Church – Coral

Church

– (Hebrew: qahal, 'edah; Greek: ekklesia)

– (The people of God; the collective body of believers. (Also, CONGREGATION, ASSEMBLY, THE BODY OF CHRIST.))

– Called COURTS Ps 65:4; 84:2,10; 92:13; 96:8; 100:4; 116:19; Isa 1:12; 62:9; Zec 3:7

– HOUSE OF GOD Ge 28:17,22; Jos 9:23; Jud 18:31; 20:18,26; 21:2; 1Ch 9:11; 24:5; 2Ch 5:14; 22:12; 24:13; 33:7; 36:19; Ezr 5:8,15; 7:20,23; Ne 6:10; 11:11; 13:11; Ps 42:4; 52:8; 55:14; 84:10; Ec 5:1; Isa 2:3; Ho 9:8; Joe 1:16; Mic 4:2; Zec 7:2; Mt 12:4; 1Ti 3:15; Heb 10:21; 1Pe 4:17

– HOUSE OF THE LORD Ex 23:19; 34:26; De 23:18; Jos 6:24; Jud 19:18; 1Sa 1:7,24; 2Sa 12:20; 1Ki 3:1; 6:37; 7:40; 8:10,63; 10:5; 2Ki 11:3,4,15,18,19; 12:4,9,10,13,16; 16:18; 20:8; 23:2,7,11; 25:9; 1Ch 6:31; 22:1,11,14; 23:4; 26:12; 2Ch 8:16; 26:21; 29:5,15; 33:15; 34:15; 36:14; Ezr 7:27; Ps 23:6; 27:4; 92:13; 116:19; 118:26; 122:1,9; 134:1; Isa 2:2; 37:14; Jer 17:26; 20:1,2; 26:2,7; 28:1,5; 29:26; 35:2; 36:5,6; 38:14; 41:5; 51:51; La 2:7; Eze 44:4; Hag 1:2; Zec 8:9

– SANCTUARY Ex 25:8; Le 19:30; 21:12; Nu 3:28; 4:12; 7:9; 8:19; 10:21; 18:1,5; 19:20; 1Ch 9:29; 22:19; 24:5; 28:10; 2Ch 20:8; 26:18; 29:21; 30:8,19; Ne 10:39; Ps 20:2; 28:2; 63:2; 68:24; 73:17; 74:3,7; 77:13; 78:69; 150:1; Isa 16:12; 63:18; La 2:7,20; 4:1; Eze 5:11; 42:20; 44:5,27; 45:3; 48:8,21; Da 8:11,13,14; 9:17,26; 11:31; Heb 8:2; 9:1,2

– HOUSE OF PRAYER Isa 56:7; Mt 21:13

– TABERNACLE Ex 26:1; Le 26:11; Jos 22:19; Ps 15:1; 61:4; 76:2; Heb 8:2,5; 9:2,11; Re 13:6; 21:3

– TEMPLE 1Sa 1:9; 3:3; 2Ki 11:10,13; Ezr 4:1; Ps 5:7; 11:4; 27:4; 29:9; 48:9; 68:29; Isa 6:1; Mal 3:1; Mt 4:5; 23:16; Lu 18:10; 24:53

– ZION Ps 9:11; 48:11; 74:2; 132:13; 137:1; Isa 35:10; Jer 31:6; 50:5; Joe 2:1,15

– HOLY PLACE Ex 28:29; 38:24; Le 6:16; 10:17; 14:13; 16:2-24; Jos 5:15; 1Ki 8:8; 1Ch 23:32; 2Ch 29:5; 30:27; 35:5; Ezr 9:8; Ps 24:3; 46:4; 68:17; Ec 8:10; Isa 57:15; Eze 41:4; 42:13; 45:4; Mt 24:15; Ac 6:13; 21:28; Heb 9:12,25

– HOLY TEMPLE Ps 5:7; 11:4; 65:4; 79:1; 138:2; Jon 2:4,7; Mic 1:2; Hab 2:20; Eph 2:21; 3:17

– MY FATHER'S HOUSE Joh 2:16; 14:2

– HOLY Ex 30:26-29; 40:9; Le 8:10,11; 16:13; 19:30; 21:12; Nu 7:1; 1Ki 9:3; 1Ch 29:3; 2Ch 3:8; Isa 64:11; Eze 23:39; 1Co 3:17

– EDIFICES

.See [878]SYNAGOGUE

.See [879]TABERNACLE

.See [880]TEMPLE

– MISCELLANY OF MINOR SUB-TOPICS

.Called THE CONGREGATION in the O. T. (K. J. V. and others) Ex 12:3,6,19,47; 16:1,2,9,10,22; Le 4:13,15; 10:17; 24:14

.Called CHURCH in the N. T. (K. J. V.), but CONGREGATION earlier in Tyndale's translation Mt 16:18; 18:17; Ac 2:47; 1Co 11:18; 14:19,23,28,33,34; 15:9; Ga 1:13

.Also called

ASSEMBLY OF THE SAINTS Ps 89:7

ASSEMBLY OF THE UPRIGHT Ps 111:1

.BODY OF CHRIST Eph 1:22,23; Col 1:24

.BRANCH OF GOD'S PLANTING Isa 60:21

.BRIDE OF CHRIST Re 21:9

.CHURCH OF GOD Ac 20:28

.CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD 1Ti 3:15

.CHURCH OF THE FIRSTBORN Heb 12:23

.CITY OF THE LIVING GOD Heb 12:22

.CONGREGATION OF SAINTS Ps 149:1

.CONGREGATION OF THE LORD'S POOR Ps 74:19

.DOVE So 2:14; 5:2

.FAMILY IN HEAVEN AND EARTH Eph 3:15

.FLOCK OF GOD Eze 34:15; 1Pe 5:2

.FOLD OF CHRIST Joh 10:16

.GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE FIRSTBORN (people) Heb 12:23

