En CREDITORS. Took pledges, Deu. 24.10. Pro. 22.27. Sureties, Pro. 11.15. Pro. 22.26. Mortgages, Neh. 5.3. Bills, Luk. 16.6. forced payment by selling the debtor or surety's property, or taking him and his family for bond-slaves, Ex. 21.2. 2 Kin. 4.1. Neh. 5.5. Job 24.9. Pro. 22.26,27. Mat. 18.25. By imprisonment, Mat. 5.26. Mat. 18.30. Forbidden to take millstones in pledge, Deu. 24.6. To take pledges violently, Deu. 24.10. Job 22.6. Job 24.9. To exact debts on the sabbatical year, Deu. 15.2,3. To exact usury from Israelites, Ex. 22.25. Lev. 25.36. Deu. 23.20. To retain garments as pledges after sunset, Ex. 22.26,27. Deu. 24.12,13. Eze. 18.7,12. Eze. 33.15. Amos 2.8. To take a widow's garment in pledge, Deu. 24.17. Or a widow's ox, Job 24.3. CREEPING THINGS, Gen. 1.26. Rom. 1.23. The original is applied to beasts generally, Psa. 104.20. Aquatic animals, Psa. 104. 25. The smaller quadrupeds, as weasels, &c., Lev. 11.29-31. Insects, &c., Lev. 11.20-23. Many footed animals, Lev. 11.42. Reptiles that crawl on their bellies, Lev. 11.42. Were unclean, Lev. 5.2. Lev. 11.20-44. Deu. 14.19. Exceptions, Lev. 11.21,22. Idolatrous representations of, Eze. 8.10. CRESCENS, a companion of Paul, 2 Tim. 4.10. CROSS. Illustrative of self-denial, Mat. 10.38. Mat. 16.24. Mar. 10.21. Luk. 9.23. Of the Gospel, 1 Cor. 1.17,18. Gal. 5.11,24. Gal. 6.12,14. Phi. 3.18. See CRUCIFIXION. CROWN. Of Kings, 2 Sam. 1.10. 2 Sam. 12.30. 2 Kin. 11.12. Est. 6.8. Psa. 21.3. Song 3.11. Rev. 6.2. Of Queen, Est, 1.11. Est. 2.17. On the high-priest's mitre, Ex. 29.6. Lev. 8.9. Zec. 6.11. Upon the ark, &c., Ex. 25.11,25. Ex. 30.3. Of honour, Est. 8.15. Zec. 6.14. 1 Cor. 9.25. 2 Tim. 2.5. An ornament, Eze. 23.42. Eze. 16.12. Set with precious stones, Zec. 9.16. Isa. 62.3. Of thorns, Jno. 19.5. Illustrative, Pro. 12.4. Pro. 16.31. Isa. 28.5. Lam. 5.16. Phil. 4.1. 1 Thess. 2.19. 2 Tim. 4.8. Jas. 1.12. 1 Pet. 5.4. Rev. 3.11. Symbolical, Rev. 6.2. Rev. 9.7. Rev. 12.1,3. Rev. 13.1. Rev. 14.14. Rev. 19.12. Rev. 4.4,10. CRUCIFIXION, a Roman punishment, Mat. 20.19 with Jno. 18.31,32. Of two thieves, Mat. 27.38. Of disciples, Mat. 23.34. Termed cursed, Gal. 3.13. An offence, Gal. 5.11. Illustrative, Gal. 5.24. See CROSS-CHRIST'S SUFFERINGS CHRIST, DEATH OF. CRUELTY. See MALICE, MURDER. CRUSE, a bottle or pitcher, 1 Sam. 26.11. 1 Kin. 14.3. 2 Kin. 2.20. CRYSTAL, a transparent stone, Job 28.17. Eze. 1.22. Rev. 4.6. Rev. 21.11. Rev. 22.1. CUBIT, a measure of length, 18 or 21 inches, Gen. 6.16. Called the cubit of a man, Deu. 3.11. Rev. 21.17. more, Eze. 43.13. A longer cubit, 3 inches A measure of time, stature, or age, Mat. 6.27. Luk. 12.25. CUCKOO, Lev. 11.16. Deu. 14.15. CUCUMBER, a plant, Num. 11.5. Isa. 1.8. CUMMIN, a plant, Isa. 28.25,27. Mat. 23.23. Illus CUP, Gen. 40.11. 2 Sam. 12.3. 1 Kin. 7.26. Mat. 23.25. Silver, Gen. 44.2. Golden in the Temple, 1 Chr. 28.17. Jer. 52. 19. Of consolation, Jer. 16.7. Of the Lord's Supper, Luk. 22.20. Of devils, 1 Cor. 10.21. trative, Psa. 23.5. Psa. 73.10. Psa. 116.13. Mat. 20.22,23. Mat. 26.39. Psa. 75.8. 51.22. Jer. 25.15-28. Eze. 23.31-34. 14.10. Rev. 17.4. Isa. Rev. CUP-BEARER. See BUTLER. CURIOSITY. Forbidden, and examples of, Gen. 32.29. Ex. 19.21,24. Num. 4.20,21. Deu. 29.29. Jud. 13.17,18. 1 Sam. 6.19. Pro. 27.20. Ecc. 7.21,22. Dan. 12.9. Luk. 13.23,24. Luk. 23.8. Jno. 21.21,22. Act. 1.7. Act. 17.21. Col. 2.18. CURSE. See ANATHEMA, OATHS. Cursing, see BLASPHEMY. CURTAINS, or HANGINGS, for rooms, Est. 1.6. For tents, Song 1.5. Isa. 54.2. Jer. 4.20. Jer. 10.20. Jer. 49.29. Hab. 3.7. For groves, 2 Kin. 23.7. Illustrative, Isa. 40.22. See TABERNACLE. CUSH, eldest son of Ham, and father of Nimrod, Gen. 10.6-8. 