Study the Bible by Topic
MOAB to MYSTERIES

• Son of Lot
  Genesis 19:37

• Plains of:

  • Israelites come in
    Deuteronomy 2:17, 18

  • Military forces numbered in
    Numbers 26:3, 63

  • The law rehearsed in, by Moses
    Numbers 35; 36; Deuteronomy 29; 30; 31; 32; 33

  • The Israelites renew their covenant in
    Deuteronomy 29:1

  • The land of promise allotted in
    Joshua 13:32

• Descendants of Lot through his son Moab
  Genesis 19:37

• Called the people of Chemosh
  Numbers 21:29

• The territory east of the Jordan River, bounded on the north by the Arnon River
  Numbers 21:13; Judges 11:18

• The people of Israel commanded not to distress the Moabites
  Deuteronomy 2:9

• Refuse passage of Jephthah's army through their territory
  Judges 11:17, 18

• Balak was king of
  Numbers 22:4

• Calls for Balaam to curse Israel
  Numbers 22; 23; Joshua 24:9; Micah 6:5

• Are a snare to the Israelites
  Numbers 25:1-3; Ruth 1:4; 1Kings 11:1; 1Chronicles 8:8; Ezra 9:1, 2; Nehemiah 13:23

• Land of, not given to the Israelites as a possession
  Deuteronomy 2:9, 29

• David takes refuge among, from Saul
  1Samuel 22:3, 4

• David conquers
  2Samuel 8:2; 23:20; 1Chronicles 11:22; 18:2-11

• Israelites had war with
  2Kings 3:5-27; 13:20; 24:2; 2Chronicles 20

• Prophecies concerning judgments upon
  Jeremiah 48

• A priest
  Nehemiah 12:17

• At Thessalonica
  Acts 17:5

• At Jerusalem
  Acts 21:28, 30

• At Ephesus
  Acts 19:29-40

• Instances of:

  • Ishmael mocks Sarah
    Genesis 21:9

  • Elijah mocks the priests of Baal
    1Kings 18:27

  • Zedekiah mocks Micaiah
    1Kings 22:24

  • Some boys mock Elisha
    2Kings 2:23

  • The tormentors of Job mock
    Job 15:12; 30:1

  • The persecutors of Jesus mock him
    Matthew 26:67, 68; 27:28-31, 39-44; Mark 10:34; 14:65; 15:17-20, 29-32; John 19:2, Luke 23:11; 3, 5; 1Peter 2:23

  • The Ammonites mock God
    Ezekiel 25:3

  • Tyre mocks Jerusalem
    Ezekiel 26:2

  • The hardened wicked people mock
    Isaiah 28:15, 22; 2Peter 3:3

  • See SCOFFING

• Figurative
  Proverbs 1:26

• Of women
  1Timothy 2:9

• Instances of :

  • Saul
    1Samuel 9:21

  • Vashti
    Esther 1:11, 12

  • Elihu
    Job 32:4-7

  • See HUMILITY

• General references
  Leviticus 11:30; Isaiah 2:20

• Also called MOLOCH and MILCOM.

• An idol of the Ammonites
  Acts 7:43

• Worshiped by the wives of Solomon, and by Solomon
  1Kings 11:1-8

• Children sacrificed to
  2Kings 23:10; Jeremiah 32:35; 2Kings 16:3; 21:6; 2Chronicles 28:3; Isaiah 57:5; Jeremiah 7:31; Ezekiel 16:20, 21; 20:26, 31; 23:37, 39; Leviticus 18:21; 20:2-5