.GOLDEN CANDLESTICK (lampstand) Re 1:20

.GOD'S BUILDING 1Co 3:9

.GOD'S HUSBANDRY (farm) 1Co 3:9

.GOD'S HERITAGE Joe 3:2; 1Pe 5:3

.HABITATION OF GOD Eph 2:22

.HEAVENLY JERUSALEM Ga 4:26; Heb 12:22

.HOLY CITY Re 21:2

.HOLY MOUNTAIN Zec 8:3

.HOLY HILL Ps 2:6; 15:1

.HOUSE OF GOD 1Ti 3:15; Heb 10:21

.THE GOD OF JACOB Isa 2:3

.HOUSE OF CHRIST Heb 3:6

.HOUSEHOLD OF GOD Eph 2:19

.INHERITANCE Ps 28:9; Isa 19:25

.ISRAEL OF GOD Ga 6:16

.KING'S DAUGHTER Ps 45:13

.KINGDOM OF GOD Mt 6:33; 12:28; 19:24; 21:31

.KINGDOM OF HEAVEN Mt 3:2; 4:17; 10:7; 5:3,10,19,20

.HIS KINGDOM Ps 103:19; 145:12; Mt 16:28; Lu 1:33

.MY KINGDOM Joh 18:36

.THY KINGDOM Ps 45:6; 145:11,13; Mt 6:10; Lu 23:42

.LAMB'S BRIDE Eph 5:22-32; Re 22:17

.LAMB'S WIFE Re 19:7-9; 21:9

.LOT OF GOD'S INHERITANCE De 32:9

.MOUNT ZION Heb 12:22

.MOUNTAIN OF THE LORD'S HOUSE Isa 2:2

.NEW JERUSALEM Re 21:2

.PILLAR AND GROUND OF THE TRUTH 1Ti 3:15

.PLACE OF GOD'S THRONE Eze 43:7

.PLEASANT PORTION Jer 12:10

.SANCTUARY OF GOD Ps 114:2

.SISTER OF CHRIST So 4:12; 5:2

.SPIRITUAL HOUSE 1Pe 2:5

.SPOUSE OF CHRIST So 4:12; 5:1

.STRENGTH AND GLORY OF GOD Ps 78:61

.SOUGHT OUT, A CITY NOT FORSAKEN Isa 62:12

.THE LORD'S PORTION De 32:9

.TEMPLE OF GOD 1Co 3:16,17

.TEMPLE OF THE LIVING GOD 2Co 6:16

.VINEYARD Jer 12:10; Mt 21:41

.Christ's love for Joh 10:8,11,12; Eph 5:25-32; Re 3:9

.Loved by believers Ps 87:7; 137:5; 1Co 12:25; 1Th 4:9

.Is prayed for Ps 122:6; Isa 62:6

.Dear to God Isa 43:4

.Safe under his care Ps 46:1,2,5

.Salt and light of the world Mt 5:13

.Militant So 6:10; Php 2:25; 2Ti 2:3; 4:7; Phm 1:2

.God defends Ps 89:18; Isa 4:5; 49:25; Mt 16:18

.God provides ministers for Jer 3:15; Eph 4:11,12

.Is glorious Ps 45:13; Eph 5:27

.Is clothed in righteousness Re 10:8

.Believers continually added to, by the Lord Ac 2:47; 5:14; 11:24

.Unity of Ro 12:5; 1Co 10:17; 12:12; Ga 3:28; Eph 4:4

.Privileges of Ps 36:8; 87:5

.Worship of, to be attended Heb 10:25

.Harmonious fellowship of Ps 133; Joh 13:34; Ac 4:32; Php 1:4; 2:1; 1Jo 3; 4

.Divisions in, to be shunned Ro 16:17; 1Co 1:10; 3:3

.Baptized (immersed) into by one Spirit 1Co 12:13

.Ministers commanded to feed Ac 20:28

.Is edified by the word Ro 12:6; 1Co 14:4,13; Eph 4:15,16; Col 3:16

.The wicked persecute Ac 8:1-3; 1Th 2:14,15

.Not to be despised 1Co 11:22

.Defiling of, will be punished 1Co 3:17

.Extent of, predicted Isa 2:2; Eze 17:2; Da 2:34,35

.See [881]ECCLESIASTICISM

.See [882]JESUS, KINGDOM OF

.See [883]MINISTERS

.See [884]USURPATION, IN ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS

– UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO De 32:9; Ps 2:6; 9:11,14; 14:7; 20:2; 46:4,5; 48:1,2,11-13; 50:2; 51:18; 53:6; 65:1; 69:35,36; 74:2; 84:1-10; 87:1-6; 99:2; 102:13,14,16,19-21; 110:2; 111:1; 114:2; 125:1; 126:1,2; 129:5; 132:13-16; 133:1-3; 134:1-3; 137:1-6; 149:2; Isa 1:8,27; 2:3; 4:2-6; 12:6; 14:32; 24:23; 27:2,3; 28:5,16; 31:4,5; 33:5,14,20-24; 35:1-10; 40:9-11; 43:1-7,21,25; 44:23; 49:14-17; 52:1,2,7-12; 59:20; 60:1-6,19-21; 61:1-3; 62:1,3,11,12; 66:8,18; Jer 3:14,15; 12:10; 13:11; 31:6,7,12,23; 33:9; 43:7; Joe 2:1,15-17; Zec 8:3; Mt 13:24; 16:18; Ac 7:38; 20:28; 1Co 3:9; 12:28; 15:9; 2Co 8:1; Eph 1:22,23; 2:21,22; 3:15,21; 5:23-27,29; Col 1:24; 1Ti 3:14,15; Heb 3:6; 12:22,23; 1Pe 2:5; Re 1:20; 21:2,11,23

– BACKSLIDDEN Ps 12:1; 80:1-19; Isa 1:2-27; 17:9-11; 43:22-28; Jer 2:5-34; 3:1-25; 8:5-22; 9:1-3; 10:19-22; 18:11-17; 50:4-7; Eze 2:3-5; 5:5-17; 16:23; Ho 2; 4; 6; Joe 2; Am 6; Mt 21:33-46; Mr 12:1-12; Lu 13:6-9; Re 2:1-6,12-25; 3:1-4,14-20

.Backslidings of Israel

.See sub-topic BACKSLIDING OF ISRAEL, under [885]BACKSLIDERS

.See CORRUPTION IN, below

.See [886]BACKSLIDERS

– BENEFICENCE OF

.See [887]BENEFICENCE

.See [888]GIVING

.See [889]LIBERALITY

– CHRIST, HEAD OF Ps 118:22,23; Isa 33:22; 55:4; Mt 12:6,8; 21:42,43; 23:8,10; Mr 2:28; 12:10; Lu 6:5; 20:17,18; Joh 13:13; 15:1-8; Ac 2:36; Ro 8:29; 9:5; 1Co 3:11; 11:3; 12:5; Eph 1:10,22,23; 2:20-22; 4:15; 5:23-32; Col 1:13,18; 2:10,19; 3:11; Heb 3:3,6; 1Pe 2:7; Re 1:13; 2:1,9,12,13,18,19; 3:1,7; 5:6; 21:22,23; 22:16

.See [890]JESUS, KINGDOM OF

– CHRISTIAN, DIVINELY ESTABLISHED Mt 16:15-18; Eph 2:20-22; 1Th 1:1; 2Th 1:1; 1Ti 3:15

– CORRUPTION IN Ho 4:9; Mic 3:1-4,9,11; Mt 21:33-41,45; 23:2-7,13-33; 26:14-16,59-68; Mr 12:1-12; 14:10,11; Lu 22:3-6

.See [891]BACKSLIDERS, BACKSLIDING OF ISRAEL

– DECREES OF Ac 15:28,29; 16:4

– DESIGN OF Ro 3:2; 9:4; Eph 2:20-22; 1Ti 3:15

– DISSENSIONS IN 1Co 1:11-13; 3:3,4; 11:18,19; 2Co 12:20,21

– DUTY OF, TO MINISTERS 1Co 16:10,11; Php 2:29; 4:10-18; 1Th 5:12,13; 1Ti 5:17; Heb 13:7,17

.See [892]MINISTERS

– GOVERNMENT OF, MOSAIC AND CHRISTIAN De 17:8-13; Mt 16:19; Lu 9:46-48; 22:24-30; Joh 20:23; Ac 1:15,23-26; 6:2,3,5,6; 11:22,29,30; 13:1,3,5; 14:23; 15:1-31; 16:4,5; 20:17,28; 1Co 7:17; 11:2,33,34; 12:5,28; 14:26,33,40; 16:3,16; 2Co 2:2-11; Ga 2:9,10; Eph 4:11,12; Php 1:1; 1Ti 3:1-13; 4:14; 5:1,22; 2Ti 1:6; Tit 1:5; Heb 13:17,24; Jas 5:14,15; 1Pe 5:1-3; 3Jo 1:9,10; Jude 1:22,23

.See [893]MINISTERS, DUTIES OF

– RULES OF DISCIPLINE IN, MOSAIC AND CHRISTIAN Ge 17:14; Ex 12:15; 30:33,37,38; Le 7:27; 17:8,9; 19:5-8; 20:18; 22:3; Nu 9:13; 15:31; 19:13,20; De 13:12-18; 17:2-13; 19:16-21; 21:1-9,18-21; 22:13-29; Ezr 10:1-44; Mt 16:19; 18:15-18; Joh 9:22,34,35; 16:2; 20:23; Ro 14:1; 15:1-3; 16:17; 1Co 4:19,21; 5:1,2,4-7,11-13; 16:22; 2Co 2:6-8,10,11; 6:14,15; 7:8; 10:1-11; 13:1,2,10; Ga 5:10,12; 6:1; 1Th 5:14; 2Th 3:6,14,15; 1Ti 1:19,20; 5:1,2,19,20; 6:3-5; 2Ti 4:2; Tit 1:13; 2:15; 3:10,11; 2Jo 1:10,11; Jude 1:22,23; Re 22:19

.See [894]EXCOMMUNICATION

.See [895]MINISTERS, DUTIES OF

– LOVE FOR Ps 102:14; 122:6,9; 128:5,6; 137:1-6; Isa 22:4; 58:12; 62:1,6,7; 66:10,13,14; Jer 9:1; 14:17; 51:50,51; La 2:11; 3:48-51

– MEMBERSHIP IN Isa 44:5; Eze 44:6,7,9; Mt 12:50; 19:14; Mr 10:14; Lu 18:16; Joh 15:5,6; Ac 2:41,47; 4:4; 5:14; 9:35,42; 11:21; Ro 12:4,5; 1Co 3:11-15; 12:12-28; Eph 4:25; 5:30; Php 4:3; Re 21:27

.See [896]RIGHTEOUS, DESCRIBED

– PROPHECIES CONCERNING PROSPERITY OF Ge 12:3; 49:10; De 32:21; Ps 2:8; 22:27-31; 46:4,10; 65:2; 66:4; 68:31,32; 69:35,36; 72:1-20; 85:10-12; 86:9; 87:4; 89:1-37; 96:1-13; 102:13-16,18-22; 110:1-7; 113:3; 118:24; 126:5,6; 132:15-17; 138:4,5; 145:10,11; Isa 2:2-5; 4:2,3,5,6; 9:1-7; 11:1-10; 18:7; 19:24,25; 23:17,18; 24:16; 25:6-8; 29:18-24; 30:20; 32:1-20; 33:5,13-24; 35:1-10; 40:4-11; 41:17-20; 42:1-12; 44:3-5; 45:6,8,14,23,24; 46:12,13; 49:6-12,18-23; 51:3-16; 52:1-15; 53:10-12; 54:1-17; 55:1-13; 56:3-8; 59:19-21; 60:1-22; 61:1-11; 62:1-12; 65:1-25; 66:7-23; Jer 3:17; 4:2; 16:19-21; 31:7-9,34; 33:22; Eze 17:22-24; 34:23-31; 47:1-12; Da 2:35,44,45; 7:13,14,18,22,27; 12:1-13; Joe 2:26-32; 3:18; Am 9:11,12; Mic 4:1-7; 5:2-15; Hab 2:14; Zep 2:11; 3:9-20; Hag 2:7-9; Zec 2:10,11; 6:15; 8:20-23; 9:1,9-17; 14:8-21; Mal 1:11; Mt 8:11; 11:5,11; 13:16,17,31-33; 16:18; Mr 4:26-32; Lu 7:22; Joh 8:35; 10:16; Ac 2:16-21; Ro 1:5-7; 1Co 15:24-28; Eph 1:10; Heb 12:23,24,27,28; Re 5:10,13,14; 11:15; 12:10; 15:4; 20:4-6; 21:9-27; 22:1-5

