{"query": "The Servant Who Buried the Talent", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_15a8336a6fb0", "title": "The Servant Who Buried the Talent", "shelf": "reference", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Receives one talent; afraid of the master, hides it in the ground; returns exactly what was given; called wicked and slothful; the talent given to the one who already had ten.\n\nFailure mode: Fear-driv"}, {"id": "card_c_90472e472ae6", "title": "A parable — Fear failure ↔ The Servant Who Buried the Talent", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "A servant was given one talent and feared losing it, so he buried it in the ground. When the master returned, the talent was safe... The master called him wicked... Faithfulness uses the gift; fear hi"}, {"id": "card_n_9b7efb5d3aa6", "title": "Easton: Burial", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The first burial we have an account of is that of Sarah (Gen. 23). The first commercial transaction recorded is that of the purchase of a burial-place, for which Abraham weighed to Ephron “four hundre"}, {"id": "card_src_book_69487", "title": "The complete servant Being a practical guide to the peculiar duties and business of all descriptions of servants, from the housekeeper to the servant of all-work, and from the land", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The complete servant Being a practical guide to the peculiar duties and business of all descriptions of servants, from the housekeeper to the servant of all-work, and from the land steward to the foot"}, {"id": "card_n_4a98ab3212d9", "title": "Easton: Talent", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Of silver contained 3,000 shekels (Ex. 38:25, 26), and was equal to 94 3/7 lbs. avoirdupois. The Greek talent, however, as in the LXX., was only 82 1/4 lbs. It was in the form of a circular mass, as t"}, {"id": "card_n_04502b1ebf95", "title": "A parable — Fear failure", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "A servant was given one talent and feared losing it, so he buried it in the ground. When the master returned, the talent was safe — exactly as it had been given. The master called him wicked, not for "}, {"id": "card_src_word_servant_girl", "title": "servant girl", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "servant girl: (noun) a girl who is a servant — syn: serving girl"}, {"id": "card_c_84d340c618ab", "title": "A parable — Fear failure ↔ Easton: Talent", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "A servant was given one talent and feared losing it, so he buried it in the ground.  — a concord the card itself states; mined + verified."}, {"id": "card_n_20a9445137c0", "title": "Revelation 1", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "1. This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,\n2. who testifie"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_1_corinthians_9_19", "title": "Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 9:19", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On 1 Corinthians 9:19 — The apostle takes occasion from what he had before discoursed to mention some other instances of his self-denial and parting with his liberty for the benefit of others.\nI. He a"}, {"id": "card_src_word_talent_agent", "title": "talent agent", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "talent agent: (noun) an agent who represents performers"}, {"id": "card_src_word_house_servant", "title": "house servant", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "house servant: (noun) a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household — syn: domestic, domestic help"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_proverbs_29_21", "title": "Matthew Henry on Proverbs 29:21", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Proverbs 29:21 — Note, 1. It is an imprudent thing in a master to be too fond of a servant, to advance him too fast, and admit him to be too familiar with him, to suffer him to be over-nice and cur"}, {"id": "card_n_e7b5f362ea38", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_02: Speak Lord, for thy servant heareth.(1) I am Thy servant; O give me understan...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Speak Lord, for thy servant heareth.(1) I am Thy servant; O give me understanding that I may know Thy testimonies. Incline my heart unto the words of Thy mouth.(2) Let thy speech distil as the dew. Th"}, {"id": "card_src_word_talent", "title": "talent", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "talent: (noun) natural abilities or qualities — syn: endowment, gift, natural endowment · (noun) a person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field or activity"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_proverbs_17_2", "title": "Matthew Henry on Proverbs 17:2", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Proverbs 17:2 — Note, 1. True merit does not go by dignity. All agree that the son in the family is more worthy than the servant (Joh 8:35), and yet sometimes it so happens that the servant is wise"}, {"id": "card_n_cb561b7563c2", "title": "Gehazi the Servant", "shelf": "reference", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Servant of Elisha; sees Naaman healed and his refused thanks; runs after the chariot with a story about young prophets needing silver; takes two talents and changes clothes; Elisha sees in spirit; the"}, {"id": "card_src_word_talent_scout", "title": "talent scout", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "talent scout: (noun) someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports) — syn: scout"}, {"id": "card_src_lex_h5411", "title": "H5411 — נְתִינִים (na.tin): temple servant", "shelf": "lexicon", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "נְתִינִים (na.tin), Strong's H5411: temple servant. 1) Nethinims 1a) temple slaves assigned to the Levites and priests for service in the sanctuary Aramaic equivalent: ne.tin (נְתִין \"temple servant\" "}, {"id": "card_src_comm_proverbs_30_10", "title": "Matthew Henry on Proverbs 30:10", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Proverbs 30:10 — Here is, I. A caution not to abuse other people's servants any more than our own, nor to make mischief between them and their masters, for it is an ill office, invidious, and what "}]}