- -  INSTANCES OF
......  Abraham: ...  Ga 3:9|
......  Moses: ...  Heb 3:5|
......  David: ...  2Sa 22:22-25|
......  Elijah: ...  1Ki 19:10,14|
......  Abijah: ...  2Ch 13:4-20|
......  Jehoshaphat: ...  2Ch 20:1-30|
......  Job: ...  Job 1:21,22; 2:9,10|
......  See HEZEKIAH
......  See JOSIAH
......  See JOASH
......  See DANIEL

- -  OF GOD
......  See GOD, FAITHFULNESS OF
 
 

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FALCON
- -  A carnivorous bird (R. V.): ...  Le 11:14; De 14:13|
 
 

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FALL OF MAN
- -  By the disobedience of Adam: ...  Ge 3:6,11,12; Ro 5:12,15,19|
- -  Through temptation of the devil: ...  Ge 3:1-5; 2Co 11:3; 1Ti 2:14|
- -  MAN IN CONSEQUENCE OF
......  Made in the image of Adam: ...  Ge 5:3; 1Co 15:48,49|
......  Born in sin: ...  Job 15:14; 25:4; Ps 51:5; Isa 48:8; Joh 3:6|
......  A child of wrath: ...  Eph 2:3|
......  Evil in heart: ...  Ge 6:5; 8:21; Jer 16:12; Mt 15:19|
......  Blinded in heart: ...  Eph 4:18|
......  Corrupt and perverse in his ways: ...  Ge 6:12; Ps 10:5; Ro 3:12-16|
......  Depraved in mind: ...  Ro 8:5-7; Eph 4:17; Col 1:21; Tit 1:15|
......  Without understanding: ...  Ps 14:2,3; Ro 3:11; 1:31|
......  Receives no the things of God: ...  1Co 2:14|
......  Comes short of God's glory: ...  Ro 3:23|
......  Defiled in conscience: ...  Tit 1:15; Heb 10:22|
......  Intractable: ...  Job 11:12|
......  Estranged from God: ...  Ge 3:8; Ps 58:3; Eph 4:18; Col 1:21|
......  In bondage to sin: ...  Ro 6:19; 7:5,23; Ga 5:17; Tit 3:3|
......  In bondage to the devil: ...  2Ti 2:26; Heb 2:14,15|
......  Constant in evil: ...  Ps 10:5; 2Pe 2:14|
......  Conscious of guilt: ...  Ge 3:7,8,10|
......  Unrighteous: ...  Ec 7:20; Ro 3:10|
......  Abominable: ...  Job 15:16; Ps 14:3|
......  Turned to his own way: ...  Isa 53:6|
......  Loves darkness: ...  Joh 3:19|
......  Corrupt &c in speech: ...  Ro 3:13,14|
......  Devoid of the fear of God: ...  Ro 3:18|
......  Totally depraved: ...  Ge 6:5; Ro 7:18|
- -  Dead in sin: ...  Eph 2:1; Col 2:13|
- -  All men partake of the effects of: ...  1Ki 8:46; Ga 3:22; 1Jo 1:8; 5:19|
- -  PUNISHMENT CONSEQUENT UPON
......  Banishment from Paradise: ...  Ge 3:24|
......  Condemnation to labour and sorrow: ...  Ge 3:16,19; Job 5:6,7|
......  Temporal death: ...  Ge 3:19; Ro 5:12; 1Co 15:22|
......  Eternal death: ...  Job 21:30; Ro 5:18,21; 6:23|
- -  Cannot be remedied by man: ...  Pr 20:9; Jer 2:22; 13:23|
- -  Remedy for, provided by God: ...  Ge 3:15; Joh 3:16|
- -  General scriptures concerning: ...  Ge 3:1-19; 2:16,17; Job 31:33; Ec 7:29; Isa 43:27; Ho 6:7; Ro 5:12,14,18,19,21; 1Co 15:21,22; 2Co 11:3; 1Ti 2:14|

