520
 Self-examination 

 - Enjoined
     #2CO 13:5

 - Necessary before the communion
     #1CO 11:28

 - Cause of difficulty in
     #JER 17:9

 - SHOULD BE ENGAGED IN
   . With holy awe
       #PS 4:4

   . With diligent search
       #PS 77:6; LA 3:40

   . With prayer for divine searching
       #PS 26:2; 139:23,24

   . With purpose of amendment
       #PS 119:59; LA 3:40

 - Advantages of
     #1CO 11:31; GA 6:4; 1JO 3:20-22

 521
 Selfishness 

 - Contrary to the law of God
     #LE 19:18; MT 22:39; JAS 8 2:8

 - The example of Christ condemns
     #JOH 4:34; RO 15:3; 2CO 8:9

 - God hates
     #MAL 1:10

 - EXHIBITED IN
   . Being lovers of ourselves
       #2TI 3:2

   . Pleasing ourselves
       #RO 15:1

   . Seeking our own
       #1CO 10:33; PHP 2:21

   . Seeking after gain
       #ISA 56:11

   . Seeking undue precedence
       #MT 20:21

   . Living to ourselves
       #2CO 5:15

   . Neglect of the poor
       #1JO 3:17

   . Serving God for reward
       #MAL 1:10

   . Performing duty for reward
       #MIC 3:11

 - Inconsistent with Christian love
     #1CO 13:5

 - Inconsistent with communion of saints
     #RO 12:4,5; 1CO 12:12-27

 - Especially forbidden to saints
     #1CO 10:24; PHP 2:4

 - The love of Christ should constrain us to avoid
     #2CO 5:14,15

 - Ministers should be void of
     #1CO 9:19-23; 10:33

 - All men addicted to
     #EPH 2:3; PHP 2:21

 - Saints falsely accused of
     #Job 9 1:9-11

 - Characteristic of the last days
     #2TI 3:1,2

 - Exemplified
   . Cain
       #GE 4:9

   . Nabal
       #1SA 25:3,11

   . Haman
       #ES 6:6

   . Priests
       #ISA 56:11

   . Jews
       #Z6 EC 7:6

   . James and John
       #MR 10:37

   . Multitude
       #JOH 6:26

 522
 Self-righteousness 

 - Man is prone to
     #PR 20:6; 30:12

 - Hateful to God
     #LU 16:15

 - IS VAIN BECAUSE OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS IS
   . But external
       #MT 23:25-28; LU 11:39-44

   . But partial
       #MT 23:25; LU 11:44

   . No better than filthy rags
       #ISA 64:6

   . Ineffectual for salvation
       #Job 30 9:30,31; MT 5:20; RO 3:20

   . Unprofitable
       #ISA 57:12

 - Is boastful
     #MT 23:30

 - THEY WHO ARE GIVEN TO
   . Audaciously approach God
       #LU 18:11

   . Seek to justify themselves
       #LU 10:29

   . Seek to justify themselves before men
       #LU 16:15

   . Reject the righteousness of God
       #RO 10:3

   . Condemn others
       #MT 9:11-13; LU 7:39

   . Consider their own way right
       #PR 21:2

   . Despise others
       #ISA 65:5; LU 18:9

   . Proclaim their own goodness
       #PR 20:6

   . Are pure in their own eyes
       #PR 30:12

   . Are abominable before God
       #ISA 65:5

 - Folly of
     #Job 20 9:20

 - Saints renounce
     #PHP 3:7-10

 - Warning against
     #DE 9:4

 - Denunciation against
     #MT 23:27,28

 - Illustrated
     #LU 18:10-12

 - Exemplified
   . Saul
       #1SA 15:13

   . Young man
       #MT 19:20

   . Lawyer
       #LU 10:25,29

   . Pharisees
       #LU 11:39; JOH 8:33; 9:28

   . Israel
       #RO 10:3

   . Church of Laodicea
       #RE 3:17

 523
 Self-will and Stubbornness 

 - Forbidden
     #2CH 30:8; PS 75:5; 95:8

 - PROCEED FROM
   . Unbelief
       #2KI 17:14

   . Pride
       #NE 9:16,29

   . An evil heart
       #JER 7:24

 - God knows
     #ISA 48:4

 - EXHIBITED IN
   . Refusing to hearken to God
       #PR 1:24

   . Refusing to hearken to the messengers of God
       #1SA 8:19; JER 44:16; Z11 EC 7:11