1 Chr. 1.8-10. See ETHIOPIA. CUSHI, brings David word of Absalom's death, 2 Sam. 18.21-32. CUTHAH, a district from which colonists were brought to Samaria. They worship Nergal, 2 Kin. 17.24-30. Ezr. 4.10. CYMBALS, made of brass, 1 Chr. 15.19,28. 1 Cor. 13.1. Used by David in bringing up the ark, 2 Sam. 6.5. 1 Chr. 13.8. 1 Chr. 15.16,19,28. And by Solomon, 2 Chr. 5.12,13. Levites appointed by David to play on, for the temple service, 1 Chr. 16.5,37,42. 1 Chr. 25.1,6. Psa. 150.5. Used on the day of atonement, 2 Chr. 29.25. On laying the foundation of the second temple, Ezr. 3.10,11. At the dedication of the wall, Neh. 12.27,36. CYPRESS, Isa. 44.14. Song 1.14 (marg.) | Captured by Benhadad, 1 Kin. 15.20. 2 Chr. Prophecies against, see CALVES OF Song 4.13 (marg.) Translated fir-tree, 2 Sam. 6.5. 1 Kin. 5.8. CYPRUS, an island in the Mediterranean, CYRENE, a city in Libya, Act. 2.10. CYRENIUS, Roman governor of Syria, Luk. 2.2. CYRUS, king of Persia, his decree for rebuilding the Temple, 2 Chr. 36.22,23._ Ezr. 1. Ezr. 3.7. Ezr. 4.3. Ezr. 5.13,14. Ezr. 6.3. Daniel, an officer of, Dan. 1.21. Dan. 6.28. Dan. 10.1. Prophecies respecting, Isa. 41.2. Isa. 44.28. Isa. 45.1-4,13. Isa. 46.11. Isa. 48.14,15. D DAGGER, Jud. 3.16-22. DAGON, an idol of the Philistines. Sacrifices offered to, Jud. 16.23. Image of, broken, when the ark was set in the house of, 1 Sam. 5. Saul's head put in the temple of, 1 Chr. 10.10. DALMANUTHA, a town near Magdala, on the W. of the Sea of Galilee, Mar. 8.10 with Mat. 15.39. DALMATIA, a province near Macedonia, visited by Titus, 2 Tim. 4.10. DAMARIS, a woman of Athens, converted by Paul, Act. 17.34. DAMASCUS, a city of Syria. Antiquity of, Gen. 14.15. Gen. 15.2. Paul's journey to; he recovers his sight at; preaches at, is persecuted, and escapes from, Act. 9. 22.5-16. Act. 26.12-20. 2 Cor. 11.32. Revisits, Gal. 1.17. See SYRIA. Act. WILDERNESS OF, 1 Kin. 19.15. DAN, son of Jacob and Bilhah, Gen. 30.6. Gen. 35.25. His children, Gen. 46.23. Blessed by Jacob, Gen. 49.16,17. TRIBE OF. Numbered at Sinai, Num. 1.39; and in the plains of Moab, Num. 26.42,43. Blessing of Moses on, Deu. 33.22. Inheritance of, Jos. 19.40-46. Encamped N. of the tabernacle, Num. 2.25. Led the 4th and last division of Israel in journeying, Num. 2.31. Num. 10.25. Driven to the hills by the Amorites, Jud. 1.34,35. Reproved for not aiding against Sisera, Jud. 5.17. Conquer new territory, and build Dan, Jos. 19.47. Jud. 18. Steal Micah's idol and ephod, set it up in Dan, Jud. 18. Commerce of, Eze. 27.19. For things common to the tribes, see ISRAEL, TRIBES OF. or LAISH, a city, the northern limit of Palestine, Gen. 14.14. Deu. 34.1. Jno. 20.1. Jer. 8.16. Captured by the Danites; name changed from Laish; idolatry established at, Jos. 19.47. Jud. 18. A golden calf set up at, 1 Kin. 12.28,29. 16.4. DANCING to music, an act of rejoicing, Psa. 30.11. Ecc. 3.4. Lam. 5.15. Luk. 15.25. By men alone, 1 Sam. 30.16. Jer. 31.13. By women alone, Jer. 31.4,13. By Herodias' daughter, Mat. 14.6. By children, Job 21.11. Mat. 11.17. In war-triumphs, by women alone, Jud. 11.34. 1 Sam. 18.6. 1 Sam. 21.11. In worPsa. 150.4. By women ship, Psa. 149.3. alone, Ex. 15.20. Jud. 21.19,21. By David, 2 Sam. 6.14. Idolatrous, Ex. 32.19. DANIEL, taken captive to Babylon with DARIUS I., the Median, king of Persia, II., his decree in favour of the DART, or JAVELIN, Num. 25.7. 1 Sam. 18.10. 2 Sam. 18.14. Job 41.29. Illustrative, Eph. 6.16. DATE, the fruit of the palm-tree, 2 Chr. 31.5 (marg.) DATHAN. See ABIRAM. DAVID, second king of Israel, his genealogy, of the tribe of Judah, son of Jesse, Ruth 4.18-22. 1 Sam. 16.11. 1 Sam. 17.12. 1 Chr. 2.3-15. Mat. 1.1-6. A shepherd, kills a lion and a bear, 1 Sam. 16.11. 