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Politeness. Prov. 22:6—Train up a child, &c.

Post-mortem consequences. I Tim. 5:24, 25—Some men's sins are open-beforehand, going before to judgment, and some men they follow after, &c.

Poverty. Ps. 107:41—Yet setteth he the poor on high.

Poverty, Christian. 2 Cor. 6:10—As poor yet making many rich, &c.

Power in Self-repression. Exod. 34:7—Keeping mercy for thousands, &c.;
  Num. 14:18—The Lord is long suffering, &c.

Power through Union with God. Eph. 4:6—Strong in the Lord, &c.

Practical, the. 1 Cor. 4:12—And labor, working with our own hands.

Practise. Hebs. 5:14—By reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil;
  2 Peter 1:10—Give diligence to make your calling and election sure.

Praise— Ps. 34:1—His praise shall be continually in my mouth, &c.

Praise-spirit, The. Job 13:15—Tho he slay me, &c.

Prayer. Jude 20—Prayer in the Holy Ghost.

Prayer and Effort. Jas. 2:26—Faith without works is dead.

Prayer for Others. Jer. 31:13—I will turn their mourning into joy.

Prayer in Secret. Matt. 6:6—But thou when thou prayest, &c.

Prayer, The Call to. Matt. 6:7—Use not vain repetitions as the heathen do.

Prayers, Views of. Matt. 6:6—But thou when thou prayest, &c.

Preaching the Word. 2 Tim. 4:2—Preach the word.

Precaution. Joshua 11:15—He left nothing undone of all that the Lord commanded Moses.

Preparation. Prov. 16:1—The preparations of the heart.

Presence of God. Ps. 24:3, 4—He that hath clean hands and a pure, &c.

Presences Unrecognized. Heb. 1:14—Are they not all ministering spirits.

Pride. Prov. 16:18-29:23—Pride goeth before destruction, &c.

Pride in One's Task. Ps. 40:8—I delight to do thy will, O my God.

Principle. Daniel 3:18—But if not, &c.

Prison Literature. 1 Pet. 3:19—By which also he went and preached to the spirits in prison.

Privilege. Acts 10:34—God is no respecter of persons.

Prodigal, The. Luke 15:20—Ran and fell on his neck and kissed him, &c.;
  Ps. 27:10—When my father and mother forsake, &c.

Profession versus Character. Matt. 7:21—Not every one that saith Lord, Lord, &c.

Professionalism. Judges 16:20—I will go out as at other times before . . . and he wist not that the Lord was departed from him.

Progress, Modern. Eccl. 7:10—Say thou not, what is the cause that the former days were better than these, &c.

Promised Land, The. Exod. 13:5—He sware unto thy fathers to give thee a land flowing with milk and honey.

Promises. 2 Peter 1:4—Grace and peace be multiplied, &c.;
  Luke 6:38—Give and it shall be given unto you, &c.

Promises, Implied. Luke 6:38—Give and it shall be given unto you, &c.

Proof. 1 Peter. 3:15—Always ready . . . to give a reason for this hope that is in you.

Proof by Experience. 1 Kings 3:16-28—Then came there two women, &c.

Proper Nutrition. Isa. 55:1—Every one that thirsteth, &c.

Prophecy. Eccl. 8:7—For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be.

Protection. Jonah 4:6—And the Lord prepared a gourd and made it to come up over Jonah, &c.;
  Josh. 6:12-16—And Joshua rose early, &c.;
  Eph. 6:16—Above all, taking the shield of faith.

Protection, Unseen. 2 Kings 6:17—Open his eyes that he may see.

Provocation, Silence Under. Ps. 39:1—I will keep my mouth with a bridle.

Pruning to Destroy. Matt. 5:30—If thy right hand offend thee, &c.

Punctiliousness. Matt. 23:24—Strain out a gnat, &c.;
  Esther 4:11—Whosoever whether man or woman shall come unto the king . . . who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, &c.

Punishment, Profitable. Ps. 119:71—It is good for me that I have been afflicted: that I might learn thy statutes.

Purity. Ps. 51:7—Wash me . . . whiter than snow.;
  James 1:27—Unspotted from the world.

Purity of Associations. Ps. 51:6, 7—Behold thou desirest truth, &c