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Yet he led out his people like sheep, guiding them like a flock in the desert. Verse ConceptsGod our ShepherdSheep

He will put the sheep on his right but the goats on his left. Verse ConceptsRight Sides

Shout aloud, and sing for joy, you who live in Zion, because great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel." Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfGod, Titles And Names OfShouting For Joy

How great is your goodness that you have reserved for those who fear you, that you have set in place for those who take refuge in you, in the presence of the children of men. You will hide them in the secret place of your presence, away from the conspiracies of men. You will hide them in your tent, away from their contentious tongues.

When they had finished breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?" Peter told him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you." Jesus told him, "Feed my lambs." Verse ConceptsCommitment, to GodLambsLove, Nature OfShepherds, As Church LeaderNames And Titles For The ChristianBreakfastFeeding AnimalsChrist Knowing About PeopleThe Need To Love Christvulnerability








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

"Who are these that fly like clouds, and like doves to their windows? Verse ConceptsThose Flyingflying

Those who live under its protection will surely return. Their grain will flourish; they will blossom like a vine, and Israel's scent will be like wine from Lebanon. Verse ConceptsGrainShadowsVinesRemembering Peoplerevival

I went down to the walnut orchard, to look at the green sprouts in the valley, to see whether the vine had budded, whether the pomegranates had blossomed. Verse ConceptsBlossomingSports

And now if you carefully obey me and keep my covenant, you are to be my special possession out of all the nations, because the whole earth belongs to me, Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, To GodPeople Of God, In OtReward, DivineSecurityTreasureCautionObedience To GodJews As God's Chosen PeopleResponsibility, Of Natural WorldAll Things Belong To GodRoyal Priesthood



"May all of your enemies perish like this, LORD! But may those who love him be like the ascending sun in its strength!" Then the land enjoyed quiet for 40 years. Verse ConceptsDawnDeborahNoonThe Number Forty40 To 50 YearsEnemies Of GodTime Of PeaceLove And StrengthSunPeace And Strengthcrusades


Though the precious people of Zion were like fine gold, how they are valued like clay vessels, the handiwork of a potter! Verse ConceptsClayPotterThings Like GoldGood PeoplePrice Of PeopleWhat Value Is Man?Worthweight



His winnowing fork is in his hand. He will clean up his threshing floor and gather his grain into the barn, but he will burn the chaff with inextinguishable fire." Verse ConceptsHell, Description OfNames For HeavenHell, As An ExperienceForksSin, God's Judgment OnThreshing FloorToolsWinnowingWicked Described AsEternal JudgmentLight As ChaffReapingBurning PlantsGod's StorehousesWeed

"He said, "No! If you pull out the weeds, you might pull out the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, "Gather the weeds first and tie them in bundles for burning, but bring the wheat into my barn."'"



I will be like the dew to Israel; Israel will blossom like a lily, growing roots like the cedars of Lebanon. Verse ConceptsdewPlantsHoly Spirit, Types OfRosesChange And Growthfriendliness

Like a lily among thorns, so is my darling among the young women. Verse ConceptsRomanceRoses

The survivors of Jacob will live among the nations; they will live among many nations, like a lion among flocks of sheep, who, if he passes through, will trample and tear down with no one to deliver. Verse ConceptsForestsRescueAnimals Torn To PiecesTrampling AnimalsSurvivors FavouredNo One Can Save



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

But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the gracious love of God forever and ever. Verse ConceptsExamples Of FaithMercy, Response To God'sOlivesOptimismTrust, Importance OfColors, GreenTreesGod Shows His LovingkindnessOlive Treessteadfast

Israel's branches will spread out, and its beauty will be like an olive tree, with its scent like that of Lebanon. Verse ConceptsSpreadingBeauty, Temporal Nature OfBeauty, In NatureFragranceOlive Trees


So there are many parts, but one body. Verse ConceptsBodily LimbsOne ChurchThe BodyBeing Different


"Abide in me, and I will abide in you. Just as the branch cannot produce fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. The one who abides in me while I abide in him produces much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.

One basket contained very good figs like the first figs that ripen on the tree. The other basket contained very bad figs that were too bad to be eaten. The LORD told me, "What do you see?" I replied, "Figs. The good figs are very good, and the bad figs are very bad. They're too bad to be eaten." Then this message from the LORD came to me: read more.
"This is what the LORD God of Israel says: "Like these good figs, so I'll regard as good the exiles of Judah whom I sent from this place to the land of the Chaldeans. I'll look at them with good intentions, and I'll bring them back to this land. I'll build them up. I won't tear them down; I'll plant them and not rip them up. I'll give them the ability to know me, for I am the LORD. They will be my people, and I will be their God when they return to me with all their heart.

