$$T0003900
\PLEDGE\
 
 -General scriptures concerning
    #Ge 38:17-20|

 -A creditor must not enter the house of a debtor to take
    #De 24:10-13|

 -See PAWN
    ¯T0003766

 -See SURETY (guarantee)
    ¯T0004747
 
$$T0003901
\PLEIADES\
 
 -General scriptures concerning
    #Job 9:9; 38:31; Am 5:8|
 
$$T0003902
\PLOW\
 
 -Shares of, sharpened by the smiths of the Philistines
    #1Sa 13:20|

 -Used by Elisha with twelve yoke (pairs) of oxen
    #1Ki 19:19|

 -By Job's servants
    #Job 1:14|

 -FIGURATIVE
   .Of afflictions
      #Ps 129:3|
 
$$T0003903
\PLOWSHARE\
 
 -General scriptures concerning
    #Isa 2:4; Joe 3:10; Mic 4:3|
 
$$T0003904
\PLUMMET\
 
 -General scriptures concerning
    #Am 7:7,8; Zec 4:10|

 -FIGURATIVE
    #Isa 28:17|
 
$$T0003905
\POCHERETH\
 
 -The ancestor of a family which returned to Jerusalem from the
  captivity in Babylon
    #Ezr 2:57; Ne 7:59|
 
$$T0003906
\POET\
 
 -Greek
    #Ac 17:28; Tit 1:12|

 -See POETRY
    ¯T0003907

 -See PSALMS
    ¯T0003987

 -See SONGS
    ¯T0004643
 
$$T0003907
\POETRY\

 -ACROSTIC
    #Ps 25; 34; 37; 111; 112; 119; 145; Pr 31:10-31;
    La 1; 2; 3; 4; 5|

 -DIDACTIC
   .Moses' song
      #De 32|
   .See Job, Proverbs, Song of Solomon, and all the books of
    prophecy
   .See PSALMS, DIDACTIC
      ¯T0003987

 -ELEGY
   .Upon the death of Saul
      #2Sa 1:19-27|
   .Upon the death of Abner
      #2Sa 3:33,34|
   .See ELEGY
      ¯T0001555

 -EPIC
   .Moses' song
      #Ex 15:1-19|
   .Miriam's song
      #Ex 15:21|
   .Song of Deborah
      #Jud 5|

 -LYRICS, SACRED
   .Moses' and Miriam's songs
      #Ex 15|
   .Hannah's song
      #1Sa 2:1-10|
   .The song
     .Of Elizabeth
        #Lu 1:42-45|
   .Of Mary
      #Lu 1:46-55|
   .Of Zacharias
      #Lu 1:68-79|
   .The Psalms, which see
 
$$T0003908
\POLICY\
 
 -See DIPLOMACY
    ¯T0001421
 
$$T0003909
\POLITICS\
 
 -(Statecraft)
 -CORRUPTION IN
    #Ps 12:8|
   .In the court
     .Of Ahasuerus
        #Es 3|
     .Of Darius
        #Da 6:4-15|

 -INSTANCES OF
   .Absalom, electioneering for the throne
      #2Sa 15:2-6|
   .Pilate, condemning Jesus to gratify the clamoring people
      #Mt 27:23-27; Mr 15:15; Lu 23:13-25; Joh 18:38,39;
      19:4-13|

 -MINISTERS IN
   .Zadok the priest, a partisan of David
      #2Sa 15:24-29|
   .Nathan, the prophet, influences the selection of David's
    successor
      #1Ki 1:11-40|

 -WOMEN IN
   .The wise woman of Abel who saved the city through diplomacy
      #2Sa 20:16-22|
   .Bath-sheba, in securing the crown for Solomon
      #1Ki 1:15-21|
   .Herodias, in influencing the administration of Herod
      #Mt 14:3-11; Mr 6:17-28|
   .Mother of Zebedee's children, in seeking favor for her sons
      #Mt 20:20-23|
   .For influence in
     .See INFLUENCE, POLITICAL
        ¯T0002503
   .See DIPLOMACY
      ¯T0001421
   .See GOVERNMENT
      ¯T0002069
 
$$T0003910
\POLL TAX\
 
 -See TAX
    ¯T0004832
 
$$T0003911
\POLYGAMY\
 
 -Forbidden
    #De 17:17; Le 18:18; Mal 2:14,15; Mt 19:4,5; Mr 10:2-8; 1Ti
    3:2,12; Tit 1:6|

 -Authorized
    #2Sa 12:8|

 -Tolerated
    #Ex 21:10; 1Sa 1:2; 2Ch 24:3|

 -Practiced by
    #Job 27:15|

 -Lamech
    #Ge 4:19|

 -Abraham
    #Ge 16|

 -Esau
    #Ge 26:34; 28:9|

 -Jacob
    #Ge 29:30|

 -Ashur
    #1Ch 4:5|

 -Gideon
    #Jud 8:30|

 -Elkanah
    #1Sa 1:2|

 -David
    #1Sa 25:39-44; 2Sa 3:2-5; 5:13; 1Ch 14:3|

 -Solomon
    #1Ki 11:1-8|

 -Rehoboam
    #2Ch 11:18-23|

 -Abijah
    #2Ch 13:21|

 -Jehoram
    #2Ch 21:14|

 -Joash
    #2Ch 24:3|

 -Ahab
    #2Ki 10|

 -Jehoiachin
    #2Ki 24:15|

 -Belshazzar
    #Da 5:2|

 -See
    #1Ch 2:8|

 -Hosea
    #Ho 3:1,2|

 -Mosaic law respecting the firstborn in
    #De 21:15-17|

 -Sought by women
    #Isa 4:1|

 -The evil effects of
   .Husband's favoritism in
      #De 21:15-17|
   .Jacob's
      #Ge 29:30; 30:15|
   .Elkanah's
      #1Sa 1:5|
   .Rehoboam's
      #2Ch 11:21|

 -Domestic unhappiness
   .In Abraham's family
      #Ge 16; 21:9-16|
   .In Jacob's family
      #Ge 29:30-34; 30:1-23|
   .In Elkanah's family
      #1Sa 1:4-7|

 -With Solomon
    #1Ki 11:4-8|

 -See CONCUBINAGE
    ¯T0001179

 -See MARRIAGE
    ¯T0003212
 
$$T0003912
\POLYTHEISM\
 
 -General scriptures concerning
    #Ge 31:19; 35:2,4; Jos 24:2,23; Jud 2:13; 3:7; 10:16; 17:5;
    Jer 2:28; 11:13; Da 4:8; 1Co 8:5|
 
$$T0003913
\POMEGRANATE\
 
 -(A fruit)
 -Abounded in the land of Canaan
    #1Sa 14:2|

 -Brought by the spies to show the fruitfulness of the land of
  Canaan
    #Nu 13:23|

 -Figures of the fruits of, were embroidered on the ephod
    #Ex 28:33,34; 39:24|

 -Carved on the pillars of the temple
    #1Ki 7:18,20,42; Jer 52:22,23|

 -Wine made of
    #So 8:2|
 
$$T0003914
\PONTIUS\
 
 -See PILATE
    ¯T0003867
 
$$T0003915
\PONTUS\
 
 -A province of Asia Minor
    #Ac 2:9; 1Pe 1:1|

 -Aquila lived in
    #Ac 18:2|
 
$$T0003916
\POOL\
 
 -Of Samaria
    #1Ki 22:38|

 -Of Jerusalem
   .Upper pool
      #2Ki 18:17; Isa 36:2|
   .Lower pool
      #Isa 22:9|
   .Siloam (Shelah)
      #Ne 3:15; Joh 9:7,11|
   .Of Heshbon
      #So 7:4|
 
$$T0003917
\POOR\

 -Atonement money of, uniform with that of the rich people
    #Ex 30:15|

 -Inexpensive offerings of people who have very little money
    #Le 5:7; 12:8; 14:21,22|

 -See ALMS
    ¯T0000221

 -See BENEFICENCE
    ¯T0000685

 -See LIBERALITY
    ¯T0003050

 -See ORPHANS
    ¯T0003676

 -See POVERTY
    ¯T0003932

 -See WIDOWS
    ¯T0005142

 -Also see RICH
    ¯T0004164

 -See RICHES
    ¯T0004165

 -UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
    #Ex 23:3,6; Le 19:15; 1Sa 2:7; Ne 8:10,12; Job
    29:11-13,15,16; 30:25; 31:15-22; 34:19; Ps 37:16; 82:3,4;
    109:16; Pr 10:15; 13:7,8,23; 14:20,21,31; 18:23;
    19:1,4,7,17,22; 20:13; 21:13; 22:2,9; 23:21; 28:6,8,11,19;
    29:14; Ec 4:6,13; 6:8; 9:15,16; Jer 22:16; Eze 16:49; Mt
    25:42,45; 26:11; Mr 12:43,44; 14:7; Lu 6:30-35; 16:20,21;
    Joh 12:6; Jas 1:9,10|

