Nave's Topical Bible

WAFER to WOLF

WAFER

• General scriptures concerning
  Exodus 29:23; Numbers 6:19

WAGES

• Of Jacob
  Genesis 29:15-30; 30:28-34; 31:7, 41

• Parable concerning
  Matthew 20:1-15

• See MASTER
  See SERVANT

• Unclassified Scriptures Related to
  Leviticus 19:13; Deuteronomy 24:14, 15; 25:4; Jeremiah 22:13; Haggai 1:6; Malachi 3:5; Matthew 10:10; Luke 3:14; 10:7; Romans 4:4; 6:23; Colossians 4:1; James 5:4

WAGON

• General scriptures concerning
  Genesis 45:19, 27; Numbers 7:3-9

• See CART

WAILING

• Of the wicked
  Matthew 13:42

WAITING UPON GOD

• As the God of providence
  Jeremiah 14:22

• As the God of salvation
  Psalm 25:5

• As the giver of all temporal blessings
  Psalm 104:27, 28; 145:15, 16

• For mercy
  Psalm 123:2

• For pardon
  Psalm 39:7, 8

• For the consolation of Israel
  Luke 2:25

• For salvation
  Genesis 49:18; Psalm 62:1, 2

• For guidance and teaching
  Psalm 25:5

• For protection
  Psalm 33:20; 59:9, 10

• For the fulfillment of his word
  Habakkuk 2:3

• For the fulfillment of his promises
  Acts 1:4

• For the hope of righteousness by faith
  Galatians 5:5

• For the coming of Christ
  1Corinthians 1:7; 1Thessalonians 1:10

• Is good
  Psalm 52:9

• God calls us to
  Zephaniah 3:8

• Exhortations and encouragements to
  Psalm 27:14; 37:7; Hosea 12:6

• Should be done with the soul
  Psalm 62:1, 5

• Should be done with earnest desire
  Psalm 130:6

• Should be done with patience
  Psalm 37:7; 40:1

• Should be done with resignation
  Lamentations 3:26

• Should be done with hope in his word
  Psalm 130:5

• Should be done with full confidence
  Micah 7:7

• Should be done continually
  Hosea 12:6

• Should be done all the day
  Psalm 25:5

• Should be done especially in adversity
  Psalm 59:1-9; Isaiah 8:17

• Should be done in the way of his judgments
  Isaiah 26:8

• Saints resolve on
  Psalm 52:9; 59:9

• Saints have expectation from
  Psalm 62:5

• Saints plead, in prayer
  Psalm 25:21; Isaiah 33:2

• The patience of saints often tested in
  Psalm 69:3

• Those who engage in:

  • Wait upon him only
    Psalm 62:5

  • Are heard
    Psalm 40:1

  • Are blessed
    Isaiah 30:18; Daniel 12:12

  • Experience his goodness
    Lamentations 3:25

  • Will not be ashamed
    Psalm 25:3; Isaiah 49:23

  • Will renew their strength
    Isaiah 40:31

  • Will inherit the earth
    Psalm 37:9

  • Will be saved
    Proverbs 20:22; Isaiah 25:9

  • Will rejoice in salvation
    Isaiah 25:9

  • Will receive the glorious things prepared by God for them
    Isaiah 64:4

• Predicted of the Gentiles
  Isaiah 42:4; 60:9

• Illustrated
  Psalm 123:2; Luke 12:36; James 5:7

• Exemplified:

  • Jacob
    Genesis 49:18

  • David
    Psalm 39:7

  • Isaiah
    Isaiah 8:17

  • Micah
    Micah 7:7

  • Joseph
    Mark 15:43

WALKING WITH GOD

• According to his commands
  Deuteronomy 5:33; Psalm 1; Jeremiah 7:23

• In his ways
  Deuteronomy 28:9; Joshua 22:5

• In the old paths
  Jeremiah 6:16

• As taught by him
  1Kings 8:36; Isaiah 2:3; 30:21

• Uprightly
  Proverbs 2:7

• In his statutes and judgments
  Ezekiel 37:24

• In newness of life
  Romans 6:4

• Not after the flesh, but after the Spirit
  Romans 8:1; Galatians 5:16

• Honestly, as in the day
  Romans 13:13

• By Faith, not by Sight
  2Corinthians 5:7

• In love, following Christ
  Ephesians 5:2

• Worthy of the Lord
  Colossians 1:10

• In Christ
  Colossians 2:6

• By the gospel rule
  Philippians 3:16

• In the light, as God is
  1John 1:7

• In white raiment
  Revelation 3:4

• In the light of heaven
  Revelation 21:24

• Instances of:

  • Enoch
    Genesis 5:24

  • Noah
    Genesis 6:9

WALLS OF THE CITIES

• Of Bashan, destroyed by the Israelites
  Deuteronomy 3:5, 6

• Of Jericho
  Joshua 2:15; 6

• Of Jerusalem

  • See JERUSALEM

• Of Babylon
  Jeremiah 51:44

  • Broad
    Jeremiah 51:58

• Of Beth-shan
  1Samuel 31:10

• Of Rabbah
  2Samuel 11:20

• Of Abel
  2Samuel 20:15, 21

• Houses built upon
  Joshua 2:15

• Double
  2Kings 25:4; Isaiah 22:11

• Sentinels on

  • See WATCHMAN

• Figurative of the new Jerusalem
  Revelation 21:12, 14, 17-21

WAR

• Divine approval of
  2Samuel 22:35

• Civil
  Judges 12:1-6; 20; 2Samuel 2:12-31; 3:1; 20; 1Kings 14:30; 16:21; Isaiah 19:2

