607
 Watchfulness 

 - Christ an example of
     #MT 26:38,40; LU 6:12

 - Commanded
     #MR 13:37; RE 3:2

 - Exhortations to
     #1TH 5:6; 1PE 4:7

 - God especially requires in ministers
     #EZE 3:17; ISA 62:6; MR 13:34

 - Ministers exhorted to
     #AC 20:31; 2TI 4:5

 - Faithful ministers exercise
     #HEB 13:17

 - Faithful ministers approved by
     #MT 24:45,46; LU 12:41-44

 - SHOULD BE
   . With prayer
       #LU 21:36; EPH 6:18

   . With thanksgiving
       #COL 4:2

   . With steadfastness in the faith
       #1CO 16:13

   . With heedfulness
       #MR 13:33

   . With sobriety
       #1TH 5:6; 1PE 4:7

   . At all times
       #PR 8:34

   . In all things
       #2TI 4:5

 - Saints pray to be kept in a state of
     #PS 141:3

 - MOTIVES TO
   . Expected direction from God
       #HAB 2:1

   . Uncertain time of the coming of Christ
       #MT 24:42; 25:13; MR 13:35,36

   . Incessant assaults of the devil
       #1PE 5:8

   . Liability to temptation
       #MT 26:41

 - Blessedness of
     #LU 12:37; RE 16:15

 - Unfaithful ministers void of
     #ISA 56:10

 - The wicked averse to
     #1TH 5:7

 - Danger of remissness in
     #MT 24:48-51; 25:5,8,12; RE 3:3

 - Illustrated
     #LU 12:35,36

 - Exemplified
   . David
       #PS 102:7

   . Anna
       #LU 2:37

   . Paul
       #2CO 11:27

 608
 Watchmen 

 - Soldiers generally acted as
     #MT 27:65,66

 - Citizens sometimes acted as
     #NE 7:3

 - WERE STATIONED
   . On watch towers
       #2KI 9:17; ISA 21:5

   . On the walls of cities
       #ISA 62:6

   . In the streets of cities
       #PS 127:1

   . Around the temple in Jerusalem on special occasions
       #2KI 11:6

 - Paraded the streets at night to preserve order
     #SO 3:3; 5:7

 - IN TIME OF DANGER
   . Increase in number
       #JER 51:12

   . Vigilant night and day
       #NE 4:9; ISA 21:8

   . Reported the approach of all strangers
       #2SA 18:24-27; 2KI 9:18-20; ISA 21:6,7,9