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FALSE ACCUSATION
- -  See ACCUSATION, FALSE
 
 

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FALSE CONFIDENCE
- -  In self: ...  De 29:19; 1Ki 20:11; Pr 3:5; 23:4; 26:12; 28:26; Isa 5:21; Ro 12:16; 2Co 1:9|
- -  In outward resources: ...  Ps 20:7; 33:17; 44:6; 49:6; Pr 11:28; Isa 22:11; 31:1-3; Jer 48:7; Zec 4:6; Mr 10:24|
- -  In man: ...  Ps 33:16; 62:9; 118:8; 146:3,4; Isa 2:22; Jer 17:5; Ho 5:13; 7:11|
- -  INSTANCES OF
......  At Babel: ...  Ge 11:4|
......  Sennacherib, in the siege of Jerusalem: ...  2Ki 19:23|
......  Asa, in relying on Syria rather than on God: ...  2Ch 16:7-9|
......  Hezekiah, in the defenses of Jerusalem: ...  Isa 22:11|
......  Peter, in asserting his devotion to Jesus: ...  Mt 26:35; Lu 22:33,34; Joh 13:37,38|
......  See CONFIDENCE, FALSE
 
 

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FALSE TEACHERS
- -  See TEACHERS, FALSE
 
 

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FALSE WITNESS
- -  GENERAL SCRIPTURES: ...  Ex 20:16; 23:1; Le 6:3; 19:11,12,16; De 5:20; 19:16-20; Ps 27:12; 35:11; Pr 6:16-19; 12:17; 14:5,8,25; 18:5; 19:9,22,28; 21:28; 24:28; 25:18; Zec 5:3,4; Mt 15:19; 19:18; Lu 3:14; 18:20; Ro 13:9; 1Ti 1:9,10|
......  See PERJURY
......  See FALSEHOOD
......  See EVIDENCE, LAWS CONCERNING
......  See WITNESS

- -  INSTANCES OF
......  Witnesses
  ......  Against Naboth: ...  1Ki 21:13|
  ......  Against Jesus: ...  Mt 26:59-61; Mr 14:54-59|
  ......  Against Stephen: ...  Ac 6:11,13|
  ......  Against Paul: ...  Ac 16:20,21; 17:5-7; 24:5; 25:7,8|
 
 

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FALSEHOOD
- -  General scriptures concerning: ...  Ex 20:16; 23:1; Le 6:2-7; 19:11,12,16; Job 13:4; 21:34; 27:4; 31:5,6,33; 36:4; Ps 5:6,9; 10:7; 12:2,3; 28:3; 31:18; 34:13; 36:3; 50:19,20; 52:2-5; 55:21,23; 58:3; 59:12; 62:4; 63:11; 101:5,7; 109:2; 116:11; 119:29,69,163; 120:2-4; 144:8,11; Pr 2:12-15; 3:3; 6:12,13,17-19; 10:9,10,18,31; 11:9; 12:17,19,20,22; 13:5; 14:5,8,25; 17:4,7; 19:5,9,22,28; 20:17; 21:6; 26:18,19,24-26,28; 27:14; Ec 5:6; Isa 28:15; 32:7; 57:11; 59:3,4,12,13; 63:8; Jer 7:8,28; 9:3,5,6,8; 12:6; 50:36; Eze 22:9; Ho 4:1,2; Ob 1:7; Mic 6:12; Na 3:1; Zep 3:13; Mt 25:44-46; Joh 8:44,45; Eph 4:25,29; Col 3:9; 1Ti 1:9,10; 4:2; 1Pe 3:10,16; Re 21:8,27; 22:15|

- -  See ACCUSATION, FALSE
- -  See CONSPIRACY
- -  See DECEIT
- -  See DECEPTION
- -  See FALSE WITNESS
- -  See FLATTERY
- -  See HYPOCRISY
- -  See PERJURY
- -  See TEACHERS, FALSE

