Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Endurance » What does not endure
For it is said, All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of the grass. The grass becomes dry and the flower dead:
Take care to have knowledge about the condition of your flocks, looking well after your herds; For wealth is not for ever, and money does not go on for all generations.
Will the river-plant come up in its pride without wet earth? will the grass get tall without water? When it is still green, without being cut down, it becomes dry and dead before any other plant. So is the end of all who do not keep God in mind; and the hope of the evil-doer comes to nothing: read more.
Whose support is cut off, and whose hope is no stronger than a spider's thread. He is looking to his family for support, but it is not there; he puts his hope in it, but it comes to nothing.
Whose support is cut off, and whose hope is no stronger than a spider's thread. He is looking to his family for support, but it is not there; he puts his hope in it, but it comes to nothing.
As for man, his days are as grass: his beautiful growth is like the flower of the field. The wind goes over it and it is gone; and its place sees it no longer.
A voice of one saying, Give a cry! And I said, What is my cry to be? All flesh is grass, and all its strength like the flower of the field. The grass becomes dry, the flower is dead; because the breath of the Lord goes over it: truly the people is grass. The grass is dry, the flower is dead; but the word of our God is eternal.
When you are not certain what will take place tomorrow. What is your life? It is a mist, which is seen for a little time and then is gone.
Forgetting » Those that forget the lord
But as for you who have given up the Lord, who have no care for my holy mountain, who get ready a table for Chance, and make offerings of mixed wine to Fate; Your fate will be the sword, and you will all go down to death: because when my voice came to you, you made no answer; you did not give ear to my word; but you did what was evil in my eyes, desiring what was not pleasing to me. For this cause says the Lord God, My servants will have food, but you will be in need of food: my servants will have drink, but you will be dry: my servants will have joy, but you will be shamed: read more.
My servants will make songs in the joy of their hearts, but you will be crying for sorrow, and making sounds of grief from a broken spirit. And your name will become a curse to my people, and the Lord God will put you to death, and give his servants another name:
My servants will make songs in the joy of their hearts, but you will be crying for sorrow, and making sounds of grief from a broken spirit. And your name will become a curse to my people, and the Lord God will put you to death, and give his servants another name:
Will the river-plant come up in its pride without wet earth? will the grass get tall without water? When it is still green, without being cut down, it becomes dry and dead before any other plant. So is the end of all who do not keep God in mind; and the hope of the evil-doer comes to nothing: read more.
Whose support is cut off, and whose hope is no stronger than a spider's thread. He is looking to his family for support, but it is not there; he puts his hope in it, but it comes to nothing. He is full of strength before the sun, and his branches go out over his garden. His roots are twisted round the stones, forcing their way in between them. If he is taken away from his place, then it will say, I have not seen you.
Whose support is cut off, and whose hope is no stronger than a spider's thread. He is looking to his family for support, but it is not there; he puts his hope in it, but it comes to nothing. He is full of strength before the sun, and his branches go out over his garden. His roots are twisted round the stones, forcing their way in between them. If he is taken away from his place, then it will say, I have not seen you.
They will be questioning about the way to Zion, with their faces turned in its direction, saying, Come, and be united to the Lord in an eternal agreement which will be kept in mind for ever. My people have been wandering sheep: their keepers have made them go out of the right way, turning them loose on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, having no memory of their resting-place.
Forgetting God » Punishment of
So this is what the Lord has said: Because you have not kept me in your memory, and because your back has been turned to me, you will even undergo the punishment of your evil designs and your loose ways.
For you have not given honour to the God of your salvation, and have not kept in mind the Rock of your strength; for this cause you made a garden of Adonis, and put in it the vine-cuttings of a strange god; In the day of your planting you were watching its growth, and in the morning your seed was flowering: but its fruit is wasted away in the day of grief and bitter sorrow.
The sinners and all the nations who have no memory of God will be turned into the underworld.
For Israel has no memory of his Maker, and has put up the houses of kings; and Judah has made great the number of his walled towns. But I will send a fire on his towns and put an end to his great houses.
When it is still green, without being cut down, it becomes dry and dead before any other plant. So is the end of all who do not keep God in mind; and the hope of the evil-doer comes to nothing:
Hope » The hope of the hypocrite
For what is the hope of the sinner when he is cut off, when God takes back his soul? Will his cry come to the ears of God when he is in trouble? Will he take delight in the Ruler of all, and make his prayer to God at all times?
Will the river-plant come up in its pride without wet earth? will the grass get tall without water? When it is still green, without being cut down, it becomes dry and dead before any other plant. So is the end of all who do not keep God in mind; and the hope of the evil-doer comes to nothing: