Study the Bible by Topic
MARRIAGE to MELCHESEDEC

• Related by blood:

  • Abraham and Sarah
    Genesis 11:29; 12:13; 20:3, 9-16

  • Isaac and Rebekah
    Genesis 24:3, 4, 67; 28:2

  • Jacob and his wives
    Genesis 29:15-30

  • Levirate (the brother required to marry a brother's widow)
    Genesis 38:8, 11; Deuteronomy 25:5-10; Ruth 4:5; Matthew 22:24; Mark 12:19-23; Luke 20:28

• Parents contract for their children:

  • Hagar selects a wife for Ishmael
    Genesis 21:21

  • Abraham for Isaac
    Genesis 24

  • Laban arranges for his daughters' marriage
    Genesis 29

  • Samson asks his parents to procure him a wife
    Judges 14:2

• Parents' consent requires in the Mosaic law
  Exodus 22:17

• Presents given to parents to secure their favor
  Genesis 24:53; 34:12; Deuteronomy 22:29; 1Samuel 18:25; Hosea 3:2

• Nuptial feasts
  Genesis 29:22; Judges 14:12; Esther 2:18; Matthew 22:11, 12

• Jesus present at
  John 2:1-5

• Ceremony attested by witnesses
  Ruth 4:1-11; Isaiah 8:1-3

• The groom exempt one year from military duty
  Deuteronomy 24:5

• Bridal ornaments
  Isaiah 49:18; Jeremiah 2:32

• Bridal presents
  Genesis 24:53; Psalm 45:12

• A herald preceded the bridegroom
  Matthew 25:6

• Wedding robes adorned with jewels
  Isaiah 61:10

• Wives obtained:

  • By purchase
    Genesis 29:20; Ruth 4:10; Hosea 3:2; 12:12

  • By kidnapping
    Judges 21:21-23

• Given by Kings
  1Samuel 17:25; 18:17, 21

• Daughters given in, as rewards of valor
  Judges 1:12; 1Samuel 17:25; 18:27

• Wives taken by edict
  Esther 2:2-4, 8-14

• David gave one hundred Philistine foreskins for a wife
  2Samuel 3:14

• Wives among the Israelites must be Israelites
  Exodus 34:16; Deuteronomy 7:3, 4; Ezra 9:1, 1Chronicles 23:22; 2, 12; Nehemiah 10:30; 13:26, 27; Malachi 2:11; 1Corinthians 7:39; 2Corinthians 6:14

• Betrothal, a quasi-marriage
  Matthew 1:18; Luke 1:27

• Betrothal made with the spirit
  Ezekiel 16:8

• Celibacy:

  • Deplored
    Judges 11:38; Isaiah 4:1; Jeremiah 16:9

  • Advised
    1Corinthians 7:7, 8, 24-40

• Obligations under, inferior to duty to God
  Deuteronomy 13:6-10; Matthew 19:29; Luke 14:26

• Not binding after death
  Matthew 22:29, 30; Mark 12:24, 25

• See BRIDE,  BRIDEGROOM

• Unclassified scriptures relating to
  Genesis 2:23, 24; Exodus 22:16, 17; 20:14, Leviticus 18:6-18; 17, 19-21; 21:1, 7, 13-15; Numbers 36:8; Deuteronomy 21:10-14; 24:1-5; Proverbs 18:22; 21:9, 19; Jeremiah 29:6; Hosea 2:19, 20; Malachi 2:13-16; Matthew 5:31, 32; Mark 6:17, 18; 10:2-12; Matthew 19:2-9; Luke 16:18; Romans 7:1-3; 1Corinthians 6:16; 7:1-40; 9:5; 11:11, 12; 1Timothy 3:2, 12; 4:1, 3; 5:14; Hebrews 13:4

• Figurative
  Isaiah 54:5; 62:4, 5; Jeremiah 3:14; 31:32; Hosea 1:2; 2:19, 20; Ephesians 5:30-32; Revelation 19:7-9

• Parables from
  Matthew 22:2; 25:1-10
  

  • See DIVORCE,  HUSBAND,  WIFE

• A hill in Athens
  Acts 17:19-34

• Sister of Mary and Lazarus
  John 11:1

• Ministers to Jesus
  Luke 10:38-42; John 12:2

• Beloved by Jesus
  John 11:5

• See LAZARUS ,  MARY

• General references
  Matthew 10:21, Psalm 44:22; 22, 39; 16:25; 23:34, 35; 24:9; Mark 13:12; Luke 9:24; 11:50; 21:16, 17; John 12:25; Romans 8:36; 1Corinthians 13:3; Revelation 6:9-11; 11:7-12; 12:11; 16:6; 17:6