- -  INSTANCES OF
......  Satan
  ......  In deceiving Eve: ...  Ge 3:4,5|
  ......  In impugning Job's motives for being righteous: ...  Job 1:9,10; 2:4,5|
  ......  In his false pretensions to Jesus: ...  Mt 4:8,9; Lu 4:6,7|
......  Adam and Eve, in attempting to evade responsibility: ...  Ge 3:12,13|
......  Cain, in denying knowledge of his brother: ...  Ge 4:9|
......  Abraham, in denying that Sarah was his wife: ...  Ge 12:11-19; 20:2|
......  Sarah
  ......  To the angels, denying her derisive laugh of unbelief: ...  Ge 18:15|
  ......  In denying to the king of Gerar, that she was Abraham's  wife: ...  Ge 20:5,16|
......  Isaac, denying that Rebekah was his wife: ...  Ge 26:7-10|
......  Rebekah and Isaac, in the conspiracy against Esau: ...  Ge 27:6-24,46|
......  Jacob's sons, in the scheme to destroy the Shechemites by first having them circumcised: ...  Ge 34|
......  Joseph's brothers, in deceiving their father into a belief that Joseph was killed by wild beasts: ...  Ge 37:29-35|
......  Potiphar's wife, in falsely accusing Joseph: ...  Ge 39:14-17|
......  Joseph, in the deception he carried on with his brothers: ...  Ge 42; 43; 44|
......  Pharaoh, in dealing deceitfully with the Israelites: ...  Ex 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12|
......  Aaron, in attempting to shift responsibility for the making of the golden calf: ...  Ex 32:1-24|
......  Rahab, in denying that the spies were in her house: ...  Jos 2:4-6|
......  The Gibeonites, ambassadors, in the deception they perpetrated upon Joshua and the elders of Israel in leading them to believe that they came from a distant region, when in fact they lived in the immediate vicinity: ...  Jos 9|
......  Ehud, in pretending to carry secret messages to Eglon, king of Moab, while his real objective was to assassinate him: ...  Jud 3:16-23|
......  Sisera, who instructed Jael to mislead his pursuers: ...  Jud 4:20|
......  Saul, in professing to Samuel to have obeyed the commandment to destroy all spoils of the Amalekites, when in fact he had not obeyed: ...  1Sa 15:1-26|
......  In accusing Ahimelech of conspiring with David against himself: ...  1Sa 22:11-16|
......  David lied to Ahimelech, professing to have a mission from the king, in order that he might obtain provisions and armor: ...  1Sa 21|
......  David in feigning madness: ...  1Sa 21:13-15|
......  David's other deceits with the Philistines: ...  1Sa 27:8-12|
......  The falsehood of friendship to Absalom that David put in the mouth of Hushai: ...  2Sa 15:34-37|
......  Michal, in the false statement that David was sick, in order to save him from Saul's violence: ...  1Sa 19:12-17|
......  The Amalekite who claimed to have killed Saul: ...  2Sa 1:10-12|
......  Hushai
  ......  In false professions to Absalom: ...  2Sa 16:16-19|
  ......  In his deceitful counsel to Absalom: ...  2Sa 17:7-14|
