Three Hundred Illustrations
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Three Hundred Illustrations With Scripture Texts: For Family Reading
“I HAVE ALSO SPOKEN BY THE PROPHETS, AND
I HAVE MULTIPLIED VISIONS, AND USED
SIMILITUDES, BY THE MINISTRY OF
THE PROPHETS."
HOSEA 12:10, JUDG. 9:8-15
Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
John 1:29.
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
Jer. 13:23.
Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption.
Heb. 9:12.
Except ye be, converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom-of heaven.
Matt. 18:3.
He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
Psa. 147: 9.
He that soweth the good seed is the son of man: the field is the world: the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one.
Matt. 13:37, 38; John 8:44.
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
Psa. 126:5.
Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt.
Matt. 6:20.
It is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
Heb. 10:4.
We know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven.
Cor. 5:1, 2.
The young lions do lack and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.
Psa. 34:10.
The locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.
Ex. 10:14.
Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king.
Hos. 3:5; Jer. 30:9; Eze. 23, 24; 37:24, 25.
Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great king. God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
Psa. 48:3.
The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the Lord.
Prov. 21:31
He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
Psa. 147:10, 11.
If thou shalt confess with thy Mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Rom. 10:9.
Seek those things which are above where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
Col. 3:1.
As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings; so the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
Deut. 32:11, 12.
God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have ever-lasting life.
John 3:16.
In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
Rev. 22:2.
The tree is known by his fruit.
Matt. 12:33.
The fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Gal. 5:22, 23.
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears.
Joel 3:9, 10.
The weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God.
2 Cor. 10:1.
No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
2 Tim. 2:4.
The word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Heb. 4:12.
Be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your hearts to the Lord; giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Eph. 5:18-20
Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction.
Prov. 13:18.
All our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf.
Isa. 64: 6.
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep... My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
John 10:11, 27, 28.
As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the son of man be lifted up: that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
John 3:14, 15.
As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even forever.
Psa. 125:2.
Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
Matt. 7:24, 25
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit.
Psa. 51:17.
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in lebanon.
Psa. 92:12.
As a bird that wandereth from her nest so is a man that wandereth from his place.
Prov. 27:8,
The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks.
Prov. 30:26.
It is written, behold, I lay in Sion a stumbling-stone and rock of offense: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
Rom. 9:33.
That rock was Christ.
1 Cor. 10:4.
By the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight.
Rom. 3:20.
As many as are of the works of the law, are under the curse: for it is written, cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, the just shall live by faith.
Gal. 3; Hab. 2:4.
Their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
Heb. 10:17.
I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him. I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine.
Hos. 14:4-7
Called, justified, and glorified.
Romans 8:30.
If Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God. For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.... Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him; but for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; who was delivered for our offenses, and was raised again for our justification.
Rom. 4:2, 3, 23-25.
The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
Rom. 13:12.
Let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
1 Thess. 5:8.
Every word of God is pure he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Prov. 30:5,
All they that take the sword, shall perish with the sword.
Matt. 26:52.
The earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
Isa. 11:9.
The earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
Hab. 2:14.
Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst.
John 4:14.
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. (but this spake he of the spirit, which they that believe on him should receive.)
John 7:38, 39.
Thy people shall be My people, and thy God my God.
Ruth 1:16.
Ye are the temple of the living God, as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord ... . And I will receive you, and will be a father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord almighty.
2 Cor. 6:14-18.
Waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward... These waters being brought forth into the sea, the waters (of the sea) shall be healed, and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, according to their kinds as the fish of the great sea.
Ezek. 47.
Jesus said unto them, come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men and straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.
Mark 1:17, 18.
The Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Jonah 1:17; Matt. 12:40.
As the rain cometh down, and the snow, from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud... So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not. Return unto me void, but it shall accomplish... The thing whereto I send it.
Isa. 55:10, 11.
I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city... Yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.
Amos 4:7, 8.
Honor thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise.
Eph. 6:1, 2.
If any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to show piety at home, and to requite their parents: for That is good and acceptable before God.
1 Tim. 5:4.
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Col. 3:20.
Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive: and let thy widows trust in me,
Jer. 49:11.
Every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
Luke 6:44
He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
Matt. 13:22.
And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord God.
Ezek. 28:21,
Ye know that ye were not redeemed with... Silver and gold... But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.
1 peter 1:18.
Provide yourselves... A treasure in the heavens that faileth not.
Luke 12:33.
Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Matt. 6:21.
The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
Psa. 68:17.
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God.
Psa. 20:7.
Behold, I have created the smith... That bringeth forth an instrument for his work... No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn.
Isa. 54:16, 17.
Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: and he laid it upon my mouth, and said, lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
Isa. 6:6, 7.
There was neither hammer nor ax nor any tool of iron heard in the house.
1 kings 6:7.
They stumbled at that stumbling-stone.