 -DUTY TO
    #Ex 22:25-27; 23:11; Le 19:9,10; 23:22;
    25:25-28,35-37,39-43; De 14:28,29; 15:2-14; 24:12-21;
    26:12,13; Ne 8:10; Ps 37:21,26; 41:1-3; 112:4,5,9; Pr 28:27;
    29:7; 31:9,20; Isa 1:17; 16:3,4; 58:7,10; Eze 18:7,16,17; Da
    4:27; Zec 7:10; Mt 5:42; 19:21; 25:35,36; Mr 14:7; Lu 3:11;
    6:30; 11:41; 12:33; 14:12-14; 18:22; 19:8; Ac 20:35; Ro
    12:8,13,20; 1Co 13:3; 16:1,2; 2Co 6:10; 9:5-7; 8:9; Ga
    2:10; 6:10; Eph 4:28; 1Ti 5:9,10,16; Heb 13:3; Jas 1:27;
    2:2-9,15,16; 5:4; 1Jo 3:17-19|

 -FIGURATIVE
   .Poor in spirit
      #Mt 5:3; Lu 6:20; Isa 66:2|
   .See CREDITOR
      ¯T0001266
   .See DEBTOR
      ¯T0001354
   .See EMPLOYEE
      ¯T0001633
   .See EMPLOYER
      ¯T0001634
   .See SERVANTS
      ¯T0004350
   .See WAGES
      ¯T0005103

 -GOD'S CARE OF
    #1Sa 2:7; Job 5:15,16; 31:15; 34:18,19,28; 36:6,15; Ps 9:18;
    10:14; 12:5; 14:6; 34:6; 35:10; 68:10; 69:33; 72:2,4,12-14;
    74:21; 102:17; 107:9,36,41; 109:31; 113:7,8; 132:15; 140:12;
    146:5,7; Pr 22:2,22,23; 29:13; Ec 5:8; Isa 11:4; 14:30,32;
    25:4; 29:19; 41:17; Jer 20:13; Zep 3:12; Zec 11:7; Mt 11:5;
    Lu 4:18; 7:22; 16:22; Jas 2:5|
   .See GOD, GOODNESS OF
      ¯T0002043
   .See GOD, PROVIDENCE OF
      ¯T0002043

 -KINDNESS TO
     .INSTANCES OF
     .To Ruth
        #Ru 2:23|
     .By Boaz
        #Ru 2:14-16|
   .To the Widow of Zarephath
      #1Ki 17:12-24|
   .Prophet's widow
      #2Ki 4:1-7|
   .Jews
      #Es 9:22|
   .By Job
      #Job 29:11-16; 31:16-21,38-40|
   .The Temanites
      #Isa 21:14|
   .Nebuzaradan
      #Jer 39:10|
   .The Good Samaritan
      #Lu 10:33-35|
   .Zacchaeus
      #Lu 19:8|
   .Congregations
      #Ac 6:1; 11:29; Ro 15:25,26; 2Co 8:1-4|
   .Dorcas
      #Ac 9:36|
   .Cornelius
      #Ac 10:2,4|
   .The congregation at Antioch (in Syria)
      #Ac 11:29,30|
   .Paul
      #Ro 15:25|
   .Congregations of Macedonia and Achaia
      #Ro 15:26; 2Co 8:1-5|

 -OPPRESSIONS OF
    #Ne 5:1-13; Job 20:19-21; 22:6,7,9-11; 24:4,7-10; Ps
    10:2,8-10; 37:14; Pr 14:20; 17:5; 19:7; 22:7,16; 28:3,15;
    30:14; Ec 5:8; Isa 3:14,15; 10:1,2; 32:6,7; Eze 18:12;
    22:29; Am 2:6-8; 4:1,2; 5:11,12; 8:4,6; Hab 3:14; Jas 2:6|
   .See POOR, DUTY TO
      ¯T0003917

 -INSTANCES OF
   .The widow's son
      #2Ki 4:1-7|
   .See CREDITOR
      ¯T0001266
   .See DEBTOR
      ¯T0001354
   .See SERVANTS
      ¯T0004350
   .See WAGES
      ¯T0005103
 
$$T0003918
\POPLAR\
 
 -A tree
    #Ge 30:37; Ho 4:13|
 
$$T0003919
\POPULAR SINS\
 
 -Laws against
    #Ex 23:2|

 -See SIN
    ¯T0004587
 
$$T0003920
\POPULARITY\
 
 -INSTANCES OF
   .David
      #2Sa 3:36|
   .Absalom
      #2Sa 15:2-6,13|
   .Job
      #Job 29|
 
$$T0003921
\PORATHA\
 
 -Son of Haman
    #Es 9:8|
 
$$T0003922
\PORCH\
 
 -See TEMPLE
    ¯T0004861
 
$$T0003923
\PORCIUS\
 
 -See FESTUS
    ¯T0001818
 
$$T0003924
\PORPOISE\
 
 -General scriptures concerning
    #Ex 26:14; 36:19; 39:34|

 -(Margin, R. V.)
    #Ex 25:5|
 
$$T0003925
\PORTERS\
 
 -Guards at the city gates, the doors of the king's palace, and
  doors of the temple
    #1Ch 9:17-32; 2Ch 34:13; 35:15|

 -Lodged round about the temple in order to be present for
  opening the doors
    #1Ch 9:27|

 -One-third were porters of the temple
    #2Ch 23:4|

 -One-third were porters of the king's house
    #2Ch 23:5|

 -One-third were porters of the gate of the foundation
    #2Ch 23:5|

 -They also served as porters of the gates of the walls
    #Ne 12:25|

 -They served in twenty-four courses
    #1Ch 26:13-19|

 -Their posts were determined by lot
    #1Ch 24:31; 26:13-19|
 
$$T0003926
\POST\
 
 -A bearer of a message
    #Job 9:25; Jer 51:31|

 -Of Hezekiah
    #2Ch 30:6,10|

 -Of Ahasuerus
    #Es 3:13,15; 8:10,14|
 
$$T0003927
\POTIPHAR\
 
 -(An officer of Pharaoh. The LXX has "eunuch" even though he
  had a wife)
 -Joseph's master
    #Ge 37:36; 39:1|
 
$$T0003928
\POTI-PHERAH\
 
 -(A priest of On)
 -Joseph's father-in-law
    #Ge 41:45,50; 46:20|
 
$$T0003929
\POTSHERD\
 
 -Fragment of earthenware
    #Job 2:8; Isa 45:9|
 
$$T0003930
\POTTERY\
 
 -Clay prepared for, by treading
    #Isa 41:25|

 -Vessels made of
    #Jer 18:3,4|

 -Place for manufacture of, outside the wall of Jerusalem,
  bought as a burying ground for poor people
    #Mt 27:7-10|

 -FIGURATIVE
    #Isa 64:8; Ro 9:21|
   .Of weakness, in the idol in Nebuchadnezzars vision
      #Da 2:41|
 
$$T0003931
\POUND\
 
 -The Hebrew word "maneh" is translated "pound,"
    #1Ki 10:17; Ezr 2:69; Ne 7:71,72|

 -And is equivalent to almost one pound (fourteen ounces)
 -In John the weight was equivalent to about twelve ounces
    #Joh 12:3|

 -In Luke the Greek word "mina" is translated "pound," and worth
  approximately one-hundred denarii (more than three months'
  wages)
    #Lu 19:13-25|

 -See MEASURE
    ¯T0003248

 -See WEIGHTS
    ¯T0005127
 
$$T0003932
\POVERTY\
 
 -General scriptures concerning
    #Pr 6:11; 10:15; 15:16; 16:8; Ec 4:6; Pr 20:13; 23:21;
    24:33,34; 28:19; 30:8,9|

