; 14:3; Am 6:1-7,13; 9:10; Ob 1:3; Mic 3:11; Zep 1:12; 2:15; Zec 4:6; Mt 25:5; 26:33-35; Mr 10:24; 14:29-31; Lu 11:35; 12:19,20; 17:26-30; 18:9-14; 22:33,34; Joh 5:45; 13:37,38; Ro 2:3; 12:16; 1Co 3:21; 2Co 1:9; Ga 6:7,8; 1Th 5:3; 1Ti 6:17; Jas 4:13-15; Re 18:7,8
3 INSTANCES OF
3.2 Saul
3.3 Sennacherib
3.4 Asa
3.5 Hezekiah
3.6 Jonah
3.7 Peter
3.8 Paul
CONFISCATION #1190
1 Of property
1.1 By David, that of Mephibosheth
2 By Ahab, of Naboth's vineyard
3 By Ahasuerus, of Haman's house
4 As a penalty
CONFUSION #1191
1 Of tongues
CONGESTION #1192
1 General scriptures concerning
CONGREGATION #1193
1 Those who were excluded from
3 See EXCOMMUNICATION
CONIAH #1194
1 See JEHOIACHIN
CONNIVANCE #1195
1 General scriptures concerning
3 See COMPLICITY
4 See CONSPIRACY
CONONIAH #1196
1 Name of two Israelites
CONSCIENCE #1197
1 General scriptures concerning
Job 15:21,24; 27:6; Pr 20:12; Mt 5:15,16; 6:22,23; Lu 11:33-36; Ac 23:1; 24:16; Ro 2:14,15; 7:15-22,23; 9:1; 14:1-23; 1Co 8:7-13; 10:32; 2Co 1:12; 4:2; 5:11; 1Ti 1:5,19; 3:9; Heb 9:14; 10:22; 13:18; 1Pe 2:19; 3:16,21; 1Jo 3:20,21
2 FAITHFUL: INSTANCES OF
2.1 Of Pharaoh, when he took Abraham's wife for a concubine
2.2 Of Abimelech, when he took Isaac's wife for a concubine
2.3 Of Jacob, in his care of Laban's property
2.4 Of Joseph, when Potiphar's wife tried to seduce him
2.5 Of Nehemiah, in the matter of taxes
2.6 Of Daniel, in refusing to eat of the king's meat and wine
2.7 Of Peter, in declaring the whole counsel of God
3 GUILTY
Job 15:21,24; Ps 51:1-4,7-14; 73:21; Pr 28:1; Isa 59:9-14; Mt 14:1,2; 27:3-5; Mr 6:14,16; Joh 8:9; Ac 2:37; 1Ti 4:2; Tit 1:15; Heb 9:14; 10:26,27
4 INSTANCES OF
4.1 Of Adam and Eve, after they sinned
4.2 Of Jacob, after he defrauded Esau
4.4 Of Pharaoh, after the plagues
4.6.1 For having cut off Saul's skirt
4.6.2 For having numbered the people of Israel
4.6.3 For his adultery and the murder of Uriah
4.7 Of Joab, for numbering Israel
4.9 Of the old prophet of Beth-el
4.10 Of Herod for beheading John the Baptist
4.11 Of Peter, after denying the Lord
4.12 Of Judas, after betraying the Lord Jesus
4.13 The accusers of the woman taken in adultery
5 DEAD
Pr 16:25; 30:20; Jer 6:15; Am 6:1,3-6; Joh 16:2,3; Ro 1:21-25; Eph 4:17-19; 1Ti 4:2; Tit 1:15
CONSCIENCE MONEY #1198
1 General scriptures concerning
Jud 17:2; 2Ki 12:16; Mt 27:3-5
CONSCIENTIOUSNESS #1199
CONSCRIPTION #1200
1 Of soldiers
CONSECRATED THINGS #1201
2 See FIRSTFRUITS
CONSECRATION #1202
2 Of priests
3 Of the altar
4 Of the temple
4.1 See TEMPLE , DEDICATION OF
6 PERSONAL
Ps 51:17; Mt 13:44-46; Ro 6:13,16,19; 12:1; 2Co 8:5
7 CONDITIONAL
7.1 See DEDICATION
8 INSTANCES OF
8.3 Jephthah, of his daughter
8.5 David consecrates the water obtained by his valiant warriors
8.6 Zichri, of himself
CONSISTENCY #1203
1 General scriptures concerning
Ne 5:9; Mt 6:24; Lu 16:13; Ro 14:22; 1Co 10:21
3 See EXPEDIENCY
5 See INCONSISTENCY
CONSOLATION #1204
1 See AFFLICTION , CONSOLATION IN
2 See HOLY SPIRIT
CONSPIRACY #1205
1 LAW AGAINST
2 INSTANCES OF
2.1 Joseph's brother, against Joseph
2.2 Miriam and Aaron, against Moses
2.3 Abimelech against Gideon's sons
2.6 Abner, against Ish-bosheth
2.11 Of Jezebel, against Naboth
2.14 Of servants, against Joash
2.15 People in Jerusalem, against Amaziah
2.16 Shallum, against Zachariah
2.17 Pekahiah
2.18 Pekah
2.19 Amon
2.20 Sennacherib
2.21 Amaziah
2.22 Ahasuerus
2.23 Jeremiah
2.24 Daniel
2.25 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego
Jer 11:9,19; Mt 12:14; 21:38-41; 26:3,4; 27:1,2; Mr 3:6
2.27 Paul
2.28 Falsely accused of
2.28.1 Jonathan
CONSTANCY #1206
1 In obedience
2 In friendship
3 Under suffering
Mt 5:12; Heb 12:5; 1Pe 4:12-16
4 In prayer
Lu 18:1; Ro 12:12; Eph 6:18; Col 4:2; 1Th 5:17
5 In beneficence
6 In profession
7 INSTANCES OF
7.1 Jonathan
CONSTELLATIONS #1207
1 General scriptures concerning
2 The serpent
3 Orion
CONSTITUTION #1208
1 AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE RULER AND PEOPLE
De 17:18-20; 2Sa 5:3; 2Ch 23:2,3; Jer 34:8-11; Da 6:12-15
CONSUMPTION #1209
1 General scriptures concerning
CONTEMPT OF COURT #1210
CONTENTION #1211
CONTENTMENT #1212
1 General scriptures concerning
Ps 16:6; 37:7,16; Pr 14:10,14; 15:13,15,30; 16:8; 17:1,22; 30:8; Ec 2:24; 3:12,13; 4:6; 5:12; 6:7-9; 8:15; 9:7-9; Lu 3:14; 1Co 7:17,20,21,24; Ga 5:26; Php 4:11,12; 1Ti 6:6-8; Heb 13:5
2 See AFFLICTION , RESIGNATION IN
3 See RESIGNATION
4 INSTANCES OF
4.1 Esau, in refusing Jacob's present
4.2 Barzillai, in refusing to go with David to Jerusalem
4.3 The Shunammite, in refusing to make a request of Elisha
CONTINENCE #1213
1 General scriptures concerning
Job 31:1; Mt 5:27,28; 19:12; Ro 13:13; 1Co 7:1-9,25-29,36-38; 9:27; Col 3:5; 1Ti 4:12; 5:1,2; Re 14:1,4,5
3 INSTANCES OF
3.1 Joseph
3.2 Uriah
3.3 Boaz
3.5 Paul
CONTINENTS #1214
1 General scriptures concerning
Ge 1:9,10; Job 26:7,10; 28:8-11; 38:4-18; Ps 95:5; 104:5-9; 136:6; Pr 8:29; 30:4
CONTINGENCIES #1215
1 IN DIVINE GOVERNMENT OF MAN
Ge 2:16,17; 3:3; 4:7; 18:19; Ex 19:5; Le 26:3-28; De 7:12-26; 11:26-28; 30:15,16,19; Jos 24:15; 2Sa 24:12-14; 1Ki 3:14; 20:42; 1Ch 28:7; 2Ch 26:5; Job 36:11,12; Jer 11:4; 12:17; 18:8-10; 22:4,5; Eze 33:14-16; Jon 3:10; Mt 19:17; 23:37; 26:39,42; Mr 11:26; Joh 9:41; 14:23; 15:6,7; Col 1:22,23; 2Th 2:8-10; Heb 3:14; Re 2:22; 3:3; 22:17
1.1 See BLESSINGS , CONTINGENT ON OBEDIENCE
1.2 See PREDESTINATION
CONTRACTS #1216
1 Between Abraham and Abimelech, concerning wells of water
2 Violated
3 First contract between Laban and Jacob for Laban's daughter
4 Violated
5 Second contract
6 Violated
7 For cattle
10 Dissolved
10.1 By mutual consent
10.2 By blotting out
11 Modes of ratifying
11.1 By giving presents
