Necessary to the service of God  Mic 6:8.
Christ an example of  Mt 11:29; Joh 13:14,15; Php 2:5-8.
A characteristic of saints  Ps 34:2.
The who have
Regarded by God.  Ps 138:6; Isa 66:2.
Heard by God.  Ps 9:12; Isa 10:17.
Enjoy the presence of God.  Isa 57:15.
Delivered by God.  Job 22:29.
Lifted up by God.  Jas 4:10.
Exalted by God.  Lu 14:11; 18:14.
Are greatest in Christ’s kingdom.  Mt 18:4; 20:26-28.
Receive more grace.  Pr 3:34; Jas 4:6.
Upheld by honour.  Pr 18:12; 29:23.

Is before honour  Pr 15:33.
Leads to riches, honour, and life  Pr 22:4.
Saints should
Put on.  Col 3:12.
Be clothed with.  1Pe 5:5.
Walk with.  Eph 4:1,2.
Beware of false.  Col 2:18,23.

Afflictions intended to produce  Le 26:41; De 8:3; La 3:20.
Want of, condemned  2Ch 33:23; 36:12; Jer 44:10; Da 5:22.
Temporal judgments averted by  2Ch 7:14; 12:6,7.
Excellency of  Pr 16:19.
Blessedness of  Mt 5:3.
Exemplified
Abraham.  Ge 18:27.
Jacob.  Ge 32:10.
Moses.  Ex 3:11; 4:10.
Joshua.  Jos 7:6.
Gideon.  Jdj 6:15.
David.  1Ch 29:14.
Hezekiah.  2Ch 32:26.
Manasseh.  2Ch 33:12.
Josiah.  2Ch 34:27.
Job.  Job 40:4; 42:6.
Isaiah.  Isa 6:5.
Jeremiah.  Jer 1:6.
John the Baptist.  Mt 3:14.
Centurion.  Mt 8:8.
Woman of Canaan.  Mt 15:27.
Elizabeth.  Lu 1:43.
Peter.  Lu 5:8.
Paul.  Ac 20:19.

Declared by himself  Mt 11:29.
Exhibited in his
Taking our nature.  Php 2:7; Heb 2:16.
Birth.  Lu 2:4-7.
Subjection to his parents.  Lu 2:51.
Station in life.  Mt 13:55; Joh 9:29.
Poverty.  Lu 9:58; 2Co 8:9.
Partaking of our infirmities.  Heb 4:15; 5:7.
Submitting to ordinances.  Mt 3:13-15.
Becoming a servant.  Mt 20:28; Lu 22:27; Php 2:7.
Associating with the despised.  Mt 9:10,11; Lu 15:1,2.
Refusing honours.  Joh 5:41; 6:15.
Entry into Jerusalem.  Zec 9:9; Mt 21:5,7.
Washing his disciples’ feet.  Joh 13:5.
Obedience.  Joh 6:38; Heb 10:9.
Submitting to sufferings.  Isa 50:6; 53:7; Ac 8:32; Mt 26:37-39.
Exposing himself to reproach and contempt.  Ps 22:6; 69:9; Ro 15:3; Isa 53:3.
Death.  Joh 10:15,17,18; Php 2:8; Heb 12:2.

Saints should imitate  Php 2:5-8.
On account of, he was despised  Mr 6:3; Joh 9:29.
His exaltation, the result of  Php 2:9.

Should have but one wife  Ge 2:24; Mr 10:6-8; 1Co 7:2-4.
Have authority over their wives  Ge 3:16; 1Co 11:3; Eph 5:23.
Duty of, to wives
To respect them.  1Pe 3:7.
To love them.  Eph 5:25-33; Col 3:19.
To regard them as themselves.  Ge 2:23; Mt 19:5.
To be faithful to them.  Pr 5:19; Mal 2:14,15.
To dwell with them for life.  Ge 2:24; Mt 19:3-9.
To comfort them.  1Sa 1:8.
To consult with them.  Ge 31:4-7.
Not to leave them, though unbelieving.  1Co 7:11,12,14,16.

