The Living Bible (427 page)

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BOOK: The Living Bible

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^{Zep 2:3}	^{to save you, all who are humble}
^{1 Tim 6:11}	^{work instead at what is right and good,}
^{1 Pet 3:4}	^{Be beautiful inside, in your hearts,}

Benefits of

^{Psa 69:32}	^{The humble shall see their God at work}
^{Prov 3:34}	^{The Lord mocks at the mockers, but helps the humble.}
^{Jas 4:6}	^{God gives strength to the humble,}

Christ, an example of

^{Matt 11:29-30}

^{for I am gentle and humble,}

HUNGER

Of Jesus

^{Matt 4:2}	^{he ate nothing and became very hungry.}
^{Matt 21:18}	^{he was returning to Jerusalem, he was hungry,}
^{Mark 11:12}	^{morning as they left Bethany, he felt hungry.}
^{Luke 4:2}	^{ate nothing all that time, and was very hungry.}

Spiritual

^{Amos 8:11}	^{not a famine of bread or water,}
^{Luke 6:21}	^{happiness there is for you who are now hungry,}
^{1 Pet 2:2-3}	^{cry for this as a baby cries for his milk.}

Absent from heaven

^{Rev 7:16}

^{they will never be hungry again, nor thirsty,}

HYPOCRISY

Examples of

^{Ezek 13:2-3}	^{prophets who are inventing their own visions}
^{Matt 2:8}	^{so that I can go and worship him too!}
^{Luke 13:15}	^{You hypocrite! You work on the Sabbath!}
^{Luke 20:23}	^{He saw through their trickery}
^{Acts 5:2}	^{part of the money, claiming it was the full price.}
^{Acts 8:18}	^{he offered to buy this power.}
^{Gal 2:13}	^{even Barnabas became hypocrites too,}

Condemned

^{Prov 23:6-8}	^{Dont associate with evil men;}
^{Isa 1:12-13}	^{sacrifices when you have no sorrow for your sins?}
^{Isa 29:13}	^{their worship amounts to mere words learned}
^{Matt 6:2}	^{dont shout about is as the hypocrites do}
^{Matt 7:5}	^{Hypocrite! First get rid of the board.}
^{1 Pet 2:1}	^{Dont just pretend to be good!}

Christs teaching concerning

^{Matt 15:7}	^{You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy}
^{Matt 22:18}	^{Who are you trying to fool with your trick}
^{Matt 24:51}	^{send you off to the judgment of the hypocrites;}
^{Mark 12:38}	^{Beware of the teachers of religion!}
^{Luke 11:44}	^{Yes, awesome judgment is awaiting you.}

Apostles teaching concerning

^{Rom 2:1}	^{for you do these very same things.}
^{2 Cor 4:2}	^{We do not try to trick people into believing}
^{1 Tim 4:2}	^{These teachers will tell lies with straight faces}

IDOL(S)

Examples of

^{Exod 20:4}	^{any images resembling animals, birds, or fish.}
^{Isa 40:19}	^{An idol, made from a mold, overlaid with gold,}
^{Hab 2:18}	^{worshiping all your man-made idols?}
^{Acts 19:24}	^{manufacture silver shrines of the Greek goddess}

Materials used in

^{Exod 32:2-3}	^{Give me your golden earrings, Aaron replied.}
^{Lev 26:1}	^{carved images, obelisks, or shaped stones,}
^{Deut 4:28}	^{worship idols, made from wood and stone,}
^{Psa 115:4}	^{merely man-made things of silver and gold.}
^{Isa 2:20}	^{their gold and silver idols to the moles}
^{Ezek 20:32}	^{you, serving gods of wood and stone.}
^{Hos 8:4}	^{idols that they have made from their silver}

Forbidden

^{Exod 20:4}	^{You shall not make yourselves any idols:}
^{Exod 34:17}	^{You must have nothing to do with idols.}

IDOL WORSHIP

Examples of

^{1 Kgs 11:5}	^{Solomon worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess}
^{1 Kgs 12:28}	^{from now on these will be your gods}
^{1 Kgs 16:31}	^{Sidonians, and then began worshiping Baal.}
^{2 Kgs 21:3-5}	^{altars to the sun god, moon god, and the gods}
^{2 Chr 28:2}	^{Israel and worshiped the idols of Baal.}
^{Dan 3:1}	^{Nebuchadnezzar made a golden statue ninety feet high}
^{Acts 14:11}	^{These men are gods in human bodies!}
^{Acts 17:16}	^{deeply troubled by all the idols he saw}

