Thematic Bible: Arts of the


Thematic Bible




and I go down to the potter's house, and lo, he is doing a work on the stones, Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofPotterWheels

The precious sons of Zion, Who are comparable with fine gold, How have they been reckoned earthen bottles, Work of the hands of a potter. Verse ConceptsClayPotterThings Like GoldGood PeoplePrice Of PeopleWhat Value Is Man?Worthweight

And Jehovah saith unto me, 'Cast it unto the potter;' the goodly price that I have been prized at by them, and I take the thirty silverlings, and cast them to the house of Jehovah, unto the potter. Verse ConceptsPotterProphecies Concerning ChristExpensivePrice Set On Individuals

the work of an engraver in stone, openings of a signet, thou dost open the two stones by the names of the sons of Israel; turned round, embroidered with gold, thou dost make them. Verse ConceptsCraftsmenArts And Crafts, Types ofSealsPlaitingengravingGold Items For The Tabernacl

and if the ministration of the death, in letters, engraved in stones, came in glory, so that the sons of Israel were not able to look stedfastly to the face of Moses, because of the glory of his face -- which was being made useless, Verse ConceptsShining FacesMinistry, Nature OfMoses, Significance OfSpiritually DeadLight Of God's PeopleengravingGod Bestowing GloryMinistry

Lo, on the palms of the hand I have graven thee, Thy walls are before Me continually. Verse ConceptsengravingArtCherishingGod's HandWalled TownsWriting On Peoplescars

and they say each one to his neighbour, 'Give help, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly:' and the brick is to them for stone, and the bitumen hath been to them for mortar. Verse ConceptsBricksequipping, physicalBakingBuilding

Ye do not add to give straw to the people for the making of the bricks, as heretofore -- they go and have gathered straw for themselves; and the proper quantity of the bricks which they are making heretofore ye do put on them, ye do not diminish from it, for they are remiss, therefore they are crying, saying, Let us go, let us sacrifice to our God;

and now, go, serve; and straw is not given to you, and the measure of bricks ye do give.'

and for the altar of perfume refined gold by weight, and for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubs of gold -- spreading and covering over the ark of the covenant of Jehovah. Verse ConceptsWingsCherubim, As DecorationsHeavenly Chariots

And who is bearing the day of his coming? And who is standing in his appearing? For he is as fire of a refiner, And as soap of a fuller. And he hath sat, a refiner and purifier of silver, And he hath purified the sons of Levi, And hath refined them as gold and as silver, And they have been to Jehovah bringing nigh a present in righteousness.

And it cometh to pass, in their coming in, in David's returning from smiting the Philistine, that the women come out from all the cities of Israel to sing -- also the dancers -- to meet Saul the king, with tabrets, with joy, and with three-stringed instruments; Verse ConceptsJoy, And Human ExperienceLeisure, And PastimesVirginMusic To Celebratehomecoming

And David saith to the heads of the Levites to appoint their brethren the singers, with instruments of song, psalteries, and harps, and cymbals, sounding, to lift up with the voice for joy. Verse ConceptsHarpsLyreMusiciansMusical Instruments, types ofSingersOccupationsSingingSongsCymbalsInstrumentalistsLyres

And Hiram king of Tyre sendeth messengers unto David, and cedar-trees, and artificers of wood, and artificers of stone, for walls, and they build a house for David, Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofCraftsmenMessengers Sent OutCedarCarpentersBuildingMasonsStonesZion, As A PlaceCommerceCedar Wood

And the king and Jehoiada give it unto the doers of the work of the service of the house of Jehovah, and they are hiring hewers and artificers to renew the house of Jehovah, and also -- to artificers in iron and brass to strengthen the house of Jehovah. Verse ConceptsCraftsmenBronzeCarpentersHiringIronMasonsreinforcement

'And if an altar of stones thou dost make to Me, thou dost not build them of hewn work; when thy tool thou hast waved over it, then thou dost pollute it; Verse ConceptsAltars, Made OfDefilement, Ceremonial CausesArchitectureToolsCutting StonesLack Of Holiness

And with thee in abundance are workmen, hewers and artificers of stone and of wood, and every skilful man for every work. Verse ConceptsCarpentersWisdom, Human NatureMen Workingcraftsmanship

and Joseph commandeth his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father, and the physicians embalm Israel; and they fulfil for him forty days, for so they fulfil the days of the embalmed, and the Egyptians weep for him seventy days.

