The Living Bible (453 page)

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BOOK: The Living Bible

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Exhortations concerning

^{Josh 23:11}	^{So be very careful to keep on loving him.}
^{1 Kgs 8:25}	^{follow your ways and try to do your will}
^{Psa 119:9}	^{By reading your Word and following its rules.}
^{Prov 8:34}	^{he watches daily at my gates,}
^{Prov 16:17}	^{he who follows that path is safe.}
^{1 Cor 16:13}	^{Keep your eyes open for spiritual danger;}
^{Eph 6:18}	^{keep praying earnestly for all Christians}
^{2 Joh 1:8}	^{See to it that you win your full reward}

For Christs return

^{Matt 25:13}	^{So stay awake and be prepared,}
^{Mark 13:33}	^{Be on the watch (for my return).}
^{Luke 12:37}	^{great joy for those who are ready and waiting}
^{Rom 13:11}	^{Wake up, for the coming of the Lord is nearer}
^{1 Thes 5:6}	^{Watch for his return and stay sober.}
^{1 Pet 4:7}	^{The end of the world is coming soon.}
^{Rev 16:15}	^{Take note: I will come as unexpectedly as a thief!}

WATCHMEN

On city walls

^{2 Sam 13:34}	^{the watchman on the Jerusalem wall saw a great crowd}
^{2 Sam 18:24}	^{the watchman climbed the stairs to his post}
^{Neh 4:9}	^{guarded the city day and night to protect ourselves.}
^{Neh 7:3}	^{must guard the section of wall}
^{Jer 51:12}	^{Set many watchmen on your walls;}

On towers

^{2 Kgs 9:17}	^{The watchman on the Tower of Jezreel saw Jehu}
^{2 Chr 20:24}	^{the watchtower that looks out over the wilderness,}
^{Isa 21:6}	^{Put a watchman on the city wall to shout out}
^{Jer 31:6}	^{watchmen on the hills of Ephraim will call out}

At the Temple gates

^{2 Kgs 11:6-8}

^{The other two-thirds shall stand guard at the Temple;}

Duties of

^{Ezek 33:3}

^{he sees the army coming, and blows the alarm}

Unfaithful, punishment of

^{Ezek 33:6}	^{I will charge the watchman with their deaths.}
^{Matt 28:12-13}	^{it was decided to bribe the police}
^{Acts 12:19}	^{he had the sixteen guards arrested,}

WEALTH
, see
Riches

WEDDING
, see
Marriage

Illustrations involving a

^{Matt 22:1-2}	^{a king who prepared a great wedding dinner}
^{Luke 12:36}	^{for your Lords return from the wedding feast.}
^{Luke 14:8}	^{If you are invited to a wedding feast,}

WEEPING

Examples of

^{Gen 23:1-2}	^{there Abraham mourned and wept for her.}
^{Gen 33:4}	^{kissed him; and both of them were in tears!}
^{Gen 46:29}	^{fell into each others arms and wept a long while.}
^{1 Sam 1:7}	^{making her cry so much she couldnt eat.}
^{John 20:11}	^{as she wept, she stooped and looked in}

Of repentance

^{Judg 2:4}	^{broke into tears as the Angel finished speaking;}
^{Matt 26:75}	^{And he went away, crying bitterly.}
^{Mark 14:72}	^{you will deny me three times. And he began to cry.}
^{Luke 22:62}	^{Peter walked out of the courtyard, crying bitterly.}

In hell

^{Matt 8:12}	^{the place of weeping and torment.}
^{Matt 22:13}	^{outer darkness where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth.}
^{Matt 24:51}	^{there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.}
^{Matt 25:30}	^{there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.}

None in heaven

^{Rev 7:17}

^{God will wipe their tears away.}

WHITE

Clothing, examples

^{Matt 17:2}	^{his clothing became dazzling white.}
^{Mark 16:5}	^{on the right sat a young man clothed in white.}
^{Luke 9:29}	^{began to shine, and his clothes became dazzling white}
^{Rev 19:8}	^{to wear the cleanest and whitest and finest of linens.}
^{Rev 19:14}	^{dressed in finest linen, white and clean.}

Symbolic

^{Psa 51:7}	^{Wash me and I shall be whiter than snow.}
^{Isa 1:18}	^{I can make you white as wool!}
^{Rev 1:14}	^{His hair was white as wool or snow,}