Evil practices of

^{Exod 32:6}	^{a wild party, followed by sexual immorality.}
^{Lev 18:21}	^{children to Molech, burning them upon his altar;}
^{Lev 20:2}	^{his child as a burnt offering to Molech}
^{Deut 12:31}	^{roasted their sons and daughters before their gods.}
^{Deut 14:1}	^{never cut yourselves [as the heathen do}
^{1 Kgs 14:24}	^{There was homosexuality throughout the land,}
^{2 Chr 33:6}	^{Manasseh sacrificed his own children}
^{Mic 6:7}	^{If you sacrificed your oldest child, would that make}
^{Rom 1:24}	^{every sort of sex sin, and so whatever}

Feasts of

^{1 Kgs 12:32-33}	^{similar to the annual festival at Jerusalem;}
^{Ezek 18:6}	^{to feat before the idols of Israel and worship}

Objects of

^{Exod 32:4}	^{molded and tooled it into the form of a calf.}
^{Deut 4:19}	^{the sky to worship the sun, moon, or stars.}
^{2 Kgs 18:4}	^{shrines on the hills, broke down the obelisks,}
^{Hab 1:16}	^{worship their nets and burn incense before them!}
^{Acts 7:42}	^{serve the sun, moon and stars as their gods!}
^{Rom 1:23}	^{like mere birds and animals and snakes}
^{Col 2:18}	^{lost when you refuse to worship angels,}

Condemned

^{Gen 35:2}	^{his household to destroy the idols they had}
^{Exod 20:3}	^{You may worship no other god than me.}
^{Lev 19:3-4}	^{Do not make or worship idols,}
^{Deut 27:15}	^{curse of God is on anyone who makes}
^{Isa 42:17}	^{call them gods will be greatly disappointed;}
^{1 Cor 6:9-10}	^{live immoral lives, who are idol worshipers,}
^{1 Cor 10:14}	^{carefully avoid idol-worship of every kind.}

Punishment for

^{Deut 17:5}	^{taken outside the city and shall be stoned}
^{Jer 8:2}	^{Their bones shall not be gathered up again}
^{Hos 8:7}	^{sown the wind and they will reap the whirlwind.}
^{Eph 5:6}	^{the terrible wrath of God is upon all those}
^{Rev 14:10}	^{must drink the wine of the anger of God;}

IMMORALITY
, see
Adultery
;
Fornication

INCENSE
, see
Offering

Formula for

^{Exod 30:34}

^{sweet spicesstacte, onycha, galbanum,}

Uses of

^{Exod 30:36}	^{put some of it in front of the Ark}
^{Lev 16:12}	^{bring it inside the veil.}
^{Num 16:17}	^{bring your censers with incense on them;}
^{Num 16:40}	^{come before the Lord to burn incense,}
^{Deut 33:10}	^{work before you at the incense altar}

Misuse, examples

^{Lev 10:1}	^{offered the incense before the Lord}
^{2 Chr 26:16}	^{personally burning incense upon the altar.}
^{Ezek 8:11}	^{Each of them held a censer of burning incense,}

Presented to Jesus

^{Matt 2:11}

^{gave him gold, frankincense, and myrrh.}

Symbolic

^{Rev 5:8}	^{a harp and golden vials filled with incense}
^{Rev 8:3}	^{a great quantity of incense was given to him}

Figurative

^{Psa 141:2}	^{as incense wafting up to you.}
^{Mal 1:11}	^{will offer sweet incense and pure offerings}

INCEST

Examples of

^{Gen 19:32}	^{then we will sleep with him,}
^{Gen 35:22}	^{Reuben slept with Bilhah, his fathers concubine,}
^{Exod 6:20}	^{Amram married Jochebed, his fathers sister;}
^{2 Sam 13:4}	^{I am in love with Tamar, my half sister.}
^{2 Sam 16:21}	^{Go and sleep with your fathers wives,}
^{Matt 14:3}	^{Herodias, his brother Philips ex-wife,}
^{Luke 3:19-20}	^{for marrying Herodias, his brothers wife,}

Laws concerning

^{Lev 18:6}	^{None of you shall marry a near relative,}
^{Lev 20:11}	^{If a man sleeps with his fathers wife,}
^{Deut 22:30}	^{A man shall not sleep with his fathers widow}
^{Deut 27:20}	^{commits adultery with one of his fathers wives,}

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