Rom. 9:32; 11:11,
Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
Isa. 28:16
Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands. And ... became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
Dan. 2:34, 35, 45.
The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.
Psa. 118: 22, 23, 24.
Whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
Matt. 21:44; Mark 12:10; Luke 20:17; 1 Pet. 2:4-8; Isa. 8:14.
Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck; and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
Gen. 41:42, 43.
These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the lamb. Therefore are they before the throne of God.
Rev. 7:14, 15.
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust.... Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night... Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
Psa. 91:4-7.
They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Isa. 40:31.
When thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: and thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
Luke 14: 13, 14.
Jesus came to Bethany... There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment.
John 12.
For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation. Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.
Psa. 149: 4, 5.
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts. If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee.
Prov. 22:26, 27.
I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
Luke 17:34.
Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
Matt. 24:42.
They pierced my hands and my feet.
Psa. 22:16.
They shall look upon me whom they have pierced.
Zech. 12:10.
And one shall say unto him, what are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.
Zech. 13:6.
One of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side.
John 19.
Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him.
Rev. 1:7.
Every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving.
1 Tim. 4:4.
Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, peace be unto you... And they gave him a piece of broiled fish, and of an honey-comb. And he took it, and did eat before them.
Luke 24:36, 42, 43.
Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink.
Col. 2:16.
Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters... Not with eye-service, as men-pleasers.
Eph. 6.
Exhort servants to be obedient... Not answering again.
Titus 2:9.
There was of all manner of bake-meats for pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.
Gen. 40:17
The priest shall command to take for him that is to be cleansed [of leprosy] two birds alive and clean... And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water... And shall dip... The living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed... And shall let the living bird loose into the open field.
Lev. 14:4-7.
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Psa. 119:105.
The day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night.
2 Peter 3:10.
But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day... Therefore let us... Watch and be sober.
1 Thess. 5.
There shall be no night there. For the Lord God giveth them light.
Rev. 22.
If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden... Thou shalt surely help with him. Ex. 23:5.
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, thy king cometh unto thee; he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass.
Zech. 9:9
The multitudes... Cried, saying, hosanna to the son of David!... This is Jesus, the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.
Matt. 21; John 12:12-16.
And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand and on their left.
Ex. 14.
I, saith the Lord, will be unto her (Jerusalem) a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
Zech. 2.
The Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one.
Zech. 14.
Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
Luke 12:6.
Thus saith the Lord, the heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? And where is the place of my rest?
Isa. 66:1; John 4:24.
What shall we do that we might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, this is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
John 6:28, 29.
God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
2 Cor. 4:6, 7.
How sweet are thy words, unto my taste! Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
Psa. 119:103, 104.
God... Will come and save you. The eyes of the blind shall be opened. The ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. The lame shall leap as an hart. The tongue of the dumb shall sing in the wilderness shall waters break out.
Isa. 35.
How hear we every man in his own tongue?
Acts 2:8.
If ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them ... The Lord will take away from thee all sickness.
Deut. 7.
Bless the Lord, O my soul ... Who forgiveth all thine iniquities, who healeth all thy diseases.
Psa. 103.
Both young men and maidens; old men and children: let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name alone is excellent.
Psa. 148.
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man.
Lev. 19:32.
Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Psa. 23:4.
Jesus said, suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
Matt. 19:14.
I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the Lord their God, and will not save them... By battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.
Hos. 1:7.
I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, the hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him.
Ezra 8:22.
The Lord will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind.
Isa. 66:15.
He, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
Isa. 55:1.
He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the end of the earth.
Psa. 72:8.
Every-one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the king, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
Zech. 14.
No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon.
Isa. 35:9, 10.
I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground.
Hos. 2:18.
I will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
Ezek. 34:25, 28.
Can a woman forget her sucking child?... Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
Isa. 49:1, 5.
The Lord... Is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness.
Joel 2:13.
At even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning. So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.
Num. 9:15, 16.
God... In times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways. Nevertheless, he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
Acts 14:15-17.
Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the king of glory shall come in.
Psa. 24:7.
He is our peace, who hath made both (Jews and Gentiles) one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us... That he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross.
Eph. 2.
Isaiah... Came to Hezekiah, and said unto him, thus saith the Lord, set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live. Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the Lord.
2 Kings 20.
Except a corn of wheat that fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
John 12:21.
The harvest is passed, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
Jer. 8:20.
All the trees of the field shall clap their hands. Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree.
Isa. 55:12, 13; 60:13.
Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest.
Isa. 29:17.
He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths he brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
Psa. 78:15,16.
Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast.
Heb. 6:19
Thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
Mic. 7:19.
I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
Rev. 21:1.
We preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling-block. And unto the Greeks foolishness; but unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
1 Cor. 1:23, 24.
I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation, to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Rom. 1:16.
When thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
Isa. 53:10.
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