  • Forbidden
    2Chronicles 11:4
  • Averted
    Joshua 22:11-34

• Enemy harangued by the general of the opposing side
  2Kings 18:19-36; 2Chronicles 13:4-12

• Of extermination
  Numbers 31:7-17; Deuteronomy 2:33, 34; 3:6; 20:13-18; Joshua 6:21, 24; 8:24, 25; 10:2-40; 11:11-23; 1Samuel 15:3-9; 27:8-11

• God in
  Exodus 14:13, 14; Deuteronomy 1:30; 3:21, 22; 7:17-24; 20:1, 4; 31:6-8, 23; Joshua 1:1, 32:29, 30; 5-7, 9; Judges 1:2; 6:16; 7:9; 11:29; 1Samuel 17:45-47; 19:5; 30:7, 8; 2Samuel 5:22-24; 22:18; 1Kings 20:28; Psalm 18:34; 76:3; Jeremiah 46:15; Amos 5:8, 9; Zechariah 10:5

• God uses, as a judgment
  Exodus 23:24; Leviticus 26:17, 31-39; Deuteronomy 28:25-68; 32:30; Judges 2:14; 2Kings 15:37; 1Chronicles 5:22, 26; 21:12; 2Chronicles 15:6; 12:1-12; 24:23, 24; 33:11; 36; Job 19:29; Psalm 44:9-16; 60:1-3; 105:25; Isaiah 5:1-8, 25-30; 13:3, 9:8-12; 4, 9; 19:2; 34:2-6; 43:28; 45:7; Jeremiah 12:7, 12; 46:15-17, 21; 47:6, 7; 48:10; 49:5; 50:25; Ezekiel 23:22-25; Amos 3:6; 4:11; Zephaniah 1:7-18; Zechariah 8:10; 14:2

• Repugnant to God
  1Chronicles 22:8, 9; Psalm 68:30; 120:6, 7; Revelation 13:10

• God sends panic in
  Exodus 15:14-16

• God threatens defeat in
  Deuteronomy 32:25; 1Samuel 2:10; 2Chronicles 18:12-16; Isaiah 30:15-17; Ezekiel 15:6-8; 21:9-17

• God iInflicts defeat in
  Joshua 7:12, 13; 2Chronicles 12:5-8; 24:23, 24; Psalm 76:3; 78:66; 79:10; Isaiah 5:25; Jeremiah 46:15, 16

• Counsels of
  Joshua 22:10-34; Judges 7:10, 11; 2Samuel 16:20; 17:1-15; Psalm 48:4-7; Proverbs 11:14; 20:18

• Wisdom required in
  Proverbs 21:22; 24:6; Ecclesiastes 9:14-18; Luke 14:31, 32

• Tumult of
  Amos 2:2

• Killed in, neglected
  Isaiah 14:19; 18:6

• Evils of
  2Samuel 2:26; Psalm 46:8; 79:1-3; Isaiah 3:5, 137:9; 25, 26; 5:29, 30; 6:11, 12; 9:5, 19-21; 13:15, 16; 15; 16:9, 10; 18:6; 19:2-16; 32:13, 14; 33:8, 9; 34:7-15; Jeremiah 4:19-31; 5:16, 17; 6:24-26; 7:33, 34; 8:16, 17; 9:10-21; 10:20; 13:14; 14:18; 15:8, 9; 19:7-9; 25:33; 46:3-12; 47:3; 48:28, 33; 51:30-58; Lamentations 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; Ezekiel 33:27; 39:17-19; Hosea 10:14; 13:16; Joel 2:2-10; Amos 1:13; 6:9, 10; 8:3; Nahum 2:10; 3:3, 10; Zechariah 14:2; Luke 21:20-26; Revelation 19:17, 18

• To cease
  Psalm 46:9; Isaiah 2:4; Micah 4:3

• Wars and rumors of
  Matthew 24:6; Mark 13:7; Luke 21:9

  • See ARMIES
    See ARMS
    See FORT
    See SOLDIERS
    See STRATEGY
    See TOWER
    See WATCHMAN

• Figurative warfare of saints:

  • Is not after the flesh
    2Corinthians 10:3

  • Is a good warfare
    1Timothy 1:18, 19

  • Called the good fight of faith
    1Timothy 6:12

  • Is against:

    • The Devil
      Genesis 3:15; 2Corinthians 2:11; Ephesians 1:12; James 4:7; 1Peter 5:8; Revelation 12:17

    • The flesh
      Romans 7:23; 1Corinthians 9:25-27; 2Corinthians 12:7; Galatians 5:17; 1Peter 2:11

    • Enemies
      Psalm 38:19; 56:2; 59:3

    • The world
      John 16:33; 1John 5:4, 5

    • Death
      1Corinthians 15:26; with Hebrews 2:14, 15

  • Often arises from the opposition of friends or relatives
    Micah 7:6; Matthew 10:35, 36

  • To be carried on:

    • Under Christ, as our Captain
      Hebrews 2:10

    • Under the Lord's banner
      Psalm 60:4

    • With faith
      1Timothy 1:18, 19

    • With a good conscience
      1Timothy 1:18, 19

    • With steadfastness in the faith
      1Corinthians 16:13; 1Peter 5:9; with Hebrews 10:23

    • With earnestness
      Jude 1:3

    • With watchfulness
      1Corinthians 16:13; 1Peter 5:8

    • With sobriety
      1Thessalonians 5:6; 1Peter 5:8

    • With endurance of hardness
      2Timothy 2:3, 10

    • With self-denial
      1Corinthians 9:25-27

    • With confidence in God
      Psalm 27:1-3

    • With prayer
      Psalm 35:1-3; Ephesians 6:18

    • Without earthly entanglements
      2Timothy 2:4

  • Mere professors do not maintain
    Jeremiah 9:3

  • Saints:

    • All are engaged in
      Philippians 1:30

    • Must stand firm in
      Ephesians 6:13, 14

    • Exhorted to diligence in
      1Timothy 6:12; Jude 1:3

    • Encouraged in
      Isaiah 41:11, 12; 51:12; Micah 7:8; 1John 4:4

    • Helped by God in
      Psalm 118:13; Isaiah 41:13, 14

    • Protected by God in
      Psalm 140:7

    • Comforted by God in
      2Corinthians 7:5, 6

    • Strengthened by God in
      Psalm 20:2; 27:14; Isaiah 41:10

    • Strengthened by Christ in
      2Corinthians 12:9; 2Timothy 4:17

    • Delivered by Christ in
      2Timothy 4:18

    • Thank God for victory in
      Romans 7:25; 1Corinthians 15:57

  • Armor for:

    • The belt of truth
      Ephesians 6:14

    • The breastplate of righteousness
      Ephesians 6:14

    • The preparation of the gospel
      Ephesians 6:15

    • The shield of faith
      Ephesians 6:16

    • The helmet of salvation
      Ephesians 6:17; 1Thessalonians 5:8

    • The sword of the Spirit
      Ephesians 6:17

    • Called "the armor of God,"
      Ephesians 6:11

    • Called "the armor of righteousness,"
      2Corinthians 6:7

    • Called "the armor of light,"
      Romans 13:12

    • Not carnal
      2Corinthians 10:4

    • Mighty through God
      2Corinthians 10:4, 5

    • The whole, is required
      Ephesians 6:13

    • Must be put on
      Romans 13:12; Ephesians 6:11

    • To be on the right hand and left, an idiom meaning: "to attack and to defend"
      2Corinthians 6:7

  • Victory in:

    • Is from God
      1Corinthians 15:57; 2Corinthians 2:14

    • Through Christ
      Romans 7:25; 1Corinthians 15:57; 2Corinthians 12:9; Revelation 12:11

    • By faith
      Hebrews 11:33-37; 1John 5:4, 5

    • Over the Devil
      Romans 16:20; 1John 2:14

    • Over the flesh
      Romans 7:24, 25; Galatians 5:24

    • Over the world
      1John 5:4, 5

    • Over all that exalts itself
      2Corinthians 10:5

    • Over death and the grave
      Isaiah 25:8; 26:19; Hosea 13:14; 1Corinthians 15:54, 55

    • Triumphant
      Romans 8:37; 2Corinthians 10:5

  • Those who overcome in:

    • Will eat of the hidden manna
      Revelation 2:17

    • Eat from the Tree of Life
      Revelation 2:7

    • Be clothed in white clothing
      Revelation 3:5

    • Be pillars in the temple of God
      Revelation 3:12

    • Sit with Christ on his throne
      Revelation 3:21

    • Have a white stone, and in it a new name written
      Revelation 2:17

    • Have power over the nations
      Revelation 2:26

    • Have the name of God written upon them by Christ
      Revelation 3:12

    • Have God as their God
      Revelation 21:7

    • Have the Morning Star
      Revelation 2:28

    • Inherit all things
      Revelation 21:7

    • Be confessed by Christ in the presence of God the Father
      Revelation 3:5

    • Be sons of God
      Revelation 21:7

    • Not be hurt by the Second Death
      Revelation 2:11

    • Not have their names blotted out of the Book of Life
      Revelation 3:5

  • Symbolized by a red horse
    Revelation 6:4

  • In Heaven, Symbolic
    Revelation 12:7

WARFARE

• See WAR

• See War, Figurative of the Saints

WARNING

• See WICKED, WARNED

WASHING

• Of hands, a token of innocence
  Deuteronomy 21:6; Psalm 26:6; 73:13; Matthew 27:24

• See ABLUTION
  See PURIFICATION

• Figurative of regeneration
  Psalm 51:7; Proverbs 30:12; Isaiah 1:16; 4:4; Zechariah 13:1; 1Corinthians 6:11; Ephesians 5:26; Titus 3:5

WATCH

• A division of time

• See NIGHT, HOURS

WATCHFULNESS

• General scriptures concerning
  Exodus 23:13; 34:12; Deuteronomy 4:9, 23; 6:17; 11:16; 12:13; 27:9; Joshua 22:5; 23:11; 1Kings 2:3, 4; 8:25; 2Chronicles 19:7; Nehemiah 4:9; Job 36:18-21; Psalm 39:1; 102:7; 119:9; Proverbs 4:23, 141:3; 25, 26; 8:34; 16:17; 28:26; Nahum 2:1; Habakkuk 2:1; Malachi 2:15; Matthew 6:1; 16:6; 18:10; 24:4; 25:13; 24:42-51; 26:40, 41; Mark 4:24; 13:9-23, 32-37; Luke 8:18; 11:35; 12:15, 35-40; 21:8-36; Acts 20:28-31; Romans 11:21; 13:11; 1Corinthians 7:29-31; 9:27; 10:12; 11:28; 16:13; Galatians 6:1; Ephesians 5:15; 6:18; Philippians 3:2; 4:5; Colossians 4:2, 17; 1Thessalonians 5:4, 6, 21; 1Timothy 4:16; 2Timothy 4:5; Hebrews 2:1; 3:12; 12:15; 1Peter 1:13, 17; 4:7; 5:8; 2Peter 1:19; 3:17; 1John 5:18; 2John 1:8; Revelation 3:2, Jude 1:20, 21; 3, 11; 16:15

• See TEMPTATION

WATCHMAN

• A sentinel

  • On the walls of cities
    Song of Songs 3:3; 5:7

  • Of Jerusalem
    2Samuel 13:34; 18:24, 25; Nehemiah 4:9; 7:3; Isaiah 52:8; 62:6

