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Nave Topical Bible
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Thompson Chain Reference
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Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
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Torrey Topical Textbook
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American Church Dictionary
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American Tract Society
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Fausset Bible Dictionary
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Holman Bible Dictionary
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Hastings' BibleDictionary
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Hastings' NT Dictionary
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King James Dictionary
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Morrish Bible Dictionary
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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
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Smith Bible Dictionary
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Vines' Expository Dictionary
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Webster Dictionary
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Watson's Theological Dictionary
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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The Catholic Encyclopedia
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The Jewish Encyclopedia
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Rings on the fingers were among the ornaments worn by Jews, both by men (Genesis 38:18; Genesis 38:25; Genesis 41:42, Luke 15:22) and by women (Isaiah 3:21). A warning against the wearing of rings by Christians is given in Apost. Const. i. 3. That it was needed we can see from the fact that in James 2:2 the Christian congregations are warned against paying undue respect to the man who comes into their assembly ‘with a gold ring’ (lit. ^{[Note: literally, literature.]} ‘golden-ringed’; his hands might be adorned with a number of rings). Clement of Alexandria, while forbidding to Christians such ornaments as are mere luxuries, makes an exception of the ring because of its use for the purpose of sealing.