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• Compared
  <p> [[Compared,]] pp. Set together and examined with respect to likeness or unlikeness, ag ...58977"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/compared Compared from King James Dictionary]</ref>
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• Fire
  ...the ultimate cause the wide-spread mischief caused by the tongue, which is compared to a spark setting fire to a great forest &nbsp;Deuteronomy 3:6). </p> <p> ...ness nor pretext. They demand honesty and genuineness. Therefore, they are compared to flaming fire which destroys all dross, and leaves only that which has GO
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• Deuteronomy
  ...priests, Deut. as a layman’s manual. But their legislation is parallel. [[Compared]] with P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] , Deut. is earlier, for questions left ...to as existing in matters of history, as well as in the legislation, when compared with that in Exodus; </p> <p> '''(3)''' on the peculiarity noticeable in th
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• Providence
  ...ontents of the Biblical Doctrine. <p> <b> 1. Different Views of Providence Compared: </b> </p> <p> There are four distinct conceptions of providence as it conc ...d with &nbsp;Deuteronomy 19:4-5; &nbsp;1 Kings 22:34; &nbsp;1 Kings 22:38, compared with 21:19; &nbsp;Proverbs 16:33). </p> <p> '''(5.)''' By a class which pro
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• Ass
  ...is best suited for the arid hilly regions of western Asia. It is lowly as compared with the horse; it symbolizes peace, as the horse does war, and as such bor ...> <p> There are28 (4 x7) asses separately spoken of, and with these may be compared the28 (4 x7) 'times' connected with 'vain man' in &nbsp;Ecclesiastes 3:1-8.
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• Vine
  ...found them (&nbsp;Hosea 9:10 ), and the remnant surviving the [[Exile]] is compared to a cluster of grapes (&nbsp;Isaiah 65:8 ). Finally, an abundance of the v ...; &nbsp;Psalms 128:3; &nbsp;Micah 4:4, the rebellious people of Israel are compared to "wild grapes," "an empty vine," "the degenerate plant of a strange vine,
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• Inspiration
  ...of prophecy" in the "holy men moved by the Holy Spirit." The words of one compared with those of another from whom the former may be separated in age and in c ...c, occur in their writings, that the noblest flights of human genius, when compared with them, appear cold and insipid. 3. "It is manifest, with respect to man
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• Baptism
  ...nverts, and not confined to the Jews appears from &nbsp;Matthew 28:19-20 , compared with &nbsp;Acts 10:47; and that the baptism of the Spirit did not supersede ...Holy Ghost, and with fire," &nbsp;Matthew 3:11; &nbsp;Acts 1:5; and Jesus compared his sufferings to "a baptism," &nbsp;Luke 12:50. John (called "the Baptist,
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• Jerusalem
  ...e: τέσσαρας καὶ δέκα (Niese); Whiston reads ‘forty’ (BJ v. iv. 3).]towers, compared with sixty on the First Wall and ninety on the Third. Its extent was theref ...s compared with the sultry plains of Jordan, a mountain air; enthroned, as compared with Jericho or Damascus, Gaza, or Tyre, on a mountain fastness." ''Sinai A
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• Lily
  ...d so exquisitely perfumed, that the splendour even of Solomon is not to be compared to theirs, shall soon wither and decay, and be used as fuel. God has so ado ...of weeds and worthless plants even as the [[Christians]] are few in number compared to the sinners. </li> </ul> <p> &nbsp;Hosea 14:5 (a) This is a type of [[Is
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• Scorpion
  ...ess and the formidability of the apocalyptic locusts, whose very tails are compared to the scorpions which normally feed on them. See, further, Locust. </p> <p ...12 . <p> [[Malicious]] and crafty men, who delight in injuring others, are compared to scorpions. &nbsp;Ezekiel 2 . </p> 3. In astronomy, the eighth sign of th
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• Wolf
  ...miah 5:6 . The rapacious and cruel conduct of the princes of [[Israel]] is compared by &nbsp;Ezekiel 22:27 , to the mischievous inroads of the same animal: "He ...atest terrors of the lonely shepherd (&nbsp; John 10:12 ); persecutors are compared to wolves in &nbsp; Matthew 10:18 , &nbsp; Acts 20:29 . </p> <p> E. W. G. M
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• Originality
  ...rely represent the high moral tone which obtains on both of the sides thus compared, and no direct connexion is required to account for the resemblance. On the
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• Comparison
  ...stimate of men and their actions by comparison. </p> 2. The state of being compared. <p> If we rightly estimate what we call good and evil, we shall find it li ...relative estimate; also, a state, quality, or relation, admitting of being compared; as, to bring a thing into comparison with another; there is no comparison
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• Egypt
  ...sion, in &nbsp;Job 4:19 , where the perishing generations of men are fitly compared to habitations of the frailest materials, built upon the heap of similar dw ...13:10; &nbsp;Exodus 16:3; &nbsp;Numbers 11:5; to its mode of irrigation as compared with the greater advantages of Canaan, which had rain and was watered by na
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• Leviticus
  ...the early sin-offering required by this code, its place is very secondary compared with P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] . The laws of H [Note: Law of Holiness.] ...nstructions respecting the Feast of Tabernacles. &nbsp;Leviticus 23:39, as compared with &nbsp;Leviticus 23:34, shows that the same feast is referred to; while
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• Lion
  ...el 1:10), the kingly aspect of Messiah in Matthew. </p> <p> [[Nineveh]] is compared to a lion's den, full of remains of its prey, appropriately, as lion figure ...;Revelation 5:5). </p> <p> &nbsp;Ezekiel 19:2 (a) The nation of Israel was compared to this animal. The leaders represent the parent animals. Their offspring a
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• Law In The Old Testament
  ...after the return from the exile, even these were in number a mere handful compared with the priests (&nbsp;Ezra 2:36-42; &nbsp;Ezra 8:15-20 , &nbsp;Ezra 8:24-
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• Second Epistle Of Peter
  ...m> . Of these there are very few traces, though &nbsp; 2 Peter 1:13 may be compared with &nbsp; 2 Corinthians 5:1; &nbsp; 2 Peter 2:19 with &nbsp; Romans 6:13; ...''''Αὐτῶν''''' . &nbsp;2 Peter 2:17 shows a like similarity and difference compared with &nbsp;Judges 1:13. The claim of originality thus lies on the side of J
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• Book Of. Zechariah
  ...he description of the increase in Jerusalem, &nbsp;Zechariah 14:10, may be compared with &nbsp;Zechariah 2:4; and the prediction in &nbsp;Zechariah 8:20-23 wit
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• Ezekiel
  ...cteristics. Less than 10 percent of the messages are in a poetic format as compared to the frequent use of poetry in Isaiah and Jeremiah. A number of phrases a ...arabolical, and abounds in figures and metaphorical expressions. He may be compared to the [[Grecian]] AEschylus; he displays a rough but majestic dignity; an
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• Carmel
  ...a good hiding-place (&nbsp; Amos 9:3 ). The head of the [[Shulammite]] is compared to Carmel (&nbsp; Song of Solomon 7:5 ). </p> <p> The mountain seems from a ...mountain as of old. In &nbsp;Song of Solomon 7:5 the head of the bride is compared to Carmel. It is now called <i> Jebel Kurmul. </i> </p> <p> 2. City in the
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• Cloud
  ...previous chapter. There were all of these and more - so many that they are compared to a cloud. </p> ...darkness" which is both literal and figurative. Misfortune and old age are compared to "the cloudy and dark day" (&nbsp;Ezekiel 34:12 ) and "the clouds returni
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• Mother
  ...eing like that of a mother hen for her chicks (&nbsp;Matthew 23:37 ). Paul compared his ministry to a mother in labor (&nbsp;Galatians 4:19 ) and a nursing mot ...s. </p> <p> &nbsp;Ezekiel 19:2 (a) The strong, able founders of Israel are compared to a mother lion. The nature was fierce, and their attitude cruel. They wer
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• Color
  ...ural object to which it is applied in [[Scripture]] is the lips, which are compared to a scarlet thread (&nbsp;Song of Solomon 4:3). Josephus considered it as
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• Dog
  ...w 15:26 (a) This troubled woman accepted the place [[Christ]] gave her and compared herself to a dog waiting to be fed with the crumbs. </p> <p> &nbsp;Philippi ...eir vomit again. The only apparent exception to the above is when the Lord compared the [[Syrophenician]] woman to a dog, and she said, "Yet the dogs eat of th
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• Faith
  ...alted role of the martyr as a faithful witness (2:10,13, 19; 14:12) who is compared with Jesus Christ who is also designated as faithful (1:5; 3:14; 19:11). Al ...;Luke 22:32; &nbsp;Luke 17:5; &nbsp;Matthew 17:20; &nbsp;Matthew 21:21). [[Compared]] with this (and Paul points out the contrast emphatically), the O.T. revel
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• Hell
  ...furious, quenchless fire.’ </p> <p> With this passage should be carefully compared <i> En. </i> cviii. 3-6, where some exceptional features occur in the descr ...o Sheol, &nbsp;Numbers 16:30; &nbsp;Numbers 16:33; &nbsp;Ezekiel 31:15-17 (compared with &nbsp;Job 7:9; &nbsp;Genesis 42:38). Comp. Josephus (Ant. 17:1, 3), wh
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• Locust
  ..., there is a terrific description of symbolical locusts, in which they are compared to war-horses, their hair to the hair of women, etc. Niebuhr heard an Arab ...oel 1:4; &nbsp;Nahum 3:15; Jdt_2:19-20; where the most numerous armies are compared to the <em> arbeh, </em> or locust. </p> <p> The locust, in entomology, bel
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• Wool
  ...aic]] ritual, while in &nbsp;Revelation 1:14 the hair of the Son of Man in compared to white wool. White wool, here as elsewhere (cf. &nbsp;Psalms 147:16, &nbs ...ting from the removal of sin by [[Jehovah]] from His people; the sin being compared to that which had been dyed crimson. The law forbade the wearing of a garme
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• Epistle To The Galatians
  ...rect from God, and not through the older Apostles, with whom the Judaizers compared him unfavourably. For this purpose he tells of his conversion, of his relat ...ith it. The reversal of "Galatian and Phrygia(n)" in &nbsp;Acts 18:23 , as compared with &nbsp;Acts 16:6 , implies that the apostle on the 3rd tour struck "the
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• The Gospel According To Mark
  ...half as numerous as Aramaisms. They number 11, the same as in Matthew, as compared with 6 in Luke and 7 in John. The greater proportion in Mark is the only re
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• Medicine
  ...f Egyptian origin; still medicine in Egypt was a mere art or profession. [[Compared]] with the wild countries around them, however, the [[Egyptians]] must have ...edicine. Though their views were narrow, and their information scanty when compared with some of the chiefs of the other sects, and although they rejected as u
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• Syriac Versions
  ...t of the common printed Peshito has been re-wrought will appear when it is compared with the Curetonian Syriac Gospels. </p> <p> '''4.''' ''Minor Recensions. '
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• Vulgate
  ...te version of the New Testament was made, and at the time it was afterward compared with the Greek manuscripts by St. Jerom, as they were then nearer the times ...f the gospels which he follows is marked by the latter characteristic when compared with the African. In the other books the difference cannot be traced with a
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• Gospels
  ...&nbsp;John 7:10) and the former visit (&nbsp;John 5:1), for &nbsp;John 6:4 compared with &nbsp;John 7:1 implies Christ omitted attending the [[Passover]] occur ...nce in &nbsp; 1 Corinthians 13:2 to the ‘faith that removes mountains,’ as compared with &nbsp; Matthew 17:20; &nbsp; Matthew 21:21 . </p> <p> Another form of
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• Recensions Of The Old Testament.
