Thematic Bible: Affections


Thematic Bible




They are enthusiastic about you, but not for any good. Instead, they want to isolate you so you will be enthusiastic about them. Verse ConceptsExcommunicationmotives

For among them are those who worm their way into households and capture idle women burdened down with sins, led along by a variety of passions, Verse ConceptsLicentiousnessCharacter Of WickedCaptivesHeavy BurdensWeak WomenProblem Peoplevulnerabilityimpulsivenessworms


For by uttering boastful, empty words, they seduce, with fleshly desires and debauchery, people who have barely escaped from those who live in error. Verse ConceptsFutilityFaultsemptinessEloquenceCharmdesiresTemptation, Sources OfEnticersBoastersAllurements Of SinWantonnessLiving For The MaterialEnticingUseless WordsEscaping From PeopleEvil DesiresError

But I have a few things against you. You have some there who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block in front of the Israelites: to eat meat sacrificed to idols and to commit sexual immorality. Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyFreedom, Abuse Of ChristianFoodAdultery, SpiritualChastityToleranceAbuse, Of Christian FreedomFalse Teachers, Examples OfStumbling BlocksMisteachingFood For Other godsFood Offered To IdolsThey Committed ImmoralitysexSexual Immorality

But I have this against you: You tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and teaches and deceives My slaves to commit sexual immorality and to eat meat sacrificed to idols. Verse ConceptsFalse TeachingsOpposition, To Sin And EvilPeople Of God, In NtFalse Prophets, Examples OfSexual Sin, Nature OfProphetessSeducersBeing MisleadMisteachingFood For Other godsFood Offered To IdolsThey Committed Immoralityjezebel



Instead, I discipline my body and bring it under strict control, so that after preaching to others, I myself will not be disqualified. Verse ConceptsLicentiousnessCastawaysBodyAsceticism, TypesLustMortificationSelf DisciplineConduct, ProperDietsMinisters, Should BeBeating OneselfMaking SlavesslaveryRacetrainingmyself



As for the holy people who are in the land,
they are the noble ones.
All my delight is in them.
Verse ConceptsSaintsNames And Titles For The ChristianAffection For God's PeoplePleasing MenThe EarthInner BeautyBeing BeautifulExcellenceheroes


For this reason we have been comforted. In addition to our comfort, we were made to rejoice even more over the joy Titus had, because his spirit was refreshed by all of you. For if I have made any boast to him about you, I have not been embarrassed; but as I have spoken everything to you in truth, so our boasting to Titus has also turned out to be the truth. And his affection toward you is even greater as he remembers the obedience of all of you, and how you received him with fear and trembling. read more.
I rejoice that I have complete confidence in you.


Then they believed His promises and sang His praise. They soon forgot His works and would not wait for His counsel.


What happened to this sense of being blessed you had? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me. Verse ConceptsPlucking OutPositive ThinkingAffections Should Not Grow Cold


"Cry out loudly, don't hold back! Raise your voice like a trumpet. Tell My people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. They seek Me day after day and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not abandon the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God."

So My people come to you in crowds, sit in front of you, and hear your words, but they don't obey them. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue unjust gain. Yes, to them you are like a singer of love songs who has a beautiful voice and plays skillfully on an instrument. They hear your words, but they don't obey them.

And the seed on the rock are those who, when they hear, welcome the word with joy. Having no root, these believe for a while and depart in a time of testing. Verse ConceptsApostatesWarnings Against ApostasyHeart, Fallen And RedeemedTemptation, Universality OfEnticementHearing God's WordBeing TemptedBelief In GodRejoicing In God's Wordtrailsimpulsiveness


How lovely is Your dwelling place, Lord of Hosts. I long and yearn for the courts of the Lord; my heart and flesh cry out for the living God.

Moreover, because of my delight in the house of my God, I now give my personal treasures of gold and silver for the house of my God over and above all that I’ve provided for the holy house: Verse ConceptsDonationsAffectionconstruction

Lord, I love the house where You dwell,
the place where Your glory resides.
Verse ConceptsAdoration, Of GodHousesGod's DwellingThose Loving God

The precepts of the Lord are right, making the heart glad; the commandment of the Lord is radiant, making the eyes light up. The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever; the ordinances of the Lord are reliable and altogether righteous. They are more desirable than gold- than an abundance of pure gold; and sweeter than honey- than honey dripping from the comb.

