Self-Righteousness
Man is prone to — Pr 20:6 ; 30:12 . Hateful to God — Lu 16:15 . Is vain because our righteousness is But external. — Mt 23:25-28 ; Lu 11:39-44 . But partial. — Mt 23:25 ; Lu 11:44 . No better than filthy rags. — Isa 64:6 . Ineffectual for salvation. — Job 9:30 , 31 ; Mt 5:20 ; Ro 3:20 . Unprofitable. — Isa 57:12 . Is boastful — Mt 23:30 . They who are given to Audaciously approach God. — Lu 18:11 . Seek to justify themselves. — Lu 10:29 . Seek to justify themselves before men. — Lu 16:15 . Reject the righteousness of God. — Ro 10:3 . Condemn others. — Mt 9:11-13 ; Lu 7:39 . Consider their own way right. — Pr 21:2 . Despise others. — Isa 65:5 ; Lu 18:9 . Proclaim their own goodness. — Pr 20:6 . Are pure in their own eyes. — Pr 30:12 . Are abominable before God. — Isa 65:5 . Folly of — Job 9:20 . Saints renounce — Php 3:7-10 . Warning against — De 9:4 . Denunciation against — Mt 23:27 , 28 . Illustrated — Lu 18:10-12 . Exemplified Saul. — 1Sa 15:13 . Young man. — Mt 19:20 . Lawyer. — Lu 10:25 , 29 . Pharisees. — Lu 11:39 ; Joh 8:33 ; 9:28 . Israel. — Ro 10:3 . Church of Laodicea. — Re 3:17 .
Self-Will and Stubbornness
Forbidden — 2Ch 30:8 ; Ps 75:5 ; 95:8 . Proceed from Unbelief. — 2Ki 17:14 . Pride. — Ne 9:16 , 29 . An evil heart. — Jer 7:24 . God knows — Isa 48:4 . Exhibited in Refusing to hearken to God. — Pr 1:24 . Refusing to hearken to the messengers of God. — 1Sa 8:19 ; Jer 44:16 ; Zec 7:11 . Refusing to walk in the ways of God. — Ne 9:17 ; Ps 78:10 ; Isa 42:24 ; Jer 6:16 . Refusing to hearken to parents. — De 21:18 , 19 . Refusing to receive correction. — De 21:18 ; Jer 5:3 ; 7:28 . Rebelling against God. — De 31:27 ; Ps 78:8 . Resisting the Holy Spirit. — Ac 7:51 . Walking in the counsels of an evil heart. — Jer 7:24 ; 23:17 . Hardening the neck. — Ne 9:16 . Hardening the heart. — 2Ch 36:13 . Going backward and not forward. — Jer 7:24 . Heinousness of — 1Sa 15:23 . Ministers should Be without. — Tit 1:7 . Warn their people against. — Heb 3:7-12 . Pray that their people may be forgiven for. — Ex 34:9 ; De 9:27 . Characteristic of the wicked — Pr 7:11 ; 2Pe 2:10 . The wicked cease not from — Jdj 2:19 . Punishment for — De 21:21 ; Pr 29:1 . Illustrated — Ps 32:9 ; Jer 31:18 . Exemplified Simeon and Levi. — Ge 49:6 . Israelites. — Ex 32:9 ; De 9:6 , 13 . Saul. — 1Sa 15:19-23 . David. — 2Sa 24:4 . Josiah. — 2Ch 35:22 . Zedekiah. — 2Ch 36:13 .
Sieges
Fenced cities invested by — 2Ki 18:13 . Threatened as a punishment — De 28:52 . Described as Encamping against. — 2Sa 12:28 ; 2Ch 32:1 . Pitching against. — 2Ki 25:1 . Compassing about with armies. — 2Ki 6:14 ; Lu 21:20 . Setting in array against. — Jer 50:9 . Being against round about. — Jer 51:2 . Often lasted for a long time — 2Ki 17:5 . Great noise and tumult of, alluded to — Joe 2:5 . Those engaged in Built forts and mounts. — Eze 4:2 ; 26:8 . Dug a trench round the city. — Lu 19:43 . Invested the city on every side. — Eze 23:24 . Cut off all supplies. — 2Ki 19:24 . Frequently laid ambushes. — Jdj 9:34 . Called upon the city to surrender. — 1Ki 20:2 , 3 ; 2Ki 18:18 , 20 . Employed battering rams against the walls. — Eze 4:2 ; 26:9 . Cast arrows and other missiles into the city. — 2Ki 19:32 . Often suffered much during. — Eze 29:18 . The Jews forbidden to cut down fruit trees for the purpose of — De 20:19 , 20 . Extreme difficulty of taking cities by, alluded to — Pr 18:19 . Cities invested by Repaired and newly fortified beforehand. — 2Ch 32:5 ; Isa 22:9 , 10 ; Na 3:14 . Supplied with water beforehand. — Na 3:14 . The inhabitants of, cut off beforehand supplies of water outside, useful to besiegers. — 2Ch 32:3 , 4 . Were strictly shut up. — Jos 6:1 . Walls of, defended by the inhabitants. — 2Sa 11:20 , 21 ; 2Ki 18:26 ; 2Ch 32:18 . Sometimes used ambushes or sorties. — Jer 51:12 . Often suffered from famine. — 2Ki 6:26-29 ; 25:3 ; Eze 6:12 . Often suffered from pestilence. — Jer 21:6 ; 32:24 . Often demanded terms of peace. — 1Sa 11:1-3 . Frequently taken by ambush. — Jdj 9:43 , 44 . Frequently taken by assault. — Jos 10:35 ; 2Sa 12:29 . Frequently helped by allies. — 1Sa 11:11 ; 23:5 . Inhabitants of, exhorted to be courageous. — 2Ch 32:6-8 . Cities taken by Given up to pillage. — Jer 50:26 , 27 . Inhabitants of, often put to the sword. — Jos 10:28 , 30 , 32 , 35 ; Jer 50:30 . Frequently broken down. — Jdj 9:45 . Frequently destroyed by fire. — Jos 8:19 . Sometimes sown with salt. — Jdj 9:45 . Sometimes called after the name of the captor. — 2Sa 12:28 . Mentioned in scripture Jericho. — Jos 6:2-20 . Ai. — Jos 7:2-4 ; 8:1-19 . Makkedah. — Jos 10:28 . Libnah. — Jos 10:29 , 30 . Lachish. — Jos 10:31 , 32 . Eglon. — Jos 10:34 , 35 . Hebron. — Jos 10:36 , 37 . Debir. — Jos 10:38 , 39 . Shechem. — Jdj 9:34 , 45 . Thebez. — Jdj 9:50 . Jabesh-gilead. — 1Sa 11:1 . Keilah. — 1Sa 23:1 . Ziklag. — 1Sa 30:1 , 2 . Rabbah. — 2Sa 11:1 ; 12:26-29 . Gibbethon. — 1Ki 16:15 . Tirzah. — 1Ki 16:17 . Samaria. — 1Ki 20:1 ; 2Ki 6:24 ; 17:5 . Ramoth-gilead. — 1Ki 22:4 , 29 . Cities of Israel in Galilee. — 2Ki 15:29 . Cities of Judah. — 2Ki 18:13 . Jerusalem. — 2Ki 24:10 , 11 ; 25:1 , 2 . Illustrative Of The omnipresence of God. — Ps 139:5 . The judgments of God. — Mic 5:1 . Zion in her affliction. — Isa 1:8 .
Spear
An offensive weapon — 2Sa 23:8 , 18 . First mention of, in Scripture — Jos 8:18 . Parts of mentioned The staff of wood. — 1Sa 17:7 . The head of iron or brass. — 1Sa 17:7 ; 2Sa 21:16 . Probably pointed at both ends — 2Sa 2:23 . Called the glittering spear — Job 39:23 ; Hab 3:11 . Different kinds of Lances. — Jer 50:42 . Javelins. — Nu 25:7 ; 1Sa 18:10 . Darts. — 2Sa 18:14 ; Job 41:26 , 29 . Those who used, called spearmen — Ps 68:30 ; Ac 23:23 . Frequently used by horse soldiers — Na 3:3 . Furbished before war — Jer 46:4 . Pruning-hooks made into, before war — Joe 3:10 . Made into pruning-hooks in peace — Isa 2:4 ; Mic 4:3 . The Israelites Acquainted with the making of. — 1Sa 13:19 . Frequently used. — Ne 4:13 , 16 . Ill provided with, in the times of Deborah and Saul. — Jdj 5:8 ; 1Sa 13:22 . Provided by the kings of Israel in great abundance — 2Ch 11:12 ; 32:5 . Frequently thrown from the hand — 1Sa 18:11 ; 19:10 . Often retained in the hand of the person using — Nu 25:7 ; 2Sa 2:23 . Stuck in the ground beside the bolster during sleep — 1Sa 26:7-11 . Illustrative of the bitterness of the wicked — Ps 57:4 .
Swearing Falsely
Forbidden — Le 19:12 ; Nu 30:2 ; Mt 5:33 . Hateful to God — Zec 8:17 . We should not love — Zec 8:17 . Fraud often leads to — Le 6:2 , 3 . Saints abstain from — Jos 9:20 ; Ps 15:4 . Blessedness of abstaining from — Ps 24:4 , 5 . The wicked Addicted to. — Jer 5:2 ; Ho 10:4 . Plead excuses for. — Jer 7:9 , 10 . Shall be judged on account of. — Mal 3:5 . Shall be cut off for. — Zec 5:3 . Shall have a curse upon their houses for. — Zec 5:4 . False witnesses guilty of — De 19:16 , 18 . Exemplified Saul. — 1Sa 19:6 , 10 . Shimei. — 1Ki 2:41-43 . Jews. — Eze 16:59 . Zedekiah. — Eze 17:13-19 . Peter. — Mt 26:72 , 74 .