  ...ance, or a [[Collection]] of various Readings of the Samiaritan Pentateuch compared with the Hebrew and other [[Ancient]] Versions, in Libl. Sacra (Andover, 18
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• Roman Empire
  ...actors preserved Rome at this crisis. The further stages of the war may be compared with the later phases of the South African War. The Roman army was broken u ...d, and whereas the first three are compared to known animals, the Roman is compared to some dreadful monster that cannot be named: cf. &nbsp;Daniel 7:7 . </p>
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• Eagle
  ...&nbsp;Psalms 103:5 , and &nbsp;Isaiah 40:31 . It is remarkable that Cyrus, compared, in &nbsp;Isaiah 46:11 , to an eagle, (so the word translated "ravenous bir ...e Romans had the eagle standard, hence, the appropriateness of their being compared to an eagle (&nbsp;Deuteronomy 28:49). </p>
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• Isaac
  ...7:1) '''''—''''' </p> <p> '''7.''' [[Eliezer]] as steward, whose office is compared to that of the messenger of the Olympic deities. </p> <p> '''IV.''' ''Tradi ...hand; so likewise the figure of Isaac is colorless and his story brief, as compared with the striking figures of Jacob on the one hand and of Abraham on the ot
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• Acts Of The Apostles
  ...p;1 Thessalonians 1:1; &nbsp;2 Thessalonians 1:1; &nbsp;2 Corinthians 1:19 compared with &nbsp;Acts 18:5. </p> <p> But in the epistles written where we know, f <p> The introduction to this book compared with the introduction to the gospel by Luke makes it plain that the two wer
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• Alexander The Great
  ...great monarchies are alluded to, and the third, the kingdom of Greece, is compared to a chariot with white horses. </p> <p> [[Alexander]] the Great, son of [[
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• Church
  ...ostility when they saw the rapidity with which Christians made converts as compared with their own slowness in making proselytes here and there. Until the Macc ...e assemblage of them that believed’ (&nbsp; Acts 4:32 ), the word used, as compared with its employment elsewhere, suggesting not a throng or crowd but the who
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• Old - Golden
  ...on 3:18 (a) Those invaluable graces which we may receive from the Lord are compared to this precious metal. These blessings from Heaven enrich the life on eart
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• Holy War War
  ...26-27 ). </p> <p> In the meantime the [[Christian]] life is metaphorically compared to warfare. Timothy is exhorted to endure hardship as a good soldier of Jes
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• Harmony Of The Gospels
  ...nd Mark will agree compared to Matthew. Matthew and Luke hardly ever agree compared to Mark. The same is true in word usage and sentence structure. Mark often
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• Lord'S Supper (Ii)
  ...d’ and the ‘cup’ as the ‘body of Christ’ and the ‘blood of Christ’ must be compared with St. Paul’s description elsewhere of Christians being made by means o
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• Epistles To Thethessalonians
  ...(&nbsp;2 Thessalonians 2:2). The colder, more official tone of 2 Thess. as compared with the First Epistle may be explained by the necessity for plain speaking
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• Compared
  <p> [[Compared,]] pp. Set together and examined with respect to likeness or unlikeness, ag ...58977"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/compared Compared from King James Dictionary]</ref>
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• Rasshopper
  ...m are very important in GOD's sight. They are small and insignificant when compared to the greatness and the power of [[God.]] </p> <p> &nbsp;Nahum 3:17 (a) Th
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• Christology Christ
  ...are compared with one another, and extends to his speeches as a whole when compared with St. Peters. And whatever explanation be given of the composition of th
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• Clement Of Alexandria
  ...m who had lived according to their light (44–53), though that was feeble compared with the glory of the gospel (54–70). He then sketches the lineament
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• Theophilus
  ...but a general consideration of the Lucan books, both by themselves and as compared with the other Gospels, gives some important clues. </p> <p> The most remar ...lso does the more elegant style of Luke's dedication (&nbsp;Luke 1:1-4) as compared with that of, the rest of the Gospel which is more derived from existing br
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• Coal
  <p> &nbsp;Psalm 120:4 (b) The evil words of hostile enemies are compared to coals that burn and hurt when they strike. </p> <p> &nbsp;Proverbs 6:23 ...f wood (not '''''‘''''' juniper,' but broom), to which the false tongue is compared (&nbsp;James 3:6). In &nbsp;2 Samuel 14:7, the quenching of the live coal i
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• Cedar
  ...of patriarchal times, and the moral majesty of the Messianic age, are all compared to the towering cedar, in its royal loftiness and supremacy (&nbsp;Isaiah 2 ...of Lebanon. &nbsp;Psalm 92:12 . The Assyrian king in his strength was also compared to a cedar, which is thus described: "with fair branches, and with a shadow
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• Coriander
  <p> To it in form and color the manna is compared (&nbsp;Exodus 16:31; &nbsp;Numbers 11:7). The '''''Gad''''' , Phoenician, ' ...small round seed, of a very agreeable smell and taste. The manna might be compared to the coriander seed in respect to its form or shape, as it was to bdelliu
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• Book Of Daniel
  ...It is plainly manifested that these empires would depreciate. The first is compared to gold, the second to silver, the third to brass, and the fourth to iron a ...;Daniel 1:21, compared with &nbsp;Daniel 10:1; and in &nbsp;Daniel 1:5-18, compared with &nbsp;Daniel 2:1. With regard to the first supposed contradiction, we
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• Gold
  ...lory to God and the Father. (&nbsp;Revelation 1:6) And as Christ's head is compared on all these, and the like accounts to gold: so his hands to rings of gold ...e read of 'choice gold,' 'fine gold,' 'pure gold.' [[Precious]] things are compared with gold to show their value. &nbsp;Psalm 119:72,127 . It was extensively
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• Hind
  ...e purposely reserved by the venerable patriarch for his son Joseph, who is compared to the boughs of a tree; and the repetition of the idea in reference to [[N ...ors, prophets, and poets of the tribe. A faithful and affectionate wife is compared to the hind, &nbsp;Proverbs 5:19 , as also are swift and sure-footed heroes
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• Lucifer
  ...âl </em> ) can denote only the waning of some luminary, as it is forcibly compared with the impending fate of the then king of Babylon, whose utter destructio ...h here referred to, laving surpassed all other kings in royal splendor, is compared to the harbinger of day, whose brilliancy surpasses that of the surrounding
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• Linen
  ...reeches of Aaron and his sons in ministering: &nbsp;Exodus 28:40-42, which compared with &nbsp;Exodus 39:28, "linen ( '''''Baad''''' ) of fine turned linen" ( ...en we begin to live a life of righteous acts, deeds and godliness which is compared to a linen robe. [[Wool]] is a product of GOD's power and ingenuity. No man
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• Marriage
  ...ition to the cases already quoted, we may add the closeness of maternal as compared with paternal relationships, evidenced in bars of marriage (see below, § ...ld be. </p> <p> &nbsp;Malachi 2:11 (a) The affection of Judah for idols is compared to a marriage wherein the heart that should have been joined to the Lord tu
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• Peter
  ...Jesus (&nbsp;Mark 16:7). These omissions are relatively insignificant when compared with the main body of Marcan material which Matthew has preserved. The addi ...strong relief contrasted with his colleagues, but make a faint impression compared with the steadfast and uncompromisiing principles of the apostles, who, aft
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• City
  <p> &nbsp;Proverbs 25:28 (a) The Christian is compared to a city filled with treasures, jewels and valuables. His treasures are pa ...ch are now in a state of dilapidation; but the Crusades are of modern days compared with the time of the Savior, which itself is remote from the proper antiqui
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• House
  ...ere of small dimensions, 12 to 15 feet square as a rule, with which may be compared the legal definition of ‘large’ and ‘small’ rooms in the late perio ...s length (as in the [[Haram]] wall, and in the base of the tower of David) compared to their height generally are. Roman work on the contrary has often the hei
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• Horse
  ...ains." (See [[Chariot]] .) The donkey is the emblem of peace. The bride is compared to "a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots" (&nbsp;Song of [[Solomon]] 1 ...In &nbsp;James 3:3 , the small bridle by which the horse can be managed is compared to the tongue (compare &nbsp;Psalm 32:9 ). In &nbsp;Job 39:19-25 we have a
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• Love
  ...espects the Apostle’s teaching on the love of God marks a retrogression as compared with the gospel of Jesus: on the one hand, St. Paul restricts the love of G ...While the answer of Peter, then, claims only an inferior kind of love, as compared to the one contained in Christ's question, he nevertheless is confident of
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• Sword
  ...d” used by Israel’s heavy infantry. </p> <p> This two-edged “sword” can be compared to a tongue: “… Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows ...e justice (&nbsp;Ezekiel 21:3; &nbsp;Revelation 1:16 ). [[Rash]] words are compared to a sword that pierces (&nbsp;Proverbs 12:18 ); the tongue is like a sharp
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• Test
  ...Zech. 13:9). The coming of the messenger of the covenant (Jesus Christ) is compared to the work of a smith: “But who may abide the day of his coming? and who ...t and every light her muse will bear. </p> 4. That with which any thing is compared for proof of its genuineness a standard. <p> --Life, force and beauty must
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• Birth
  ...the Galatians for full consecration to the person of [[Jesus Christ]] is compared to a birth. Works, deeds and philosophies were occupying the minds and hear
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• Chain
  ...n 20:1 (b) GOD's commandments restrict, prohibit, and defeat Satan and are compared to links that form a chain for his utter punishment. (See2Pe &nbsp;2:4; &nb
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• Emerald
  ...that the σμάραγδος with which the rainbow (ἶρις) round about the throne is compared (&nbsp;Revelation 4:3) was rock-crystal, as only a colourless stone could t ...&nbsp;Revelation 21:19 &nbsp;Tobit 13:16. The rainbow around the throne is compared to emerald in &nbsp;Revelation 4:3. </p>
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• Grass
  ...ces during drought (&nbsp;1 Kings 18:5 ). Humans in their mortality can be compared to grass in contrast to God's word (&nbsp;Isaiah 40:6-8; compare &nbsp;Isai ...re frequently does that emblem occur in which our fleeting generations are compared to the grass "which in the morning groweth up, and which in the evening is
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• Hair
  ...are directed. </p> <p> The greater abundance of hair possessed by woman as compared with man is mentioned by St. Paul in an argument against the practice of un ...omon 4:1 (a) The mixture of white hair with dark hair as age progresses is compared to the white goats and dark goats mingled together on the hillside as seen
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• Heifer
  ...is]] 15:9 , &nbsp; 1 Samuel 16:2 , &nbsp; Numbers 19:2 f. etc.). Israel is compared to a heifer in &nbsp; Hosea 4:16 , and so is Egypt in &nbsp; Jeremiah 46:20 ...r," &nbsp;Hosea 4:16. Authorized Version, "backsliding" to which Israel is compared. </p>
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• Judgment
  ...literally. To this conclusion, likewise, the phraseology of the prophets, compared with that of the Apostle, evidently leads: for the prophetic phraseology, l ...e mind by which two notions or ideas which are apprehended as distinct are compared for the purpose of ascertaining their agreement or disagreement. See 1. The
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• New
  ...with the Mosaic, nearly fifteen hundred years before; it is "new" (kainos) compared with the Mosaic, which is old in character, ineffective, &nbsp; Hebrews 8:8 ...ew teaching with authority (&nbsp; Mark 1:27 ) and whose ministry could be compared to new wine bursting old expectations of God's involvement in human salvati
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• Parable
  ...onis </i> goes, that is, the third thing which is common to the two things compared. But all this still leaves a large debatable ground in many parables. In th ...eful, however, not to insist on too minute a correspondence of the objects compared. It is not to be expected that the resemblance will hold good in every part
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• Passover
  ...e essential (so Chrysostom, Hom. in 1 Cor. xv. 3. 8). Again we have Christ compared to a ‘lamb without blemish and without spot’ (&nbsp;1 Peter 1:19), abso ...many changes seem to have taken place as to the mode of its celebration as compared with its first celebration (Compare &nbsp;Deuteronomy 16:2,5,6; &nbsp;2 Chr
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• Rain
  ...storm" (&nbsp;Job 24:8). '''''Sagrir''''' only in &nbsp;Proverbs 27:15. As compared with Egypt, Palestine was a land of rain (&nbsp;Deuteronomy 11:10-11), but ...so &nbsp;Matthew 7:25). </p> <p> &nbsp;Isaiah 55:10 (a) The Word of GOD is compared in this passage to the rain which falls upon the dry ground, and does its w
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• Resurrection
  ...relating to the resurrection in St. Paul’s correspondence be collected and compared they appear to show three distinct elements at work. </p> <p> (a) There is ...curious as to the nature of <strong> the resurrection body </strong> . He compared the condition of those who had arisen to that of the angels (&nbsp; Mark 12
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• Sand
  ...er the world, as sand is found all over the world. The nation of Israel is compared not only to sand, but also to dust and to the stars. (See under these words ...; the multitude of quails provided for the [[Israelites]] in the desert is compared to the sand (&nbsp;Psalm 78:27 ); the [[Psalmist]] says of the thoughts of
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• Stranger
  ...ore distinct from the "nations," or non-Israelite peoples. The term may be compared with our expression ''"Naturalized Foreigner".'' </p> <p> The terms applied ...considerately treated, for the condition of the Hebrew slave is favorably compared with that of the hired servant and the sojourner in contradistinction to th
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• Wind
  ...hirlwind " (&nbsp;Isaiah 5:28; &nbsp;Jeremiah 4:13). Total defeat is often compared to "chaff scattered by a whirlwind" (&nbsp;Isaiah 17:13). It denotes the ra ...to describe them as sudden and irresistible (; ; ). Total defeat is often compared to 'chaff scattered by a whirlwind' (). It denotes the rapidity and irresis
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• Plagues Of Egypt
  ...produced them. The performances of these magicians are really below par as compared with those which may be witnessed in the room of any travelling conjurer am
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• Seba
  ...ts" (&nbsp;Psalms 72:10). This mention of Sheba and Seba together is to be compared with the occurrence of a Sheba among the descendants of Cush (&nbsp;Genesis
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• Samson
  ...but, above all, the destruction of Samson by his beloved Delilah has been compared with the overcoming of Hercules through Omphale (Diod. Sic. 4:31; Apollod.
