The Living Bible (415 page)

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BOOK: The Living Bible

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Features of

^{Gen 9:5-6}	^{murder is forbidden. Man-killing animals must die}
^{Gen 22:16}	^{because you have obeyed me I will bless}
^{Lev 26:1}	^{You must have no idols;}
^{Lev 26:4-5}	^{I will give you regular rains,}
^{Deut 4:31}	^{nor forget the promises he has made}
^{Gal 3:15}	^{a promise written down cannot be changed.}
^{Heb 6:13}	^{God took an oath in his own name,}

COVENANT, NEW

Features of

^{Jer 31:33}	^{inscribe my laws upon their hearts,}
^{Jer 31:35}	^{gives us sunlight in the daytime}
^{Jer 31:38-39}	^{all Jerusalem shall be rebuilt}
^{Ezek 34:25}	^{I will make a peace pact with them,}
^{Ezek 37:26}	^{make a covenant of peace with them,}
^{Rom 11:27}	^{I will take away their sins;}
^{Heb 8:10}	^{I will write my laws in their minds}
^{Heb 13:20-21}	^{produce in you all that is pleasing to him.}

Ratified by Christ

^{Luke 1:68}	^{visit his people and has redeemed them.}
^{Gal 3:17}	^{promise to save through faith}
^{Heb 8:6}	^{new agreement which he passes on}
^{Heb 9:15}	^{Christ came with this new agreement}
^{Heb 12:24}	^{his wonderful new agreement;}

Of Christs blood

^{Matt 26:28}	^{my blood, sealing the New Covenant.}
^{Mark 14:24}	^{my blood, poured out for many, sealing}
^{Luke 22:20}	^{an agreement sealed with the blood}
^{1 Cor 11:25}	^{set in motion by my blood.}
^{Heb 7:22}	^{of this new and better arrangement.}

COVETOUSNESS
, see
Envy

Examples of

^{Gen 3:6}	^{The woman was convinced. How lovely it was!}
^{Gen 13:11}	^{So that is what Lot chosethe Jordan}
^{Gen 31:41}	^{you have reduced my wages ten times!}
^{Josh 7:21}	^{I wanted them so much that I took them,}
^{1 Sam 15:9}	^{kept the best of the sheep and oxen}
^{Matt 26:15}	^{How much will you pay me to get Jesus}
^{Acts 5:2}	^{brought only part of the money,}
^{Acts 8:19}	^{Let me have this power too,}
^{Acts 24:26}	^{hoped that Paul would bribe him,}
^{1 Tim 4:10}	^{He loved the good things of this life}

Prohibitions against

^{Exod 20:17}	^{not be envious of your neighbors house,}
^{Luke 12:15}	^{Dont always be wishing for what you dont}
^{Rom 13:9}	^{not want to harm or cheat him, or kill}
^{1 Cor 5:11}	^{or is greedy, or is a swindler,}
^{Eph 5:3}	^{Let there be no greed among you.}
^{Col 3:5}	^{dont worship the good things of life,}
^{1 Tim 3:3}	^{not be one who loves money.}

Descriptions of

^{Psa 10:3}	^{whose only goal in life is money.}
^{Prov 21:25-26}	^{He is greedy to get}
^{Eccl 4:8}	^{works hard to keep gaining more riches,}
^{Eccl 5:10}	^{He who loves money shall never have}
^{Ezek 33:31}	^{with their hearts they are loving their money.}
^{Mark 7:22}	^{wanting what belongs to others,}
^{Eph 5:5}	^{a greedy person is really an idolater}
^{1 Tim 6:10}	^{the love of money is the first step}
^{2 Pet 2:14}	^{They train themselves to be greedy;}

Punishment for

^{Job 20:15}	^{He will vomit the plunder he gorged.}
^{Isa 5:9}	^{has sworn your awful fate}
^{Isa 57:17}	^{I was angry and smote these greedy men.}
^{Jer 6:12}	^{enemies shall live in their homes}
^{Jer 22:18}	^{this is Gods decree of punishment}
^{Mic 2:3}	^{I will reward your evil with evil;}
^{Hab 2:9}	^{Woe to you for getting rich by evil means,}
^{1 Cor 6:9-10}	^{those doing such things have no share}