......  The wife of the Bahurimite who saved the lives of Hushai's messengers, sent to apprise David of the movements of Absalom's army: ...  2Sa 17:15-22|
......  The murder, under false pretense
  ......  Of Adonijah: ...  1Ki 2:23|
  ......  Of Shimei: ...  1Ki 2:42,43|
  ......  Of Jeroboam's wife: ...  1Ki 14:2|
......  The old prophet of Beth-el who misguided the prophet of Judah: ...  1Ki 13:11-22|
......  Jeroboam's wife, feigning herself to be another woman: ...  1Ki 14:5-7|
......  The conspirators against Naboth: ...  1Ki 21:7-13|
......  Gehazi, when he ran after Naaman, and misrepresented that Elisha wanted a talent of silver and two changes of clothes: ...  2Ki 5:20-24|
......  Hazael, servant of the king of Syria, lied to the king in misstating the prophet Elisha's message with regard to the king's recovery: ...  2Ki 8:7-15|
......  Jehu lied to the worshipers of Baal in order to gain the advantage over them and destroy them: ...  2Ki 10:18-28|
......  Zedekiah, in violating his oath of allegiance to Nebuchadnezzer: ...  2Ch 36:13; Eze 16:59; 17:15-20|
......  Samaritans, in their efforts to hinder the rebuilding of the temple at Jerusalem: ...  Ezr 4|
......  Sanballat in trying to obstruct the rebuilding of Jerusalem: ...  Ne 6|
......  Haman, in his conspiracy against the Jews: ...  Es 3:8|
......  Jeremiah's adversaries, in accusing him of joining the Chaldeans: ...  Jer 37:13-15|
......  Princes of Israel, when they went to Jeremiah for a vision from the Lord: ...  Jer 42:20|
......  Herod the Great, to the wise men, in professing to desire to worship Jesus: ...  Mt 2:8|
......  Jewish leaders
  ......  In falsely accusing Jesus of being gluttonous and a  winebibber (a wino): ...  Mt 11:19|
  ......  In refusing to bear truthful testimony concerning John the  Baptist: ...  Mt 21:24-27|
  ......  Falsely accusing Jesus of blasphemy, when he forgave sin: ...  Mt 9:2-6; Mr 2:7; Lu 5:21|
  ......  And when Jesus announced that he was the Son of God: ...  Mt 26:65; Mr 14:64; Joh 10:33-38|
......  Peter, in denying Jesus: ...  Mt 26:69-75; Mr 14:68-71; Lu 22:56-62; Joh 18:25-27|
......  The Roman soldiers, who said the disciples stole the body of Jesus: ...  Mt 28:13,15|
......  The disobedient son, who promised to work in the vineyard, but did not: ...  Mt 21:30|
......  Ananias and Sapphira falsely state that they had sold their land for a given sum: ...  Ac 5:1-10|
......  Stephen's accusers, who falsely accused him of blaspheming Moses and God: ...  Ac 6:11-14|
......  Paul's traducers, falsely accusing him of treason to Caesar: ...  Ac 16:20,21; 17:5-7; 24:5; 25:7,8|
......  The Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies: ...  Tit 1:12|
......  See ACCUSATION, FALSE
......  See CONSPIRACY
......  See FALSE WITNESS
......  See HYPOCRISY
......  See PERJURY
......  See TEACHERS, FALSE
 