   . Refusing to walk in the ways of God
       #NE 9:17; PS 78:10; ISA 42:24; JER 6:16

   . Refusing to hearken to parents
       #DE 21:18,19

   . Refusing to receive correction
       #DE 21:18; JER 5:3; 7:28

   . Rebelling against God
       #DE 31:27; PS 78:8

   . Resisting the Holy Spirit
       #AC 7:51

   . Walking in the counsels of an evil heart
       #JER 7:24; 23:17

   . Hardening the neck
       #NE 9:16

   . Hardening the heart
       #2CH 36:13

   . Going backward and not forward
       #JER 7:24

 - Heinousness of
     #1SA 15:23

 - MINISTERS SHOULD
   . Be without
       #TIT 1:7

   . Warn their people against
       #HEB 3:7-12

   . Pray that their people may be forgiven for
       #EX 34:9; DE 9:27

 - Characteristic of the wicked
     #PR 7:11; 2PE 2:10

 - The wicked cease not from
     #JUD 2:19

 - Punishment for
     #DE 21:21; PR 29:1

 - Illustrated
     #PS 32:9; JER 31:18

 - Exemplified
   . Simeon and Levi
       #GE 49:6

   . Israelites
       #EX 32:9; DE 9:6,13

   . Saul
       #1SA 15:19-23

   . David
       #2SA 24:4

   . Josiah
       #2CH 35:22

   . Zedekiah
       #2CH 36:13

 524
 Serpents 

 - Created by God
     #Job 13 26:13

 - Characterised as subtle
     #GE 3:1; MT 10:16

 - Called crooked
     #Job 13 26:13; ISA 27:1

 - Unclean and unfit for food
     #MT 7:10

 - INFEST
   . Hedges
       #EC 10:8

   . Holes in walls
       #AM 5:19

   . Deserts
       #DE 8:15

 - Produced from eggs
     #ISA 59:5

 - Cursed above all creatures
     #GE 3:14

 - Doomed to creep on their belly
     #GE 3:14

 - Doomed to eat their food mingled with dust
     #GE 3:14; ISA 65:25; MIC 7:17

 - Many kinds of poisonous
     #DE 32:24; PS 58:4

 - All kinds of, can be tamed
     #JAS 7 3:7

 - Were often enchanted or fascinated
     #EC 10:11

 - Dangerous to travellers
     #GE 49:17

 - Man's aversion and hatred to
     #GE 3:15

 - Often sent as a punishment
     #NU 21:6; DE 32:24; 1CO 10:9

 - MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH
   . Moses' rod turned into
       #EX 4:3; 7:9,15

   . Israelites cured by looking at one of brass
       #NU 21:8,9; JOH 3:14,15

   . Power over, given to the disciples
       #MR 16:18; LU 10:19

 - ILLUSTRATIVE
   . Of the devil
       #GE 3:1; 2CO 11:3; RE 12:9; 20:2

   . Of hypocrites
       #MT 23:33

   . Of the tribe of Dan
       #GE 49:17

   . Of enemies who harass and destroy
       #ISA 14:29; JER 8:17

   . (Sharp tongue of,) of malice of the wicked
       #PS 140:3

   . (Poisonous bite of,) of baneful effects of wine
       #PR 23:21,32

 525
 Servants 

 - Early mention of
     #GE 9:25,26

 - DIVIDED INTO
   . Male
       #GE 24:34; 32:5

   . Female
       #GE 16:6; 32:5

   . Bond
       #GE 43:18; LE 25:46

   . Hired
       #MR 1:20; LU 15:17

 - Persons devoted to the service of another so called
     #PS 119:49; ISA 56:6

 - The subjects of a prince or king so called
     #EX 9:20; 11:8

 - Persons of low condition so called
     #EC 10:7

 - Persons devoted to God so called
     #PS 119:49; ISA 56:6; RO 1:1

 - The term often used to express humility
     #GE 18:3; 33:5; 1SA 20:7; 1KI 20:32

 - HIRED
   . Called hireling
       #Job 1 7:1; JOH 10:12,13

   . Engaged by the year
       #LE 25:53; ISA 16:14

   . Engaged by the day
       #MT 20:2

   . Not to be oppressed
       #DE 24:14

   . To be paid without delay at the expiration of their service
       #LE 19:13; DE 24:15

   . To be esteemed worthy of their hire
       #LU 10:7

   . To partake of the produce of the land in the sabbatical
     year
       #LE 25:6