• General references
  Job 28:2; Ezekiel 24:11

• Of images
  Exodus 32:4, 8; 34:17; Leviticus 19:4; Deuteronomy 9:12

• Of pillars
  1Kings 7:15

• Of the laver
  1Kings 7:23

• Done in the plain of the Jordan River
  1Kings 7:46; 2Chronicles 4:17

• Of mirrors
  Job 37:18

• Described by Samuel
  1Samuel 8:11-18

• See GOVERNMENT,  KING

• Silver used as
  Genesis 17:12, 13, 23, 27; 20:16; 23:9, 13; 31:15; 37:28; 42:25-35; 43:12-23; 44:1-8; 47:14-18; 21:11, 21, Exodus 12:44; 34, 35; 22:7, 17, 25; 30:16; Leviticus 22:11; 25:37, 51; 27:15, 18; Numbers 3:48-51; 18:16; Deuteronomy 2:6, 28; 14:25, 26; 21:14; 23:19; Judges 5:19; 16:18; 1Kings 21:2, 17:4; 6, 15; 2Kings 5:26; 12:4, 7-16; 15:20; 22:7, 9; 2Chronicles 24:5, 23:35; 34:9, 11, 14; 14, 17; Ezra 3:7; 7:17; Nehemiah 5:4, 10, 11; Esther 4:7; Job 31:39; Psalm 15:5; Proverbs 7:20; Ecclesiastes 7:12; 10:19; Isaiah 43:24; 52:3; Jeremiah 32:9, 10, 55:1, 2; 25, 44; Lamentations 5:4; Micah 3:11; Matthew 25:18, 27; 28:12, 15; Mark 14:11; Luke 9:3; 19:15, 23; 22:5; Acts 7:16; 8:20

• Gold used as
  Genesis 13:2; 24:35; 44:8 with 44:1; 1Chronicles 21:25; Ezra 8:25-27; Isaiah 13:17; 46:6; 60:9; Ezekiel 7:19; 28:4; Matthew 2:11; 10:9; Acts 3:6; 20:33; 1Peter 1:18

• Copper used as
  Mark 6:8; 12:41

• Weighed
  Genesis 23:16; 43:21; Job 28:15; Jeremiah 32:9, 10; Zechariah 11:12

• Image on
  Matthew 22:20, 21

• Conscience
  Judges 17:2; Matthew 27:3, 5

• Atonement
  Exodus 30:12-16; Leviticus 5:15, 16

• Sin
  2Kings 12:16

• Value of, varied corruptly
  Amos 8:5

• Love of, the root of evil
  1Timothy 6:10

• See FARTHING,  GERAH,   MITE,   PENNY,  POUND,   SHEKEL,   SILVER,   TALENT

• General references
  Matthew 21:12; Mark 11:15; John 2:15

• Of lands
  Isaiah 5:8; Micah 2:2

• By Pharaoh
  Genesis 47:19-26

• Of food
  Proverbs 11:26

• Ancient use of
  Genesis 7:11; 8:4

• Twelve months reckoned to a year
  1Chronicles 27:1-15

• Abib (April):

  • The Jewish calendar began with
    Exodus 12:2; 13:4; Deuteronomy 16:1

  • Passover instituted and celebrated in
    Exodus 12:1-28; 23:15

  • Israelites left Egypt in
    Exodus 13:4

  • Tabernacle set up in
    Exodus 40:2, 17

  • Israelites arrive at Zin in
    Numbers 20:1

  • The Israelites cross the Jordan River in
    Joshua 4:19

  • The Jordan River overflows in
    1Chronicles 12:15

  • Decree to put the Jews to death in
    Esther 3:12

  • The death of Jesus in
    Matthew 26; 27

  • After the captivity called Nisan
    Nehemiah 2:1; Esther 3:7

• Zif (May):

  • General references
    1Kings 6:1, 37

  • Israel numbered in
    Numbers 1:1, 18

  • Passover to be observed in, by the ceremonially unclean and others who could not observe it in the first month
    Numbers 9:10, 11

  • Israel departed from the wilderness of Zin in
    Numbers 10:11

  • Temple begun in
    1Kings 6:1; 2Chronicles 3:2

  • An irregular Passover celebrated in
    2Chronicles 30:1-27

  • Rebuilding of the temple begun in
    Ezra 3:8

• Sivan (June):

