Thematic Bible: Characterized by
Thematic Bible
Brass » Characterized by » Fusibility
As silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin are gathered in a furnace so that the fire can melt them, so I will gather you in my anger and in my rage. I will deposit you there and melt you.
"Son of man, the house of Israel has become slag to me. All of them are like bronze, tin, iron, and lead in the furnace; they are the worthless slag of silver.
Brass » Characterized by » Sonorousness
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but I do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
Brass » Characterized by » Hardness
I will break your strong pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze.
Brass » Characterized by » Yellow color
20 gold bowls worth 1,000 darics, and two exquisite vessels of gleaming bronze, as valuable as gold.
Brass » Characterized by » Strength
Camels » Characterized by » Its docility
He made the camels kneel down by the well outside the city. It was evening, the time when the women would go out to draw water.
Camels » Characterized by » The bunches on its back
This is a message about the animals in the Negev: Through a land of distress and danger, inhabited by lionesses and roaring lions, by snakes and darting adders, they transport their wealth on the backs of donkeys, their riches on the humps of camels, to a nation that cannot help them.
The Dead » Characterized by » Being incapable of motion
When I saw him I fell down at his feet as though I were dead, but he placed his right hand on me and said: "Do not 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 do not know anything; they have no further reward -- and even the memory of them disappears.
The Dead » Characterized by » Absence of all human passions
What they loved, as well as what they hated and envied, perished long ago, and they no longer have a part in anything that happens on earth.
The Dead » Characterized by » Inability to glorify God
The dead do not praise the Lord, nor do any of those who descend 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
The Lover to His Beloved: O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places of the mountain crags, 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
The Lover to His Beloved: O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places of the mountain crags, 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
The Lover to His Beloved: Oh, how beautiful you are, my beloved! Oh, how beautiful you are! Your eyes are like doves!
Doves » Characterized by » Simplicity
"I am sending you out like sheep surrounded by wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
Doves » Characterized by » Richness of plumage
When you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver and with glittering gold.
Righteousness » Saints » Characterized by
Far be it from you to do such a thing -- to kill the godly with the wicked, treating the godly and the wicked alike! Far be it from you! Will not the judge of the whole earth do what is right?"
For this reason the wicked cannot withstand judgment, nor can sinners join the assembly of the godly. Certainly the Lord guards the way of the godly, but the way of the wicked ends in destruction.
Seeking God » Saints » Characterized by
Such purity characterizes the people who seek his favor, Jacob's descendants, who pray to him. (Selah)
Summer » Characterized by » Excessive heat
They will be like a tree planted near a stream whose roots spread out toward the water. It has nothing to fear when the heat comes. Its leaves are always green. It has no need to be concerned in a year of drought. It does not stop bearing fruit.
Summer » Characterized by » Excessive drought
For day and night you tormented me; you tried to destroy me in the intense heat of summer. (Selah)