   . Sounded an alarm at the approach of enemies
       #EZE 33:2,3

 - Vigilance of, vain without God's protection
     #PS 127:1

 - Were relieved by turns
     #NE 7:3

 - Danger of sleeping on their posts, referred to
     #MT 28:13,14

 - Neglecting to give warning punished with death
     #EZE 33:6

 - Often interrogated by passengers
     #ISA 21:11

 - ILLUSTRATIVE
   . Of ministers
       #ISA 5:28; 62:6; EZE 3:17; HEB 13:17

   . (Blind,) of careless ministers
       #ISA 56:10

   . (Looking for the morning,) of anxious waiting for God
       #PS 130:5,6

 609
 Water 

 - One of the elements of the world
     #GE 1:2

 - GOD ORIGINALLY
   . Created the firmament to divide
       #GE 1:6,7

   . Collected into one place
       #GE 1:9

   . Created fowls and fishes, etc. from
       #GE 1:20,21

 - Necessary to vegetation
     #GE 2:5,6; Job 9 14:9; ISA 1:30

 - Some plants particularly require
     #Job 11 8:11

 - Necessary to the comfort and happiness of man
     #ISA 41:17; Z11 EC 9:11

 - COLLECTED IN
   . Springs
       #JOS 15:19

   . Pools
       #1KI 22:38; NE 2:14

   . Ponds
       #EX 7:19; ISA 19:10

   . Fountains
       #1KI 18:5; 2CH 32:3

   . Wells
       #GE 21:19

   . Brooks
       #2SA 17:20; 1KI 18:5

   . Streams
       #PS 78:16; ISA 35:6

   . Rivers
       #ISA 8:7; JER 2:18

   . The sea
       #GE 1:9,10; ISA 11:9

   . The clouds
       #GE 1:7; Job 8 26:8,9

 - Rises in vapour to the clouds
     #EC 1:7; PS 104:8

 - Drops from the clouds in rain
     #DE 11:11; 2SA 21:10

 - DESCRIBED AS
   . Fluid
       #PS 78:16; PR 30:4

   . Unstable
       #GE 49:4

   . Penetrating
       #PS 109:18

   . Reflecting images
       #PR 27:9

   . Wearing the hardest substances
       #Job 19 14:19

   . Cleansing
       #EZE 36:25; EPH 5:26

   . Refreshing
       #Job 7 22:7; PR 25:25

 - Congealed by cold
     #Job 29 38:29; PS 147:16,17

 - WAS USED BY JEWS
   . As their principal beverage
       #GE 24:43; 1KI 13:19,22; 18:4; HO 2:5

   . For culinary purposes
       #EX 12:9

   . For washing the person
       #GE 18:4; 24:32

   . For legal purification
       #EX 29:4; HEB 9:10,19

 - Kept for purification in large waterpots
     #JOH 2:6

 - Carried in vessels
     #GE 21:14; 1SA 26:11; MR 14:13

 - Artificial mode of conveying, into large cities
     #2KI 20:20

 - Frequently brackish and unfit for use
     #EX 15:23; 2KI 2:19

 - The want of, considered a great calamity
     #EX 17:1-3; NU 20:2; 2KI 3:9,10; ISA 3:1

 - In times of scarcity, sold at an enormous price
     #LA 5:4

 - MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH
   . Turned into blood
       #EX 7:17,20

   . Turned into wine
       #JOH 2:7-9

   . Brought from the rock
       #EX 17:6; NU 20:11

   . Brought from the jaw-bone of an ass
       #JUD 15:19

   . Consumed by fire from heaven
       #1KI 18:38

   . Divided and made to stand on heap
       #EX 14:21,22; JOS 3:16

   . Trenches filled with
       #2KI 3:17-22

   . Iron made to swim in
       #2KI 6:5,6

   . Our Lord, etc. walking on
       #MT 14:26-29

   . Healing powers communicated to
       #2KI 5:14; JOH 5:4; 9:7

 - The world and its inhabitants once destroyed by
     #GE 7:20-23; 2PE 3:6

 - The world not to be again destroyed by
     #GE 9:8-15; 2PE 3:7

 - ILLUSTRATIVE
   . Of the support of God
       #ISA 8:6

   . Of the gifts and graces of the Holy Spirit
       #ISA 41:17,18; 44:3; EZE 36:25; JOH 7:38,39

   . Of persecutors
       #PS 124:4,5

   . Of persecutions
       #PS 88:17

   . Of hostile armies
       #ISA 8:7; 17:13

   . (Still,) of the ordinances of the gospel
       #PS 23:2

   . (Deep,) of severe affliction
       #PS 66:12; 69:1; ISA 30:20; 43:2

   . (Deep,) of counsel in the heart
       #PR 20:5

   . (Deep,) of the words of the wise
       #PR 18:4

   . (Poured out,) of the wrath of God
       #HO 5:10

   . (Poured out,) of faintness by terror
       #PS 22:14

   . (Pouring, out of buckets,) of a numerous progeny
       #NU 24:7

   . (Spilled on the ground,) of death
       #2SA 14:14

   . (Its instability,) of a wavering disposition
       #GE 49:4

   . (Its weakness,) of faintness and cowardice
       #JOS 7:5; EZE 7:17

   . (Difficulty of stopping,) of strife and contention
       #PR 17:14

   . (Rapidly flowing away,) of the career of the wicked
       #Job 18 24:18; PS 58:7

   . (Many,) of different nations and people
       #RE 17:1,15; JER 51:13

   . (Many,) of a variety of afflictions
       #2SA 22:17

   . (Noise of many,) of the word of Christ
       #RE 1:15

   . (Covering the sea,) of the general diffusion of the
     knowledge of God
       #ISA 11:9; HAB 2:14

 610
 Wave-offering 

 - Placed in the hand of the priest and waved before the Lord
     #EX 29:24; LE 8:27

 - CONSISTED OF
   . The fat, right shoulder, etc. of the priest's consecration
     ram
       #EX 29:22,23; LE 8:25,26