And Joseph dieth, a son of an hundred and ten years, and they embalm him, and he is put into a coffin in Egypt. Verse ConceptsAge, Lived Over 100embalmingBurials, FeaturesPreparation For BurialAge At DeathDeath ApproachingImmigrants

And Zillah she also bare Tubal-Cain, an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron; and a sister of Tubal-Cain is Naamah. Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofAbel and CainBronzeequipping, physicalIronMetalsToolsInventionsBlacksmithsBrassNamed SistersBronze Shacklesmakeup

And an artificer is not found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, 'Lest the Hebrews make sword or spear;' Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofMetalworkersBlacksmiths

And every wise-hearted woman hath spun with her hands, and they bring in yarn, the blue, and the purple, the scarlet, and the linen; Verse ConceptsLinenSkillSpinning And WeavingRed MaterialBlue ClothPurple ClothSkilled PeopleBlue Purple And ScarletWomen Working

Her hands she hath sent forth on a spindle, And her hands have held a distaff. Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofFingersOccupationsSpinning And Weaving


And Zillah she also bare Tubal-Cain, an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron; and a sister of Tubal-Cain is Naamah. Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofAbel and CainBronzeequipping, physicalIronMetalsToolsInventionsBlacksmithsBrassNamed SistersBronze Shacklesmakeup

In those days I have seen in Judah those treading wine-vats on sabbath, and bringing in the sheaves, and lading on the asses, and also, wine, grapes, and figs, and every burden, yea, they are bringing in to Jerusalem on the sabbath-day, and I testify in the day of their selling provision. Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofFig treeAgriculture, TermsGrapesReformationRest, PhysicalWinepressFigsTreading GrapesSabbath Violated

-- 'A wine-press I have trodden by myself, And of the peoples there is no one with me, And I tread them in mine anger, And I trample them in my fury, Sprinkled is their strength on my garments, And all my clothing I have polluted. Verse ConceptsGod AloneCovered With Blood

Elders of Gebal and its wise men have been in thee, Strengthening thy breach; All ships of the sea and their mariners, Have been in thee, to trade with thy merchandise. Verse ConceptsCraftsmenArts And Crafts, Types ofSealing ThingsMarinersShips For TradingSkilled People

Thy wealth and thy remnants, Thy merchandise, thy mariners, And thy pilots, strengtheners of thy breach, And the traders of thy merchandise, And all thy men of war, who are in thee, And in all thine assembly that is in thy midst, Fall into the heart of the seas in the day of thy fall, Verse ConceptsMarinersSoldiersSealing ThingsThings Fallingsailing

And it cometh to pass, after these things -- the butler of the king of Egypt and the baker have sinned against their lord, against the king of Egypt; Verse ConceptsCupbearerBakersArts And Crafts, Types ofOffenceButlersWronging Other People

'And your daughters he doth take for perfumers, and for cooks, and for bakers; Verse ConceptsGirlsBakersBakingArts And Crafts, Types ofPerfumeBaking Breadcooking

and thou hast made it a holy anointing oil, a compound mixture, work of a compounder; it is a holy anointing oil. Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofAnointing With OilPerfumeAaron, As High PriestOlive OilDrugs

and thou hast made it a perfume, a compound, work of a compounder, salted, pure, holy; Verse ConceptsPerfumePure ThingsSourness

and with him is Aholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and designer, and embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and in linen. Verse ConceptsLinenOccupationsSkillRed MaterialBlue ClothPurple ClothengravingBlue Purple And Scarlet

He hath filled them with wisdom of heart to do every work, of engraver, and designer, and embroiderer (in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in linen), and weaver, who do any work, and of designers of designs. Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofCraftsmenRed MaterialBlue ClothPurple ClothengravingSkilled PeopleFilling PeopleBlue Purple And ScarletWisdomGifts And Talentsartistswoodworkingcraftsmanship

And he giveth back the money to his mother, and his mother taketh two hundred silverlings, and giveth them to a refiner, and he maketh them a graven image, and a molten image, and it is in the house of Micah. Verse ConceptsCraftsmenMetalworkersSkill

Spread-out silver from Tarshish is brought, And gold from Uphaz, Work of an artisan, and of the hands of a refiner, Blue and purple is their clothing, Work of the skilful -- all of them. Verse ConceptsColors, BlueGoldSilverSkillToolsWisdom, Human NatureCommercePurple ClothesSkilled Peopleartistscraftsmanship

And Noah remaineth a man of the ground, and planteth a vineyard, Verse ConceptsNoahVineyardPlanting VineyardsFarmersCultivationActivity BegunAgricultureFarming


Build ye houses, and abide; and plant ye gardens, and eat their fruit; Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalGardensWaiting Till Marriage

Jesus saith to her, 'Woman, why dost thou weep? whom dost thou seek;' she, supposing that he is the gardener, saith to him, 'Sir, if thou didst carry him away, tell me where thou didst lay him, and I will take him away;' Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofHorticultureLordship, Human And DivineCarrying Dead BodiesTaking ChristWhere Are People?

and in graving of stone for settings, and in graving of wood to work in all work. Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofSplitting WoodCutting StonesWood And Stonewoodworkingcraftsmanship

And the cedar for the house within is carvings of knobs and openings of flowers; the whole is cedar, there is not a stone seen. Verse ConceptsFlowersCarvings Of FlowersCedarArtCarvingCedar Wood

