DEATH

• Miscellaneous Subjects
  • Called GIVING UP THE GHOST Gen. 25:8; 35:29; Lam. 1:19; Acts 5:10
  • KING OF TERRORS Job 18:14
  • A CHANGE Job 14:14
  • GOING TO THY FATHERS Gen. 15:15; 25:8; 35:29
  • PUTTING OFF THIS TABERNACLE 2 Pet. 1:14
  • REQUIRING THE SOUL Lk. 12:20
  • GOING THE WAY WHENCE THERE IS NO RETURN Job 16:22
  • BEING GATHERED TO OUR PEOPLE Gen. 49:33
  • GOING DOWN INTO SILENCE Ps. 115:17
  • RETURNING TO DUST Gen. 3:19; Ps. 104:29
  • BEING CUT DOWN Job 14:2
  • FLEEING AS A SHADOW Job 14:2
  • DEPARTING Phil. 2:23
• Called SLEEP Dt. 31:16; Job 7:21; 14:12; Jer. 51:39; Dan. 12:2; Jn. 11:11; Acts 7:60; 13:36; 1 Cor. 15:6, 18, 51; 1 Th. 4:14,15
• EXEMPTION FROM
  • Enoch Gen. 5:24; Heb. 11:5
  • Elijah 2 Ki. 2
  • Promised to saints at the second coming of Christ 1 Cor. 15:51; 1 Th. 4:15, 17
  • No death in heaven Lk. 20:36; Rev. 21:4
• DESIRED Jer. 8:3; Rev. 9:6
  • By Moses Num. 11:15
  • Elijah 1 Ki. 19:4
  • Job Job 3; 6:8-11; 7:1-3, 15,16; 10:1; 14:13
  • Jonah Jonah 4:8
  • Simeon Lk. 2:29
  • Paul 2 Cor. 5:2, 8; Phil. 1:20-23
• AS A JUDGMENT
  • Upon the Antediluvians Gen. 6:7, 11-13
  • Sodomites Gen. 19:12,13, 24,25
  • Saul 1 Chr. 10:13,14
• SYMBOLIZED
  • By the pale horse Rev. 6:8
  • King of Terrors Job 18:14
• APOSTROPHE TO Hos. 13:14; 1 Cor. 15:55
• UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO Gen. 2:17; 3:19; 27:2; Dt. 32:39; Josh. 23:14; 1 Sam. 2:6; 20:2,3; 2 Sam. 1:23; 14:14; Job 1:21; 3:13, 17-19; 7:1, 8-10, 21; 10:21,22; 14:2, 5-12, 14, 19-21; 16:22; 17:13,14, 16; 21:23, 25,26, 32,33; 30:23; 34:14,15; 36:18,19; 38:17; Ps. 6:5; 23:4; 30:9; 39:4, 13; 49:7, 9; 68:20; 82:7; 88:9-14; 89:48; 90:3; 103:14-16; 104:29; 115:17; 143:3; 144:4; 146:4; Eccl. 2:14-18; 3:2, 19-21; 4:2; 5:15; 6:6, 10; 7:1,2, 15; 8:8; 9:3, 5,6, 10; 12:5, 7; Isa. 25:8; 38:1, 10-13, 18; 40:7; 51:12; Jer. 9:21; Hos. 13:14; Zech. 1:5; Mt. 10:28; Lk. 20:34-38; 23:39-43; Jn. 9:4; Rom. 5:12, 14; 1 Cor. 15:21,22, 26, 55-57; 1 Tim. 6:7; 2 Tim. 1:10; Heb. 2:14,15; 9:27; 13:14; Jas. 1:10,11; 1 Pet. 1:24; Rev. 1:18; 20:12-14; 21:4
