Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Heredity » Beneficent influence of the righteous
In the [reverent] fear of the Lord there is strong confidence,
And His children will [always] have a place of refuge.
I have been young and now I am old,
Yet I have not seen the righteous (those in right standing with God) abandoned
Or his descendants pleading for bread.
The righteous man who walks in integrity and lives life in accord with his [godly] beliefs—
How blessed [happy and spiritually secure] are his children after him [who have his example to follow].
His descendants will be mighty on earth;
The generation of the upright will be blessed.
Assuredly, the evil man will not go unpunished,
But the descendants of the righteous will be freed.
His soul will dwell in prosperity and goodness,
And his descendants will inherit the land.
The descendants of His servants will inherit it,
And those who love His name will dwell in it.
“The children of Your servants will continue,
And their descendants will be established before You.”
Love to God » Promises connected with
The descendants of His servants will inherit it,
And those who love His name will dwell in it.
And if you will diligently heed My commandments which I command you this day -- "to love the Lord your God and to serve Him with all your [mind and] heart and with your entire being -- " I will give the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, your new wine, and your oil. And I will give grass in your fields for your cattle, that you may eat and be full.
Also the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord to minister to Him and to love the name of the Lord and to be His servants, everyone who keeps the Sabbath so as not to profane it and who holds fast My covenant [by conscientious obedience] -- " All these I will bring to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on My altar; for My house will be called a house of prayer for all peoples.
Offspring » Beneficent influence of the righteous
In the [reverent] fear of the Lord there is strong confidence,
And His children will [always] have a place of refuge.
I have been young and now I am old,
Yet I have not seen the righteous (those in right standing with God) abandoned
Or his descendants pleading for bread.
The righteous man who walks in integrity and lives life in accord with his [godly] beliefs—
How blessed [happy and spiritually secure] are his children after him [who have his example to follow].
His descendants will be mighty on earth;
The generation of the upright will be blessed.
Assuredly, the evil man will not go unpunished,
But the descendants of the righteous will be freed.
His soul will dwell in prosperity and goodness,
And his descendants will inherit the land.
The descendants of His servants will inherit it,
And those who love His name will dwell in it.
“The children of Your servants will continue,
And their descendants will be established before You.”
The righteous » Sought as a relief from trouble death spiritual » Seed of
In the [reverent] fear of the Lord there is strong confidence,
And His children will [always] have a place of refuge.
I have been young and now I am old,
Yet I have not seen the righteous (those in right standing with God) abandoned
Or his descendants pleading for bread.
The righteous man who walks in integrity and lives life in accord with his [godly] beliefs—
How blessed [happy and spiritually secure] are his children after him [who have his example to follow].
His descendants will be mighty on earth;
The generation of the upright will be blessed.
Assuredly, the evil man will not go unpunished,
But the descendants of the righteous will be freed.
His soul will dwell in prosperity and goodness,
And his descendants will inherit the land.
The descendants of His servants will inherit it,
And those who love His name will dwell in it.
“The children of Your servants will continue,
And their descendants will be established before You.”