 -See POOR, THE
    ¯T0003917
 
$$T0003933
\POWER\
 
 -OF CHRIST
   .As the Son of God, is the power of God
      #Joh 5:17-19; 10:28-30|
   .As man, is from the Father
      #Ac 10:38|
   .Described as supreme
      #Eph 1:20,21; 1Pe 3:22|
   .Unlimited
      #Mt 28:18|
   .Over all flesh
      #Joh 17:2|
   .Over all things
      #Joh 3:35; Eph 1:22|
   .Glorious
      #2Th 1:9|
   .Everlasting
      #1Ti 6:16|
   .Is able to subdue all things
      #Php 3:21|
   .Exemplified in creation
      #Joh 1:3,10; Col 1:16|
   .Upholding all things
      #Col 1:17; Heb 1:3|
   .Salvation
      #Isa 63:1; Heb 7:25|
   .His teaching
      #Mt 7:28,29; Lu 4:32|
   .Performing miracles
      #Mt 8:27; Lu 5:17|
   .Enabling others to work miracles
      #Mt 10:1; Mr 16:17,18; Lu 10:17|
   .Forgiving sins
      #Mt 9:6; Ac 5:31|
   .Giving spiritual life
      #Joh 5:21,25,26|
   .Giving eternal life
      #Joh 17:2|
   .Raising the dead
      #Joh 5:28,29|
   .Rising from the dead
      #Joh 2:19; 10:18|
   .Overcoming the world
      #Joh 16:33|
   .Overcoming Satan
      #Col 2:15; Heb 2:14|
   .Destroying the works of Satan
      #1Jo 3:8|
   .Ministers should make known
      #2Pe 1:16|
   .Saints made willing by
      #Ps 110:3|
   .Helped by
      #Heb 2:18|
   .Strengthened by
      #Php 4:13; 2Ti 4:17|
   .Preserved by
      #2Ti 1:12; 4:18|
   .Bodies of, will be changed by
      #Php 3:21|
   .Rests upon saints
      #2Co 12:9|
   .Present in the assembly of saints
      #1Co 5:4|
   .Will be specially manifested at his second coming
      #Mr 13:26; 2Pe 1:16|
   .Will subdue all power
      #1Co 15:24|
   .The wicked will be destroyed by
      #Ps 2:9; Isa 11:4; 63:3; 2Th 1:9|
   .See JESUS
      ¯T0002780

 -OF GOD
   .One of his attributes
      #Ps 62:11|
   .Expressed by
     .The voice of God
        #Ps 29:3,5; 68:33|
     .The finger of God
        #Ex 8:19; Ps 8:3|
     .The hand of God
        #Ex 9:3,15; Isa 48:13|
     .The arm of God
        #Job 40:9; Isa 52:10|
     .The thunder of his power
        #Job 26:14|
   .Described as
     .Great
        #Ps 79:11; Na 1:3|
     .Strong
        #Ps 89:13; 136:12|
     .Glorious
        #Ex 15:6; Isa 63:12|
     .Mighty
        #Job 9:4; Ps 89:13|
     .Everlasting
        #Isa 26:4; Ro 1:20|
     .Sovereign
        #Ro 9:21|
     .Effectual
        #Isa 43:13; Eph 3:7|
     .Irresistable
        #De 32:39; Da 4:35|
     .Incomparable
        #Ex 15:11,12; De 3:24; Job 40:9; Ps 89:8|
     .Unsearchable
        #Job 5:9; 9:10|
     .Incomprehensible
        #Job 26:14; Ec 3:11|
   .All things possible to
      #Mt 19:26|
   .Nothing too difficult for
      #Ge 18:14; Jer 32:27|
   .Can save by many or by few
      #1Sa 14:6|
   .Is the source of all strength
      #1Ch 29:12; Ps 68:35|
   .Exemplified
     .In the creation
        #Ps 102:25; Jer 10:12|
     .In establishing and governing all things
        #Ps 65:6; 66:7|
     .In the miracles of Christ
        #Lu 11:20|
     .In the resurrection of Christ
        #2Co 13:4; Col 2:12|
     .In the resurrection of saints
        #1Co 6:14|
     .In making the gospel effectual
        #Ro 1:16; 1Co 1:18,24|
     .In delivering his people
        #Ps 106:8|
     .In the destruction of the wicked
        #Ex 9:16; Ro 9:22|
   .Saints long for exhibitions of
      #Ps 63:1,2|
   .Have confidence in
      #Jer 20:11|
   .Receive increase of grace by
      #2Co 9:8|
   .Strengthened by
      #Eph 6:10; Col 1:11|
   .Upheld by
      #Ps 37:17; Isa 41:10|
   .Supported in affliction by
      #2Co 6:7; 2Ti 1:8|
   .Delivered by
      #Ne 1:10; Da 3:17|
   .Exalted by
      #Job 36:22|
   .Kept by, unto salvation
      #1Pe 1:5|
   .Exerted in behalf of saints
      #1Ch 16:9|
   .Works in and for saints
      #2Co 13:4; Eph 1:19; 3:20|
   .The faith that saints rely on
      #1Co 2:5|
   .Should be acknowledged
      #1Ch 29:11; Isa 33:13|
   .Pleaded in prayer
      #Ps 79:11; Mt 6:13|
   .Feared
      #Jer 5:22; Mt 10:28|
   .Magnified
      #Ps 21:13; Jude 1:25|
   .Efficiency of ministers is through
      #1Co 3:6-8; Ga 2:8; Eph 3:7|
   .Is a ground of trust
      #Isa 26:4; Ro 4:21|
   .Wicked people
     .Do not know
        #Mt 22:29|
     .Have against them
        #Ezr 8:22|
     .Will be destroyed by
        #Lu 12:5|
   .The heavenly host magnified
      #Re 4:11; 5:13; 11:17|
   .See GOD, OMNIPOTENT
      ¯T0002043
   .See GOD, POWER OF
      ¯T0002043

 -OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
   .Is the power of God
      #Mt 12:28; with Lu 11:20|
   .Christ commenced his ministry in
      #Lu 4:14|
   .Christ worked his miracles by
      #Mt 12:28|
   .Exemplified in
     .The creation
        #Ge 1:2; Job 26:13; Ps 104:30|
     .The conception of Christ
        #Lu 1:35|
     .Raising Christ from the dead
        #1Pe 3:18|
     .Giving spiritual life
        #Eze 37:11-14; with Ro 8:11|
     .Performing miracles
        #Ro 15:19|
     .Making the gospel effective
        #1Co 2:4; 1Th 1:5|
     .Overcoming all difficulties
        #Zec 4:6,7|
   .Promised by the Father
      #Lu 24:49|
   .Promised by Christ
      #Ac 1:8|
   .Saints
     .Upheld by
        #Ps 51:12|
     .Strengthened by
        #Eph 3:16|
     .Enabled to speak the truth boldly by
        #Mic 3:8; Ac 6:5,10; 2Ti 1:7,8|
     .Helped in prayer by
        #Ro 8:26|
     .Abound in hope by
        #Ro 15:13|
   .Qualifies ministers
      #Lu 24:49; Ac 1:8,9|
   .God's word the instrument of
      #Eph 6:17|
   .See HOLY SPIRIT
      ¯T0002367

 -SPIRITUAL
    #Ge 32:28; Isa 40:29-31; Mr 9:29; Lu 1:17; 4:32; 24:49; Joh
    7:38,39; Ac 1:8; 2:2-4; 6:8; Eph 1:19,20; 1Co 1:24-28;
    4:19,20; 2Co 12:9; 1Th 1:5; 2Ti 1:7; Heb 6:5|
   .See HOLY SPIRIT
      ¯T0002367
 
$$T0003934
\PRAISE\
 
 -Song of Moses, after the passage through the Red Sea
    #Ex 15:1-19|

 -Of Miriam
    #Ex 15:21|

 -Of Deborah, after defeating the Canaanites
    #Jud 5|

 -Of Hannah
    #1Sa 2:1-10|

 -Of David
   .Celebrating his deliverance from the hand of Saul
      #2Sa 22|
   .On bringing the ark of the covenant to Zion
      #1Ch 16:8-36|
   .At the close of his reign
      #1Ch 29:10-19|

 -The chorus when Solomon brought the ark of the covenant into
  the temple
    #2Ch 5:13|

 -Psalms of, for God's goodness to Israel
    #Ps 46; 48; 65; 66; 68; 76; 81; 85; 98; 105; 124; 126; 129;
    135; 136|

 -See the Scriptures below
 -For God's goodness to righteous men
    #Ps 23; 34; 36; 91; 100; 103; 107; 117; 121|

 -See printed scriptures below
 -For God's goodness to individuals
    #Ps 9; 18; 22; 30; 40; 75; 103; 108; 116; 118; 138; 144|

 -For God's attributes
    #Ps 8; 19; 22; 24; 29; 33; 47; 50; 65; 66; 76; 77; 92; 93;
    95; 96; 97; 98; 99; 104; 111; 113; 114; 115; 134; 139; 147;
    148; 150|

