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Money Scripture - Deuteronomy 21:14

And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her....

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Daily Offering in Naves Topical Bible

Sacrificial Ex 29:38-42; 30:7-9; Nu 28:3-8; Ezr 3:4-6; Eze 46:13- 15; Da 9:21,26,27; 11:31; Ac 3:1 -See OFFERINGS -FIGURATIVE Joh 1:29,36; 1Pe 1:19...

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Milk in Smiths Bible Dictionary

As an article of diet, milk holds a more important position in eastern countries than with us. It is not a mere adjunct in cookery, or restricted to the use of the young, although it is naturally the characteristic food of childhood, both from its simple and nutritive qualities. 1Pe 2:2 and particularly as contrasted with meat, 1Co 3:2; Heb 5:...

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Cornerstone Scripture - Isaiah 28:16

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, 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....

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Money in Naves Topical Bible

Silver used as Ge 17:12,13,23,27; 20:16; 23:9,13; 31:15; 37:28; 42:25-35; 43:12-23; 44:1-8; 47:14-18; Ex 12:44; 21:11,21,34,35; 22:7,17,25; 30:16; Le 22:11; 25:37,51; 27:15,18; Nu 3:48-51; 18:16; De 2:6,28; 14:25,26; 21:14; 23:19; Jud 5:19; 16:18; 17:4; 1Ki 21:2,6,15; 2Ki 5:26; 12:4,7-16; 15:20; 22:7,9; 23:35; 2Ch 24:5,11,14; 34:9,14,17;...

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Money Scripture - 2 Chronicles 24:14

And when they had finished [it], they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, [even] vessels to minister, and to offer [withal], and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada....

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Milk in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

milk (chalabh; gala; Latin lac (2 Esdras 2:19; 8:10)): The fluid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals for the nourishment of their young. The word is used in the Bible of that of human beings (Isa 28:9) as well as of that of the lower animals (Ex 23:19). As a food it ranked next in importance to bread (Ecclesiasticus 39:26). Israel...

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Cornerstone Scripture - Matthew 21:42

Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?...

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Cornerstone in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

kor'-ner ston (pinnah, zawith; akrogoniaios): Part of the public or imposing buildings, to which importance has been attached in all ages and in many nations, both on account of its actual service and its figurative meaning. Ordinarily its use in the Bible is figurative, or symbolical. No doubt the original meaning was some important stone, wh...

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Money in Smiths Bible Dictionary

1. Uncointed money. --It is well known that ancient nations that were without a coinage weighed the precious metals, a practice represented on the Egyptian monuments, on which gold and silver are shown to have been kept in the form of rings. We have no evidence of the use of coined money before the return from the Babylonian captivity; but sil...

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