  • Of Babylon
    Jeremiah 51:12

• On towers
  2Kings 9:17; 2Chronicles 20:24; Isaiah 21:5-12; Jeremiah 31:6

• At the gates of the temple
  2Kings 11:6, 7

• Alarm of, given by trumpets
  Ezekiel 33:3-6

• Unfaithfulness in the discharge of duty of, punished by death
  Ezekiel 33:6; Matthew 28:14; Acts 12:19

WATER

• Creation of
  Psalm 148:4, 5

• Covered the whole earth
  Genesis 1:9

• Daily allowance of
  Ezekiel 4:11

• City waterworks
  2Kings 20:20

• Vision of, by Ezekiel
  Ezekiel 47:1-5

• Of separation
  Numbers 19:2-22

• Libation of
  1Samuel 7:6

• Irrigation with:

  • See IRRIGATION

• Miraculously supplied:

  • To the Israelites
    Exodus 17:1, 6; Numbers 20:11

  • To Samson
    Judges 15:19

  • To Jehoshaphat's army
    2Kings 3:16-20

• Purified by Elisha
  2Kings 2:19-22

• Red Sea divided
  Exodus 14:21, 22

• The Jordan River
  Joshua 3:14-17; 2Kings 2:6-8, 14

• Jesus walks upon
  Matthew 14:25

• Changed to wine
  John 2:1-11

• Turned into blood
  Revelation 16:3-5

• Figurative:

  • Water of life
    John 4:14; 7:37-39; Revelation 21:6; 22:17

  • Water of affliction
    2Samuel 22:17; Psalm 69:1; Isaiah 30:20; 43:2

  • Water of salvation
    Isaiah 12:3; 49:10; 55:1; Ezekiel 36:25; John 4:10; 7:38

  • Domestic love
    Proverbs 5:15

  • Symbolic
    Isaiah 8:7; Revelation 8:11; 12:15; 16:4; 17:1, 15

WAX

• General scriptures concerning
  Psalm 22:14; 68:2; 97:5; Micah 1:4

WAY, Figurative

• Of holiness
  Psalm 16:11; Isaiah 35:8, 9; Jeremiah 6:16; Hosea 14:9

• Of righteousness, narrow
  Matthew 7:1, 4

• Of sin, broad
  Matthew 7:13

• Jesus is the
  John 14:6; Hebrews 9:8

• Doctrines taught by Christ
  Acts 9:2; 19:23; 22:4; 24:14, 22

WEALTH

• See RICHES

WEAPONS

• See ARMOR

• See ARMS

WEASEL

• General scriptures concerning
  Leviticus 11:29

WEATHER

• Signs of
  Matthew 16:2, 3

• Sayings concerning
  Job 37:9, 17, 22

• See METEOROLOGY

WEAVING

• General scriptures concerning
  Isaiah 19:9; 38:12

• Bezaleel skilled in
  Exodus 35:35

• Performed by women
  2Kings 23:7

• Of the ephod
  Exodus 28:32; 39:22

• Of coats
  Exodus 39:27

• Weaver's shuttle
  Job 7:6

• Weaver's beam
  Judges 16:14; 2Samuel 21:19; 1Chronicles 11:23
  

WEDDING

• See MARRIAGE

WEEDING

• General scriptures concerning
  Matthew 13:28

WEEPING

• General scriptures concerning
  Romans 12:15; 1Corinthians 7:30

• In destruction
  Matthew 8:12; 22:13; 24:51; 25:30

• None in heaven
  Revelation 7:17

• Penitential
  Jeremiah 50:4; Joel 2:12

• Instances of penitential:

  • The Israelites
    Judges 2:4, 5

  • Peter
    Matthew 26:75; Mark 14:72; Luke 22:62

• While doing good
  Psalm 126:5, 6

• For others
  Jeremiah 9:1

• On account of tribulation
  Jeremiah 22:10; Amos 5:16, 17

• Instances of weeping:

  • Of Abraham for Sarah
    Genesis 23:2

  • Of Esau
    Genesis 27:38

  • Of Jacob and Esau
    Genesis 33:4

  • Of Jacob
    Genesis 37:35

  • Of Joseph
    Genesis 42:24; 43:30; 45:2, 14; 46:29; 50:1, 17

  • Of Hannah
    1Samuel 1:17

  • Of Jonathan and David
    1Samuel 20:41

  • Of David
    2Samuel 1:17; 3:32; 13:36; 15:23, 30; 18:33

  • Of Hezekiah
    2Kings 20:3; Isaiah 38:3

  • Of Jesus:

    • Over Jerusalem
      Luke 19:41

    • At the grave of Lazarus
      John 11:35

  • Of Mary, when she washed the feet of Jesus
    Luke 7:38; John 11:2, 33

  • Of Mary Magdalene
    John 20:11

  • Of Paul
    Acts 20:19; Philippians 3:18

WEIGHTS

• Must be just
  Leviticus 19:35, 36; Deuteronomy 25:13-15; Proverbs 11:1; 16:11; 20:10, 23; Micah 6:10, 11

• See MEASURE

WELLS

• The occasion of feuds:

  • Between Abraham and Abimelech
    Genesis 21:25-30

  • Between Isaac and Abimelech
    Genesis 26:15-22, 32, 33

• Of Jacob
  John 4:6

• Of Solomon
  Ecclesiastes 2:6

• Of Uzziah
  2Chronicles 26:10

• Of Hezekiah

• See GIHON

• At Haran
  Genesis 24:16

• Figurative:

  • Of salvation
    Isaiah 12:3; John 4:14

  • Without water
    Jeremiah 15:18; 2Peter 2:17
    

  • See SPRING

WEN

• A tumor
  Leviticus 22:22

WHALE

• Created
  Genesis 1:21

• Called a sea monster
  Job 7:12

• See DRAGON

WHEAT

• General scriptures concerning
  Revelation 6:6

• Grown in Palestine
  1Kings 5:11; Psalm 81:16; 147:14

• Offering of
  Numbers 18:12

• Prophecy of the sale of a measure of, for a penny
  Revelation 6:6

• Parables of
  Matthew 13:25; Luke 16:7

• Winnowing of
  Matthew 3:12; Luke 3:17

• Ground in a mortar
  Proverbs 27:22

• Chaff of
  Jeremiah 23:28; Matthew 3:12; Luke 3:17

• Growth of, Figurative of vicarious death
  John 12:24

• Figurative:

  • Of God's mercy
    Psalm 81:16; 147:14

  • Of self-righteousness
    Jeremiah 12:13

WHEEL

• Potter's
  Jeremiah 18:3

• Figurative
  Proverbs 20:26; Ecclesiastes 12:6

• Symbolic
  Ezekiel 1:15-21; 3:13; 10:9-19; 11:22

WHIP

• General scriptures concerning
  1Kings 12:11; Proverbs 26:3; Nahum 3:2

WHITE

• See COLOR

WHIRLWIND

• Destructive
  Proverbs 1:27

• From the south:

  • In the land of Uz
    Job 37:9

  • In the valley of the Euphrates
    Isaiah 21:1

  • In the land of Canaan
    Zechariah 9:14

• From the north
  Ezekiel 1:4

• Elijah transported upward in
  2Kings 2:1, 11

• God answered Job in
  Job 38:1

• See METEOROLOGY

• Figurative:

  • Of the judgment of God
    Jeremiah 23:19; 30:23

  • Of the fruits of unrighteousness
    Hosea 8:7

  • Of divine judgments
    Ezekiel 1:4

WHISPER

• See BUSYBODY

• See SLANDER

• See TALEBEARER

WHISPERER

• A slanderer
  Romans 1:29; 2Corinthians 12:20

• See SLANDER

• See SPEAKING, EVIL

WHORE

• Revenues of, not to be brought to the sanctuary
  Deuteronomy 23:18

• See HARLOT

WHOREDOM

• Licentious rites of, in idolatrous worship
  Leviticus 19:29; Deuteronomy 31:16; Judges 2:17; 2Kings 9:22

• See IDOLATRY

• Figurative
  Ezekiel 16; 23; Revelation 17

WHOREMONGER

• General scriptures concerning
  Revelation 21:8; 22:15

• See ADULTERY

• See SENSUALITY

WICKED PEOPLE

• WICKED PEOPLE is listed on a separate page

WIDOW

• Vows of, binding
  Numbers 30:9

• When they are daughters of priests, they are to be supported by their fathers
  Leviticus 22:13

• Priests forbidden to marry
  Leviticus 21:14

• Marriage of, authorized
  Romans 7:3; 1Corinthians 7:39

• Widows' dower

  • See DOWRY

• Unclassified Scriptures Related to
  Exodus 22:22-24; Deuteronomy 10:18; 14:28, 29; 16:11-14; 24:17, 19-21; 25:5-10; 27:19; Job 22:5, 9; 24:3, 21; 29:13; 31:16, 22; Psalm 68:5; 94:6; 146:9; Proverbs 15:25; Isaiah 1:17, 23; 10:1, 2; Jeremiah 7:6, 7; 22:3; 49:11; Ezekiel 22:7; Zechariah 7:10; Malachi 3:5; Matthew 23:14; Mark 12:40; Luke 20:47; 1Timothy 5:3-6, 1Corinthians 7:8, 9; 9-12, 16

• Instances of:

  • Naomi
    Ruth 1:3

  • Ruth
    Ruth 1; 2; 3; 4

  • The widow of Zarephath, who sustained Elijah during a famine
    1Kings 17

  • The woman whose sons Elisha saved from being sold for debt
    2Kings 4:1-7

  • Anna
    Luke 2:36, 37

  • The woman who gave two mites leptas in the temple courtyard
    Mark 12:41-44; Luke 21:2

  • The widow of Nain, whose only son Jesus raised from the dead
    Luke 7:11-15
    

  • See WOMEN
    See MARRIAGE, Levirate brother-in-law

WIFE

• Called:

  • Desire of the Eyes
    Ezekiel 24:16

  • Helpmate
    Genesis 2:18, 20

  • Fruitful Vine
    Psalm 128:3

• The judgment denounced against Eve
  Genesis 3:16

• Relation of, to husband
  Genesis 2:18, 23, 24; 1Corinthians 11:3-12

• Domestic duties of
  Genesis 18:6; Proverbs 31:13-27

• Beloved:

  • By Isaac
    Genesis 24:67

  • By Jacob
    Genesis 29:30

• Hated
  Genesis 29:31-33

• Loyal
  Genesis 31:14-16

• Unfaithful:
  Numbers 5:14-31

  • Potiphar's
    Genesis 39:7

  • Bath-sheba
    2Samuel 11:2-5

• Contentious, Zipporah
  Exodus 4:25

• Idolatrous:

  • Solomon's wives
    1Kings 11:4-8; Nehemiah 13:26

  • Jezebel
    1Kings 21; 2Kings 9:30-37

• Incorruptible, Vashti
  Esther 1:10-22

• Tactful Abigail
  1Samuel 25:3, 14-42

• Purchased
  Genesis 29; Exodus 21:7-11; Ruth 4:10

• Obtained by violence
  Judges 21

• Procured
  Genesis 24; 34:4-10; 38:6

• Vows of
  Numbers 30:6-16

• Unclassified Scriptures Related to
  Genesis 2:18, 23, 24; 3:16; Esther 1:20-22; Psalm 128:3, 4; Proverbs 12:4; 14:1; 18:22; 19:13, 14; 21:9, 19; 25:24; 30:21-23; 31:10-31; 1Corinthians 7:2-6, 10-14, 16, 27-29, 11:3, 7-9, 32-34, 38-40; 11, 12; 14:34, 35; Ephesians 5:22-25, 28, 31, 33; Colossians 3:18, 19; 5:9, 1Timothy 3:11; 10, 14; Titus 2:3-5; 1Peter 3:1-7

• See DIVORCE
  See MARRIAGE
  See VIRGIN
  See HUSBAND
  See PARENTS
  See WIDOW
  See WOMEN

WILDERNESS

• Wandering of the Israelites in, see ISRAEL

• Typical of the sinner's state
  Deuteronomy 32:10

• Jesus' temptation in
  Matthew 4:1; Mark 1:12, 13; Luke 4:1

• See DESERT

WILL

• The Mental Faculty:

  • Freedom of, recognized by God
    Genesis 4:6-10; Deuteronomy 5:29; 1Kings 20:42; Isaiah 1:18-20; 43:26; Jeremiah 36:3, 7; John 7:17
    

  • See BLESSINGS, CONTINGENT UPON OBEDIENCE
    

  • See CHOICE
    

  • See CONTINGENCY

• Of God, the Supreme Rule of Duty
  Matthew 6:10; 12:50; 26:39, 42; Mark 3:35; 14:36; Luke 11:2; 22:42; John 4:34; 5:30; 6:38-40; Acts 18:21; Romans 12:2; 15:32; 1Corinthians 4:19; 16:7; Hebrews 6:3
  

• See AGENCY

• A Testament:

  • Of Abraham
    Genesis 25:5, 6

  • Of Jacob
    Genesis 48; 49

  • Of David
    1Kings 2:1-9

  • Of Jehoshaphat
    2Chronicles 21:3

  • May not be annulled
    Galatians 3:15

  • In force only after death
    Hebrews 9:16, 17
    

  • See TESTAMENT

WILLFULNESS

• See OBDURACY

• See SELF-WILL

WILLOW

• General scriptures concerning
  Leviticus 23:40; Psalm 137:2; Ezekiel 17:5

• Figurative
  Isaiah 44:4

WIMPLE

• A cloth covering that was worn over the head and around the neck and chin
  Isaiah 3:22

WIND

• Blasting
  2Kings 19:7, 35

• East:

  • Hot and blasting in Egypt
    Genesis 41:6

  • In the valley of the Euphrates River
    Ezekiel 19:12

  • In Canaan
    Hosea 13:15; Luke 12:55

  • At the city of Nineveh
    Jonah 4:8

  • Tempestuous in the land of Uz
    Job 27:21

• West, took away the plague of locusts from the land of Egypt
  Exodus 10:19

• North, free from humidity in Canaan
  Proverbs 25:23

• South:

  • Soothing
    Job 37:17

  • Tempestuous
    Job 37:9

  • Purifying
    Job 37:21

• Figurative:
  Hosea 4:19

  • Of the judgments of God
    Jeremiah 22:22; Hosea 13:15; Matthew 7:25

  • Of the Spirit
    John 3:8

  • Of heresy
    Ephesians 4:14

WINDOW

• General scriptures concerning
  Genesis 6:16; 26:8; Joshua 2:15, 21; 1Kings 6:4; Ezekiel 40:16-36; Acts 20:9

WINE

• Made from grapes
  Genesis 40:11; 49:11; Isaiah 25:6; Jeremiah 40:1, 12

• From pomegranates
  Song of Songs 8:2

• Kept in:

  • Jars
    Jeremiah 13:12; 48:12

  • In skins
    Joshua 9:4, 13; Job 32:19; Matthew 9:17; Luke 5:37, 38

  • In bottles
    Joshua 9:4, 13; Job 32:19; Jeremiah 13:12; 48:12; Matthew 9:17; Luke 5:37, 38

• Cellars for
  1Chronicles 27:27

• New wine
  Haggai 1:11

• Old wine
  Luke 5:39

• Medicinal use of
  Proverbs 31:6, 7

• Recommended by Paul to Timothy
  1Timothy 5:23

• Used at meals
  Matthew 26:27-29; Mark 14:23

• Made by Jesus at the marriage feast in Cana
  John 2:9, 10

• Sacramental use of
  Matthew 26:27-29; Luke 22:17-20

• Forbidden to priests while on duty
  Leviticus 10:9; Ezekiel 44:21

• Forbidden to Nazarites
  Numbers 6:2, 3

  • See NAZARITE

• Abstinence from:

  • Of Daniel
    Daniel 1:5, 8, 16; 10:3

  • Of the courtiers of Ahasuerus
    Esther 1:8

  • Of Timothy
    1Timothy 5:23

• Samson's mother forbidden to drink
  Judges 13:4, 5

• Forbidden to kings
  Proverbs 31:4

• Denied to the Israelites in the wilderness, so that they could know that the Lord was their God
  Deuteronomy 29:6

• Offered with sacrifices
  Exodus 29:40; Leviticus 23:13; Numbers 15:5, 10; 28:7, 14

• Given by Melchizedek to Abraham
  Genesis 14:18

• Fermented
  Leviticus 10:9; Numbers 6:3; 28:7; Deuteronomy 14:26; 29:6; Proverbs 23:31, 32; Mark 2:22