 -UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
    #Ge 14:20; Ex 15:1,2; De 10:21; Jud 5:3; 2Sa 22:4; 1Ch
    16:31,33,34,36; 23:30; 2Ch 7:3; Ne 9:5,6; Job 36:24; Ps
    7:17; 8:2; 9:11; 18:3; 21:13; 22:22,23,25; 24:7-10; 26:12;
    28:6,7; 30:4; 32:11; 33:1-3; 34:1-3; 35:18,28; 41:13; 42:4;
    43:3,4; 47:1,6,7; 48:1; 50:23; 51:15; 52:9; 56:10,12;
    57:7-9; 61:8; 63:3-6; 65:1; 66:1,2,4,8; 67:3,4;
    68:4,26,32-34; 69:30,34; 70:4; 71:8,14,15,22; 75:1; 79:13;
    81:1; 84:4; 86:12; 89:5,52; 92:1-3; 95:1,2,6,7; 96:1-4,7-9;
    97:12; 98:4-6; 99:3,5,9; 100:1-5; 101:1; 103:20-22;
    104:33,34; 105:1-5; 106:1,48; 107:8,9,15,21,31,32; 108:1-3;
    109:30; 111:1,10; 113:1,2; 115:18; 116:12-14,17-19; 117:1,2;
    118:15,28,29; 119:7,62,108,164,171,172,175; 134:1,2;
    135:1-3,19,21; 136:1-26; 138:1,2; 140:13; 144:1,2,9;
    145:1-21; 146:1-10; 147:1-20; 148:1-14; 149:1-9; 150:1-6;
    Isa 12:1-6; 24:14-16; 25:1; 35:10; 38:18,19; 42:10-12;
    43:21; 49:13; 51:3; 52:7-10; 61:3; Jer 31:7; 33:11; Da
    2:20,23; 4:37; Jon 2:9; Mt 26:30; Mr 14:26; Lu
    1:46-55,67-75; 2:20; 17:15,16; 19:37,38; 24:52,53; Ac
    2:46,47; 4:24; 16:25; Ro 11:36; 16:27; 1Co 14:15; 15:57; Eph
    1:3; 3:20,21; 5:19; Php 4:20; 1Ti 1:17; Heb 2:12; 13:15; Jas
    5:13; 1Pe 1:3; 2:9; 4:11; 5:11; 2Pe 3:18; Jude 1:25; Re 1:6;
    14:7|

 -IN HEAVEN
    #Ne 9:6; Job 38:7; Ps 103:20,21; 148:2,4; Isa 6:3; Eze 3:12;
    Lu 2:13,14; 15:7,10; Re 1:6; 4:8-11; 5:9-14; 7:9-12;
    11:16,17; 14:2,3; 15:3,4; 19:1-7|
 
$$T0003935
\PRAYER\

 -MISCELLANY OF MINOR SUB-TOPICS
   .Prayer test proposed by Elijah
      #1Ki 18:24-39|
   .Daily, in the morning
      #Ps 5:3; 88:13; 143:8; Isa 33:2|
   .Twice daily
      #Ps 88:1|
   .Thrice daily
      #Ps 55:17; Da 6:10|
   .All night
      #Lu 6:12|
   .Without ceasing
      #1Th 5:17|
   .Boldness in
     .Enjoined
        #Heb 4:16|
   .Exemplified by Abraham in his inquiry concerning Sodom
      #Ge 18:23-32|
   .By Moses, supplicating for assistance in delivering Israel
      #Ex 33:12,18|
   .Secret
      #Ge 24:63; Mt 6:6|
   .Silent
      #Ps 5:1|
   .Weeping in
      #Ezr 10:1|
   .In a loud voice, satirized by Elijah
      #1Ki 18:27|
   .Long
     .Of Pharisees
        #Mt 23:14|
     .Of scribes
        #Mr 12:40; Lu 20:47|
   .Profuse, to be avoided
      #Ec 5:2; Mt 6:7|
   .Vain repetitions of, to be avoided
      #Mt 6:7|
   .Tokens asked for, as assurance of answer
     .By Abraham's servant
        #Ge 24:14|
   .Gideon asks for a sign of dew on a fleece
      #Jud 6:36-40|
   .Rebuked
     .Of Moses, at the Red Sea
        #Ex 14:15|
     .When Moses prayed to see Canaan, the promised land
        #De 3:23-27|
     .Of Joshua
        #Jos 7:10|
   .Evils averted by
      #Jer 26:19|
   .Unbelief in
      #Job 21:15|
   ."The Lord's Prayer,"
      #Mt 6:9-13; Lu 11:2-4|
   .However, see
      #Joh 17:1-26|
   .Answer to, withheld
     .Of Balaam
        #De 23:5; Jos 24:10|
     .Of Job
        #Job 30:20; with 42:12|
     .Of the Israelites, when attacked by the Amorites
        #De 1:45|
   .The prayer of Jesus, "Let this cup pass away,"
      #Mt 26:39,42,44; with 26:45-75|
   .And
      #Mt 27|
   .Answer to, delayed
      #Ps 22:1,2; 40:1; 80:4; 88:14; Jer 42:7; Hab 1:2; Lu 18:7|
   .Answer to, exceeds petition
     .Solomon asked for wisdom; the answer included wisdom,
      riches, honour, and long life
        #1Ki 3:7-14; 2Ch 1:10-12|
   .The disciples prayed for Peter; the answer included Peter's
    deliverance
      #Ac 12:15; with 12:5|
   .Answer to, different from the request
     .Moses asked to be permitted to cross the Jordan River; the
      answer was permission to view the land of promise
        #De 3:23-27|
   .The Israelites lusted for the fleshpots of Egypt; the answer
    gave them, flesh, but also leanness of soul
      #Ps 106:14,15|
   .Martha and Mary asked Jesus to come and heal their brother
    Lazarus; Jesus delayed, but raised Lazarus from the dead
      #Joh 11|
   .Paul asked that the "thorn in the flesh" be removed; the
    answer was a promise of grace to endure it
      #2Co 12:8,9|
   .In Behalf of Nations
     .See NATIONS, PRAYER FOR
        ¯T0003515
   .Penitential
     .Of David
        #Ps 51:1-17|
     .Of the tax collector
        #Lu 18:13|
   .See PRAYER, CONFESSION IN, below
   .See SIN, CONFESSION OF
      ¯T0004587
   .Imprecatory
      #Nu 16:15; 22:6-11; 23:7,8; 24:9,10; De 11:29,30;
      27:11-13; 33:11; Jos 8:33,34; Jud 16:28; 2Sa 16:10-12; Ne
      4:4,5; 5:13; Job 3:1-10; 27:7; Ps 5:10; 6:10; 9:20;
      10:2,15; 25:3; 28:4; 31:17,18; 35:4,8,26; 40:14,15; 54:5;
      55:9,15; 56:7; 58:7; 59:5,11,15; 68:1,2; 69:23,24,27,28;
      70:2,3; 71:13; 79:10,12; 83:13-17; 94:2; 109:7,9-20,28,29;
      119:78,84; 129:5; 140:9,10; 143:12; 144:6; Jer 11:20;
      12:3; 15:15; 17:18; 18:21-23; 20:12; La 1:22; 3:64-66; Ga
      1:8,9; 2Ti 4:14,15|
   .Submission in, exemplified by Jesus
      #Mt 26:39; Mr 14:36; Lu 22:42|
   .David
      #2Sa 12:22,23|
   .Job
      #Job 1:20,21|
   .Private, enjoined
      #Mt 6:6|
   .Exemplified by
     .Lot
        #Ge 19:20|
   .Eliezer
      #Ge 24:12|
   .Jacob
      #Ge 32:9-12|
   .Gideon
      #Jud 6:22,36,39|
   .Hannah
      #1Sa 1:10|
   .David
      #2Sa 7:18-29|
   .Hezekiah
      #2Ki 20:2|
   .Isaiah
      #2Ki 20:11|
   .Manasseh
      #2Ch 33:18,19|
   .Ezra
      #Ezr 9:5,6|
   .Nehemiah
      #Ne 2:4|
   .Jeremiah
      #Jer 32:16-25|
   .Daniel
      #Da 9:3,19|
   .Jonah
      #Jon 2:1|
   .Habakkuk
      #Hab 1:2|
   .Anna
      #Lu 2:37|
   .Jesus
      #Mt 14:23; 26:36,39; Mr 1:35; Lu 9:18,29|
   .Paul
      #Ac 9:11|
   .Peter
      #Ac 9:40; 10:9|
   .Cornelius
      #Ac 10:30|
   .Family
     .By Abraham
        #Ge 12:5,8|
   .By Jacob
      #Ge 35:3|
   .By Cornelius
      #Ac 10:2|
   .Social
      #Mt 18:19; Ac 1:13,14; 16:25; 20:36; 21:5|
   .Held in private houses
      #Ac 1:13,14; 12:12|
   .Held in the temple
      #Ac 2:46; 3:1|
   .Of Jesus
     .On a mountain
        #Mt 14:23; Mr 6:46; Lu 6:12; 9:28|
   .In the garden of Gethsemane
      #Mt 26:36; Mr 14:32; Lu 22:45|
   .The Lord's prayer
      #Mt 6:9; Lu 11:1|
   .However, see
      #Joh 17:1-26|
   .Before daylight
      #Mr 1:35|
   .In distress
      #Joh 12:27; Heb 5:7|
   .In the wilderness
      #Lu 5:16|
   .In behalf of Peter
      #Lu 22:31,32|
   .For the Comforter (the Holy Spirit) to come
      #Joh 14:16|
   .After the supper
      #Joh 17|
   .Of the apostles
      #Ac 1:24,25|
   .To idols
      #1Ki 18:26-29|

