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Orville J. Nave

Nave’s Topical Bible

Public-domain topical Bible (1896) · 5,322 entries on site

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HAPPINESS

–OF THE WICKED .Is limited to this life Ps 17:14 ; Lu 16:25 .Is short Job 20:5 .Is uncertain Lu 12:20 .Is vain Ec 2:1 ; 7:6 .Is derived from Their wealth Job 21:13 ; Ps 52:7 Their power Job 21:7 ; Ps 37:35 Their worldly prosperity Ps 17:14 ; 37:3 , 4 , 7 Gluttony Isa 22:13 ; Hab 1:16 Drunkenness Isa 5:11 ; 56:12 Vain pleasure Job 21:12 ; Isa 5:12 Successful oppression Hab 1:15 .Marred by jealousy Es 5:13 .Often interrupted by judgments Nu 11:33 ; Job 15:21 ; Ps 73:18-20 ; Jer 25:10 , 11 .Leads to sorrow Pr 14:13 .Leads to recklessness Isa 22:12 .Sometimes a stumbling-block to saints Ps 73:3 , 16 ; Jer 12:1 ; Hab 1:13 .Saints often permitted to see the end of Ps 73:17-20 .Envy not Ps 37:1 .Woe against Am 6:1 ; Lu 6:25 .Illustrated Ps 37:35 , 36 ; Lu 12:16-20 ; 16:19 , 25 .Exemplified Israel Nu 11:33 .Haman Es 5:9-11 .Belshazzar Da 5:1 .Herod Ac 12:21-23 –OF THE RIGHTEOUS De 33:29 ; Job 5:17-27 ; Ps 36:8 ; 40:8 ; 63:5 ; 128:1 , 2 ; 133:1 ; 144:15 ; 146:5 ; Pr 3:13-18 ; 14:21 ; 16:20 ; 28:14 ; 29:18 ; Ec 2:24-26 ; 3:12 , 13 , 22 ; Isa 12:2 , 3 ; Mt 5:3-12 ; Ro 5:2 ; 2Co 12:10 ; Php 4:7 ; 1Pe 3:14 ; 4:12 , 13 .See JOY .See PEACE .See PRAISE

HEROD

–1. King of Judah (Herod the Great) Mt 2 –2. Tetrarch of Galilee (Herod Antipas) Lu 3:1 ; 23:7 .Incest of Mt 14:3 , 4 ; Mr 6:17-19 .Beheads John the Baptist Mr 6:16-28 ; Mt 14:3-11 .Desires to see Jesus Lu 9:7 , 9 ; 23:8 .Tyranny of Lu 13:31 , 32 .Jesus tried by Lu 23:6-12 , 15 ; Ac 4:27 –3. Son of Aristobulus (Herod Agrippa I) Ac 12:1-23

HERODIANS

–A Jewish faction –Seek to entangle Jesus Mt 22:16 ; Mr 12:13 –Conspire to kill Jesus Mr 3:6 ; 12:13