He hath filled them with wisdom of heart to do every work, of engraver, and designer, and embroiderer (in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in linen), and weaver, who do any work, and of designers of designs. Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofCraftsmenRed MaterialBlue ClothPurple ClothengravingSkilled PeopleFilling PeopleBlue Purple And ScarletWisdomGifts And Talentsartistswoodworkingcraftsmanship

The soldiers, therefore, when they did crucify Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to each soldier a part, also the coat, and the coat was seamless, from the top woven throughout, Verse ConceptsClothBody Of Christ, Physical DeathCrucifixion, Of ChristDressInner GarmentsDividing PlunderGarmentscrucifixion

And Adah beareth Jabal, he hath been father of those inhabiting tents and purchased possessions; Verse ConceptsNomadsTentsSpiritual FathersThose Who Kept Stock

and because of being of the same craft, he did remain with them, and was working, for they were tent-makers as to craft; Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofTentsIndustry, Examples OfTentmakingLike Good PeopleStaying Temporarilypartnershipvocation

And Hiram king of Tyre sendeth messengers unto David, and cedar-trees, and artificers of wood, and artificers of stone, for walls, and they build a house for David, Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofCraftsmenMessengers Sent OutCedarCarpentersBuildingMasonsStonesZion, As A PlaceCommerceCedar Wood

Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us?' -- and they were being stumbled at him. Verse ConceptsCraftsmenCarpentersArts And Crafts, Types ofSonsRejection Of ChristWork, As Ordained By GodProphecies Concerning ChristChrist, Names ForChrist, Humanity OfChrist's Earthly FamilyStumbling Over ChristWho He Might BeHalf brothersSiblingswoodworking

And the king of Asshur sendeth Tartan, and the chief of the eunuchs, and the chief of the butlers, from Lachish, unto king Hezekiah, with a heavy force, to Jerusalem, and they go up and come in to Jerusalem, and they go up, and come in and stand by the conduit of the upper pool that is in the highway of the fuller's field. Verse ConceptsCommanderLargenessOccupationsSiegesActual Attacks On JerusalemWater ChannelLarge Armies

and his garments became glittering, white exceedingly, as snow, so as a fuller upon the earth is not able to whiten them. Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofPurity, Moral And SpiritualColors, WhiteChrist GlorifiedGod's Glory In Jesus ChristWhite And Bright ClothesWhite ClothsClean ClothesTransfiguration

and it came to pass, that he remained many days in Joppa, with a certain one, Simon a tanner. Verse ConceptsTanningOccupations

this one doth lodge with a certain Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea; this one shall speak to thee what it behoveth thee to do.' Verse ConceptsLeatherArts And Crafts, Types ofOccupationsSeashores

Inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad have been rowers to thee, Thy wise men, O Tyre, have been in thee, They are thy pilots. Elders of Gebal and its wise men have been in thee, Strengthening thy breach; All ships of the sea and their mariners, Have been in thee, to trade with thy merchandise.

'And your daughters he doth take for perfumers, and for cooks, and for bakers; Verse ConceptsGirlsBakersBakingArts And Crafts, Types ofPerfumeBaking Breadcooking

also to appoint for himself heads of thousands, and heads of fifties; also to plow his plowing, and to reap his reaping; and to make instruments of his war, and instruments of his charioteer. Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofPloughingWeaponsPloughmenAssignment

And a navy hath king Solomon made in Ezion-Geber, that is beside Eloth, on the edge of the Sea of Suph, in the land of Edom. Verse ConceptsThe NavyAccumulatingOther References To The Red Sea

The graven image poured out hath a artisan, And a refiner with gold spreadeth it over, And chains of silver he is refining. Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofBeauty, In ArtefactsChainsGoldMetalworkersGoldsmithscraftsmanship

And he saith unto her, 'If they certainly bind me with thick bands, new ones, by which work hath not been done, then I have been weak, and have been as one of the human race.' Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofUnused

and thou -- thou dost speak unto all the wise of heart, whom I have filled with a spirit of wisdom, and they have made the garments of Aaron to sanctify him for his being priest to Me. Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofGiving, Of TalentsOccupationsWisdom, Human NatureWisdom, Source Of HumanConsecrationSewingGod Gives Wisdomcraftsmanship

Out of Ephraim their root is against Amalek. After thee, Benjamin, among thy peoples. Out of Machir came down lawgivers, And out of Zebulun those drawing with the reed of a writer. Verse ConceptsCaptainsRankRootsStaff

and rams' skins made red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood, Verse ConceptsRamsAnimals, Types OfDyeingAnimal SkinsRed Material

for a certain one, Demetrius by name, a worker in silver, making silver sanctuaries of Artemis, was bringing to the artificers gain not a little, Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofCraftsmenSculptureShrinesSilverSkill

Iron from the dust is taken, And from the firm stone brass. Verse ConceptsIronMinerals