OF SAINTS
Blessed
Psalms 128:3,6
Should be taught God’s word
Deuteronomy 4:9,10
Worship God together
1 Corinthians 16:19
Be duly regulated
Proverbs 31:27; 1 Timothy 3:4,5,12
Live in unity
Genesis 45:24; Psalms 133:1
Live in mutual forbearance
Genesis 50:17-21; Matthew 18:21,22
Rejoice together before God
Deuteronomy 14:26
Deceivers and liars should be removed from
Psalms 101:7
Warned against departing from God
Deuteronomy 29:18
Punishment of irreligious
Jeremiah 10:25
GOOD, EXEMPLIFIED
Abraham
Genesis 18:19
Jacob
Genesis 35:2
Joshua
Joshua 24:15
David
2 Samuel 6:20
Job
Job 1:5
Lazarus of Bethany
John 11:1-5
Cornelius
Acts 10:2,33
Lydia
Acts 16:15
Jailor of Philippi
Acts 16:31-34
Crispus
Acts 18:8
Lois
2 Timothy 1:5
INSTITUTED
Genesis 2:23,24
GOVERNMENT OF
Genesis 3:16; 18:19; Esther 1:20,22; 1 Corinthians 7:10; 11:3,7-9; Ephesians 5:22-24; Colossians 3:18; 1 Timothy 3:2,4,5; 1 Peter 3:1,6
INFELICITY IN
Proverbs 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
Genesis 16:5; 21:10,11
Of Isaac, on account of the disagreement between Jacob and Esau
Genesis 27:4-46
Of Jacob, the bigamic jealousy between Leah and Rachel
Genesis 29:30-34; 30:1-25
Moses and Zipporah
Exodus 4:25,26
Elkanah, on account of bigamic feuds
1 Samuel 1:4-7
David and Michal
2 Samuel 6:16,20-23
Ahasuerus, on account of Vashti’s refusing to appear before His drunken courtiers
Esther 1:10-22
PERSIAN, DOMESTIC CUSTOMS
Esther 1:10-22
RELIGION OF THE FAMILY
Genesis 12:7,8; 13:3,4; 17:12-14; 18:19; Deuteronomy 4:9,10; 11:19,20; 12:5-7,11,12; Joshua 24:15; Psalms 101:2; Jeremiah 7:18; Acts 10:1-6,33,44,47,48; 16:25-34; 18:8; 1 Corinthians 1:16