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• Thief
  ...f-seeking teachers—whether false Christs, or, more probably, Pharisees—are compared to thieves and robbers. <b> 4. </b> &nbsp;John 12:6. [[Judas]] ‘was a thi ...in the night," to which the unexpected coming of the Lord to the world is compared. &nbsp;1 Thessalonians 5:2,4; &nbsp;2 Peter 3:10; &nbsp;Revelation 3:3; etc
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• Targum
  ...ccupies about one-sixth of the latter; if the Targums of the two books are compared in Lagarde's text, the Canticles are two-thirds of Proverbs. So Lamentation
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• Common Prayer
  ...Prayer (Lond. 1856, 2d ed. 8vo); Cardwell, The two Liturgies of Edward VI compared (Oxf. 1838, 8vo); Maskell, Monumenta Ritualia Ecclesiae Anglicanae (Lond. 1
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• Second Epistle To The. Corinthians
  ...w lost, to which he is to be supposed to refer in &nbsp;2 Corinthians 2:3 (compared with &nbsp;2 Corinthians 2:4; &nbsp;2 Corinthians 2:9); &nbsp;2 Corinthians
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• Graving
  ...ed in this branch of art; for instance, the Egyptians, &nbsp;Exodus 12:35, compared with 32:2, 3; the Canaanites, &nbsp;Joshua 6:19; the Midianites, &nbsp;Numb
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• Law Of Moses
  ...1-16; &nbsp;Numbers 9:6-12; &nbsp;Numbers 15:32-41; &nbsp;Numbers 27:1-11, compared with &nbsp;Numbers 36:1-12), we actually see how general rules, civil, crim
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• Gospel According To Luke
  ...ng scheme. If the contents of each Gospel be represented by 100, then when compared this result is obtained: </p> <p> Mark has 7 peculiarities, 93 coincidences ...ly twenty-four in the one against sixty-five in the other '''''—''''' when compared with their abundance in Matthew. Only eight out of the whole number are pec
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• Molech
  ...y instances of human sacrifices are found in ancient writers, which may be compared with the description of the Old Testament of the manner in which Molech was ...y instances of human sacrifices are found in ancient writers; which may be compared with the descriptions in the Old Testament of the manner in which Molech wa
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• Montanists
  ...ed to [[Elijah]] when he was fasting in the desert of Horeb, especially as compared with the severe tone of the call to Adam when he had been eating the forbid
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• Mosaism
  ...e Christian Review for January 1874, in noticing Paul's view of Mosaism as compared with Christianity, reduces the characteristics of the former to the followi
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• Book Of Nehemiah
  ...same lists give variations in names of men. So does &nbsp;Nehemiah 12:1-7, compared with &nbsp;Nehemiah 12:12, and. with &nbsp;Nehemiah 10:1-8. A comparison of
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• New Testament
  ...s, was collected with the greatest diligence and success; authorities were compared and classified; principles of observation and judgment were laid down. But ...f, Jude subscript.); but the Coislinian fragment (H3) may have been itself compared, according to the subscription, "with the copy in the library at Caesarea,
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• Jean Jacques Rousseau
  ...beau and Saint-Simon; and in philosophy, as a preacher of deism, he may be compared with Kant. For both good and evil, Rousseau was a mighty exponent of the sp
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• Sirach
  ...ies that what the physician can do is to pray for the patient. </p> <p> As compared with the later Jewish literature, i.e., the Talmudim and Midrashim (of whic
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• First Epistle To. Timothy
  ...of the past, anxieties about the future. </p> <p> '''3.''' The absence, as compared with Paul's other epistles, of Old-Test. references. This may connect itsel
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• Tooth
  ...ders like knives" (&nbsp;Proverbs 30:14). </p> <p> [[Beautiful]] teeth are compared to "sheep newly shorn and washed" in &nbsp;Song of Solomon 4:2; &nbsp;Song
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• Dragon
  ...&nbsp;Deuteronomy 32:33 (a) The counsel of wicked leaders and teachers is compared to the poison of cruel animals. </p> <p> &nbsp;Job 30:29 (a) Job compares h ...midst of his rivers." For, to what could a king of Egypt be more properly compared than the crocodile? The same argument he draws from &nbsp;Isaiah 51:9 : "Ar
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• Moses
  .... </p> <p> (3) The details of their lives are sometimes, though not often, compared. &nbsp;Acts 7:24-28; &nbsp;Acts 7:35. In &nbsp;Judges 1:9, is an allusion t ...nus, 23:115, 124,156-188; 24:41). Even the smiting of the rock by Moses is compared to a myth recorded in [[Euripides]] (Bacch. 5:703); to Bacchus smiting a ro
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• Adder
  ...an animal passing: and this well agrees with the above text, where Dan is compared to "an adder in the path that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider sha ...the small speckled venomous snake, the "horned snake," or cerastes. Dan is compared to this serpent, which springs from its hiding-place on the passer-by. </li
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• Apocrypha
  ...effort on his part, the instrument of destruction being the Law, which is compared to fire. Then in addition to the saved remnant of the Jews already referred ...16-17). There is a lack of inherent power and majesty in the Apocrypha, as compared with canonical Scripture. </p> <p> The son of Sirach (Prologue, chap. 39, &
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• Bread
  ...eon, with his handful of undisciplined militia, that he seems to have been compared to bread of this inferior quality, which may account for the ready interpre ...e, while being heated, that the smoke of the ruined cities of the plain is compared in &nbsp; Genesis 19:28 (EV [Note: English Version.] <strong> furnace </str
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• David
  ...f immense strength and agility. In swiftness and activity he could only be compared to a wild gazelle, with feet like harts' feet, with arms strong enough to b ...nd difficult situation. It was that peculiar Jewish caution which has been compared to the sagacity of a hunted animal, such as is remarked in Jacob, and after
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• Apocalyptic Literature
  ...ght of direct imitation, is the elaborate angelology of the Enoch books as compared with the one name which appears in the Apocalypse of Baruch. The book with
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• Compare
  ...en to represent as similar, for the purpose of illustration. <p> [[Solon]] compared the people to the sea, and orators and counselors to the winds for that the ...as, black, blacker, blackest; those of more than one syllable are usually compared by prefixing "more" and "most", or "less" and "least", to the positive; as,
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• The Genealogy Of Jesus Christ
  ...hat He is Son of David by virtue of His birth of Mary. With this should be compared the statement of Paul (&nbsp;Romans 1:3 , &nbsp;Romans 1:1 ): He who was Go
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• New (And Earth, New) Heavens
  ...out of the old produce a purified universe, whence also the catastrophe is compared to that of the Deluge. As then the old world perished by water and the pres
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• Kingdom Of Judah
  ...try. Neither the kingdom of Israel nor that of Judah is for a moment to be compared to those of Egypt and Assyria. Even the combined kingdom under David and So
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• Languages Of The Old Testament
  ...ical Aramaic. It represents a further declension from classical Semitic as compared with the Hebrew. The following are the principal points in which Biblical A
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• Nicolas-Louis Poulle
  ...e who mistake brilliancy of style for eloquence. He might be more properly compared with the abb De Boismont, his contemporary; they have the same qualities an
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• Pronunciation Of Proper Names
  ...ed from the foreign languages Greek and Hebrew. They are, therefore, to be compared specially with words of similar origin, such as the names of classical anti
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• Paul In Arabia
  ...lesh and blood compared with God. Even grace itself is but flesh and blood compared with Christ, says [[Thomas]] Shepard. And Paul is careful and exact, above
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• Dove (Turtle)
  ...[Ephraim]] is a name applied to backsliding Israel. In this passage she is compared to this poor, simple, helpless bird which is a prey to every enemy. (See al
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• Plow (And Forms)
  ...es]] and the wife. The wife is compared to the heifer, and his enemies are compared to those who do the plowing, or conniving with her. </p> <p> Job 4:8 (a) Th
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• Rapes
  ...red Him, hated Him, disobeyed Him, and grieved Him. Their evil actions are compared to wild grapes. </p> <p> Jeremiah 31:29 (a) GOD is telling us in this way t
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• Nicolas Poussin
  ...as Flammingo: they lived in the same house together at Rome. His coloring, compared with his drawing, is inferior and mannered, which is somewhat remarkable, c
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• Bishop Of Tours Gregorius (32) Turonensis
  ...upon written authorities he is, in detail, untrustworthy. Where he can be compared with writers now extant, as in the first two books of the History, his inac
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• Bishop Of Jerusalem Joannes Ii
  ...o open violence. The dialogue of Jerome against the Pelagians, though mild compared with his other controversial works, incensed them, and they proceeded to bu
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• Coner-Stone
  ...as the corner stone occupies an important and conspicuous place, Jesus is compared to it, &nbsp;1 Peter 2:6 , because God has given him, as the Mediator, a di
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• Midianites
  ...are called now by one name and now by the other. See &nbsp;Genesis 37:25 , compared with &nbsp;Genesis 37:36 . Their capital city was called Midian, and its re
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• Beatitude
  ...of blessing. With these Beatitudes in the canonical [[Gospels]] should be compared one preserved by St. Paul, and one found in the Codex Bezae— </p> <p> ‘
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• Fatherhood Of God
  ...ened to a kind and loving father. [[Elsewhere]] God's love and care can be compared to that of a concerned and caring mother (&nbsp;Isaiah 49:14-16; &nbsp;Luke
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• Union With Christ
  ...Father and the Son (&nbsp;John 17:11; &nbsp;John 17:21, etc.). It is also compared to the union of a vine and its branches (&nbsp;John 15:4-5); to the union o
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• Gospel Of John
  ...ermining a disputed question of authorship, alternative theories should be compared and their relative probability estimated. Accordingly, it has here been con
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• Union To Christ
  ...he Father and the Son, &nbsp;John 17:11; &nbsp;John 17:21 , &c. It is also compared to the union of a vine and its branches, &nbsp;John 15:4-5 . To the union o
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• Almond Tree
  ...her chiefs were from the same tree. </p> <p> The hoary head is beautifully compared by [[Solomon]] to the almond tree, covered in the earliest days of spring w ...bsp;Numbers 17:8. In &nbsp;Ecclesiastes 12:5 the hoary head is beautifully compared with the almond tree, either on account of its whiteness, beauty and winter
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• The Book Of Deuteronomy
  ...s. The style is no more different than was to be expected in a lyrical, as compared with a historical, composition. Psalm 90, which is Moses' work, resembles i ...n form between early Hittite treaties and later [[Assyrian]] treaties when compared to Deuteronomy are the bases for deciding in favor of an early or a later d
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• The First Epistle To Timothy
  ...is not inconsistent with a late date; he was "young" not absolutely but as compared with "Paul the aged" (&nbsp;Philemon 1:9), and with some of the elders whom
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• Archaeology And Biblical Study
  ...d ziggurats are thought the nearest things to be seen today which could be compared with the Tower of [[Babel]] story. </p> <p> Claims of discovery of parallel
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• Fishing Fish
  ...g when He called disciples to be witnesses (&nbsp;Matthew 4:18-19 ). Jesus compared the kingdom of heaven to a net thrown into the sea and loaded with fish of
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• The Letter James
  ...example, Martin Luther referred to the book as “an epistle of straw” when compared with Paul's writings. </p> <p> More careful exegesis has shown that the con
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• Minerals And Metals
  ...]] translating another word as “emerald.” The rainbow around the throne is compared to an emerald (&nbsp;Revelation 4:3 ), which also served as the fourth ston
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• Prophets Prophecy
  ...ceforth became a part of that religion.’ The power of the prophet has been compared to the modern liberty of the press. The comparison is sadly inadequate, for ...the Old Testament to understand the New Testament realities. Christ can be compared to Adam (&nbsp;1 Corinthians 15:22-23; see &nbsp;1 Corinthians 10:11 ). (4)
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• Jewels And Precious Stones
  .... In &nbsp; Revelation 9:17 the breastplates of the visionary horsemen are compared to jacinth [[(Rv]] [Note: Revised Version.] ‘ <strong> hyacinth </strong>
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• Savour
  ...[[Christ]] was so perfect, so beautiful, and so pleasing to GOD that it is compared to the fragrant incense which ascended from the golden altar in the holy pl
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• Speckled Bird
  ...em> of prey </em> , just as, on account of its hostility to Jehovah, it is compared in v. 3 to a lion. But, as a speckled bird attracts the hostile attention o
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• Birth Of Christ
  ...rovince Galatia; but although the taking of the oath of allegiance was, as compared with a census, a matter which required little preparation and instruction o
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• Fatherhood Father
  ...oad field of human life. </p> <p> <b> 5. </b> <i> Jesus’ conception of God compared with that of the [[Ot,]] and with views of His contemporaries. </i> —The
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• Hellenistic And Biblical Greek
  ...lexions, we may draw attention to the Egyptian declension in -ᾶς, -ᾶτος as compared with the Ionic -ᾶς, -ᾶδος (imparisyllabic nouns of this class are n
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• Ideas (Leading)
  ...ones. God so cares for even the most sinful among His children, that He is compared to the shepherd seeking the lost sheep, to the woman searching for her lost
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• Infancy
  ...s, however, are characterized by a wonderful simplicity and restraint when compared with such accounts as his; they proclaim themselves so much nearer what the
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• Names And Titles Of Christ
  ...hew 24:27 || &nbsp;Luke 17:24), and the circumstances of His appearing are compared to those of the world in the days of Noah and of [[Lot]] (&nbsp;Matthew 24:
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• Epistle To Thephilippians
  ...person addressed but mainly with an eye to future publication. If they are compared with genuine letters such as Cicero’s the difference is at once apparent.
