The Wiersbe Bible Commentary: Old Testament
Warren W. Wiersbe
Bible Commentaries
Chapters 168
- was published in 1991. There are now forty-two books available in the entire series, and com- ≈ 714 min
- law because the law had not yet been given. He could are writing your obituary and preparing your "last will ≈ 209 min
- 12 As far as we know, Dinah was the only daughter in the family; safer with them than with the people of the land. At ≈ 1290 min
- done before, Moses fell on his face before the Lord respect their authority. It's a dangerous thing for people ≈ 9 min
- called Dathan and Abiram to come to the meeting, but work on which the sacrifices were burned, or were ≈ 9 min
- prove once and for all that He had chosen Aaron and the nation but disobedience brings death and cursing. Joshua ≈ 66 min
- 10:13; 2 Sam. 1:18) and The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel ≈ 7 min
- and of Judah (1 Kings 14:19, 29). ≈ 7 min
- 5 In our Lord's synagogue sermon in John 6, note how many ≈ 58 min
- 4 Some commentators suggest that they did their evil deed right second census.1 As with the first census (1:1–46), ≈ 586 min
- covenant made by their ancestors at Sinai, and that would become an example to others of what happens ≈ 490 min
- the strictest sense, but it certainly tells us a great deal ≈ 8 min
- Testament Scriptures, this book was written both to ≈ 8 min
- warn us (1 Cor. 10:11) and to encourage us (Rom. ≈ 8 min
- 15:4). Therefore, we ought to take time to review ≈ 8 min
- Joshua's life and ministry and learn from him lessons ≈ 8 min
- that will help us know the Lord better and serve Him ≈ 8 min
- more effectively. ≈ 8 min
- Joshua's preparation ≈ 680 min
- scene, and a new generation had emerged in Israel with they were rejecting God, and this grieved Samuel's ≈ 1137 min
- were harsh. Instead of lightening the yoke, Rehoboam and chosen the wrong mediator. What else wrong ≈ 214 min
- please the Lord (17:1–6). He sent teaching priests back. Jehoshaphat's son was married to Ahab's daugh- ≈ 409 min
- of twenty-two, which means he was born in 709, so he realm of the dead (v. 10). He was in the prime of his ≈ 125 min
- A. A second group arrives with Ezra—7—8 ≈ 3 min
- A. A second group arrives with Ezra—7—8 ≈ 3 min
- A. A second group arrives with Ezra—7—8 ≈ 3 min
- A. A second group arrives with Ezra—7—8 ≈ 11 min
- God not only stirred the spirit of Cyrus to grant freedom Zerubbabel, and Zechariah 4:9 confirms it. It seems ≈ 47 min
- Cyrus had left containing the edict that governed the had organized the priests into twenty-four courses so they ≈ 247 min
- he walls were completed, the gates were restored, in big jobs" (12). British essayist Walter Savage Landor ≈ 83 min
- CHAPTER TEN His oath, which the Lord your God makes with us ≈ 108 min
- 490. While preparing to return to Greece and get As you study the book of Esther, you will discover ≈ 497 min
- (Job 32; note v. 8) As a younger man, Elihu couldn't claim to have wide ≈ 8 min
- 34:10–12) Spirit of God. The Holy Spirit had instructed Elihu's ≈ 8 min
- 34:10–12) Spirit of God. The Holy Spirit had instructed Elihu's ≈ 8 min
- 36:5, 26) Elihu didn't need the wisdom that comes with experi- ≈ 271 min
- and oversight so that he might honor the Lord and Giver is wickedness indeed. If Jesus is the Lord of our ≈ 171 min
- (69:17; 70:1, 5; 71:12; 141:1; 143:7) and be to him a committed his circumstances into God's hands. "My ≈ 382 min
- and He lifts them up (1 Peter 5:6). A Jew could search ≈ 816 min
- Proverbs? temple (1 Chron. 22:15). Wisdom isn't something the- ≈ 8 min
- Written? brevity and richness of good proverbs. Proverbs are ≈ 17 min
- In Jesus Christ "are hid all the treasures of wisdom and of the classics," he wrote to a friend in college. "True, ≈ 17 min
- This paragraph records three voices that the person made for the marketplace, not the ivory tower; we ≈ 9 min