.See [897]JESUS, KINGDOM OF

– LIST OF CONGREGATIONS OF CHRISTIANS

.Antioch Ac 13:1

.Asia 1Co 16:19; Re 1:4

.Babylon 1Pe 5:13

.Cenchrea Ro 16:1

.Caesarea Ac 18:22

.Cilicia Ac 15:41

.Corinth 1Co 1:2

.Ephesus Eph 1:22; Re 2:1

.Galatia Ga 1:2

.Galilee Ac 9:31

.Jerusalem Ac 15:4

.Joppa Ac 9:42

.Judaea Ac 9:31

.Laodicea Re 3:14

.Pergamos Re 2:12

.Philadelphia Re 3:7

.Samaria Ac 9:31

.Sardis Re 3:1

.Smyrna Re 2:8

.Syria Ac 15:41

.Thessalonica 1Th 1:1

.Thyatira Re 2:18

– UNITY OF Ps 133:1; Joh 10:16; 17:11,21-23; Ro 12:4,5; 1Co 10:17; 12:5,12-27; Ga 3:26-28; Eph 1:10; 2:14-19,21; 3:6,15; 4:4-6,12,13,16,25; Col 3:11,15

.See [898]ECCLESIASTICISM

– TRIUMPHANT Ga 4:26; Heb 12:22,23; Re 3:12; 21:3,10

Church and State

– ECCLESIASTICAL POWER SUPERIOR TO CIVIL

.Appoints kings 1Sa 10:1

.Directs administration 1Sa 15:1-4

.Reproves rulers 1Sa 15:14-35

.Withdraws support and anoints a successor 1Sa 16:1-13; 2Ki 9:1-26; 11:4-12

.Attempted usurpation of ecclesiastical functions by civil authorities, reproved 1Sa 13:8-14; 2Ch 26:16-21

– STATE SUPERIOR TO RELIGION

.David, in organizing the priests and Levites in courses, and appointing musicians, instruments, and other details of religious services 1Ch 23; 24; 25; 2Ch 35:4

.Solomon, in thrusting Abiathar out of the high priest's office 1Ki 2:26,27

.Solomon, in overshadowing the ecclesiastical in building the temple, and officiating primarily in the dedication, intercessory or priestly prayer, pronouncing the benediction, etc 1Ki 5:8

.Hezekiah, in reorganizing temple service 2Ch 31:2-19

.Jeroboam, in subverting the Jewish religion 1Ki 12:26-33

.Manasseh, in subverting, and afterward restoring, the true religion 2Ch 33:2-9,15-17

.Jehoash, in supervising the repairs of the temple 2Ki 12:4-18

.Ahaz, in transforming the altars 2Ki 16:10-16

.Josiah, in exercising the function of the priests in the temple 2Ch 34:29-33

– STATE FAVORABLE TO RELIGION

.Cyrus, in his proclamation to restore the temple at Jerusalem 2Ch 36:22,23; Ezr 1:1-11

.Darius, in his edict furthering the restoration of the temple Ezr 6:1-14

.Artaxerxes, in exempting priests, Levites, and other temple functionaries from taxes Ezr 7:24

.See [899]GOVERNMENT

.See [900]TAX

Churning

– General scriptures concerning Pr 30:33

– See [901]BUTTER

Chushan-rishathaim

– King of Mesopotamia Jud 3:8-10

Chuza

– Herod's steward Lu 8:3

Cilicia

– (A maritime province of Asia Minor)

– Jews live in Ac 6:9

– The congregations of Ac 15:23,41; Ga 1:21

– Sea of Ac 27:5

Cinnamon

– A spice Pr 7:17; So 4:14; Re 18:13

– An ingredient of the sacred oil Ex 30:23

Cinnereth

– See [902]CHINNERETH

– See [903]GALILEE, SEA OF

Circumcision

– Institution of Ge 17:10-14; Le 12:3; Joh 7:22; Ac 7:8; Ro 4:11

– A seal of righteousness Ro 2:25-29; 4:11

– Performed on all males on the eighth day Ge 17:12,13; Le 12:3; Php 3:5

– Rite of, observed on the Sabbath Joh 7:23

– A prerequisite of the privileges of the passover Ex 12:48

– Child named at the time of Ge 21:3,4; Lu 1:59; 2:21

– Neglect of, punished Ge 17:14; Ex 4:24

– Neglected Jos 5:7

– Covenant promises of Ge 17:4-14; Ac 7:8; Ro 3:1; 4:11; 9:7-13; Ga 5:3

– Necessity of, falsely taught by Judaizing Christians Ac 15:1

– Paul's argument against the continuance of Ro 2:25,28; Ga 6:13

– Characterized by Paul as a yoke Ac 15:10

– Abrogated Ac 15:5-29; Ro 3:30; 4:9-11; 1Co 7:18,19; Ga 2:3,4; 5:2-11; 6:12; Eph 2:11,15; Col 2:11; 3:11

– INSTANCES OF

.Abraham Ge 17:23-27; 21:3,4

.Shechemites Ge 34:24

.Moses Ex 4:25

.Israelites at Gilgal Jos 5:2-9

.John the Baptist Lu 1:59

.Jesus Lu 2:21

.Paul Php 3:5

.Timothy Ac 16:3

– FIGURATIVE Ex 6:12; De 10:16; 30:6; Jer 4:4; 6:10; 9:26; Ro 2:28,29; 15:8; Php 3:3; Col 2:11; 3:11

.A designation of the Jews Ac 10:45; 11:2; Ga 2:9; Eph 2:11; Col 4:11; Tit 1:10

.A designation of Christians Php 3:3

Cis

– See [904]KISH

Cistern

– General scriptures concerning Isa 36:16

– Broken Jer 2:13

– FIGURATIVE 2Ki 18:31; Pr 5:15; Ec 12:6

.See [905]WELLS

Cities

– Ancient Ge 4:17; 10:10-12

– Fortified Nu 32:36; De 9:1; Jos 10:20; 14:12; 2Ch 8:5; 11:10-12; 17:2,19; 21:3; Isa 23:11

– Gates of

.See [906]GATES

– Designated as

.Royal Jos 10:2; 1Sa 27:5; 2Sa 12:26; 1Ch 11:7

.Treasure Ge 41:48; Ex 1:11; 1Ki 9:19; 2Ch 8:4; 16:4; 17:12

.Chariot 2Ch 1:14; 8:6; 9:25

.Merchant Isa 23:11; Eze 17:4; 27:3

– Town clerk of Ac 19:35

– Government of, by rulers Ne 3:9,12,17,18; 7:2

– See [907]GOVERNMENT

– Suburbs of Nu 35:3-5; Jos 14:4

– Watchmen of

.See [908]WATCHMAN

– FIGURATIVE Heb 11:10,16; 12:22; 13:14

Cities of Refuge

– See [909]REFUGE, CITIES OF

Citizens

– DUTIES OF Ex 22:28; Nu 27:20; Ezr 6:10; 7:26; 10:8; Pr 16:14,15; 24:21; 25:6,7,15; Ec 8:2-4; 10:4,20; Jer 29:7; Mt 17:24-27; 22:17-21; Mr 12:14-17; Lu 20:22-25; Ac 19:35-41; 23:5; Ro 13:1-3,5-7; 1Ti 2:1,2; Tit 3:1; 1Pe 2:13-17

– RIGHTS OF Job 34:18; Pr 14:28,35; 22:11; 23:1-3; Ac 16:37; 19:36-39; 22:25-29; 24:18,19; 25:5,10,16