  • See PERSECUTION

• Instances of:

  • Abel
    Genesis 4:3-8

  • Prophets killed by Jezebel
    1Kings 18:4, 13

  • Zechariah
    2Chronicles 24:21, 22

  • John the Baptist
    Mark 6:18-28

  • Jesus

    • See JESUS

  • Stephen
    Acts 7:58-60

  • James the apostle
    Acts 12:2

  • The prophets
    Matthew 22:6; 23:35; Romans 11:3; 1Thessalonians 2:15; Hebrews 11:32-37

• The mother of Jesus:

  • General references
    Matthew 1:16; Luke 1:26-38; 2:5-19

  • Visits her cousin, Elizabeth
    Luke 1:39-56

  • Attends the feast at Jerusalem with her husband and her son, starts back on the return, misses Jesus, seeks and finds him in the temple area
    Luke 2:48-51

  • Is present with Jesus at a marriage feast in Cana of Galilee
    John 2:1-10

  • Seeks Jesus when he is teaching in a house
    Matthew 12:46, 47; Mark 3:31; Luke 8:19

  • Present at the cross
    John 19:25-27

  • Is committed to the care of John
    John 19:27

  • Lives with the disciples in Jerusalem
    Acts 1:14

  • Prophecies concerning
    Isaiah 7:14; Luke 2:35

• Mary Magdalene:

  • Possessed of devils, delivered by Jesus
    Mark 16:9; Luke 8:2, 3

  • Present:

    • At the crucifixion
      Matthew 27:56; Mark 15:40; John 20:1, 11-13

    • At the sepulcher
      Matthew 27:61, 28:1-7; Mark 15:47, 16:1-7; Luke 23:55-56, 24:1-7; John 20:1, 11-13

  • Recognizes Jesus after the resurrection, was FIRST person to see Jesus alive.
    Matthew 28:8-10; Mark 16:9; John 20:14-18

• Sister of Mary the mother of Jesus, and wife of Cleophas:

  • General references
    John 19:25

  • Mother of James and Joses
    Matthew 27:56; Mark 15:40; John 19:25

  • At the gravesite of Jesus
    Matthew 27:61; Mark 15:47

  • Assists in preparing the body of Jesus for burial
    Matthew 28:1; Mark 16:1

  • A witness of the resurrection
    Luke 24:10

• Sister of Lazarus:

  • Sits at Jesus' feet for instruction
    Luke 10:38-42

  • Beloved of Jesus
    John 11:1, 5

  • Anoints Jesus
    Matthew 26:7-13; Mark 14:3-9; John 11:2; 12:3

• Mother of Mark and sister of Barnabas
  Acts 12:12; Colossians 4:10

• A Christian woman in Rome
  Romans 16:6

• See MUSIC

• Son of Aram
  Genesis 10:23

• Also called MISHAL and MISHEAL. A Levitical city in the territory of the tribe of Asher
  Joshua 19:26; 21:30; 1Chronicles 6:74

• By Tamar
  Genesis 38:14

• A trade in the time of David
  2Samuel 5:11

• A trade of later times
  2Kings 12:12; 22:6; 1Chronicles 14:1; Ezra 3:7

• A place in Edom
  Genesis 36:36; 1Chronicles 1:47

• Son of Ishmael
  Genesis 25:14; 1Chronicles 1:30

• Authorized by Moses
  Deuteronomy 20:13, 16

• Decree to destroy the Jews
  Esther 3

• Instances of:

  • Inhabitants:

    • Of Heshbon
      Deuteronomy 2:34

    • Of Bashan
      Deuteronomy 3:6

    • Of Ai
      Joshua 8:24-26

    • Of Hazor
      Joshua 11:11, 12

    • Of the cities of the seven kings
      Joshua 10:28-40

  • Midianites
    Numbers 31:7, 8

  • Prophets of Baal
    1Kings 18:40

  • Worshipers of Baal
    2Kings 10:18-28

  • Sons of Ahab
    2Kings 10:1-8

  • Royal seed of Athaliah
    2Kings 11:1

  • Inhabitants of Tiphsah
    2Kings 15:16

  • Edomites
    2Kings 14:7

    • See CAPTIVE

• An encampment of the Israelites
  Exodus 17:7

• See MERIBAH

• Jesus called
  Matthew 8:19; 10:25; 26:18, 23:8; 25, 49; Mark 14:45; Luke 8:24; John 13:13, 14

