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As she was being brought out, she sent her father-in-law this message: “I am pregnant by the man to whom these items belong.” And she added, “Examine them. Whose signet ring, cord, and staff are these?”

Verse ConceptsSealsConceptionCordsWho Is The One?

Then they said to each other, “Obviously, we are being punished for what we did to our brother. We saw his deep distress when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this trouble has come to us.”

Verse ConceptsGuilty ConsciencesGuilt, Human Aspects OfAfflicted Saints, Examples OfFound GuiltyPeople Without MercyWhy It HappenedHuman Awareness Of Guilt

No straw has been given to your servants, yet they say to us, ‘Make bricks!’ Look, your servants are being beaten, but it is your own people who are at fault.”

Verse ConceptsWronging Other People

Or if someone touches anything unclean—a carcass of an unclean wild animal, or unclean livestock, or an unclean swarming creature—without being aware of it, he is unclean and guilty.

Verse ConceptsLivestockCarcass, Literal UseContaminationIgnorance Of EvilPeople Being PollutedRules About CorpsesGuiltpork

Or if he touches human uncleanness—any uncleanness by which one can become defiled—without being aware of it, but later recognizes it, he is guilty.

Verse ConceptsIgnorance Of EvilSin Made Known

Or if someone swears rashly to do what is good or evil—concerning anything a person may speak rashly in an oath—without being aware of it, but later recognizes it, he incurs guilt in such an instance.

Verse ConceptsCarelessnessOaths, HumanAbsence Of ThoughtSin Made KnownSwearing Oaths FalselyRash PeopleSwearing

“The one who is clean is to sprinkle the unclean person on the third day and the seventh day. After he purifies the unclean person on the seventh day, the one being purified must wash his clothes and bathe in water, and he will be clean by evening.

Verse ConceptsEveningSprinkling WaterClean ClothesUnclean Until Evening

“But the Lord said to me, ‘Tell them: Don’t go up and fight, for I am not with you to keep you from being defeated by your enemies.’

Verse ConceptsdefeatGod ForbiddingEnemy Attacks

they will bring the woman to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. You must purge the evil from you.

Verse ConceptsdisgraceBanishmentPunishment, Legal Aspects OfDeath Penalty For Sexual SinInstructions About StoningsexDeath Of A MotherDeath Of A FatherSex Before MarriageFamily DeathFather And Daughter RelationshipsFathers And Daughtersmistresspremaritalwhoresvirginity

So Joshua conquered the whole region—the hill country, the Negev, the Judean foothills, and the slopes—with all their kings, leaving no survivors. He completely destroyed every living being, as the Lord, the God of Israel, had commanded.

Verse ConceptsWarfare, Nature OfAnnihilationExterminationGentile RulersThe Shephelah

So be very diligent to love the Lord your God for your own well-being.

Verse ConceptsCommitment, to GodCautionLove For GodThe Need To Love God

Today when you leave me, you’ll find two men at Rachel’s Grave at Zelzah in the land of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you went looking for have been found, and now your father has stopped being concerned about the donkeys and is worried about you, asking: What should I do about my son?’

Verse ConceptsCareFinding ThingsTwo Other Men

Samuel replied to Saul, “I will not return with you. Because you rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel.”

Verse ConceptsConsequences Of Forsaking GodNot With PeopleDeposingRejection

David answered him, “I swear that women are being kept from us, as always when I go out to battle. The young men’s bodies are consecrated even on an ordinary mission, so of course their bodies are consecrated today.”

Verse ConceptsSpecific Holy Individuals

So Solomon banished Abiathar from being the Lord’s priest, and it fulfilled the Lord’s prophecy He had spoken at Shiloh against Eli’s family.

Verse ConceptsPriesthood, In OtDeposed Priests

The temple’s construction used finished stones cut at the quarry so that no hammer, chisel, or any iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.

Verse ConceptsBuildingIronMasonsToolsHammersThe First Templeconstruction

He also removed his grandmother Maacah from being queen mother because she had made an obscene image of Asherah. Asa chopped down her obscene image and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsGrandparentsQueensDestruction Of Satan's WorksBurning Idolatrous ThingsDeposingServing AsherahGrandmothersgrandmas

Through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani the word of the Lord also came against Baasha and against his house because of all the evil he had done in the Lord’s sight, provoking Him with the work of his hands and being like the house of Jeroboam, and because Baasha had struck down the house of Jeroboam.

Verse ConceptsMessengerProphets, Role OfImitating Wicked KingsNamed Prophets Of The Lord

Elijah replied, “You have asked for something difficult. If you see me being taken from you, you will have it. If not, you won’t.”

Verse ConceptsHard TasksSeeing People

Then Jehu wrote them a second letter, saying:

If you are on my side, and if you will obey me, bring me the heads of your master’s sons at this time tomorrow at Jezreel.