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• Perfect Perfection
  ...ally, socially (cf. &nbsp;1 Corinthians 13:10 f., &nbsp;Galatians 4:3); as compared with the fresh uninstructed convert, the disciplined and experienced Christ
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• Teaching Of Jesus
  .... and Lk.), have been able to achieve. </p> <p> [[Observe]] the following, compared with the parallel passages in Mt. and Lk.: ‘He proceeded to teach them in
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• Trial-At-Law
  ...e see [[T.]] Mommsen, <i> Römisches Strafrecht </i> , Leipzig, 1899, to be compared with [[F.]] [[P.]] Walton, <i> [[Historical]] Introduction to the Roman Law
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• Wisdom Of Solomon
  ...of the making of wooden images: &nbsp;Isaiah 44:13-19; &nbsp;Isaiah 40:20, compared with &nbsp;Wisdom of Solomon 13:11-16. In the latter the carpenter selects
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• Comparable
  <p> [[Comparable,]] a. That may be compared worthy of comparison being of equal regard that may be estimated as equal. <p> (a.) Capable of being compared; worthy of comparison. </p>
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• Pant
  ...art for the wicked things of earth to satisfy his lusts and desires. It is compared to the thirst of an animal which causes it to seek out the water hole. </p>
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• Ratio
  ...ind only. One line may be compared with another line, but a line cannot be compared with a superficies, and hence between a line and a superficies there can be
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• Than
  ...the object compared in the nominative case. Sometimes, however, the object compared is placed in the objective case, and than is then considered by some gramma
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• Greece Grecia
  ...four kingdoms, before Rome became supreme. &nbsp;Daniel 7:6 . Again it is compared to a he-goat that touched not the ground, also marking the speed of its pro
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• Episcopalians
  ...red with those of the bishops of the establishment in England, are not so, compared with those of other ministers generally in the United States.] </p>
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• Reen
  ...like a flood, and they had no Scriptures from which to read. This time is compared to the season of a dry tree. </p>
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• Deluge
  ...nd other mythological personages worshipped and celebrated by the Heathen, compared with the varied traditions respecting their histories, and the nature of th ...the degree of accordance or discordance which such evidences may offer, as compared with the written narrative. </p> <p> The evidence which geology may disclos
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• Bdellium
  ...he shores of the Persian gulf and in India, and which might not inaptly be compared with manna, as in &nbsp;Numbers 11:7 . </p> ...seems the more probable allusion, for the manna is in &nbsp; Exodus 16:14 compared also to the hoar frost. </p>
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• Beard
  ...blem used &nbsp;Ezekiel 5:1-5 , where the inhabitants of [[Jerusalem]] are compared to the hair of his head and beard. Though they had been dear to God as the ...nbsp;Ezra 9:3 : cf. &nbsp;Jeremiah 41:5 . God's judgement on [[Israel]] is compared to the beard being consumed by a razor, &nbsp;Isaiah 7:20; and they were to
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• Chronicles
  ...esiastical institutions. </p> <p> A thorough examination of these books as compared with those of Samuel and Kings will satisfy the inquirer that the latter we
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• Calneh
  ...one of the Assyrian kings, and never recovered its prosperity. Hence it is compared with Carchemish, Hamath, and [[Gath]] (&nbsp;Isaiah 10:9; Aimos 6:2), and r ...eiform is doubtful. Fried. Delitzsch ( <i> [[Wo]] lag das Paradies? </i> ) compared it with <i> ''''' Kul ''''' </i> - <i> ''''' unu ''''' </i> , but as we are
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• Capernaum
  ...<p> ‘Seen alone there might have been some doubt as to its character, but compared with the number of ruins of the same character which have lately been broug ...berias.") It was in or near the "land of Gennesaret" (&nbsp;Matthew 14:34, compared with &nbsp;John 6:17; &nbsp;John 6:21; &nbsp;John 6:24), that is, the rich,
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• Common
  ...rm to what was inpure, whether naturally or legally (as in &nbsp;Mark 7:2, compared with &nbsp;1 [[Maccabees]] 1:47; &nbsp;1 Maccabees 1:62). Finally, it was u ...applied the term to what was impure, whether naturally or legally (as in , compared with; ). And, finally, it was used of meats forbidden, or such as had been
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• Epistle To The Colossians
  ...the new atmosphere of liberty. On one side, therefore, this Epistle may be compared with He I, where the supremacy of the Son over all angels is strongly insis
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• Damascus
  ...of scenery, has not forgotten Damascus: the nose of the [[Shulammite]] is compared to the ‘tower of [[Lebanon]] which looketh toward Damascus’ (&nbsp; Son ...ain became a Roman city. In the early history of Christianity Damascus, as compared with Antioch, played a very minor part. But it is memorable in Christian hi
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• Ethan
  ...terpreters suppose to be the Ethan of , to whose wisdom that of Solomon is compared. </p> ...> ''''' Gaithán ''''' </i> ): </p> <p> (1) A wise man with whom Solomon is compared (&nbsp;1 Kings 4:31 ). Called there "Ethan the Ezrahite," to whom the title
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• Exodus
  ...which would seem to extend it beyond the time of Moses, particularly when compared with &nbsp;Joshua 5:11-12, according to which the manna ceased not until af
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• Genesis
  ...venant of circumcision) where, however, Jehovah occurs once in verse 1, as compared with Elohim seven times; &nbsp;Genesis 19:29-38 (conclusion of Lot's histor
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• Hadad
  ...n the altered form of [[Hadar]] . &nbsp;Genesis 25:15; &nbsp;Genesis 36:39 compared with &nbsp;1 Chronicles 1:30; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 1:50. </p> <p> 1. Son of I ...in the same sense, where he substitutes it for [[Benhadad]] (Ant. 9, 8, 7, compared with &nbsp;2 Kings 13:24). (See [[Hadad-Rimmon]]). </p> <p> '''1.''' ADAD (
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• Hosea
  ...f loyalty towards God; and the greater emotional element that marks him as compared with Amos. At the same time, it is important not to exaggerate the differen ...prophecies '''''—''''' so scattered, so unconnected that bishop Lowth has compared them with the leaves of the [[Sibyl]] '''''—''''' were probably collected
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• Hebrews
  ...hat the diversity of style in the Epistle to the Hebrews is so great, when compared to that of St. Paul's epistles, that, unless we suppose the Greek costume d
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• Heman
  ...with three others celebrated for their wisdom, to which that of Solomon is compared (&nbsp;1 Kings 4:31), probably the same as the son of Zerah and grandson of ...named with others celebrated for their wisdom, to which that of Solomon is compared . The considerations stated under Ethan will distinguish this Heman from th
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• Herod
  ...laughter of a comparatively few infants in a village seemed unimportant as compared with his other abounding deeds of atrocity. [[Macrobius]] long subsequently ...thet can only be applied to him as his personality and accomplishments are compared to others of his family. </p> <p> [[Robert]] W. Stagg </p>
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• Jezebel
  ...ens famous in history. Her religious attitude and zeal might profitably be compared with that of Mary, queen of Scots. It must also be remembered that the intr
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• Lebanon
  ...Lebanon is still fairly well wooded in a few places, though very scantily compared with ancient times, when Hiram, king of Tyre, supplied Solomon with ‘ceda ...le," &nbsp;2 Kings 14:9 . The spiritual prosperity of the righteous man is compared by the [[Psalmist]] to the same noble plant: "The righteous shall flourish
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• Palestine
  ...any centuries, and gave it its claim to our veneration and affection. When compared with other nations of equal antiquity - Egypt, Greece, Assyria - the contra ...climate is everywhere very warm, and is considered rather insalubrious as compared with the upland country. It is not mentioned by any one collective name in
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• Partridge
  ...uch birds sometimes never return. In Sir 11:30 the heart of a proud man is compared to a decoy partridge in a cage. It is still customary in Palestine to hunt ...otection; how swiftly they could run; what expert dodgers they were; so he compared taking them with catching a flea. The other reference is found in &nbsp; Je
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• Poetry Of The Hebrews
  ..., and to the rushings of many waters;" and hence great calamities so often compared to the overflowing torrent, which, in such a country, must have been images ...ing numbers. This is the most imperfect species of parallelism, and may be compared with the hexameter, divided by the caesura, as for example, </p> <p> Yet ha
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• Prophecy
  ...but whoever has examined profane history with any degree of attention, and compared it with the predictions of Scripture, must, if he be not blinded by prejudi ...tself was declared to be "the greatest prophet born among women;" yet when compared to Christ, his Lord, he was but a voice, which witnessed to Jesus and then
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• Pharaoh
  ...d, to read a lesson to the [[Gentile]] world on the feebleness of idols as compared to him. </p> <p> Before speaking of the later Pharaohs we may mention a poi
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• Rahab
  ...s is in Psalms 87, where Rahab, Babylon, Philistia, Tyre, and [[Cush]] are compared with [[Zion]] (&nbsp;Psalms 87:4-5). In one other passage the name is allud
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• Angel
  ...cf. &nbsp; 2 Samuel 5:24 ); they possess wisdom, with which that of men is compared (&nbsp; 2 Samuel 14:17; &nbsp; 2 Samuel 14:20 ); they have imperfections (& ...in the Bible as angels at all. Others (cherubim and archangels) are never compared to one another in terms of rank. Perhaps most importantly, a schema which e
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• Breath
  ...7). </p> <p> &nbsp;Isaiah 30:28, &nbsp;Isaiah 30:33 (b) The Holy Spirit is compared in these passages to a river. He is constantly operating. He is always in t
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• Cord
  ...se hearts and lives are bound together in love and in happy fellowship are compared to a threefold cord or rope which has more strength than either one strand ...e spinal marrow, to which, as to its form and color, it may not be inaptly compared. </p> <p> '''(7.)''' A "three-fold cord" (i.e. one of treble strands) is pu
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• Death
  ...down, to rest, also denote death. </p> <p> '''(6.)''' Death is frequently compared with and named from a departure, a going away. Hence verbs of that import s ...s everywhere else, to death (;; , sqq.). </p> <p> (f.) Death is frequently compared with and named from a departure, a going away (;;;; ). </p> <p> Death, when
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• God
  ...ng Israel from Egypt is the standard with which the return to [[Judea]] is compared. In the historical books, God as the saving God delivers his people from na <p> God is <i> unique </i> in nature. No person, object, or idea can be compared to God. [[Anything]] said about God must be based on His revelation of Hims
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• Head
  ...tion in the head, which, though in individual cases, and when extremes are compared together, they run one into the other to the entire loss of distinctive lin ...tion in the head, which, though in individual cases, and when extremes are compared together, they run one into the other, to the entire loss of distinctive li
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• Idol
  .... 1, 159, quoted by Gesenius on &nbsp;Isaiah 17:8) suggested the same, and compared it with the Sanscrit ''Homa.'' But to such interpretations the passage in &
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• Rock
  ...an that each sinner is a part and character of this wicked world (which is compared to a rock, with no life), and that only the [[Divine]] power of GOD in the ...</p> <p> In the N.T. any one who heard and did the sayings of the Lord is compared to a man who built his house upon the rock which nothing could shake. &nbsp
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• Sacrifice
  ...s constituted a ground of forgiveness of sin in Israel; they are expressly compared, in point of efficacy, to the Day of Atonement (Pesiqta, 174b). These tende ...tem which was to embrace all mankind in its influence, they should be also compared and contrasted with the sacrifices and worship of God in other nations, and
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• Silver
  ...> <p> Silver is found in the earth (&nbsp;Job 28:1 ), and before it can be compared to 'the words of the Lord' it must be purified seven times. &nbsp;Psalm 12: ...&nbsp;Isaiah 60:17; &nbsp;Zechariah 9:3 ). The trying of men's hearts was compared to the refining of silver (&nbsp;Psalm 66:10; &nbsp;Isaiah 48:10 ). Yahweh'
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• Worship
  ...[Christi]] </em> [soldiers of Christ] on their post by the Christians, who compared their calling to a warfare, the <em> militia Christi, </em> and they were <
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• Bird
  ...;Proverbs 23:5). </p> <p> &nbsp;Matthew 13:32 (b) Satan and his angels are compared to birds in this place. They are at home in the great apostate church where
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• Beryl
  ...sts are circlets of gold full set with topazes,' but the hands bent in are compared to beautiful rings in which beryl is set, as the nails are in the fingers T ...ifferent words. In &nbsp;Ezekiel 1:16; &nbsp;Ezekiel 10:9 the 'wheels' are compared to its colour, without stating what that was. Some suppose it was the golde
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• Camel
  ...> ''''' Rākhash ''''' </i> , the root of <i> ''''' rekhesh ''''' </i> , is compared with the Arabic <i> ''''' rakaḍ ''''' </i> , "to run," and, in the Revise
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• Cup
  ...bsp;1 Corinthians 11:25), introduces an important difference of meaning as compared with the Markan formula. To lay stress on the idea of a ‘ <i> new </i> co ...king vessels were of gold, none of silver. &nbsp;1 Kings 10:21. Babylon is compared to a golden cup. &nbsp;Jeremiah 51:7. The great laver, or "sea," was made w
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• Carpenter
  ...ith Holman Hunt’s <i> [[Shadow]] of Death </i> , referred to above, may be compared Millais’ <i> The Carpenter’s Shop </i> (otherwise known as <i> Christ i
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• Chaff
  ...ipture, false doctrines, fruitless designs, hypocrites and ungodly men are compared to chaff. &nbsp;Psalms 1:4; &nbsp;Jeremiah 23:28; &nbsp;Isaiah 33:11; &nbsp ...;Psalm 35:5; &nbsp;Isaiah 5:24; &nbsp;Jeremiah 23:28 . The wicked also are compared to chaff to be burned up with unquenchable fire — eternal punishment. &nbs
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• Dead
  ...:''' ''' (''' a.) Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color, as compared with crimson. </p> <p> '''(17):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To die; to lose life or ...of the bodily faculties in old age culminates in death, it is pictorially compared to the breaking of a lamp extinguishing the flame ("golden" being probably
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• Fish
  ...&nbsp;Exodus 8:20 . </p> <p> In &nbsp;Ezekiel 29:4 , the king of Egypt is compared to the crocodile; "I am against thee, the great dragon that lieth in the mi ...le food value. </p> <p> &nbsp;Ezekiel 29:4 (b) The king and his people are compared to fish. They will adhere to their king in his disobedience to GOD; all of
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• Fuller
  ...rk 9:3). Christ's mission, including both the first and second advents, is compared to "fuller's soap" in respect to the judicial process now secretly going on ...often translated, and would include 'bleaching.' The coming of the Lord is compared to a 'refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap,' when the dross and dirt will
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• Heresy
  ...the principles and opinions, which will have been observed in both parties compared with St. Paul's declarations, flows from a common source, from the philosop ...ght in depriving heretics of their estates, it may," etc. With this may be compared the permission granted in anticipation, in 1724 (Bullar. Propagande, 2, 54,
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• Mire
  ...ary. </p> <p> &nbsp;Isaiah 57:20 (a) The filthiness in many human lives is compared to the dirt cast up constantly by the restless sea. </p> <p> &nbsp;Jeremiah
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• Mirror
  ...in a "mirror;" in &nbsp;James 1:23 , the "law of liberty" is figuratively compared to a "mirror;" the hearer who obeys not is like a person who, having looked ..., and the foot of it,' are made from them. In the second, the firmament is compared to 'a molten mirror.' In fact, all the mirrors used in ancient times were o
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• Manna
  ...stewed or baked (&nbsp; Exodus 16:23 , &nbsp; Numbers 11:8 ). The taste is compared to that of honey-wafers (&nbsp; Exodus 16:31 ), or oil (&nbsp; Numbers 11:8 ...elationship with God (&nbsp;Deuteronomy 8:3; cf. &nbsp;Matthew 4:4). Jesus compared the gift of manna to satisfy physical hunger with the gift of himself to sa
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• Music
  ...odus 32:17-18). The triumphant shout of the foe in the temple is similarly compared to the joyous thanksgivings formerly offered there at solemn feasts, but ho ...stivities which attended the erection of the golden calf. With this may be compared the musical service which accompanied the dedication of the golden image in