• PREPARATION FOR Dt. 32:29; 2 Ki. 20:1; Ps. 39:4, 13; 90:12; Eccl. 9:4, 10; 11:7,8; Isa. 38:18,19; Lk. 12:35-37; Jn. 9:4; Rom. 14:8; Phil. 1:21; Heb. 13:14; Jas. 4:15; 1 Pet. 1:17
• OF THE RIGHTEOUS Num. 23:10; 2 Sam. 12:23; 2 Ki. 22:19,20; Ps. 23:4; 31:5; 37:37; 49:15; 73:24; 116:15; Pr. 14:32; Eccl. 7:1; Isa. 57:1,2; Dan. 12:13; Lk. 2:29; 16:22; 23:43; Jn. 11:11; Acts 7:59; Rom. 14:7,8; 1 Cor. 3:21-23; 15:51-57; 2 Cor. 1:9,10; 5:1, 4, 8; Phil. 1:20,21, 23,24; 1 Th. 4:13,14; 5:9,10; 2 Tim. 4:6-8; Heb. 2:14,15; 11:13; 2 Pet. 1:11, 14; Rev. 14:13
• SCENES OF
  • DEATH OF ISAAC Gen. 27:1-4, 22-40
  • DEATH OF JACOB Gen. 49:1-33; Heb. 11:21
  • DEATH OF MOSES Dt. 31:14-30; 32:1-52; 33:1-29; 34:1-7
  • DEATH OF DAVID 1 Ki. 2:1-10
  • DEATH OF ZECHARIAH 2 Chr. 24:22
  • DEATH OF JESUS Mt. 27:34-53; Mk. 15:23-38; Lk. 23:27-49; Jn. 19:16-30
  • DEATH OF STEPHEN Acts 7:59,60
  • DEATH OF PAUL 2 Tim. 4:6-8
• OF THE WICKED Num. 16:30; 1 Sam. 25:38; 2 Chr. 21:6, 20; Job 4:21; 18:14, 18; 20:4,5, 8, 11; 21:13, 17,18, 23-26; 24:20, 24; 27:8, 19-23; 34:20; 36:12, 14, 18, 20; Ps. 37:1,2, 9,10, 35,36; 49:7, 9,10, 14, 17, 19,20; 55:23; 58:9; 73:3,4, 17-20; 78:50; 92:7; Pr. 2:22; 5:22,23; 10:25, 27; 11:7, 10; 13:9; 14:32; 21:16; 24:20; 29:1, 16; Eccl. 8:10; Isa. 14:11, 15; 17:14; 26:14; Jer. 16:3,4; Ezek. 28:8, 10; Amos 9:10; Lk. 12:20; 16:22-28; Acts 5:3-10; 1 Th. 5:3
• SPIRITUAL Lk. 1:79; Jn. 5:24-26; 6:50,51, 53; 11:26; Rom. 5:12, 15; 7:11; 8:5,6, 12,13; 2 Cor. 5:14; Eph. 2:1, 5,6; 4:18; 5:14; Col. 2:13; 1 Tim. 5:6; 1 Pet. 2:24; 1 Jn. 5:12
  • See DEPRAVITY
  • See MAN, STATE OF AFTER THE FALL
  • See REPROBACY
• SECOND Pr. 14:12; Ezek. 18:4, 10, 13, 21, 23,24; 33:8,9, 11, 14-16; Mt. 7:13; 10:28; 25:30, 41, 46; Mk. 9:43,44; Rom. 1:32; 6:16, 21, 23; 8:13; 9:22; 2 Th. 1:9; Jas. 1:15; 4:12; 2 Pet. 2:12; Rev. 2:11; 19:20; 20:14; 21:8
  • See HELL
  • See WICKED, PUNISHMENT OF
• FIGURATIVE OF REGENERATION Rom. 6:2-11; 7:1-10; 8:10,11; Col. 2:20
  • See DEAD
  • See REGENERATION