 -UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
    #Ge 32:24-28; Ho 12:4; 1Ch 16:11,35; 2Ch 7:14; Ne 4:9; Ps
    27:8; 105:3,4; 145:18; Pr 15:8; Ec 5:2; Isa 55:6; La 3:41;
    Zec 12:10; Mt 6:5-13; 7:7,8; 21:22; Mr 9:28,29; 11:24; Lu
    11:1-13; 18:1; Ro 8:26; 1Co 14:15; Eph 3:11,12; 6:18,19; Php
    4:6; Col 4:2; 1Th 5:17,18; 1Ti 2:8; Heb 4:16; Jas 5:16; Jude
    1:20; Re 5:8; 8:3,4|

 -ANSWER TO, PROMISE
    #Ex 6:5; 22:23,27; 33:17-20; De 4:7,29-31; 1Ki 8:22,53; 1Ch
    28:9; 2Ch 7:13-15; Job 8:5,6; 12:4; 22:27; 33:26; Ps
    9:10,12; 10:17; 18:3; 32:6; 34:15,17; 37:4,5; 38:15;
    50:14,15; 55:16,17; 56:9; 65:2,5; 69:33; 81:10; 86:5-7;
    91:15; 102:17-20; 145:18,19; Pr 2:3,5; 3:6; 10:24; 15:8,29;
    16:1; Isa 19:20; 30:19; 55:6; 58:9; 65:24; Jer 29:12,13;
    31:9; 33:3; La 3:25; Eze 36:37; Joe 2:18,19,32; Am 5:4-6;
    Zep 2:3; Zec 10:1,6; 13:9; Mt 6:5-13; 7:7-11; 18:19,20;
    21:22; Mr 11:24,25; Lu 11:5-13; 18:1-8; 21:36; Joh
    4:10,23,24; 9:31; 14:13,14; 15:7,16; 16:23,24,26,27; Ac
    7:34; 22:16; Ro 8:26; 10:12,13; Eph 2:18; 3:20; Heb 4:16;
    10:22,23; 11:6; Jas 1:5-7; 4:8,10; 5:16; 1Jo 3:22; 5:14,15|

 -ANSWERED
    #Job 34:28; Ps 3:4; 4:1; 6:8,9; 18:6; 21:2,4; 22:4,5,24;
    28:6; 30:2,3; 31:22; 34:4-6; 40:1; 66:19,20; 77:1,2; 81:7;
    99:6-8; 106:44; 107:6,7,13-20; 116:1,2; 118:5,21; 119:26;
    120:1; 138:3; La 3:57,58; Ho 12:4; Jon 2:1,2,7; Lu 23:42,43;
    Ac 4:31; 2Co 12:8,9; Jas 5:17,18|
   .INSTANCES OF ANSWERED
     .Cain
        #Ge 4:13-15|
   .Abraham, for a son
      #Ge 15|
   .Abraham entreating
     .For Sodom
        #Ge 18:23-33|
     .For Ishmael
        #Ge 17:20|
     .For Abimelech
        #Ge 20:17|
   .Hagar, for deliverance
      #Ge 16:7-13|
   .Abraham's servant, for guidance
      #Ge 24:12-52|
   .Rebecca, concerning her pains in pregnancy
      #Ge 25:22,23|
   .Jacob, for deliverance from Esau
      #Ge 32:9-32; 33:1-17|
   .Moses, for help at the Red Sea
      #Ex 14:15,16|
   .Moses, at the waters of Marah
      #Ex 15:25|
   .Moses, at Mount Horeb
      #Ex 17:4-6|
   .Moses, in the battle with the Amalekites
      #Ex 17:8-14|
   .Moses, concerning the complaint of the Israelites for meat
      #Nu 11:11-35|
   .Moses, on behalf of Miriam's leprosy
      #Nu 12:13-15|
   .Moses, Aaron, and Samuel
      #Ps 99:6|
   .Israelites for deliverance
     .From bondage
        #Ex 2:23-25; 3:7-10; Ac 7:34|
     .From Pharaoh's army
        #Ex 14:10-30|
     .From the king of Mesopotamia
        #Jud 3:9,15|
     .Sisera
        #Jud 4:3,23,24; 1Sa 12:9-11|
     .Ammon
        #Jud 10:6-18; 11:1-33|
     .For God's favor under the reproofs of Azariah
        #2Ch 15:1-15|
     .From Babylonian bondage
        #Ne 9:27|
   .Gideon, asking for the token of dew
      #Jud 6:36-40|
   .Manoah, asking about Samson
      #Jud 13:8,9|
   .Samson, asking for strength
      #Jud 16:28-30|
   .Hannah, asking to give birth to a child
      #1Sa 1:10-17,19,20|
   .David, asking whether Keilah would be delivered into his
    hands
      #1Sa 23:10-12|
   .David, asking about Ziklag
      #1Sa 30:8|
   .David, asking whether he should go into Judah after Saul's
    death
      #2Sa 2:1|
   .David, asking whether he should go to war against the
    Philistines
      #2Sa 5:19-25|
   .David, in adversity
      #Ps 118:5; 138:3|
   .Solomon, asking for wisdom
      #1Ki 3:1-13; 9:2,3|
   .Elijah, raising the widow's son
      #1Ki 17:22|
   .Elijah, calling for fire to come down upon his sacrifice
      #1Ki 18:36-38|
   .Elijah, asking for rain
      #1Ki 17:1; 18:1,42-45; Jas 5:17|
   .Elisha, leading the Syrian army
      #2Ki 6:17-20|
   .Jabez, asking for prosperity
      #1Ch 4:10|
   .Abijah, for victory over Jeroboam
      #2Ch 13:14-18|
   .Asa, for victory over Zerah
      #2Ch 14:11-15|
   .The people of Judah
      #2Ch 15:15|
   .Jehoshaphat, for victory over the Canaanites
      #2Ch 18:31; 20:6-27|
   .Jehoahaz, for victory over Hazael
      #2Ki 13:4|
   .Priests and Levites, when blessing the people
      #2Ch 30:27|
   .Hezekiah and Isaiah, for deliverance from Sennacherib
      #2Ki 19:14-20; 2Ch 32:20-23|
   .To save Hezekiah's life
      #2Ki 20:1-7,11; 2Ch 32:24|
   .Manasseh, for deliverance from the king of Babylon
      #2Ch 33:13,19|
   .The Reubenites, for deliverance from the Hagarites
      #1Ch 5:20|
   .The Jews, returning from the captivity
      #Ezr 8:21,23|
   .Ezekiel, to have the baking of his bread of affliction
    changed
      #Eze 4:12-15|
   .Daniel, for the interpretation of Nebuchadnezzars dream
      #Da 2:19-23|
   .Daniel, interceding for the people
      #Da 9:20-23|
   .Daniel, in a vision
      #Da 10:12|
   .Zacharias, for a son
      #Lu 1:13|
   .The leper, for healing
      #Mt 8:2,3; Mr 1:40-43; Lu 5:12,13|
   .Centurion, for his servant
      #Mt 8:5-13; Lu 7:3-10; Joh 4:50,51|
   .Peter, asking that Tabitha (Dorcas) be restored to life
      #Ac 9:40|
   .The disciples, for Peter
      #Ac 12:5-17|
   .Paul, to be restored to health
      #2Co 1:9-11|

 -CONFESSION IN
    #Le 5:5; 26:40; Nu 5:5-7; Jud 10:10,15; 1Sa 12:10; 1Ki 8:47;
    Ezr 9:6,15; Ne 1:6,7; 9:2,33-35; Job 7:20; 40:4,5; Ps 31:10;
    32:3,5; 38:4-8,10,18; 40:12; 51:3,4; 69:5; 106:6,7; 119:176;
    130:3; Pr 28:13; Isa 6:5; 59:12,13; Jer 3:13,25; 14:7,20; La
    1:18; 3:42; 5:16; Da 9:5-15|

