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winepress, a pit where grapes were mashed to get the juice out. The winepress is sometimes used to describe how enemy armies will defeat people as if they were grapes crushed in a winepress.

• examples of, Judges 6:11; Matthew 21:33

• as a symbol of punishment, Lamentations 1:15; Revelation 14:19–20; 19:15

wisdom (WIZ-d’m) understanding what is really important in life. This wisdom comes from God. Proverbs 1:1–2, 7; 2; 4

• Solomon asked for, 1 Kings 4:29–34

• source of, James 1:5

• a parable about, Matthew 25:1–13

wise men, “magi”; men who studied the stars, Genesis 41:8; Exodus 7:11; Matthew 2:1–12

witchcraft, using the power of the devil to do magic.

• warnings against, Deuteronomy 18:10–12; Galatians 5:19–21

• examples of, 2 Kings 9:22; 2 Chronicles 33:6

witness, Acts 1:8, 22; 2:32; 22:14–15

woman

• created by God, Genesis 2:22–23

• how to treat a, 1 Timothy 5:2, 14

word, in the Bible often means God’s message to us in the Scriptures. Jesus is called the “Word” because he shows us what God is like.

• like a lamp, Psalm 119:105

• like a sword, Hebrews 4:12

• living in God’s people, John 15:7; Colossians 3:16; 1 John 2:14

• lasts forever, Matthew 24:35; 1 Peter 1:25

• people’s words, Proverbs 12:25; 25:11; Matthew 12:36–37

• as a message, 1 Peter 1:24–25; 1 John 2:14

• Jesus as the “Word,” John 1:1–5, 14; 1 John 1:1–2

work

• those who won’t, 2 Thessalonians 3:6–13

• of the vineyard workers, Matthew 20:1–16

• laziness, Proverbs 26:14–16

world, the planet Earth; also the people on this earth who follow Satan.

• as the Earth, 2 Samuel 22:16; Psalm 18:15

• as a symbol of wickedness, Romans 12:2; Ephesians 2:2

worship, to praise and serve God.

• commanded, Exodus 34:14; Luke 4:8; John 4:20–24

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