Duties of, not to interfere with their duties to Christ  Lu 14:26; Mt 19:29.
Good-Exemplified
Isaac.  Ge 24:67.
Elkanah.  1Sa 1:4,5.

Bad-Exemplified
Solomon.  1Ki 11:1.
Ahasuerus.  Es 1:10,11.

Law respecting fringes of  Nu 15:38; De 22:12.
Used by the poor as a covering by night  Ex 22:26,27; De 24:13.
Burdens often bound up in  Ex 12:34.
The skirts of, used to hold things in  2Ki 4:39; Ne 5:13; Hag 2:12; Lu 6:38.
Probably used by women as a vail  Ru 3:15.
Required to be girt up
For running.  1Ki 18:46.
For labour.  Lu 17:8.

Often laid aside  Mt 24:18; Mr 10:50.
The Jews said to be naked without  2Sa 6:20; Mr 14:51,52; Joh 21:7.
Was the garment
Rent in token of anger.  Mt 26:65.
Rent in token of grief.  Joe 2:13.
Of Samuel rent by Saul.  1Sa 15:27.
Of Saul which David cut.  1Sa 24:4,5.
Of Jeroboam rent by Ahijah.  1Ki 11:30.
Laid aside by Christ.  Joh 13:4.
Spread before Christ by the Jews.  Mt 21:8.

The Jews condemned for making broad the borders of  Mt 23:5.

God knows and detects  Isa 29:15,16.
Christ knew and detected  Mt 22:18.
God has no pleasure in  Isa 9:17.
Shall not come before God  Job 13:16.
Described as
Wilfully blind.  Mt 23:17,19,26.
Vile.  Isa 32:6.
Self-righteous.  Isa 65:5; Lu 18:11.
Covetous.  Eze 33:31; 2Pe 2:3.
Ostentatious.  Mt 5:2,5,16; 23:5.
Censorious.  Mt 7:3-5; Lu 13:14,15.
Regarding tradition more than the word of God.  Mt 15:1-3.
Exact in minor, but neglecting important duties.  Mt 23:23,24.
Having but a form of godliness.  2Ti 3:5.
Seeking only outward purity.  Lu 11:39.
Professing but not practising.  Eze 33:31,32; Mt 23:3; Ro 2:17-23.
Using but lip-worship.  Isa 29:13; Mt 15:8.
Glorying in appearance only.  2Co 5:12.
Trusting in privileges.  Jer 7:4; Mt 3:9.
Apparently zealous in the things of God.  Isa 58:2.
Zealous in making proselytes.  Mt 23:15.
Devouring widows’ houses.  Mt 23:14.
Loving pre-eminence.  Mt 23:6,7.

Worship of, not acceptable to God  Isa 1:11-15; 58:3-5; Mt 15:9.
Joy of, but for a moment  Job 20:5.
Hope of perishes  Job 8:13; 27:8,9.
Heap up wrath  Job 36:13.
Fearfulness shall surprise  Isa 33:14.
Destroy others by slander  Pr 11:9.
In power, are a snare  Job 34:30.
The Apostasy to abound with  1Ti 4:2.
Beware the principles of  Lu 12:1.
Spirit of, hinders growth in grace  1Pe 2:1.
Woe to  Isa 29:15; Mt 23:13.
Punishment of  Job 15:34; Isa 10:6; Jer 42:20,22; Mt 24:51.
Illustrated  Mt 23:27,28; Lu 11:44.
Exemplified
Cain.  Ge 4:3.
Absalom.  2Sa 15:7,8.
The Jews.  Jer 3:10.
Pharisees, &c.  Mt 16:3.
Judas.  Mt 26:49.
Herodians.  Mr 12:13,15.
Ananias.  Ac 5:1-8.
Simon.  Ac 8:13-23.

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