1 Sam. 17.15,34. Anointed king by Samuel at Bethlehem; the Spirit of the Lord comes upon him, 1 Sam. 16.1,13. Psa. 89.20. His prowess exaggerated, 1 Sam. 16.18 with 1 Sam. 17.34-36,39. Sent for by Saul; plays on a harp before him; loved by him, 1 Sam. 16.21-23. Sent to his brethren at the army; interview with Saul; slays Goliath, 1 Sam. 17. Beloved by Jonathan, 1 Sam. 18.1-4. Appointed an officer; his prudence, valour, popularity, 1 Sam. 18. Incurs the jealousy of Saul, who plots against him; Merab promised in marriage, but given to Adriel, 1 Sam. 18.8-30. Slays 200 Philistines; marries Michal, 1 Sam. 18.27. Saul pacified by Jonathan, 1 Sam. 19.1-7. David defeats the Philistines, 1 Sam. 19.8. Saul casts a javelin at him; sends to seize him; Michal saves his life; he flees to Ramah; Saul seeks him there, 1 Sam. 19.9-24. Covenant with Jonathan, 1 Sam. 20. Comes to Nob; eats shewbread, 1 Sam. 21. Mat. 12.3. Flees to Gath; feigns madness, 1 Sam. 21.10-15. Gathers a band at Adullam; goes to Moab; returns to Hareth; shelters Abiathar, 1 Sam. 22. Rescues Keilah; Saul seeks him in Maon, 1 Sam. 23. And Engedi; he spares Saul's life, 1 Sam. 24. His covenant with Jonathan, 1 Sam. 23.16-18. Saul seeks him in Ziph; spares Saul's life; their reconciliation, 1 Sam. 26. Expedition against Nabal; marries Abigail and Ahinoam, 1 Sam. 25. Withdraws to Achish, who gives him Ziklag, 1 Sam. 27. Joined by soldiers, 1 Chr. 12.1-22. Expeditions against Amalek, &c.; his falsehood to Achish, 1 Sam. 27.8. 1 Chr. 12.15. Is refused permission to join the Philistines, 1 Sam. 28.1,2. 1 Sam. 29. Leaves Philistia after one year four months' residence, 1 Sam. 27 7. Rescues the captives of Ziklag; sends presents to the Israelites, 1 Sam. 30. Receives news of Saul's death; slays the Amalekite; his lament for Saul, 2 Sam. 1. Anointed king at Hebron, 2 Sam. 2.1-4, 11. 2 Sam. 5.5. 1 Kin. 2.11. 1 Chr. 3.4. 1 Chr. 11.1-3. His regard for Saul, 2 Sam. 2.4-7. Civil war; successes against Abner, 2 Sam. c. 2 & 3. Michal restored to him, 2 Sam. 3.14-16. Reconciliation with Abner; Abner murdered; his lament for him, 2 Sam 3.17-39. Ishbosheth murdered; his murderers punished, 2 Sam. 4. Anointed king of all Israel after seven years' reign, 2 Sam. 5.1-5. 1 Chr. 11.1-3. 1 Chr. 12.23-40. Conquers Jerusalem; makes it his capital, and fortifies it, 2 Sam. 5.6-9. 1 Chr. 11.4-8. Isa. 29.1. Builds a house, 2 Sam. 5.11. 2 Chr. 2.3. Friendship with Hiram, 2 Sam. 5.11. 1 Kin. 5.1 (see Amos 1.9). His prosperity and fame, 28am. 5.10. 1 Chr. 11.9. 1 Chr. 14.17. 1 Chr. 29.28-30. Defeats Philistines at Rephaim; burns their images, 2 Sam. 5 17-25. Brings the ark to Obed-edom's house, and to the city of David; Michal taunts him for dancing before it, 2 Sam. 6. 1 Chr. 13. 1 Chr. c. 13, 15, & 16. Purposes to build a temple, but is forbidden, 2 Sam. 7. 1 Chr. 17. Conquers the Philistines, Moabites, Syrians, Edomites, 2 Sam. 8. Kindness to Mephibosheth, 2 Sam. 9. 2 Sam. 19.24-30. Defeats the Ammonites and Syrians, 2 Sam. 10. 1 Chr. 19. Adultery with Bathsheba; murder of Uriah, 2 Sam. 11. 1 Chr. 18. 1 Chr. 20.4-8. Psa. 51. Joab murders him; Sheba slain, 2 Sam. 20. Three years' famine; Saul's sons executed, 2 Sam. 21.1-21. Saul's bones buried, 2 Sam. 21.12-14. Philistine giants defeated, 2 Sam. 21.15-22. 1 Chr. 20.4-8. David pours out water at the well of Bethlehem; exploits of his captains, 2 Sam. 23.8-39. 1 Chr. 11. Numbers Israel; is offered the choice of three evils; the pestilence; his prayers and sacrifice, 2 Sam. 24. 1 Chr. 21. 1Chr. 27.24. Purchases the threshing-floor of Araunah, 2 Sam. 24.18-25. 1 Chr. 21.18-28. Marries Abishaig, 1 Kin. 1.1-4. Adonijah usurps the throne; Solomon appointed David's successor, 1 Kin. 1. 