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NIGGARD

A selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend

Sir_14:10 A wicked eye envieth [his] bread, and he is a niggard at his table.

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Sir_14:3 Riches are not comely for a niggard: and what should an envious man do with money?

Sir_31:24 But against him that is a niggard of his meat the whole city shall murmur; and the testimonies of his niggardness shall not be doubted of.

NIGGARD

(1):

 (n.) A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser.

(2):

 (v. t. & i.) To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly.

(3):

 (a.) Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy.

Php 3:17-19 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. :18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: :19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)  - Belly Motivates

Jas 3:14-15 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. :15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.  – Belly Sensual

Rom 16:17-18 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. :18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple. – Serve Own Belly

Pro 16:25-26 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. :26 He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.  – Our way leads to death

Mal_3:16 Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.

 Rom 15:4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

 Job 8:8 For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: :9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)

Rev_12:16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

Who are we?

2 Corinthians 11:22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.

What is Christ?

Mat_2:2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.

Mat_27:11 And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia  

Fast; Fasting

fast, fast´ing (????, cu¯m; ???? ????, ?inna¯h nephesh, “afflict soul or self,” i.e. practice self-denial; νηστει´α, ne¯stei´a, νηστευ´ειν, ne¯steu´ein)

Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

1. Abstinence from food; properly a total abstinence, but it is used also for an abstinence from particular kinds of food, for a certain time.

              Abstain

1.       Choose not to consume

2.      Act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite

Psalms 51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

Sacrifice

WordWeb Dictionary

1.       The act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.

Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

SAC'RIFICE, v.i. To make offerings to God by the slaughter and burning of victims, or of some part of them. Exo 3.

Broken

WordWeb Dictionary

1.       Subdued or brought low in condition or status

Contrite

WordWeb Dictionary

1.       Feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses

James 4:6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

WordWeb Dictionary

Grace

1.       A disposition to kindness and compassion

Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

1.    1. Favor; good will; kindness; disposition to oblige another; as a grant made as an act of grace.

RESIST

1. Literally, to stand against; to withstand; hence, to act in opposition, or to oppose. a dam

Humbled

1.    Made low; abased; rendered meek and submissive; penitent.

Psalms 35:13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

Mat_4:2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. – Christ fasted

Mat 17:15-21 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water. :16 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him. :17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me. :18 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour. :19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? :20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. :21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.  – Certain things CANNOT be overcome but by fasting

Mat_6:16-18 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. :17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; :18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

Tob_12:8 Prayer is good with fasting and alms and righteousness. A little with righteousness is better than much with unrighteousness. It is better to give alms than to lay up gold:

Joel  2:12 Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:

Scatter H02219 Zarah

1.       to scatter, fan, cast away, winnow, disperse, compass, spread, be scattered,

2.      be dispersed

3.      to winnow, sift

 

Scatter | Define Scatter at Dictionary.com

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Synonyms 1. broadcast. See sprinkle. 2. Scatter, dispel, disperse, dissipate imply separating and driving something away so that its original form disappears.

Prophecy/Warnings to Israel

Lev 26:33  And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.

 

Deu 4:27  And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.

Deu 28:64  And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.

Deu 32:26  I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:

Neh 1:8  Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:

Psa 44:11  Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.

Pope Pius IX declared the Immaculate Conception of Mary an article of faith on this day, December 8, 1854. According to his pronouncement in Ineffabilis Deus, Mary was given grace to be sinless at the instant of her conception. Sin was shut out of her. The teaching was controversial among Christians at large. Neither Protestant nor Orthodox accept it.1Jn 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

1Jn 4:2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

1Jn 4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

CONFIRMING, ppr. Making firm or more firm; strengthening; ratifying; giving additional evidence or proof; establishing.CALLED, pp. Invited; summoned; addressed; named; appointed; invoked; assembled by order; recited.

1 Peter 5:10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

ActS 14:22; Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.