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Of the world, condemned

^{1 Joh 2:15}

^{Stop loving this evil world and all that it offers}

LUST

Source of

^{Mark 7:21}	^{out of mens hearts, come evil thoughts}
^{Gal 5:19}	^{when you follow your own wrong inclinations}

Condemned

^{Exod 20:17}	^{or want to sleep with his wife,}
^{Job 31:11}	^{For lust is a shameful sin, a crime}
^{Prov 6:25}	^{Dont lust for their beauty.}
^{Matt 5:28}	^{looks at a woman with lust in his eye}
^{Rom 1:27}	^{burned with lust for each other,}
^{Col 3:5}	^{have nothing to do with sexual sin, impurity, lust}

LYING

Examples of

^{Gen 12:11-13}	^{tell everyone that she was his sister!}
^{Gen 20:5}	^{He told me, She is my sister,}
^{Gen 27:19}	^{Jacob: Its Esau, your oldest son.}
^{Judg 4:20}	^{tell them that no one is here.}
^{1 Sam 19:14}	^{she told them he was sick and couldnt get out}
^{Luke 22:57}	^{he said, I dont even know the man!}
^{Acts 6:11}	^{they brought some men to lie about him,}

Laws concerning

^{Exod 23:1}	^{Do not pass along untrue reports.}
^{Lev 6:3}	^{finding a lost article and lying about it,}
^{Lev 19:11}	^{You must not steal nor lie nor defraud.}
^{Lev 19:16}	^{Dont falsely accuse your neighbor of some crime,}
^{Deut 19:18}	^{closely questioned, and if the witness if lying.}

Forbidden

^{Col 3:9}

^{Dont tell lies to each other;}

Hateful to God

^{Prov 6:16-19}	^{six things the Lord hatesno seven: Haughtiness, Lying}
^{Prov 12:22}	^{God abhors those who dont keep their promises}

Satan, father of

^{John 8:44}	^{he is the father of liars.}
^{Acts 5:3}	^{Ananias, Satan has filled your heart.}

MALICE
, see
Hatred

Examples of

^{Gen 21:10}	^{Get rid of that slave girl and her son.}
^{1 Sam 18:8}	^{Of course Saul was very angry.}
^{1 Kgs 19:2}	^{I swear by the gods that I am going to kill you}
^{2 Kgs 6:31}	^{May God kill me if I dont execute Elisha}
^{Neh 2:10}	^{they were very angry}
^{Est 3:5-6}	^{Haman was furious,}
^{Matt 14:3}	^{chained him in prison at the demands of his wife}
^{Matt 27:18}	^{arrested Jesus out of envy}
^{Acts 17:5}	^{Jewish leaders were jealous}

Condemned

^{Prov 24:17}	^{Do not rejoice when your enemy meets trouble.}
^{1 Cor 5:8}	^{leaving entirely behind us the cancerous old life}
^{Col 3:8}	^{throw away all these rotten garments of anger,}
^{1 Pet 2:1}	^{talking about others behind their backs.}

MAN

Creation of

^{Gen 1:26}	^{God said, Let us make a man}
^{Gen 2:7}	^{God formed a mans body from the dust}

In the image of God

^{Gen 1:26}	^{Let us make a mansomeone like ourselves,}
^{Gen 9:5-6}	^{to kill one made like God.}
^{1 Cor 11:7}	^{Gods glory is man made in his image,}
^{Jas 3:9}	^{against men who are made like God.}

Equality of

^{Prov 22:2}	^{rich and the poor are alike before the Lord}
^{Acts 10:28}	^{that I should never think of anyone as inferior.}

Insignificance of

^{Job 25:6}	^{man, who is but a worm in his sight?}
^{Job 38:4}	^{Where were you when I laid the foundations}
^{Psa 8:4}	^{how you can bother with mere puny man,}
^{Psa 144:3}	^{what is man that you even notice him?}