   . If foreigners not allowed to partake of the passover or
     holy things
       #EX 12:45; LE 22:10

   . Anxiety of, for the end of their daily toil, alluded to
       #Job 2 7:2

   . Hebrew slaves serving their brethren to be treated as
       #LE 25:39,40

   . Hebrew slaves serving strangers to be treated as
       #LE 25:47,53

   . Often stood in the market place waiting for employment
       #MT 20:1-3

   . Often will fed and taken care of
       #LU 15:17

   . Often oppressed and their wages kept back
       #MAL 3:5; JAS 4 5:4

 - SLAVES OR BOND
   . Called bondmen
       #GE 43:18; 44:9

   . By birth
       #GE 14:14; PS 116:16; JER 2:14

   . By purchase
       #GE 17:27; 37:36

   . Captives taken in war often kept as
       #DE 20:14; 2KI 5:2

   . Strangers sojourning in Israel might be purchased as
       #LE 25:45

   . Persons belonging to other nations might be purchased as
       #LE 25:44

   . Persons unable to pay their debts liable to be sold as
       #2KI 4:1; NE 5:4,5; MT 18:25

   . Thieves unable to make restitution were sold as
       #EX 22:3

   . More valuable than hired servants
       #DE 15:18

   . When Israelites not to be treated with rigour
       #LE 25:39,40,46

   . When Israelites to have their liberty after six years
     service
       #EX 21:2; DE 15:12

   . Israelites sold as, refusing their liberty, to have their
     ears bored to the door
       #EX 21:5,6; DE 15:16,17

   . Israelites sold to strangers as, might be redeemed by their
     nearest of kin
       #LE 25:47-55

   . All Israelites sold as, to be free at the jubilee
       #LE 25:10,40,41,54

   . Could not when set free demand wives or children procured
     during servitude
       #EX 21:3,4

   . To be furnished liberally, when their servitude expired
       #DE 15:13,14

   . When foreigners to be circumcised
       #GE 17:13,27; EX 12:44

   . To be allowed to rest on the Sabbath
       #EX 20:10

   . To participate in all national rejoicings
       #DE 12:18; 16:11,14

   . Persons of distinction had many
       #GE 14:14; EC 2:7

   . Engaged in the most menial offices
       #1SA 25:41; JOH 13:4,5

   . Maimed of injured by masters to have their freedom
       #EX 21:26,27

   . Masters to be recompensed for injury done to
       #EX 21:32

   . Laws respecting the killing of
       #EX 21:20,21

   . Of others not to be coveted or enticed away
       #EX 20:17; DE 5:21

   . Seeking protection not to be delivered up to masters
       #DE 23:15

   . Custom of branding, alluded to
       #GA 6:17

   . Sometimes rose to rank and station
       #EC 10:7

   . Sometimes intermarried with their master's family
       #1CH 2:34,35

   . Laws respecting marriage with female
       #EX 21:7-11

   . Seizing and stealing of men for, condemned and punished by
     the law
       #EX 21:16; DE 24:7; 1TI 1:10

   . Laws respecting, often violated
       #JER 34:8-16

 - BOND, ILLUSTRATIVE
   . Of Christ
       #PS 40:6; HEB 10:5; PHP 2:7,8

   . Of saints
       #1CO 6:20; 7:23

   . Of the wicked
       #2PE 2:19; RO 6:16,19

 - Christ condescended to the office of
     #MT 20:28; LU 22:27; JOH 13:5; PHP 2:7