12 By consummating in the presence of the public at the gate of the city
13 By erecting a heap of stones
14 By oaths
Ge 26:3,31; Jos 9:15,20; 1Ch 16:16; Heb 6:16,17
15 By joining hands
Pr 6:1; 11:21; 17:18; 22:26; Eze 17:18
16 With salt
17 By taking off the shoe
18 Written instrument
21 SCRIPTURES ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE BINDING FORCE OF
Ex 21:2-6; Le 6:1,2,4-7; Jos 9:3-9,15,16,18-27; Mt 20:1-16; Ga 3:15
CONTRITION #1217
1 See REPENTANCE
CONVENTION #1218
1 For counsel
CONVERSATION #1219
1 General scriptures concerning
Mt 5:37; 12:35-37; Eph 4:29; Col 3:8; 4:6; Jas 5:12
CONVERSION #1220
1 See REGENERATION
2 INSTANCES OF
CONVERTS #1221
1 "Wayside,"
2 "Stony ground,"
3 "Choked,"
4 "Good ground,"
5 See BACKSLIDERS
6 See PROSELYTES
8 INSTANCES OF
8.1 Ruth
8.2 Nebuchadnezzar
8.4 Ninevites
8.5 Gadarenes
8.6 The Samaritans
8.7 The thief on the cross
8.8 At Pentecost, about three-thousand people
8.9 Post-pentecostal
8.10 The eunuch
8.13 Cornelius
8.14 Jews and Greeks at Antioch
8.15 Lydia
8.16 Jailer
8.17 Greeks
9 ZEALOUS: INSTANCES OF
9.1 Nebuchadnezzar
9.2 Andrew
9.3 Philip
9.5 The man possessed by demons
9.6 The blind men
9.7 The deaf man
CONVEYANCE #1222
1 OF LAND
CONVICTION #1223
1 OF SIN
Ge 4:13; De 28:65-67; Job 40:4,5; Ps 31:10; 38:1-22; 51:1-4,7-17; Isa 6:5; La 1:20; Eze 7:16,17,25,26; 33:10; Mic 7:17; Lu 5:8; Ac 2:37; 9:6; 16:29,30; Ro 2:15; 1Co 14:24,25
2 INSTANCES OF
2.1 Adam and Eve, after their disobedience
2.2 Joseph's brother, on account of their cruelty to Joseph
Ge 42:21,22; 44:16; 45:3; 50:15-21
2.3 Pharaoh
2.3.1 After the plague of hail
2.3.2 The plague of locusts
2.3.3 The death of the firstborn
2.4 The Israelites
2.4.1 After being rebuked and punished for worshiping the golden calf
2.4.2 The death of the ten spies and their being sentenced to wander for forty years
2.4.3 Their complaining against God and being bitten by fiery serpents
2.5 Saul, after sparing Agag and the best of the spoils
2.6 David after the pestilence sent on account of his numbering the people
2.8 Widow of Zarephath, when her son died
2.9 Belshazzar, when he "saw the part of the hand that wrote,"
2.10 Darius, when Daniel was in the lions' den
2.11 Mariners
2.11.1 After casting Jonah into the sea
2.11.2 At the preaching of Jonah
2.12 Jonah, in the belly of the great fish
2.13 Herod, when he heard of the fame of Jesus
2.14 Jews, when Jesus commanded the guiltless man to cast the first stone at the woman taken in adultery
2.15 Judas, after his betrayal of Jesus
2.16 Saul of Tarsus, when he saw Jesus on the way to Damascus
2.17 Felix, under the preaching of Paul
2.18 Philippian jailer, after the earthquake
3 FROM GOD
Job 33:14-30; Joh 6:44,45; 16:7-11; Ac 16:14
3.3 See REPENTANCE
4 UNJUST, OF INNOCENT PERSONS
4.1 See ACCUSATION , FALSE
4.2 See INDICTMENTS
CONVOCATION #1224
1 HOLY