  • General references
    Esther 8:9

  • Asa renews the covenant of himself and people in
    2Chronicles 15:10

• Tammuz (July): Mentioned by number, not by name

  • Jerusalem taken by Nebuchadnezzar in
    Jeremiah 39:2; 52:6, 7

• Ab (August): Mentioned by number, not by name

  • Aaron died on the first day of
    Numbers 33:38

  • Temple destroyed in
    2Kings 25:8-10; Jeremiah 1:3; 52:12-30

  • Ezra arrived at Jerusalem in
    Ezra 7:8, 9

• Elul (September):

  • The wall of Jerusalem finished in
    Nehemiah 6:15

  • The temple built in
    Haggai 1:14, 15

• Ethanim (October):

  • General references
    1Kings 8:2

  • Feasts held in
    Leviticus 23:24, 27; Nehemiah 8:13-15

  • Jubilee proclaimed in
    Leviticus 25:9

  • Solomon's temple dedicated in
    1Kings 8:2

  • Altar rebuilt and offerings renewed in
    Ezra 3:1, 6

• Bul (November):

  • The temple finished in
    1Kings 6:38

  • Jeroboam's idolatrous feast in
    1Kings 12:32, 33; 1Chronicles 27:11

• Chisleu (December)
  Ezra 10:9; Jeremiah 36:9, 22; Zechariah 7:1

• Tebeth (January)

  • General references
    Esther 2:16

  • Nebuchadnezzar besieges Jerusalem in
    2Kings 25:1; Jeremiah 52:4

• Sebat (February):

  • General references
    Zechariah 1:7

  • Moses probably died in
    Deuteronomy 1:3

• Adar (March)

  • General references
    Esther 3:7

  • Second temple finished in
    Ezra 6:15

  • Feast of Purim in
    Esther 9:1-26

• Months in prophecy
  Revelation 11:2

• See PILLAR

• Created by God
  Genesis 1:16; Psalm 8:3; 136:7-9

• Its light
  Job 31:26; Ecclesiastes 12:2; Song of Solomon 6:10; Jeremiah 31:35; 1Corinthians 15:41

• Its influences
  Deuteronomy 33:14; Psalm 121:6

• Seasons of (months)
  Psalm 104:19

• Joseph's dream concerning
  Genesis 37:9

• Stands still
  Joshua 10:12; 13; Habakkuk 3:11

• Worship of, forbidden
  Deuteronomy 4:19; 17:3

• Worshiped
  2Kings 23:5; Job 31:26, 27; Jeremiah 7:18; 8:2; 44:17-19, 25

• No light of, in heaven
  Revelation 21:23

• Darkening of
  Job 25:5; Isaiah 13:10; 24:23; Ezekiel 32:7; Joel 2:10, 31; 3:15; Matthew 24:29; Mark 13:24; Luke 21:25; Acts 2:20; Revelation 6:12; 8:12

• Feast of the New Moon:

  • General references
    Numbers 10:10; 28:11-15; 1Chronicles 23:31; 2Chronicles 31:3; Ezra 3:5

  • Traffic at the time of, prohibited
    Amos 8:5

• Figurative, shining of
  Isaiah 30:26; 60:19; Revelation 21:23

• Symbolic
  Revelation 12:1

• See CONTINGENCIES

• See DUTY OF MAN TO MAN,   INTEGRITY,   NEIGHBOR

• See LAW

• A Jewish captive in Persia
  Esther 2:5, 6

• Foster father of Esther
  Esther 2:7

• Informs Ahasuerus of a conspiracy against his life and is rewarded
  Esther 2:21-23; 6:1-11

• Promoted in Haman's place
  Esther 8:1, 2, 15; 10:1-3

• Intercedes with Ahasuerus for the Jews; establishes the festival of Purim in commemoration of their deliverance
  Esther 8; 9

• A plain near Shechem and Gilgal
  Genesis 12:6; Deuteronomy 11:30

• A hill on the plain of Jezreel where the Midianites encamped
  Judges 7:1, 12

• The land of
  Genesis 22:2; 2Chronicles 3:1

• An instrument for pulverizing grain
  Numbers 11:8; Proverbs 27:22

  • See GRINDING, MILL

• A cement:

  • General references
    Exodus 1:14

  • Slime used as, in building tower of Babel
    Genesis 11:3

  • Used to plaster house
    Leviticus 14:42, 45

  • Untempered, not enduring
    Ezekiel 22:28

  • To be trodden to make firm
    Nahum 3:14

• Figurative
  Isaiah 41:25

• On land
  Nehemiah 5:3

• See LAND

• Instances of:

  • David's ambassadors, sent to Hanun
    2Samuel 10:1-5

  • Judas Iscariot
    Matthew 27:3-5

    • See HUMILITY

• See LAW

• An encampment of the Israelites, where Aaron died
  Deuteronomy 10:6

• Probably identical with MOSEROTH

• An encampment of the Israelites
  Numbers 33:30, 31

MOSES is listed on a separate page.

• A small particle
  Matthew 7:3-5; Luke 6:41, 42

• An insect
  Job 4:19; 27:18; Psalm 39:11

• Destructive of garments
  Job 13:28; Isaiah 50:9; 51:8; Hosea 5:12

• Figurative
  Matthew 6:19, 20; James 5:2

• General references
  Exodus 20:12; 21:15, 17; Leviticus 18:7; 19:3; 20:9; Deuteronomy 5:16; 1Kings 19:20; Proverbs 1:8; 6:20; 10:1; 15:20; 19:26; 20:20; 23:22-25; 28:24; 29:15; 30:11, 17; Matthew 10:37; 15:4-6; 19:19; Mark 7:10-12; 10:19; Luke 18:20; Ephesians 6:2; 2Timothy 1:5

• See CHILDREN, DUTY OF, PARENTS

• General references
  Matthew 10:35

• Not to be defiled
  Leviticus 18:17; 20:14; Deuteronomy 27:23

• Beloved by Ruth
  Ruth 1:14-17

• Peter's, healed by Jesus
  Mark 1:30, 31

• Ascribed to God
  Ezekiel 36:21, Psalm 106:8; 22, 32

• Right, required
  Matthew 6:1-18

• Sinful, illustrated by Cain
  Genesis 4:7; 1John 3:12

• Misunderstood:

  • The tribes of Reuben and Gad, in asking for their inheritance east of the Jordan River
    Numbers 32:1-33

  • When they built the memorial
    Joshua 22:9-34

• David's, by King Hanun
  2Samuel 10:2, 3; 1Chronicles 19:3, 4

• The king of Syria's, in sending presents to the king of Israel by Naaman
  2Kings 5:5-7

• Job's, in his righteousness
  Job 1:9-11; 2:4, 5

• See LEGEND

• Melted
  Psalm 97:5; Deuteronomy 4:11; 5:23; Judges 5:5; Isaiah 64:1-3; Micah 1:4; Nahum 1:5

• Overturning and removing of
  Job 9:5; 14:18; 28:9; Ezekiel 38:20

• Abraham offers Isaac on Mount Moriah, afterward called Mount Zion, site of the temple
  Genesis 22:2

  • See ZION

• Mount Horeb appointed as a place for the Israelites to worship
  Exodus 3:12

• Used for idolatrous worship
  Deuteronomy 12:2; 1Samuel 10:5; 1Kings 14:23; Jeremiah 3:6; Hosea 4:13

• Jesus tempted upon
  Matthew 4:8

• Jesus preaches from
  Matthew 5:1

• Jesus goes up into, for prayer
  Matthew 14:23; Luke 6:12; 9:28

• Is transfigured upon
  Matthew 17:1-9; Mark 9:2-10

• Signals from
  Isaiah 13:2; 18:3; 30:17

• Removed by faith
  Matthew 17:20; 21:21; Mark 11:23

• Burning mountains

  • See VOLCANO

• For the dead:

  • Head uncovered
    Leviticus 10:6; 21:10

  • Lying on the ground
    2Samuel 12:16

  • Personal appearance neglected
    2Samuel 14:2

  • Cutting the flesh
    Leviticus 19:28; 21:1-5; Deuteronomy 14:1; Jeremiah 16:6, 7; 41:5

  • Lamentations
    Genesis 50:10; Exodus 12:30; 1Samuel 30:4; Jeremiah 22:18; Matthew 2:17, 18

  • Fasting
    1Samuel 31:13; 2Samuel 1:12; 3:35

  • Priests prohibited, except for the nearest of kin
    Leviticus 21:1-11

  • For Nadab and Abihu forbidden
    Leviticus 10:6

  • Sexes separated in
    Zechariah 12:12, 14

  • Hired mourners
    2Chronicles 35:25; Ecclesiastes 12:5; Jeremiah 9:17; Matthew 9:23

  • Instances of:

    • Abraham mourned for Sarah
      Genesis 23:2

    • The Egyptians mourned for Jacob for seventy days
      Genesis 50:1-3

    • The Israelites mourned for Aaron for thirty days
      Numbers 20:29

    • David's lamentations:

      • Over the death of Saul and his sons
        2Samuel 1:17-27

      • Over the death of Abner
        2Samuel 3:33, 34

      • Over the death of Absalom
        2Samuel 18:33

    • Jeremiah and the singing men and singing women lament for Josiah
      2Chronicles 35:25

• For calamities and other sorrows:

  • Ripping the garments
    Genesis 37:29, 34; 44:13; Numbers 14:6; Judges 11:35; 2Samuel 1:2, 11; 3:31; 13:19, 31; 15:32; 2Kings 2:12; 5:8; 6:30; 11:14; 19:1; 22:11, 19; Ezra 9:3, 5; Job 1:20; 2:12; Isaiah 37:1; Jeremiah 41:5; Matthew 26:65; Acts 14:14

  • Wearing mourning clothes
    Genesis 38:14; 2Samuel 14:2

    • See SACKCLOTH

  • Cutting or plucking off the hair and beard
    Ezra 9:3; Jeremiah 7:29

    • See BALDNESS

  • Covering :

    • The head and the face
      2Samuel 15:30; 19:4; Esther 6:12; Jeremiah 14:3, 4

    • The upper lip
      Leviticus 13:45; Ezekiel 24:17, 22; Micah 3:7

  • Laying aside ornaments
    Exodus 33:4, 6

  • Walking barefoot
    2Samuel 15:30; Isaiah 20:2

  • Laying the hand on the head
    2Samuel 13:19; Jeremiah 2:37

  • Ashes put on the head
    Ezekiel 27:30

  • Dust on the head
    Joshua 7:6

  • Dressing in black
    Jeremiah 14:2

  • Sitting on the ground
    Isaiah 3:26

  • Caused ceremonial defilement
    Numbers 19:11-16; 31:19; Leviticus 21:1

  • Prevented offerings from being accepted
    Deuteronomy 26:14; Hosea 9:4

    • See ELEGY

• Forbidden as food
  Leviticus 11:29

• Used as food
  Isaiah 66:17

• Images of
  1Samuel 6:4, 5, 11, 18

• General references
  Psalm 72:6; 90:6; 129:7; Amos 7:1

• A son of Caleb
  1Chronicles 2:46

• A Benjamite
  1Chronicles 8:36, 37; 9:42, 43

• A city of the tribe of Benjamin
  Joshua 18:26

• General references
  Isaiah 3:19

• General references
  2Samuel 5:23, 24; Psalm 84:6

• Uses of:

  • For royal riders
    2Samuel 13:29; 18:9; 1Kings 1:33

  • Ridden by phetic vision of the kingdom of Christ
    Isaiah 66:20

  • As pack animals
    2Kings 5:17; 1Chronicles 12:40

• Tribute paid in
  1Kings 10:25

• Used in barter
  Ezekiel 27:14

• By the captivity in returing from Babylon
  Ezra 2:66; Nehemiah 7:68

• Used in war
  Zechariah 14:15

• Fortifications
  Nahum 2:1

• Son of Benjamin
  Genesis 46:21

• See HOMICIDE

• Of Israelites against Moses
  Exodus 5:21; 15:24; Numbers 16:2, 3, 13, 16:2, 3; 14, 41; 20:2-4

