Thematic Bible: Characterized by
Thematic Bible
Brass » Characterized by » Fusibility
As they gather silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin into the furnace to blow fire on it in order to melt it, so I will gather you in My anger and in My wrath, and I will put you there and melt you.
“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross (metallic waste) to Me. All of them are (useless) bronze, tin, iron, and lead in the furnace; they are the dross of silver.
Brass » Characterized by » Sonorousness
If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love [for others growing out of God’s love for me], then I have become only a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal [just an annoying distraction].
Brass » Characterized by » Hardness
I will break your pride in your power, and I will make your sky like iron [giving no rain and blocking all prayers] and your ground like bronze [hard to plow and yielding no produce].
Brass » Characterized by » Yellow color
also 20 bowls of gold worth 1,000 darics, and two utensils of fine shiny bronze, precious as gold.
Brass » Characterized by » Strength
Camels » Characterized by » Its docility
He made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at the time of the evening when women go out to draw water.
Camels » Characterized by » The bunches on its back
A [mournful, inspired] oracle (a burden to be carried) concerning the beasts of the Negev (the South):
Through a land of trouble and anguish,
Fromwhere come lioness and lion, viper and [fiery] flying serpent,
They carry their riches on the shoulders of young donkeys
And their treasures on the humps of camels,
To a people (Egyptians) who cannot benefit them.
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They carry their riches on the shoulders of young donkeys
And their treasures on the humps of camels,
To a people (Egyptians) who cannot benefit them.
The Dead » Characterized by » Being incapable of motion
When I saw Him, I fell at His feet as though dead. And He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last [absolute Deity, the Son of God],
The guards shook, paralyzed with fear [at the sight] of him and became like dead men [pale and immobile].
The Dead » Characterized by » Ignorance of all human affairs
For the living know that they will die; but the dead know nothing, and they no longer have a reward [here], for the memory of them is forgotten.
The Dead » Characterized by » Absence of all human passions
Indeed their love, their hatred and their zeal have already perished, and they will no longer have a share [in this age] in anything that is done under the sun.
The Dead » Characterized by » Inability to glorify God
The dead do not praise the Lord,
Nor do any who go down into silence;
The Dead » Characterized by » Being without the spirit
For just as the [human] body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works [of obedience] is also dead.
Doves » Characterized by » Comeliness of countenance
(The Bridegroom)
“O my dove, [here] in the clefts in the rock,
In the sheltered and secret place of the steep pathway,
Let me see your face,
Let me hear your voice;
For your voice is sweet,
And your face is lovely.”
“O my dove, [here] in the clefts in the rock,
In the sheltered and secret place of the steep pathway,
Let me see your face,
Let me hear your voice;
For your voice is sweet,
And your face is lovely.”
Doves » Characterized by » Sweetness of voice
(The Bridegroom)
“O my dove, [here] in the clefts in the rock,
In the sheltered and secret place of the steep pathway,
Let me see your face,
Let me hear your voice;
For your voice is sweet,
And your face is lovely.”
“O my dove, [here] in the clefts in the rock,
In the sheltered and secret place of the steep pathway,
Let me see your face,
Let me hear your voice;
For your voice is sweet,
And your face is lovely.”
Doves » Characterized by » Softness of eyes
(The Bridegroom)
“Behold, how beautiful you are, my darling,
Behold, how beautiful you are!
Your eyes are dove’s eyes.”
“Behold, how beautiful you are, my darling,
Behold, how beautiful you are!
Your eyes are dove’s eyes.”
Doves » Characterized by » Simplicity
Doves » Characterized by » Richness of plumage
When you lie down [to rest] among the
You [Israel] are like the wings of a dove [of victory] overlaid with silver,
Its feathers glistening with gold [trophies taken from the enemy].
Righteousness » Saints » Characterized by
Far be it from You to do such a thing—to strike the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right [by executing just and righteous judgment]?”
Therefore the wicked [those disobedient and living without God] shall not stand [justified] in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous [those who are upright and in right standing with God]. For the Lord knows and is fully acquainted with the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly [those living outside God's will] shall perish (end in ruin and come to nought).
Seeking God » Saints » Characterized by
This is the generation (description) of those who diligently seek Him and require Him as their greatest need,
Who seek Your face, even [as did] Jacob.
Summer » Characterized by » Excessive heat
“For he will be [nourished] like a tree planted by the waters,
That spreads out its roots by the river;
And will not fear the heat when it comes;
But its leaves will be green and moist.
And it will not be anxious and concerned in a year of drought
Nor stop bearing fruit.
Summer » Characterized by » Excessive drought
For day and night Your hand [of displeasure] was heavy upon me;
My