“deep”… Luke 8:31
“bottomless pit”… Revelation 9:1, 2, 11; Revelation 17:8
Abuse
Of physical things:
Sexual perversions… Genesis 19:5-9, 31-38
Immoral acts… 1 Corinthians 6:9
Torture… Judges 16:21
Of spiritual things:
Misuse of authority… Numbers 20:10-13; 1 Corinthians 9:18
Using the world wrongly… 1 Corinthians 7:31
Perverting the truth… 2 Peter 2:10-22
Corrupting God’s ordinances… 1 Samuel 2:12-17; 1 Corinthians 11:17-22
Manifested by:
Unbelieving… Mark 15:29-32
Abundance
Of material things:
Wealth… 1 Kings 10:10
Rain… 1 Kings 18:41
Metals… 1 Chronicles 22:3, 14
Trees… 1 Chronicles 22:4; Nehemiah 9:25
Sacrifices… 1 Chronicles 29:21
Camels… 2 Chronicles 14:15
Followers .. 2 Chronicles 15:9
Flocks and herds… 2 Chronicles 18:2; 2 Chronicles 32:29
Money… 2 Chronicles 24:11
Weapons… 2 Chronicles 32:5
Riches… Psalms 52:7
Milk… Isaiah 7:22
Wine… Isaiah 56:12
Horses… Ezekiel 26: I0
Labors… 2 Corinthians 11:23
Of God’s spiritual blessings:
Goodness… Exodus 34:6
Pardon… Isaiah 55:7
Peace and truth… .Jeremiah 33:6
Answers to our prayers… Ephesians 3:20
Grace… 1 Timothy 1:14
Mercy… 1 Peter 1:3
Of spiritual things:
Predicted for Gospel times… Isaiah 35:2
Realized in the Messiah… Psalms 72:7
Given to the meek… Psalms 37:11
Through Christ… Romans 5:17, 20
By grace… 2 Corinthians 4:15
Of good things for Christians:
Greater usefulness… Matthew 13:12
Greater reward… Matthew 25:29
Spiritual life… John 10:10
Grace… Romans 5:17; 2 Corinthians 4:15
Christian service… 1 Corinthians 15:10Joy… 2 Corinthians 8:2
Thanksgiving… 2 Corinthians 9:12
Rejoicing… Philippians 1:26
Spiritual renewal… Titus 3:5, 6
Entrance in God’s kingdom… 2 Peter 1:11
Of undesirable things:
Witchcraft… Isaiah 47:9
Idleness… Ezekiel 16:49
Characteristics of:
Given to the obedient… Leviticus 26:3-13
Useful in God’s work… 2 Chronicles 24:11
Cannot satisfy fully… Ecclesiastes 5:10-12
Not to be trusted… Psalms 52:7
Subject to conditions… Malachi 3:10-12; Matthew 6:32, 33
Can be taken away… Luke 12:13-21
Not a sign of real worth… Luke 12:15
Obtained by:
Putting away sin… 2 Chronicles 15:9
Following God ‘s commands… 2 Chronicles 17:5
Given by God… Job 36:31
Through Christ.. John 10:10
Abstinence
Type of:
Blood… Acts 15:20
Evil… 1 Thessalonians 5:22
Food… Acts 27:21
Fornication… Acts 15:20; 1 Thessalonians 4:3
Idolatry,.. Acts 15:20
Intoxicants… Proverbs 23:31
Lust… 1 Peter 2:11
Meats… 1 Timothy 4:3
Things offered to idols… Acts 15:29
Meats contaminated… Acts 15:20
Required of:
Priests… Leviticus 10:9
Kings… Proverbs 31:4
Nazarites… Numbers 6:1-4
Failure of, a cause of:
Sudden death… 1 Samuel 25:36-38
Delirium tremors… Proverbs 23:31-35
Insensibility to justice… Isaiah 5:11, 12, 22, 23
Error in judgment… Isaiah 28:7
Moral callousness… Isaiah 56:12
Revelry… Daniel 5:2-4
Debauchery… Habakkuk 2:15, 16
A weaker brother’s stumble… Romans 14:20, 21
Excess… Ephesians 5:18
Examples of:
Manoah’s wife… Judges 13:3, 4, 7
Samson… Judges 16:17
Hannah… 1 Samuel 1:15
Rechabites… Jeremiah 35:1-19
Daniel… Daniel 1:8
John the Baptist… Luke 1:13-15
Abstain
From moral evil:
Vindictiveness… 2 Samuel 16:5-14
Idolatry… Acts 15:20, 29
Fornication… Acts 15:20
Sexual sins… 1 Thessalonians 4:3
Fleshly lusts… 1 Peter 2:11
Evil appearances… 1 Thessalonians 5:22
From things:
Food… 2 Samuel 12:16, 23
Married relations… Exodus 19:15; 1 Corinthians 7:5
Meats… Romans 14:1-23; 1 Corinthians 8:1-13
From unauthorized commands:
Forbidding to marry… 1 Timothy 4:3
Requiring man-made ceremonies… Colossians 2:20-23
Abstaining from meats… 1 Timothy 4:3
Absenteeism
Work, condemned… 2 Thessalonians 3:6-14
Church, rebuked… Hebrews 10:25
Absence
Of physical relations:
A child from its father… Genesis 37:32-35
Israel’s ark… 1 Samuel 4:21, 22
Israel from her land… 2 Chronicles 36:17-21
Believers from one another… Philippians 1:25, 26
Believers from Christ…. 2 Corinthians 5:6-9
Of God’s Spirit:
Judgment on the world… Genesis 6:3
Judgment on an individual… 1 Samuel 16:14
Unable to flee… Psalms 139:7-12
Of grace:
Holy Spirit… Jude 19
Faith… 2 Thessalonians 3:2
Natural love… 2 Timothy 3:2
Holiness… Revelation 22:11
Righteousness… Revelation 22:11
Absalom
Son of David… 2 Samuel 3:3
A handsome man… 2 Samuel 14:25
Receives Tamar after her rape by Ammon… 2 Samuel 13:20
Slays Ammon for raping Tamar… 2 Samuel 13:22-33
Flees from David… 2 Samuel 13:34-39
Returns through Joab’s intrigue… 2 Samuel 14:1-24
Fathers children… 2 Samuel 14:27
Reconciled to David… 2 Samuel 14:28-33
Alienates the people from David… 2 Samuel 15:1-6
Conspires against David… 2 Samuel 15:7-12
Takes Jerusalem… 2 Samuel 15:13-29
Receives Hushai… 2 Samuel 15:31-37
Hears Ahithophel’s counsel… 2 Samuel 16:20-23
Prefers Hushai’s counsel… 2 Samuel 17:5-1
Strategy of, revealed to David… 2 Samuel 17:15-22
Masses his army against David… 2 Samuel 17:24-26
Caught and slain by Joab… 2 Samuel 18:9-18
Death of, brings sorrow to David… 2 Samuel 18:19-33
Joab rebukes David for mourning over… 2 Samuel 19:1-8
Death of, unites Israel again to David… 2 Samuel 19:9-15
Abram
(see Abraham)
Abraham’s bosom
Expressive of heavenly status… Luke 16:22, 23