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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.
Isaiah 8
[Bible]Isaiah 8 uses the name of Isaiah's son, Maher-shalal-hash-baz, to foretell the fall of Aram and the northern kingdom of Israel. It announces both the Assyrian invasion and the assurance that "God is with us." The chapter closes with a warning not to seek those who have familiar spirits but to follow the law and the testimony.
John 3:36
[Bible Verses]John 3:36 states that whoever believes in the Son (Jesus) has eternal life now, while the wrath of God remains on whoever does not obey the Son. It is frequently cited in discussions of the relationship between faith and obedience and of eternal life as a present reality.
Proverbs 6
[Bible]Proverbs 6 is a chapter within the collection of wisdom instructions (chapters 1–9). It warns against becoming surety for a neighbor, against laziness, and against the wicked, and it lists seven things the LORD hates. It then teaches the son to keep his parents' instruction and to stay away from adultery.
Luke 15:20
[Bible Verses]Luke 15:20 is the verse in the Parable of the Prodigal Son in which the father sees his returning younger son from a distance, runs to him, embraces him, and kisses him. Because the father reaches his son before the son confesses his wrongdoing, the verse is widely cited as an illustration of God's grace and forgiveness.
Hebrews 1:10-12
[Bible Verses]A passage that quotes Psalm 102:25-27 to declare that the "Lord" who made the heavens and the earth is the Son and that, unlike the created order, which will grow old and pass away, he remains eternally unchanging. It is frequently cited in discussions of the deity and immutability of Christ and of the end of the created world.
Proverbs 9:10
[Bible Verses]Proverbs 9:10 declares that the fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom and that the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. As a key verse that brings Proverbs 1–9 to a close, it is frequently cited in discussions of the relationship between faith and knowledge.
Romans 8:32
[Bible Verses]A verse in which Paul argues that, because God gave up his own Son, he will also graciously give believers all things. It is frequently quoted as an assurance of God's love, and interpreters differ over the extent of the atonement and the meaning of "all things."
Rizpah
[People]Rizpah was the daughter of Aiah and a concubine of King Saul. She is known from 2 Samuel 21 for guarding the bodies of her two executed sons and of Saul's grandsons from the beginning of harvest until rain fell.
Abinadab
[People]Abinadab was a man of Kiriath-jearim in the Old Testament. Scripture records that he received the ark of the covenant into his house after the Philistines returned it, and that it remained there for a long time. Several other people of the same name also appear in the Bible.
Missio Dei
[Doctrine & Theology]Missio Dei (Latin for "the mission of God") is a concept in the theology of mission holding that the agent of mission is not the church but the triune God, and that the church is a community sent to participate in that mission.
Mesha
[People]Mesha was a king of Moab around the ninth century BC. He paid tribute to the northern kingdom of Israel but rebelled after the death of Ahab. He appears in 2 Kings 3, and his name is also preserved on an extrabiblical artifact, the Mesha Stele.
Genesis 21
[Bible]Genesis 21 recounts the birth of Isaac in fulfillment of God's promise, the sending away of Hagar and her son and their rescue in the wilderness, and Abraham's covenant with Abimelech at Beersheba.
Hosea 11
[Bible]Hosea 11 portrays God's love through the image of a father who raised Israel as a young son. Though Israel turns away, God confesses a compassion that cannot finally abandon them: "How shall I give thee up?"
Revelation 12
[Bible]Revelation 12 contains the vision of a woman clothed with the sun who gives birth to a son, a great red dragon who seeks to harm the child and the woman, and a war in heaven between Michael and the dragon, in which the dragon is cast down to the earth.
Hereditary Pastoral Succession
[Controversies]Hereditary pastoral succession is the practice of passing a senior pastor's position to the pastor's child or son-in-law. It is also called hereditary pastorate or passing down the pastorate. In Korea, denominations such as the Korean Methodist Church and the Presbyterian Church of Korea (Tonghap) have prohibited it by church law, and debate over the practice continues.
John 17:20–23
[Bible Verses]A passage from the prayer Jesus offered just before his arrest, in which he asks that later believers, who would come to believe through the disciples' word, may be one as the Father and the Son are one, so that the world may believe. It is the text most frequently cited in discussions of church unity.
Luke 1:26-35
[Bible Verses]In this passage the angel Gabriel appears to Mary, a virgin of Nazareth, and announces that she will conceive a son by the Holy Spirit and is to name him Jesus. It is a principal text for the confession of the virgin birth and the Incarnation and is frequently read during Advent and Christmas.
Moab
[Bible]Moab is the name of a people who lived on the plateau east of the Dead Sea and of the land they inhabited. The Bible presents the Moabites as descendants of Lot, and Ruth, the central figure of the Book of Ruth, was a Moabite woman.
Ben-ammi
[People]Ben-ammi was the son born to Lot by his younger daughter. He is named in Genesis 19 and is recorded as the ancestor of the Ammonites, a people neighboring Israel.