Nave's Topical Bible

STATE to STORK

STATE

• See CHURCH and STATE

• See GOVERNMENT

STATECRAFT

• Wisdom in Proverbs 28:2

• School in Daniel 1:3-5

• Skilled in -Instances of

• Joseph Genesis 47:15-26

• Samuel 1Samuel 11:12-15

• Nathan 1Kings 1:11-14

• Jeroboam 1Kings 12:26-33
  

• Daniel

• See DANIEL
  

• See GOVERNMENT
  

• See KINGS
  

• See RULERS

STAVES LONG POLES

• Used as weapons Matthew 26:47; Mark 14:43

• symbolic Zechariah 11:7-14

STEADFASTNESS

• See DECISION

• See PERSEVERANCE

• See STABILITY

STEALING

• See THEFT

STEEL

• Bows of 2Samuel 22:35; Job 20:24; Psalm 18:34

• Strength of Jeremiah 15:12

• In each of the above references, the R

• V

• renders the translation as "brass

• "

STEPHANAS

• A Christian in Corinth, whose household Paul baptized 1Corinthians 1:16; 16:15, 17

STEPHEN

• A Christian martyr -Appointed one of the committee of seven to oversee the daily ministration Acts 6:3, 5, 6

• Faith and power of Acts 6:5, 8-10

• False charges against Acts 6:11-15

• Defense of Acts 7

• Stoned Acts 7:54-60; 8:1; 22:20

• Burial of Acts 8:2

• Gentle and forgiving spirit of Acts 7:59, 60

STERILITY

• Of women -See BARRENNESS

STEWARD

• General scriptures concerning Genesis 15:2; 43:19; 1Chronicles 28:1; Luke 8:3

• Figurative

• The faithful steward described Luke 12:35-38, 42

• The unfaithful, described Luke 16:1-8

• See the parable

• Of the pounds Luke 19:12-27

• Of the talents Matthew 25:14-30

• Must be faithful 1Corinthians 4:1, 2; Titus 1:7; 1Peter 4:10

STICKS

• Used as cymbals Ezekiel 37:16

STIFF-NECKED

• See IMPENITENT

• See OBDURACY

STOCKS

• Feet fastened in, as a punishment Job 13:27; 33:11; Proverbs 7:22

• In prisons Jeremiah 20:2; Acts 16:24

STOICISM

• A Greek philosophy, inculcating doctrines of severe morality, self-denials, and inconvenience -Scripture analogies to

• John the Baptist wore camel's hair and subsisted on locusts and wild honey Matthew 3:4

• Came "neither eating nor drinking," Matthew 11:18; Luke 7:33

• Jesus requires self-denial and "crosses," Matthew 10:38, 39; 16:24; Mark 8:34, 35; Luke 9:23-26; 14:27

• The subordination of natural affection Matthew 10:37; Luke 14:26

• Paul teaches

• That the "law of the mind" is at war with the "law of the members," Romans 7:23 with Romans 7:14-24

• That the body must be kept under subjection 1Corinthians 9:27

• Celibacy 1Corinthians 7:1-9, 25, 26, 32, 33, 39, 40

• School of, at Athens Acts 17:18

• See ASCETICISM

STOICS

• See STOICISM

• See ASCETICISM

STOMACHER

• An article of dress Isaiah 3:24

STONES

• Commandments engraved upon Exodus 24:12; 31:18; 34:1-4; Deuteronomy 4:13; 5:22; 9:9-11; 10:1-3

• The law of Moses written upon Joshua 8:32

• Houses built of Isaiah 9:10; Amos 5:11

• Temple built of 1Kings 5:17, 18; 7:9-12; Matthew 24:2; Luke 19:44; 21:5, 6

• Prepared in the quarries 1Kings 6:7

• Hewn cut Exodus 34:1; Deuteronomy 10:1; 1Kings 5:17; 6:36; 7:9; 2Kings 12:12; 22:6; 1Chronicles 22:2; 2Chronicles 34:11; Lamentations 3:9

• Sawed 1Kings 7:9

• Hewers stone-cutters of 1Kings 5:18; 2Kings 12:12; 1Chronicles 22:15

• City walls built of Nehemiah 4:3

• Memorial pillars of Genesis 28:18-22; 31:45-52; Joshua 4:2-9, 20-24; 24:25; 1Samuel 7:12

