Vail or Veil
A covering for the head usually worn by women -- Ge 38:14.
Was worn
As a token of modesty. -- Ge 24:65.
As a token of subjection. -- 1 Corinthians 11:3,6,7,10.
For concealment. -- Ge 38:14.
The removing of, considered rude and insolent -- Song of Solomon 5:7.
Removing of, threatened as a punishment to ungodly women -- Isaiah 3:23.
Moses put one on to conceal the glory of his face -- Exodus 34:33; 2 Corinthians 3:13.
Illustrative
Of the spiritual blindness of the Gentile nations. -- Isaiah 25:7.
Of the spiritual blindness of the Jewish nation. -- 2 Corinthians 3:14-16.
Vail, the Sacred
Moses commanded to make -- Exodus 26:31.
Made by Bezaleel for the tabernacle -- Exodus 36:35.
Suspended from four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold -- Exodus 26:32.
Hung between the holy and most holy place -- Exodus 26:33; Hebrews 9:3.
Designed to conceal the ark, mercy seat, and the symbol of the divine presence -- Exodus 40:3.
The high priest
Alone allowed to enter within. -- Hebrews 9:6,7.
Allowed to enter but once a year. -- Le 16:2; Hebrews 9:7.
Could not enter without blood. -- Le 16:3; Hebrews 9:7.
Made by Solomon for the temple -- 2 Chronicles 3:14.
Was rent at the death of our Lord -- Matthew 27:51; Mr 15:38; Lu 23:45.
Illustrative
Of the obscurity of the Mosaic age. -- Hebrews 9:8.
Of the flesh of Christ which concealed his divinity. -- Hebrews 10:20; Isaiah 53:2.
(Rending of,) of the death of Christ which opened heaven to saints. -- Hebrews 10:19,20; 9:24.
Valleys
Tracts of land between mountains -- 1 Samuel 17:3.
Called
Vales. -- De 1:7; Joshua 10:40.
Dales. -- Ge 14:17; 2 Samuel 18:18.
Fat valleys, when fruitful. -- Isaiah 28:1,4.
Rough valleys, when uncultivated and barren. -- De 21:4.
Watered by mountain streams -- Psalm 104:8,10.
Canaan abounded in -- De 11:11.
Abounded with
Fountains and springs. -- De 8:7; Isaiah 41:18.
Rocks and caves. -- Job 30:6; Isaiah 57:5.
Trees. -- 1 Kings 10:27.
Lily of the valley. -- Song of Solomon 2:1.
Ravens. -- Pr 30:17.
Doves. -- Ezekiel 7:16.
Of Israel well tilled and fruitful -- 1 Samuel 6:13; Psalm 65:13.
Often the scenes of idolatrous rites -- Isaiah 57:5.
The heathen supposed that certain deities presided over -- 1 Kings 20:23,28.
The Canaanites held possession of, against Judah -- Jdj 1:19.
Often the scenes of great contests -- Jdj 5:15; 7:8,22; 1 Samuel 17:19.
Mentioned in scripture
Achor. -- Joshua 7:24; Isaiah 65:10; Ho 2:5.
Ajalon. -- Joshua 10:12.
Baca. -- Psalm 84:6.
Berachah. -- 2 Chronicles 20:26.
Bochim. -- Jdj 2:5.
Charashim. -- 1 Chronicles 4:14.
Elah. -- 1 Samuel 17:2; 21:9.
Eshcol. -- Nu 32:9; De 1:24.
Gad. -- 2 Samuel 24:5.
Gerar. -- Ge 26:17.
Gibeon. -- Isaiah 28:21.
Hebron. -- Ge 37:14.
Hinnom or Tophet. -- Joshua 18:16; 2 Kings 23:10; 2 Chronicles 28:3; Jeremiah 7:32.
Jehoshaphat or decision. -- Joel 3:2,14.
Jericho. -- De 34:3.
Jezreel. -- Ho 1:5.
Jephthah-el. -- Joshua 19:14,27.
Keziz. -- Joshua 18:21.
Lebanon. -- Joshua 11:17.
Megiddo. -- 2 Chronicles 35:22; Zechariah 12:11.
Moab where Moses was buried. -- De 34:6.
Passengers or Hamongog. -- Ezekiel 39:11.
Rephaim or giants. -- Joshua 15:8; 18:16; 2 Samuel 5:18; Isaiah 17:5.
Salt. -- 2 Samuel 8:13; 2 Kings 14:17.
Shaveh or king's dale. -- Ge 14:17; 2 Samuel 18:18.
Shittim. -- Joel 3:18.
Siddim. -- Ge 14:3,8.
Sorek. -- Jdj 16:4.
Succoth. -- Psalm 60:6.
Zared. -- Nu 21:12.
Zeboim. -- 1 Samuel 13:18.