HERODIAS

–Daughter of Aristobulus Mt 14:3 , 6 ; Mr 6:17 , 19 , 22 ; Lu 3:19

HERODION

–A Roman Christian Ro 16:11

HOMICIDE

–ACCIDENTAL Ex 21:13 , 28-32 ; Nu 35:11-15 , 22-28 , 32 ; De 4:41-43 ; 19:2-10 ; Jos 20:1-9 –FELONIOUS, OR MURDER Ge 4:9-12 ; 9:5 , 6 ; 49:7 ; Ex 20:13 ; 21:29-32 ; Nu 35:16-22 , 30 , 31 ; De 5:17 ; 17:6 ; 21:1-9 ; 22:8 ; 27:24 , 25 ; 1Ki 21:19 ; 2Ch 24:22 ; Job 24:1-25 ; Ps 5:6 ; 9:12 ; 10:2 ; 26:9 , 10 ; 37:32 ; 38:12 ; 55:23 ; 94:3 ; Pr 1:11 , 12 , 15 , 16 ; 6:16 , 17 ; 12:6 ; 28:17 ; Isa 26:21 ; 59:3 , 7 ; Jer 2:34 ; 7:9 , 10 ; 19:4 ; 22:3 ; Eze 22:9 ; 35:6 ; Ho 1:4 ; 4:1-3 ; Hab 2:10 , 12 ; Mt 5:21 , 22 ; 15:19 ; 19:18 ; Mr 7:21 ; 10:19 ; Lu 18:20 ; Ro 13:9 ; Ga 5:19-21 ; 1Ti 1:9 ; Jas 2:11 ; 1Pe 4:15 ; 1Jo 3:12 , 15 ; Re 9:21 ; 21:8 ; 22:15 .See CONSPIRACY .See FRATRICIDE .See PARRICIDE .See PATRICIDE .See REGICIDE .See SUICIDE –DAVID’S REPENTANCE FOR, AND CONFESSION OF, THE MURDER OF URIAH Ps 51:1-17 –INSTANCES OF FELONIOUS .By Cain Ge 4:8 .Lamech Ge 4:23 , 24 .Simeon and Levi Ge 34:25-31 .Pharaoh Ex 1:16 , 22 .Moses Ex 2:12 .Ehud Jud 3:16-23 .Jael Jud 4:21 .Abimelech Jud 9:5 , 18 , 56 .An Amalekite 2Sa 1:16 .Abner 2Sa 2:18-24 .Joab 2Sa 3:24-27 ; 20:9 , 10 ; 1Ki 2:5 .Solomon 1Ki 2:23-46 .Rechab and Baanah 2Sa 4:5-8 .David 2Sa 11:14-17 ; 12:9 ; Ps 51:14 .Of Amon 2Ki 21:23 .Absalom 2Sa 13:22-29 .Baasha 1Ki 15:27-29 .Zimri 1Ki 16:9-11 .Ahab and Jezebel 1Ki 21:10-24 ; 2Ki 6:32 .Hazael 2Ki 8:15 .Jehu 2Ki 9:24-37 ; 10:1-25 .Athaliah 2Ki 11:1 .Of Joash by his servants 2Ki 12:20 , 21 .Menahem 2Ki 15:16 .Of Sennacherib 2Ki 19:37 ; Isa 37:38 .Manasseh 2Ki 21:16 ; 24:4 .Jehoram 2Ch 21:4 .Joash 2Ch 24:21 .Amaziah’s soldiers 2Ch 25:12 .Nebuchadnezzar Jer 39:6 .Ishmael Jer 41:1-7 .Ammonites Am 1:13-15 .Herod the Great Mt 2:16 .Herod Antipas Mt 14:10 ; Mr 6:27 .Barabbas Mr 15:7 ; Ac 3:14 .Sanhedrin and Pilate Mt 26 ; 27 .Sanhedrin Ac 7:54-60 .Herod Ac 12:2 , 19 .By raping Jud 19:25-28 –PUNISHMENT OF Ge 4:13-15 ; 9:5 , 6 ; 27:43-45 ; Ex 21:12 , 14 ; Le 24:17 ; Nu 35:16-21 , 30-33 ; De 19:11-13 ; 2Sa 12:9-12 –INSTANCES OF THE PUNISHMENT OF MURDERERS .Cain Ge 4:11-15 .David 2Sa 12:9 , 10 .Joab 1Ki 2:31-34 .Haman Es 7:10 .The murderer of Saul 2Sa 1:15 , 16 .The murderer of Ish-bosheth 2Sa 4:11 , 12 .The murderers of Joash 2Ki 14:5