All 70 of the king’s sons were being cared for by the city’s prominent men.

Verse ConceptsSeventies

Jehosheba, who was King Jehoram’s daughter and Ahaziah’s sister, secretly rescued Joash son of Ahaziah from the king’s sons who were being killed and put him and the one who nursed him in a bedroom. So he was hidden from Athaliah and was not killed.

Verse ConceptsBedroomsPrincesSistersStealingKept Alive By MenNamed SistersPrivate Rooms

“but their duty will be to assist the sons of Aaron with the service of the Lord’s temple, being responsible for the courts and the chambers, the purification of all the holy things, and the work of the service of God’s temple—

Verse Conceptsperformance

King Asa also removed Maacah, his grandmother, from being queen mother because she had made an obscene image of Asherah. Asa chopped down her obscene image, then crushed it and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

Verse ConceptsGrandparentsQueensDestruction Of Satan's WorksGrandmothersgrandmas

Jehoshabeath, the king’s daughter, rescued Joash son of Ahaziah from the king’s sons who were being killed and put him and the one who nursed him in a bedroom. Now Jehoshabeath was the daughter of King Jehoram and the wife of Jehoiada the priest. Since she was Ahaziah’s sister, she hid Joash from Athaliah so that she did not kill him.

Verse ConceptsBedroomsNursesSistersNamed Sisters

Let it be known to the king that we went to the house of the great God in the province of Judah. It is being built with cut stones, and its beams are being set in the walls. This work is being done diligently and succeeding through the people’s efforts.

Verse ConceptseagernessdiligenceBuilding Jerusalem's WallRebuilding The Templereinforcement

They pledged to send their wives away, and being guilty, they offered a ram from the flock for their guilt;

Verse ConceptsGuaranteeGuilt OfferingPledgesRamsAnimal Sacrifices, Trespass OfferingActual Divorces

When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard that someone had come to seek the well-being of the Israelites, they were greatly displeased.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahCharacter Of WickedEnvy, Example OfMalice, Examples OfThe Ungodly Suffering

When Sanballat, Tobiah, and the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed, they became furious.

Verse ConceptsAngry People

At that time I saw people in Judah treading wine presses on the Sabbath. They were also bringing in stores of grain and loading them on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought to Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day.

Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofFig treeAgriculture, TermsGrapesReformationRest, PhysicalWinepressFigsTreading GrapesSabbath Violated

Let him not put trust in worthless things, being led astray,
for what he gets in exchange will prove worthless.

Verse ConceptsemptinessFalse ConfidenceUseless ThingsTrust, Lack OfTrusting Deceptive ThingsDeceiving OneselfUseless Endeavour

Your wickedness affects a person like yourself,
and your righteousness another human being.

Verse ConceptsActing For Oneselfwickednesshurting

A Davidic psalm.Ascribe to Yahweh, you heavenly beings,
ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.

Verse ConceptsStrength Of GodGod Is StrongMighty in its influenceFamily Strength

Be gracious to me, Lord,
because I am in distress;
my eyes are worn out from angry sorrow—
my whole being as well.

Verse ConceptsBereavement, Expression OfSorrowUnhappinessTearsEyes Harmedgrieving

Let those who want my vindication
shout for joy and be glad;
let them continually say,
“The Lord be exalted.
He takes pleasure in His servant’s well-being.”

Verse ConceptsShouting For JoyProsperityGod VindicatesRejoicing Over JusticeMillionaire MentalityvindicationwellnessGod As A Source Of Delight

When I became embittered
and my innermost being was wounded,

Verse ConceptsConviction Of SinBitterness

For who in the skies can compare with the Lord?
Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord?

Verse ConceptsMonotheismComparisonsWho Is Like God?Angels

A song. A Davidic psalm.My heart is confident, God;
I will sing; I will sing praises
with the whole of my being.

Verse ConceptsPraiseMusicI Will Sing PraisesI Will Praise You With Musicsteadfast

Guarantee Your servant’s well-being;
do not let the arrogant oppress me.

Verse ConceptsPride, Results Of

Davidic.I will give You thanks with all my heart;
I will sing Your praise before the heavenly beings.

Verse ConceptsHeart, And Holy SpiritPraisePraise, Should Be Offered BydefianceWhole HeartednessWe Thank GodGrateful Heart

For learning what wisdom and discipline are;
for understanding insightful sayings;

Verse ConceptsAcquiring WisdomDisciplineDiscernmentWisdom And GuidanceMoralityfitnesswise

A gossip’s words are like choice food
that goes down to one’s innermost being.

Verse ConceptsEvil SpeakingStomachsSavourinessUnder One's Breathgossiping

My innermost being will cheer
when your lips say what is right.

Verse ConceptsLipsKidneys

A gossip’s words are like choice food
that goes down to one’s innermost being.

Verse ConceptsStomachsWhispering Of EvilOverlaid With SilverFirewoodCharcoalSavouriness

Again, I observed all the acts of oppression being done under the sun. Look at the tears of those who are oppressed; they have no one to comfort them. Power is with those who oppress them; they have no one to comfort them.

Verse ConceptsOppression, Examples OfComfortless LivesWeariness Of LifeOppressorsNo ComfortUnder The Sunoppressionoverworking

In addition to the Teacher being a wise man, he constantly taught the people knowledge; he weighed, explored, and arranged many proverbs.

Verse ConceptsPeople TeachingWise Proverbsexploringorder

Listen, a tumult on the mountains,
like that of a mighty people!
Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms,
like nations being gathered together!
The Lord of Hosts is mobilizing an army for war.

Verse ConceptsNoiseAliancesCrowdsGathering Other NationsEarthly Armies

Therefore I moan like the sound of a lyre for Moab,
as does my innermost being for Kir-heres.

Verse ConceptsGod, Suffering OfHarps

Because you are precious in My sight
and honored, and I love you,
I will give people in exchange for you
and nations instead of your life.

Verse ConceptsGod, As RedeemerEmotions, Shown By GodCherishingGood PeopleExchange Of NationsAcne

Just as many were appalled at You
His appearance was so disfigured
that He did not look like a man,
and His form did not resemble a human being

Verse ConceptsAtonementHumiliationMessianic PropheciesBlemished PeopleAppearances ofrecognitionscarsJesus Eyes

Your gates will always be open;
they will never be shut day or night
so that the wealth of the nations
may be brought into you,
with their kings being led in procession.

Verse ConceptsGatesShutting SecurelyThe Act Of OpeningOpening GatesShutting GatesDay Or NightGetting RichJerusalem In Millennial KingdomGentiles

Instead of your being deserted and hated,
with no one passing through,
I will make you an object of eternal pride,
a joy from age to age.

Verse ConceptsFuturePeople Abandoning PeoplePeople Being HatedYou Will Rejoice In SalvationExcellencereinforcement

But are they really provoking Me?” This is the Lord’s declaration. “Isn’t it they themselves being provoked to disgrace?”

Verse ConceptsProvokingFruits Of SinShame Has Comehurting

But if you will not listen,
my innermost being will weep in secret
because of your pride.
My eyes will overflow with tears,
for the Lord’s flock has been taken captive.

Verse ConceptsBeing Earnest For IsraelFeelings Of Rejection By GodSecrecySorrowWeepingRefusing To HearActing In SecretThe Proud Will Be Abased

But I have not run away from being Your shepherd,
and I have not longed for the fatal day.
You know my words were spoken in Your presence.

Verse ConceptsLipsDespair

Isn’t Ephraim a precious son to Me,
a delightful child?
Whenever I speak against him,
I certainly still think about him.
Therefore, My inner being yearns for him;
I will truly have compassion on him.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

Verse ConceptsGod, Joy OfGod, Compassion OfGod, Suffering OfIntimacyRejection Of God, Results OfBowelsSpiritual AdoptionIsrael As Sons Of GodGod Remembering His PeopleGod Will Show Mercy

The officials then said to the king, “This man ought to die, because he is weakening the morale of the warriors who remain in this city and of all the people by speaking to them in this way. This man is not seeking the well-being of this people, but disaster.”

Verse ConceptsCowardiceBlameKilling ProphetsSeeking The Welfare

This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord after Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, released him at Ramah. When he found him, he was bound in chains with all the exiles of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon.

Verse ConceptsExile Of Judah To BabylonPeople Set Free By People

As when Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown along with their neighbors,” says the Lord, “no one will live there; no human being will even stay in it as a temporary resident.

Verse ConceptsLand Becoming Empty

Hazor will become a jackals’ den,
a desolation forever.
No one will live there;
no human being will even stay in it as a temporary resident.

Verse ConceptsLand Becoming Empty

Just as God demolished Sodom and Gomorrah
and their neighboring towns
this is the Lord’s declaration—
so no one will live there;
no human being will even stay in it
as a temporary resident.

Verse ConceptsEmpty Cities

Her cities have become a desolation,
a dry and arid land,
a land where no one lives,
where no human being passes through.

Verse ConceptsEmpty CitiesDry PlacesMade A Horror

For you are not being sent to a people of unintelligible speech or difficult language but to the house of Israel.

You are not being sent to many peoples of unintelligible speech or difficult language, whose words you cannot understand. No doubt, if I sent you to them, they would listen to you.

Verse ConceptsUnintelligiblenessNot Understanding Language

So you were the opposite of other women in your acts of prostitution; no one solicited you. When you paid a fee instead of one being paid to you, you were the opposite.

Verse ConceptsNot Like PeopleUnique Israelwhores

Then they will burn down your houses and execute judgments against you in the sight of many women. I will stop you from being a prostitute, and you will never again pay fees for lovers.

Verse ConceptsCessationStopping EvilBurning JerusalemSeeing Situations

The fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the animals of the field, every creature that crawls on the ground, and every human being on the face of the earth will tremble before Me. The mountains will be thrown down, the cliffs will collapse, and every wall will fall to the ground.

Verse ConceptsSeaMountains RemovedGod ShakingBoth Men And Animals AffectedPutting Things DownBirdsFish

“These are the measurements of the altar in units of length (each unit being the standard length plus three inches): the gutter is 21 inches deep and 21 inches wide, with a rim of nine inches around its edge. This is the base of the altar.

Verse ConceptsdepthHeightWeights And Measures, LinearDimensions Of Temple FurnitureSetting Up The Bronze AltarBase Of Thingsmeasurement

there will be three gates facing north, the gates of the city being named for the tribes of Israel: one, the gate of Reuben; one, the gate of Judah; and one, the gate of Levi.

Verse ConceptsCity GatesNorth GatesThree Parts Of Constructions

Ships of Kittim will come against him, and being intimidated, he will withdraw. Then he will rage against the holy covenant and take action. On his return, he will favor those who abandon the holy covenant.

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentSeafaringShipsShips For AttackingBreaking The CovenantAngry PeopleCovenant Made At Sinaiventing

At that time
Michael the great prince
who stands watch over your people will rise up.
There will be a time of distress
such as never has occurred
since nations came into being until that time.
But at that time all your people
who are found written in the book will escape.

Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorBook of lifeBeginningArchangelsBooks, Metaphorical UseMichael The ArchangelPrincesSatan, As The Enemy Of GodTribulation PeriodOvercoming Hard TimesNatural DisastersEnd Times

And being warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their own country by another route.

Verse ConceptsGod, Revelation OfVisions And Dreams In ScriptureWarning IndividualsDifferent ThingsNot going home directlyepiphany

But when he heard that Archelaus was ruling over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And being warned in a dream, he withdrew to the region of Galilee.

Verse ConceptsTetrarchWarning IndividualsNamed Gentile RulersKings Of All Israel Or Judah

Suddenly, a violent storm arose on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves. But He was sleeping.

Verse ConceptsBody Of Christ, Physical BodySleep, PhysicalStormsTirednessSwampedlakes

Then He came to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the time is near. The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Verse ConceptsFatigueHourHanding Over ChristChrist With His DisciplesNear The Time PersonallyTimes Of The ChristTo Be Given Into One's Hands

A fierce windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking over the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped.

Verse ConceptsStormsBoatsSwamped

He saw them being battered as they rowed, because the wind was against them. Around three in the morning He came toward them walking on the sea and wanted to pass by them.

Verse ConceptsNightPassing ByChrist's Knowledge Of BelieversRowingharassment

For He was teaching His disciples and telling them, “The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of men. They will kill Him, and after He is killed, He will rise three days later.”

Verse ConceptsPredictionsSuffering, Of Jesus ChristProphecies Said By JesusChrist Predicting The FutureHanding Over ChristChrist TeachingChrist Speaking To DisciplesChrist Would Be KilledChrist Would RiseDanger From MenHurt And Betrayal

Now concerning the dead being raised—haven’t you read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the burning bush, how God spoke to him: I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob?

Verse ConceptsBurning bushReading The ScripturesBook of the Law

Then He came a third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough! The time has come. Look, the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Verse ConceptsGod, Purpose OfHourHanding Over ChristActing Three TimesTimes Of The ChristMore Than Enough

Fear came on all those who lived around them, and all these things were being talked about throughout the hill country of Judea.

Verse ConceptsRumoursTerror Of God

His father and mother were amazed at what was being said about Him.

Verse ConceptsAmazing

But Herod the tetrarch, being rebuked by him about Herodias, his brother’s wife, and about all the evil things Herod had done,

Verse ConceptsRebukeWivesRulers Of A FourthNamed Gentile Rulers

He was teaching in their synagogues, being acclaimed by everyone.

Verse ConceptsJesus As Our TeacherPraising Specific People

Just as He neared the gate of the town, a dead man was being carried out. He was his mother’s only son, and she was a widow. A large crowd from the city was also with her.

Verse ConceptsGatesCrowdsLonelinessWidowsCrowds Around JesusThe Only ChildCarrying Dead BodiesOnly Child Of PeopleActual WidowsCorpses Of Other PeopleDeath Of A Mother

and as they were sailing He fell asleep. Then a fierce windstorm came down on the lake; they were being swamped and were in danger.

Verse ConceptsDanger, PhysicalBody Of Christ, Physical BodySleep, PhysicalStormsSwamped