.See [910]CHANGE OF VENUE

.See [911]COURTS

.See [912]GOVERNMENT

.See [913]JUSTICE

– LOYAL

INSTANCES OF

Israelites Jos 1:16-18; 2Sa 3:36,37; 15:23,30; 18:3; 21:17; 1Ch 12:38

.David 1Sa 24:6-10; 26:6-16; 2Sa 1:14

.Hushai 2Sa 17:15,16

.David's soldiers 2Sa 18:12,13; 23:15,16

.Joab 2Sa 19:5,6

.Barzillai 2Sa 19:32

.Jehoiada 2Ki 11:4-12

.Mordecai Es 2:21-23

– WICKED AND TREASONABLE Pr 17:11; 19:10,12; 20:2; 2Pe 2:10; 2Ti 3:1-4; Jude 1:8

.See [914]ANARCHY

– INSTANCES OF WICKED

.Miriam and Aaron Nu 12:1-11

.Korah, Dathan, and Abiram Nu 16; 26:9

.Shechemites Jud 9:22

.Ephraimites Jud 12:1-4

.Israelites 1Sa 10:27; 1Ki 12:16-19

.Absalom 2Sa 15:10-13

.Ahithophel 2Sa 17:1-4

.Sheba 2Sa 20:1,2

.Adonijah 1Ki 1:5-7

.Hadad and Jeroboam 1Ki 11:14-26

.Baasha 1Ki 15:27

.Zimri 1Ki 16:9

.Jozachar and Jozabad 2Ki 12:19-21; 14:5

.Amaziah 2Ki 14:19

.Amon 2Ki 21:23

.Shallum 2Ki 15:10

.Menahem 2Ki 15:14

.Pekah 2Ki 15:25

.Hoshea 2Ki 15:30

.Sons of Sennacherib 2Ki 19:37

.Ishmael Jer 40:14-16; 41

.Bigthan and Teresh Es 2:21

.Jews Eze 17:12-20

.Barabbas Mr 15:7

.Theudas and four-hundred seditious persons Ac 5:36,37

.An Egyptian Ac 21:38

.See [915]COUNTRY, LOVE OF

.See [916]GOVERNMENT

.See [917]RULERS

.See [918]PATRIOTISM

– FIGURATIVE Php 3:20

.R. V.) Eph 2:19

Civil Damages

– See [919]DAMAGES

Civil Engineering

– General scriptures concerning Jos 18:9; Job 28:9-11

Civil Service

– SCHOOL FOR Da 1:3-5,15,17-21

.COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS FOR APPOINTMENT IN

.See above, SCHOOL FOR

– APPOINTMENT IN, ON ACCOUNT OF MERIT Ge 39:1-6; 41:38-44; 1Ki 11:28; Es 6:1-11; Da 1:17-21; Mt 25:14,15,23-30; Lu 19:12-27

– CORRUPTION IN Ne 5:15; Da 6:4-17; Mr 15:15; Ac 24:26

.See [920]BRIBERY

– REFORM IN Ne 5:14,15

– INFLUENCE IN 1Ki 1:5-40; 2Ki 4:13; Mt 20:20-23; Mr 10:35

Clairvoyance

– General scriptures concerning 1Sa 28:13,14; 2Ki 6:15-17

– See [921]SORCERY

Clauda

– (Better manuscripts have CAUDA))

.An island near Crete Ac 27:16

Claudia

– A female disciple 2Ti 4:21

Claudius

– Emperor of Rome Ac 11:28; 18:2

Claudius Lysius

– A Roman military officer Ac 21:31-40; 22:23-30

– Sends Paul to Felix Ac 23:10-35

Clay

– Man formed from Job 33:6

– Seals made of Job 38:14

– Used by potter Isa 29:16; 41:25; 45:9

– Blind man's eyes anointed with Joh 9:6

– FIGURATIVE Job 4:19; Ps 40:2; Isa 45:9; 64:8; Jer 18:6; Ro 9:21

– SYMBOLICAL Da 2:33-41

Clean and Unclean Animals

– See [922]ANIMALS

– Of BIRDS

.See [923]BIRDS

– Of FISH

.See [924]FISH

– Of INSECTS

.See [925]INSECTS

Cleanliness

– Taught by frequent ablutions

– See [926]ABLUTION

– See [927]PURIFICATION

– Regulation relating to, in camp De 23:12-14

– FIGURATIVE Ps 51:7,10; 73:1; Pr 20:9; Isa 1:16; Eze 36:25; 1Jo 1:7,9; Re 1:5

Cleansing

– See [928]ABLUTION

Clemency

– Of David toward disloyal subjects

.Shimei 2Sa 16:5-13; 19:16-23

.Amasa 2Sa 19:13; with 17:25

– DIVINE

.See [929]GOD, LONGSUFFERING OF

– See [930]GOD, MERCY OF

Clement

– A disciple at Philippi Php 4:3

Cleopas

– A disciple to whom Jesus appeared after his resurrection Lu 24:18

Cleophas

– Husband of one of the Marys Joh 19:25

Clergyman

– See [931]MINISTER

Clerk

– Town Ac 19:35

Cloak

– Paul's, left at Troas 2Ti 4:13

– FIGURATIVE Joh 15:22; 1Pe 2:16

Closet

– Used as a place for prayer Mt 6:6

Clothing

– Of the Israelites, did not become old De 8:4; 29:5; Ne 9:21

– See [932]DRESS

Cloud

– FIGURATIVE Jer 4:13; Ho 6:4; 13:3

– SYMBOLICAL Re 14:14

– PILLAR OF Ex 13:21,22; 14:19,24; 16:10; 19:9,16; 24:16-18; 33:9,10; 34:5; 40:36-38; Le 16:2; Nu 9:15-23; 10:11,12,33-36; 11:25; 12:5,10; 14:10; 16:19,42; De 1:33; 31:15; 1Ki 8:10,11; 2Ch 7:1-3; Ne 9:12,19; Ps 78:14; 105:39; Isa 4:5; 6:1,4; Eze 10:18,19; 11:22,23; Mt 17:5; Lu 2:8,9; 9:34,35

– APPEARANCES OF

.IN EZEKIEL'S VISION Eze 10:3,4,18; 11:22,23

Cnidus

– A city in Asia Minor Ac 27:7

Coal

– FIGURATIVE Pr 25:22

– SYMBOLICAL Isa 6:6,7; 2Sa 14:7

Coal Oil

– See [933]OIL

Coat of Mail

– General scriptures concerning 1Sa 17:5,38; 1Ki 22:34; 2Ch 18:33

Cockatrice

– (A fabulous serpent)

– FIGURATIVE Isa 11:8; 14:29; 59:5; Jer 8:17

Cock Crowing

– General scriptures concerning Mt 26:34,74,75; Mr 13:35; 14:30,68,72

Cockle

– A general term for obnoxious plants Job 31:40

Coercion

– RELIGIOUS Ex 22:20; 2Ch 15:12-15; Da 3:1-30; 6:26,27

.See [934]INTOLERANCE

Coffer

– A chest 1Sa 6:8,11,15; Eze 27:24

– See [935]TREASURY

Coffin

– General scriptures concerning Ge 50:26

– See [936]BURIAL

Col-hozeh

– Father of Baruch Ne 11:5

Coin

– See [937]MONEY

College

– Second quarter of the city of Jerusalem 2Ki 22:14; 2Ch 34:22

– See [938]SCHOOL>

Collection

– (Of money, for the poor people)

– See [939]ALMS

– See [940]BENEFICENCE

– See [941]GIVING

– See [942]LIBERALITY

Collusion

– IN SIN Le 20:4,5

.See [943]COMPLICITY

.See [944]CONNIVANCE

Colonization

– Of conquered countries and people 2Ki 17:6,24; Ezr 4:9,10

Colors

– Symbolical uses of

– BLACK: A SYMBOL OF AFFLICTION AND CALAMITY Job 3:5; 10:20-22; 30:26; Ps 107:10,11; 143:3; Isa 5:30; 8:22; 9:19; 24:11; 50:3; Joe 2:6,10; 3:14,15; Am 5:8; Na 2:10; Zep 1:14,15; Mt 8:12; 22:13; 25:30; 2Pe 2:4; Jude 1:13; Re 16:10

– BLUE: SYMBOL OF DEITY Ex 24:10; 25:3,4; 26:1; 28:28,37; 38:18; 39:1-5,21,24,29,31; Nu 4:5-12; 15:38-40; 2Ch 2:7,14; 3:14; Jer 10:9; Eze 1:26; 10:1

.For additional reference, see passages below under CRIMSON

.SYMBOL OF ROYALTY Es 8:15; Eze 23:6

.See CRIMSON, below

– CRIMSON, RED, PURPLE, AND SCARLET, SYMBOLS OF VARIOUS IDEAS

.Of iniquity Isa 1:18; Re 17:3,4; 18:12,16

.Of royalty Jud 8:26; Da 5:7,16,29; Mt 27:28

.Prosperity 2Sa 1:24; Pr 31:21; La 4:5

.Conquest Na 2:3; Re 12:3

.These colors figured largely in the symbolisms of the tabernacle furnishing, and priestly vestments and functions, as types and shadows of the atonement Ex 25:3-5; 26:1,14,31,36; 36:8,19,35,37; 27:16; 28:4-8,15,31,33; 35:5-7,23,25,35; 38:18,23; 39:2,3,5,29; Le 14:4,6,49,51,52; Nu 4:7,8,13; 19:2,5,6; Isa 63:1-3; Heb 9:19-23