1 Chr. 23.1. His charge to Solomon and Israel, 1 Kin. 2.1-11. 1 Chr. 22.6-19. 1 Chr. c. 28 & 29. His last words, 2 Sam. 23.1-7. Death after forty years' reign, 1 Kin. 2.10. 1 Chr. 29.28. Act. 2.29,34. His wives and children, 2 Sam. 3.2-5. 2 Sam. 5.14-16. 1 Chr. 3.1-9. 1 Chr. 14.3-7. Preparations for building the temple, see TEMPLE. Arrangements for temple-service, 1 Chr. c. 23 to 26. 2 Chr. 7.6. 2 Chr. 8.14. 2 Chr. 23.18. 2 Chr. 29.27-30. 2 Chr. 35.15. Ezr. 3.10. Ezr. 8.20. 2 Sam. 8.15. His justice, 1 Chr. 18.14. Prudence, 1 Sam. 18.14,30. Mercy, 1 Sam. 24.7. 1 Sam. 26.11. 2 Sam. 16.11. 2 Sam. 19.22,23. Piety, 1 Sam. 13.14. 2 Sam. 24.25. 1 Kin. 3.14. 1 Chr. 29.10. 2 Chr. 7.17. Zec. 12.8. Act. 13.22. Prayers, 2 Sam. 7.18-29. 1 Chr. 17.16-27. His musical skill, 1 Sam. 16.23. 1 Chr. 15.16. 1 Chr. 23.5. 2 Chr. 7.6. Neh. 12.36. Amos 6.5. A psalmist, 2 Sam. 22.1. 2 Sam. 23.1. See the PSALMS. A prophet, 1 Chr. 28.19. Act. 2.30. Act. 4.25. Prophecies respecting himself and his kingdom, Num. 24.17,19. 2 Sam. 7.11-16. 1 Chr. 17.9-14. 1 Chr. 22. 2 Chr. 6.5-17. 2 Chr. 13.5. 2 Chr. 21.7. Isa. 9.7. Isa. 16.5. Isa. 22.20-25. Jer. 23.5. Jer. 33.15-26. Luk. 1.32,33. History of, written by Samuel, Nathan, and Gad, 1 Chr. 29.29,30. Officers of, see CAPTAIN. DAVID, a prophetical name of Christ, Jer. 30.9. Eze. 37.24,25. Eze 34.23,24. Hos. 3.5. DAY, reckoned from evening to evening, Gen. 1.5. Lev. 22.7. Lev. 23.32. Neh. 13.19. divided into four parts, Neh. 9.3 with Mat. 27.62-64. Dan. 8.14 (marg.) And Neh. 8.3. Reckoned from morning to evening, divided Nathan's parable; punishment predicted; into morning, noon, evening, Gen. 43.16. Deu. his repentance, 2 Sam. 12.1-14. Death of his son; birth of Solomon, 2 Sam. 12.19,24,25. Takes Rabbah; enslaves the Ammonites, 2 Sam. 12. 26-31. 28.67. 1 Kin. 18.26. Psa. 55.17. Eze. 24.18. Act. 22.6. Divided into hours, Jno. 11.9. See HOURS. Reckoned from evening to morning, Mar. 14.30. See NIGHT. Representing a year, Num. 14.34. Eze. 4.4-6. In prophecy, Dan. 8.14. Dan. 12.11,12. Rev. 11.3. Rev. 12.6. Rev. 9.15. See PROPHETIC PERIODS. Illustrative, 1 The. 5.5,8. Pro. 4.18. Rev. 21.25. Amnon murdered; Absalom banished; David's love for him, 2 Sam. 13. Joab effects his recall, 2 Sam. 14. Absalom's rebellion, 2 Sam. 15. David leaves Jerusalem; sends back Zadok and the ark, 2 Sam. 15.13-37. Met by Ziba; cursed by Shimei, 2 Sam. 16. Crosses the Jordan; Barzillai's hospitality, 2 Sam. 17.21-29. Absalom's defeat and death, 2 Sam. 18. David's lament, 2 Sam. 18.33. Reinstated in the kingdom, DAY OF. Forbearance to Shimei, 2 Sam. 19.1-4. 2 Sam. 19.9-43. 2 Sam. 19.23. Gratitude to Barzillai, 2 Sam. 19.31-43. Sheba's conspiracy; Amasa made general; LAST. See JUDGMENT-DAY. See ATONEMENT, DAYS OF THE WEEK, called the six working-days, Eze. 46.1. Numbered, Ex. 20.9,10. Mar. 16.2. The seventh day called 115 Sabbath, see SABBATH. Sixth day called Preparation-day, Mar. 15.42. Jno. 19.14,31,42. First day called the Lord's Day, Rev. 1.10. DAY'S JOURNEY, a measure of distance, Ex. 3.18. 1 Kin. 19.4. Jonah 3.4. Sabbathday's journey, Act. 1.12. DAYSMAN (marg. umpire), Job 9.33. DAY-STAR (Gr. phosphorus), the morningstar, or the sun. Illustrative, 2 Pet. 1.19. DEACON. Phi. 1.1. 1 Tim. 3.8-12. Elsewhere translated servant and minister, Mat. 23.11. Mar. 10.43. Jno. 12.26. 1 Cor. 3.5. 1 The. 3.2. In Rom. 16.1, Phebe is called diakonos, servant of the church. See also Act. 6.1-6. See CHURCH GOVERNMENT. DEAD, THE. See BURIAL. DEAD SEA (modern name), called Salt Sea, occupying the valley of Sodom and Gomorrah, Gen. 14.3. Num. 34.3,12. Jos. 15.5. Called Sea of the Plain, Deu. 3.17. Deu. 4.49. Jos. 3.16. East Sea, Joel 2.20. Former sea, Zec. 14.8. Prophecy of, Eze. 47.7-10,18. DEAF, the ill-treatment of, forbidden, Lev. Miraculous cure of, Mat. 11.5. Mar. 7.32. Mar. 9.25. Illustrative, Isa. 29.18. Isa. 43.8. See IMPENITENCE SPIRITUAL 19.14. BLINDNESS. 