   . The breast of the priest's consecration ram
       #EX 29:26; LE 8:29

   . The breast of all peace offerings
       #LE 7:30; 9:18,21; 6:17,20

   . Left shoulder, of Nazarite's peace offering
       #NU 6:17,19

   . The first fruits of barely harvest
       #LE 23:10,11

   . The first fruits of wheaten bread
       #LE 23:20

   . The Jealousy offering
       #NU 5:25

   . The leper's trespass offering
       #LE 14:12,24

 - Of the fat, etc. of the consecration ram burnt on the altar
     #EX 29:25; LE 8:28

 - Was given to the priest as his due
     #EX 29:26-28; LE 7:31,34; 8:29; 10:15; 23:20; NU 18:11

 - Was to be eaten in a holy place by the priest's family
     #LE 10:14

 611
 Weeks 

 - A period of time consisting of seven days
     #LE 23:15,16; LU 18:12

 - A space of seven years sometimes so called
     #GE 29:27,28; DA 9:24,25,27

 - Origin of computing time by
     #GE 2:2

 - The feast of pentecost called the feast of weeks
     #EX 34:22; AC 2:1

 612
 Weights 

 - Generally regulated by the standard of the sanctuary
     #EX 30:24

 - Sometimes regulated by the king's standard
     #2SA 14:26

 - Were frequently used in scales or balances
     #Job 6 31:6; ISA 40:12

 - MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
   . Gerah
       #EX 30:13; EZE 45:12

   . Bekah or half shekel
       #GE 24:22

   . Shekel
       #EX 30:13; EZE 45:12

   . Dram
       #NE 7:70,71

   . Maneh or pound
       #NE 7:71; EZE 45:12

   . Talent
       #2SA 12:30; RE 16:21

 - Value of money estimated according to
     #GE 23:16; 43:21; JER 32:9

 - All metals were given by
     #EX 37:24; 1CH 28:14

 - Provisions were sold by, in times of scarcity
     #LE 26:26; EZE 4:10,16

 - THE JEWS
   . Forbidden to have various
       #DE 25:13,14

   . Forbidden to have unjust
       #LE 19:35,36

   . Frequently used unjust
       #MIC 6:11

 - ILLUSTRATIVE
   . Of sins
       #HEB 12:1

   . Of the restraints put on the elements
       #Job 25 28:25

   . (Heavy,) of the exceeding glory reserved for saints
       #2CO 4:17

 613
 Wells 

 - First mention of
     #GE 16:14

 - FREQUENTLY MADE
   . Near encampments
       #GE 21:30; 26:18

   . Outside cities
       #GE 24:11; JOH 4:6,8

   . In the courts of houses
       #2SA 17:18

   . In the desert
       #2CH 26:10

 - Supplied by springs
     #PR 16:22

 - Supplied by the rain
     #PS 84:6

 - Surrounded by trees
     #GE 49:22; EX 15:27

 - Names often given to
     #GE 16:14; 21:31

 - Canaan abounded with
     #DE 6:11

 - Many supplied from Lebanon
     #SO 4:15

 - MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
   . Beerlahairoi
       #GE 16:14

   . Bethlehem
       #2SA 23:15; 1CH 11:17,18

   . Beer (east of Jordan)
       #NU 21:16-18

   . Beer-sheba
       #GE 21:30,31

   . Elim
       #EX 15:27

   . Esek
       #GE 26:20

   . Hagar
       #GE 21:19

   . Haran
       #GE 29:3,4

   . Jacob
       #JOH 4:6

   . Rehoboth
       #GE 26:22

   . Sitnah
       #GE 26:21

 - Often deep and difficult to draw from
     #JOH 4:11

 - Often covered to prevent their being filled with sand
     #GE 29:2,3

 - Had troughs placed near for watering cattle
     #GE 24:19,20; EX 2:16

 - FREQUENTED BY
   . Women who came to draw water
       #GE 24:13,14; JOH 4:7

   . Travellers
       #GE 24:11,13,42; JOH 4:6

 - Strangers not to draw from, without permission
     #NU 20:17

 - Water of, frequently sold
     #NU 20:19

 - Were a frequent cause of strife
     #GE 21:25; 26:21,22; EX 2:16,17

 - Were often stopped up by enemies
     #GE 26:15,18; 2KI 3:19,25

 - Often afforded no water
     #JER 14:3; Z11 EC 9:11

 - ILLUSTRATIVE
   . Of the ordinances of the Church
       #ISA 12:3

   . Of the Holy Spirit in saints
       #SO 4:15; JOH 4:14

   . Of the mouth of the righteous
       #PR 10:11

   . Of wisdom and understanding in man
       #PR 16:22; 18:4

   . (A fruitful bough by,) of Joseph's numerous posterity
       #GE 49:22

   . (Drinking from one's own,) of enjoyment of domestic
     happiness
       #PR 5:15