– WHITE: SYMBOL OF HOLINESS

.The high priest's holy garments were made of white linen Le 16:4,32

.Choir singers were arrayed in white 2Ch 5:12

– SCRIPTURES EMPLOYING THE SYMBOL Ps 51:7; Ec 9:8; Isa 1:18; Da 7:9; 11:35; 12:10; Mt 17:1,2; 28:2,3; Mr 9:3; Re 1:13,14; 2:17; 3:4,5,18; 4:4; 6:2,11; 7:9,13,14; 15:6; 19:8,11,14; 20:11

Colosse (Colossae)

– A city of Phrygia Col 1:2,7,8

Colt

– Ridden by Jesus Mt 21:2,5,7; Mr 11:2; Joh 12:15

Comfort

– See [945]AFFLICTION, CONSOLATION IN

– See [946]RIGHTEOUS, PROMISES TO

Comforter

– See [947]GOD, GRACE OF

– See [948]HOLY SPIRIT

Commandments

– General scriptures concerning Ex 13:8-10; 20:3-17; De 4:5,9,10; 5:6-21; 6:4-9; 11:18-21; 32:46,47; Jos 8:30-35; 2Ch 17:7-9; Ne 8:2-8; Ps 78:1-7; Pr 3:3,4; 6:20,21; 7:1-4; Isa 57:8; Jer 11:4; Zec 7:9,10; 8:16,17

– PRECEPTS OF JESUS. EXPLICITLY STATED, OR IMPLIED IN DIDACTIC DISCOURSE Mt 5:16,22-24,27-48; 6:1-4,6-8,16-25,31-34; 7:1-29; 10:5-42; 16:24; 18:8-10,15-17,21,22; 19:16-19; 20:25-28; 22:21,34-40; 24:42-51; 25:34-46; Mr 6:7-11; 8:34; 9:35,38,39,42-50; 10:9,11,12,17-22; 11:22; 12:17; 13:33-37; Lu 6:27-42; 10:28-37; 12:12-31; Joh 7:24; 13:34,35; 14:11,15,23,24; 15:2,4,5,7-12,14,17,20-22

.See [949]DECALOGUE

.See [950]TABLES

– PRECEPTS OF PAUL. EXPLICITLY STATED OR IMPLIED IN DIDACTIC EPISTLES Ro 12:1-3,6-21; 13:8-14; 14:19-21; 15:1,2; 1Co 8:1,7-13; 10:7-10,24,28,29,31,32; 14:20; 16:13,14; 2Co 13:7; Ga 5:1,16; 6:1,2; Eph 4:1-3,26-32; 5:1-6,11,15,17-21; 6:10,11,13-18; Php 1:27,28; 2:2-8,12-16; 4:6,8,9; Col 2:6,16,20-23; 3:1,2,5,8,9,12-17,23; 1Th 3:12; 4:1,3,5,6,9-12; 5:6,8,12-22; 2Th 2:15; 3:6-15; 1Ti 1:4; 2:1,2,8-12; 3:2-13; 4:1-7,12-16; 5:1-14,16-21; 6:11-14,17-20; 2Ti 1:13,14; 2:19,22-25; 3:2-5; Tit 1:5-14; 2:2-5,9-12; 3:1,2,8; Heb 6:1,11,12; 10:22-25; 13:1-3,5,7,9,15-17

– OTHER APOSTLES

PRECEPTS OF, EXPLICITLY STATED OR IMPLIED IN DIDACTIC EPISTLES Jas 1:16,19,21,22; 2:1-4,8-12; 3:1; 4:7-11,13-15; 5:7-12,16; 1Pe 1:13-17; 2:11-25; 3:8-12,15-17; 4:1-16; 5:1-3,5-9; 2Pe 1:5-7,10; 3:14,18; 1Jo 2:15,28; 3:10-23; 4:1,7,8,11,12,15,16,21; 5:21; 2Jo 1:5,6; 3Jo 1:11; Jude 1:3,4,20-23; Re 3:11,18,19; 22:17

.See [951]ADULTERY

.See [952]CHILDREN

.See [953]CITIZEN

.See [954]HOMICIDE

.See [955]INSTRUCTION

.See [956]MINISTERS

.See [957]OBEDIENCE, ENJOINED

.See [958]SERVANTS>

.See [959]THEFT

.See [960]WIFE

.See [961]WOMAN and other topics

– OF MEN Isa 29:13; Mt 15:3-20; Mr 7:2-23; Ro 14:1-6,10-23; 1Ti 4:1-3

Commerce

– Laws concerning Le 19:36,37; 25:14,17

– Carried on by means of caravans Ge 37:25,27; Isa 60:6

– Carried on by means of ships 1Ki 9:27,28; 10:11; 22:48; Ps 107:23-30; Pr 31:11; Re 18:19

– Conducted in fairs Eze 27:12,19; Mt 11:16

– Of the Arabians Isa 60:6; Jer 6:20; Eze 27:21-24

– Egyptians Ge 42:2-34

– Ethiopians Isa 45:14

– Ishmaelites Ge 37:27,28

– Israelites 1Ki 9:26-28; Ne 3:31,32; Eze 27:17

– Ninevites Na 3:16

– Syrians Eze 27:16,18

– Tyrians 2Sa 5:11; 1Ki 5:6; Isa 23:8; Eze 27; 28:5

– Zidonians Isa 23:2; Eze 27:8

– Babylonians Re 18:3,11-13

– Jews Eze 27:17

– From Tarshish Jer 10:9; Eze 27:25

– Evil practices connected with Pr 29:14; Eze 22:13; Ho 12:7

– Articles of

.Apes 1Ki 10:22

.Balm Ge 37:25

.Blue cloth Eze 27:24

.Brass Eze 27:13; Re 18:12

.Cinnamon Re 18:13

.Corn 1Ki 5:11; Eze 27:17

.Cattle Eze 27:21

.Chest of rich apparel Eze 27:24

.Chariots 1Ki 10:29; Re 18:13

.Clothes for chariots Eze 27:20

.Embroidery Eze 27:16,24

.Frankincense Jer 6:20; Re 18:13

.Gold 1Ki 9:28; 10:22; 2Ch 8:18; Isa 60:6; Re 18:12

.Honey Eze 27:17

.Horses 1Ki 10:29; Eze 27:14; Re 18:13

.Ivory 1Ki 10:22; 2Ch 9:21; Eze 27:15; Re 18:12

.Iron and steel Eze 27:12,19

.Land Ge 23:13-16; Ru 4:3

.Lead Eze 27:12

.Linen 1Ki 10:28; Re 18:12

.Oil 1Ki 5:11; Eze 27:17

.Pearls Re 18:12

.Peacocks 1Ki 10:22

.Perfumes So 3:6

.Precious stones Eze 27:16,22; 28:13,16; Re 18:12

.Purple Eze 27:16; Re 18:12

.Sheep Re 18:13

.Slaves Ge 37:28,36; De 24:7

.Silk Re 18:12

.Silver 1Ki 10:22; 2Ch 9:21; Re 18:12

.Sweet cane Jer 6:20

.Thyine wood Re 18:12

.Timber 1Ki 5:6,8

.Tin Eze 27:12

.Wheat Re 18:13

.White wool Eze 27:18

.Wine 2Ch 2:15; Eze 27:18; Re 18:13

.Bodies and souls of men Re 18:13

– Transportation of passengers Jon 1:3; Ac 21:2; 27:2,6,37

– See [962]MERCHANT

– See [963]TARSHISH

– See [964]TRADE

– See [965]TRAFFIC

Commissary

– For armies, cattle driven with 2Ki 3:9

– See [966]ARMIES

– For royal households 1Ki 4:7-19,27,28

Commonwealth

– FIGURATIVE

.(R. V. margin) Php 3:20

Communion

– WITH GOD Ps 16:7; Joh 14:16-18,23; 1Co 16; 2Co 6:16; 13:14; Ga 4:6; Php 2:1,2; 1Jo 1:3; Re 3:20

.See [967]FELLOWSHIP

– INSTANCES OF

.Enoch Ge 5:22,24

.Noah Ge 6:9,13-22; 8:15-17

.Abraham Ge 12:1-3,7; 17:1,2; 18:1-33; 22:1,2,11,12,16-18

.Hagar Ge 16:8-12

.Isaac Ge 26:2,24

.Isaac, in dreams Ge 28:13,15; 31:3; 35:1,7; 46:2-4

.Moses Ex 3; 4:1-17; 33:9,11; 34:28; Nu 12:8

.Joshua Jos 1:1-9; 6:2-5; 7:10-15; 8:1,2; 20:1-6

.Gideon Jud 6:11-24

.Solomon 1Ki 3:5-14; 2Ch 1:7-12

– OF SAINTS 1Sa 23:16; Ps 55:14; 119:63; 133:1-3; Am 3:3; Mal 3:16; Lu 22:32; 24:17,32; Joh 17:20,21; Ac 2:42; Ro 12:15; 1Co 10:16,17; 12:12,13; 2Co 6:14-18; Eph 4:1-3; 5:11; Col 3:16; 1Th 4:18; 5:11,14; Heb 3:13; 10:24,25; Jas 5:16; 1Jo 1:3,7

