A to Z Guide to Finding It in the Bible

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This practical, applicable, and easy-to-use reference tool offers an "at your fingertips" guide to key Scripture references, Bible stories, and verses that relate to topics like-anger-controversy-employment-going green-happiness-leadership-money-relaxation-sex-worshipEven topics off the beaten path, such as UFOs, pistachios, and insomnia are covered. An excellent resource for pastors, speakers, and writers, this collection is produced by Livingstone, whose products have won 11 ECPA Gold Medallion awards.

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• Publié par: Baker Publishing Group
• Date de parution: 01 octobre 2010
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781441213242
• Langue: English

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Unless otherwise noted, Scripture is taken from G OD ’ S W ORD ®. Copyright 1995 by God’s Word to the Nations. Used by permission of Baker Publishing Group. All rights reserved.
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Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Guide to Abbreviations
A Abandoned to Ax
B Baal to Busybodies
C Calendar to Cyrus cylinder
D Dairy products to Dysentery
E Eagerness to Eyes
F Facts to Future
G Gain to Guilt offerings
H Habit(s) to Hyssop
I “I A M ” to Ivory
J Jail breaks to Justification
K Key(s) to Kosher
L Labor to Lyre
M Magi to Myth(s)
N Nagging to Nutrition
O Oath(s) to Ownership
P Pacifism to Pursuit
Q Quail to Quota
R Rabbi(s) to Ruthless
S Sabbath to Syrophoenicians
T Tabernacle to Tyrant(s)
U UFOs to Useless
V Vacillation to Vulnerability
W Wages to Wrong/Wrongdoing
Y Yahweh to Youth
Z Zeal to Zion
Back Cover
Guide to Abbreviations

Unless otherwise noted, all Bible quotations are taken from the G OD ’ S W ORD Translation.
Other translations are noted as follows: ESV English Standard Version KJV King James Version MSG The Message NIV New International Version NKJV New King James Version NLT New Living Translation (2 nd edition) NRSV New Revised Standard Version
A

Abandoned (forsaken, friendless, left alone, orphaned, rejected)
When you are left to your own resources or devices and feel as if no one cares about you; when you withdraw your support from a person or a cause
The L ORD your God is the one who is going with you. He won’t abandon you or leave you. (Deuteronomy 31:6)

Deuteronomy 4:31. He will never abandon you.
Deuteronomy 31:6. He goes ahead of you wherever you go.
Joshua 1:5. He will never abandon you.
Joshua 24:20. A warning against abandoning the Lord
Psalm 27:10. A place to go, even if those closest to you abandon you
R ELATED TOPICS: Forsake, Orphan

Abase/Abasement (humbled, rejecting prestige, giving up pride)
A lowering of rank; voluntarily humbling yourself for the sake of someone greater
I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. (Philippians 4:12 NKJV )

Genesis 18:1–2. Abraham’s abasement
Ezra 9:5. Ezra’s self-abasement
Philippians 4:12. Paul knew how to abase himself.
R ELATED TOPICS: Humility, Pride

Abhorrence (disgust, hatred, repugnance)
A feeling of disgust or repugnance for a person or object
I will put my dwelling place among you, and I will not abhor you. (Leviticus 26:11 NIV )

Leviticus 26:11. God will not abhor His people.
1 Chronicles 21:6. Joab’s abhorrence for David’s command
Job 19:19. Job’s friends’ abhorrence for him
Psalm 119:163. Lying is an abhorrence to God.
Isaiah 66:24. What happens to the disobedient
R ELATED TOPICS: Abomination, Hatred

Ability(ies) (gift, talent)
The quality of being able to do something
They, their sons, and their relatives were skilled and had the ability to perform the service. (1 Chronicles 26:8)

Exodus 28:3. God gives people abilities.
Deuteronomy 8:17–18. Don’t count on your abilities; count on God.
1 Chronicles 26:8. Our abilities help us serve.
Proverbs 18:20. Abilities help provide for your life
Daniel 5:12. Some abilities are special.
Matthew 25:15. Given money according to abilities
R ELATED TOPICS: Ambidextrous, Money, Talent, Service/Serving Others