• Against God
  Exodus 5:22, 23; 16:8, 12; Numbers 14:26-37; 17:10, 11; Job 15:11-13; 33:12, 13; 34:37; Psalm 37:1; 44:9-26; 73:13-22; 78:17-21; Proverbs 19:3; Ecclesiastes 7:10; Jeremiah 15:10; Lamentations 3:39; Malachi 3:14; Luke 10:40; Romans 9:19, 20; 1Corinthians 10:10; Philippians 2:14; James 5:9; Jude 1:16

• Instances of:

  • Cain
    Genesis 4:13, 14

  • Rachel
    Genesis 30:1

  • Moses
    Exodus 5:22, 23; Numbers 11:11-15

  • Israelites
    Exodus 5:21; 14:11, 12; 15:23, 24; 16:2, 3; 17:2, 3; Numbers 11:1-10, 33; 14; 16:41; 20:2-5; 21:5, 6; Deuteronomy 1:27, 28

  • Korah
    Numbers 16:8-11

  • Job
    Job 3; 6; 7; 9; 10; 13; 19; 23; 30

  • David
    2Samuel 6:8; Psalm 116:10, 11

  • Asaph
    Psalm 73:3

  • Elijah
    1Kings 19:4, 10

  • Solomon
    Ecclesiastes 2:17, 18

  • Hezekiah
    Isaiah 38:10-18

  • Jeremiah
    Jeremiah 20:14-18; Lamentations 3

  • Jonah
    Jonah 4

  • Jews, against Jesus
    John 6:41-43, 52

  • See DOUBT,   ENVY,   INGRATITUDE,  CONTENTMENT, RESIGNATION

• A plague of Egypt
  Exodus 9:3, 6; Psalm 78:50

• Of the sons of Merari
  Exodus 6:19; 1Chronicles 6:19, 47

• MUSIC is listed on a separate page.

• General references
  Matthew 13:31, 32

• Of troops
  1Samuel 14:17; 2Samuel 20:4; 1Kings 20:26; 2Kings 25:19; Isaiah 13:4

• See ARMIES

• See MUSIC

• Israelites against Moses
  Numbers 14:4

• See CONSPIRACY

• A city of Lycia. Paul visits.
  Acts 27:5, 6

• A fragrant gum.

• A product of the land of Canaan
  Song of Solomon 4:6, 14; 5:1

• One of the compounds in the sacred anointing oil
  Exodus 30:23

• Used as a perfume
  Esther 2:12; Psalm 45:8; Proverbs 7:17; Song of Solomon 3:6; 5:13

• Brought by the wise men Magi as a present to Jesus
  Matthew 2:11

• Offered to Jesus on the cross
  Mark 15:23

• Used for embalming
  John 19:39

• Traffic in
  Genesis 37:25; 43:11

• General references
  Nehemiah 8:15; Isaiah 41:19; 55:13; Zechariah 1:8

• A province of Asia Minor that Apostle Paul visits.
  Acts 16:7, 8

• Of redemption
  Deuteronomy 29:29; Job 15:8; Psalm 25:14; Proverbs 3:32; Amos 3:7; Matthew 11:25; 13:11, 35; Mark 4:11; Luke 8:10; John 3:8-12; Romans 16:25, 26; 1Corinthians 2:7-10; 2Corinthians 3:12-18; 3:3-5, 9, Ephesians 1:9, 10; 18, 19; 6:19; Colossians 1:25-27; 2:2; 4:3, 4; 2Thessalonians 2:7; 1Timothy 3:9, 16; Hebrews 5:11; 1Peter 1:10-12; Revelation 10:7

• See SALVATION, PLAN OF