   . (Without water,) of hypocrites
       #2PE 2:17

 614
 Whirlwind 

 - Generally came from the south
     #Job 9 37:9; ISA 21:1; Z14 EC 9:14

 - Sometimes came from the north
     #EZE 1:4

 - Called the whirlwind of God
     #JER 23:19; 30:23

 - Arose up from the earth
     #JER 25:32

 - MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH
   . Elijah taken to heaven in
       #2KI 2:1,11

   . God spoke to Job from
       #Job 1 38:1; 40:6

 - Frequently continued for a long time
     #JER 30:23

 - Destructive nature of
     #PR 1:27

 - ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE
   . Speed with which God executes his purposes
       #NA 1:3

   . Velocity of Christ's second coming
       #ISA 66:15

   . Velocity of the chariots in hostile armies
       #ISA 5:28; JER 4:13

   . Fury of God's judgments
       #JER 25:32; 30:23

   . Sudden destruction of the wicked
       #PS 58:9; PR 1:27; ISA 17:13; 40:24; 41:16; JER 30:23

   . Unavoidable fruit of a life of sin and vanity
       #HO 8:7

 615
 Wicked, The, are compared to 

 - Abominable branches
     #ISA 14:19

 - Ashes under the feet
     #MAL 4:3

 - Bad fishes
     #MT 13:48

 - Beasts
     #PS 49:12; 2PE 2:12

 - Blind, The
     #ZEP 1:17; MT 15:14

 - Brass and iron
     #JER 6:28; EZE 22:18

 - Briars and thorns
     #ISA 55:13; EZE 2:6

 - Bulls of Bashan
     #PS 22:12

 - Carcasses trodden under feet
     #ISA 14:19

 - Chaff
     #Job 18 21:18; PS 1:4; MT 3:12

 - Clouds without water
     #Jude 12 1:12

 - Corn blasted
     #2KI 19:26

 - Corrupt trees
     #LU 6:43

 - Deaf adders
     #PS 58:4

 - Dogs
     #PR 26:11; MT 7:6; 2PE 2:22

 - Dross
     #PS 119 119:119; EZE 22:18,19

 - Early dew that passes away
     #HO 13:3

 - Evil figs
     #JER 24:8

 - Fading oaks
     #ISA 1:30

 - Fiery oven
     #PS 21:9; HO 7:4

 - Fire of thorns
     #PS 118:12

 - Fools building upon sand
     #MT 7:26

 - Fuel of fire
     #ISA 9:19

 - Garden without water
     #ISA 1:30

 - Goats
     #MT 25:32

 - Grass
     #PS 37:2; 92:7

 - Grass on the housetop
     #2KI 19:26

 - Green bay-trees
     #PS 37:35

 - Green herbs
     #PS 37:2

 - Heath in the desert
     #JER 17:6

 - Horses rushing into the battle
     #JER 8:6

 - idols
     #PS 115:8

 - Lions greedy of prey
     #PS 17:12

 - Melting wax
     #PS 68:2

 - Morning-clouds
     #HO 13:3

 - Moth-eaten garments
     #ISA 50:9; 51:8

 - Passing whirlwinds
     #PR 10:25

 - Potsherds
     #PR 26:23

 - Raging waves of the sea
     #Jude 13 1:13

 - Reprobate silver
     #JER 6:30

 - Scorpions
     #EZE 2:6

 - Serpents
     #PS 58:4; MT 23:33

 - Smoke
     #HO 13:3

 - Stony ground
     #MT 13:5

 - Stubble
     #Job 18 21:18; MAL 4:1

 - Swine
     #MT 7:6; 2PE 2:22

 - Tares
     #MT 13:38

 - Troubled sea
     #ISA 57:20

 - Visions of the night
     #Job 8 20:8

 - Wandering stars
     #Jude 13 1:13

 - Wayward children
     #MT 11:16

 - Wells without water
     #2PE 2:17

 - Wheels
     #PS 83:13

 - Whited sepulchres
     #MT 23:27

 - Wild ass's colt
     #Job 12 11:12



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