Those who are trusting in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be overthrown. They remain forever. Just as mountains encircle Jerusalem, so the LORD encircles his people, from now to eternity.

Join me in suffering like a good soldier of the Messiah Jesus. No one serving in the military gets mixed up in civilian matters, for his aim is to please his commanding officer.

I will be like the dew to Israel; Israel will blossom like a lily, growing roots like the cedars of Lebanon. Israel's branches will spread out, and its beauty will be like an olive tree, with its scent like that of Lebanon. Those who live under its protection will surely return. Their grain will flourish; they will blossom like a vine, and Israel's scent will be like wine from Lebanon.



Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates, with choice fruit, henna with nard, Verse ConceptsOrchardsPomegranates



In a large house there are not only utensils made of gold and silver, but also those made of wood and clay. Some are for special use, while others are for ordinary use. Verse ConceptsClayGoldWoodPeople Have HonourWood And StonePurposehonourVarieties

They'll spring up as among the green grass, like willows by flowing streams. Verse ConceptsAbundance, MaterialTreesWillows

"They'll be mine," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "in the day when I prepare my treasured possession. I'll spare them, just as a man spares his own son who serves him. Verse ConceptsGrace, In OtPeople Of God, In OtTreasureUnity, Of God's PeopleChildren Blessedjewelrymakeup

When it was full, the fishermen hauled it ashore. Then they sat down, sorted the good fish into containers, and threw the bad ones away. Verse ConceptsBaskets, Uses OfOccupationsThrowing AwayWicked Described AsBeachesFullness Of The KingdomPulling ThingsPeople Sitting DownDistinguishingGood Or BadFish

"His master told him, "Well done, good and trustworthy servant! Since you've been trustworthy with a small amount, I'll put you in charge of a large amount. Come and share your master's joy!' Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TalentsFaithfulness, To GodFaithfulness, In Human RelationshipsHappinessWhat Heaven Will Be LikeHeaven,  Redeemed CommunityServants, GoodWork, And RedemptionRejoicingEntering The KingdomGood PeopleFew ThingsAuthority Of DisciplesFaithfulnessTalentsimprovement



The LORD their God will save them at that time as his very own flock of people, because they are his crown jewels, exalted throughout his land. Verse ConceptsJewelsChrist And His SheepSparklingGod Saves The NeedyJewellery And GodGod's Willjewelrycrowns




Those who live under its protection will surely return. Their grain will flourish; they will blossom like a vine, and Israel's scent will be like wine from Lebanon. Verse ConceptsGrainShadowsVinesRemembering Peoplerevival


The survivors of Jacob will live among many nations, as dew from the LORD, as showers upon the grass. They will look to no one, and will place no hope in human beings. Verse ConceptsdewGrassSon Of ManShowersLack Of ExpectationSurvivors Favoured

"You are the salt of the world. But if the salt should lose its taste, how can it be made salty again? It's good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled on by people. Verse ConceptsBeing A Lightdisciples, characteristics ofDecayResponsibility, For God's WorldSaltSanctification, Means And ResultsTastePersonal ContactSending Things AwayTastelessnessRestoring ThingsTastelessSournessMoral Decay

As an antelope pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, God. Verse ConceptsMusicSaints, Communion With GodDeer Etc.BrooksDeer


His winnowing fork is in his hand. He will clean up his threshing floor and gather his grain into the barn, but he will burn the chaff with inextinguishable fire." Verse ConceptsHell, Description OfNames For HeavenHell, As An ExperienceForksSin, God's Judgment OnThreshing FloorToolsWinnowingWicked Described AsEternal JudgmentLight As ChaffReapingBurning PlantsGod's StorehousesWeed

May they become like a straw, blown away before the wind; like a chaff that's swept off by a storm. Verse ConceptsStrawWicked Described AsLight As ChaffHurricanes

But this is not the case with the wicked. They are like chaff that the wind blows away. Verse ConceptsWindWicked Described AsChaffLight As ChaffThe Wicked Will Perish