DEBIR

1. King of Eglon Josh. 10:3-27
2. A town in the mountains of Judah
   • Also called KIRJATH-SANNAH, and KIRJATH-SEPHER, which signifies a city of books Josh. 15:15,16
   • Anakim expelled from, by Joshua Josh. 11:21
   • Taken by Othniel Josh. 15:15-17, 49; Judg. 1:12,13
   • Allotted to the Aaronites Josh. 21:15
3. A place near the valley of Achor Josh. 15:7

DEBORAH

1. Nurse to Rebecca Gen. 24:59
   • Buried beneath an oak tree near Beth-el Gen. 35:8
2. The prophetess, a judge of Israel Judg. 4:4,5; 5:7
   • Inspires Barak to defeat Sisera Judg. 4:6-16
   • The triumphant song of Judg. 5

DEBT

• General scriptures concerning Rom. 13:8
• SECURITY FOR Ex. 22:25-27; Dt. 24:6, 10-13; Neh. 5:3,4; Job 22:6; 24:9; Pr. 11:15; 22:26; Amos 2:8
• See DEBTOR
• See CREDITOR
• See SURETY

DEBTOR

• LAWS CONCERNING Ex. 21:2-6; 22:10-15; Lev. 25:14-17, 25-41, 47-55; Neh. 10:31; Mt. 5:25,26, 40; 18:25
• UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO 2 Ki. 4:1-7; Neh. 5:3-5; Job 20:18,19; Mt. 18:23-33; Lk. 20:9-16
• See CREDITOR
• See DEBT
• See SURETY

DECALOGUE

• Written by God Ex. 24:12; 31:18; 32:16; Dt. 5:22; 9:10; Hos. 8:12
• Divine authority of Ex. 20:1; 34:27,28; Dt. 5:4-22
• Called WORDS OF THE COVENANT Ex. 34:28; Dt. 4:13
• TABLES OF TESTIMONY Ex. 31:18; 34:29; 40:20
• See COMMANDMENTS Ex. 20:1-17; Dt. 5:7-21; Mt. 19:18,19; 22:34-40; Lk. 10:25-28; Rom. 13:8-10

DECAPOLIS

• Ten cities situated in one district on the east of the Sea of Galilee Mt. 4:25; Mk. 5:20; 7:31

DECEIT

• Is falsehood Ps. 119:118
• The tongue is an instrument of Rom. 3:13
• Comes from the heart Mk. 7:22
• Characteristic of the heart Jer. 17:9
• God abhors Ps. 5:6
• Forbidden Pr. 24:28; 1 Pet. 3:10
• Christ was perfectly free from Isa. 53:9; with 1 Pet. 2:22
• Saints
  • Free from Ps. 24:4; Zeph. 3:13; Rev. 14:5
  • Purpose against Job 27:4
  • Avoid Job 31:5
  • Shun those addicted to Ps. 101:7
  • Pray for deliverance from those who use Ps. 43:1; 120:2
  • Delivered from those who use Ps. 72:14
  • Should beware of those who teach Eph. 5:6; Col. 2:8
  • Should lay aside, in seeking truth 1 Pet. 2:1
• Ministers should lay aside 2 Cor. 4:2; 1 Th. 2:3
• The wicked are full of Rom. 1:29
• Devise Ps. 35:20; 38:12; Pr. 12:5
• Utter Ps. 10:7; 36:3
• Work Pr. 11:18
• Increase in 2 Tim. 3:13
• Use, to each other Jer. 9:5
• Use, to themselves Jer. 37:9; Oba. 1:3-7
• Delight in Pr. 20:17
• False teachers are workers of 2 Cor. 11:13
• Preach Jer. 14:14; 23:26
• Impose on others by Rom. 16:18; Eph. 4:14
• Sport themselves with 2 Pet. 2:13
• Hypocrites devise Job 15:35
• Hypocrites practice Hos. 11:12
• False witnesses use Pr. 12:17
• A characteristic of antichrist 2 Jn. 1:7
• Characteristic of the apostasy 2 Th. 2:10
• Evil of
  • Hinders knowledge of God Jer. 9:6
• Keeps from turning to God Jer. 8:5
• Leads
  • To pride and oppression Jer. 5:27,28
  • To lying Pr. 14:25
• Often accompanied by fraud and injustice Ps. 10:7; 43:1
• Hatred often concealed by Pr. 26:24-26
• The folly of fools is Pr. 14:8
• The kisses of an enemy are Pr. 27:6
• Blessedness of being free from Ps. 24:4,5; 32:2
• Punishment of Ps. 55:23; Jer. 9:7-9
• See CONFIDENCE, FALSE
• See DECEPTION
• See FALSEHOOD
• See FLATTERY
• See HYPOCRISY

