Thematic Bible: Characterized by
Thematic Bible
Brass » Characterized by » Fusibility
Just as one gathers silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin into the furnace to blow fire on them and melt them, so I will gather you in My anger and wrath, put you inside, and melt you.
“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me. All of them are copper, tin, iron, and lead inside the furnace; they are the dross of silver.
Brass » Characterized by » Sonorousness
but do not have love,
I am a sounding gong
Brass » Characterized by » Hardness
I will break down your strong pride. I will make your sky like iron and your land like bronze,
Brass » Characterized by » Yellow color
20 gold bowls worth 1,000 gold coins, and two articles of fine gleaming bronze, as valuable as gold.
Brass » Characterized by » Strength
Camels » Characterized by » Its docility
He made the camels kneel beside a well of water outside the town at evening. This was the time when the women went out to draw water.
Camels » Characterized by » The bunches on its back
An oracle about the animals of the Negev:
Through a land of trouble and distress,
of lioness and lion,
of viper and flying serpent,
they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys
and their treasures on the humps of camels,
to a people who will not help them.
of lioness and lion,
of viper and flying serpent,
they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys
and their treasures on the humps of camels,
to a people who will not help them.
The Dead » Characterized by » Being incapable of motion
When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. He laid His right hand on me and said, “Don’t be afraid! I am the First and the Last,
The Dead » Characterized by » Ignorance of all human affairs
For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything. There is no longer a reward for them because the memory of them is forgotten.
The Dead » Characterized by » Absence of all human passions
Their love, their hate, and their envy have already disappeared, and there is no longer a portion for them in all that is done under the sun.
The Dead » Characterized by » Inability to glorify God
nor any of those descending into the silence of death.
The Dead » Characterized by » Being without the spirit
For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
Doves » Characterized by » Comeliness of countenance
in the crevices of the cliff,
let me see your face,
let me hear your voice;
for your voice is sweet,
and your face is lovely.
Doves » Characterized by » Sweetness of voice
in the crevices of the cliff,
let me see your face,
let me hear your voice;
for your voice is sweet,
and your face is lovely.
Doves » Characterized by » Softness of eyes
Doves » Characterized by » Simplicity
Doves » Characterized by » Richness of plumage
the wings of a dove are covered with silver,
and its feathers with glistening gold.
Righteousness » Saints » Characterized by
You could not possibly do such a thing: to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. You could not possibly do that! Won’t the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”
Therefore the wicked will not survive the judgment, and sinners will not be in the community of the righteous. For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to ruin.
Seeking God » Saints » Characterized by
who seek the face of the God of Jacob.
Summer » Characterized by » Excessive heat
it sends its roots out toward a stream,
it doesn’t fear when heat comes,
and its foliage remains green.
It will not worry in a year of drought
or cease producing fruit.
Summer » Characterized by » Excessive drought
my strength was drained
as in the summer’s heat.