• Refined
  Isaiah 25:6; Jeremiah 48:11

• Of staggering
  Psalm 60:3

• Inflames the eyes
  Genesis 49:12

• Commerce in
  Revelation 18:13

• Banquets of
  Esther 5:6

• Cheap wine like vinegar given to Jesus at the crucifixion
  Matthew 27:48; Mark 15:23; Luke 23:36; John 19:29

• Intoxication from the use of
  Psalm 104:15; Proverbs 4:17

• Instances of Intoxication from:

  • Noah
    Genesis 9:21

  • Lot
    Genesis 19:32

  • Joseph and his brothers
    Genesis 43:34

  • Nabal
    1Samuel 25:36

  • Amnon
    2Samuel 13:28, 29

  • Ahasuerus
    Esther 1:10

  • Kings of Israel
    Hosea 7:5

  • Falsely charged against the disciples
    Acts 2:13

• Figurative:

  • Of the divine judgments
    Psalm 60:3; 75:8; Jeremiah 51:7

  • Of the joy of wisdom
    Proverbs 9:2, 5

  • Of the joys of spiritual matters
    Isaiah 25:6; 55:1; Joel 2:19

  • Of abominations
    Revelation 14:8; 16:19

• Symbolic of the blood of Jesus
  Matthew 26:28; Mark 14:23, 24; Luke 22:20; John 6:53-56

• Unclassified Scriptures Related to
  Deuteronomy 14:26; 33:28; 2Kings 18:32; 2Chronicles 32:28; Nehemiah 10:39; Psalm 4:7; 104:14, 15; Proverbs 31:6, 7; Ecclesiastes 2:3, 11; Isaiah 56:12; Hosea 2:8, 22; 7:14; Joel 1:5; 2:24; 3:3; Amos 6:6; Habakkuk 2:5; Haggai 1:11; Zechariah 9:17; 10:7; 1Timothy 5:23
  
  

• Admonitions against the use of
  Leviticus 10:9; Numbers 6:3; Judges 13:4; Proverbs 20:1; 21:17; 23:29-32; 31:4, 5; Isaiah 5:11, 22; 28:1, 24:9; 3, 7; Jeremiah 23:9; 35:2-10, 14, 18, 19; Ezekiel 44:21; Hosea 4:11; Luke 1:15; Romans 14:21; Ephesians 5:18; Titus 2:3
  

• See ABSTINENCE
  See VINE
  See VINEYARD
  See DRUNKENNESS

WINEBIBBER

• Jesus falsely accused of being a
  Matthew 11:19; Luke 7:34

WINE PRESS

• General scriptures concerning
  Numbers 18:27, 30; Deuteronomy 15:14; Judges 6:11

• In vineyards
  Isaiah 5:2; Matthew 21:33; Mark 12:1

• Trodden with joy and shouting
  Jeremiah 48:33

• Figurative of treading the wine press:

  • Of the sufferings of Christ
    Isaiah 63:2, 3

  • Of the judgments of God
    Lamentations 1:15; Revelation 14:19, 20

WINNOWING

• Of grain
  Ruth 3:2; Isaiah 30:24; Matthew 3:12

WINTER

• Annual return of, will never cease
  Genesis 8:22

• Plowing in, in Canaan, margin
  Proverbs 20:4

• Rainy season in, in Canaan
  Song of Songs 2:11

• Shipping suspended in, on the Mediterranean Sea
  Acts 27:12; 28:11

• Paul remains for one, at Nicopolis
  Titus 3:12

• Summer and winter houses
  Jeremiah 36:22; Amos 3:15

• See METEOROLOGY

WISDOM

• Of Joseph
  Genesis 41:16, 25-39; Acts 7:10

• Of Moses
  Acts 7:22

• Of Bezaleel
  Exodus 31:3-5; 35:31-35; 36:1

• Of Aholiab
  Exodus 31:6; 35:34, 35; 36:1

• Of other skilled artisans
  Exodus 36:2

• Of women
  Exodus 35:26

• Of Hiram
  1Kings 7:14; 2Chronicles 2:14

• Of Solomon
  1Kings 3:12, 16-28; 4:29-34; 5:12; 10:24

• Of Ethan, Heman, Chalcol, and Darda
  1Kings 4:31

• Of the princes of the tribe of Issachar
  1Chronicles 12:32

• Of Ezra
  Ezra 7:25

• Of Daniel
  Daniel 1:17; 5:14

• Of Paul
  2Peter 3:15

• Of the Magi wise men from the east
  Matthew 2:1-12

• Spiritual wisdom, unclassified Scriptures Related to
  Deuteronomy 32:29; Job 5:27; 12:2, 3, 7-13, 16, 8:8, 10; 17, 22; 28:12-28; 32:9; 42:5; Psalm 2:10; 9:10; 76:1; 107:43; Proverbs 1:5, 111:10; 7, 21-33; 3:13-26, 2:1-20; 34, 35; 4:4-13, 18-22; 5:12; 7:2-4; 8:1-36; 9:1-6, 9-12; 10:8, 13, 14, 21, 23; 12:1, 11:9, 12; 8, 15; 13:14-16; 14:6-8, 16, 15:2, 18, 33; 7, 33; 16:16, 20-24; 17:10, 24; 18:15; 19:8, 20; 21:11; 23:12, 22:17-21; 19, 23; 24:13, 14; 28:5, 7; 29:3; Ecclesiastes 8:1, 5; 9:13-18; 10:12; 12:11; Isaiah 2:3; 11:9; 29:24; 33:6; Jeremiah 9:23, 24; 31:34; Daniel 11:32, 33; 12:3, 4, 10; Hosea 6:3, 6; 14:9; Matthew 6:22, 23; 7:24, 25; 11:19; 25:1-13; Mark 12:32-34; Luke 1:17; 7:35; 11:34-36; John 7:17; 8:32; 17:3, 10:4, 14; 8, 25; Acts 6:10; Romans 15:14; 16:19; 1Corinthians 2:6-16; 3:18; 8:3; 13:11; 14:20; 2Corinthians 2:11; 8:7; Galatians 4:9; Ephesians 4:11-13; 5:15-17; Philippians 3:7-10; Colossians 3:10, 16; 1Thessalonians 5:4, 5; 1Timothy 2:4; 2Timothy 3:15; James 3:13; 1John 4:6
  