DECEPTION

• INSTANCES OF
  • By Satan Gen. 3:4
  • Abraham, in stating that Sarah was his sister Gen. 12:13; 20:2
  • Isaac, in stating that his wife was his sister Gen. 26:7
  • Jacob and Rebekah, in imposing Jacob on his father, and Jacob's impersonating Esau Gen. 27:6-23
  • Jacob's sons, in entrapping the Shechemites Gen. 34:13-31
    • In representing to their father that Joseph had been destroyed by wild beasts Gen. 37:29-35
  • Joseph, in his ruse with his brothers Gen. 42; 43; 44
  • The Gibeonites, in misrepresenting their habitat Josh. 9:3-15
  • Ehud deceives Eglon, and kills him Judg. 3:15-30
  • Delilah deceives Samson Judg. 16:4-20
  • David feigns madness 1 Sam. 21:10-15
  • Amnon deceives Tamar by feigning sickness 2 Sam. 13:6-14
  • Hushai deceives Absalom 2 Sam. 16:15-19
  • Sanballat tries to deceive Nehemiah Neh. 6
  • By Absalom
    • When he avenged his sister 2 Sam. 13:24-28
    • When he began his conspiracy 2 Sam. 15:7
  • The old prophet 1 Ki. 13:18
  • Gehazi 2 Ki. 5:20
  • Job's friends Job 6:15
  • Doeg Ps. 52:2
  • Herod Mt. 2:8
  • Pharisees Mt. 22:16
  • Chief priests Mk. 14:1
  • Lawyer Lk. 10:25
  • Ananias and Sapphira Acts 5:1
  • See DECEIT
  • See HYPOCRISY
  • See FALSEHOOD
  • See FALSE WITNESS
• SELF
  • See CONFIDENCE, FALSE
  • See FLATTERY

DECISION

• General scriptures concerning Dt. 30:19; Josh. 23:8; 24:15; 1 Sam. 12:20; 1 Ki. 18:21; Ps. 37:34; 69:13; Pr. 4:25-27; Isa. 50:7; Mt. 10:22; 11:6; 24:13; 25:23; Mk. 13:13; Lk. 7:23; Jn. 8:31; 15:4,5, 7, 9; Acts 11:23; 13:43; 14:22; Rom. 2:7; 8:38,39; 11:22; 1 Cor. 15:8; 16:13; Gal. 5:1, 10; 6:9; Eph. 4:14; 6:13; Phil. 1:27; 4:1; Col. 1:23; 1 Th. 3:8, 13; 2 Th. 2:15, 17; 3:13; 2 Tim. 1:13,14; 2:1, 3; 3:14; Tit. 1:7, 9; Heb. 2:1; 3:6-8, 14; 4:14; 10:23, 35; 12:1; 13:9, 13; Jas. 1:4, 12, 25; 1 Pet. 1:13; 5:8,9; 2 Pet. 1:10,11; 3:17,18; 1 Jn. 2:24, 28; 2 Jn. 1:8; Jude 1:20,21; Rev. 2:7, 10,11, 17, 25,26; 3:5, 11,12, 21; 15:2; 21:7; 22:11
• EXHORTATION TO Josh. 1:7; 1 Chr. 16:15; 2 Chr. 19:11; Mt. 4:17; 6:24; 8:21,22; 10:32; 12:30; Lk. 9:59-62; 11:23; 12:8; 16:13; 17:32; Col. 2:6,7; 1 Tim. 6:11-14
• INSTANCES OF
  • ABEL Heb. 11:4
  • ENOCH Heb. 11:5,6
  • NOAH Heb. 11:7
  • ABRAHAM Heb. 11:8, 17-19
  • JACOB Gen. 28:20,21
  • JOSEPH Gen. 39:7-20
  • MOSES Heb. 11:24-26; Num. 12:7; Heb. 3:5
  • ISRAELITES Ex. 19:7,8; 24:3, 7; Dt. 4:4; 5:27; 26:17; 29:12; Josh. 22:34; 24:21-25; 1 Ki. 19:18; 2 Ki. 11:17; 2 Chr. 11:16; 13:10,11; 15:12, 15; 23:16; 29:10; Ezra 10:3-44; Neh. 9:38; 10:1-39; Ps. 50:5; Jer. 34:15; 42:5,6; 50:5; Hos. 11:12
  • CALEB Num. 14:6-10, 24, 37,38; Dt. 1:36; Josh. 14:14
  • BALAAM Num. 22:15-18
  • PHINEHAS Num. 25:7-13
  • JOSHUA Josh. 24:15, 18-24
  • GIDEON Judg. 6:25-40; 7
  • RUTH Ruth 1:16; 1 Sam. 11:4-7
  • ABIGAIL 1 Sam. 25:4-37
  • DAVID 1 Sam. 17:20-54; 2 Sam. 22:22-24; Ps. 17:3; 26:6, 11; 40:9,10; 56:12; 66:16; 71:17; 86:11; 101:2,3; 108:1; 57:7,8; 116:9, 13,14, 16; 119:8, 30,31, 38, 44-46, 57, 94, 106, 115, 125, 145,146; 143:12
  • A PROPHET 1 Ki. 13:8-10
  • ELIJAH 1 Ki. 18:22
  • JEHOSHAPHAT 1 Ki. 22:7; 2 Chr. 18:6
  • NAAMAN 2 Ki. 5:15, 17
  • JEHU 2 Ki. 9:11-37; 10
  • HEZEKIAH 2 Ki. 18:6; 2 Chr. 15:17
  • JOASH 2 Ki. 22:2; 23:3, 25; 2 Chr. 34:31
  • NEHEMIAH Neh. 6:11
  • MORDECAI Esther 3:2,3
  • ESTHER Esther 4:16
  • JOB Job 2:3; 23:11,12
  • MATTHEW Mt. 9:9
  • JOSEPH Mk. 15:43
  • NATHANIEL Jn. 1:49
  • MARTHA Jn. 11:27
  • THE DISCIPLES Lk. 18:28; Jn. 6:68,69; Acts 2:42; 9:29; 26:6; Rom. 1:16; Phil. 1:20,21; Col. 2:5; 2 Tim. 4:7,8
  • EPHESIANS Rev. 2:2,3
  • CHURCH OF SARDIS Rev. 3:4, 8, 10
  • SAINTS Rev. 14:4
• See CHARACTER
• See INDECISION
• See INSTABILITY
• See PERSEVERANCE
• See STABILITY
• See ZEAL, RELIGIOUS