• Jesus prohibited the appellation
  Matthew 23:8

• Scriptures relating to masters of servants
  Exodus 21:20, 21, 26, 27; Leviticus 19:13; 25:43; Deuteronomy 5:14; 24:14, 15; Job 31:13-15; Proverbs 22:16; 29:12, 21; Jeremiah 22:13; Malachi 3:5; Romans 4:4; Ephesians 6:9; Colossians 4:1; 1Timothy 5:18; Philemon 1:10-16; James 5:4

  • See SERVANT

• Good, instances of:

  • Abraham
    Genesis 18:19

  • Job
    Job 31:13-15

  • The centurion
    Luke 7:2

• Unjust, instances of:

  • Sarah to Hagar
    Genesis 16:6

  • Laban to Jacob
    Genesis 31:7

  • Potiphar's wife to Joseph
    Genesis 39:7-20

• General references
  Proverbs 8:30; 1Corinthians 3:10

• Instances of:

  • Tubal-cain
    Genesis 4:22

  • Bezaleel
    Exodus 31:2-11; 35:30-35

  • Hiram
    1Kings 7:13-50; 2Chronicles 2:13, 14; 4:11-18
    

  • See ART

• General references
  Acts 23:8

• See INFIDELITY

• Mother of Mehetabel
  Genesis 36:39; 1Chronicles 1:50

• A Benjamite
  1Samuel 10:21

• A priest of Baal killed in the idol's temple at Jerusalem
  2Kings 11:18; 2Chronicles 23:17

• Father of Shephatiah
  Jeremiah 38:1

• A station of Israel
  Numbers 21:18, 19

• Original name of Zedekiah, king of Judah
  2Kings 24:17

  • See ZEDEKIAH

• A Levite of the sons of Asaph
  2Chronicles 20:14; Nehemiah 12:8

• Son of Heman, who had charge of the ninth division of musicians
  1Chronicles 25:4, 16

• Descendant of Asaph, who assisted in purifying the temple
  2Chronicles 29:13

• Four Israelites who divorced their Gentile wives after the captivity
  Ezra 10:26, 27, 30, 37

• A Levite, father of Zaccur
  Nehemiah 13:13

• An ancestor of Jesus
  Luke 3:31

• One of the family of Hashum
  Ezra 10:33

• An ancestor of Jesus
  Luke 3:25, 26

• Two Israelites who put away divorced their Gentile wives after the captivity
  Ezra 10:33, 37

• A priest in the time of Joiakim
  Nehemiah 12:19

• An ancestor of Jesus
  Matthew 1:15

• Father of Heli, and ancestor of Joseph
  Luke 3:24

• Father of Jorim, and ancestor of Joseph
  Luke 3:29

• Also called LEVI, a receiver of customs taxes for the Romans. Becomes a disciple of Jesus.
  Matthew 9:9, 10; 10:3; Mark 2:14, 15; 3:18; Luke 5:27-29; 6:15; Acts 1:13

• Surnamed JUSTUS, chosen as an apostle in the place of Judas
  Acts 1:15-26

• A Levite who had charge of the baked offerings
  1Chronicles 9:31

• A Levite musician
  1Chronicles 15:18, 21; 16:5

• A chief of the fourteenth division shift of temple musicians
  1Chronicles 25:3, 21

• An Israelite who divorced his Gentile wife after the captivity
  Ezra 10:43

• A prince who stood beside Ezra when he read the law aloud to the people
  Nehemiah 8:4

• General references
  1Samuel 13:20, 21; Isaiah 7:25

• General references
  Proverbs 25:18

• Probably signs of the zodiac.
  Job 38:32

• See MUSIC

• A tower in Jerusalem
  Nehemiah 3:1; 12:39

• See EATING. FOOD

• Dry:

  • A bushel, about a peck
    Matthew 5:15; Mark 4:21; Luke 11:33

  • A cab, or kab, about two quarts
    2Kings 6:25

  • A cor, equal to one homer or ten ephahs, equal to about eleven and one-ninth bushels
    1Kings 4:22; 5:11; 2Chronicles 2:10; 27:5; Ezra 7:22

  • An ephah, equal to three seah, and in liquid, to a bath, containing about a bushel and a half
    Exodus 16:36; Leviticus 5:11; 6:20; 19:36; Numbers 5:15; 28:5; Judges 6:19; Ruth 2:17; 1Samuel 1:24; 17:17; Ezekiel 45:10, 11, Isaiah 5:10; 13, 24; 46:5, 7, 11, 14; Amos 8:5; Zechariah 5:6-10