Abolish (destroy, do away with, end, set aside)
When you annul or end something, i.e., a law, a kingdom
In that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that move along the ground. Bow and sword and battle I will abolish from the land, so that all may lie down in safety. (Hosea 2:18 NIV )

Isaiah 2:18. God promises one day to abolish idols.
Daniel 11:31. A prophecy of the future describes the end of daily sacrifices.
Hosea 2:18. God will one day abolish war.
Micah 5:14. God will abolish sites dedicated to idols.
Matthew 5:17. What Jesus did not come to do
R ELATED TOPICS: Commandment(s), Destruction

Abomination (disgusting, unclean, unholy)
An item of disgust
They served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, because the Egyptians could not eat with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination to the Egyptians. (Genesis 43:32 ESV )

Genesis 43:32. Some food is an abomination to others.
Exodus 8:26. An abomination to the Egyptians
Leviticus 11:10. What not to eat
Daniel 9:27. Abomination of a future ruler
Matthew 24:15. Jesus confirms Daniel’s message.
R ELATED TOPICS: Abhorrence, Unclean

Abortion (killing, life, murder)
The termination of a pregnancy that results in the death of the fetus
Your eyes saw me when I was only a fetus. Every day of my life was recorded in your book before one of them had taken place. (Psalm 139:16)

Genesis 1:26. Made in God’s image
Genesis 4:8–10. Innocent blood calls to God.
Exodus 1:16. Murder is the same before or after birth.
Exodus 21:22. It is a crime to destroy life before birth.
2 Chronicles 28:3. God judges nations that kill children.
Psalm 139:13–16. Alive and loved in the womb
Isaiah 49:1, 5. Called and known by God
Jeremiah 1:5. God forms the child.
R ELATED TOPICS: Children, Life, Murder

Abound (abundant, increase)
To flourish; to increase in number
In his days the righteous will flourish; prosperity will abound till the moon is no more. (Psalm 72:7 NIV )

Genesis 1:20. Let the creatures increase.
Psalm 4:7. Joy comes when resources abound.
Psalm 72:7. Increase of peace
2 Corinthians 9:8. Grace abounds.
Philippians 1:9. Let love abound.
R ELATED TOPICS: Abundance, Grace, Joy

Abrahamic covenant (promise)
A series of promises God made with Abraham and his descendants
I will make you a great nation, I will bless you. I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. (Genesis 12:2)

Genesis 12:2. First promise
Genesis 12:7. Second promise
Genesis 13:15. Third promise
Genesis 15:4–5. Fourth promise
Genesis 17:2–8. Fifth promise
Genesis 18:10. Sixth promise
R ELATED TOPICS: Covenant, Davidic Covenant, Noahic Covenant, Promise

Absent (away, dead, not present)
The state of being away from a group; dead or imprisoned
When words are many, sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise. (Proverbs 10:19 NIV )

Proverbs 10:19. Sin is not absent.
2 Corinthians 10:11. Paul’s defends his actions when present and absent.
2 Corinthians 13:2. Warnings during absence
Philippians 2:12. Paul reminds the Philippians to remain obedient not just when Paul is present.
Colossians 2:5. Absent in body, present in spirit
R ELATED TOPICS: Death, Presence

Absolute (unlimited, unrestricted)
Not limited or restricted
Your beauty, within and without, is absolute, dear lover, close companion. (Song of Songs 7:6 MSG )

Psalm 147:5. Unlimited understanding
Song of Solomon 7:6. Absolute beauty
Ezekiel 43:12. Absolute holiness
Matthew 20:25. Absolute power
John 5:22. Absolute authority to judge
R ELATED TOPICS: God, Power

Absolutes (moral thinking, complete in itself, perfect, set apart, ultimate)
A belief system that adheres to a moral code; the ultimate basis of thought; something completely independent of something else
Jesus answered him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one goes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6)

Genesis 18:19. Do what is right.
Deuteronomy 5:20. There is truth.
John 14:6. Jesus is truth.
1 Timothy 5:1–2. Morally pure
1 John 4:8. God is love.
R ELATED TOPICS: Commandment(s), Love, Honor, Morality, Purity, Truthful, Wrong

Absolution (seek or grant forgiveness, make peace)
To absolve a wrongdoing; seeking forgiveness through an offering mad