 

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FAMILIAR SPIRITS
- -  Consulting of, forbidden: ...  Le 19:31; 20:6,27; De 18:10,11|
- -  Vain: ...  Isa 8:19; 19:3|
- -  Those who consulted, to be cut off: ...  Le 20:6,27|
- -  INSTANCES OF THOSE WHO CONSULTED
......  Saul: ...  1Sa 28:3-25; 1Ch 10:13|
......  See DEMONS
......  See NECROMANCY
......  See WITCHCRAFT
 
 

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FAMILIES
- -  SHOULD
......  Be taught the Scriptures: ...  De 4:9,10|
......  Worship God together: ...  1Co 16:19|
......  Be duly regulated: ...  Pr 31:27; 1Ti 3:4,5,12|
......  Live in unity: ...  Ge 45:24; Ps 133:1|
......  Live in mutual forbearance: ...  Ge 50:17-21; Mt 18:21,22|
......  Rejoice together before God: ...  De 14:26|
- -  Deceivers and liars should be removed from: ...  Ps 101:7|
- -  Warning against departing from God: ...  De 29:18|
- -  Punishment of irreligious: ...  Jer 10:25|
- -  OF SAINTS
......  Blessed: ...  Ps 128:3,6|
......  Should be taught God's word: ...  De 4:9,10|
......  Worship God together: ...  1Co 16:19|
......  Be duly regulated: ...  Pr 31:27; 1Ti 3:4,5,12|
......  Live in unity: ...  Ge 45:24; Ps 133:1|
......  Live in mutual forbearance: ...  Ge 50:17-21; Mt 18:21,22|
......  Rejoice together before God: ...  De 14:26|
......  Deceivers and liars should be removed from: ...  Ps 101:7|
......  Warned against departing from God: ...  De 29:18|
......  Punishment of irreligious: ...  Jer 10:25|
- -  GOOD, EXEMPLIFIED
- -  Good-Exemplified
......  Abraham: ...  Ge 18:19|
......  Cornelius: ...  Ac 10:2,33|
......  Crispus: ...  Ac 18:8|
......  David: ...  2Sa 6:20|
......  Jacob: ...  Ge 35:2|
......  Jailor of Philippi: ...  Ac 16:31-34|
......  Job: ...  Job 1:5|
......  Joshua: ...  Jos 24:15|
......  Lazarus of Bethany: ...  Joh 11:1-5|
......  Lois: ...  2Ti 1:5|
......  Lydia: ...  Ac 16:15|
......  See CHILDREN
......  See HUSBAND
......  See WIFE
......  See ORPHAN
......  See WIDOW

- -  INSTITUTED: ...  Ge 2:23,24|
- -  GOVERNMENT OF: ...  Ge 3:16; 18:19; Es 1:20,22; 1Co 7:10; 11:3,7-9; Eph 5:22-24; Col 3:18; 1Ti 3:2,4,5; 1Pe 3:1,6|
- -  INFELICITY IN: ...  Pr 11:22; 12:4; 14:1; 15:17; 18:19; 19:13; 21:9,19; 25:24; 27:15,16; 30:21,23|
- -  INSTANCES OF INFELICITY IN
......  Of Abraham, on account of Hagar: ...  Ge 16:5; 21:10,11|
......  Of Isaac, on account of the disagreement between Jacob and Esau: ...  Ge 27:4-46|
......  Of Jacob, the bigamic jealousy between Leah and Rachel: ...  Ge 29:30-34; 30:1-25|
......  Moses and Zipporah: ...  Ex 4:25,26|
......  Elkanah, on account of bigamic feuds: ...  1Sa 1:4-7|
......  David and Michal: ...  2Sa 6:16,20-23|
......  Ahasuerus, on account of Vashti's refusing to appear before his drunken courtiers: ...  Es 1:10-22|
- -  PERSIAN, DOMESTIC CUSTOMS: ...  Es 1:10-22|
......  See HAREM

- -  RELIGION OF THE: ...  Ge 12:7,8; 13:3,4; 17:12-14; 18:19; De 4:9,10; 11:19,20; 12:5-7,11,12; Jos 24:15; Ps 101:2; Jer 7:18; Ac 10:1-6,33,44,47,48; 16:25-34; 18:8; 1Co 1:16|
 
 