- In His mercy, the Lord continues to call to sinners theology," they concluded that Job was a great sinner or ≈ 9 min
- Instead of going to the busy places of the city, Wisdom Once again, Wisdom promises to give us long life ≈ 17 min
- The key verses in this chapter are verses 5–6, a promise also" (Matt. 6:21 nkjv). ≈ 60 min
- From this chapter on, we'll be studying the book of The entire book of Proverbs is a guide to attaining wis- ≈ 33 min
- The simple are the naive people who believe every- ≈ 8 min
- The English words fool and folly come from the Latin "The lips of the wise disperse knowledge, but the heart of ≈ 26 min
- The book of Proverbs opens with a stern warning began His public ministry, Jesus worked as a carpenter ≈ 9 min
- Had the nation of Israel obeyed God's laws, their land trol. "A poor man's field may produce abundant food, ≈ 9 min
- Diligent hands are directed by a diligent heart, and this God blesses diligent people for their generosity. ≈ 17 min
- According to Scripture, God established three human the only thing he should look for; it's also important ≈ 17 min
- In ancient Israel, a Jewish husband and wife would no children will have spiritual wisdom when the time ≈ 8 min
- G. K. Chesterton said that God commanded us to love about a matter, because it may be wrong (18:17); ≈ 43 min
- Good "Why do you serve me the same food as both the ≈ 9 min
- The Hebrew words in Proverbs that are translated obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall ≈ 17 min
- The life of righteousness must not become a solitary the godly are included in the blessing. "The righteous ≈ 16 min
- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not the Father is always on schedule (John 11:6–10). ≈ 9 min
- "A wise son heeds his father's instruction" (Prov. 13:1 up knowledge" (10:14 nkjv), because you never know ≈ 9 min
- We must never think that in determining the will of He may direct us through providential circumstances. ≈ 9 min
- itself wasn't considered sinful. The problem was what ≈ 16 min
- We live in a world of illusion, with people trying to Business magazines praise the "pyramid climbers" who ≈ 8 min
- Many theologians believe that pride is the "sin of all maybe it's because we're in the last days. We expect to ≈ 17 min
- The fact that God is holy and just assures us that there understanding of divine sovereignty is a stimulus to bib- ≈ 26 min
- Ecclesiastes 3 1117 ≈ 5 min
- Ecclesiastes 3 1117 ≈ 5 min
- Time and Toil ≈ 5 min
- Enjoy life. 2:24 Ecclesiastes 4 1120 ≈ 5 min
- Ecclesiastes 6 1126 ≈ 5 min
- Ecclesiastes 6 1126 ≈ 5 min
- Enjoy life. 8:15 Ecclesiastes 9 1135 ≈ 5 min
- Enjoy life. 8:15 Ecclesiastes 9 1135 ≈ 5 min
- Enjoy life. 8:15 Ecclesiastes 9 1135 ≈ 5 min
- Enjoy life. 9:7–10 What Life Is All About ≈ 5 min
- Enjoy life. 9:7–10 What Life Is All About ≈ 5 min
- Enjoy life. 9:7–10 What Life Is All About ≈ 86 min
- the moment of our death, God is accomplishing His and a time to say good-bye." This might also refer to ≈ 17 min
- Knowing that God is in sovereign control of life (3:1), we "Politics" has been defined as "the conduct of public ≈ 32 min
- haps to "bribe" the Lord ("If God answers my prayer, I in 2:1–11, and some of those ideas are repeated here. ≈ 8 min
- is not the magic "cure-all" for every problem. In fact, can bring. In the closing verses of the chapter (vv. ≈ 41 min
- don't get much lasting good. (Again, Solomon used a tomorrow may not come, so make the most of today. ≈ 17 min
- "Wisdom makes one wise man more powerful than ten have learning equal to that of a man. It was considered ≈ 50 min
- Ecclesiastes 10 ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break ≈ 121 min
- 36—37 Isaiah 28—31 1172 ≈ 4 min
- Isaiah 32—35 1176 ≈ 86 min
- Isaiah's name means "Jehovah is salvation," and "sal- called history "the unrolled scroll of prophecy," and ≈ 58 min