2 Sam. 14.14. We must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. 2 Sam. 19.37. That I may die in mine own city. Job 3.13. Now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest. 17. There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. 18. There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. 19. The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master. Job 7.1. An appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling? 8. The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not. 9. As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away; so he that Job 10.21. I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness, and the shadow of death. Job 14.2. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. 5. His days are determined, the number of his months are with thee; thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass. 7. Hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again. 10. But man dieth, and wasteth away; yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? 12. Man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep. Job 14.14. If a man die, shall he live again? All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. 19. Thou destroyest the hope of man. 20. Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away. 21. His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not. Job 16.22. When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return. Job 17.13. The grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness. 14. I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister. 16. They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust. Job 21.23. One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. 25. Another dieth in the bitterness of his soul. 26. They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them. 32. Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb. 33. The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him. Job 30.23. Thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living. Job 34.14. If he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; 15. All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust. Job 36.18. Lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee. 19. Will he esteem thy riches? not gold, nor all the forces of strength. no, Job 38.17. Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death? Psa. 30.9. What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth? Psa. 6.5. Psa. 88.9-14. Psa. 115.17. Isa. 38.18. Psa. 39.13. O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more. Psa. 49.7. None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him. 9. That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption. 10. Wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish. Psa. 82.7. Ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. Psa. 89.48. What man is he that liveth, eth upon it surely the people is grass. and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Psa. 90.3. Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men. Psa. 103.14. He remembereth that we are dust. 15. As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth: 16. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. Psa. 104.29. Thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust. Psa. 143.3. To dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead. Lam. 3.6. Psa. 144.4. Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away. Psa. 146.4. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish. Ecc. 2.14. One event happeneth to them all. 16. No remembrance of the wise more than of the fool. How dieth the wise man? as the fool. Ecc. 3.2. A time to die. 19. That which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath. 20. All go unto one place: all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. Ecc. 6.6. Ecc. 4.2. I praised the dead which are already dead, more than the living. Ecc. 5.15. As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand. Job 1.21. Ecc. 6.10. Neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he. Ecc. 7.2. Better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men. 15. A just man that perisheth in his righteousness. Ecc. 8.8. No man that hath power over the spirit, to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war. Ecc. 9.3. They live, and after that they go to the dead. 5. The living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. 6. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun. 10. No work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. Ecc. 12.5. Man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets. 7. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was; and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. Isa. 38.1. Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live. 10. I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years. 11. I said, I shall not see the Lord, even the Lord, in the land of the living: shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world. 12. Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life. Isa. 40.7. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; because the Spirit of the Lord blow 1 Pet. 1.24. Isa. 51.12. Afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass. Jer. 9.21. Death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets. Jer. 34.5. Thou shalt die in peace. Eze. 24.16. I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke. Zec. 1.5. Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever? Mat. 10.28. Fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Luk. 23.41. We receive the due reward of our deeds. Jno. 6.49. Your fathers are dead. Jno. 9.4. The night cometh, when no man can work. Rom. 5.12. Death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned. 14. Death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression. Rom. 8.10. The body is dead because of sin. 1 Cor. 15.21. By man came death. 22. In Adam all die. 26. The last enemy shall be destroyed, death. 56. The sting of death is sin. 1 Tim. 6.7. We brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. Heb. 2.14. Through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil. 15. Through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. Heb. 9.27. It is appointed unto men once to die. Heb. 13.14. Here have we no continuing city. Jas. 1.10. As the flower of the grass he shall pass away. 11. For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways. Rev. 20.14. Death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. DEATH OF CHILDREN, EXAMPLES OF. First-born of the Egyptians, Ex. 12.29,30. The child of David, 2 Sam. 12.14-23. Of Jeroboam, 1 Kin. 14.13. Of the widow, 1 Kin. 17.17. Of the Shunemite, 2 Kin. 4.19,20. Of Jairus, Mat. 9.18,24. , escaped by Enoch, Gen. 5.24; and Elijah, 2 Kin. 2; and saints at Christ's coming, 1 Cor. 15.51. 1 The. 4.15,17. ETERNAL. See HELL. PREPARATION FOR. Deu, 32.29. O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end! 2 Kin. 20.1. Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live. Psa. 39.4. Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. 13. O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more. |