.See [968]FELLOWSHIP

Communism

– General scriptures concerning Ac 2:44,45; 4:32,34-37; 5:1-10

Company

– EVIL Ge 19:15; 49:6; Ex 23:2,32,33; 34:12-15; Le 18:3; 20:23; Nu 16:21-26; 33:55; De 7:2-4; 12:30; Jos 23:6-13; Jud 2:1-3; 2Sa 23:6,7; 2Ch 19:2; Ezr 9:14; Ps 1:1; 6:8; 15:4; 26:4,5,9; 28:3; 31:6; 50:18; 84:10; 101:4,7; 106:34,35; 119:115; 120:5-7; 139:19,21,22; 141:4; Pr 1:10,14,15; 2:11,12,16,19; 4:14,15; 5:8; 9:6; 12:11,26; 13:20; 14:7; 16:29; 17:12; 20:19; 22:5,10,24,25; 23:6,20; 24:1; 28:7,19; 29:16,24; Ec 9:18; Isa 1:23; 6:5; 8:11,12; Jer 2:25; 9:2; 15:17; 51:6,45; Ho 4:17; 7:5,8,9; Mic 6:16; Mt 24:12; Ro 16:17,18; 1Co 5:6,9-11; 15:33; 2Co 6:14,15,17; Ga 5:9; Eph 5:6,7; 2Th 3:6; 1Ti 5:22; 6:5; 2Ti 3:4,5; 2Pe 2:7,8,18; 2Jo 1:10,11; Re 2:2; 18:4

– GOOD Pr 13:20

.See [969]COMMUNION OF SAINTS

.See [970]EXAMPLE

.See [971]FELLOWSHIP

.See [972]INFLUENCE

Compasses

– CARPENTER'S Isa 44:13

Compassion

– OF GOD

.See [973]GOD, MERCY OF

– OF CHRIST

.See [974]JESUS, COMPASSION OF

Complaint

– See [975]MURMURING

Complicity

– General scriptures concerning Ps 50:18; Pr 29:24; Ro 1:32; 2Jo 1:10,11

– INSTANCES OF

.The daughter of Herodias, in asking for the head of John the Baptist Mt 14:8; Mr 6:25

.Pilate, in the death of Jesus Mt 27:17-26; Mr 15:9-15; Lu 23:13-25; Joh 19:13-16

.Paul, in the stoning of Stephen Ac 7:58

.See [976]COLLUSION

.See [977]CONNIVANCE

.See [978]CONSPIRACY

Compromise

– BEFORE LITIGATION, ENJOINED Pr 25:8-10; Mt 5:25,26; Lu 12:58,59

.See [979]ADJUDICATION

.See [980]ARBITRATION

.See [981]JUSTICE

.See [982]COURT

Conceit

– General scriptures concerning Pr 3:5,7; 12:15; 23:4; 26:5,12,16; 28:11,26; Isa 5:21; Jer 9:23; Lu 18:11,12; Ro 1:22; 11:25; 12:16

– See [983]HYPOCRISY

– See [984]PRIDE

Conception

– MIRACULOUS

.By Sarah Ge 21:1,2

.Rebekah Ge 25:21

.Rachel Ge 30:22

.Manoah's wife Jud 13:3-24

.Hannah 1Sa 1:19,20

.Elisabeth Lu 1:24,25,36,37,58

.Mary Mt 1:18,20; Lu 1:31-35

Concision

– A term for "over-zealous" circumcision Php 3:2

Concubinage

– LAWS CONCERNING Ex 21:7-11; Le 19:20-22; De 21:10-14

.Concubines might be dismissed Ge 21:9-14

.Called WIVES Ge 37:2; Jud 19:3-5

.Children of, not heirs Ge 15:4; 21:10

.Practiced by

Abraham Ge 16:3; 25:6; 1Ch 1:32

Nahor Ge 22:23,24

Jacob Ge 30:4

Eliphaz Ge 36:12

Gideon Jud 8:31

A Levite Jud 19:1

Caleb 1Ch 2:46-48

Manasseh 1Ch 7:14

Saul 2Sa 3:7

David 2Sa 5:13; 15:16

Solomon 1Ki 11:3

Rehoboam 2Ch 11:21

Abijah 2Ch 13:21

Belshazzar Da 5:2

.See [985]MARRIAGE

.See [986]POLYGAMY

Concupiscence

– See [987]LASCIVIOUSNESS

Condemnation, Self

– See [988]SELF-CONDEMNATION

Condescension of God

– In reasoning with his creatures

.Sets forth his reasons for sending the flood Ge 6:11-13

– Enters into covenant with Abraham Ge 15:1-21; 18:1-22

– Indulges Abraham's intercession for Sodom Ge 18:23-33

– Warns Abimelech in a dream Ge 20:3-7

– Reasons with Moses Ex 4:2-17

– Sends flesh to the Israelites in consequence of their murmuring Ex 16:12

– Indulges Moses' prayer to behold his glory Ex 33:18-23

– Indulges Gideon's tests Jud 6:36-40

– Reasons with Job Job 38; 39; 40; 41

– Invites sinners, saying, "Come now, and let us reason together," Isa 1:18-20

– Expostulates with backsliding Israel Isa 41:21-24; 43:1-19; 65:1-16; Jer 3:1-15; 4:1-31; 7:1-34; Eze 18:25-32; 33:10-20; Ho 2; Mic 6:1-9; Mal 3:7-15

– SCRIPTURES RELATING TO Ps 8:4-6; 113:5,6; 144:3; Isa 45:11; Joh 3:16; Ro 5:8; Heb 2:11; 6:17,18; 1Jo 4:10,19

Condolence

– INSTANCES OF

.David, to Hanun 2Sa 10:2

.King of Babylon, to Hezekiah 2Ki 20:12,13

.The three friends of, to Job Job 2:11

.Jesus, to Mary and Martha Joh 11:23-35

.See [989]AFFLICTION, COMFORT IN

.See [990]SYMPATHY

Coney

– General scriptures concerning Le 11:5; De 14:7; Ps 18; Pr 30:26

Confectioner

– General scriptures concerning 1Sa 8:13

Confederacies

– INSTANCES OF

.Of kings Ge 14:1,2; Jos 10:1-5; 11:1-5; 1Ki 20:1

.See [991]ALLIANCES

Confession

– OF CHRIST Mt 3:11; 7:21-23; 10:32,33; Lu 12:8; Joh 1:15-18; 9:22-38; 12:42,43; Ac 8:35-37; 18:5; 19:4,5; Ro 10:9-11; 1Co 12:3; 1Jo 1:6; 2:4; 4:2,3,15

.See [992]TESTIMONY, RELIGIOUS

– OF SIN

.See [993]SIN, CONFESSION OF

Confidence

– BETRAYED

.INSTANCES OF

Joshua, by the Gibeonites Jos 9:3-15

.Eglon, by Ehud Jud 3:15-23

.Ahimelech, by David 1Sa 21:1-9

.Abner, by Joab 2Sa 3:27

.Amasa, by Joab 2Sa 20:9,10

.The worshipers of Baal, by Jehu 2Ki 10:18-28

.See [994]BETRAYAL

– FALSE De 29:18,19; 1Ki 20:11; 2Ki 18:21; Isa 36:6; Job 11:20; 15:31; 29:18; Ps 10:6; 20:7,8; 30:6; 33:16,17; 36:2; 44:6; 49:6,7; 52:7; 60:11; 108:12; Pr 14:16; 16:25; 18:11; 23:4; 26:12; 28:26; 29:26; Isa 2:22; 5:21; 8:12; 9:9,10; 20:5; 22:11; 28:15,18; 30:1,2,5,7,10,15,16; 31:1,3; 47:7,8,10; 56:12; 57:13; Jer 2:13,18,22,23,37; 3:23; 5:17; 6:14; 7:8; 8:11; 12:5; 14:13; 17:5; 21:13; 23:17; 48:7,11; 49:4,5; La 4:17; Eze 8:12; 13:10,11; 29:6,7; 30:8; Ho 5:13; 7:9-16; 10:13; 12:1; 14:3; Am 6:1-7,13; 9:10; Ob 1:3; Mic 3:11; Zep 1:12; 2:15; Zec 4:6; Mt 25:5; 26:33-35; Mr 10:24; 14:29-31; Lu 11:35; 12:19,20; 17:26-30; 18:9-14; 22:33,34; Joh 5:45; 13:37,38; Ro 2:3; 12:16; 1Co 3:21; 2Co 1:9; Ga 6:7,8; 1Th 5:3; 1Ti 6:17; Jas 4:13-15; Re 18:7,8