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• Mustard
  ...Sinapis Nigra''''' ) is an "herb" (not strictly a tree), but so large that compared with the other "herbs" in the "garden" it is a "great tree." It reached as ...rom 10 to 12 feet in height. An annual, growing from seed, it is naturally compared with other garden herbs, which, although it springs from the smallest seed,
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• Net
  ...s circumstances, troubles and disasters which befell him on every hand are compared to a net which catches fish or animals, and makes them helpless. </p> <p> & ...a net spread in its sight. &nbsp;Proverbs 1:17 . The kingdom of heaven is compared to a net cast into the sea., which gathers good and bad; 'the wicked' will
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• Oil
  ...il was regarded as a symbol of honor (&nbsp;Judges 9:9 ), while virtue was compared to perfumed oil (Song of &nbsp;Song of Solomon 1:3; &nbsp;Ecclesiastes 7:1 ...(b) The joy of heart, the freedom of soul, and the radiance of spirit are compared to oil because of its sweetness, smoothness and value. </p> <p> &nbsp;Matth
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• Pharisees
  ...ardinals, during the two hundred years preceding the Reformation. Josephus compared the Pharisees to the sect of the Stoics. He says that they lived frugally, ...pes and cardinals during the 200 years preceding the Reformation. Josephus compared the Pharisees to the sect of the Stoics. He says that they lived frugally,
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• Reprobate
  ...6:8 , where those whom it is impossible ‘to renew again to repentance’ are compared to ground which, receiving the rain oft upon it, and being tilled, brings f ...maas. </i> God's ancient people in their condition of moral debasement are compared to 'reprobate silver,' or 'refuse silver' as in the margin, &nbsp;Jeremiah
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• Regeneration
  ...s 5:21 ); as a being raised from the dead (&nbsp; Ephesians 2:5-6 ). It is compared to that great work of the omnipotence of God in raising Christ Himself from ...ead" and to be "alive again" (&nbsp;Luke 15:24 ). The new life from God is compared to a wedding garment in the parable of the Marriage of the King's Son (&nbs
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• Snow
  ...in summer," that is, a fall of snow, being unseasonable and unnatural, is compared to honors inappropriately lavished on a fool. Snow from [[Anti-Lebanon]] is ...ark 9:3; &nbsp;Revelation 1:14 ). </p> <p> (7) The whiteness of leprosy is compared to snow (&nbsp;Exodus 4:6; &nbsp;Numbers 12:10; &nbsp;2 Kings 5:27 ). </p>
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• Sabbath
  ...4:9 (margin). where the rest which the Lord gives to the trusting soul is compared to the sabbath of the Old Testament. In those days Israel came to the seven ...r, a sort of institution among the superstitious Babylonians that has been compared with the Hebrew Sabbath. In certain months of the year (Elul, Marcheshvan)
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• Science
  ...y are found to be on two absolutely different planes, and unable, properly compared, to clash with each other. The fundamental error of the scientists of our d
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• Sheep
  ...between [[Christ]] , "the chief Shepherd," and his members is beautifully compared to that which in the East is so strikingly exhibited by the shepherds to th ...broad" (&nbsp;Matthew 26:31; &nbsp;Mark 14:27 ). The enemies of Yahweh are compared to the fat of the sacrifice that is consumed away in smoke (&nbsp;Psalm 37:
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• Scripture
  ...wish]] Massoretes, able Hebrew scholars have carefully and conscientiously compared various Hebrew copies with the old Greek translations, to give us a more ac ...Scripture will give him a clear precept or prohibition for it. </p> <p> [[Compared]] with the knowledge which the Scriptures contain, every other subject of h
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• Snare
  ...and especially the leaders of GOD's people. These devices of the Devil are compared to snares and traps of Satan. (See2Ti &nbsp;2:26). </p>
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• Tradition
  ...on; the last writes it as it, reaches him; the amusement is, when read and compared with the original story it is found wholly metamorphosed, and hardly recogn ...fore the time of the Savior, &nbsp;Isaiah 8:20 , all traditions were to be compared, as being of no value if they conflicted with it, added to it, or took from
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• Travail
  ...p> <p> &nbsp;Isaiah 53:11 (a) CHRIST's terrible sufferings and sorrows are compared to the pains of a woman in childbirth. </p> <p> &nbsp;Isaiah 54:1 (a) There ...[Sirach]] 19:11; 31:5). The sorrows which are the fruits of wickedness are compared to the pain of travail in &nbsp;Job 15:20 ( <i> ''''' ḥūl ''''' </i> ) a
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• Unrighteousness
  ...otice: ‘All unrighteousness is sin’ (&nbsp;1 John 5:17), with which may be compared the valid converse of the proposition in 3:4: ‘Lawlessness is sin.’ Thu
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• Wisdom
  ...bsp; 1 Corinthians 2:6-7 ). The "wisdom of men" was human understanding as compared with the "hidden wisdom of God, " which was a knowledge of God's plan of sa ...eticence seems to be due to a feeling that God's knowledge is hardly to be compared in kind to man's, partly to the fact that to the earlier writers "Wisdom" h
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• Wormwood
  ...nbsp;Jeremiah 23:15 . Jeremiah, in lamenting over the condition of Israel, compared it to being drunk with wormwood. &nbsp;Lamentations 3:15,19 . On the soundi
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• Anakim
  ...f Gaza, [[Gath]] and Ashdod (&nbsp;Joshua 11:21 , &nbsp;Joshua 11:22 ). As compared with the Israelites, they were tall like giants (&nbsp;Numbers 13:33 ), and
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• Aspalathus
  ...indicates is enumerated with other spices and perfumes to which wisdom is compared. It was no doubt one of the drugs employed by the ancients as a perfume and ...icates is enumerated with the other spices and perfumes to which wisdom is compared. Though this drug is not mentioned in the canonical Scriptures, it is proba
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• Bee
  ...p; Psalms 118:12 , and &nbsp; Isaiah 7:18 , where the hosts of Assyria are compared to such a swarm let loose. That a swarm of bees should settle in a carcass ...domestic product. The hives now in use are very primitive and wasteful as compared with hives that are made in Europe and America. Sometimes a large water jar
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• Books Of Chronicles
  ...-20; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 19; Compare &nbsp;2 Samuel 10 , etc.). </p> <p> As compared with Samuel and Kings, the Book of Chronicles omits many particulars there ...oral or written tradition, are doubtless preserved.... They are few indeed compared with the products of the imagination, and must be sifted like kernels of wh
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• First Epistle To The Corinthians
  ...en in that old pagan world the reputation of the city was bad; it has been compared (Baring-Gould, <i> Study of St. Paul </i> , 241) to an amalgam of new-marke ...is church (ch. 47), alludes to these evils as long past, and as but slight compared to those which existed in his own time. (See [[Divisions]] (In The Church A
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• Darda
  ...d the first generation that no stress can be laid on the "son of Mahol" as compared with the "son of Zerach." For instance, of the five "sons of Judah" in &nbs ...a‛ ''''' </i> , "pearl of wisdom"): One of the wise men to whom Solomon is compared (&nbsp;1 Kings 4:31 ). He was either a son of Mahol (ibid.) or a son of Zer
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• Equality
  ...he condition or quality of being equal; agreement in quantity or degree as compared; likeness in bulk, value, rank, properties, etc.; as, the equality of two b ...imensions, quantity or quality likeness similarity in regard to two things compared. We speak of the equality of two or more tracts of land, of two bodies in l
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• English Versions
  ...tury revisers knew nothing, and scholars had with minute care examined and compared all the early copies of the Scripture studies which, without altering the m
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• Evil
  ...;Ephesians 3:13, &nbsp;Revelation 7:14), with which it is not worthy to be compared (&nbsp;Romans 8:18), since the companions of Christ’s sufferings will als
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• Evolution
  ...first man was sinless. He became sinful by an act of his own. </p> <p> As compared with this, according to one common conception of the law of evolution, all
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• Fuel
  ...d so exquisitely perfumed, that the splendour even of Solomon is not to be compared with theirs, shall soon wither and decay, and be used as fuel to heat the o
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• Fishing
  ...Layard's ''Nineveh,'' i, 55). According to Aristotle (Hist. Animal. 8:19), compared with &nbsp;Luke 5:5. the night was the best time for fishing operations: "b
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• Foundation
  ...21; &nbsp;Matthew 13:35; &nbsp;John 17:24 ). </p> <p> Christ's teaching is compared to a rock solid foundation (&nbsp;Matthew 7:24; &nbsp;Luke 6:48 ). Foundati ...Romans 15:20 (a) The pioneer work of a missionary or a Christian worker is compared to a foundation upon which he builds and prepares the people for further de
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• Gideon
  ...ill faint-hearted and therefore went to listen, and there he heard himself compared to 'a cake of barley bread,' but that God would deliver Midian into his han ...who had oppressed Israel for seven years, and whose countless multitudes (compared to locusts from their terrible devastations, &nbsp;Judges 6:5) annually des
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• Games
  ...e word ( <i> ''''' thēriomachéō ''''' </i> ) is used, and the soldiers are compared to leopards. </p> (B) Boxing <p> This form of sport is directly referred to
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• Book Of Job
  ...revent God's terror from unmanning His victim (see &nbsp;Job 13:20-22 , as compared with the passage just cited), are the great need to restore normal and reci
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• Justification
  ...iding cogency from their first local form. Its originality is evident when compared with similar ideas in ethnic and [[Jewish]] religion; its comprehensive and
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• Book Of Joshua
  .... </p> <p> '''b.''' The second part of the book (ch. 13-21) has been aptly compared to the Domesday book of the Norman conquerors of England. The documents of ...nt date, and to have been made originally from the Arabic, perhaps in part compared with and corrected by the Massoretic Text. The subject was fully and conclu
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• Mad; Madness
  ..." The use of music in his case as a remedy (&nbsp; 1 Samuel 16:16 ) may be compared with Elisha's use of the same means to produce the prophetic ecstasy (&nbsp
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• Open
  ...ng of the articulating organs; - said of vowels; as, the an far is open as compared with the a in say. </p> <p> '''(24):''' ''' (''' n.) Open or unobstructed s ...bsp;Psalm 5:9 (a) The vile things that come out of some people's mouths is compared to the stench that comes from an open grave. This is quoted in &nbsp;Romans
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• Persecution
  ...<p> 9. The ninth was under Aurelian, in 274; but this was inconsiderable, compared with the others before-mentioned. </p> <p> 10. The tenth began in the ninet ...eronic persecution, and he uses words (&nbsp;1 Peter 4:12 ff) which may be compared with the narrative of Tacitus: "Beloved, think it not strange concerning th
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• The Resurrection Of Jesus Christ
  ...order to prove the baselessness of both. They met again in the autumn and compared experiences. Lord Lyttelton had become convinced of the truth of Paul's con
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• Rome
  ...s of brickwork, with arched roofs. The bricks are square, and very thin as compared with those of to-day. The surviving edifices impress one greatly by their s ...arance, like the hills of modern London, to which they have sometimes been compared. </p> <p> The visit of St. Paul lies between two famous epochs in the histo
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• Shushan
  ...s (29,640-37,000 acres). Though considerable, the extent of Susa was small compared with [[Nineveh]] and Babylon. The ruins are divided by the French explorers
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• Shihor
  ...(&nbsp;1 Chronicles 23:3). </p> <p> Here Shihor is either the same as, or compared with, Yeor, generally thought to be the Nile. In Jeremiah the identity of S
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• Sons Of God (Old Testament)
  ...he unnatural sin of the men of [[Sodom]] who went after "strange flesh" is compared with that of the angels (compare &nbsp; 2 Peter 2:4 ff). (See Havernick, <i
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• Spider
  ...ust or confidence, who is always really in imminent danger of ruin, may be compared for its uncertainty to the spider's web. "He shall lean upon his house (i.e ...ust or confidence, who is always really in imminent danger of ruin, may be compared for its uncertainty to the spider's web. 'He shall lean upon his house (i.e
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• Tirshatha
  ...d [[Benhadad]] king of Syria (&nbsp;1 Kings 20:24), from which last place, compared with others (&nbsp;2 Kings 18:24; &nbsp;Isaiah 36:9),we find that military ...i> ''''' tarsata ''''' </i> . According to Gesenius and Ewald, it is to be compared with the Persian <i> ''''' torsh ''''' </i> , "severe," "austere," i.e. "st
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• Thunder
  ...e cloud which had gathered at the summit of the gorge, followed by a rain, compared to which the gentle showers. of oar more favored clime are as dew-drops to
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• Viol
  ...2, 280, 282, 287). On the other hand, the form of the most ancient cithara compared by Thenius (Sachs. exeget. Stud. 1, 100 sq.) has but a remote resemblance.
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• Weights And Measures
  ...5:19 ) is also indefinite. Syr. and [[Arab]] [Note: Arabic.] , translators compared it with the parasang, but it cannot merely for that reason be regarded as f .../p> </td> </tr> </table> <p> These conclusions find corroboration by being compared with the weights of other Eastern nations, and the whole inquiry authorizes
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• Asphaltum
  ...r earthquake on January 1, 1837, and soon after a large mass of asphaltum (compared by one person to an island, and by another to a house) was discovered float ...r earthquake on January 1, 1837, and soon after a large mass of asphaltum (compared by one person to an island, and by another to a house) was discovered float
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• Elder
  ...historically the oldest members, in later times they became less important compared to the priests and scribes and the term "elders" came to signify lay member ...n the proved fitness and efficiency of our present Presbyterian polity, as compared either with prelacy on the one side, or [[Congregationalism]] on the other"
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• Phut
  ...es, see Brugsch, Geogr. Inschr. </p> <p> "The Coptic Piphaiat must also be compared with Phut. The first syllable being the article, the word nearly resembles
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• Salmon
  ...the [[Almighty]] scattered kings in some place (probably Palestine) it is compared to "snow in Salmon." &nbsp;Psalm 68:14 (an obscure passage). It is perhaps <p> [[Salma, Salmon]] </p> <p> (See &nbsp;Ruth 4:19-20, compared with &nbsp;1 Chronicles 2:11) If from Shalom, the name means peace. </p>
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• Tamar
  ...ime "in Israel" implying the loftier standard of morals that prevailed, as compared with other countries at that time; and second, the belief that even this st ...ime "in Israel," implying the loftier standard of morals that prevailed as compared with other countries at that time; and, secondly, the belief that even this
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• Amorite
  ...morites" in 48:22; and so also in &nbsp;Joshua 9:7; &nbsp;Joshua 11:19, as compared with &nbsp;2 Samuel 21:12. [[Jerusalem]] is "Amorite" in &nbsp;Joshua 10:5-
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• Augustine
  ...ral passages from which it may be perceived, that St. Augustine frequently compared his copies of the Latin version with those of the Greek original. Le [[Cler ...ole theology of the church down to the present time. "His influence may be compared with that of Origen in the East, but it was more general and enduring in th
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• Birth.
  ...he pains of a woman in travail; but the better destiny which followed they compared to the joy which commonly succeeds childbirth (&nbsp;Isaiah 13:8; &nbsp;Isa
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• Cake
  ...are compared to a small cake with reference to their weakness but they are compared to a barley cake to describe their value. </p> <p> &nbsp;Hosea 7:8 (a) The
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• Calvinism
  ...stian Renembrancer, Jan. 1856, 170 sq.; Nicholls, Calvinism ard Armininism compared (Land. 1824, 2 vc, ls.8vo) is very full as to English writers, and abounds
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• Canaainite
  ...t surely be made for the different dates at which the various records thus compared were composed; and, besides this, it is difficult to estimate how accurate
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• Consciousness
  ...n 5:17-30; &nbsp;John 8:12-58; &nbsp;John 10:27-38; &nbsp;John 14:1-10 are compared with such as these from the Synoptics—&nbsp;Matthew 11:25-30; &nbsp;Matth
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• English Versions Of The Bible.