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FAMINE
- -  Sent by God: ...  Ps 10:16|
- -  Often on account of sin: ...  Le 26:21,26; La 4:4-6|
- -  One of God's four sore judgments: ...  Eze 14:21|
- -  Pharaoh forewarned of, in dreams: ...  Ge 41|
- -  Described: ...  De 28:53-57; Isa 5:13; 9:18-21; 17:11; Jer 5:17; 14:1-6; 48:33; La 1:11,19; 2:11-22; 4:4-10; Joe 1:17-20|
- -  Sent as a judgment: ...  Le 26:19-29; De 28:23,24,38-42; 1Ki 17:1; 2Ki 8:1; 1Ch 21:12; Ps 105:16; 107:33,34; Isa 3:1-8; 14:30; Jer 19:9; 14:15-22; 29:17,19; La 5:4,5,10; Eze 4:16,17; 5:16,17; 14:13; Joe 1:15,16; Am 4:6-9; 5:16,17; Hag 1:10,11; Mt 24:7; Lu 21:11; Re 6:5-8|
- -  Cannibalism in: ...  De 28:53; 2Ki 6:28|
- -  Righteous delivered from: ...  Job 5:20; Ps 33:19; 37:19|
- -  FIGURATIVE: ...  Am 8:11|
- -  INSTANCES OF
......  In Canaan: ...  Ge 12:10; 26:1; 2Sa 21:1; 1Ki 17; 18:1; 2Ki 6:25-29; 7:4|
......  In Jerusalem, from siege: ...  2Ki 25:3; Jer 52:6|
......  In Egypt: ...  Ge 41:53-57|
......  Universal: ...  Ac 11:28|
- -  CAUSED BY
......  God's blessing withheld: ...  Ho 2:8,9; Hag 1:6|
......  Want of seasonable rain: ...  1Ki 17:1; Jer 14:1-4; Am 4:7|
......  Rotting of the seed in the ground: ...  Joe 1:17|
......  Swarms of insects: ...  De 28:38,42; Joe 1:4|
......  Blasting and mildew: ...  Am 4:9; Hag 2:17|
......  Devastation by enemies: ...  De 28:33,51|
- -  Often long continued: ...  Ge 41:27; 2Ki 8:1,2|
- -  Often severe: ...  Ge 12:10; 1Ki 18:2; Jer 52:6|
- -  EXPRESSED BY
......  Taking away the stay of bread, &c: ...  Isa 3:1|
......  Cleanness of Teeth: ...  Am 4:6|
......  The arrows of famine: ...  Eze 5:16|
- -  Often accompanied by war: ...  Jer 14:15; 29:18|
- -  Often followed by pestilence: ...  Jer 42:17; Eze 7:15; Mt 24:7|
- -  THINGS EATEN DURING
......  Wild herbs: ...  2Ki 4:39,40|
......  Ass's flesh: ...  2Ki 6:25|
......  Dung: ...  2Ki 6:25; La 4:5|
......  Human flesh: ...  Le 26:29; 2Ki 6:28,29|
- -  Provisions sold by weight during: ...  Eze 4:16|
- -  Suffering of brute creation from: ...  Jer 14:5,6|
- -  CAUSED
......  Burning and fever: ...  De 32:24|
......  Blackness of the skin: ...  La 4:8; 5:10|
......  Grief and mourning: ...  Joe 1:11-13|
......  Faintness: ...  Ge 47:13|
......  Wasting of the body: ...  La 4:8; Eze 4:17|
......  Death: ...  2Ki 7:4; Jer 11:22|
- -  God provided for his people during: ...  1Ki 17:4,9; Job 5:20; Ps 33:19; 37:19|
- -  INSTANCES OF, IN SCRIPTURE
......  In the days of Abraham: ...  Ge 12:10|
......  In the days of Isaac: ...  Ge 26:1|
......  In the days of Joseph: ...  Ge 41:53-56|
......  In the day of the Judges: ...  Ru 1:1|
......  In the reign of David: ...  2Sa 21:1|
......  In the reign of Ahab: ...  1Ki 17:1; 18:5|
......  In the time of Elisha: ...  2Ki 4:38|
......  During the siege of Samaria: ...  2Ki 6:25|
......  Of seven years foretold by Elisha: ...  2Ki 8:1|
......  In the time of Jeremiah: ...  Jer 14:1|
......  During the siege of Jerusalem: ...  2Ki 25:3|
......  After the captivity: ...  Ne 5:3|
......  In the reign of Claudius Caesar: ...  Ac 11:28|
......  Before destruction of Jerusalem: ...  Mt 24:7|
- -  The Jews in their restored state not to be afflicted by: ...  Eze 36:29,30|
- -  ILLUSTRATIVE OF
......  A dearth of the means of grace: ...  Am 8:11,12|
......  Destruction of idols: ...  Zep 2:11|