Thematic Bible: Commanded


Thematic Bible






but that we write to them that they are to abstain from anything that has been contaminated by [being offered to] idols and from sexual impurity and from [eating the meat of] what has been strangled and from [the consumption of] blood. Verse ConceptsAdulterersChastityRitualSexual ChastitySexual SinsContaminationAbstinencePeople Consuming BloodChokingWriting LettersAvoiding EvilAvoid ImmoralityCreatures ChokedFood Offered To IdolsSexual ImmoralityEating MeatSexual Puritywomanhood


Do not give your [generative] strength to women [neither foreign wives in marriages of alliances, nor concubines],
Nor your ways to that which destroys kings.
Verse ConceptsSexual ChastityKings Warned AboutVigourWoman's PlacesexLove And StrengthStaying Strong And Not Giving UpFocusWomen's StrengthA Good WomanenergystrenghwomanbeerThe Love Of Women



“He opens their ears to instruction and discipline,
And commands that they return from evil.
Verse ConceptsPunishment, By GodThe Faculty Of Hearing



Nevertheless I say to you, it will be more tolerable for [the pagan cities of] Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. Verse ConceptsPunishment, By GodEternal JudgmentThe Day Of JudgementUnbearable ThingsGod TroublingJudgement Day


You shall walk after the Lord your God and you shall fear [and worship] Him [with awe-filled reverence and profound respect], and you shall keep His commandments and you shall listen to His voice, and you shall serve Him, and cling to Him. Verse ConceptsAdoration, Of GodCommitment, to GodMonotheismReverence, And ObedienceFear Of The LordClinging To GodFollowing GodFear God!Keep The Commandments!

When all has been heard, the end of the matter is: fear God [worship Him with awe-filled reverence, knowing that He is almighty God] and keep His commandments, for this applies to every person. Verse ConceptsTrue ReligionFear God!Keep The Commandments!DutyFearing GodObeying Godcommandmentsreverence


You who fear the Lord [with awe-inspired reverence], praise Him!
All you descendants of Jacob, honor Him.
Fear Him [with submissive wonder], all you descendants of Israel.
Verse ConceptsHonorHonouring GodJacob, The PatriarchReverence, And God's NatureWorship, Reasons ForPraise, Nature OfPraise The Lord!Praise And Worship


Whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him [drop the issue, let it go], so that your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you your transgressions and wrongdoings [against Him and others]. Verse ConceptsAsking for forgivenessAttitudes, in prayerAttitudes, to other peopleThe Lord's PrayerPrayer, Practicalities OfSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfStandingForgive One AnotherOur Father In HeavenForgivenessforgiving othersPraying For OthersForgiving Others Who Hurt YouGod's ForgivenessForgiveness KjvPrayingforgiving


You who fear the Lord [with awe-inspired reverence], praise Him!
All you descendants of Jacob, honor Him.
Fear Him [with submissive wonder], all you descendants of Israel.
Verse ConceptsHonorHonouring GodJacob, The PatriarchReverence, And God's NatureWorship, Reasons ForPraise, Nature OfPraise The Lord!Praise And Worship


Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the peoples,
Ascribe to the Lord glory and honor and strength.
Verse ConceptsStrength Of GodFamily Strength


Let them give glory to the Lord
And declare His praise in the islands and coastlands.
Verse ConceptsGlorifying GodPraisePraise, Reasons ForPraise And Worship

Now concerning everything which I have said to you, be on your guard; do not mention the name of other gods [either in a blessing or in a curse]; do not let such speech be heard [coming] from your mouth. Verse ConceptsGod, Uniqueness OfLipsIdolatry Consists OfAnimal Sacrifices, Meal OfferingCurbing SpeechDifferent GodsIdolatryDo Not Have Other gods

Let your eyes look right on [with fixed purpose], and let your gaze be straight before you. Consider well the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established and ordered aright. Turn not aside to the right hand or to the left; remove your foot from evil.




For I am the Lord who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God; therefore you shall be holy, for I am holy.’” Verse ConceptsFreedom, Acts Of In OtClaimsI Am The LordBe Holy For I Am HolyI Will Be Their GodGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt




You shall pursue justice, and only justice [that which is uncompromisingly righteous], so that you may live and take possession of the land which the Lord your God is giving you. Verse Conceptsethics, incentives towardsJustice

This is what the Lord says,
“Maintain justice and do righteousness,
For My salvation is soon to come,
And My righteousness and justice is soon to be revealed.
Verse Conceptsethics, socialBeing FairOrthodoxy, In OtRighteousness, Of BelieversImputed RighteousnessFinal Salvationfairness

Only be very careful and diligently observe the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the Lord has commanded you to love the Lord your God and walk in all His ways and keep His commandments and hold fast to Him and serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul [your very life].” Verse ConceptsAdoration, Of GodCommitment, to Godethics, and graceDedication In OtCommands, in OTHeart, And Holy SpiritGod's WaysWatchfulness, Of BelieversWorship, Acceptable AttitudesDuty Of Man To GodSpirituality, Principles OfLove Towards God, Nature OfLove For GodWhole HeartednessThe Need To Love GodWalking In God's WayKeep The Commandments!commandments

“Therefore you shall love the Lord your God, and always keep His charge, His statutes, His precepts, and His commandments [it is your obligation to Him]. Verse ConceptsAdoration, Of GodCommitment, to GodOrthodoxy, In OtLove Towards God, Nature OfLove For GodThe Need To Love GodKeep The Commandments!improvement



You shall walk after the Lord your God and you shall fear [and worship] Him [with awe-filled reverence and profound respect], and you shall keep His commandments and you shall listen to His voice, and you shall serve Him, and cling to Him. Verse ConceptsAdoration, Of GodCommitment, to GodMonotheismReverence, And ObedienceFear Of The LordClinging To GodFollowing GodFear God!Keep The Commandments!



Ask and keep on asking and it will be given to you; seek and keep on seeking and you will find; knock and keep on knocking and the door will be opened to you. Verse ConceptsProblem SolvingThe Act Of OpeningPrayer, As Asking GodAskingAsking For HelpKnockingFinding ThingsGod Answers PrayerGod Giving FreelyGivingPraying For OthersMissing Someonemathseekinganswerstransition








Ask and keep on asking and it will be given to you; seek and keep on seeking and you will find; knock and keep on knocking and the door will be opened to you. Verse ConceptsProblem SolvingThe Act Of OpeningPrayer, As Asking GodAskingAsking For HelpKnockingFinding ThingsGod Answers PrayerGod Giving FreelyGivingPraying For OthersMissing Someonemathseekinganswerstransition




Only it must be in faith that he asks with no wavering (no hesitating, no doubting). For the one who wavers (hesitates, doubts) is like the billowing surge out at sea that is blown hither and thither and tossed by the wind. For truly, let not such a person imagine that he will receive anything [he asks for] from the Lord, [For being as he is] a man of two minds (hesitating, dubious, irresolute), [he is] unstable and unreliable and uncertain about everything [he thinks, feels, decides].





Wake up, and strengthen and reaffirm what remains [of your faithful commitment to Me], which is about to die; for I have not found [any of] your deeds completed in the sight of My God or meeting His requirements. Verse ConceptsSleep, SpiritualLukewarmnessHuman ImperfectionVigilanceStrength Of PeopleNearness Of DeathDeath Looms NearWake Up!Be Strong!Incomplete Worksrevelationdeeds

What I say to you I say to everyone, ‘Be on the alert [stay awake and be continually cautious]!’”