• Great, as landmarks Some Hebrew mss

• have "Abel" 1Samuel 6:18

• Ezel 1Samuel 20:19

• Zoheleth 1Kings 1:9

• Thrown upon accursed ground 2Kings 3:19, 25

• Used

• In building altars Joshua 8:31

• For weighing margin Leviticus 19:36

• For closing graves Matthew 27:60; Mark 15:46; 16:3

• Tombs hewn in Matthew 27:60; Mark 15:46; 16:3

• Idols made of Deuteronomy 4:28; 28:36, 64; 29:17; 2Kings 19:18; Isaiah 37:19; Ezekiel 20:32

• Great, in Solomon's temple 1Kings 5:17, 18; 7:9-12

• Magnificent, in Herod the Great's temple Mark 13:1

• Skill in throwing Judges 20:16; 1Chronicles 12:2

• See SLINGS

• See ADAMANT

• See CHALCEDONY

• See MARBLE

• See ONYX

• See PILLARS

• See PRECIOUS below

• Figurative Genesis 49:24; Zechariah 3:9

• Of temptation, "Stone of Stumbling," Isaiah 8:14; Romans 9:33; 1Peter 2:8

• Of Christ, "a Tested Stone," "a Precious Stone," "a Sure Foundation," Isaiah 28:16

• Of Christ's rejection, the rejected Conerstone Psalm 118:22; Matthew 21:42-44; Mark 12:10; Luke 20:17, 18; Acts 4:11; 1Peter 2:4

• The True Foundation Isaiah 28:16; Matthew 16:18; 1Corinthians 3:11; Ephesians 2:20; Revelation 21:14

• Of Christ, the Water of Life 1Corinthians 10:4

• Of the impenitent heart Ezekiel 36:26

• Of the witness of the Spirit, the white stone Revelation 2:17

• symbolic

• Of the kingdom of Christ Daniel 2:34, 45

• -PRECIOUS

• In the breastplate and ephod Exodus 28:9-21; 39:6-14

• Voluntary offerings of, by the Israelites for the breastplate and ephod Exodus 35:27

• Exported from Sheba 1Kings 10:2, 10; 2Chronicles 9:9, 10; Ezekiel 27:22

• Ophir 1Kings 10:11

• Partial catalogue of Ezekiel 28:13

• Seen in the foundation of the New Jerusalem in John's apocalyptic vision Revelation 21:19, 20

• In the crowns of kings 2Samuel 12:30; 1Chronicles 20:2

• Figurative Isaiah 54:11, 12
  

• See AGATE
  

• See AMETHYST
  

• See BERYL
  

• See CARBUNCLE
  

• See CHRYSOLYTE
  

• See CHRYSOPRASUS
  

• See CORAL
  

• See CRYSTAL
  

• See DIAMOND
  

• See EMERALD
  

• See JACINTH
  

• See JASPER
  

• See LIGURE
  

• See RUBY
  

• See SAPPHIRE
  

• See SARDIUS
  

• See SARDONYX
  

• See TOPAZ

STONING

• Capital punishment by Exodus 19:13; Deuteronomy 13:10; 17:5; 22:21; Hebrews 11:37

• Instances of stoning

• Sabbath breaker Numbers 15:36

• Achan Joshua 7:25

• Naboth 1Kings 21:13

• Stephen Acts 7:59

• Paul Acts 14:19; 2Corinthians 11:25

• See WITNESS

STOOL

• General scriptures concerning 2Kings 4:10

• FOOTSTOOL

• Figurative

• Of the earth Isaiah 66:1; Matthew 5:35; Acts 7:49

• Temple 1Chronicles 28:2; Lamentations 2:1

• Sanctuary Psalm 99:5; 132:7

• Enemies of Jesus Psalm 110:1; Matthew 22:44; Mark 12:36; Luke 20:43; Acts 2:35; Hebrews 1:13

STOREHOUSES

• See TREASURE-HOUSES

STORK

• Forbidden as food Leviticus 11:19

• Nest of, in fir trees Psalm 104:17

• Migratory Jeremiah 8:7

• Figurative Zechariah 5:9