1.1 Three held annually by the Israelites
COOKING #1225
1 A kid (young goat) must not be boiled in its mother's milk
2 Spice used in
3 Ephraim, a cake unturned
4 In the temple
COOS #1226
1 An island, Paul visits, in the Mediterranean
COPPER #1227
1 Incorrectly translated brass
COPULATION #1228
1 Forbidden between persons near of kin
2 During menses
3 With animals
5 See LASCIVIOUSNESS
COR #1229
1 A measure for liquids and solids, containing ten ephahs, or baths, and equal to the homer
2 Rendered measure in
1Ki 4:22; 5:11; 2Ch 2:10; 27:5; Ezr 7:22; Lu 16:7
CORAL #1230
1 General scriptures concerning
CORBAN #1231
1 An oblation
CORD #1232
1 Ancient uses of
1.1 In casting lots
1.2 Fastening tents
1.3 Leading or binding animals
1.4 Hitching to cart or plough
1.5 Binding prisoners
1.6 Measuring ground
2Sa 8:2; Jos 17:14; Ps 78:55; Am 7:17; Zec 2:1
1.7 Worn on the head as a sign of submission
2 FIGURATIVE
2.1 Of spiritual blessings
2.2 Of sin
2.3 Of life
2.4 Of friendship
3 SYMBOLICAL USES OF
3.1 Token in mourning
3.2 Signifying an inheritance
CORIANDER #1233
1 A spice
CORINTH #1234
2 Visited
Ac 18; 2Co 12:14; 13:1; with 1Co 16:5-7
2.2 And
4 THE CONGREGATION OF
4.1 Schism in
4.2 Immortalities in
4.5 Abuse of ordinances in
4.6 Heresies in
4.7 Lawsuits in
4.8 Liberality of
4.9 Paul's letters to
CORMORANT #1235
1 A bird forbidden as food
Le 11:17; De 14:17; Isa 34:11; Zep 2:14
CORN #1236
1 (A general term applied to all grains)
2 In valleys
4 Palestine
5 Parched
Ru 2:14; 1Sa 17:17; 25:18; 2Sa 17:28
6 Ground
7 Eaten by the Israelites
8 Shocks of, burnt
9 Heads of, plucked by Christ's disciples
10 Mosaic laws concerning
11 FIGURATIVE
11.1 Symbolical
11.5 See FIRSTFRUITS
CORNELIUS #1237
1 A Roman centurion
CORNERSTONE #1238
1 General scriptures concerning
3 FIGURATIVE
Ps 118:22; Isa 28:16; Mt 21:42; Mr 12:10; Lu 20:17; Ac 4:11; 1Co 3:11; Eph 2:20; 1Pe 2:6
CORNET #1239
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT #1240
1 See PUNISHMENT
CORPULENCY #1241
1 INSTANCES OF
1.1 Eglon
1.2 Eli
CORRECTION #1242
1 See AFFLICTION , DESIGN OF
2 See CHASTISEMENT
3 See CHILDREN , CORRECTION OF
5 See PUNISHMENT
CORRUPTION #1243
1 PHYSICAL DECOMPOSITION
1.1 After death
Ge 3:19; Job 17:14; 21:26; 34:15; Ps 16:10; 49:9; 104:29; Ec 3:20; 12:7; Jon 2:6; Ac 2:27,31; 13:34-37; 1Co 15:42,50
2 FIGURATIVE
2.1 Of sin
Isa 38:17; Ro 8:21; Ga 6:8; 2Pe 1:4; 2:12,19
2.2 Mount of
3 JUDICIAL
3.2 See GOVERNMENT
4 ECCLESIASTICAL
5 POLITICAL
5.2 See CIVIL SERVICE
5.3 See GOVERNMENT
COSMETICS #1244
1 General scriptures concerning
COTTON #1245
1 (R. V. margin)
COUNCIL #1246
1 Apostolic
COUNSEL #1247
1 General scriptures concerning
Pr 1:5; 9:9; 11:14; 12:15; 15:22; 19:20; 20:18; 24:6; 27:9
3 REJECTED
4 INSTANCES OF
4.2 By the rich young ruler
COUNSELLOR #1248
1 A wise man, versed in law and diplomacy
2 Ahithophel was
