Thematic Bible: Characterized as
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Fire » Characterized as » Purifying
Therefore, I advise you to buy from me gold purified in fire so you may be rich, white clothes to wear so your shameful nakedness won't show, and ointment to put on your eyes so you may see.
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so that your genuine faith, which is more valuable than gold that perishes when tested by fire, may result in praise, glory, and honor when Jesus, the Messiah, is revealed.
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or anything else that can survive a refiner's fire: You are to pass it through fire, after which it will be clean. Then it is to be purified with the water of impurity. Everything that cannot survive a refiner's fire is to be washed in water.
Fire » Characterized as » Enlightening
He spread out a cloud for a cover, and fire for light at night.
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He led them with a cloud during the day, and during the night with light from the fire.
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Fire » Characterized as » Melting
As smoke is driven away, so you drive them away. As wax melts in the presence of fire, so the wicked die in the presence of God.
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just as fire sets twigs ablaze and the fire causes water to boil to make known your name to your enemies, yes, to your enemies before you, so that the nations might quake at your presence!
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Fire » Characterized as » Drying
The livestock also cries out to you, because their water sources have evaporated and because fire has consumed the open pastures.
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He won't escape darkness; a flame will wither his shoots; and he'll depart by the breath of God's mouth.
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Fire » Characterized as » Insatiable
The afterlife, the barren womb, earth that still demands water, and fire they never say, "Enough".
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Fire » Characterized as » Consuming
So Samson went out, caught 300 foxes, grabbed some torches, tied the foxes together in pairs at their tails, and fastened a torch between each pair of tails. Then he ignited the torches, set the foxes loose into the Philistines' unharvested grain, and burned up both the harvested shocks and the standing grain, along with their vineyards and olive groves.
Fire » Characterized as » Bright
Now, in the midst of the living beings there was something that appeared to glow like coals kindled by a fire, like torches that moved back and forth between the living beings. The fire was dazzling, and lightning flashed from the fire.
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Fire » Characterized as » Heating
Peter followed Jesus at a distance as far as the high priest's courtyard. He was sitting with the servants and warming himself at the fire.
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Fire » Characterized as » Spreading
In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it can boast of great achievements. A huge forest can be set on fire by a little flame.
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Gentiles » Characterized as » Idolatrous
and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images that looked like mortal human beings, birds, four-footed animals, and reptiles.
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You know that when you were unbelievers, you were enticed and led astray to worship idols that couldn't even speak.
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They exchanged God's truth for a lie and worshipped and served the creation rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
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Gentiles » Characterized as » Ignorant of God
not with passion and lust like the gentiles who do not know God.
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For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him. Instead, their thoughts turned to worthless things, and their senseless hearts were darkened.
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Gentiles » Characterized as » Depraved and wicked
Since they have lost all sense of shame, they have abandoned themselves to sensuality and practice every kind of sexual perversion without restraint.
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Furthermore, because they did not think it worthwhile to keep knowing God fully, God delivered them to degraded minds to perform acts that should not be done. They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, quarreling, deceit, and viciousness. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, haughty, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to their parents, read more.
foolish, faithless, heartless, and ruthless. Although they know God's just requirement that those who practice such things deserve to die they not only do these things but even applaud others who practice them.
foolish, faithless, heartless, and ruthless. Although they know God's just requirement that those who practice such things deserve to die they not only do these things but even applaud others who practice them.
Gentiles » Characterized as » Superstitious
because those nations that you are about to dispossess listen to those who practice witchcraft and divination. But the LORD does not allow you to act this way."
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Gentiles » Characterized as » Constant to their false gods
Has a nation ever changed gods when they aren't even gods? But my people have exchanged their glory for that which does not profit.
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Gentiles » Characterized as » Blasphemous and reproachful
So I said, "What you're doing isn't right! Shouldn't you live in the fear of our God to avoid shame from our foreign enemies?
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Gentiles » Characterized as » Refusing to know God
Furthermore, because they did not think it worthwhile to keep knowing God fully, God delivered them to degraded minds to perform acts that should not be done.
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Gentiles » Characterized as » Without the law
For whenever gentiles, who do not possess the Law, do instinctively what the Law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the Law.
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Wine » Characterized as » Strengthening
Sustain me with raisin cakes, refresh me with apples, for I'm weak with love.
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The king asked Ziba, "What are those for?" Ziba replied, "The donkeys are for the king's household to ride, the bread and summer fruit are for your young men to eat, and the wine is for whoever wants to drink if they get weary in the wilderness."
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Wine » Characterized as » Making mirthful
A week later, when the king was under the influence of all that wine, he ordered Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven eunuchs who served King Ahasuerus,
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Festivals are for laughter, wine makes life pleasant, and money speaks to everything.
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Wine » Characterized as » Cheering God and man
For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! Grain will make the young men thrive, and new wine the virgins.
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But the grape vine asked them, "Should I leave my new wine, which cheers God and man, and go take dominion over trees?'
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Wine » Characterized as » Gladdening the heart
like wine that makes the heart of people happy, oil that makes the face glow, and food that sustains people.
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Woman » Characterized as » Timid
A sword against her horses, against her chariots, and against all the foreign troops in her midst. They'll become women. A sword against her treasures. They'll be plundered.
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At that time, the Egyptians will be like women they will shudder and be afraid before the uplifted hand of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, when he brandishes his hand against her.
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The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting. They stay in their strongholds; their strength is dried up; they have become like women. Her buildings are set on fire; the bars of her gates are broken.
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Look at your people they are women! Your borders stand wide open to your enemies, while fire consumes the bars of your gates."
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Woman » Characterized as » Tender and constant to her offspring
"Can a woman forget her nursing child, or have no compassion for the child of her womb? Even these mothers may forget; But as for me, I'll never forget you!
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With their own hands, compassionate women boil their own children they become their food when my beloved people were destroyed.
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Woman » Characterized as » Loving and affectionate
I am in distress for you, my brother Jonathan. You have been most kind to me. Your love for me was extraordinary beyond love from women.
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Woman » Characterized as » Weaker than man
In a similar way, you husbands must live with your wives in an understanding manner, as with a most delicate partner. Honor them as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing may interfere with your prayers.
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