 -IMPORTUNITY IN
    #Ge 18:23-32; 32:24-29; Ex 32:32; De 9:25; Jud 6:36-40;
    16:28; 1Sa 1:10,11; 12:23; 1Ki 8:22-30; Ezr 9:5,6; Ne 1:4-6;
    Ps 17:1,6; 22:1,2,19; 28:1,2; 35:22,23; 55:1,2,16,17; 57:2;
    61:1,2; 70:5; 86:3,6; 88:1,2,9,13; 102:1,2; 119:58,145-147;
    130:1,2; 141:1,2; 142:1,2; Isa 38:2,3; 62:7; 64:12; Da
    9:3,16-19; Jon 1:14; Hab 1:2; Mt 15:22-28; Mr 7:25-29; Lu
    7:3; 11:5-8; 18:1-7; 22:44; Ro 8:26; 2Co 12:8; Eph 6:18; Heb
    5:7|
   .INSTANCES OF IMPORTUNITY IN
     .Jacob
        #Ge 32:24-30|
   .Moses
      #Ex 33:12-16; 34:9|
   .Elijah
      #1Ki 18:22-44|
   .The two blind men of Jericho
      #Mt 20:30,31; Mr 10:48; Lu 18:39|
   .The non-Jewish, Syro-Phoenician woman
      #Mt 15:22-28; Mr 7:25-30|
   .The Roman centurion
      #Mt 8:5; Lu 7:3,4|

 -INTERCESSORY
   .See INTERCESSION
      ¯T0002531
   .See JESUS, MEDIATION OF
      ¯T0002780

 -OF WICKED PEOPLE NOT HEARD
   .See WICKED, PRAYER OF
      ¯T0005141

 -PLEAS OFFERED IN
    #Ge 32:9-12; Ex 32:11-13; 33:13; Nu 14:13-18; 16:22; De
    3:24,25; 9:18,25-29; Jos 7:8,9; 2Sa 7:25-29; 1Ki
    8:25,26,59,60; 18:36,37; 2Ki 19:15-19; 2Ch 14:11; Ne 1:8,9;
    9:32; Ps 4:1; 9:19,20; 25:6; 27:9; 31:3; 38:16; 69:6,13,16;
    71:18; 74:10,11,18-23; 79:10-12; 83:1,2,18; 86:1-5,17;
    89:49-51; 106:47; 109:21-27; 115:1,2; 119:38,42,43,49,73,94,
    116,124,145,146,149,153,173-176; 143:11,12; Isa 37:15-20;
    63:17-19; Jer 14:21; 18:20,21; La 3:56-63; Joe 2:17|

 -THANKSGIVING AND, BEFORE RECEIVING FOOD
    #Jos 9:14; 1Sa 9:13; Mt 14:19; 15:36; 26:26,27; Mr 6:41;
    8:6,7; 14:22,23; Lu 9:16; 22:19; Joh 6:11,23; Ac 27:35; Ro
    14:6; 1Co 10:30,31; 11:24; 1Ti 4:3-5|
 
$$T0003936
\PRAYERFULNESS\
 
 -General scriptures concerning
    #Ps 5:1-3; 42:8; 109:4; 116:2; Da 6:10; Lu 2:37; Ac 6:4;
    10:2,9; Ro 1:9; 12:12; Eph 1:15,16; Col 1:9; 1Th 3:10; 5:17;
    1Ti 5:5; 2Ti 1:3|
 
$$T0003937
\PRAYERLESSNESS\
 
 -General scriptures concerning
    #Job 15:4; 21:14,15; 27:10; Ps 14:4; 53:4; 79:6; Isa 43:22;
    64:7; Jer 10:21,25; Da 9:13; Ho 7:7; Jon 1:6; Zep 1:6|
 
$$T0003938
\PREACHING\
 
 -(The act of exhorting, prophesying, reproving, teaching)
 -Solomon called "the preacher" (Koheleth)
    #Ec 1:1,12|

 -Noah called "preacher,"
    #2Pe 2:5|

 -Sitting while
    #Mt 5:1; Lu 4:20; 5:3|

 -Moses was slow of speech
    #Ex 4:10-12|

 -Repentance, the subject of John the Baptist's
    #Mt 3:2; Mr 1:4,15; Lu 3:3|

 -Repentance, the subject of Christ's
    #Mt 4:17; Mr 1:15|

 -Repentance, the subject of the apostles
    #Mr 6:12|

 -"The Gospel of the Kingdom of God," the subject of Christ's
    #Mr 1:14,15; 2:2; Lu 8:1|

 -Christ crucified and risen, the burden of Paul's
    #Ac 17:3|

 -Effective
   .By Azariah
      #2Ch 15:1-15|
   .By Jonah
      #Jon 3|
   .By Peter and other apostles
      #Ac 2:14-41|
   .By Philip
      #Ac 8:5-12,27-38|
   .By Paul
      #Ac 9:20; 13:16-43|

 -See REVIVALS
    ¯T0004150

 -Impenitence under
   .Of Asa
      #2Ch 16:7-10|
   .Of Ahab
      #2Ch 18:7-26|
   .Of the Jews
      #Ac 13:46|

 -See OBDURACY
    ¯T0003615

 -See also MINISTER
    ¯T0003381

 -See CALL, PERSONAL
    ¯T0000947

 -UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
    #Ps 8:2; Mt 11:25,26; Lu 10:21; 1Co 1:17,18,21,23,27-29;
    2:1-8,12,13; 14:1-20,24,25; 2Co 2:14-16; 3:12,13; Col
    1:23-29; 1Th 1:5; 2:3-12; 1Ti 6:20,21; 2Ti 2:15,16; Tit 1:3;
    3:8,9|
 
$$T0003939
\PRECEPTS\
 
 -See COMMANDMENTS
    ¯T0001164

 -See LAW
    ¯T0003006
 
$$T0003940
\PRECIOUS STONES\
 
 -See STONES
    ¯T0004708
 
$$T0003941
\PREDESTINATION\
 
 -General scriptures concerning
    #Ge 21:12,13; Ex 9:16; 33:19; De 4:37; 7:7,8; 10:15; 32:8;
    Jos 11:20; 1Sa 12:22; 1Ki 12:15; 20:42; 2Ki 19:25; 2Ch 6:6;
    Job 23:13,14; Ps 33:12; 65:4; 78:67,68,70-72; 105:17-22;
    135:4; Pr 16:4; Isa 44:1,2,7; Jer 1:4,5; Mal 1:2,3; Mt
    11:25,26; 20:16,23; 22:14; 24:22,40,41; 25:34; 26:24; Mr
    13:20,22; 14:21; Lu 4:25-27; 8:10; 10:20; 17:34-36; 18:7;
    22:22; Joh 6:37,39,44,45; 15:16,19; 17:2,6,9; 21:23; Ac 1:7;
    2:23,39,47; 3:18; 4:28; 13:48; 17:26; 22:14; Ro 1:6;
    8:28-30,33; 9:7-33; 11:5,7,8; 1Co 1:26-29; 2:7; Ga 1:15; Eph
    1:4,5,9-11; 2:10; 3:11; Col 3:12; 1Th 1:4; 2:12; 2Th 2:13;
    2Ti 1:9; Tit 1:1,2; Jas 1:18; 1Pe 1:2,20; 2Pe 1:10; Jude
    1:4; Re 13:8|

 -EXEMPLIFIED
   .In the destruction of
     .Eli's sons
        #1Sa 2:25|
     .The Hivites
        #Jos 11:20|
     .The Philistines
        #Jud 14:4|
     .Ahaziah
        #2Ch 22:7|
     .Amaziah and the idolatrous Jews
        #2Ch 25:20|
   .In the covenant with Abraham to have posterity
      #Ge 21:12; Ne 9:7,8|
   .Zerubbabel
      #Hag 2:23|
   .The apostles
      #Joh 13:18; 15:19|
   .Jacob
      #Ro 9:12,13|
   .Rufus
      #Ro 16:13|
   .Paul
      #Ga 1:15|
   .See CONTINGENCIES
      ¯T0001214
 
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\PREPARATION DAY\
 
 -General scriptures concerning
    #Mt 27:62; Mr 15:42; Lu 23:54; Joh 19:14,31,42|
 