  • A half-homer, about five and a half bushels
    Hosea 3:2

  • A homer, about eleven bushels, equal to a cor or ten ephahs
    Leviticus 27:16; Numbers 11:32; Isaiah 5:10; Ezekiel 45:11-14; Hosea 3:2

  • An omer, about one bushel
    Exodus 16:16, 18

  • A seah, about a peck and a half
    Genesis 18:6; 1Samuel 25:18; 2Kings 7:1, 1Kings 18:32; 16, 18

  • A tenth deal, about a gallon, equal to one-tenth of an ephah
    Exodus 29:40; Leviticus 14:10, 21; 23:13, 17; Numbers 15:4, 24:5; 6, 9; 28:9, 12, 13, 20, 29:3, 4, 9, 10, 21, 29; 14, 15

• Liquid:

  • Bath, about eight gallons and a half
    1Kings 7:26, 38; 2Chronicles 2:10; 4:5; Ezra 7:22; Isaiah 5:10; Ezekiel 45:10, 11, 14; Luke 16:6

  • A firkin, nearly nine gallons
    John 2:6

  • A hin, about a gallon and a half
    Exodus 29:40; 30:24; Leviticus 19:36; 23:13; 28:5, Numbers 15:4-10; 7, 14; Ezekiel 4:11

  • A log, about a pint, one-twelfth of a hin
    Leviticus 14:10, 12, 15, 21, 24
    

  • See WEIGHTS

• Linear:

  • A finger
    Jeremiah 52:21

  • A handbreadth
    Exodus 25:25; 37:12; 1Kings 7:26; 2Chronicles 4:5; Psalm 39:5; Ezekiel 40:5, 43; 43:13

  • A span
    Exodus 28:16; 1Samuel 17:4; Isaiah 40:12; 48:13; Lamentations 2:20; Ezekiel 43:13

  • A cubit, the length of a man's forearm, see CUBIT

  • A reed, probably six cubits
    Ezekiel 40:5

  • A fathom
    Acts 27:28

  • A pace
    2Samuel 6:13

  • A furlong
    Luke 24:13

  • A mile, probably nine-tenths of an English mile
    Matthew 5:41

  • A Sabbath day's journey, two thousand paces
    Acts 1:12

• Must be just
  Leviticus 19:35, 36; Deuteronomy 25:13-16; Proverbs 11:1; 16:11; 20:10, 23; Hosea 12:7-9; Micah 6:10-12
  

• See DISHONESTY,   INTEGRITY

• See OFFERINGS, MEAT

• One of David's guards
  2Samuel 23:27

• General references
  Proverbs 8:30; 1Corinthians 3:10

• Instances of:

  • Tubal-cain
    Genesis 4:22

  • Bezaleel
    Exodus 31:2-11; 35:30-35

  • Hiram
    1Kings 7:13-50; 2Chronicles 2:13, 14; 4:11-18
    

  • See ART

• One of the seventy elders who did not go to the tabernacle with Moses, but prophesied in the camp
  Numbers 11:26-29

• Son of Abraham and Keturah
  Genesis 25:2; 1Chronicles 1:32

• See BUSYBODY,  TALEBEARER

• A city of Moab
  Numbers 21:30

• An idolatrous high place
  Isaiah 15:2

• Allotted to Reuben
  Joshua 13:9, 16

• David defeats an army and the Ammonites at
  1Chronicles 19:7-15

• Inhabitants of Media.

• Israelites distributed among, when carried to Assyria
  2Kings 17:6; 18:11

• Palace in the Bablonian province of
  Ezra 6:2

• An essential part of the Medo-Persian Empire
  Esther 1:1, 19

• Supremacy of, in the Chaldean Empire
  Daniel 5:28, 31; 9:1; 11:1

• See MEDES

• See INTERCESSION,  JESUS, MEDIATOR

• General references
  Proverbs 17:22; Isaiah 1:6; 38:21; Jeremiah 8:22; 30:13; 46:11; 51:8, 9; Ezekiel 47:12; Luke 10:34; Revelation 22:2

• See DISEASES,  PHYSICIAN

• General references
  Joshua 1:8; Psalm 1:2; 4:4; 19:14; 39:3; 49:3; 63:5, 6; 73:12-22; 77:10-12; 119:11, 15, 16, 23, 48, 55, 59, 78, 104:34; 97-99, 148; 139:17, 18; 143:5; 1Timothy 4:13-15