3 Was member of the Sanhedrin at Jerusalem
COUNTENANCE #1249
1 Angry
2 Cheerful
Job 29:24; Ps 4:6; 21:6; 44:3; Pr 15:13; 27:17
3 Fierce
4 Guilty
5 Health indicated in
6 Pride in
7 Reading of
8 Sad
1Sa 1:18; Ne 2:2,3; Ec 7:3; Eze 27:35; Da 1:15; 5:6
9 Transfigured
Ex 34:29-35; 2Co 3:7,13; Lu 9:29
COUNTRY #1250
1 LOVE OF
Jud 5:1-31; 2Sa 10:12; Ne 1:1-11; 2:1-20; 5:1-18; Ps 137:1-6
1.1 The Jews held religion and country as one (a theocracy), therefore
2 See also PATRIOTISM
COURAGE #1251
2 The Israelites
3 Solomon
4 Asa
5 Enjoined by Jehoshaphat upon the judicial and executive officers be appointed
6 SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
Pr 28:1; Eze 2:6; 3:9; 1Co 16:13; Php 1:27,28; 2Ti 1:7
7 INSTANCES OF THE COURAGE OF CONVICTION
7.1 Abraham, in leaving his fatherland
7.3 Gideon, in destroying the altar of Baal
7.4 Ezra, in undertaking the perilous journey from Babylon to Palestine without a guard
7.5 The Jews, in returning answer to Tatnai
7.6 The three Hebrews, who refused to bow down to the image of Nebuchadnezzar
7.7 Daniel, in persisting in prayer regardless of the edict against praying
7.8 Peter and John, in refusing to obey men, rather than God
7.9 See MINISTERS , COURAGE OF
8 INSTANCES OF PERSONAL BRAVERY
8.1 Joshua and Caleb, in advising that Israel go at once and possess the land
8.2 Othniel, in striking Kirjath-sepher
8.3 Gideon, in attacking the confederate armies of the Midianites and Amalekites with three hundred men
8.4 Deborah, in leading Israel's armies
8.6 Agag, in the indifference with which he faced death
8.8 In entering into the tent of Saul, and carrying away Saul's spear
8.9 David's captains
8.10 Joab, in reproving King David
8.11 Nehemiah, in refusing to take refuge in the temple
8.12 Esther, in going to the king to save her people
8.13 Joseph of Arimathaea, in caring for the body of Jesus
8.14 Thomas, in being willing to die with Jesus
8.15 Peter and other disciples
8.16 The apostles, under persecution
8.17 Paul, in going to Jerusalem, despite his impressions that bonds and imprisonments awaited him
8.18 See BOLDNESS OF THE RIGHTEOUS
8.20 See REPROOF , FAITHFULNESS IN
COURT #1252
1 ECCLESIASTICAL
1Ch 26:29-32; 2Ch 19:8-11; Mt 18:15-18; Joh 20:23
1.1 See CHURCH , DISCIPLINE IN
2 CIVIL
2.1 Held at the tabernacle
2.2 The gates of cities
De 21:19; 22:15; 25:7; Jos 20:4; Ru 4:1; Zec 8:16
2.3 Under a palm tree
2.4 COMPOSITION OF, AND MODE OF PROCEDURE
Ex 18:25,26; De 1:15-17; 17:9; Ru 4:2-5; 1Ch 26:29-32; 2Ch 19:8-11; Mt 26:54-71; Mr 14:53,55-65; 15:1; Lu 22:50-71; Joh 18:13-28; Ac 5:17-21,25-28,34,38-41
2.7 See PRIEST , JUDICIAL FUNCTIONS OF
3 CIRCUIT
4 SUPERIOR, AND INFERIOR
Ex 18:21-26; De 1:15-17; 17:8-13; 2Ch 19:5-10
5 JUSTICE REQUIRED OF
Ex 23:2,3,6-8; De 1:16,17; 25:1; 2Ch 19:5-10
6 SENTENCE OF, FINAL AND OBLIGATORY
7 CONTEMPT OF