"Never give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs. Otherwise, they will trample them with their feet and then turn around and attack you." Verse ConceptsContemptdogsJewelsPrudenceAskingUngodlinessWasteWicked Described AsDespisersName CallingSwinePeople Torn To PiecesPigsUnfitting ThingsPetsHurt And Betrayalpork

The proverb is true that describes what has happened to them: "A dog returns to its vomit," and "A pig that is washed goes back to wallow in the mud." Verse ConceptsdogsWicked Described AsDegradationSwinePigsUnclean SpiritsOld SayingsUnclean AnimalsBacksliderspork

A dog that returns to its vomit is like a fool who reverts to his folly. Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfdogsVomittingSin, Love OfWicked Described AsSinning RepeatedlyFoolspoop

You remove all the wicked of the earth like dross; therefore I love your decrees. Verse ConceptsdrossWicked Described AsUseless PeopleLoving God's Things

"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. Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says, "Because all of you have become dross, watch out! I'm going to gather all of you at the center of Jerusalem,

"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

All of them are very rebellious, going around as slanderers. They're bronze and iron, and all of them are corrupt. Verse ConceptsBackbitingRebellion, Of IsraelWicked Described AsSpreading StoriesThings Like Bronzeapostasy

Instead of thornbushes, pine trees will grow, and instead of briers, myrtles will grow; and they will be a sign for the LORD, and an everlasting name that will not be cut off." Verse ConceptsBriersDivine ManifestationsPlantsFir TreesWeedsWicked Described AsEternal DeliveranceMyrtleSigns Attending Christ

"Now as for you, Son of Man, never be afraid of them or of anything they have to say, because being with them will be like settling down to live among briers, thorn bushes, and scorpions! Don't be afraid of anything they have to say, and don't be awed by their appearance, since they are a rebellious group. Verse ConceptsBriersThornsMinisters, Way They Should TeachWicked Described AsScorpionsDo Not Fear Men


"And I'll bring so much distress to people that they will walk around like the blind. Because they have sinned against the LORD, their blood will be poured out like dust and their intestines will spill out like manure. Verse ConceptsdiscouragementWicked Described AsWalking In DarknessDefecationGod KillingGod BlindingGod Will Kill The PeoplesSin Brings SicknessGod Troubling

"The coming day is certainly going to burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and all who practice evil will be stubble the coming day will set them on fire," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. Verse ConceptsFurnacesFaithlessness, As Disobedienceevil, victory overevil, warnings againstPride, Results OfPunishment, By GodRootsAbaseWicked Described AsAbasement Of The ProudThe ProudEvildoersLight As ChaffBurning PeopleResidueThe Proud Will Be Abased

May they become like a straw, blown away before the wind; like a chaff that's swept off by a storm. Verse ConceptsStrawWicked Described AsLight As ChaffHurricanes

But humanity cannot last, despite its conceit; it will pass away just like the animals. Verse ConceptsLife, HumanWicked Described AsThe Frailty Of ManAnimals Fate After DeathMen Similar To AnimalsLife Being Temporary

These people, like irrational animals, are mere creatures of instinct that are born to be caught and killed. They insult what they don't understand, and like animals they, too, will be destroyed, Verse ConceptsDeath, Of UnbelieversDestructionProfanityWicked Described AsInstinctAnnihilationDestruction Of The WickedKilling Wild AnimalsBeing Killed Like An AnimalMen Similar To AnimalsMammalsKilled Like An AnimalPetsignorancecorruptionacting

Their venom is like a poisonous snake; even like a deaf serpent that shuts its ears, Verse ConceptsCobrasBitingEarsPoisonSerpentsWicked Described AsAnimals, Types OfThings Like SnakesRefusing To Hear


"Never give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs. Otherwise, they will trample them with their feet and then turn around and attack you." Verse ConceptsContemptdogsJewelsPrudenceAskingUngodlinessWasteWicked Described AsDespisersName CallingSwinePeople Torn To PiecesPigsUnfitting ThingsPetsHurt And Betrayalpork

The proverb is true that describes what has happened to them: "A dog returns to its vomit," and "A pig that is washed goes back to wallow in the mud." Verse ConceptsdogsWicked Described AsDegradationSwinePigsUnclean SpiritsOld SayingsUnclean AnimalsBacksliderspork

All of them are adulterers they burn like an oven prepared by the baker, who has ceased stoking it until the dough is leavened. Verse ConceptsDoughBakingOvensWicked Described AsCessationLeavenedBaking BreadKneading DoughThose Who Committed Adultery