 - Are inferior to their masters
     #LU 22:27

 - Should follow Christ's example
     #1PE 2:21

 - DUTIES OF, TO MASTERS
   . To pray for them
       #GE 24:12

   . To honor them
       #MAL 1:6; 1TI 6:1

   . To revere them the more, when they are believers
       #1TI 6:2

   . To be subject to them
       #1PE 2:18

   . To obey them
       #EPH 6:5; TIT 2:9

   . To attend to their call
       #PS 123:2

   . To please them well in all things
       #TIT 2:9

   . To sympathise with them
       #2SA 12:18

   . To prefer their business to their own necessary food
       #GE 24:33

   . To bless God for mercies shown to them
       #GE 24:27,48

   . To be faithful to them
       #LU 16:10-12; 1CO 4:2; TIT 2:10

   . To be profitable to them
       #LU 19:15,16,18; PHM 11 1:11

   . To be anxious for their welfare
       #1SA 25:14-17; 2KI 5:2,3

   . To be earnest in transacting their business
       #GE 24:54-56

   . To be prudent in the management of their affairs
       #GE 24:34-49

   . To be industrious in laboring for them
       #NE 4:16,23

   . To be kind and attentive to their guests
       #GE 43:23,24

   . To be submissive even to the froward
       #GE 16:6,9; 1PE 2:18

   . Not to answer them rudely
       #TIT 2:9

   . Not to serve them with eye-service, as men-pleasers
       #EPH 6:6; COL 3:22

   . Not to defraud them
       #TIT 2:10

 - Should be contented in their situation
     #1CO 7:20,21

 - Should be compassionate to their fellows
     #MT 18:33

 - SHOULD SERVE
   . For conscience towards God
       #1PE 2:19

   . In the fear of God
       #EPH 6:5; COL 3:22

   . As the servants of Christ
       #EPH 6:5,6

   . Heartily, as to the Lord, and not to men
       #EPH 6:7; COL 3:23

   . As doing the will of God from the heart
       #EPH 6:6

   . In singleness of heart
       #EPH 6:5; COL 3:22

   . With good will
       #EPH 6:7

 - When patient under injury are acceptable to God
     #1PE 2:19,20

 - When Good
   . Are the servants of Christ
       #COL 3:24

   . Are brethren beloved in the Lord
       #PHM 16 1:16

   . Are the Lord's freemen
       #1CO 7:22

   . Are partakers of gospel privileges
       #1CO 12:13; GA 3:28; EPH 6:8; COL 3:11

   . Deserve the confidence of their masters
       #GE 24:2,4,10; 39:4

   . Often exalted
       #GE 41:40; PR 17:2

   . Often advanced by master
       #GE 39:4,5

   . To be honored
       #GE 24:31; PR 27:18

   . Bring God's blessing upon their masters
       #GE 30:27,30; 39:3

   . Adorn the doctrine of God their Savior in all things
       #TIT 2:10

   . Have God with them
       #GE 31:42; 39:21; AC 7:9,10

   . Are prospered by God
       #GE 39:3

   . Are protected by God
       #GE 31:7

   . Are guided by God
       #GE 24:7,27

   . Are blessed by God
       #MT 24:46

   . Are mourned over after death
       #GE 35:8

   . Shall be rewarded
       #EPH 6:8; COL 3:24

 - The property of masters increased by faithful
     #GE 30:29,30

 - CHARACTERISTICS OF WICKED SERVANTS
   . Eye-service
       #EPH 6:6; COL 3:22

   . Men-pleasers
       #EPH 6:6; COL 3:22

   . Deceit
       #2SA 19:26; PS 101:6,7

   . Quarrelsomeness
       #GE 13:7; 26:20

   . Covetousness
       #2KI 5:20

   . Lying
       #2KI 5:22,24

   . Stealing
       #TIT 2:10

   . Gluttony
       #MT 24:49

   . Unmerciful to their fellows
       #MT 18:30

   . Will not submit to correction
       #PR 29:19

   . Do not bear to be exalted
       #PR 30:21,22; ISA 3:5

   . Shall be punished
       #MT 24:50

 - Good-Exemplified
   . Eliezer
       #GE 24:1-67

   . Deborah
       #GE 24:59; 35:8

   . Jacob
       #GE 31:36-40

   . Joseph
       #GE 39:3; AC 7:10

   . Servants of Boaz
       #RU 2:4

   . Jonathan's armor bearer
       #1SA 14:6,7

   . David's servants
       #2SA 12:18

   . Captive maid
       #2KI 5:2-4

   . Servants of Naaman
       #2KI 5:13

   . Servants of Centurion
       #MT 8:9

   . Servants of Cornelius
       #AC 10:7

   . Onesimus after his conversion
       #PHM 11 1:11

 - Bad-Exemplified
   . Servants of Abraham and Lot
       #GE 13:7

   . Servants of Abimelech
       #GE 21:25

   . Absalom's servants [Absalom's servants obeyed a bad master;
     they were bad men rather than bad servants]
       #2SA 13:28,29; 14:30

   . Ziba
       #2SA 16:1-4

   . Servants of Shimei
       #1KI 2:39

   . Jeroboam
       #1KI 11:26

   . Zimri
       #1KI 16:9

   . Gehazi
       #2KI 5:20

   . Servants of Amon
       #2KI 21:23

   . Job's servants
       #Job 16 19:16

   . Servants of the High Priest
       #MR 14:65

   . Onesimus before his conversion
       #PHM 11 1:11



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