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\PRESCIENCE\
 
 -Of God
   .See GOD, FOREKNOWLEDGE OF
      ¯T0002043
 
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\PRESBYTER\
 
 -See ELDER
    ¯T0001548
 
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\PRESENT\

 -See GIFT
    ¯T0002027
 
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\PRESUMPTION\
 
 -General scriptures concerning
    #Ex 5:2; 14:11,12; 17:7; Nu 15:30; 16:41; 21:5; De 6:16;
    29:19,20; 1Ki 20:28; 22:24; Job 15:25; Ps 19:13; 131:1; Pr
    18:12,13; 25:6,7; Isa 5:18-25; 10:15; 14:13,14; 28:14-18,22;
    29:15,16,20; 45:9,10; 58:3; 65:5; Jer 23:34; Mt 4:5-7; Lu
    4:9-11; 12:18-20; 14:7-11; 18:11,12; Ro 1:32; 9:20,21; 1Co
    10:9-12; 2Th 2:3; Jas 4:13-16; 2Pe 2:10,11|

 -INSTANCES OF
   .Satan, when he said to Eve, "You will surely not die,"
      #Ge 3:1-5|
   .Builders of Babel
      #Ge 11:4|
   .Abraham, in questioning about Sodom
      #Ge 18:23-32|
   .Moses, in rebuking Jehovah
      #Nu 11:11-15,22|
   .Nadab and Abihu
      #Le 10:1,2|
   .Israelites, in ascending to the top of the hill against the
    Amalekites
      #Nu 14:44,45|
   .Complaining at Meribah
      #Ex 17:2,7|
   .In reviling God
      #Mal 1:6,7,12; 3:7,8,13|
   .Korah, Dathan, and Abiram
      #Nu 16:3|
   .Saul, in sacrificing
      #1Sa 13:8-14|
   .Sparing the Amalekites
      #1Sa 15:3,9-23|
   .Men of Beth-shemesh
      #1Sa 6:19|
   .Uzzah, in steadying the ark of the covenant
      #2Sa 6:6,7|
   .David's anger on account of Uzzah's death
      #2Sa 6:8|
   .David, in numbering Israel
      #2Sa 24:1-17|
   .Jeroboam
      #1Ki 13:4|
   .Ben-hadad
      #1Ki 20:10|
   .Uzziah
      #2Ch 26:16|
   .Sennacherib
      #2Ch 32:13,14|
   .Job, in cursing the day of his birth
      #Job 3|
   .Reproved by Eliphaz
      #Job 4; 5|
   .Jonah
      #Jon 4:1-8|
   .Peter
     .In objecting to Jesus' statement that Jesus must be killed
        #Mt 16:21-23; Mr 8:32|
     .In reflecting upon his knowledge when he asked, amid a
      throng, who touched Jesus
        #Lu 8:45|
     .In objecting to Jesus washing Peter's feet
        #Joh 13:8|
     .In asking Jesus, "What will this man do?"
        #Joh 21:20-22|
   .The disciples, in rebuking those who brought little children
    to Jesus
      #Mt 19:13; Mr 10:13,14; Lu 18:15|
   .The disciples, in their indignation at the anointing of
    Jesus
      #Mt 26:8,9; Mr 14:4,5; Joh 12:5|
   .Reproving Jesus
      #Joh 7:3-5|
   .James and John, in desiring to call down fire upon the
    Samaritans
      #Lu 9:54|
   .Those who reviled Jesus
      #Mt 27:42,43; Mr 15:29-32|
   .Theudas
      #Ac 5:36|
   .The sons of Sceva
      #Ac 19:13,14|
   .Diotrephes
      #3Jo 1:9|
   .See BLASPHEMSY, which is presumption
      ¯T0000825
   .See MOCKING
      ¯T0003420
   .See PRIDE
      ¯T0003948
 
$$T0003947
\PRETORIUM\
 
 -Also called PRAETORIUM, COMMON HALL, JUDGMENT HALL, and PALACE
    #Mt 27:27; Mr 15:16; Joh 18:28,33; 19:9; Ac 23:35; Php 1:13|
 
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\PRIDE\
 
 -General scriptures concerning
    #Ex 18:10,11; Le 26:19; De 8:11-14,17-20; Jud 9:14,15; 1Sa
    2:3-5; 1Ki 20:11; 2Ki 14:9,10; 2Ch 25:18,19; Job 11:12;
    12:2,3; 13:2,5; 15:1-13; 18:3; 21:31,32; 32:9-13; 37:24; Ps
    9:20; 10:2-6,11; 12:4; 18:27; 31:23; 49:11; 52:7; 73:6,8,9;
    75:4-6; 101:5; 119:21,69,70,78; 138:6; Pr 3:34; 6:16,17;
    8:13; 10:17; 11:2,12; 12:9,15; 13:10; 14:21;
    15:5,10,12,25,32; 16:5,18,19; 17:19; 18:11,12; 20:6;
    21:4,24; 25:14,27; 26:5,12,16; 27:2; 28:11,25; 29:8,23;
    30:12,13; Isa 2:11-17; 3:16-26; 5:8,15; 9:9,10; 10:5-16;
    13:11; 14:12-16; 16:6,7; 22:16,19; 23:7,9; 24:4,21; 26:5;
    28:3; 47:4-10; Jer 9:23,24; 13:9,15,17; 48:7,14,15,29;
    49:4,16; 50:31,32; Eze 16:56; 28:2-9,17; 30:6; 31:10-14; Da
    4:37; 11:45; Ho 5:5; 7:10; 10:11; Ob 1:3,4; Na 3:19; Hab
    2:4,5,9; Zep 2:10,15; 3:11; Mal 4:1; Mt 20:26,27;
    23:6-8,10-12; Mr 7:21; 10:43; 12:38,39; Lu 1:51,52; 9:46;
    11:43; 14:8,9; 18:14; 20:45-47; Ro 1:22,29,30; 11:17-21,25;
    12:3,16; 1Co 1:29; 3:18; 4:6-8,10; 5:2,6; 8:1,2; 10:12;
    13:4; 14:38; 2Co 10:5,12,18; 12:7; Ga 6:3; Eph 4:17; Php
    2:3; 1Ti 2:9; 3:6; 6:3,4,17; 2Ti 3:2,4; Jas 3:1; 4:6; 1Pe
    5:3,5; 1Jo 2:16; Re 3:17,18; 18:7,8|

 -See RICH, THE
    ¯T0004164

 -INSTANCES OF
   .Ahithophel
      #2Sa 17:23|
   .Naaman, refusing to wash in the Jordan River
      #2Ki 5:11-13|
   .Hezekiah, in displaying his resources
      #2Ki 20:13; 2Ch 32:31; Isa 39:2|
   .Uzziah
      #2Ch 26:16-19|
   .Haman
      #Es 3:5; 5:11,13; 6:6; 7:10|
   .Kings of Tyre
      #Eze 28:2|
   .Nebuchadnezzar
      #Da 4:30-34; 5:20|
   .See AMBITION
      ¯T0000245
 
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\PRIEST\
 
 -BEFORE MOSES
   .Melchizedek
      #Ge 14:18; Heb 5:6,10,11; 6:20; 7:1-21|
   .Jethro
      #Ex 2:16|
   .Priests in Israel before the giving of the law
      #Ex 19:22,24|
   .Called "angel,"
      #Ec 5:6|

 -THE TIME OF MOSES
    #Ex 28:1-4; 29:9,44; Nu 3:10; 18:7; 1Ch 23:13|
   .Hereditary, descent of office
      #Ex 27:21; 28:43; 29:9|
   .Consecration of
      #Ex 29:1-9,19-35; 40:12-16; Le 6:20-23; 8:6-35; Heb 7:21|
   .Is holy
      #Le 21:6,7; 22:9,16|
   .Ablutions of
      #Ex 40:30-32; Le 16:24|
   .See CONSECRATION OF, above
   .Must be without blemish
      #Le 21:17-23|
   .Vestments of
      #Ex 28:2-43; 39:1-29; Le 6:10,11; 8:13; Eze 44:17-19|
   .Don vestments in the temple area
      #Eze 42:14; 44:19|
   .Atonement for
      #Le 16:6,24; Eze 44:27|
   .Defilement and purification of
      #Eze 44:25,26|
   .Marriage of
      #Le 21:7-15; Eze 44:22|
   .Chambers for, in the temple area
      #Eze 40:45,46|
   .Exempt from tax
      #Ezr 7:24|
   .Armed and organized for war at the time of the disaffection
    toward Saul
      #1Ch 12:27,28|
   .Beard and hair of
      #Eze 44:20|
   .Twenty-four divisions (shifts) of
      #1Ch 24:1-19; 28:13,21; 2Ch 8:14; 31:2; 35:4,5; Ezr
      2:36-39; Ne 13:30|
   .Chosen by lot
      #Lu 1:8,9,23|
   .Usurpations of office of
      #Nu 3:10; 16; 18:7; 2Ch 26:18|
   .Priests who were not from the sons of Levi were appointed by
    Jeroboam
      #1Ki 12:31; 13:33|
   .See LEVITES
      ¯T0003047
   .See MINISTERS
      ¯T0003381