De 17:8-13; Mic 5:1; Ac 23:1-5
8 CORRUPT
Pr 17:15; 29:26; Isa 1:23; 5:23; 10:1,2; Mic 3:11; 7:3; Zep 3:3; Mt 26:59-62; 27:18-26; Mr 14:53,55-65; 15:10; Ac 4:15-18; 6:11-14; 24:26,27
9 ACCUSED SPOKE IN HIS OWN DEFENSE
Jer 26:11-16; Mr 15:3-5; Ac 4:8-12,18-20; 5:29-32; 7:1-56; 23:1-7; 26:1-32
9.2 See PUNISHMENT
COURTESY #1253
COURTSHIP #1254
1 Ancient customs of
1.1 Suitor visited the maid
1.2 Women proposed marriage
COVENANT #1255
1 Sacred
2 Binding
Jos 9:18-20; Jer 34:8-21; Eze 17:14-18; Ga 3:15
3 Binding, not only on those who make them, but on those who are represented
4 Blood of
5 Book of
6 The Mosaic law called a covenant
9 OF MEN WITH MEN
9.1 Breach of, punished
2Sa 21:1-6; Jer 34:8-22; Eze 17:13-19
9.2 National
9.4 Ratified
9.4.1 By giving the hand
9.4.2 Loosing the shoe
9.4.3 Written and sealed
9.4.4 By giving presents
9.4.5 By making a feast
9.4.6 By a monument
9.4.7 By salting
9.4.8 By offering a sacrifice
9.4.9 By oath
10 INSTANCES OF
1Sa 18:3,4; 20:16,42; 2Sa 21:7
10.5 Jews with each other, to serve God
10.6 King Zedekiah and his subjects
10.8 Subjects with sovereign
11 OF GOD WITH MEN
11.1 Confirmed with an oath
Ge 22:16; 26:3; 50:24; Ps 89:35; 105:9; Lu 1:73; Heb 6:13,17,18
11.2 Binding
11.3 Everlasting
Ge 8:20-22; 9:1-17; Ps 105:8,10; Isa 54:10; 61:8
11.4 God faithful to
Le 26:44,45; De 4:31; 7:8,9; Jud 2:1; 1Ki 8:23; Ps 105:8-11; 106:45; 111:5; Mic 7:20
11.5 Repudiated by God on account of Jews' idolatry
11.7 Punishments for breaking of
12 INSTANCES OF
12.1 Of the sabbath
12.4 Noah
12.5 Abraham
Ge 12:1-3; 15; 17:1-22; Ex 6:4-8; Ps 105:8-11; Ro 9:7-13; Ga 3
12.6 See CIRCUMCISION
12.8 Jacob
12.9 With the Israelites to deliver them from Egypt
2Sa 7:12-16; 1Ch 17:11-14; 2Ch 6:16
12.15 With David and his house
2Sa 23:5; Ps 89:20-37; Jer 33:21
12.16 With his people
12.17 To be confirmed
13 THE SECOND COVENANT
Jer 31:31-34; Heb 8:4-13; 12:18-24; 13:20
14 OF MAN WITH GOD
14.1 Jacob
14.2 Joshua
14.3 Absalom
14.5 Josiah
14.6 Asa
14.7 Nehemiah
14.8 Israelites
COVETOUSNESS #1256
1 General scriptures concerning
Ex 18:21; 20:17; De 5:21; Ne 5:7; Job 20:15; 31:24,25,28; Ps 10:3; 119:36; Pr 1:19; 11:24,26; 15:27; 21:25,26; 22:16; 23:4,5; 30:8,9; Ec 1:2-8; 4:8; 5:10,11; Isa 1:23; 5:8; 56:11; 57:17; Jer 6:13; 8:10; 17:11; 22:17; 51:13; Eze 22:12,13; 33:31; Ho 4:18; 10:1; Mic 2:2; 3:11; 7:3; Hab 1:15,16; 2:5-9; Hag 1:6; Mal 1:10; Mt 6:19-21,24,25,31-33; 13:22; 16:26; 19:23,24; 22:1-14; Mr 4:19; 7:21-23; Lu 7:14; 12:15-21,33,34; 14:16-24; 18:24,25; Joh 6:26,27; Ro 1:29; 13:9; 1Co 5:11; 6:10; Eph 5:3,5; Col 3:2,5,6; Php 3:18,19; 1Th 2:5; 1Ti 3:3; 6:5-11,17; 2Ti 3:2; Tit 1:7,11; Heb 13:5; Jas 4:2,13-17; 1Pe 5:2; 2Pe 2:3,14-16; 1Jo 2:15-17; Jude 1:11
5 See WORLDLINESS
6 INSTANCES OF
6.1 Eve, in desiring the forbidden fruit
6.2 Lot, in choosing the plain of the Jordan
6.3 Laban
