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Death, Untimely. Isa. 28:10—I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave, &c.

Deception. Deut. 25:13—Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights a great and a small.

Deception Exposed. Num. 32:23—Be sure your sin will find you out.

Deeds, not Appearances. Matt. 7:21—Not everyone that saith . . . but he that doeth, &c.

Deeds That Talk. Matt. 7:21—Not every-*one that saith unto me Lord, Lord, &c.

Deep-down Things. 1 Cor. 2:10—The deep things of God.

Deep Things. 1 Cor. 2:10—Deep things of God.

Deformity. 1 Cor. 14:20—Be not children in understanding; howbeit, in malice be ye children, &c.

Degradation. 2 Tim. 3:13—Evil men . . . shall wax worse and worse, &c.;
  Exod. 32:19—He saw the calf and the dancing, and Moses' anger waxed hot, &c.

Delay. Gen. 19:17—Look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, etc.

Delay, The Tragedy of. Jer. 8:20—The harvest is past, &c.

Demonstration. John 7:51—Doth our law judge any man before it hear him, and know what he doeth.

Depravity. Isa. 1:18—Tho your sins be as scarlet, &c.

Deprivation. Isa. 59:9—We wait for light, but behold obscurity, &c.

Depth of Resources. Ezek. 34:18—To have drunk of the deep waters.

Design in Nature. Psalm 94:9—He that planted the ear, &c.

Destiny. Col. 3:1—Seek those things which are above, &c.

Devices, Fatal. Josh. 23:13—They shall be snares and traps unto you.

Devil, The Chosen. Judges 10:14—Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.

Direction. Luke 9:51—He stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem.

Directions. Psalm 119:105—Thy word is a lamp, &c.

Directions Contrasted—Isa. 53:9—He made his grave with the wicked, &c.

Disappointment. Isa. 49:4—I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nought.

Discipline. Rev. 3:19—As many as I love . . . I chasten.

Discipline from Change. Psalm 55:19—Because they have no changes, &c.

Discontent, Divine. Phil. 3:13, 14—Brethren, I count not myself, &c.

Disease, Beneficial. Psalm 119:67—Before I was afflicted I went astray; but now have I kept thy word.

Disguised Danger. Matt. 7:15—False prophets . . . in sheep's clothing . . . inwardly ravening wolves.

Dishonesty. Matt. 16:24, 25—Then said Jesus unto his disciples, &c.

Divinity. Acts 17:28—For in him we live and move and have our being, &c.

Dominant Elements. 1 Cor. 12:6—There are diversities of gifts.

Doubt, Issuing in Peace. Gen. 45:27—And when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived.

Dreams. Eccl. 3:11—He hath set the world (eternity) in their hearts, &c.

Drink, Heritage of. Exod. 20:5—Visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, &c.

Drink, Peril of. Prov. 20:1—Wine is a mocker, strong drink, &c.

Duality. Rom. 7:23—But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind.

Duty in Death. Rev. 2:10—Be thou faithful unto death, &c.


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Early Promise. Gal. 5:7—Ye did run well, &c.

Early Religion. Eccl. 12:1—Remember now thy Creator, &c.

Earnestness. Rev. 3:16—Neither cold nor hot;
  1 Cor. 9:25—They . . . for a corruptible crown . . . we for an incorruptible.

Eating and Character. Phil. 3:19—Whose god is their belly.

Economic Motives. 1 Chron. 22:15—Moreover there were workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers in stone, &c.

Economy. Heb. 13:5—Be content with such things as ye have.

Economy in Work. Eccl. 12:11—As nails fastened by the master, &c.

Economy of Energy. Hosea 7:9—Strangers have devoured his strength and he knoweth it not.