 -DUTIES OF
   .To offer sacrifices
      #Le 1:4-17; 2:2,16; 3:5,11,13,16; 4:5-12,17,25,26,30-35;
      1Ch 16:40; 2Ch 13:11; 29:34; 35:11-14; Ezr 6:20; Heb
      10:11|
   .See OFFERINGS
      ¯T0003632
   .To offer the firstfruits
      #Le 23:10,11; De 26:3,4|
   .Pronounce benedictions
      #Nu 6:22-27; De 21:5; 2Ch 30:27|
   .Teach the law
      #Le 10:11; De 24:8; 27:14; 31:9-13; 33:10; Jer 2:8; Mal
      2:7|
   .Light the lamps in the tabernacle
      #Ex 27:20,21; 2Ch 13:11; Le 24:3,4|
   .Keep the sacred fire always burning
      #Le 6:12,13|
   .To furnish a quota of wood for the sanctuary
      #Ne 10:34|
   .Responsible for the sanctuary
      #Nu 4:5-15; 18:1,5,7|
   .To act as scribes
      #Ezr 7:1-6; Ne 8:9|
   .Be present at and supervise the tithing
      #Ne 10:38|
   .Sound the trumpet in summoning assemblies and in battle
      #Nu 10:2-10; 31:6; Jos 6; 2Ch 13:12|
   .Examine lepers
     .See LEPROSY
        ¯T0003040
   .Purify the unclean
      #Le 15:31|
   .See DEFILEMENT
      ¯T0001369
   .Valuate things devoted
      #Le 27:8,12|
   .Officiate in the Holy Place
      #Heb 9:6|
   .Chiefs of Levites
      #Nu 3:9,32; 4:19,28,33; 1Ch 9:20|
   .To act as magistrates
      #Nu 5:14-31; De 17:8-13; 19:17; 21:5; 2Ch 19:8; Eze
      44:23,24|
   .To encourage the army on the eve of battle
      #De 20:2-4|
   .Carry the ark of the covenant
     .Through the Jordan River
        #Jos 3; 4:15-18|
     .In battle
        #1Sa 4:3-5|

 -BENEFITS OF
   .No part of the land of Canaan allowed to
      #Nu 18:20; De 10:9; 14:27; 18:1,2; Jos 13:14,33; 14:3;
      18:7; Eze 44:28|
   .Provided with cities and suburbs
      #Le 25:32-34; Nu 35:2-8; Jos 21:1-4,13-19,41,42; 1Ch
      6:57-60; Ne 11:11,20; Eze 45:1-6; 48:8-20|
   .Own lands sanctified to the Lord
      #Le 27:21|
   .Tithes of the tithes
      #Nu 18:8-18,26-32; Ne 10:38|
   .Part of the plunder of war, including captives
      #Nu 31:25-29|
   .Firstfruits
      #Le 23:20; 24:9; Nu 18:12,13,17,18; De 18:3-5; Ne 10:36|
   .Redemption money
      #Le 27:23|
   .Of the firstborn
      #Nu 3:46-51; 18:15,16|
   .Things devoted
      #Le 27:21; Nu 5:9,10; 18:14|
   .Fines
      #Le 5:16; 22:14; Nu 5:8|
   .Trespass money and other trepass offerings
      #Le 5:15,18; Nu 18:9; 2Ki 12:16|
   .The shewbread
      #Ex 25:30; Le 24:5-9; 2Ch 2:4; 13:11; Ne 10:33; Mt 12:4;
      Heb 9:2|
   .Portions of sacrifices and offerings
      #Ex 29:27-34; Le 2:2,3,9,10; 5:12,13,16; 6:15-18,26;
      7:6-10,31-34; 10:12-14; 14:12,13; Nu 6:19,20; 18:8-19; De
      18:3-5; 1Sa 2:13,14; Eze 44:28-31; 45:1-4; 1Co 9:13|
   .Regulations by Hezekiah concerning benefits to the priests
      #2Ch 31:4-19|
   .Portion of land allotted to, in redistribution in Ezekiel's
    vision
      #Eze 48:8-14|
   .For the sustenance of their families
      #Le 22:11-13; Nu 18:11,19|

 -FIGURATIVE
    #Ex 19:6; Isa 61:6; 1Pe 2:9; Re 1:6; 5:10; 20:6|

 -HIGH PRIEST
 -(Moses did not denominate Aaron chief or high priest)
 -(The function he served was superior to that of other priests)
   .The title appears after the institution of the office
      #Le 21:10-15; Nu 3:32|
   .For qualifications, consecration, etc
     .See under the general topic above, PRIEST, MOSAIC
      INSTITUTION OF
   .Vestments of
      #Ex 28:2-43; 39:1-31; Le 8:7-9|
   .Respect due to
      #Ac 23:5|
   .DUTIES OF
     .Had charge of the sanctuary and altar
        #Nu 18:2,5,7|
   .To offer sacrifices
      #Heb 5:1; 8:3|
   .To designate subordinate priests for duty
      #Nu 4:19; 1Sa 2:36|
   .To officiate in consecrations of Levites
      #Nu 8:11-21|
   .To have charge of the treasury
      #2Ki 12:10; 22:4; 2Ch 24:6-14; 34:9|
   .To light the lamps of the tabernacle
      #Ex 27:20,21; 30:8; Le 24:3,4; Nu 8:3|
   .To burn incense
      #Ex 30:7,8; 1Sa 2:28; 1Ch 23:13|
   .To place shewbread on the table every Sabbath
      #Le 24:8|
   .To offer for his own sins of ignorance
      #Le 4:3-12|
   .On the Day of Atonement
      #Ex 30:10; Le 16; Heb 5:3; 9:7,22,23|
   .Judicial
      #Nu 5:15; De 17:8-13; 1Sa 4:18; Ho 4:4; Mt 26:3,50,57,62;
      Ac 5:21-28; 23:1-5|
   .To count the people
      #Nu 1:3|
   .Officiate at the choice of a ruler
      #Nu 27:18,19,21|
   .Distribute the plunder of war
      #Nu 31:26-29|
   .Benefits of
     .See PRIEST, BENEFITS OF, above
   .A second priest, under the high priest
      #Nu 3:32; 4:16; 31:6; 1Ch 9:20; 2Sa 15:24; 2Ki 25:18; Lu
      3:2|

 -MISCELLANEOUS FACTS CONCERNING
   .Loyal to Rehoboam at the time of the revolt of the ten
    tribes
      #2Ch 11:13|
   .Zeal of, in purging the temple
      #2Ch 29:4-17|
   .Wickedness of
      #2Ch 36:14|
   .Taken with the captivity to Babylon
      #Jer 29:1|
   .Return from the captivity
      #Ezr 1:5; 2:36-39,61,70; 3:8; 7:7; 8:24-30; Ne
      7:39-42,63-73; 10:1-8; 12:1-7|
   .Polluted by marrying idolatrous wives
      #Ezr 9:1,2; 10:5,18,19; Ne 10:28|
   .Restore the altar, and offer sacrifices
      #Ezr 3:1-7|
   .Supervise the building of the new temple
      #Ezr 3:8-13|
   .Inquire of John the Baptist to see if he might be the
    Messiah
      #Joh 1:19|
   .Conspire to destroy Jesus
      #Mt 26:3-5,14,15,47,51; Mr 14:10,11,43-47,53-66; 15:1; Lu
      22:2-6,50,54,66-71; 23:1,2; Joh 11:47; 19:15,16,18|
   .Put on trial and condemn Jesus
      #Mt 26:57-68; 27:1,2; Mr 14:53-65; Lu 22:54-71; 23:13-24;
      Joh 18:15-32|
   .Incite the people to ask that Barabbas be released and Jesus
    be destroyed
      #Mt 27:20; Mr 15:11; Lu 23:18|
   .Persecute the disciples
      #Ac 22:5|
   .Reprove and threaten Peter and John
      #Ac 4:6-21; 5:17-41|
   .Put on trial, condemn, and stone Stephen
      #Ac 6:12-15; 7|
   .Paul brought before
      #Ac 22:30; 23:1-5|
   .Corrupt
      #Jer 23:11,12; Eze 22:26; Lu 10:31|
   .Instances of
     .Eli's sons
        #1Sa 2:12-17,22|
     .Of the captivity
        #Ezr 9:1,2; 10:18-22; Ne 13:4-9,13,28,29|
     .Zealous
        #1Ch 9:10-13|
   .Priestly office performed by prophets
      #1Sa 16:5|