HYPOCRISY

–General scriptures concerning Job 8:13-15 ; 13:16 ; 15:31 , 33 , 34 ; 17:8 ; 20:4-18 ; 27:8-10 , 13-18 ; 31:33 , 34 ; 34:30 ; 36:13 , 14 ; Ps 5:9 ; 50:16 , 17 ; 52:4 ; 55:12-14 , 20 , 21 , 23 ; 101:7 ; Pr 7:10-21 ; 11:9 ; 14:8 ; 15:8 ; 20:14 ; 21:27 ; 23:6-8 ; 25:19 ; 26:18 , 19 , 23-26 ; Isa 1:11-15 ; 9:17 ; 10:6 ; 29:13 , 15 , 16 ; 32:5 , 6 ; 33:14 ; 48:1 , 2 ; 58:2-5 ; 61:8 ; 65:5 ; 66:3-5 ; Jer 3:10 , 11 ; 5:2 ; 6:20 ; 7:4 , 8-10 ; 9:4 , 8 ; 12:2 ; 17:9 ; 42:20-22 ; La 1:2 ; Eze 5:11 ; 14:4 , 7 , 8 ; 20:39 ; 33:30-32 ; Ho 6:4 ; 7:14 , 16 ; 8:2 , 3 , 13 ; 9:4 ; 10:1 , 4 ; 11:12 ; Am 5:21-27 ; Ob 1 :7; Mic 3:11 ; 7:5 ; Zec 7:5 , 6 ; 13:6 ; Mal 1:6-14 ; 2:13 ; 3:14 ; Mt 3:7 , 8 ; 6:1 , 2 , 5 , 16 , 24 ; 7:5 , 15 , 21-23 ; 9:13 ; 15:7-9 ; 16:3 , 6 , 12 ; 21:28-32 ; 22:12 , 13 , 18 ; 23:2-33 ; 24:50 , 51 ; 25:3 , 41-45 ; Mr 7:6-8 ; 8:15 ; 9:50 ; 12:38-40 ; Lu 6:46 ; 8:18 ; 11:39-52 ; 12:1 , 2 , 54-56 ; 13:13-17 , 26 , 27 ; 14:34 , 35 ; 16:13 , 15 ; 18:11 , 12 ; 20:46 , 47 ; 21:16 ; Joh 6:26 , 70 ; 7:19 ; 15:2 , 6 ; Ro 1:18 ; 2:1 , 3 , 17-29 ; 9:6 , 7 ; 16:18 ; 1Co 13:1 ; 2Co 4:2 ; 5:12 ; Ga 6:3 ; Php 3:2 , 18 , 19 ; 1Ti 4:2 ; 2Ti 3:5 , 13 ; Tit 1:16 ; Jas 1:8 , 22-24 , 26 ; 2:14-26 ; 3:17 ; 4:8 ; 1Pe 2:1 , 16 ; 2Pe 2:1-3 , 17 , 19 ; 1Jo 1:6 , 10 ; 2:4 , 9 , 19 ; 4:20 ; Jude 1 :12,13; Re 2:9 ; 3:1 , 9 –See DECEIT –See DECEPTION –INSTANCES OF .Jacob, in impersonating Esau and deceiving his father Ge 27 .Jacob’s sons, in deceiving their father concerning Joseph Ge 37:29-35 .Joseph’s deceiving his brothers Ge 42 ; 43 ; 44 .Pharaoh Ex 8:15 , 28 , 29 , 32 ; 9:27-35 ; 10:8-29 .Balaam Jude 1 :11 .Ith Nu 22 ; 23 ; 24 .Delilah, the wife of Samson Jud 16 .Jael Jud 4:8-21 .Ehud Jud 3:15-25 .Rabshakeh 2Ki 18:17-37 .Ahaz Isa 7:12 ; with 7:17-25 .Johanan Jer 42:1-12 , 20 , 22 .Ishmael Jer 41:6 , 7 .The false prophets Eze 13:1-23 .Herod Mt 2:8 .Judas Mt 26:25 , 48 ; Joh 12:5 , 6 .Pilate Mt 27:24 .The Pharisees Mt 15:1-9 ; 22:18 ; Mr 12:13 , 14 ; Joh 8:4-9 ; 9:24 ; 19:15 .The ruler Lu 13:14-17 .Spies sent to entrap Jesus Lu 20:21 .Priests and Levites Lu 10:31 , 32 .Chief priests Joh 18:28 .Ananias and Sapphira Ac 5:1-10 .Simon Magus Ac 8:18-23 .Peter and other Christians at Antioch Ga 2:11-14 .Judaizing Christians in Galatia Ga 6:13 .False teachers at Ephesus Re 2:2 .See CONSPIRACY .See TREACHERY

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