COWARDICE

Examples of

^{Gen 12:11-13}	^{tell everyone that she was his sister!}
^{Gen 26:7}	^{he said, She is my sister!}
^{Gen 31:31}	^{because I was afraid, Jacob answered.}
^{Num 13:28}	^{But the people living there are powerful}
^{Num 14:1}	^{all the people began weeping aloud}
^{Josh 7:5}	^{Israeli army was paralyzed with fear}
^{Judg 7:3}	^{your men who are timid and frightened.}
^{1 Sam 16:2}	^{If Saul hears about it, he will kill}
^{Matt 8:26}	^{Why are you so frightened?}
^{Matt 26:56}	^{all the disciples deserted him and fled.}
^{John 3:1}	^{came for an interview with Jesus after dark.}
^{John 12:42}	^{their fear that the Pharisees would}
^{Acts 16:29}	^{Trembling with fear, the jailer called}

CROSS
, see
Crucifixion

Of Christ

^{Matt 27:32}	^{forced him to carry Jesus cross.}
^{Mark 15:21}	^{was pressed into service to carry Jesus cross.}
^{Acts 2:23}	^{to nail him to the cross and murder him.}
^{1 Cor 2:2}	^{Christ and his death on the cross.}
^{Eph 2:16}	^{feud ended at last at the cross.}
^{Phil 2:8}	^{die a criminals death on a cross.}
^{Heb 7:27}	^{when he sacrificed himself on the cross.}
^{Heb 12:2}	^{to die a shameful death on the cross}
^{1 Pet 2:24}	^{he died on the cross, so that we can}
^{1 Pet 5:1}	^{I saw Christ dying on the cross; and I,}

Figurative

^{1 Cor 1:17}	^{simple message of the cross of Christ.}
^{Gal 5:11}	^{through faith in the cross of Christ alone.}
^{Phil 3:18}	^{really enemies of the cross of Christ.}
^{Heb 13:10}	^{We have an altarthe cross}

CROWN

Of kings

^{2 Sam 1:10}	^{Then I took his crown}
^{2 Sam 12:29-30}	^{David took the king of Rabbahs crown}
^{Est 6:7-8}	^{kings own horse, and the royal crown,}
^{Song 3:11}	^{the crown with which his mother crowned him}
^{Rev 6:2}	^{a crown was placed upon his head;}

Of thorns

^{John 19:5}

^{wearing the crown of thorns}

Spiritual

^{Jas 1:12}	^{reward the crown of life that God promised}
^{Rev 2:10}	^{I will give you the crown of life}
^{Rev 4:4}	^{with golden crowns upon their heads.}
^{Rev 9:7}	^{looked like golden crowns on their heads,}

CRUCIFIXION

Of Christ

^{Matt 27:35}	^{After the crucifixion, the soldiers threw dice}
^{Mark 15:24}	^{then they crucified himand threw dice}
^{Luke 23:32-33}	^{There all three were crucifiedJesus on}
^{John 19:18}	^{There they crucified him and two others}

Figurative

^{Rom 6:6}	^{evil desires were nailed to the cross with him;}
^{Gal 2:20}	^{I have been crucified with Christ:}
^{Gal 5:24}	^{nailed their evil desires to his cross}

CRUELTY

Examples of

^{Gen 16:6}	^{So Sarai beat her and she ran away.}
^{Gen 21:9}	^{the Egyptian girl Hazar teasing Isaac,}
^{Exod 5:7-8}	^{Dont give the people any more straw}
^{1 Sam 1:6}	^{taunting Hannah because of her barrenness.}
^{Matt 26:67}	^{they spat in his face and struck him}
^{Matt 27:28}	^{They stripped him and put a scarlet robe}
^{Luke 22:63-64}	^{mocking him. They blindfolded and hit him}
^{John 19:3}	^{mocked him, and struck him with their fists.}

Nature and effects of

^{Prov 11:17}	^{it is destroyed when you are cruel.}
^{Prov 12:10}	^{kindness of godless men is cruel.}
^{Ezek 18:18}	^{shall die for his own sins.}

To animals, examples of

^{Num 22:25}	^{he beat the donkey again.}
^{2 Sam 8:4}	^{he lamed all of the chariot horses except}
^{1 Chr 18:4}	^{He crippled all the chariot teams}

CURSE(S)

Examples of

^{Gen 3:17}	^{I have placed a curse upon the soil.}
^{Gen 9:24-25}	^{he cursed Hams descendants:}
^{Job 3:1}	^{Job spoke, and cursed the day of his birth}
^{Jer 20:14}	^{cursed be the day that I was born!}

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