  ...pages 4-6). The last appeared in 1535, just before his death, "diligently compared with the Greek," presenting for the first time systematic chapter-headings,
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• Simon Episcopius
  ...ly Review, October 1863, page 612; Nichols, [[Calvinism]] and A rminianism compared (Lond. 1824. 2 volumes, 8vo); Morison, [[On]] ''The Ninth Of Romans,'' page
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• Nathaniel Hardy
  .... (Lond. 1853, 8vo): '''''—''''' The Legends and Theories of the Buddhists compared with History and Science (1867, cr. 8vo). '''''—''''' Wesleyan Minutes, 1
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• John Henry Hopkins
  ...P. E. Ch. (1835,12mo) '''''—''''' The Ch. of Rome in her primitive purity compared with the Ch. of Rome at the pres. day (1839, 12mo) '''''—''''' Causes, Pr
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• Gospel Of. John
  ...et be admitted that the decided Johannean cast of all these discourses, as compared with our Lord's sayings reported in the synoptical Gospels, shows that whil
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• Thomas A Kempis
  ...nd nothing better and higher either exists or can even be conceived. ... [[Compared]] with him the creature is nothing. and only be-: comes anything when in fe
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• George Lavington
  ...r a few years after his attack on [[Methodism]] he wrots The [[Moravians]] compared and detected (1755, 8vo). Besides these two attacks upon fellow Christians,
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• Living
  ...sion NT 1881, OT 1885). With the leading thought of &nbsp;John 7:38 may be compared what St. Paul says about [[Christians]] first receiving and then giving for
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• Mariolatry
  ...almudists, yea, of Mohammed, may seem grave, serious, and sober histories, compared to these and other such impudent fictions. [[Insomuch]] that wise men have
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• Metaphor
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• Midraish
  ...on roareth, who doth not fear? the Lord speaketh," etc.; where the lion is compared with the Deity, to give man an intelligible idea of the power of God. </p>
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• Book Of Nahum
  ...which he was familiar. The most striking of these are &nbsp;Jeremiah 10:19 compared with &nbsp;Nahum 3:19; &nbsp;Jeremiah 13:26 with &nbsp;Nahum 3:5; &nbsp;Jer
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• Neology
  ...that few honour the Sabbath; that there are now few students of theology, compared with those in law and medicine; that if things go on, there will shortly no
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• Old Testament
  ...ben Chaim, a Tunisian Jew. Jos. Athias, a rabbi and printer at Amsterdam, compared previous editions with a manuscript, A.D. 1299, and a Spanish manuscript 90
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• Thomas Paine
  ...s. But these two authors are so very unlike each other that they should be compared only as extremes of the same general school. The freethinker Paine is a cha
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• Paul Of Samosata
  ...itself in the creation of the world; and it is so called because it may be compared to the [[Wind]] or the ''Breath,'' which produces motions in the air. When
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• Epistile To. Philemon
  ...his; for it is evident from &nbsp;Colossians 4:7; &nbsp;Colossians 4:9, as compared with the contents of this epistle, that Paul wrote the two letters at the s
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• Philo
  ...bined in man. [[Historical]] feeling, a prerogative of the Semitic race as compared with the Greeks, is still more predominant with the Antiochene School of in
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• Christian Doctrine Concerning. Polygamy
  ...has been thought to promote, the community gain nothing (nothing, I mean, compared with a state in which marriage is nearly universal); for the question is no
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• Polity
  ...particular forms of Church government are of quite inferior importance as compared with the essential elements of Christian faith and practice. On the other h
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• Prayer-Test
  ...offered. After three or five years the hospital records are inspected and compared with other records, and it is found that twenty-nine and a half percent mor
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• Book Of. Revelation
  ..., 3, 414, and Migne, Patrologia Latina, 5, 318; the two editions should be compared), and the disputed treatise on Antichrist by Hippolytus (Migne, Patrologia
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• Sabta
  ...Astabora" (Gesenius, ed. Tregelles, s.v.). Here the etymology of Sabta is compared plausibly with '''''Σαβάτ''''' ; but when probability is against his b
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• Sacerdotal Order
  ...l 44:25 sq.; Bahr, ''Symbol.'' 2, 182 sq.). With these restrictions may be compared those enjoined on the ''Flamen Dialis'' among the Romans (Aul. Gell. 10, 15
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• First And Second Books Of. Samuel
  ...el 2:28; &nbsp;2 Samuel 18:6-7; &nbsp;2 Samuel 18:16; &nbsp;2 Samuel 19:9, compared with 12, 15, 16), from which it is clear that the phrase, if not already in
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• Holy Scriptures
  ...lso, such as the several Syriac copies, the Latin, Gothic, etc., have been compared and their supposed variations added to the lists. Even the quotations found
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• Sermon On The Mount
  ...wn explanations of the Prayer, analogously to the case of Mt.’s Beatitudes compared with Lk.’s. See, further, art. Lord’s Prayer. </p> <p> In other parts o ...gy. Luke's parallel, the Sermon on the Plain (6:17-49), with its 33 verses compared to Matthew's 107 or 109, does not match its detail, organization, complexit
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• The Sermon On The Mount And The Talmud.
  ...shakes and uproots it. But he whose good deeds excel his knowledge may be compared to a tree with a few branches and strong roots: if all the hurricanes in th
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• Sheshbazzar.
  ...heshbazzar laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem, "compared with the promise to Zerubbabel (&nbsp;Zechariah 4:9), "The hands of Zerubba
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• Sun
  ...and in the opening vision of the [[Apocalypse]] (&nbsp;Revelation 1:16) is compared to the brightness of the sun. The same thing is said of the glory in which ...nbsp;Sirach 43:3-4). The vigor with which the sun traverses the heavens is compared to that of a "bridegroom coming out of his chamber," and of a "giant rejoic
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• Gift Of. Tongues
  ...part, in that language. Thus the "Maranatha" of &nbsp;1 Corinthians 16:22, compared with &nbsp;1 Corinthians 12:3, leads to the inference that the word had bee
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• War
  ...s, and trampling coursers, occasioned a great and confused noise, which is compared by the prophets to the roaring of the ocean, and the dashing of the mountai ..., with few exceptions ( <em> e.g </em> . &nbsp; 2 Kings 15:16 ), not to be compared to what Benzinger only too aptly describes as ‘the Assyrian devilries.’
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• Washing The Hands And Feet
  ...olical significance is attached in &nbsp;John 13:10 to washing the feet as compared with bathing the whole body, the former being partial ( '''''Νίπτω''''
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• Adam
  ...ce the [[Evangelist]] drew his genealogy it is impossible to say. But when compared with that in the First Gospel, it clearly shows the purpose with which St. ...ancy, but the languages of the world also, when carefully investigated and compared, as they have of late been, point to a common and not exceedingly remote or
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• Elisha
  ...osition as a prophet was altogether of a dependent and secondary nature as compared with Elijah's; and the attempts that have been made to invert the relation
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• Thomas À Kempis
  ...nd nothing better and higher either exists or can even be conceived. ... [[Compared]] with him the creature is nothing. and only be-: comes anything when in fe
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• Creation
  ...body unclothed, slowness of foot, lack of power in teeth, hands, and feet compared with many brutes, bluntness of smell and sight, put him at an immense disad ...riking correspondence in various details and in order of events when it is compared with the biblical references to creation. What is the explanation for these
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• Abraham
  ...the pastures of Beersheba, marks the greater power of his retinue now, as compared with what it was when he encamped in the mountain fastness of Ai. </p> <p> ...his father Azar (Abulfeda, ''Hist. Anteisl.'' p. 21), with which some have compared the contemporary Adores, king of Damascus (Justin. 36, 2; see Josephus, Ant
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• Abstinence
  ...this way must we explain the manifold passages where the Christian life is compared to a race, to an athletic contest, to military life and warfare. Just as th
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• Apostle
  ...d intellectual constitution, in which respect the apostles chosen probably compared favorably with his other followers; and finally that, even if (as some infe
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• Antelope
  ...hite; the neck ewed, or arched, like that of the camel; the carcass bulky, compared with the legs, which are slender, firm, and capable of sustaining great act
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• Board
  ....) A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, - used for building, etc. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (n.) The ...p> 1. A piece of timber sawed thin and of considerable length and breadth, compared with the thickness, used for building and other purposes. 2. A table. The t
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• Blood
  ...saac and Jacob. The nation was formed with difficulty and trouble which is compared to the birth of a baby whereby blood is shed. </p> <p> &nbsp;Joel 2:31 (c) .... Here the figure is easily understood, as any thing of a red color may be compared to blood. See Wemyss, ''Symbol. Dict. [[S.V.'' Flesh And Blood]] are place
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• Ear
  ...and new sensitivity to God’s Word which, in the words of Isaiah, is to be compared to the opening of the “ears” (Isa. 50:5). </p> <p> The KJV gives these ...bstinacy or by the judgment of an insulted God. Such unwilling hearers are compared to the "deaf adder ... which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, charm
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• The Archaeology Of Asia Minor
  ...main room of the sanctuary is only 7 yds. by 8 in measurement. This may be compared with the Holy Place in the tabernacle of the Israelites, which was approxim
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• Begotten
  ...;Isaiah 42:1-9 compared with &nbsp;Matthew 12:17, etc. &nbsp;Isaiah 61:1-3 compared with &nbsp;Luke 4:16-22; and yet as particularly as either, the Lord Jesus,
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• Criticism (The Graf-Wellhausen Hypothesis)
  ...what was a difficulty to the Chronicler. Now if &nbsp; 2 Chronicles 1:3 be compared with &nbsp; 1 Kings 3:2-4 , the key of the whole is discovered. Kings not o
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• The Dead Sea
  ...n the ocean, is supposed to have been derived from volcanic emanations. As compared with sea water, it is worthy of note that that of the Dead Sea yields 26 lb
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• Filth; Filthiness; Filthy
  ...rican) "a stone that is defiled," &nbsp;Revelation 22:2 "A slothful man is compared to the filth ( <i> ''''' bólbiton ''''' </i> ) of a dunghill"; 27:4 "So th
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• Fortification; Fort; Fortified (Fenced) Cities; Fortress
  ...at of Gibbethon, having apparently lasted 27 years (&nbsp; 1 Kings 15:27 , compared with &nbsp;1 Kings 16:15 ). </p> <p> With [[Omri]] there arose in [[Israel]
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• Lamb
  ...was found in Jesus (&nbsp;Acts 8:32).-(2) In &nbsp;1 Peter 1:19, Christ is compared with a sacrificial lamb; as an offering on behalf of sin He gave Himself (& ...ns and discrepancies. </p> <p> &nbsp;John 1:29 (a) The Lord JESUS is often compared to a lamb, and for many reasons. The lamb was used for food, and the Saviou
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• Corinthians Epistles To The
  ...by some general instructions, intimations, and greetings. </p> <p> From; , compared with; , it appears that before the writing of that epistle Paul had twice v
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• Hebrews Epistle To The
  ...ons employed in this epistle are strictly Pauline. Thus the word of God is compared to a sword ; inexperienced [[Christians]] are children who need milk, and m
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• Abelio (Or Abellis)
  ...Gailic altar inscriptions found near Comminges, in France. Sometimes he is compared to Mars, at other times to [[Apollo]] of the Romans. The word has been deri
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• Jean Adam
  ...po]] " L'Africain ichauffe et le Docteur Bouillant;" but to make amends he compared 'cardinal Mazarin to John the Baptist, I and Anne of [[Austria]] to the. [[
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• Alpan
  ...klace, and bears two palm branches, which she strikes together. She may be compared to the Greek Graces. </p>
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• Amharic Version
  ...res. In superintending the printing of these editions, Mr. Platt carefully compared Abu Rumi's edition with the original Greek and Hebrew, and inserted such co
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• Cacciatrro Arachiele
  ...icce, Positivce, et Moralis Opus:an Armenian poem in which Jesus Christ is compared with Adam, now in the [[Library]] of Paris:-an Introduction to the [[Christ
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• Rosamunde Juliane Von Asseburg
  ...itz]] defended her moral and religious character, and as to her visions he compared her to Brigitta, Hildegard, and Melchthildis, who were regarded as saints a
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• Archibald Bower
  ...orrowed largely from Tillemont without acknowledgment (Bower and Tillemont compared, Lond. 1757, 8vo). </p>
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• Mythology Of Carthaginians
  ...r the closest relation to the [[Tyrian]] Hercules. The worship of Esmun is compared to that of Jesculapius. The worship of [[Ceres]] and Proserpine came from S
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• Charles Collins
  ...so his tracts, published in 1848, entitled [[Methodism]] and [[Calvinism]] Compared. </p> <p> He was also at this time editor of the Southern Repertory and Col
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• Exsuperius
  ...he sold the sacred vessels of gold and silver to help the poor. [[Jerome]] compared him to the widow of Sarepta, and dedicated to him his [[Commentary]] on Zec
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• Fanti Version Of The Scriptures
  ...worshipper. The version, chiefly made from the Authorized English Version, compared with the Otji translation, was submitted to a number of ministers for revis
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• Pierre Faydit
  ..., in a sermon on St. Polycarp, preached against the pope, whose conduct he compared with that of pope [[Victor]] toward the Asiatic bishops. The view expressed
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• Aelius Antonius Of Lebrija
  ...to make a great progress: in order to correct the text of the Vulgate, he compared it with the older texts, the Hebrew and Greek originals, and was one of the
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• Lupus, Servatus, Or Loup, De Ferrieres
  ...eed, to some extent, participate in our good impulses, yet is of no effect compared with grace. These impulses themselves originate in grace, and can only avai
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• Necessary Doctrine And Erudition
  ...nd evidence still remains of the diligence with which he had collected and compared the opinions of his bishops and divines on the different points of discussi
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• Naumburg Convention
  ...sion, January 29, brought about the result that the confession of 1530, as compared with the different editions of 1540 and 1542, should be the common confessi
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• Marco Da Oggione (Or Uggione)
  ...size and composition; and to the true lover of art can have little value, compared with the old unassuming copy of Oggione. Marco da Oggione died in 1530. </p
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• Orphanages Or Orphan Asylums
  ...the Romans understood bypueri (or puellce) alinentarii cannot properly be compared to our institutions called orphanages. Trajan, who did much to protect orph
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• Colonists In Palestine
  ...are not unlikely to combine the bad qualities of both nations, and may be compared to the Pullani of Crusading times. It seems to me that it is only by consta
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• David Lewis Parmelee
  ...d society in Bristol, Conn. Although entering on the public ministry thus, compared with many, late in life, it was evident that God had ordered his previous c
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• Reginald (Or Reynald) Pe(A)Cock
  ...; and Repressor of overmuch Blaming of the [[Clergy]] (1860), which may be compared to Locke's Reasonableness of Christianity. It is an appeal to reason, but i
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• Alvarez Paulus Of Cordova
  ...r to defy the false prophet, and thus become martyrs for Christ's sake. He compared these martyrs with the witnesses for the truth of olden times, who fearless
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• Pikullos (Pikollos, Or Potollos)
  ...nd joy in men's misery. He was not worshipped among other nations, but was compared with Pluto, and with the moon, Loke, Hel, and [[Odin]] of the Scandinavians
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• Giunta (Or Giunta Di Giustino Of Pisa) Pisano
  ...eserved; it is admirable in impasto and absolutely great as a work of art, compared with anything we know of this early period in Italy. Giunta was anterior to
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• Jean Henri Grand Pierre
  ...ant]] Church of Paris, where he remained for twenty years. While Vinet was compared to Pascal, and Adolph Monod to Saurin, Dr. Grand Pierre was called the Bour
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• Giovanni Antonio Licin (I)O Regillo Da Pordenone
  ...rouped his compositions in a spirited manner, he is not by any means to be compared with Titian, of whom he professed himself in such dread that he painted wit
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• Portuguese Version Of The Scriptures
  ...e orthography and style have been modernized, and the translation has been compared with the original throughout by the society's editorial superintendent, who
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• Pushtu Version
  ...d. 1862-63); E. Trumpp, Grammar of the Pashto, or Language of the Afghans, compared with the Iranian and North-Indian Idioms (Tubingen, 1873). (B. P.) </p>
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• Juan Ruiz
  ...riginal plan of the work is entirely lost. The style of this work has been compared in some respects to that of Chaucer. See Ticknor, History of Spanish Litern
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• Roman Art.
