Thematic Bible: Causes of


Thematic Bible






And a Canaanite woman of that district came out and pleaded, saying, "Do pity me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is suffering horrors from a demon." Verse ConceptsDemon PossessionMaternal LoveBeggarsMercy, Of Jesus ChristSonsSpiritsJesus As Son Of DavidDemons Harming IndividualsBe Merciful!Those DemonisedDemons Causing TormentBeing A Woman Of GodharassmentDemonic Influence

"Lord, my servant-boy is at home bedridden with paralysis and suffering terrible tortures!" Verse ConceptsdiseasesSuffering, Causes OfSuffering, Nature OfParalyticsPhysical PainPleasurableness

Then He said to them: "Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him in the middle of the night and say to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves; for a friend of mine has just come to my house on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him to eat.'

But Martha was getting worried about having to wait on them so much, so she came up suddenly and said, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the housework alone? Then tell her to take hold and help me." Verse ConceptsBusynessCriticism, against believersImpatienceDiscourtesyActing AloneServing ChristComplaintsServingSiblingsWorryingServing GodDoing The Right ThingServing The Churchluckdistractionscookinghelping


Still another man said, "I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say 'Goodbye' to the homefolks." Verse ConceptsCommitment, to Jesus ChristFarewellsFirst ActionsDiscipleshipFamily And FriendsFamily FirstLeaving Parents For Spousegoodbyesfollowing


But as he continued to talk about uprightness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became alarmed, and said, "For the present you may go, but when I find a good opportunity, I will send for you." Verse ConceptsConviction, Not Leading To RepentanceGiving, Of TimeBribery, Examples OfIndecisionSelf ControlEternal JudgmentConviction Of SinJudgement To ComeThe Final JudgementGod Doing RightDoing RightNowRight Time For PeopleThose Frightened Of GodOpportunityJudgement DayEthics

But when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some sneered, but others said, "We will hear you again on this subject." Verse ConceptsAbuse, To God's PeopleGospel, Responses ToInsultsMockeryNosesPreaching, Effects OfSaying RepeatedlyAre The Dead Raised?Mocking Christflexibility

the character of each one's work will come to light, for the judgment day will show it up. This is so, because that day will show itself in fire, and the fire will test the character of each one's work. Verse ConceptsAbility, Of The ChristianFireCharacterVeilsThe Day Of JudgementFire Of JudgementGod Testing PeopleThings RevealedOne's DeedsJudgement DayTestsPurgatoryworkingexamsstructuremotiveswilltrying

If the structure which one builds is burned up, he will get no pay; and yet he himself will be saved, but just as one who goes through a fire. Verse ConceptsSpiritual FailureFire Of JudgementBemalosing a loved oneLosing SomeonePurgatorysmoking

So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, so that when I came back I could have collected my principal with interest. So take the thousand dollars away from him and give it to him who has ten thousand.

For the man who has will have more given to him, even till it overflows, but from the man who has nothing even what he has will be taken away. Verse ConceptsTalentsAbundance, SpiritualPossessingAdding BlessingThose To Whom God GivesTaking God's ThingsGifts And TalentsAbundance

Not many days after that, the younger son got together all he had and went away to a distant country, and there he squandered all his property by living in dissipation. Verse ConceptsGluttonyExtravaganceExcessBad Decision Making ExamplesBuying and sellingLeisure, Nature And Purpose OfLossThriftWantonnessDeparturesA Short TimeFar From HereShort Time Till The EndThey Committed Immorality

But the man who merely hears them and does not practice them is like a man who built a house upon the ground without a foundation. The torrent burst upon it, and at once it collapsed, and the wreck of that house was complete." Verse ConceptsFools, In Teaching Of Jesus ChristCarelessnessLossShallownessHearing ChristThings Falling



Still another man said, "I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say 'Goodbye' to the homefolks." Verse ConceptsCommitment, to Jesus ChristFarewellsFirst ActionsDiscipleshipFamily And FriendsFamily FirstLeaving Parents For Spousegoodbyesfollowing


But as he continued to talk about uprightness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became alarmed, and said, "For the present you may go, but when I find a good opportunity, I will send for you." Verse ConceptsConviction, Not Leading To RepentanceGiving, Of TimeBribery, Examples OfIndecisionSelf ControlEternal JudgmentConviction Of SinJudgement To ComeThe Final JudgementGod Doing RightDoing RightNowRight Time For PeopleThose Frightened Of GodOpportunityJudgement DayEthics

But when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some sneered, but others said, "We will hear you again on this subject." Verse ConceptsAbuse, To God's PeopleGospel, Responses ToInsultsMockeryNosesPreaching, Effects OfSaying RepeatedlyAre The Dead Raised?Mocking Christflexibility








But if you cherish bitter jealousy and rivalry in your hearts, stop being proud of it and stop being false to the standard of truth. Verse ConceptsBeing BitterBraggingLyingDo Not Be ProudBitternessEthicslieing


Keep on reminding men of these things. Solemnly charge them before God to stop petty debating, which does no good at all but brings destruction on those who hear it. Verse ConceptsFutilityDiscorddisagreementsInfluenceUseless ThingsArguingQuarrelsDestruction Of The WickedReminders Of The GospelUseless WordsAvoid QuarrelsUseless Words And ThinkingErrorPositive Thinkingdistractionsremembrancestrivingdoctrine


For I have been informed about you, my brothers, by Chloe's people, that there are wranglings among you. Verse ConceptsArguingTelling Of People's Situations


but one brother has to go to law with another, and that before unbelieving judges? Verse ConceptsNot Believing The Gospel











So there was a vociferous yelling until some of the scribes, belonging to the party of the Pharisees, got up and fiercely contended, "We find nothing wrong with this man. Suppose a spirit or angel has really spoken to him!" Verse ConceptsTeachers Of The LawSpirit BeingsSound




But when you hear of wars and rumors of war, stop getting alarmed. They have to come, but the end is not yet. Verse ConceptsTrouble, Causes OfCivil StrifeRumoursWarsEnd Of The WorldPrinciples Of WarSigns Of The TimesWarrumors

Then He continued to say to them, "One nation will go to war with another, and one kingdom with another. There will be great earthquakes and pestilences and famines in various places, and there will be dreadful portents and awful signs in the sky.

he is a conceited ignoramus with a morbid appetite for discussions and controversies which lead to envy, quarreling, abuse, base suspicions, Verse ConceptsFoolish QuestionsFools, Characteristics OfBackbitingEnvyThe ProudUncharitablenessNot Believing PeopleAvoid QuarrelsMind Battlesrumors

For wherever jealousy and rivalry exist, there will be confusion and all sorts of evil practices. Verse ConceptsConfusion, Nature OfdisagreementsPersecution, Forms OfDisorder In The ChurchSelfishnessSelf CenterednessGreedCompetitionwitchesego