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1 Timothy 4:12
[Bible Verses]A verse in which Paul urges his young coworker Timothy not to let anyone look down on him because of his youth, but to be an example to the believers in speech, conduct, love, faith, and purity. It is frequently cited in discussions of the faith of young people and the qualifications of leaders.
Judges 17
[Bible]Judges 17 tells how Micah, a man living in the hill country of Ephraim, had an idol made from his mother's silver, set up a shrine in his house, and installed a wandering young Levite as his household priest.
Deuteronomy 24:1-4
[Bible Verses]A provision of the Mosaic Law forbidding a first husband to take back his divorced wife after she has married another man. Because Jesus referred to it when addressing divorce, it is frequently cited in discussions of divorce and remarriage.
Mark 5
[Bible]Mark 5 is the chapter in which Jesus heals a demon-possessed man called "Legion" in the country of the Gerasenes and, after returning across the sea, heals a woman who had suffered from an issue of blood for twelve years and raises the daughter of Jairus, a ruler of the synagogue.
Calebites
[Bible]The Calebites were the descendants of Caleb the son of Jephunneh, or the group belonging to his house. The term is used in 1 Samuel 25 to introduce Nabal, and the Calebites are portrayed as living in the region of Hebron in southern Judah.
Judges 15
[Bible]Judges 15 recounts how Samson, whose wife has been given to another man, takes revenge on the Philistines; is bound by the men of Judah and handed over to the enemy; kills a thousand men with the jawbone of a donkey; and, when he is thirsty, cries out to the LORD and receives a spring of water.
Lot's Daughters
[People]Lot's daughters are the two daughters of Lot who appear in Genesis 19. They escaped with their father when Sodom was destroyed and later bore sons by him, becoming the ancestors of the Moabites and the Ammonites.
Zechariah 6
[Bible]Zechariah 6 contains the vision of the four chariots, the last of Zechariah's eight night visions. It also records the crowning of Joshua the high priest and the proclamation that a man whose name is "the BRANCH" will build the temple of the LORD.
Matthew 19
[Bible]Matthew 19 is the chapter in which Jesus, traveling from Galilee into the region of Judea, answers the Pharisees' question about divorce, lays his hands on little children, and speaks with a rich young man who asks about eternal life.
Galatians 1
[Bible]Galatians 1 is the first chapter of Paul's letter to the churches of Galatia. Immediately after the greeting, Paul rebukes believers who have turned to "another gospel." He then defends his apostleship and his gospel as coming not from man but by the revelation of Jesus Christ, recounting his activities after his conversion.
James 3
[Bible]James 3 warns of the responsibility borne by those who teach and of the difficulty of controlling the tongue (speech), and it contrasts earthly wisdom with the wisdom that is from above.
David
[People]David was the second king of ancient Israel according to the Old Testament. He ruled the kingdom from Jerusalem, which he made his capital. Many of the Psalms are attributed to him, and the New Testament calls Jesus Christ "the son of David."
John 8:32
[Bible Verses]"And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" (John 8:32) is a saying of Jesus. The phrase is widely used outside the church as a symbol of academic freedom and freedom of the press, but commentators often point out that in its original context it means that disciples who continue in Jesus' word are set free from bondage to sin.
Capernaum
[Bible]Capernaum was a town on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee that Jesus made the center of his ministry in Galilee. The Gospels call it "his own city," and many of his teachings and healings took place there.
Gregory I
[People]Gregory I (c. 540–604) was bishop of Rome (pope) from 590 to 604. He is regarded as one of the leading Fathers of the Western Church and is also known as Gregory the Great.
Ruth 2
[Bible]While gleaning in the barley harvest fields of Bethlehem, Ruth comes to the field of Boaz, a kinsman of Elimelech, and receives his kindness. Naomi tells her that Boaz is one of their kinsman-redeemers.
Proverbs 7
[Bible]Proverbs 7 is a father's instruction warning his son against the enticements of the adulteress. It depicts a young man, seen from a window, who yields to temptation and goes to his ruin.
Ezekiel 40
[Bible]Ezekiel 40 is the first chapter of the vision of the new temple, which forms the final section of the Book of Ezekiel (chapters 40–48). In a vision Ezekiel is brought to a very high mountain in the land of Israel, where he watches a man whose appearance shines like brass measure the temple's wall, gates, courts, and priests' chambers.
Mark 7
[Bible]Mark 7 records Jesus' dispute with the Pharisees and scribes over the tradition of the elders, his teaching that what defiles a person comes from the heart, and his healing of the Syrophoenician woman's daughter and of a deaf man with a speech impediment.
Acts 3
[Bible]Acts 3 recounts how Peter and John, in the name of Jesus, raise up a man lame from birth at the temple gate called Beautiful, and how Peter then preaches to the people gathered in Solomon's Porch, calling them to repentance.