  ...n nations, to conquer the proud, and to spare the weak." The Romans may be compared to rich people in our day who desire to possess works of art without knowin
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• Sancus
  ...ome and obtained a sanctuary on the [[Quirinal]] Hill. He was subsequently compared with Hercules, and called [[Hercules]] Sabinus. </p>
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• Wilhelm Steiger
  ...e itself, ant appended to the work a review of the exposition, in which he compared its results with the .introduction. The work is built upon solid historical
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• Court De Gébelin
  ...born at Nîmes, author of a work entitled "The Primitive World analysed and compared with the Modern World" (1725-1784). </p>
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• Edward Gibbon
  ...want of the highest faculties of what we would call a classical historian, compared with Herodotus, for instance, and his perfect clearness and simplicity in e
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• Hackländer
  ...near Aix-la-Chapelle; his writings, which show a genial humour, have been compared to those of Dickens (1816-1877). </p>
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• Henry V.
  ...r the gifts of statesmanship nor the foresight of Edward I., to whom he is compared, and the English dominion which he established in France was too unsubstant
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• James Legge
  ...the "five <i> King </i> ," and gave lectures on the religions of China as compared with Christianity; <i> b </i> . 1815. </p>
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• Cabbalists
  ...oid. </p> <p> See Dr. Smith's [[Sermon]] on the [[Apostolic]] [[Ministry]] compared with the Pretensions of spurious [[Religion]] and false Philosophy. </p>
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• Methods Of Study Bible
  ...dactional criticism) usually conclude the course of the method. </p> <p> [[Compared]] to the traditional approach with its historical view-point, the theory of
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• Appearance: We Must Not Judge By
  ...red by age, be returned into our own bosom to our bitter sorrow. [[Plato]] compared [[Socrates]] to the gallipots of the [[Athenian]] apothecaries, on the outs
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• Eternal Things And Fleeting
  ...hing earthly can ever be lasting, nothing in time can be worth considering compared with eternity. The cloudy philosophies of men may assume the shape of etern
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• Judgment--Comparable To Balances
  <p> Our judgment may be compared to the scales and weights of the merchant. It should be correct, but it sel
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• Quarrels
  <p> In most quarrels there is a fault on both sides. [[A]] quarrel may be compared to a spark, which cannot be produced without a flint as well as a steel; ei
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• Reason And Faith
  <p> An old writer says:: Faith and [[Reason]] may be compared to two travellers: Faith is like a man in full health, who can walk his twe
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• Absence And Presence Ofrevival:
  ...al temperature of the church falls below summer heat: what are these worth compared with the hardy children of divine grace, whose inward life will continue in
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• Self-Righteousness: Destroyed By Conviction Of Sin
  ...cause it was never taken out of the shafts, was strength and beauty itself compared with my starveling hopes propped up with resolutions and regulations. Wretc
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• Comparate
  <p> (n.) One of two things compared together. </p>
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• Deer'S-Tongue
  ...[A]] plant (Liatris odoratissima) whose fleshy leaves give out a fragrance compared to vanilla. </p>
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• Disparates
  <p> (n. pl.) Things so unequal or unlike that they can not be compared with each other. </p>
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• Heavy Spar
  ...um sulphate or barite, - so called because of its high specific gravity as compared with other non-metallic minerals. </p>
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• Octavalent
  ...ving a valence of eight; capable of being combined with, exchanged for, or compared with, eight atoms of hydrogen; - said of certain atoms or radicals. </p>
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• Palladious
  ...lly to designate those compounds in which palladium has a lower valence as compared with palladic compounds. </p>
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• Quadrivalent
  ...Having a valence of four; capable of combining with, being replaced by, or compared with, four monad atoms; tetravalent; - said of certain atoms and radicals;
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• Resemblable
  <p> (a.) Admitting of being compared; like. </p>
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• Self-Partiality
  ...n.) That partiality to himself by which a man overrates his own worth when compared with others. </p>
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• Sonant
  ..., and nasals, and particularly of the consonants b, d, g hard, v, etc., as compared with their cognates p, t, k, f, etc., which are called nonvocal, surd, or a
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• Standpoint
  ...om which objects or principles are viewed, and according to which they are compared and judged. </p>
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• Syncrisis
  <p> (n.) A figure of speech in which opposite things or persons are compared. </p>
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• Trivalent
  ...ng a valence of three; capable of being combined with, substituted for, or compared with, three atoms of hydrogen; - said of triad atoms or radicals; thus, nit
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• Matthias The Successor To Judas Iscariot
  ...s there anything possible to our very best probationers that can at all be compared to this qualification of those days-to have companied with the Lord Jesus a
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• Paul Apprehended Of Christ Jesus
  ...g else that ever takes place on the face of the earth for one moment to be compared with a conversion. And, then, there are so many kinds of conversion. So man
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• Paul As An Evangelical Mystic
  ...s own proper mysteries also: yet, all are plain and easy to be understood, compared with the all-surpassing mystery of Christ. Ever since Christ was set forth
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• Paul As A Man Of Prayer
  ...t have had, and what a happy heart, in this matter of intercessory prayer, compared with the most of us. For, how many people, first and last, have asked us to
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• The Angel Of The Church Of Ephesus
  ...there is nothing for him to do in the whole of heaven for one moment to be compared with the daily round on this earth of a minister, or an elder, or a deacon,
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• The Man Who Cast Seed Into The Round And It Grew Up He Knew Not How
  ...p into the idea of death. But our everyday death is not true death at all, compared with the pain, and shame, and ignominy of death unto sin. And it all seems
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• The Pharisee
  ...well you will see how much there is to be said in behalf of the Pharisees. Compared with the Sadducees, for instance, the Pharisees were men of a high religiou
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• Dry Dried Drieth
  ...gry heart and the disappointment of a soul when present blessings fail are compared to a dry, barren desert. </p> <p> Psalm 107:33, Psalm 107:35 (a) This is a
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• Fire (Send)
  ...ife of the prophet in the midst of a disobedient and hostile [[Israel]] is compared to the burning pain caused by the flame. </p>
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• Apollonius Of Tyana
  ...id, a power to work miracles; was worshipped after his death, and has been compared to Christ; <i> d </i> . 97. </p>
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• Jayadeva
  ...n celebration of the love of Krishna and his wife Radha; it has often been compared with the "Song of Songs," in the [[Hebrew]] Scriptures. </p>
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• Galileo Galilei
  ...that of [[Ptolemy]] and that of Copernicus," in which the two systems are compared, and, to satisfy the Inquisition, the victory is awarded to the champion of
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• Bishop Of Turin Maximus
  ..., including slaves, he did not hesitate to condemn their conduct, and even compared them to wolves following in the track of lions, in order to gorge themselve
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• New South Wales
  ...eals, fruits, sugar, tobacco, &c., are cultivated, but in small quantities compared with the immense output of wool, the chief product of the country. Sydney (
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• Matthew Prior
  ..., and in his attempt at religious poetry in Solomon, a work which has been compared to Pope's [[Essay]] on Man. It was greatly preferred to Pope's poem by John
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• Robert Raikes
  ...d a school remarked that "the place had become quite a heaven upon Sundays compared to what it used to be." [[Schools]] of the same kind were, ere long, opened
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• Thomas Randolph
  ...olph published a work on the [[Prophecies]] cited in the New [[Testament]] compared with the [[Hebrew]] [[Original]] and the [[Septuagint]] Version, which is e
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• Vigilantius
  ...e Fluctus Cottiique Regis Alpes), in response to which the irascible saint compared him to [[Judas]] and termed him an ass. [[Either]] just before, or immediat
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• King And General Of The Huns Attila
  ...ck on the Eastern empire in 441 and the battle of Châlons in 451 has been compared to a deluge of rain which sweeps a district and leaves no further trace tha
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• Commonly Called Celestine Coelestinus
  ...ssion of a great principle of church law. </p> <p> With this letter may be compared a short one ( <i> Ephesians 5 </i> ), written in 429, to urge the Apulian a
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• Emperor Diocletian
  ...ed <i> Words of a Truth-lover to the Christians </i> , in which Christ was compared with [[Apollonius]] of Tyana. Within the imperial circle itself some were i
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• King Of The Burgundians Gundobald
  ...e des peoples germaniques 180 181) who takes the opposite view are trivial compared with the testimony of Avitus and the silence of Gregory. Gundobald's whole
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• Saint Hilarius Pictaviensis
  ...d character of the temptations to which [[Christians]] were now exposed as compared with those of the ante-Nicene period. Hilary's view must be considered a ra
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• Bishop Of Rome Innocentius
  ...and as a vindication of the church, the pope's providential absence being compared by Orosius to the saving of [[Lot]] from Sodom. Undoubtedly the event was a
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• Author Of Well-Known Chronicle Idatius
  ...ace with the provincials. For about 24 years GaIlicia enjoyed tranquillity compared with the rest of Spain, and the Gallician bishops found themselves to some
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• Maximus Of Ephesus
  ...nt was not disallowed by the emperor Constantius, who thought it safe when compared with political ambitions But philosophy at that era indicated much more tha
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• Martyr Symphorianus
  ...esent shape. The details of the worship of [[Cybele]] may be very usefully compared with those given in the passion of St. [[Theodotus]] and the Seven Virgins
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• Almond-Tree
  ...Jeremiah 1:11 . In &nbsp;Ecclesiastes 12:5 , the hoary head is beautifully compared with the almond-tree, both on account of its snowy whiteness and its winter
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• Arms And Armor
  ...al Use In the Old Testament, the devastating effect of a vicious tongue is compared with the destructive purpose of the sword and arrow (&nbsp;Psalm 57:4; &nbs
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• Hailstones
  ...ribing the power and fierce anger of GOD in judgment. The words of GOD are compared to many things in the Scriptures; sometimes they are for blessing, and some
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• Lilly
  ...ride again responds, &nbsp;Song of Solomon 2:3 . The bridegroom's lips are compared to lilies in &nbsp;Song of Solomon 5:13 , and he is described as feeding am
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• Bishop Of Laodicea Apollinaris The Younger
  ...ion of the Logos with a truncated human nature might be itself more justly compared with this monster. Starting from the Nicene homoousion as to the Logos but
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• Clementine Literature
  ...the converts are cautioned against receiving any teacher who had not first compared his doctrine with that of James, lest the devil should send a preacher of e
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• Archbishop Of Alexandria Cyrillus
  ...in the room of Nestorius announced his accession to Cyril who in his reply compared him to the faithful [[Eliakim]] invested with the stewardship of Hezekiah's
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• Presbyter Of Antioch Diodorus
  ...by Flavian, and clothed by Diodorus in a rhetorical dress. His oratory is compared by Chrysostom to "a lyre" for melody, and to "a trumpet" for the power with
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• Bishop Of Cyzicus Eunomius
  ...craments than to the teaching of the word, depreciating the liturgical, as compared with the doctrinal, element of Christianity. As quoted by Gregory Nyssen, h
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• Bishop Of Sasima And Of Constantinople Gregorius Nazianzenus
  ...inst the sermons of Gregory that they are not expositions of Scripture. As compared with the homilies of Chrysostom, for example, they certainly are not (excep
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• Bishop Of Nyssa Gregorius Nyssenus
  ...42, t. i. p. 866). Driven from place to place to avoid his enemies, he had compared himself to a stick carried aimlessly hither and thither on the surface of a
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• Known As The Shepherd Hermas
  .../p> <p> The literary merits of the work of Herman are of little importance compared with the fundamental question as to the date of the book and whether it cla
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• A Confessor Under Maximian Hosius
  ...e reach him through Arian channels. His means of information are not to be compared with those of Athanasius. He is, moreover, the only ancient writer who says
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• Bishop Of Lyons Irenaeus
  ..., even towards the end of the 1st cent., a small and vanishing minority as compared to the swelling dimensions of the [[Gentile]] church. That to some extent J
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• Bishop Of Antioch Leontius
  ...of succeeding ages, and his mildness and moderation have caused him to be compared to one of those hidden reefs which are more dangerous to mariners than nake
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• Bishop Of Hierapolis Papias
  ...tence of the fragment, that Papias attached little value to the Gospels as compared with the <i> viva voce </i> traditions he could himself attest; and we endo
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• Pearls
  ...rls is a favorite decoration of eastern monarchs. The kingdom of heaven is compared to a goodly pearl, so superior to all others that the pearl merchant sold a
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• Resurrection Of The Dead
  ...and sentenced to eternal punishment, &nbsp;Daniel 12:2 &nbsp; John 5:28,29 compared with &nbsp; Matthew 28:20 &nbsp; Acts 24:15 . </p> <p> To cavillers against
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• Whirlwinds
  ...9 &nbsp; Isaiah 21:1 . The sudden and resistless judgments of God are well compared to whirlwinds, &nbsp;Psalm 58:9 &nbsp; Proverbs 1:27 &nbsp; Isaiah 66:15 .
