Thematic Bible: Divine Ownership
Thematic Bible
divine Ownership » Of the natural world
Indeed, every animal of the forest is mine, even the cattle on a thousand hills.
The earth and everything in it exists for the LORD the world and those who live in it.
And now if you carefully obey me and keep my covenant, you are to be my special possession out of all the nations, because the whole earth belongs to me,
"The land is not to be sold with any finality, because the land belongs to me. You're sojourners and travelers with me.
But who am I, and who are my people, that we make such voluntary offerings as these? For all things come from you, and from your own hand we are giving to you.
Gilead belongs to me, and Manasseh is mine. Ephraim is my helmet, and Judah my scepter.
Heaven and the earth belong to you, the world and everything it contains you established them.
"The silver belongs to me, as does the gold," declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.
divine Ownership » First-born set apart as belonging to God
because all the first-born belong to me. When I destroyed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated all the first-born in Israel for myself from human beings to livestock. They belong to me, since I am the LORD."
"Consecrate to me every firstborn male. Whatever is the first to open the womb among the Israelis, both of humans and of animals, belongs to me."
"No person is to consecrate the firstborn, because the firstborn of the animals already belongs to the LORD. Whether ox or goat, it belongs to the LORD.
as well as the firstborn of our sons and our cattle, as recorded in the Law, along with the firstlings of our herds and our flocks, to present to the Temple of our God for the priests that minister in the Temple of our God.
Instead, he must acknowledge the firstborn of the unloved wife by giving him double of everything he owns, because he is really the first fruit of his father's strength. The right of the firstborn belongs to him."
"Everything firstborn belongs to me: all the males of your herds, the firstborn of both cattle and sheep.
divine Ownership » Of the souls of men
If we live, we live to honor the Lord; and if we die, we die to honor the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
You know that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God, don't you? You do not belong to yourselves,
This is not the way to repay the LORD, is it, you foolish and witless people? Is he not your father, who bought you, formed you, and established you?
Look! Every living soul belongs to me the father's as well as the son's. So pay attention! The person who keeps on sinning is going to die."
My beloved belongs to me and I belong to him. He is the one who shepherds his flock among the lilies.
divine Ownership » Of men's possessions
But Elijah told her, "You can stop being afraid. Go and do what you said, but first make me a muffin and bring it to me. Then make a meal for yourself and for your son,
But first be concerned about God's kingdom and his righteousness, and all of these things will be provided for you as well.
because all the first-born belong to me. When I destroyed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated all the first-born in Israel for myself from human beings to livestock. They belong to me, since I am the LORD."
Gather all the first produce of the ground that you harvest from your land that the LORD your God is about to give you, place it in a basket, and bring it to the place where the LORD your God will choose to establish his name.