DECISION, VALLEY OF

• General scriptures concerning Joel 3:14

DECREES

• Of the Medes, irrevocable Dan. 6:14,15
• From the congregation in Jerusalem Acts 16:4; with 15:28,29

DECREES, DIVINE

• See PREDESTINATION

DEDAN

1. Son of Raamah Gen. 10:7; 1 Chr. 1:9
2. Son of Jokshan Gen. 25:3; 1 Chr. 1:32
3. A country, probably bordering on Edom Jer. 49:8; Ezek. 25:13; 27:15, 20; 38:13

DEDANIM

• Descendants of Dedan Isa. 21:13

DEDICATION

• Law concerning dedicated things Lev. 27; Num. 18:14; 1 Chr. 26:26,27
  • Must be without blemish Lev. 22:18-23; Mal. 1:14
  • Not redeemable Lev. 27:28,29
  • Offering must be voluntary Lev. 1:3; 22:19
    • See OFFERINGS
    • See VOWS
• Of the tabernacle Num. 7
  • Solomon's temple 1 Ki. 8; 2 Chr. 7:5
  • Second temple Ezra 6:16,17
• Of the wall of Jerusalem Neh. 12:27-43
• Of houses Dt. 20:5
• Of Samuel by his mother 1 Sam. 1:11, 22
• OF SELF
  • See CONSECRATION
• For instances of liberality in dedicated things
  • See LIBERALITY
• See FEAST OF DEDICATION Jn. 10:22; 1 Ki. 8:65; 2 Chr. 7:8-10

DEED

• To land Jer. 32:12, 14; 44
• See LAND

DEER

• Also called, FALLOW DEER, HART, HIND, ROEBUCK
  • Designated among the ceremonially clean animals, to be eaten Dt. 12:15; 14:5
  • Provided for Solomon's household 1 Ki. 4:23
  • Fleetness of 2 Sam. 2:18; 1 Chr. 12:8; Pr. 6:5; Song 8:14; Isa. 35:6
  • Surefootedness of 2 Sam. 22:34
  • Gentleness of Pr. 5:19
  • Coloring of Jer. 14:5