Ignorance of

^{Job 8:9}	^{we were born but yesterday and know so little;}
^{Prov 16:25}	^{a road he thinks is right, but it ends in death.}
^{Prov 27:1}	^{Dont brag about your plans for tomorrow}
^{1 Cor 1:20}	^{God has made them all look foolish,}
^{Jas 4:14}	^{length of your lives is as uncertain as the morning fog}

Mortality of

^{Psa 62:9}	^{They weigh less than air on scales.}
^{Psa 78:39}	^{that they were merely mortal men,}
^{Psa 144:4}	^{For man is but a breath;}
^{Rom 5:12}	^{everything began to grow old and die,}
^{Heb 9:27}	^{it is destined that men die only once,}

Suffering of

^{Acts 14:22}	^{into the Kingdom of God through many tribulations.}
^{Rom 8:22}	^{animals and plants, suffer in sickness and death}

Fall of

^{Gen 3:6}

^{she ate some of the fruit and gave some to her husband,}

Dignity of

^{Gen 1:27}	^{So God made man like his Maker.}
^{Gen 2:25}	^{they were both naked, neither of them was embarrassed}
^{Eccl 7:29}	^{though God has made men upright,}

MARRIAGE(S)

Examples of, freely chosen

^{Gen 11:29}	^{Abram married his half-sister Sarai,}
^{Gen 29:18}	^{if youll give me Rachel as my wife.}

Arranged, examples

^{Gen 21:20-21}	^{his mother arranged a marriage for him}
^{Gen 24:3}	^{you will not let my son marry one of these}

Institution of

^{Gen 2:18}

^{I will make a companion for him, a helper}

Laws concerning

^{Exod 22:17}	^{her father utterly refuses to let her marry him,}
^{Deut 22:28-29}	^{pay a fine to the girls father and marry her;}
^{Deut 25:5}	^{her husbands brother must marry her}

Forbidden, with non-Israelites

^{Exod 34:16}	^{you would accept their daughters,}
^{Deut 7:3}	^{Do not intermarry with them,}

By purchase

^{Gen 29:20}	^{seven years working to pay for Rachel.}
^{Ruth 4:10}	^{that with it I have purchased Ruth}
^{Hos 3:2}	^{So I bought her [back from her slavery]}
^{Hos 12:12}	^{earned a wife by tending sheep.}

Obligations under

^{Matt 19:5-6}	^{The two shall become oneno longer two,}
^{Rom 7:2}	^{a woman marries, the law binds her to her husband}
^{1 Cor 6:16}	^{in his sight the two become one person.}
^{1 Cor 7:10}	^{A wife must not leave her husband.}
^{Eph 5:31}	^{the husband and wife are one body}

Not binding after death

^{Matt 22:30}	^{in the resurrection there is no marriage;}
^{Mark 12:25}	^{rise from the dead, they wont be married}
^{Rom 7:2}	^{if he dies she is no longer bound to him;}

Christs teachings concerning

^{Matt 5:32}	^{he who marries her commits adultery.}
^{Mark 10:6-7}	^{man and woman to be joined together permanently}
^{Luke 16:18}	^{anyone who divorces his wife}

Apostles teaching concerning

^{1 Cor 7:2}	^{best to be married, each man having his own wife,}
^{1 Tim 3:2}	^{He must have only one wife,}
^{1 Tim 5:14}	^{it is better for younger widows to marry again}
^{Heb 13:4}	^{Honor your marriage and its vows, and be pure;}

Figurative

^{Isa 54:5}	^{for your Creator will be your husband.}
^{Hos 1:2}	^{Go and marry a girl who is a prostitute,}
^{Rev 19:7}	^{his bride has prepared herself.}

MASTER(S)
, see
Employer

MEDIATOR
, see
Christ, names of

MEDITATION

Examples of

^{Gen 24:63}

^{taking a walk out in the fields, meditating,}

Encouraged

^{Psa 1:2}	^{always meditating on his laws}
^{Psa 19:14}	^{my spoken words and unspoken thoughts}
^{Psa 77:12}	^{Those wonderful deeds are constantly in my thoughts.}

Exhortations to