- Only those who have trusted Jesus Christ will enter James 4:4. ≈ 260 min
- B. The coming Babylonian invasion—14—16 Jeremiah 18—20 1230 ≈ 4 min
- B. The coming Babylonian invasion—14—16 Jeremiah 18—20 1230 ≈ 4 min
- B. The coming Babylonian invasion—14—16 Jeremiah 18—20 1230 ≈ 4 min
- B. Jerusalem falls—39 Jeremiah 40—45 1253 ≈ 4 min
- B. Jerusalem falls—39 Jeremiah 40—45 1253 ≈ 85 min
- describes the grace and unfailing love of the Lord toward His does refer to Genesis 1, then we must believe in a pre-Ada ≈ 165 min
- Scriptures as Psalms 115:3; 135:6; Isaiah 46:9–11; Daniel 36:13; see Ezek. 17:11–18); now Judah was suffering ≈ 8 min
- for jar. Perhaps Jeremiah had put water in the clay flask and cers, to see whether the prophet could get guidance ≈ 8 min
- Immer (Jer. 20:1), the son of Malchijah (21:1), and the father nouncements to the king (Jer. 21:3–7), the people (vv. ≈ 8 min
- and named Babylon as the aggressor (Isa. 6:11–13; 11:11–12; bring about Jerusalem's defeat! Judah's military might ≈ 82 min
- more than one yoke and that he sent a yoke to each of the to His servants through dreams (Dan. 10:9; Zech. 4:1). ≈ 42 min
- Seraiah was a staff officer in the king's service (Jer. 51:59 niv), But behind their "unwise politics" was a more insidi ≈ 8 min
- also used by Moses (Num. 11:23) and Job (Job 42:2). Gabriel God's Word Dishonored (34:1—35:19) ≈ 8 min
- "kingdom promises" are to be taken literally or interpreted in East was attacking God's chosen people (see Ps. 74). ≈ 8 min
- dom. For further study, see There Really Is a Difference by court officials would not escape judgment and that he ≈ 8 min
- commanded them not to live in houses, not to have Inspiration is not some kind of "heavenly dictation," as ≈ 104 min
- Word of God. Since hindsight always has twenty-twenty office, he stuck with it and continued to serve the Lord. ≈ 8 min
- persecuted. The civil and religious leaders of Judah pre- Any servant of God who tries to reach and change ≈ 8 min
- today's human standards of ministry, Jeremiah was a became like Jesus because he shared "the fellowship of ≈ 5 min
- Jesus Christ. When Jesus asked His disciples who peo- It's a solemn responsibility for a people to claim to ≈ 138 min
- (4—5) The judgment of Judah (4:4–8). At specified ≈ 1103 min
- Historical interlude: Amos at Bethel— prosperity and security. Luxury abounded (3:10–15; ≈ 5 min
- Historical interlude: Amos at Bethel— prosperity and security. Luxury abounded (3:10–15; ≈ 5 min
- Historical interlude: Amos at Bethel— prosperity and security. Luxury abounded (3:10–15; ≈ 5 min
- B. A vision of the glorious kingdom— sins of both nations were eroding the religious and ≈ 5 min
- B. A vision of the glorious kingdom— sins of both nations were eroding the religious and ≈ 136 min
- STOP—LOOK—LISTEN! plead any of the covenant promises of God because he ≈ 9 min
- STOP—LOOK—LISTEN! plead any of the covenant promises of God because he ≈ 9 min
- STOP—LOOK—LISTEN! plead any of the covenant promises of God because he ≈ 9 min
- there was no validity to Amos's message; he only been through tough times (see Acts 18:9–11; ≈ 9 min
- judgment. The first was that of an earthquake (v. 8) carried on by unauthorized priests, was an abomina- ≈ 14 min
- B. Divine judgment defended—10–16 razed the city (Ps. 137:7), but there is no evidence ≈ 6 min
- B. Divine judgment defended—10–16 razed the city (Ps. 137:7), but there is no evidence ≈ 6 min
- B. Divine judgment defended—10–16 razed the city (Ps. 137:7), but there is no evidence ≈ 6 min
- B. Divine judgment defended—10–16 razed the city (Ps. 137:7), but there is no evidence ≈ 6 min
- B. Divine judgment defended—10–16 razed the city (Ps. 137:7), but there is no evidence ≈ 6 min
- Jerusalem by the Philistines and Arabians, at which ≈ 6 min
- Jerusalem by the Philistines and Arabians, at which ≈ 6 min