.See [995]BLINDNESS, SPIRITUAL

.See [996]CONCEIT

– INSTANCES OF

.Builders of Babel Ge 11:4

.Saul 1Sa 13:8-14

.Sennacherib 2Ki 19:23

.Asa 2Ch 16:7-9

.Hezekiah Isa 22:11

.Jonah Jon 1:3-5

.Peter Mt 26:33-35; Lu 22:33,34

.Paul Php 1:25; 2:23,24

Confiscation

– Of property

.By David, that of Mephibosheth 2Sa 16:4

– By Ahab, of Naboth's vineyard 1Ki 21:7-16

– By Ahasuerus, of Haman's house Es 8:1

– As a penalty Ezr 10:8

Confusion

– Of tongues Ge 11:1-9

Congestion

– General scriptures concerning Le 13:28; De 28:22

Congregation

– Those who were excluded from De 23:1-3

– See [997]CHURCH

– See [998]EXCOMMUNICATION

Coniah

– See [999]JEHOIACHIN

Connivance

– General scriptures concerning Pr 10:10; 1Sa 3:11-13

– See [1000]COLLUSION

– See [1001]COMPLICITY

– See [1002]CONSPIRACY

Cononiah

– Name of two Israelites 2Ch 31:12,13; 35:9

Conscience

– General scriptures concerning Job 15:21,24; 27:6; Pr 20:12; Mt 5:15,16; 6:22,23; Lu 11:33-36; Ac 23:1; 24:16; Ro 2:14,15; 7:15-22,23; 9:1; 14:1-23; 1Co 8:7-13; 10:32; 2Co 1:12; 4:2; 5:11; 1Ti 1:5,19; 3:9; Heb 9:14; 10:22; 13:18; 1Pe 2:19; 3:16,21; 1Jo 3:20,21

– FAITHFUL

INSTANCES OF

Of Pharaoh, when he took Abraham's wife for a concubine Ge 12:18,19

.Of Abimelech, when he took Isaac's wife for a concubine Ge 26:9-11

.Of Jacob, in his care of Laban's property Ge 31:39

.Of Joseph, when Potiphar's wife tried to seduce him Ge 39:7-12

.Of Nehemiah, in the matter of taxes Ne 5:15

.Of Daniel, in refusing to eat of the king's meat and wine Da 1:8

.Of Peter, in declaring the whole counsel of God Ac 4:19,20; 5:29

.See [1003]HONESTY

.See [1004]INTEGRITY

– GUILTY Job 15:21,24; Ps 51:1-4,7-14; 73:21; Pr 28:1; Isa 59:9-14; Mt 14:1,2; 27:3-5; Mr 6:14,16; Joh 8:9; Ac 2:37; 1Ti 4:2; Tit 1:15; Heb 9:14; 10:26,27

– INSTANCES OF

.Of Adam and Eve, after they sinned Ge 3:7,8

.Of Jacob, after he defrauded Esau Ge 33:1-12

.Of Joseph's brethren Ge 42:21; 44:16

.Of Pharaoh, after the plagues Ex 9:27

.Of Micah, after stealing Jud 17:2

.Of David

For having cut off Saul's skirt 1Sa 24:5

For having numbered the people of Israel 2Sa 24:10

For his adultery and the murder of Uriah Ps 32; 38; 40:11,12; 51

.Of Joab, for numbering Israel 1Ch 21:1-7

.Of the lepers of Samaria 2Ki 7:8-10

.Of the old prophet of Beth-el 1Ki 13:29-32

.Of Herod for beheading John the Baptist Mt 14:2; Lu 9:7

.Of Peter, after denying the Lord Mt 26:75; Mr 14:72; Lu 22:62

.Of Judas, after betraying the Lord Jesus Mt 27:3-5

.The accusers of the woman taken in adultery Joh 8:9

– DEAD Pr 16:25; 30:20; Jer 6:15; Am 6:1,3-6; Joh 16:2,3; Ro 1:21-25; Eph 4:17-19; 1Ti 4:2; Tit 1:15

.See [1005]BLINDNESS, SPIRITUAL

Conscience Money

– General scriptures concerning Jud 17:2; 2Ki 12:16; Mt 27:3-5

– See [1006]MONEY, SIN MONEY

Conscientiousness

– See [1007]INTEGRITY

Conscription

– Of soldiers 1Sa 14:52

– See [1008]ARMIES

Consecrated Things

– See [1009]FIRSTBORN

– See [1010]FIRSTFRUITS

Consecration

– Of Aaron

.See [1011]AARON

– Of priests

.See [1012]PRIESTS

– Of the altar

.See [1013]ALTAR

– Of the temple

.See [1014]TEMPLE, DEDICATION OF

– See also [1015]OFFERINGS

– PERSONAL Ps 51:17; Mt 13:44-46; Ro 6:13,16,19; 12:1; 2Co 8:5

– CONDITIONAL Ge 28:20-22; 2Sa 15:7,8

.See [1016]DEDICATION

.See [1017]OFFERINGS

– INSTANCES OF

.Cain and Abel Ge 4:4-7

.Abraham, of Isaac Ge 22:9-12

.Jephthah, of his daughter Jud 11:30,31,34-40

.Hannah, of Samuel 1Sa 1:11,24-28

.David consecrates the water obtained by his valiant warriors 2Sa 23:16

.Zichri, of himself 2Ch 17:16

Consistency

– General scriptures concerning Ne 5:9; Mt 6:24; Lu 16:13; Ro 14:22; 1Co 10:21

– See [1018]DECEIT

– See [1019]EXPEDIENCY

– See [1020]HYPOCRISY

– See [1021]INCONSISTENCY

– See [1022]OBDURACY

– See [1023]PRUDENCE

Consolation

– See [1024]AFFLICTION, CONSOLATION IN

– See [1025]HOLY SPIRIT

Conspiracy

– LAW AGAINST Ex 23:1,2

– INSTANCES OF

.Joseph's brother, against Joseph Ge 37:18-20

.Miriam and Aaron, against Moses Nu 12; 14:4; 16:1-35

.Abimelech against Gideon's sons Jud 9:1-6

.Gaal, against Abimelech Jud 9:23-41

.Delilah, against Samson Jud 16:4-21

.Abner, against Ish-bosheth 2Sa 3:7-21

.Of Absalom 2Sa 15:10-13

.Of Jeroboam 1Ki 14:2

.Of Baasha 1Ki 15:27

.Of Zimri 1Ki 16:9

.Of Jezebel, against Naboth 1Ki 21:8-13

.Of Jehu 2Ki 9:14-26

.Of Jehoiada 2Ki 11:4-16

.Of servants, against Joash 2Ki 12:20

.People in Jerusalem, against Amaziah 2Ki 14:19

.Shallum, against Zachariah 2Ki 15:10

.Pekahiah 2Ki 15:23-25

.Pekah 2Ki 15:30

.Amon 2Ki 21:23

.Sennacherib 2Ki 19:37

.Amaziah 2Ch 25:27

.Ahasuerus Es 2:21-23

.Jeremiah Jer 18:18

.Daniel Da 6:4-17

.Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego Da 3:8-18

.Against Jesus Jer 11:9,19; Mt 12:14; 21:38-41; 26:3,4; 27:1,2; Mr 3:6

.Paul Ac 18:12; 23:12-15

.Falsely accused of

Jonathan 1Sa 22:8

Constancy

– In obedience Ps 119:31,33

– In friendship Pr 27:10

– Under suffering Mt 5:12; Heb 12:5; 1Pe 4:12-16

– In prayer Lu 18:1; Ro 12:12; Eph 6:18; Col 4:2; 1Th 5:17

– In beneficence Ga 6:9

– In profession Heb 10:23

– INSTANCES OF Ru 1:14

.Jonathan 1Sa 18:1; 20:16

.Priscilla and Aquila Ro 16:3,4

.See [1026]CHARACTER

.See [1027]STABILITY

Constellations

– General scriptures concerning Isa 13:10

– The serpent Job 26:13

– Orion Job 9:9; Am 5:8

– See [1028]ASTRONOMY

Constitution

– AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE RULER AND PEOPLE De 17:18-20; 2Sa 5:3; 2Ch 23:2,3; Jer 34:8-11; Da 6:12-15

Consumption

– General scriptures concerning Le 26:16; De 28:22

Contempt of Court

– See [1029]COURT

Contention

– See [1030]STRIFE

Contentment

– General scriptures concerning Ps 16:6; 37:7,16; Pr 14:10,14; 15:13,15,30; 16:8; 17:1,22; 30:8; Ec 2:24; 3:12,13; 4:6; 5:12; 6:7-9; 8:15; 9:7-9; Lu 3:14; 1Co 7:17,20,21,24; Ga 5:26; Php 4:11,12; 1Ti 6:6-8; Heb 13:5

– See [1031]AFFLICTION, RESIGNATION IN

– See [1032]RESIGNATION

– INSTANCES OF

.Esau, in refusing Jacob's present Ge 33:9

.Barzillai, in refusing to go with David to Jerusalem 2Sa 19:33-37

.The Shunammite, in refusing to make a request of Elisha 2Ki 4:13

Continence

– General scriptures concerning Job 31:1; Mt 5:27,28; 19:12; Ro 13:13; 1Co 7:1-9,25-29,36-38; 9:27; Col 3:5; 1Ti 4:12; 5:1,2; Re 14:1,4,5

– See [1033]CHASTITY

– INSTANCES OF

.Joseph Ge 39:7-12

.Uriah 2Sa 11:8-13

.Boaz Ru 3:6-13

.Joseph, husband of Mary Mt 1:24,25

.Paul 1Co 7:8

Continents

– General scriptures concerning Ge 1:9,10; Job 26:7,10; 28:8-11; 38:4-18; Ps 95:5; 104:5-9; 136:6; Pr 8:29; 30:4

– See [1034]GEOLOGY

Contingencies

– IN DIVINE GOVERNMENT OF MAN Ge 2:16,17; 3:3; 4:7; 18:19; Ex 19:5; Le 26:3-28; De 7:12-26; 11:26-28; 30:15,16,19; Jos 24:15; 2Sa 24:12-14; 1Ki 3:14; 20:42; 1Ch 28:7; 2Ch 26:5; Job 36:11,12; Jer 11:4; 12:17; 18:8-10; 22:4,5; Eze 33:14-16; Jon 3:10; Mt 19:17; 23:37; 26:39,42; Mr 11:26; Joh 9:41; 14:23; 15:6,7; Col 1:22,23; 2Th 2:8-10; Heb 3:14; Re 2:22; 3:3; 22:17

.See [1035]BLESSINGS, CONTINGENT ON OBEDIENCE

.See [1036]PREDESTINATION

.See [1037]WILL

Contracts

– Between Abraham and Abimelech, concerning wells of water Ge 21:25-32

– Violated Ge 26:15

– First contract between Laban and Jacob for Laban's daughter Ge 29:15-20,27-30

– Violated Ge 29:23-27

– Second contract Ge 30:28-34

– Violated Ge 30:37-43; 31:7

– For cattle Ge 30:27-29,31-34

– See [1038]FRAUD

– Between Solomon and Hiram 1Ki 5:9-11; 9:11

– Dissolved

.By mutual consent Ex 4:18

.By blotting out Col 2:14

– Modes of ratifying

.By giving presents Ge 21:25-30; 1Sa 18:4

– By consummating in the presence of the public at the gate of the city Ge 23:18; Ru 4:1,2

– By erecting a heap of stones Ge 31:44-54

– By oaths Ge 26:3,31; Jos 9:15,20; 1Ch 16:16; Heb 6:16,17

– By joining hands Pr 6:1; 11:21; 17:18; 22:26; Eze 17:18

– With salt Nu 18:19

– By taking off the shoe Ru 4:6-8

– Written instrument Jer 32:10-15

– See [1039]COVENANTS

– See [1040]VOWS

– SCRIPTURES ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE BINDING FORCE OF Ex 21:2-6; Le 6:1,2,4-7; Jos 9:3-9,15,16,18-27; Mt 20:1-16; Ga 3:15

.See [1041]COVENANT

.See [1042]LAND

Contrition

– See [1043]REPENTANCE

– See [1044]SIN, CONFESSION OF

Convention

– For counsel Pr 15:22

Conversation

– General scriptures concerning Mt 5:37; 12:35-37; Eph 4:29; Col 3:8; 4:6; Jas 5:12

– See [1045]TONGUE

Conversion

– See [1046]REGENERATION

– INSTANCES OF

.See [1047]CONVERTS, below

Converts

– "Wayside," Mt 13:4,19

– "Stony ground," Mt 13:5,20,21

– "Choked," Mt 13:7,22

– "Good ground," Mt 13:8,23; Lu 8:4-15

– See [1048]BACKSLIDERS

– See PROSELYTES

– See [1049]REVIVALS

– INSTANCES OF

.Ruth Ru 1:16

.Nebuchadnezzar Da 4

.The mariners with Jonah Jon 1:5,6,9,14,16

.Ninevites Jon 3

.Gadarenes Lu 8:35-39

.The Samaritans Joh 4:28-42

.The thief on the cross Lu 23:39-43

.At Pentecost, about three-thousand people Ac 2:41

.Post-pentecostal Ac 4:4

.The eunuch Ac 8:35-38

.Saul of Tarsus Ac 9:3-18

.Sergius Paulus Ac 13:7,12; 26:12-23

.Cornelius Ac 10

.Jews and Greeks at Antioch Ac 13:43

.Lydia Ac 16:14,15

.Jailer Ac 16:27-34

.Greeks Ac 17:4,12

– ZEALOUS

INSTANCES OF

Nebuchadnezzar Da 3:29; 4:1-37

.Andrew Joh 1:40,41

.Philip Joh 1:43-45

.The woman of Samaria Joh 4:28,29

.The man possessed by demons Lu 8:39

.The blind men Mt 9:31; Joh 9:8-38

.The deaf man Mr 7:36

Conveyance

– OF LAND

.See [1050]LAND

Conviction

– OF SIN Ge 4:13; De 28:65-67; Job 40:4,5; Ps 31:10; 38:1-22; 51:1-4,7-17; Isa 6:5; La 1:20; Eze 7:16,17,25,26; 33:10; Mic 7:17; Lu 5:8; Ac 2:37; 9:6; 16:29,30; Ro 2:15; 1Co 14:24,25

.See [1051]SIN, CONFESSION OF

– INSTANCES OF

.Adam and Eve, after their disobedience Ge 3:8-10

.Joseph's brother, on account of their cruelty to Joseph Ge 42:21,22; 44:16; 45:3; 50:15-21

.Pharaoh

After the plague of hail Ex 9:27,28

The plague of locusts Ex 10:16,17

The death of the firstborn Ex 12:32

.The Israelites

After being rebuked and punished for worshiping the golden calf Ex 33:4

The death of the ten spies and their being sentenced to wander for forty years Nu 14:39,40

Their complaining against God and being bitten by fiery serpents Nu 21:7

.Saul, after sparing Agag and the best of the spoils 1Sa 15:24

.David after the pestilence sent on account of his numbering the people 1Ch 21:30

.See [1052]PSALMS, PENITENTIAL

.Widow of Zarephath, when her son died 1Ki 17:18

.Belshazzar, when he "saw the part of the hand that wrote," Da 5:6

.Darius, when Daniel was in the lions' den Da 6:18

.Mariners

After casting Jonah into the sea Jon 1:16

At the preaching of Jonah Jon 3; Mt 12:41; Lu 11:32

.Jonah, in the belly of the great fish Jon 2

.Herod, when he heard of the fame of Jesus Mt 14:2; Mr 6:14; Lu 9:7

.Jews, when Jesus commanded the guiltless man to cast the first stone at the woman taken in adultery Joh 8:9

.Judas, after his betrayal of Jesus Mt 27:3-5

.Saul of Tarsus, when he saw Jesus on the way to Damascus Ac 9:6

.Felix, under the preaching of Paul Ac 24:25

.Philippian jailer, after the earthquake Ac 16:30

.See [1053]WICKED

– FROM GOD Job 33:14-30; Joh 6:44,45; 16:7-11; Ac 16:14

.See [1054]PENITENTS

.See [1055]REMORSE

.See [1056]REPENTANCE

.See [1057]SIN, CONFESSION OF

– UNJUST, OF INNOCENT PERSONS

.See [1058]ACCUSATION, FALSE

.See [1059]INDICTMENTS

Convocation

– HOLY

.Three held annually by the Israelites Le 23

.See [1060]FEASTS

Cooking

– A kid (young goat) must not be boiled in its mother's milk De 14:21

– Spice used in Eze 24:10

– Ephraim, a cake unturned Ho 7:8

– In the temple Eze 46:19-24

– See [1061]BREAD

– See [1062]OVEN

Coos

– An island, Paul visits, in the Mediterranean Ac 21:1

Copper

– Incorrectly translated brass De 8:9

– See [1063]BRASS

Copulation

– Forbidden between persons near of kin Le 18:6-16

– During menses Le 15:19; 18:19

– With animals

– See [1064]ADULTERY

– See [1065]LASCIVIOUSNESS

– See [1066]SODOMY

Cor

– A measure for liquids and solids, containing ten ephahs, or baths, and equal to the homer Eze 45:14

– Rendered measure in 1Ki 4:22; 5:11; 2Ch 2:10; 27:5; Ezr 7:22; Lu 16:7

– See [1067]MEASURES

Coral

– General scriptures concerning Job 28:18; Eze 27:16