When you appear, you will set them ablaze like a fire furnace. In his wrath, the LORD will consume them, and the fire will devour them. Verse ConceptsFurnacesWicked Described AsBurning PeopleGod Will Be Angry

See! It is the Lord GOD who will help me. Who is it that will declare me guilty? See! They will all wear out like a garment; moths will eat them up. Verse ConceptsClothingHelpfulnessInsectsWicked Described AsMothsPeople Eaten By WormPeople Wearing OutNo CondemnationGod Helps

For moths will eat them up just like a garment, and worms will devour them like wool; but my deliverance will last forever, and my salvation to all generations. Verse ConceptsAnimals, Types OfClothingGod, Righteousness OfInsectsWoolSalvation, Described AsWicked Described AsMothsPeople Eaten By WormEternal DeliverancePeople Wearing Outclosureworms

Though the wicked sprout like grass; and all who practice iniquity flourish, it is they who will be eternally destroyed. Verse ConceptsGrassWicked Described AsThe Fate Of The WickedEvildoersEternal JudgementDestruction Of The WickedGod Judges The WickedLike GrassProsperity Of The Wicked


But you are cast away from your grave, like a repulsive branch, your clothing is the slain, those pierced by the sword; those who go down to the Pit. Like a dead body trampled underfoot, Verse ConceptsThe DeadCovering The BodyPitsWicked Described AsUnburied BodiesPits As A Term For Graves

An empty-headed person will gain understanding when a wild donkey is born a human being!" Verse ConceptsColtsWicked Described AsWorldly WisdomWild DonkeysWise ProverbsWisdom

while their inhabitants, lacking strength, stand dismayed and confused. They were like vegetation out in the fields, and like green herbs just as grass that grows on a housetop dries out before it can grow. Verse ConceptsColors, GreenPlantsTendernessWicked Described AsScorchingLike GrassNo Strength Left

But the wicked are tossed like the sea; for it is not able to keep still, and its waters toss up mire and mud. Verse ConceptsTroubleSeaWicked Described AsUnrestThings Like The SeaSea, Metaphorical ReferencesUnclean Things

They are wild waves of the sea, churning up the foam of their own shame. They are wandering stars for whom the deepest darkness has been reserved forever. Verse ConceptsBlackAstronomyRageColors, BlackHopelessnessThe Fate Of The WickedWanderersWavesEternal JudgementFoamsGod KeepsOuter DarknessShame Has Comewandering

while their inhabitants, lacking strength, stand dismayed and confused. They were like vegetation out in the fields, and like green herbs just as grass that grows on a housetop dries out before it can grow. Verse ConceptsColors, GreenPlantsTendernessWicked Described AsScorchingLike GrassNo Strength Left

These people are stains on your love feasts. They feast with you without any sense of awe. They are shepherds who care only for themselves. They are waterless clouds blown about by the winds. They are autumn trees that are fruitless, totally dead, and uprooted. Verse ConceptsClouds, Figurative UseRootsAgape LovePlucking OutThe Second DeathLove Exists Between PeopleLove Feast

But you are cast away from your grave, like a repulsive branch, your clothing is the slain, those pierced by the sword; those who go down to the Pit. Like a dead body trampled underfoot, Verse ConceptsThe DeadCovering The BodyPitsWicked Described AsUnburied BodiesPits As A Term For Graves

They are wild waves of the sea, churning up the foam of their own shame. They are wandering stars for whom the deepest darkness has been reserved forever. Verse ConceptsBlackAstronomyRageColors, BlackHopelessnessThe Fate Of The WickedWanderersWavesEternal JudgementFoamsGod KeepsOuter DarknessShame Has Comewandering

They surrounded me like bees; but they will be extinguished like burning thorns. In the name of the LORD I will defeat them. Verse ConceptsBeesInsectsThornsWicked Described AsEnemies SurroundingExtinguishingWeed

Many bulls have surrounded me; the vicious bulls of Bashan have encircled me. Verse ConceptsBullsWicked Described AsEnemies SurroundingWild OxUnicorns

"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of dead people's bones and every kind of impurity. Verse ConceptsWhiteWicked Described AsSepulchresThe Inward BeingBonesFigurative BurialsWhitewashingBeauty Of ThingsUnclean ThingsHypocritesHypocrisyInner Beauty

