Thematic Bible: Banks of


Thematic Bible



These are the men who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing all its banks, and put to flight all those in the valleys to the east and to the west. Verse ConceptseastMonth 1Peoples Who Fled

Now the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest season. But as soon as the priests carrying the ark reached the Jordan, their feet touched the water at its edge Verse ConceptsHarvestWalking Through WaterSwellingFeet In Action

Those who sow seed are happy
beside abundant waters;
they let ox and donkey range freely.
Verse ConceptsCowsPlanting SeedsSpilling Your Seed On The Ground


But when she could no longer hide him, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with asphalt and pitch. She placed the child in it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile. Verse ConceptsMaternal LoveCoatsBoatsBitumen and tarLove, And The WorldMineralsPapyrusPlantsUnable To Do Other ThingsRivers

Pharaoh’s daughter went down to bathe at the Nile while her servant girls walked along the riverbank. Seeing the basket among the reeds, she sent her slave girl to get it. Verse ConceptsBathing, For RefreshmentRiver BanksPeople Sending People

His eyes are like doves
beside streams of water,
washed in milk
and set like jewels.

“Look, it will be like a lion coming from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered grazing land. Indeed, I will chase Edom away from her land in a flash. I will appoint whoever is chosen for her. For who is like Me? Who will summon Me? Who is the shepherd who can stand against Me?” Verse ConceptsChallengesShepherds, As Kings And LeadersInadequate ShepherdingGod Like A LionWho Is Like God?The Region Of JordanLeadership Qualities

When I had returned, I saw a very large number of trees along both sides of the riverbank. Verse ConceptsMetaphorical TreesTwo Sidedrelaxing


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