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• Theology Of Chronicles
  ...nicles 10-36 ). Jehoshaphat, Ahaz, Hezekiah, and [[Josiah]] are explicitly compared to David and Solomon (17:3; 28:1; 29:2; 34:2-3). Other comparisons are impl
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• Creation Create
  ...to both the sequence and duration of events when &nbsp;Genesis 1:1-2:3 is compared with 2:4-25. Whereas the first account depicts the creation of humans last,
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• Mortality Death
  ...ell (&nbsp;Ecclesiastes 12:6 ). Death is so ominous and powerful it can be compared to a fortified city with gates and bars (&nbsp;Psalm 9:13; &nbsp;107:18 ).
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• Eternal Punishment
  ...f. &nbsp;Luke 13:25-27). It is the disobedient hearers of His word who are compared to a foolish builder whose house, built upon sand, is ruined by the storm (
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• Gifts Of Holy Spirit
  ...making a point that could have been illustrated with any of the giftsthat, compared with love, all are temporary. The verbs "cease, " "stilled, " and "pass awa
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• Sexual Immorality
  ...n offender, when caught, should be castrated. This judicial sentence, when compared with the [[Hebrew]] prescription of death (&nbsp;Leviticus 20:13 ), shows t
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• Theology Of Jeremiah
  ...en]] as introductory to the second half of the book, these chapters may be compared with the speeches that introduce the first half of the book. The pivotal se
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• Last Supper
  ...ice of dates for the celebration.† [Note: &nbsp;Matthew 26:2 and parallels compared with &nbsp;John 13:1-2 do not suggest any difference of practice as to the
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• Theology Of Mark
  ...som for many" (10:45). </p> <p> <i> Old Testament [[Promises]] </i> . When compared with the Gospel of Matthew where the person and ministry of Jesus, from his
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• Symbolic Meaning Of Numbers
  ...unctional and responsible nature of the Hebrew Scriptures, especially when compared to other religious texts in the ancient world. </p> <p> <i> Second [[Temple
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• Offerings And Sacrifices
  ...d. These altars and the practice of worship at them were relatively simple compared to that called for in the "sanctuary" (i.e., the tabernacle and later the t
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• Christ As Prophet
  ...n that the prophet is not only represented as coming out of Israel, but is compared to the individual Moses. Presumably, therefore, he too will be an individua
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• Human Sexuality
  ...imago Dei, </i> brought about a lack of stratification in Hebraic law when compared with other laws of the ancient Near East. In the Bible a person's life was
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• Thanksgiving Thankfulness
  ...he Pentateuch. Neither Adam nor [[Eve]] thanked God for his creation, and, compared to Abel's gift of the fat portions from the firstborn of his flock, Cain's
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• Ambition
  ...e first the kingdom of God and His righteousness’ (&nbsp;Matthew 6:33). He compared the earnestness of true followers with the ambition of a pearl-merchant (&n
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• Conflagration
  ...ircumstance nearly connected with the day of judgment, &nbsp;2 Peter 3:7 . compared with &nbsp;2 Thessalonians 1:7-8 . &nbsp;Hebrews 10:27 . &nbsp;1 Corinthian
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• Destructionists
  ...mages used to illustrate this subject, Mr. B. remarks, that the wicked are compared to combustible materials, as brands, tares, &c, which the fire utterly cons
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• Honesty
  ...house at night. In &nbsp;John 10:8 ff. the false leaders of the people are compared to ‘thieves and robbers’ who ravage the flock, in contrast to the Good
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• Knowledge Of God
  ...en represented under the most pleasing images. In particular, it hath been compared to light, the most valuable and reviving part of nature's works, and to tha
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• Mahometanism
  ...positions confessedly of human original; and still lower does it fall when compared with that pure and perfect pattern which we justly admire in the [[Scriptur
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• Millenarians
  ...rs before the general judgment, so pure and so widely extended, that, when compared with the state of the world in the ages preceding, it may, in the language
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• Polygamy
  ...has been thought to promote, the community gain nothing (nothing, I mean, compared with a state in which marriage is nearly universal;) for the question is no
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• Chestnut Tree
  ...efore the flock. &nbsp;Ezekiel 31:7-8, to which the [[Assyrian]] empire is compared in beauty and strength. A tree, stately and wide spreading and growing near
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• Encamp
  <p> &nbsp;Job 19:12 (b) The sorrow and trouble which came upon Job are compared to soldiers who surrounded him in order to remove from him all his pleasure
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• Book Of Joel
  ...ere is general agreement. </p> <p> <strong> 5. [[Doctrine]] </strong> . As compared with some of the other prophetic writings, say with Deutero-Isaiah and Jona
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• Book Of Jeremiah
  ...The people carried away with [[Jeconiah]] to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar are compared to good figs; but those left in the land under Zedekiah to bad ones. </p> <
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• Epistle To Philippians
  ...forth in almost parallel forms of expression in &nbsp;Philippians 2:5-11 , compared with &nbsp;Ephesians 1:17-23; &nbsp;2:8; and &nbsp;Colossians 1:15-20 . "Th
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• Widows
  ...[[Jewish]] blood who spoke Greek. The latter class was evidently neglected compared with the former, but when this grievance was brought to the notice of the [
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• The Gospel According To Matthew
  <p> (See [[Gospels]] for its aspect of Christ compared with the other evangelists.) </p> <p> '''Time of writing.''' As our Lord's
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• Mountain
  ...cording to Keil. Even more than with ourselves the parts of a mountain are compared to bodily members: the head KJV "top," the ears Aznoth Tabor (&nbsp;Joshua
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• Morter
  ...rophesied peace to [[Jerusalem]] when God threatened to bring judgement is compared to building a wall and daubing it with untempered [morter]: God's wind woul
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• The Book Of Proverbs
  ...t thou?" (&nbsp;Proverbs 26:12; &nbsp;Proverbs 29:20.) </p> <p> Things are compared by being placed side by side, connected simply by "and" (&nbsp;Proverbs 25:
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• Pillars
  ...ground by pegs or to trees in the court (&nbsp;Esther 1:6). The heaven is compared to a canopy supported by pillars (&nbsp;Psalms 104:2; &nbsp;Isaiah 40:22).
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• The Revelation Of John
  ...than any less known person bearing the name. As to difference of style, as compared with the Gospel and epistle, the difference of subject accounts for it; the
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• The Books Of Samuel
  ...es, three times. Its early date is also implied by its purity of Hebrew as compared with the so-called Chaldaisms of Kings and the still more alloyed language
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• Theology Of Bible
  ...<p> 4. <i> Biblical </i> theology is a narrowly focused field of study, as compared to these other types of theology. Usually, biblical theology does not even
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• Book(S)
  ...llected during the time of David or Solomon. The “Book of Jashar” is often compared to or identified with the “Book of the Wars of the Lord” discussed abov
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• Clothing Cloth
  ...leach, and shrink before final usage (&nbsp;Isaiah 7:3 ). God's justice is compared to the fuller's wash soap (&nbsp;Malachi 3:2 ). In Jesus' transfiguration (
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• Dragnet
  ...r. Rather the text points to the worship of military might. </p> <p> Jesus compared the kingdom of God to a dragnet, containing both good and bad fish until th
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• Divinity Of Christ
  ...hrist is at times misconceived, yet embodies a difference in His nature as compared with ordinary men that is perfectly realizable. Ullmann in a treatise of gr
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• Book Of Ecclesiastes
  ...e: life is a shadow. </p> <p> &nbsp;Ecclesiastes 7 . [[Divers]] things are compared: the better things are a good name, sorrow, the rebuke of the wise, the end
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• Greek Language
  ...d in them, the explanation of these doctrines could with more advantage be compared so as to be better understood, being expressed in one language, than if, in
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• Pagan Gods
  ...rned much like that of Tammuz. The idea of a dying and rising god has been compared to the death and resurrection of Christ, but the death of those gods was my
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• Divine Healing
  ...ng of the body. </p> <p> 2) Jesus spoke of doctors in a positive way as He compared those in good health who have no need of a physician with those who do, (&n
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• Hasmonean
  ...mple]] at Mount Gerizim. The territorial claims of John Hyrcanus have been compared to those of King David, and the zenith of the Hasmonean dynasty was realize
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• Messianic Secret
  ...he secret of His messiahship (&nbsp; Mark 4:11 ,Mark 4:11,&nbsp;4:34 ). He compared the mystery of the kingdom of God to a man who sows seed and discovers, to
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• Mansion
  ...difference is seen at once when the μονὴν ποιεῖσθαι of &nbsp;John 14:23 is compared with the same phrase in Thuc. i. 131: Pausanias the victor of Plataea, intr
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• Oholibah
  ...us and political alliance with heathen nations. [[Idolatry]] is constantly compared by the Hebrew prophets to marital unfaithfulness or adultery. </p>
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• Orator Oration
  ...&nbsp; 1 Corinthians 2:1; &nbsp;2 Corinthians 11:6 [[Nrsv)]] but elsewhere compared his preaching to a skilled builder laying a foundation (&nbsp; 1 Corinthian
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• Plants In The Bible
  ...p;Exodus 15:27 ). Te psalmist considered it to be such a fine tree that he compared the righteous flourishing to one (&nbsp;Psalm 92:12 ). &nbsp;Revelation 7:9
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• Paralysis
  ...to the direct action of the Divine power (&nbsp;Luke 11:20), and the whole compared with the statement repeatedly ascribed to Jesus in the Fourth Gospel, that
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• Sacrifice And Offering
  ...the greater simplicity of the ritual, and in the joyousness of the cult as compared with the more sombre atmosphere of the post-exilic worship, due to a deepen
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• Biblical Teaching On Sex
  ...ncy and reservation about sex among the biblical characters and writers as compared with the lack of shame in the [[Garden]] of Eden (&nbsp;Genesis 2:25 ). </p
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• Spinning And Weaving
  .... Anl </em> . 3 ii. 179. Accordingly, when the shaft of Goliath’s spear is compared to a weaver’s <em> mânôr </em> (&nbsp; 1 Samuel 17:7 , &nbsp; 2 Sam
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• Meaning Of Time
  ...the Bible to identify certain days by their dominant quality is not to be compared with the ancient [[Babylonian]] notion that the quality of every day and ti
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• Typology
  ...d” (&nbsp;1 Corinthians 10:11 ). </p> <p> 2. Adam as a type of Christ Paul compared Adam and Christ in &nbsp;Romans 5:12-21 . He argued that Christ's deed is m
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• Temple Of Jerusalem
  ...heast border of Judah in the iron age fortress of [[Arad]] which some have compared with Solomon's Temple. None was so symmetrical or ornately decorated, nor e
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• Teaching
  ...to characterize broadly the early Christian teaching as a body of truth. [[Compared]] with the varied literature of the ancient world it was exclusively religi
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• Vessels And Utensils
  ...instruments to a potter treading clay (&nbsp;Isaiah 41:25 ). [[Israel]] is compared to a potter's vessel which, when broken, will not yield a single useful fra
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• Chosen Of God
  ...e, these portions are some among the many. &nbsp;Isaiah 41:8-9; Isa 43:10. compared with &nbsp;Matthew 12:18; &nbsp;Nehemiah 9:7; &nbsp;Numbers 16:5; Num 16:7;
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• Hid
  ...l]] would find and appropriate the wealth of many nations. The nations are compared to sand. </p> <p> &nbsp;Job 3:23 (b) Job bewails the fact that although he
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• Mount Engedi
  ...near the [[Dead]] Sea; a place remarkable for rich vines. Hence Christ is compared by the church "to a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi." (&nbsp
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• Olive Tree
  <p> The church is compared to an olive tree upon many occasions, (&nbsp;Jeremiah 11:16; &nbsp;Psalms 5
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• Shepherds
  ...e cherubim, shine forth." In many other places of Scripture, the church is compared to a sheep fold, the saints to sheep, and the ministers of religion to shep
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• Turtle
  ...entecost, we find the representation very much to the same purport, and if compared with this of St. Matthew, will serve to throw great light upon it. "And the
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• Unperfect
  ...saying to his Father "A body hast thou prepared me," (&nbsp;Hebrews 10:5) compared with (&nbsp;Psalms 40:6) Now in this Psalm also Christ is speaking to the F
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• Rigorism
  ...e opinion in favor of liberty is the more probable or very probable one as compared with its opposite. Rigoristic writers and teachers have appeared in all age
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• Tutiorism
  ...e opinion in favor of liberty is the more probable or very probable one as compared with its opposite. Rigoristic writers and teachers have appeared in all age
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• Art
  ...onoured with gold, mosaic, and precious stones?’ </p> <p> With this may be compared the gifts, recorded in the <i> Liber Pontificalis </i> , which [[Constantin
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• Assyria And Babylonia
  ...erce developed. As early as b.c. 5000 the condition of things may be aptly compared with that of [[England]] under the Heptarchy. Eridu, modern [[Abu]] Shahrei
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• Calno Calneh
  ...em> Kullanhu </em> now six miles from Arpad. <strong> 3 </strong> . Calno, compared with [[Carchemish]] in &nbsp; Isaiah 10:9 , is probably the same as No. <st
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• Criticism
  ...em> ) the intrinsic evidence of the inherent probability of one reading as compared with a rival reading, judged by such rules as that preference should be giv
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• Descent Into Hades
  ...ucified him, and he descended to the angel of Sheol’). With this should be compared &nbsp;Matthew 27:52-53, perhaps the earliest suggestion of the thought that
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