WICKED

Characteristics of the

^{Deut 9:24}	^{you have been rebellious against the Lord}
^{Job 4:7-8}	^{those who sow sin and trouble who harvest the same.}
^{Psa 10:4}	^{so proud and haughty, seem to think that God is dead.}
^{Psa 53:1}	^{his wicked heart, his dark and evil deeds.}
^{Prov 6:12-13}	^{Let me describe for you a worthless and wicked man;}
^{Prov 14:9}	^{The common bond of rebels is their guilt.}
^{Isa 5:11}	^{early in the morning to go on long drinking bouts}
^{Isa 57:20}	^{like the restless sea, which is never still,}
^{Jer 5:4}	^{They dont know the ways of God.}
^{Amos 5:10}	^{How you hate honest judges!}
^{John 8:34}	^{You are slaves of sin, every one of you.}
^{1 Tim 1:9}	^{they are for sinners who hate God,}

Prosperity of the

^{Psa 37:1}	^{Never envy the wicked.}
^{Prov 23:17-18}	^{Dont envy evil men but continue to reverence the Lord}
^{Jer 12:1}	^{Why are the wicked so prosperous?}

Punishment of the

^{Exod 32:33}	^{Whoever has sinned against me will be blotted out}
^{Num 15:31}	^{he must be executed, and die in his sin.}
^{Job 20:7}	^{he shall perish forever, cast away like his own dung.}
^{Prov 2:22}	^{evil men lose the good things they might have had,}
^{Mal 4:1}	^{The proud and wicked will be burned up like straw;}
^{1 Cor 3:17}	^{defiles and spoils Gods home, God will destroy him.}
^{Col 3:25}	^{he will pay you in a way you wont like}
^{Rev 2:23}	^{I will strike her children dead.}

Prayers of the

^{Psa 66:18}	^{He would not have listened if I had not confessed}
^{Hos 5:6}	^{but it will be too latethey will not find him.}
^{John 9:31}	^{God doesnt listen to evil men,}
^{Jas 4:3}	^{you dont get it because your whole aim is wrong}

Gods anger against the

^{Psa 5:5}	^{proud sinners will not survive your searching gaze,}
^{Psa 7:11}	^{he is angry with the wicked every day.}
^{Rom 9:10-13}	^{I chose to bless Jacob, but not Esau.}
^{1 Cor 10:5}	^{he destroyed them in the wilderness.}

Friendship with, forbidden

^{Deut 7:2}	^{dont make any treaties or show them mercy;}
^{Josh 23:7}	^{do not mix with the heathen people still remaining}
^{2 Chr 19:2}	^{Should you be helping the wicked,}
^{Ezra 10:10}	^{You have sinned, for you have married heathen women;}
^{Prov 4:14}	^{Dont do as the wicked do.}
^{Prov 14:7}	^{If you are looking for advice, stay away from fools.}

WIDOW(S)

Examples of

^{Ruth 1:3}	^{Elimelech died and Naomi was left with her two sons.}
^{1 Kgs 17:8-9}	^{There is a widow there who will feed you.}
^{Luke 2:36-37}	^{she had been a widow for eighty-four years}
^{Luke 21:2}	^{Then a poor widow came by}

Laws concerning

^{Exod 22:22}	^{You must not exploit widows or orphans;}
^{Lev 21:14-15}	^{not marry a widow,}
^{Num 30:9}	^{if the woman is a widow or is divorced,}
^{Deut 16:11}	^{include the local Levites, foreigners, widows,}
^{Deut 25:5}	^{his widow must not marry outside the family;}

Illustrations concerning, used by Christ

^{Mark 12:42}	^{a poor widow came and dropped in two pennies.}
^{Luke 18:3}	^{A widow of that city came to him frequently}
^{Luke 21:2}	^{a widow came by and dropped in two small coins.}

Pauls teachings concerning

^{Rom 7:2}	^{But if he dies, she is no longer bound to him;}
^{1 Cor 7:39}	^{if her husband dies, then she may marry again,}
^{1 Tim 5:3}	^{take loving care of women whose husbands have died,}

Figurative

^{Isa 47:8}	^{I alone am God! Ill never be a widow;}
^{Isa 54:4}	^{shame of your youth and the sorrows of widowhood}
^{Lam 1:1}	^{Like a widow broken with grief, she sits alone}

WILL, MANS

Freedom of

^{Gen 4:7}	^{bright with joy if you will do what you should!}
^{Deut 5:29}	^{Oh, that they would always have such a heart for me,}
^{Jer 36:7}	^{Perhaps even yet they will turn from their evil ways}
^{John 7:17}	^{If any of you really determines to do Gods will,}

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