- Jerusalem by the Philistines and Arabians, at which ≈ 6 min
- Jerusalem by the Philistines and Arabians, at which ≈ 22 min
- calamities sent to punish people at any time, and these God. Israel has returned to their land in unbelief, and ≈ 210 min
- "God's glory will fill the earth"—2:14 nation into exile. This happened in 606–586. ≈ 6 min
- "God's glory will fill the earth"—2:14 nation into exile. This happened in 606–586. ≈ 6 min
- "God's glory will fill the earth"—2:14 nation into exile. This happened in 606–586. ≈ 6 min
- "God is still on His throne"—2:20 had great faith in God. Because of the psalm in ≈ 6 min
- "God is still on His throne"—2:20 had great faith in God. Because of the psalm in ≈ 38 min
- "God's5:9 glorynasb),willanfillambitionthe earth"—2:14we all should imitate. walls and gates and buildings could be cons ≈ 8 min
- "God's5:9 glorynasb),willanfillambitionthe earth"—2:14we all should imitate. walls and gates and buildings could be cons ≈ 8 min
- "God's5:9 glorynasb),willanfillambitionthe earth"—2:14we all should imitate. walls and gates and buildings could be cons ≈ 8 min
- and they stopped at nothing to acquire wealth and when I recalled that the city was built with slave labor ≈ 34 min
- (the exodus) and to the future (deliverance from not allow ourselves to "fall apart." "Rest in the Lord, ≈ 14 min
- Zephaniah's major theme is the day of the Lord, ≈ 6 min
- that period of time when God will judge the nations ≈ 6 min
- and usher in His righteous kingdom.1 This theme is ≈ 6 min
- empire. King Manasseh (697–642) had led the peo- ≈ 6 min
- ple of Judah deeper and deeper into idolatry and the ≈ 6 min
- adoption of foreign ideas and customs, and Josiah ≈ 6 min
- the future judgment of the world? Most mod- tivity, and the prophet had to share this message with ≈ 32 min
- ings that come through faith in Christ. "For there is no they have God's presence with them and God's power ≈ 9 min
- ings that come through faith in Christ. "For there is no they have God's presence with them and God's power ≈ 9 min
- ings that come through faith in Christ. "For there is no they have God's presence with them and God's power ≈ 33 min
- A. The question of defilement—2:10–13 ≈ 3 min
- A. The question of defilement—2:10–13 ≈ 3 min
- A. The question of defilement—2:10–13 ≈ 3 min
- A. The question of defilement—2:10–13 ≈ 28 min
- had seen the temple before it was destroyed, but he to dwell with His people. "Then I will dwell among the ≈ 8 min
- certainly didn't weep with the rest of his peers. He Israelites and be their God. They will know that I am ≈ 8 min
- rejoiced that the work had begun, and he wanted to the Lord their God, who brought them out of Egypt so ≈ 8 min
- see it completed. that I might dwell among them" (Ex. 29:45–46 niv). ≈ 25 min
- encouraged by the Word of God. "So the elders of the Uzziah, "for he was greatly helped until he became ≈ 5 min
- God's temple. Haggai and Zechariah, an older man and defilement and not the condition of the heart. No amount of ≈ 5 min
- Apart from God's promises, we have no hope. As Vance 3 D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones. Preaching and Preachers (London: ≈ 5 min
- judged—1:18–21 God and His People ≈ 4 min
- judged—1:18–21 God and His People ≈ 4 min
- restored—2:1–13 God and His Leaders ≈ 4 min
- people—4:1–14 ≈ 4 min
- land—5:1–4 Truth, Traditions, and Promises ≈ 4 min
- 5:5–11 Messiah, the Shepherd-King ≈ 4 min
- 6:1–8 Redeemed, Refined, and Restored ≈ 80 min
- behold, the Lord will come with fire and with His char- cleanse them and protect them from their enemies. But ≈ 200 min
| Author | Warren W. Wiersbe |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Era | Modern |
| Categories | Bible Commentaries · Bible Study |
| Length | 168 chapters · ≈ 216 h 6 min read |
| Formats | Web Book · PDF |