Zephathah. -- 2 Chronicles 14:10.
To be filled with hostile chariots, threatened as a punishment -- Isaiah 22:7.
Miracles connected with
The moon made to stand still over Ajalon. -- Joshua 10:12.
Ditches in, filled with water. -- 2 Kings 3:16,17.
Water in, made to appear to the Moabites like blood. -- 2 Kings 3:22,23.
Illustrative
Of the church of Christ. -- Song of Solomon 6:11.
(Fruitful and well watered,) of the tents of Israel. -- Nu 24:6.
(Dark,) of affliction and death. -- Psalm 23:4.
(Filling up of,) of removing all obstructions to the gospel. -- Isaiah 40:4; Lu 3:5.
Vanity
A consequence of the fall -- Ro 8:20.
Every man is -- Psalm 39:11.
Every state of man is -- Psalm 62:9.
Man at his best estate is -- Psalm 39:5.
Man is like to -- Psalm 144:4.
The thoughts of man are -- Psalm 94:11.
The days of man are -- Job 7:16; Ec 6:12.
Childhood and youth are -- Ec 11:10.
The beauty of man is -- Psalm 39:11; Pr 31:30.
The help of man in -- Psalm 60:11; La 4:17.
Man's own righteousness is -- Isaiah 57:12.
Worldly wisdom is -- Ec 2:15,21; 1 Corinthians 3:20.
Worldly pleasure is -- Ec 2:1.
Worldly anxiety -- Psalm 39:6; 127:2.
Worldly labour is -- Ec 2:11; 4:4.
Worldly enjoyment is -- Ec 2:3,10,11.
Worldly possessions are -- Ec 2:4-11.
Treasures of wickedness are -- Pr 10:2.
Heaping up riches is -- Ec 2:26; 4:8.
Love of riches is -- Ec 5:10.
Unblessed riches are -- Ec 6:2.
Riches gotten by falsehood are -- Pr 21:6.
All earthly things are -- Ec 1:2.
Foolish questions, &c are -- 1 Timothy 1:6,7; 6:20; 2 Timothy 2:14,16; Titus 3:9.
The conduct of the ungodly is -- 1 Peter 1:18.
The religion of hypocrites is -- James 1:26.
The worship of the wicked is -- Isaiah 1:13; Matthew 6:7.
Lying words are -- Jeremiah 7:8.
False teaching is but -- Jeremiah 23:32.
Mere external religion is -- 1 Timothy 4:8; Hebrews 13:9.
Alms giving without charity is -- 1 Corinthians 13:3.
Faith without works is -- James 2:14.
Idolatry is -- 2 Kings 17:15; Psalm 31:6; Isaiah 44:9,10; Jeremiah 10:8; 18:15.
Wealth gotten by, diminishes -- Pr 13:11.
Saints
Hate the thoughts of. -- Psalm 119:113.
Pray to be kept from. -- Psalm 119:37; Pr 30:8.
Avoid. -- Psalm 24:4.
Avoid those given to. -- Psalm 26:4.
The wicked
Especially characterised by. -- Job 11:11.
Though full of, affect to be wise. -- Job 11:12.
Love. -- Psalm 4:2.
Imagine. -- Psalm 2:1; Ac 4:25; Ro 1:21.
Devise. -- Psalm 36:4.
Speak. -- Psalm 10:7; 12:2; 41:6.
Count God's service as. -- Job 21:15; Malachi 3:14.
Allure others by words of. -- 2 Peter 2:18.
Walk after. -- Jeremiah 2:5.
Walk in. -- Psalm 39:6; Ephesians 4:17.
Inherit. -- Jeremiah 16:19.
Reap. -- Pr 22:8; Jeremiah 12:13.
Judicially given up to. -- Psalm 78:33; Isaiah 57:13.
Fools follow those given to -- Pr 12:11.
Following those given to, leads to poverty -- Pr 28:19.
They who trust in, rewarded with -- Job 15:31.
Vine, The
Often found wild -- 2 Kings 4:39; Ho 9:10.
Cultivated
In vineyards from the time of Noah. -- Ge 9:20.
On the sides of hills. -- Jeremiah 31:5.
In the valleys. -- Song of Solomon 6:11.
By the walls of houses. -- Psalm 128:3.
Required to be dressed and pruned to increase its fruitfulness -- Le 25:3; 2 Chronicles 26:10; Isaiah 18:5.
Canaan abounded in -- De 6:11; 8:8.
Places celebrated for
Eshcol. -- Nu 13:23,24.
Sibmah. -- Isaiah 16:8,9.
Lebanon. -- Ho 14:7.
Egypt. -- Psalm 78:47; 80:8.
The dwarf and spreading vine particularly esteemed -- Ezekiel 17:6.
Of Sodom bad and unfit for use -- De 32:32.