DEFENSE

• (An argument made before a court)
  • Of Jeremiah Jer. 26:12-16
  • Of Peter Acts 4:8-13; 5:23-29
  • Of Stephen Acts 7
  • Of Paul Acts 22; 23:1-6; 24:10-21; 26:1-23
• Military defenses
  • See FORT
  • See ARMIES

DEFILEMENT

• Laws relating to Lev. 7:18-21; 11:43; 22:2-7
• Caused by
  • Leprosy Lev. 13:3, 44-46; 14; 22:4-7
  • Gonorrhea Lev. 15:1-15; 22:4
  • Copulation Lev. 15:17
  • Spermatorrhea Lev. 15:16,17
  • Childbirth Lev. 12:2-8; Lk. 2:22
  • Menses Lev. 15:19-33; 2 Sam. 11:4
  • Touching the dead Num. 19:11-22; 31:19,20
  • Touching the carcass of any ceremonially unclean animal Lev. 11:39,40; 17:15,16; 22:8
  • Touching carcass of an unclean thing Lev. 5:2-13; 11:8, 24-28, 31-38; 14:46-57; 15:5-11; Dt. 23:10,11
  • Killing in battle Num. 31:19,20
• Contact with sinners falsely supposed to cause Jn. 18:28
• Of priests Lev. 16:26, 28; Num. 19:7-10; Ezek. 44:25,26
• Egyptian usage, concerning Gen. 43:32
• See ABLUTION
• See PURIFICATION
• See UNCLEANNESS

DEFORMITY

• See BLEMISH

DEGREES

• Or steps in the dial of Ahaz 2 Ki. 20:9-11

DEHAVITES

• General scriptures concerning Ezra 4:9

DEKAR

• Father of one of Solomon's purveyors 1 Ki. 4:9

DELAIAH

1. Head of the twenty-third division of the priestly order 1 Chr. 24:18
2. A prince of Judah Jer. 36:12, 25
3. A progenitor of certain Babylonish captives Ezra 2:60; Neh. 7:62
4. Father of a false prophet Neh. 6:10
5. A descendant of the loyal line of Judah
   • Also called DALAIAH 1 Chr. 3:24

DELILAH

• Samson's mistress Judg. 16:4-18

DELIVERANCE

• See AFFLICTION
• See GOD, PROVIDENCE OF
• See PRAYER, ANSWERED

DELIVERER

• An appellation of Jesus Rom. 11:26

DELUGE

• See FLOOD

DELUSION, SELF

• See SELF-DELUSION

DEMAGOGISM

• INSTANCES OF
  • Absalom 2 Sam. 15:2-6
  • Pilate Mt. 27:17-26; Mk. 15:15; Lk. 23:13-24; Jn. 18:38-40; 19:6-13
  • Felix Acts 24:27
  • Herod (Agrippa I) Acts 12:3