• Instance of, Isaac
  Genesis 24:63

• Mentioned in Scripture as:

  • The Great Sea
    Numbers 34:6, 7; Joshua 1:4; 9:1; 15:12, 47; Ezekiel 47:10, 23:4; 15, 20; 48:28

  • Sea of the Philistines
    Exodus 23:31

  • Sea of Joppa
    Ezra 3:7

  • The hinder sea
    Zechariah 14:8

  • The uttermost sea
    Deuteronomy 11:24

  • The utmost sea
    Joel 2:20

• General references
  Psalm 22:26; 25:9; 37:11; 76:8, 9; 147:6; 149:4; Proverbs 14:29; 15:1, 18; 16:32; 17:1; 19:11; 20:3; 25:15; 29:8; Ecclesiastes 7:8; 10:4; Isaiah 11:4; 29:19; Lamentations 3:28-30; Amos 3:3; Zephaniah 2:3; Matthew 5:5, 9, 38-42; 11:29; 27:13, 14; Mark 9:50; Luke 6:29; Romans 12:14, 18; 14:19; 1Corinthians 6:7; 7:15; 13:4, 10:32; 5, 7; 2Corinthians 10:1; 13:11; Galatians 5:22, 23, 26; 6:1; Ephesians 4:1, 2; Philippians 2:14, 15; Colossians 3:12, 13; 1Thessalonians 5:14, 15; 2Thessalonians 3:5; 1Timothy 3:2, 3; 6:11, 12; 2Timothy 2:24, 25; Titus 2:2, 9; 3:2; Hebrews 10:36; James 1:4, 12:14; 3:13, 19, 21; 17, 18; 3:4, 1Peter 2:18-23; 11, 15; 2Peter 1:5-7; Jude 1:9

• Instances of:

  • Abraham
    Genesis 13:8

  • Isaac
    Genesis 26:20-22

  • Moses
    Exodus 2:13; 14:13, 14; 15:24; 16:7, 8; 17:2; Numbers 12:3; 16:4-11

  • Gideon
    Judges 8:2, 3

  • Hannah
    1Samuel 1:13-16

  • Saul
    1Samuel 10:27

  • David
    1Samuel 17:29; 2Samuel 16:9-14; Psalm 38:13, 14; 120:5-7

  • Paul
    Acts 21:20-26; 1Thessalonians 2:7; 2Timothy 4:16

  • The Thessalonians
    2Thessalonians 1:4

  • Job
    James 5:11

  • The angel
    Jude 1:9

  • See HUMILITY,  KINDNESS,  PATIENCE

• Of Jesus
  Isaiah 42:1-4; 53:7; Matthew 12:19, 20; 26:47-54
  

  • See JESUS, HUMILITY OF

• Also called MEGIDDON, and probably ARMAGEDDON.

• A city in the territory of Issachar situated on the southern edge of the plain of Esdraelon
  Joshua 17:11; 1Chronicles 7:29

• Conquest of, by Joshua
  Joshua 12:21

• Walled by Solomon
  1Kings 9:15

• Included in one or Solomon's commissary districts
  1Kings 4:12

• Ahaziah dies at
  2Kings 9:27

• Valley of, Deborah defeats Sisera in
  Judges 5:19

• Josiah killed at, by Pharaoh Nechoh
  2Kings 23:29, 30; 2Chronicles 35:22-24

• Prophecy concerning
  Zechariah 12:11

• A person whose grandson tried to intimidate Nehemiah
  Nehemiah 6:10

• Wife of Hadar
  Genesis 36:39; 1Chronicles 1:50

• A person whose descendants returned from Babylon
  Ezra 2:52; Nehemiah 7:54

• Son of Chelub
  1Chronicles 4:11

• An inhabitant of a city in the territory of Issachar
  1Samuel 18:19; 2Samuel 21:8

• Son of Irad
  Genesis 4:18

• A chamberlain of Ahasuerus
  Esther 1:10

• Also called MEUNIM, a person whose descendants returned from exile
  Ezra 2:50; Nehemiah 7:52

• A city in the territory of the tribe of Dan
  Joshua 19:46

• A city in the territory of the tribe of Judah
  Nehemiah 11:28

• A Gibeonite who assisted in repairing the wall of Jerusalem
  Nehemiah 3:7

• Ancestor of Jesus
  Luke 3:24

• Remote ancestor of Jesus
  Luke 3:28

• See MELCHIZEDEK

• Also called MALCHISHUA, son of King Saul
  1Samuel 14:49; 31:2; 1Chronicles 8:33; 9:39; 10:2