Often degenerated -- Isaiah 5:2; Jeremiah 2:21.
Frequently injured by hail and frost -- Psalm 78:47; 105:32,33.
Foxes destructive to -- Song of Solomon 2:15.
The wild boar destructive to -- Psalm 80:13.
The fruit of
Called grapes. -- Ge 40:10.
Peculiarly sour when unripe. -- Jeremiah 31:30.
Eaten fresh from the tree. -- De 23:24.
Eaten dried. -- 1 Samuel 25:18; 30:12.
Sold in the markets. -- Ne 13:15.
Made into wine. -- De 32:14; Matthew 26:29.
The wood of, fit only for burning -- Ezekiel 15:2-5.
Young cattle fed on its leaves and tender shoots -- Ge 49:11.
Probably produced two crops of fruit in the year -- Nu 13:20.
Perfumed the air with the fragrance of its flowers -- Song of Solomon 2:13; Ho 14:7.
God made, fruitful for his people when obedient -- Joel 2:22; Zechariah 8:12.
Frequently made unfruitful as a punishment -- Jeremiah 8:13; Ho 2:12; Joel 1:7,12; Haggai 2:19.
Sometimes cast its fruit before it came to perfection -- Job 15:33; Malachi 3:11.
Nazarites prohibited eating any part of -- Nu 6:3,4.
Illustrative
Of Christ. -- John 15:1,2.
Of Israel. -- Psalm 80:8; Isaiah 5:2,7.
(Its fruitful branches,) of saints. -- John 15:5.
(Of unfruitful branches,) of mere professors. -- John 15:2,6.
(Its quick growth,) of the growth of saints in grace. -- Ho 14:7.
(Its rich clusters,) of the graces of the church. -- Song of Solomon 7:8.
(Pruning of,) of God's purifying his people by afflictions. -- John 15:2.
(Worthlessness of its wood,) of the unprofitableness, of the wicked. -- Ezekiel 15:6,7.
(Unfruitful,) of the wicked. -- Ho 10:1.
(Sitting under one's own) of peace and prosperity. -- 1 Kings 4:25; Micah 4:4; Zechariah 3:10.
Proverbial allusion to fathers eating the unripe fruit of -- Jeremiah 31:29,30; Ezekiel 18:2.
Vineyards
Origin and antiquity of -- Ge 9:20.
The design of planting -- Psalm 107:37; 1 Corinthians 9:7.
Frequently walled or fenced with hedges -- Nu 22:24; Pr 24:31; Isaiah 5:2,5.
Cottages built in, for the keepers -- Isaiah 1:8.
Provided with the apparatus for making wine -- Isaiah 5:2; Matthew 21:33.
The stones carefully gathered out of -- Isaiah 5:2.
Laws respecting
Not to be planted with different kinds of seed. -- De 22:9.
Not to be cultivated in the Sabbatical year. -- Exodus 23:11; Le 25:4.
The spontaneous fruit of, not to be gathered during the sabbatical year. -- Le 25:5,11.
Compensation in kind to be made for injury done to. -- Exodus 22:5.
Strangers entering, allowed to eat fruit of, but not to take any away. -- De 23:24.
The gleaning of, to be left for the poor. -- Le 19:10; De 24:21.
The fruit of new, not to be eaten for three years. -- Le 19:23.
The fruit of new, to be holy to the Lord in the fourth year. -- Le 19:24.
The fruit of new, to be eaten by the owners from the fifth year. -- Le 19:25.
Planters of, not liable to military service till they had eaten of the fruit. -- De 20:6.
Frequently let out to husbandmen -- Song of Solomon 8:11; Matthew 21:33.
Rent of, frequently paid by part of the fruit -- Matthew 21:34.
Were often mortgaged -- Ne 5:3,4.
Estimated rent of -- Song of Solomon 8:11; Isaiah 7:23.
Estimated profit arising from, to the cultivators -- Song of Solomon 8:12.
The poor engaged in the culture of -- 2 Kings 25:12; Isaiah 61:5.
Members of the family often wrought in -- Song of Solomon 1:6; Matthew 21:28-30.
Mode of hiring and paying labourers for working in -- Matthew 20:1,2.
Of the kings of Israel superintended by officers of the state -- 1 Chronicles 27:27.
The vintage or ingathering of
Was a time of great rejoicing. -- Isaiah 16:10.
Sometimes continued to the time of sowing seed. -- Le 26:5.
Failure in, occasioned great grief. -- Isaiah 16:9,10.
Of red grapes particularly esteemed -- Isaiah 27:2.
The produce of, was frequently destroyed by enemies -- Jeremiah 48:32.
The whole produce of, often destroyed by insects, &c -- De 28:39; Am 4:9.
In unfavourable seasons produced but little wine -- Isaiah 5:10; Haggai 1:9,11.