  • See KNOWLEDGE
    See SPEAKING, WISDOM IN

• Spiritual wisdom, from God
  Exodus 4:11, 12; Deuteronomy 4:5, 6, 8:9, 10; 35, 36; 29:4; 1Chronicles 22:12; Nehemiah 9:20; Job 4:3; 11:5, 6; 22:21, 22; 32:7, 8; 33:16; 35:10, 11; 36:22; 38:36, 37; Psalm 16:7; 25:8, 9, 19:1, 2; 12, 14; 32:8; 36:9; 51:6; 71:17; 94:12; 112:4; 119:130; Proverbs 1:23; 2:6, 7; 3:5, 6; Ecclesiastes 2:26; Isaiah 11:1-3; 42:6, 30:21; 7, 16; 48:17; 54:13; Jeremiah 24:7; Daniel 1:17; 2:20-23; Matthew 11:25-27; 13:11; 16:16, 17; Luke 1:76-79; 12:11, 12; 21:15; John 1:1, 4, 5, 24:32, 45; 7-9, 17; 8:12, 6:45; 31, 32; 9:5, 39; 12:46; 14:7; 16:13, 14; 17:6, 26; 18:37; Romans 1:19, 20; 1Corinthians 1:30; 2:9-14; 12:8; 2Corinthians 4:6; Philippians 3:15; Colossians 1:26-28; 2Timothy 1:7; 2Peter 1:2-5, James 3:17; 8, 12; 3:18; 1John 2:20, 27; 5:20
  

  • See GOD, WISDOM OF

• Prayer for Spiritual Wisdom
  Numbers 27:21; Judges 20:18; 1Kings 3:7, 9; 8:36; 2Chronicles 1:10; Job 34:32; Psalm 5:8; 25:4, 5; 27:11; 31:3; 39:4; 43:3; 86:11; 90:12; 119:12, 18, 19, 26, 27, 33, 34, 66, 68, 73, 80, 124, 125, 135, 144, 169, 171; 139:24; Ephesians 1:16-19; 3:14-19; 6:18-20; Philippians 1:9, 10; Colossians 1:9, 10; 2:1-3; 4:2-4; 2Timothy 2:7; James 1:5
  

  • See DESIRE, SPIRITUAL

• Worldly Wisdom
  Genesis 3:6, 7; Job 4:18-21; 5:13; 11:2, 12; 37:24; Proverbs 3:7; 15:21, 22; 16:25; 17:2, 10; 18:1; 21:20, 20:18; 22, 30; 24:3-7; 28:11; Ecclesiastes 1:18; 2:1-26; 8:1, 7:11-13, 16-25; 10:2, 16, 17; 3, 10; Isaiah 5:21; 28:24-29; 29:14-16; 47:10, 11; Jeremiah 8:7-9; 9:23, 24; 49:7; Matthew 6:23; 7:24-27; 11:25; Luke 10:21; 16:8; Romans 1:21-23; 1Corinthians 1:17-26; 2:1-14; 3:18-20; 8:1, 2; 2Corinthians 1:12; Colossians 2:8; 1Timothy 6:20, 21
  

  • See KNOWLEDGE

WISE MEN

• Of Egypt
  Genesis 41:8, 24; Exodus 7:11

• Solomon
  1Kings 4:29-34

• Of Babylon
  Daniel 4:18; 5:8

• Of the East the Magi
  Matthew 2:1-12

• See WISDOM

WITCHCRAFT

• Law concerning
  Exodus 22:18; Leviticus 19:31; 20:6, 27

• The Witch of Endor
  1Samuel 28:7-25

• Witches destroyed
  1Samuel 28:3, 9

• See SORCERY

WITNESS

• General scriptures concerning
  Leviticus 5:1; Proverbs 18:17

• Qualified by oath
  Exodus 22:11; Numbers 5:19, 21; 1Kings 8:31, 32

• By laying hands on the accused
  Leviticus 24:14

• Two necessary to establish a fact
  Numbers 35:30; Deuteronomy 17:6; 19:15; Matthew 18:16; John 8:17; 2Corinthians 13:1; 1Timothy 5:19; Hebrews 10:28

• Required to throw the first stone in executing the sentence
  Deuteronomy 13:9; 17:5-7; Acts 7:58

• To the transfer of land
  Genesis 21:25-30; 23:11, 16-18; Jeremiah 32:9-12, Ruth 4:1-9; 25, 44

• To marriage
  Ruth 4:10, 11; Isaiah 8:2, 3

• Incorruptible
  Psalm 15:4

• Corrupted by money
  Matthew 28:11-15; Acts 6:11, 13

• Figurative of instruction in righteousness
  Revelation 11:3
  

• See COURTS
  See EVIDENCE
  See FALSEHOOD
  See FALSE WITNESS
  See HOLY SPIRIT
  See TESTIMONY
  See TESTIMONY, RELIGIOUS

WIZARD

• See SORCERY

WOLF

• Ravenous
  Genesis 49:27; Jeremiah 5:6; Ezekiel 22:27; Zephaniah 3:3; John 10:12

• Figurative:

  • Of the enemies of the righteous
    Matthew 7:15; 10:16; John 10:12; Acts 20:29

  • Of the reconciling power of the gospel
    Isaiah 11:6