Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
divine Delays » Try men's courage and patience
{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} How long, Jehovah, wilt thou forget me for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Have patience, therefore, brethren, till the coming of the Lord. Behold, the labourer awaits the precious fruit of the earth, having patience for it until it receive the early and the latter rain.
Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
When therefore he heard, He is sick, he remained two days then in the place where he was.
But I am afflicted and needy: the Lord thinketh upon me. Thou art my help and my deliverer: my God, make no delay.
I am weary with my crying, my throat is parched; mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Martha therefore said to Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died;
The Lord does not delay his promise, as some account of delay, but is longsuffering towards you, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
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God » Leader » Longsuffering of
For my name's sake I will defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain as to thee, that I cut thee not off.
And if God, minded to shew his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering vessels of wrath fitted for destruction;
heretofore disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah while the ark was preparing, into which few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water:
Jehovah is slow to anger, and abundant in goodness, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and fourth generation.
But mine eye spared them so as not to destroy them, neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness.
The Lord does not delay his promise, as some account of delay, but is longsuffering towards you, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
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Longsuffering » Of God
For my name's sake I will defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain as to thee, that I cut thee not off.
And if God, minded to shew his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering vessels of wrath fitted for destruction;
heretofore disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah while the ark was preparing, into which few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water:
Jehovah is slow to anger, and abundant in goodness, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and fourth generation.
But mine eye spared them so as not to destroy them, neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness.
The Lord does not delay his promise, as some account of delay, but is longsuffering towards you, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
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Longsuffering Of God » Should lead to repentance
The Lord does not delay his promise, as some account of delay, but is longsuffering towards you, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
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or despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads thee to repentance?
Opportunity » Universal » Salvation possible to all men
who desires that all men should be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth.
And it shall be that whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
so then as it was by one offence towards all men to condemnation, so by one righteousness towards all men for justification of life.
The Lord does not delay his promise, as some account of delay, but is longsuffering towards you, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
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For the grace of God which carries with it salvation for all men has appeared, teaching us that, having denied impiety and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, and justly, and piously in the present course of things,
and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
For every one whosoever, who shall call on the name of the Lord, shall be saved.
Prayer » For miscellaneous topics relating to the devotional life, » Answer delayed
{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} How long, Jehovah, wilt thou forget me for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Have patience, therefore, brethren, till the coming of the Lord. Behold, the labourer awaits the precious fruit of the earth, having patience for it until it receive the early and the latter rain.
Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
When therefore he heard, He is sick, he remained two days then in the place where he was.
But I am afflicted and needy: the Lord thinketh upon me. Thou art my help and my deliverer: my God, make no delay.
I am weary with my crying, my throat is parched; mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Martha therefore said to Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died;
The Lord does not delay his promise, as some account of delay, but is longsuffering towards you, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
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Repentance » We should be led to, by » Longsuffering Of God
heretofore disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah while the ark was preparing, into which few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water:
The Lord does not delay his promise, as some account of delay, but is longsuffering towards you, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
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And Jehovah said, My Spirit shall not always plead with Man; for he indeed is flesh; but his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.
Repentance » The lord giving time for sinners to repent
The Lord does not delay his promise, as some account of delay, but is longsuffering towards you, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
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Salvation » Conditions of » Possible to all men
who desires that all men should be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth.
And it shall be that whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
so then as it was by one offence towards all men to condemnation, so by one righteousness towards all men for justification of life.
The Lord does not delay his promise, as some account of delay, but is longsuffering towards you, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Verse Concepts
For the grace of God which carries with it salvation for all men has appeared, teaching us that, having denied impiety and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, and justly, and piously in the present course of things,
and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
For every one whosoever, who shall call on the name of the Lord, shall be saved.
Sinners » Conditions of » Possible to all men
who desires that all men should be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth.
And it shall be that whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
so then as it was by one offence towards all men to condemnation, so by one righteousness towards all men for justification of life.
The Lord does not delay his promise, as some account of delay, but is longsuffering towards you, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Verse Concepts
For the grace of God which carries with it salvation for all men has appeared, teaching us that, having denied impiety and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, and justly, and piously in the present course of things,
and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
For every one whosoever, who shall call on the name of the Lord, shall be saved.
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » Divine delays test men's courage and patience
{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} How long, Jehovah, wilt thou forget me for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Have patience, therefore, brethren, till the coming of the Lord. Behold, the labourer awaits the precious fruit of the earth, having patience for it until it receive the early and the latter rain.
Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
When therefore he heard, He is sick, he remained two days then in the place where he was.
But I am afflicted and needy: the Lord thinketh upon me. Thou art my help and my deliverer: my God, make no delay.
I am weary with my crying, my throat is parched; mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Martha therefore said to Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died;
The Lord does not delay his promise, as some account of delay, but is longsuffering towards you, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
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Will of God » What is the will of God
The Lord does not delay his promise, as some account of delay, but is longsuffering towards you, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
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And Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life: he that comes to me shall never hunger, and he that believes on me shall never thirst at any time. But I have said to you, that ye have also seen me and do not believe. All that the Father gives me shall come to me, and him that comes to me I will not at all cast out. read more.
For I am come down from heaven, not that I should do my will, but the will of him that has sent me. And this is the will of him that has sent me, that of all that he has given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up in the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son, and believes on him, should have life eternal; and I will raise him up at the last day.
For I am come down from heaven, not that I should do my will, but the will of him that has sent me. And this is the will of him that has sent me, that of all that he has given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up in the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son, and believes on him, should have life eternal; and I will raise him up at the last day.
Be in subjection therefore to every human institution for the Lord's sake; whether to the king as supreme, or to rulers as sent by him, for vengeance on evildoers, and praise to them that do well. Because so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye put to silence the ignorance of senseless men;
For ye know what charges we gave you through the Lord Jesus. For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication; that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honour, read more.
(not in passionate desire, even as the nations who know not God,) not overstepping the rights of and wronging his brother in the matter, because the Lord is the avenger of all these things, even as we also told you before, and have fully testified. For God has not called us to uncleanness, but in sanctification.
(not in passionate desire, even as the nations who know not God,) not overstepping the rights of and wronging his brother in the matter, because the Lord is the avenger of all these things, even as we also told you before, and have fully testified. For God has not called us to uncleanness, but in sanctification.
But we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, comfort the faint-hearted, sustain the weak, be patient towards all. See that no one render to any evil for evil, but pursue always what is good towards one another and towards all; rejoice always; read more.
pray unceasingly; in everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus towards you;
pray unceasingly; in everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus towards you;
Will of God » What is not the will of God
The Lord does not delay his promise, as some account of delay, but is longsuffering towards you, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
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For the Son of man has come to save that which was lost. What think ye? If a certain man should have a hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, does he not, leaving the ninety and nine on the mountains, go and seek the one that has gone astray? And if it should come to pass that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoices more because of it than because of the ninety and nine not gone astray. read more.
So it is not the will of your Father who is in the heavens that one of these little ones should perish.
So it is not the will of your Father who is in the heavens that one of these little ones should perish.