6.3.1 In giving Rebekah to be Isaac's wife
6.3.2 In deceiving Jacob when he served him seven years for Rachel
6.3.3 In deceiving Jacob in wages
6.4 Jacob
6.4.1 In defrauding Esau of his, father's blessing
6.4.2 In defrauding Laban of his flocks and herds
6.4.3 In buying Esau's birthright
6.5 Balaam, in loving the wages of unrighteousness
6.6 Achan, in hiding the treasure
6.7 Eli's sons, in taking the flesh of the sacrifice
6.8 Samuel's sons, in taking bribes
6.9 Saul, in sparing, Agag and the booty
6.10 David, of Bath-sheba
6.11 Ahab, in desiring Naboth's vineyard
6.12 Gehazi, in taking a gift from Naaman
6.13.1 In exacting usury from their brethren
6.13.2 In keeping back the portion of the Levites
6.13.3 In building fine houses while the house of the Lord lay waste
6.13.4 In following Jesus merely for the loaves and fish
6.14 Money-changers in the temple
Mt 21:12,13; Lu 19:45,46; Joh 2:14-16
6.15 The rich young ruler
6.16 The rich fool
6.17 Judas, in betraying Jesus for twenty pieces of silver
Mt 26:15,16; Mr 14:10,11; Lu 22:3-6; Joh 12:6
6.18 The unjust steward
6.20 Simon Magus, in trying to buy the gift of the Holy Spirit
6.21 The sorcerers, in filing complaint against Paul and Silas
6.22 Demetrius, in raising a riot against Paul and Silas
6.23 Festus, in hoping for a bribe from Paul
6.24 Demas in forsaking Paul for love of the world
COW #1257
1 Used for pulling
2 (Milk of, used for food)
6 FIGURATIVE
COWARDICE #1258
1 General scriptures concerning
Le 26:36,37; De 20:8; 32:30; Jos 7:5; 23:10; Jud 7:3; Job 15:24; 18:11; Pr 28:1; 29:25; Isa 51:12,13; Ga 6:12; 2Ti 4:16
3 INSTANCES OF
3.1 Adam, in attempting to shift responsibility for his sin upon Eve
3.2 Abraham, in calling his wife his sister
3.3 Isaac, in calling his wife his sister
3.4 Jacob, in flying from Laban
3.5 Aaron, in yielding to the Israelites, when they demanded an idol
3.6 The ten spies
3.7 The Israelites
3.7.1 In fearing to attempt the conquest of Canaan
3.7.2 In the battle with the people of Ai
3.7.4 To fight with the Philistines
3.9 Ephraimites
3.10 Ephraimites and Manassehites
3.11 Amoritish kings
3.12 Canaanites
3.13 Samuel, fearing to obey God's command to anoint a king in Saul's place
3.14 David, in fleeing from Absalom
3.15 Nicodemus, in coming to Jesus by night
3.16 Joseph of Arimathaea, secretly a disciple
3.17 Parents of the blind man, who was restored to sight
3.18 Early converts among the rulers
3.19 The disciples
3.19.1 During the storm at sea
3.19.2 When they saw Jesus walking on the sea
3.19.3 When Jesus was apprehended
3.20 Peter, in denying the Lord
Mt 26:69-74; Mr 14:66-72; Lu 22:54-60; Joh 18:16,17,25,27
3.21 Pilate, in condemning Jesus, through fear of the people
3.22 Guards of the sepulcher of Jesus
3.23 The Philippian jailer
3.24 Peter and other Christians, at Antioch (of Syria)
COZ #1259
COZBI #1260