The wicked judicially deprived of the enjoyment of -- Am 5:11; Zephaniah 1:13.
The Rechabites forbidden to plant -- Jeremiah 35:7-9.
Of the slothful man neglected and laid waste -- Pr 24:30,31.
Illustrative
Of the Jewish Church. -- Isaiah 5:7; 27:2; Jeremiah 12:10; Matthew 21:23.
(Failure of,) of severe calamities. -- Isaiah 32:10.
(Cleaning grapes of,) of the elect. -- Isaiah 24:13.
Visions
God often made known his will by -- Psalm 89:19.
God especially made himself known to prophets by -- Nu 12:6.
Often accompanied
A representative of the divine person and glory. -- Isaiah 6:1.
An audible voice from heaven. -- Ge 15:1; 1 Samuel 3:4,5.
An appearance of angels. -- Lu 1:22,11; 24:23; Ac 10:3.
An appearance of human beings. -- Ac 9:12; 16:9.
Frequently difficult and perplexing to those who received them -- Da 7:15; 8:15; Ac 10:17.
Often communicated
In the night season. -- Ge 46:2; Da 2:19.
In a trance. -- Nu 24:16; Ac 11:5.
Often recorded for the benefit of the people -- Habakkuk 2:2.
Often multiplied for the benefit of the people -- Ho 12:10.
Mentioned in scripture
To Abraham. -- Ge 15:1.
To Jacob. -- Ge 46:2.
To Moses. -- Exodus 3:2,3; Ac 7:30-32.
To Samuel. -- 1 Samuel 3:2-15.
To Nathan. -- 2 Samuel 7:4,17.
To Eliphaz. -- Job 4:13-16.
To Isaiah. -- Isaiah 6:1-8.
To Ezekiel (See chapters 10, 40-48 of Ezekiel). -- Ezekiel 1:4-14; 8:2-14; 11:24,25; 37:1-10.
To Nebuchadnezzar. -- Da 2:28; Da 4:5.
To Daniel (See chapters 7, 8, and 10 of Daniel). -- Da 2:19.
To Amos. -- Am 7:1-9; 8:1-6; 9:1.
To Zechariah. -- Zechariah 1:8; 3:1; 4:2; 5:2; 6:1.
To Paul. -- Ac 9:3,6; 16:9; 18:9; 22:18; 27:23; 2 Chronicles 12:1-4.
To Ananias. -- Ac 9:10,11.
To Cornelius. -- Ac 10:3.
To Peter. -- Ac 10:9-17.
To John (See also Rev chapters 4 - 22). -- Re 1:12.
Sometimes withheld for a long season -- 1 Samuel 3:1.
The withholding of a great calamity -- Pr 29:18; La 2:9.
False prophets pretended to have seen -- Jeremiah 14:14; 23:16.
The prophets of God skilled in interpreting -- 2 Chronicles 26:5; Da 1:17.
Vows
Solemn promises made to God -- Psalm 76:11.
Were made in reference to
Devoting the person to God. -- Nu 6:2.
Dedicating children to God. -- 1 Samuel 1:11.
Devoting property to God. -- Ge 28:22.
Offering sacrifices. -- Le 7:16; 22:18:22; Nu 15:3.
Afflicting the soul. -- Nu 30:13.
To be voluntary -- De 23:21,22.
To be performed faithfully -- Nu 30:2.
To be performed without delay -- De 23:21,23.
Danger of inconsiderately making -- Pr 20:25.
Of children void without the consent of parents -- Nu 30:3-5.
Of married women void without consent of husbands -- Nu 30:6-8,10-13.
Of widows and women divorced from their husbands binding -- Nu 30:9.
Of wives, could only be objected to at the time of making -- Nu 30:14,15.
Might be redeemed by paying a suitable compensation -- Le 27:1-8,11-23.
Clean beasts the subjects of, not to be redeemed -- Le 27:9,10.
Recorded in scripture
Of Jacob. -- Ge 28:20-22; 31:13.
Of Israelites. -- Nu 21:2.
Of Jephthah. -- Jdj 11:30,31.
Of Hannah. -- 1 Samuel 1:1.
Of Elkanah. -- 1 Samuel 1:24.
Of David. -- Psalm 132:2-5.
Of mariners who cast out Jonah. -- Jonah 1:16.
Of Jonah. -- Jonah 2:9.
Of Lemuel's mother. -- Pr 31:1,2.
Of Paul. -- Ac 18:18.
Of certain Jews with Paul. -- Ac 21:23,24,26.
All things dedicated by, to be brought to the tabernacle -- De 12:6,11,17,18,26.
Of things corrupt or blemished an insult to God -- Le 22:23; Malachi 1:14.
The hire of a prostitute or price of a dog could not be the subject of -- De 23:18.