I am continually overcome
with longing for Your judgments.
Verse ConceptsLonging For God


How sweet Your word is to my taste—
sweeter than honey in my mouth.
Verse ConceptsFoodTasteBibleBible, In Christian LivingHoneySweetnessPromises concerningCandyPromises





because zeal for Your house has consumed me,
and the insults of those who insult You
have fallen on me.
Verse ConceptsIrreverenceProperty, HousesSubstitutionHumility Of ChristProphecies Concerning ChristInsulting ChristMessianic PropheciesPassion

My anger overwhelms me
because my foes forget Your words.
Verse ConceptsTirednessFervourZealousness, Examples Of

Now it is always good to be enthusiastic about good—and not just when I am with you. Verse ConceptsEnthusiasmFervourZealIn Men's PresenceDoing The Right Thing

BOOK II
(Psalms 42–72)
For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As a deer longs for streams of water,
so I long for You, God.
Verse ConceptsMusicSaints, Communion With GodDeer Etc.BrooksDeer


I have sought You with all my heart;
don’t let me wander from Your commands.
Verse ConceptsSin, Nature OfRenewed HeartDeterminationWhole HeartednessSingle Mindednesswandering





Listen, Israel, and be careful to follow them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly, because Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised you a land flowing with milk and honey. Verse ConceptsFoodLand, Spiritual Aspects OfMilkGod Multipling PeopleMilk And Honey



So if you have been raised with the Messiah, seek what is above, where the Messiah is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on what is above, not on what is on the earth.


So they said to each other, “Weren’t our hearts ablaze within us while He was talking with us on the road and explaining the Scriptures to us?” Verse ConceptsFellowship With ChristHow Disciples LearnRoadsHeart, Affections OfInward FireChrist And The Scripturesgirlfriends



Instead, I discipline my body and bring it under strict control, so that after preaching to others, I myself will not be disqualified. Verse ConceptsLicentiousnessCastawaysBodyAsceticism, TypesLustMortificationSelf DisciplineConduct, ProperDietsMinisters, Should BeBeating OneselfMaking SlavesslaveryRacetrainingmyself



The precepts of the Lord are right, making the heart glad; the commandment of the Lord is radiant, making the eyes light up. The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever; the ordinances of the Lord are reliable and altogether righteous. They are more desirable than gold- than an abundance of pure gold; and sweeter than honey- than honey dripping from the comb.

I am continually overcome
with longing for Your judgments.
Verse ConceptsLonging For God


How sweet Your word is to my taste—
sweeter than honey in my mouth.
Verse ConceptsFoodTasteBibleBible, In Christian LivingHoneySweetnessPromises concerningCandyPromises


As for the holy people who are in the land,
they are the noble ones.
All my delight is in them.
Verse ConceptsSaintsNames And Titles For The ChristianAffection For God's PeoplePleasing MenThe EarthInner BeautyBeing BeautifulExcellenceheroes



For this reason we have been comforted. In addition to our comfort, we were made to rejoice even more over the joy Titus had, because his spirit was refreshed by all of you. For if I have made any boast to him about you, I have not been embarrassed; but as I have spoken everything to you in truth, so our boasting to Titus has also turned out to be the truth. And his affection toward you is even greater as he remembers the obedience of all of you, and how you received him with fear and trembling.


How lovely is Your dwelling place, Lord of Hosts. I long and yearn for the courts of the Lord; my heart and flesh cry out for the living God.

Moreover, because of my delight in the house of my God, I now give my personal treasures of gold and silver for the house of my God over and above all that I’ve provided for the holy house: Verse ConceptsDonationsAffectionconstruction

Lord, I love the house where You dwell,
the place where Your glory resides.
Verse ConceptsAdoration, Of GodHousesGod's DwellingThose Loving God

So if you have been raised with the Messiah, seek what is above, where the Messiah is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on what is above, not on what is on the earth.

Moreover, because of my delight in the house of my God, I now give my personal treasures of gold and silver for the house of my God over and above all that I’ve provided for the holy house: Verse ConceptsDonationsAffectionconstruction


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