Thematic Bible: Characterized by


Thematic Bible



just like a smelter gathers all the silver, bronze, lead, and tin to the center of a furnace and injects fire in order to melt it, I'm going to gather you in my anger and rage, make you settle down and then I'm going to melt you down. Verse ConceptsIronTinMeltingGathered By GodFurnaces

"Son of Man, Israel has become like dross to me. All of them are like remnants of bronze, tin, iron, and lead in a furnace the dross left over from smelting silver. Verse ConceptsCopperdrossIronTinWicked Described AsFurnacesThings Like SilverUseless People


I'll break your mighty pride. I'll make the heavens to be like iron and the ground like bronze. Verse ConceptsAttitudes Of PrideIronPride, Evil OfStubbornness, Consequences OfPride, OriginBrassThe Proud Will Be AbasedPride

20 gold basins weighing 1,000 darics each, and two vessels made of polished brass, as valuable as gold. Verse ConceptsCoinageHoly VesselsBrassWeights Of Gold

His bones are conduits of bronze; his strong bones are like bars of iron. Verse ConceptsBeamsBronzeBodies Of AnimalsThings Like Bronze

As evening approached, he had the camels kneel outside the town at the water well, right about the time when women customarily went out to draw water. Verse ConceptsWaterCamelsDrawing WaterPutting Animals Down

An oracle about the animals of the Negev: "Through a land of trouble, dryness, and distress, of lionesses and roaring lions, where there is no water, a land of vipers and darting snakes, he carries their riches on donkeys' backs, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a nation that cannot benefit them, Verse ConceptsenvoyBackSnakesBeastsflying


Trembling from fear, even the guards themselves became catatonic. Verse ConceptsGuardsFear, Of UnknownGuilty FearShakingGroups Trembling

At least the living know they will die, but the dead know nothing; they no longer have a reward, since memory about them has been forgotten. Verse ConceptsHow Death Is InevitableForgetting PeopleState Of The DeadThose Who Were IgnorantDeathConsciousness After DeathDeath ofLife After Death

Furthermore, their love, their hate, and their envy have been long lost. Never again will they have a part in what happens on earth. Verse ConceptsNot HatingUnder The SunUnlovingNot Sharing

Neither can the dead praise the LORD, nor those who go down into the silence of death. Verse ConceptsDeath, Description OfAfterlifeNot Praising GodState Of The DeadDeathPraise And Worship

For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without actions is also dead. Verse ConceptsSpirit, Nature OfSpiritsThe Human BodyThe Spirit Of ManFaith That WorksWorks Of FaithDeathTrust In Relationships

My dove, in the hidden places of the rocks, in the secret places of the cliffs, show me your form, and let me hear your voice. For your voice is pleasant, and your shape is lovely. Verse ConceptsdovesAttractionNames And Titles For The ChurchhidingBeautiful Women

My dove, in the hidden places of the rocks, in the secret places of the cliffs, show me your form, and let me hear your voice. For your voice is pleasant, and your shape is lovely. Verse ConceptsdovesAttractionNames And Titles For The ChurchhidingBeautiful Women

Look at you! You are beautiful, my darling. Look at you! You are so beautiful. Your eyes are doves. Verse ConceptsBeautifulThe Beauty Of Nature


When you men lie down among the sheepfolds, you are like the wings of the dove covered with silver, with its feathers in glittering gold." Verse ConceptsdovesGoldSleep, PhysicalWingsSheepfoldsWings Of BirdsStock Keeping

Far be it from you to do such a thing to kill the righteous along with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike! The Judge of all the earth will do what is right, won't he?" Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeBeing Born In SinGod, Righteousness OfJudgesJustification, Necessity OfPredestinationPunishment, By GodPunishment, Nature OfRetributionSuffering, Of The InnocentAge Of AccountabilityGod KillingLack Of DiscriminationGod Doing RightDoing RightFar Be It!God Kills

Therefore the wicked will not escape judgment, nor will sinners have a place in the assembly of the righteous. For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will be destroyed.

This is the generation that seeks him. Those who seek your face are the true seed of Jacob. Interlude Verse ConceptsFace Of GodGenerationsJacob, The PatriarchPsalm InterjectionsPurityseeking

He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by a stream. He won't fear when the heat comes, and his leaves will be green. In a year of drought he won't be concerned, nor will he stop producing fruit." Verse ConceptsColors, GreenSpring Of WaterUnfading LifeThe Source Of FruitRiver BanksWater For PlantsHot WeatherGreenWater, As A Symbol Of LifeRiversOlive TreesAnxiety And FearWorrying

For your hand was heavy upon me day and night; my strength was exhausted as in a summer drought. Interlude Verse ConceptsAffliction Day And NightdefeatSummerGod's HandHot WeatherGod's Hands In OppositionNo Strength LeftPsalm Interjections

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