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16481 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Death.11
… is comforted in the greatest adversity ( Psalms 73:25 - 28; Habakkuk 3:17 - 19 ), and sees a light arise for him behind physical death ( Genesis 49:18; Job 14:13 - 15; Job 16 …
16482 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Death.14
… finds comfort in death only when he hopes it will be an end to a still more miserable life. Seneca may be taken as interpreter of some philosophers when he says …
16483 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Debt; Debtor.7
… with comforting truth. How beautiful is the willingness of God, the great and Divine Creditor, to release us from our indebtedness! Just so ought we to be imitators …
16484 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Decease, in the Old Testament and Apocyphra.4
… of comfort" and the "cup of consolation" for the mourners ( Jeremiah 16:7; 2 Samuel 3:35; Ezekiel 24:17 ). Similarly the offering and burning of incense, originally …
16485 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Delight.2
… , "Thy comforts delight my soul"; Psalms 119:16, 47, 70, "I will delight myself in thy statutes." Similarly, Paul says ( Romans 7:22 ), "I delight (sunedomai) in (margin, the Revised …
16486 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Desire of All Nations.4
… needed comfort for the present. Then there is the difficulty of associating the physical phenomena with any shaking of the nations occurring atthe first …
16487 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Dress.12
… and comfort. Now these two, with the "girdle" (a necessary and almost universal article of oriental dress), were commonly all the garments worn by the ordinary …
16488 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ease.2
… or comfort of mind; in an ethical sense, indicating carelessness or indifference with reference to one’s moral or religious interests. The prophet Jeremiah …
16489 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ease.3
… and comfort, as "My couch shall ease my complaint" ( Job 7:13; compare especially 2 Chronicles 10:4, 9 ). Simple mental tranquillity or peace of mind is also expressed …
16490 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ecclesiastes, the Preacher.16
… his comfort is impaired by the fact that both alike are mortal (2:13-17). He finds little reassurance in the idea of laboring for the benefit of posterity; posterity …
16491 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Education.33
… of comfort for the exiled people was in the law and covenant of Yahweh, while the shattering of all hope of immediate national greatness turned the thought …
16492 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Eliphaz (2).2
… and comfort him, when they hear of his affliction. That he is to be regarded as their leader and spokesman is shown by the greater weight and originality of …
16493 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Elisha.17
… ties, comforts and privileges. He became Elijah’s servant; and we have but one statement describing their relationship ( 2 Kings 3:11 ): he "poured water on the …
16494 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ethics of Jesus.36
… as comfort, mercy, the inheritance of the earth, the vision of God and sonship, which are all certainly blessings of the kingdom; and the list does not finish …
16495 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ethics, III.48
… , administers comfort and gives, by example and direct instruction, edification; (iii) patience, comprising forbearance, peaceableness.
16496 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Eutychus.2
… while comforting the lamenting crowd, "Make ye no ado; for his life is in him." The interrupted meeting was resumed, the bread was broken, and the conversation …
16497 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Exhortation.3
… Version "comfort," the American Revised Version, margin "or comfort"; 2 Corinthians 8:17; 1 Thessalonians 2:3; 1 Timothy 4:13; Hebrews 12:5; 13:22 ). the American Standard …
16498 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Eye.8
… great comfort, that God will protect and care for those that are His own.
16499 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ezekiel, 1.45
… with comfort and encouragement. Possibly it is these two parts of the book that Josephus has in mind when he says (Ant., X) that Ezekiel had written two books. That …
16500 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ezekiel, 1.54
… also comforting and encouraging.