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Colossians 3:16
[Bible Verses]A verse in Colossians that exhorts believers to let the word of Christ dwell in them richly, to teach and admonish one another, and to praise God with thanksgiving in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. It is frequently cited as a biblical basis for church music and congregational singing.
Isaiah 55:10–11
[Bible Verses]A passage declaring that God's word, like the rain and snow that make the earth bring forth fruit, does not return void but accomplishes his purpose. It is frequently cited in discussions of the power of the word and of confidence in preaching and evangelism.
Hebrews 13:5–6
[Bible Verses]This passage exhorts believers not to love money and to be content with what they have. It grounds this exhortation in God's promise never to leave His people and in the confession of Psalm 118. Because it links one's attitude toward material possessions with the presence of God, it is frequently quoted.
Psalm 103:5
[Bible Verses]Psalm 103:5 is the final item in the psalmist's list of God's benefits in Psalm 103. It declares that God satisfies with good things and renews youth like the eagle's. The verse is often cited in connection with restoration and renewed strength. Discussion centers on how to translate a Hebrew word variously rendered "desire" or "lifetime," and on how to interpret the eagle imagery.
Babylon
[Bible]Babylon was an ancient city and empire on the Euphrates River in southern Mesopotamia. In the Bible it is the nation that destroyed Judah and carried its people into captivity, and in the Book of Revelation it is a symbol of the powers opposed to God.
Colossians 3:10
[Bible Verses]Colossians 3:10 is a verse stating that believers have put off the old man and put on the new man, which is continually being renewed after the image of the Creator. It is frequently cited in discussions of the restoration of the image of God and of sanctification.
The Vine and the Branches
[Bible]A figurative saying in John 15 in which Jesus compares himself to a vine and his disciples to its branches, teaching that they bear fruit only by abiding in him.
Ananias the High Priest
[People]High priest in Jerusalem in the mid-first century. In Acts 23–24 he orders that Paul be struck on the mouth as Paul stands before the Sanhedrin, and he later brings charges against Paul before the governor at Caesarea.
Clean and Unclean
[Bible]Clean and unclean is the distinction in Old Testament law that determined whether persons, animals, or objects were in a fit state to approach God and take part in worship. The New Testament carries this distinction forward in terms of purity of heart and the cleansing accomplished through Christ.
Hazor
[Bible]Hazor was a major Canaanite city north of the Sea of Galilee. It appears in Scripture in connection with Joshua's northern conquest, the war in the time of Deborah, and Solomon's building of cities.
Nehushtan
[Bible]Nehushtan is the name given to the bronze serpent that Moses made in the wilderness, in connection with its destruction by King Hezekiah of Judah. It appears only once, in 2 Kings 18:4, which records that Hezekiah broke the serpent in pieces to put an end to idolatry because the people had been burning incense to it.
Food Offered to Idols
[Bible]Food offered to idols is a biblical term for food, especially meat, that had been sacrificed to pagan gods. Through the warnings of the Old Testament and the New Testament discussion in 1 Corinthians 8–10, it is treated as a matter of the believer's conscience and fellowship.
Jabin
[People]Jabin was king of Hazor, a city in northern Canaan. A king of Hazor by this name appears in both Joshua 11 and Judges 4; in Judges, Deborah and Barak defeat Sisera, the commander of his army.
Achbor
[People]Achbor was an official under King Josiah of Judah and a member of the delegation sent to the prophetess Huldah to inquire about the book of the law found in the temple. The same name also belongs to the father of Baal-hanan, a king of Edom.
Rehoboth
[Bible]Rehoboth is the name of a well that Isaac dug without strife after leaving the Valley of Gerar, as recorded in Genesis 26. The Hebrew name means "broad place," and Isaac gave it this name as a confession that God had made room for them.
Genesis 15
[Bible]Genesis 15 is the chapter in which God promises the childless Abram descendants as numerous as the stars of heaven, along with the land of Canaan, and establishes a covenant through a ceremony in which a burning lamp passes between divided animals.
Numbers 5
[Bible]Numbers 5 contains the ordinance for putting the unclean out of the camp, the ordinance for confessing and making restitution for wrongs done to another person, and the "law of jealousy," a procedure carried out before the priest when a husband suspects his wife of adultery.
Numbers 11
[Bible]Numbers 11 recounts how Israel, after departing from Mount Sinai, complained at Taberah and was judged, and then wept for meat, receiving quail but suffering a plague. It also tells of the appointment of seventy elders to share Moses' burden.
Deuteronomy 28
[Bible]Deuteronomy 28 is the chapter in which Moses proclaims to Israel the blessings that will follow obedience to the law (vv. 1–14) and the curses that will follow disobedience (vv. 15–68). The section on curses is far longer and foretells, in turn, disease, defeat in battle, siege, captivity, and dispersion.
1 Chronicles 28
[Bible]1 Chronicles 28 is the chapter in which David assembles the leaders of Israel in Jerusalem, announces that Solomon will build the temple, and gives Solomon the plans for the temple along with a solemn charge.