Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Ambition » Saints avoid
A song of ascents, by David. O Lord, my heart is not proud, nor do I have a haughty look. I do not have great aspirations, or concern myself with things that are beyond me. Indeed I am composed and quiet, like a young child carried by its mother; I am content like the young child I carry.
Children » Weaning of
Who is the Lord trying to teach? To whom is he explaining a message? Those just weaned from milk! Those just taken from their mother's breast!
but Hannah did not go up with them. Instead she told her husband, "Once the boy is weaned, I will bring him and appear before the Lord, and he will remain there from then on."
The child grew and was weaned. Abraham prepared a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
Tahpenes' sister gave birth to his son, named Genubath. Tahpenes raised him in Pharaoh's palace; Genubath grew up in Pharaoh's palace among Pharaoh's sons.
Indeed I am composed and quiet, like a young child carried by its mother; I am content like the young child I carry.
Quietness » General references to
Fairness will produce peace and result in lasting security.
Indeed I am composed and quiet, like a young child carried by its mother; I am content like the young child I carry.
But the one who listens to me will live in security, and will be at ease from the dread of harm.
But if God is quiet, who can condemn him? If he hides his face, then who can see him? Yet he is over the individual and the nation alike,
It is good to wait patiently for deliverance from the Lord.
Simplicity » Childlikeness an essential element in the Christian life
And yearn like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
I tell you the truth, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will never enter it."
But Jesus called for the children, saying, "Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
Indeed I am composed and quiet, like a young child carried by its mother; I am content like the young child I carry.
Brothers and sisters, do not be children in your thinking. Instead, be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.
Simplicity » Exemplified » David
A song of ascents, by David. O Lord, my heart is not proud, nor do I have a haughty look. I do not have great aspirations, or concern myself with things that are beyond me. Indeed I am composed and quiet, like a young child carried by its mother; I am content like the young child I carry.