DEMAS

• A companion of Paul Col. 4:14; Ph'm 1:24
• Deserts Paul 2 Tim. 4:10

DEMETRIUS

1. A silversmith, noted for raising a riot Acts 19:24-38
2. A Christian mentioned in 3 Jn. 1:12

DEMONS

• Worship of Lev. 17:7; Dt. 32:17; 2 Chr. 11:15; Ps. 106:37; Mt. 4:9; Lk. 4:7; 1 Cor. 10:20,21; 1 Tim. 4:1; Rev. 13:4
  • Worship of, forbidden Lev. 17:7; Zech. 13:2; Rev. 9:20
• Possession by, instances of
  • Saul 1 Sam. 16:14-23; 18:10,11; 19:9,10
  • Two men of the Gergesenes (Gadarenes, Gerasenes) Mt. 8:28-34; Mk. 5:2-20
  • The deaf man Mt. 9:32,33
  • The deaf and blind man Mt. 12:22; Lk. 11:14
  • The daughter of the Syrophoenician woman Mt. 15:22-29; Mk. 7:25-30
  • The epileptic boy Mt. 17:14-18; Mk. 9:17-27; Lk. 9:37-42
  • The man in the synagogue Mk. 1:23-26; Lk. 4:33-35
  • Mary Magdalene Mk. 16:9; Lk. 8:2,3
  • The herd of swine Mt. 8:30-32
• Cast out by Jesus Mt. 4:24; 8:16; Mk. 3:22; Lk. 4:41
• Power over, given the disciples Mt. 10:1; Mk. 6:7; 16:17
• Cast out
  • By the disciples Mk. 9:38; Lk. 10:17
  • By Peter Acts 5:16
  • By Paul Acts 16:16-18; 19:12
  • By Philip Acts 8:7
• Disciples could not expel Mk. 9:18, 28,29
• Sceva's sons exorcise Acts 19:13-16
• Parable of the man repossessed by unclean spirits Mt. 12:43-45
• Jesus falsely accused of being possessed of Mk. 3:22-30; Jn. 7:20; 8:48; 10:20
• Testify to the divinity of Jesus Mt. 8:29; Mk. 1:23,24; 3:11; 5:7; Lk. 8:28; Acts 19:15
• Adversaries of men Mt. 12:45
• Sent to foment trouble between Abimelech and the Shechemites Judg. 9:23
• Messages given false prophets by 1 Ki. 22:21-23
• Believe and tremble Jas. 2:19
• To be judged at the general judgment Mt. 8:29; with 2 Pet. 2:4; Jude 1:6
• Punishment of Mt. 8:29; 25:41; Lk. 8:28; 2 Pet. 2:4; Jude 1:6; Rev. 12:7-9
• See SATAN

DENS

• Used as places of refuge Judg. 6:2; Heb. 11:38; Rev. 6:15

DENYING JESUS

• See JESUS, REJECTED

DEPRAVITY OF MAN

• General scriptures concerning Gen. 8:21; 6:5-7, 11-13; 8:21; Dt. 32:10; 2 Chr. 6:36; Job 4:17-19; 9:2,3, 20, 29,30; 11:12; 14:4; 15:14-16; 25:4-6; Ps. 5:9; 14:1-3; 51:5; 53:1-3; 58:1-5; 94:11; 130:3; 143:2; Pr. 10:20; 20:6, 9; 21:8; Eccl. 7:20, 29; 8:11; 9:3; Isa. 1:5,6; 42:6,7; 43:8; 48:8; 51:1; 53:6; 64:6; Jer. 2:22, 29; 6:7; 13:23; 16:12; 17:9; Ezek. 16:6; 36:25,26; 37:1-3; Hos. 6:7; 14:9; Mic. 7:2-4; Mt. 7:17; 12:34,35; 15:19; Mk. 7:21-23; Lk. 1:79; Jn. 1:10,11; 3:19; 8:23; 14:17; Acts 8:23; Rom. 2:1; 3:9-19, 23; 5:6, 12-14; 6:6, 17, 19,20; 7:5, 11, 13-15, 18-21, 23, 25; 8:5-8, 13; 11:32; 1 Cor. 2:14; 3:3; 5:9,10; 2 Cor. 3:4,5; 5:14; Gal. 3:10,11, 22; 5:17, 19-21; Eph. 2:1-3, 11,12; 4:17-19, 22; 5:8, 14; Col. 1:13, 21; 2:13; 3:5, 7; 2 Tim. 2:26; Tit. 3:3; Jas. 3:2; 4:5; 1 Pet. 1:18; 2:9, 25; 1 Jn. 1:8, 10; 2:16; 3:10; 5:19; Rev. 3:17
• See FALL OF MAN
• See SIN

DEPUTY

• An officer who administers the functions of a superior in his absence 1 Ki. 22:47; Acts 13:7,8; 18:12; 19:38

DERBE

• (A city in the region of Lycaonia)
  • Paul flees to Acts 14:6, 20
  • Visited by Paul and Silas Acts 16:1
  • Gaius born in Acts 20:4

DERISION

• The wicked held in, by God Ps. 2:4; Pr. 1:26
• INSTANCES OF
  • Sarah, when the angels gave her the promise of a child Gen. 18:12
  • The evil children of Beth-el deride Elisha 2 Ki. 2:23
  • The people of Israel scoff at Hezekiah 2 Chr. 30:1-10
• See IRONY
• See SARCASM
• See SCOFFING

DESERT

• An arid region having only sparse vegetation Lev. 16:22; Dt. 8:15; Jer. 2:2, 6; 17:6
• FIGURATIVE Isa. 35:1

DESIGN

• In nature, evidence of Job 12:7-11; Pr. 16:4

DESIRE

• SPIRITUAL Dt. 4:29; Ps. 9:1; 17:1; 22:26; 24:6; 25:5, 15; 27:8, 14; 33:20; 34:10; 37:4, 7, 9, 34; 39:12; 40:1, 8; 42:1-11; 51:1-17; 62:1; 63:1, 8; 68:28; 69:3, 32; 70:4; 81:10; 84:2; 86:11,12, 16; 94:19; 105:4; 118:17; 119:2, 10, 20, 40, 77, 88, 116,117, 122, 133, 149, 156; 123:1,2; 130:5,6; 143:5,6; Pr. 2:3-5; 8:17, 34; Isa. 8:17, 19; 26:8,9; 40:31; 55:1,2, 6; Jer. 29:13; Lam. 3:25,26, 41; Hos. 10:12; Hab. 3:2; Mt. 5:6; Lk. 6:21; 10:42; Jn. 12:20,21; Phil. 3:12-14; Heb. 11:6
  • See HUNGER, SPIRITUAL
  • See THIRST, FIGURATIVE
• EVIL
  • See IMAGINATION
  • See LUST

DESPAIR

• See DESPONDENCY

DESPONDENCY

• General scriptures concerning Num. 17:12,13; Dt. 28:65-67; Job 3:1-26; 17:13-16; Ps. 31:22; 77:7-9; Pr. 13:12; Isa. 2:19; Jer. 2:25; 8:20; 18:12; Lam. 3:1-21; 5:22; Hos. 10:8; Jonah 2:2-4; Mic. 7:1-7; Mt. 24:30; Lk. 13:27,28; 23:29,30; Rev. 6:14-17; 9:5,6
• INSTANCES OF
  • Cain, when God pronounced judgment upon him for the murder of Abel Gen. 4:13,14
  • Hagar, when cast out of the household of Abraham on account of the jealousy of Sarah Gen. 21:15,16
  • Moses
    • When sent on his mission to the Israelites Ex. 4:1, 10, 13; 6:12
    • At the Red Sea Ex. 14:15
    • When the people craved for meat Num. 11:15
  • The Israelites, on account of the cruel oppressions of the Egyptians Ex. 6:9
  • Elijah, when he fled from Jezebel to the wilderness and sat under the juniper tree, and wanted to die 1 Ki. 19:4
  • Jonah after he had preached to the Ninevites Jonah 4:3, 8
  • The sailors with Paul Acts 27:20
  • Job, see the above extracts from the Book of Job
  • Jeremiah, see the above extracts from the Lamentations of Jeremiah
• COMFORT IN Isa. 35:3,4; Lk. 18:1-8; Heb. 12:12,13
  • See AFFLICTION, CONSOLATION IN
  • See RIGHTEOUS, PROMISES TO
• See AFFLICTION
• See RESIGNATION
• See SORROW
• See SUFFERING

DESPOTISM

• See GOVERNMENT, MONARCHICAL, TYRANNY IN

DETECTIVES

• General scriptures concerning Lk. 20:20
• See SPIES

DEUEL

• Also called REUEL
  • Captain of the tribe of Dan Num. 1:14; 2:14; 7:42; 10:20

DEVIL

• See DEMON
• See SATAN

DEVOTION

• TO GOD
  • See RELIGION
    • For conspicuous instances of, study: ENOCH, NOAH, ABRAHAM MOSES, DAVID'S later history, SOLOMON'S earlier life, JOSIAH, ASA, ISAIAH, ELIJAH, JEREMIAH, DANIEL, SHADRACH, MESHACH, and ABED-NEGO
• TO JESUS
  • See PETER
  • See JOHN
  • See PAUL
  • See MARY MAGDALENE
• For elaborated topics covering the subject
  • See LOVE OF MAN FOR GOD
  • See CONSECRATION
  • See ZEAL