From the wrath of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies the land has been scorched, and the people have become like fuel for the fire; no one will spare his neighbor. Verse ConceptsWicked Described AsFire Of God's AngerNot Sparingwrath

I once observed a wicked and oppressive person, flourishing like a green tree in native soil. Verse ConceptsColors, GreenAffluenceWicked Described AsPursuing ViolenceAbuse

A clay vessel plated with a thin veneer of silver that's what smooth lips with a wicked heart are. Verse ConceptsCoatsNominal ReligionWicked Described AsProfessingArtificialnessOverlaid With SilverShowing Hypocrisy

""Like the bad figs that are too bad to be eaten for this is what the LORD says so I'll give up on Zedekiah king of Judah, along with his officials, the remnant of Jerusalem that is left in this land, and those living in the land of Egypt. Verse ConceptsSurvivors Of IsraelBad Items

When it was full, the fishermen hauled it ashore. Then they sat down, sorted the good fish into containers, and threw the bad ones away. Verse ConceptsBaskets, Uses OfOccupationsThrowing AwayWicked Described AsBeachesFullness Of The KingdomPulling ThingsPeople Sitting DownDistinguishingGood Or BadFish

You'll be like an oak whose leaf is withering, like an unwatered garden. Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalWicked Described AsDry PlacesPeople WitheredOaks

He'll vanish like a dream, and no one will find him; he will be chased away like a night vision." Verse ConceptsWicked Described AsDisappearanceLike A Dreamflying

Like a lion they desire to rip us to pieces, like a young lion waiting in ambush. Verse ConceptsHuntingLionsWicked Described AsPeople Torn To PiecesLike CreaturesGreed


He will be like a bush in the desert, and he won't see when good comes. He will dwell in parched places in the wilderness, a land of salt, without inhabitants. Verse ConceptsWicked Described AsDry PlacesLiving In The WildernessEmpty By NatureSourness


They're called reject silver, because the LORD has rejected them. Verse ConceptsRejection Of God, Results OfWicked Described AsReprobatesThings Like SilverRejection

"To what can I compare the people living today? They're like little children who sit in the marketplaces and shout to each other, Verse ConceptsGenerationsWicked Described AsLikeningMarketplacesCommerceComparingLike ChildrenLikening Peoplehumor

You'll be like an oak whose leaf is withering, like an unwatered garden. Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalWicked Described AsDry PlacesPeople WitheredOaks

God, set them up like dried thistles, like straw before the wind. Verse ConceptsWicked Described AsLight As ChaffWeed



Therefore they will be like morning clouds, like early morning dew that evaporates, like chaff blown away from the threshing floor, or like smoke from a chimney." Verse ConceptsdewChaffMistMorningSmokeThreshing FloorWeather, As God's JudgmentWicked Described AsPassing AwayLight As ChaffsmokingSmoke Used Poetically

Therefore they will be like morning clouds, like early morning dew that evaporates, like chaff blown away from the threshing floor, or like smoke from a chimney." Verse ConceptsdewChaffMistMorningSmokeThreshing FloorWeather, As God's JudgmentWicked Described AsPassing AwayLight As ChaffsmokingSmoke Used Poetically

I've listened and I've heard, and what they say is not right. No one repents of his evil and says, "What have I done?' "They all turn to their own course like a horse racing into battle. Verse ConceptsObstinacy Against GodWicked Described As

"Everyone who keeps on hearing these messages of mine and never puts them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples OfFailureComplacencyWicked Described AsThe Insecurity Of The WickedHearing ChristThe Work Of FoolsDoing God's WorksSand And Gravel

and trample down the wicked. Indeed, they will become ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I do this," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies. Verse ConceptsFeetAshesWicked Described AsPromised VictoryTrampling PeopleGod Judges The Wickeddust

"A good tree doesn't produce rotten fruit, and a rotten tree doesn't produce good fruit, Verse ConceptsWicked Described AsFood DecayingBad Items

Other seeds fell on stony ground, where they did not have a lot of soil. They sprouted at once because the soil wasn't deep. Verse ConceptsShallownessWicked Described AsSuddenlyThings Going UpPlanting SeedsSeedsSpilling Your Seed On The GroundThe EnvironmentSowing Seeds


Their venom is like a poisonous snake; even like a deaf serpent that shuts its ears, Verse ConceptsCobrasBitingEarsPoisonSerpentsWicked Described AsAnimals, Types OfThings Like SnakesRefusing To Hear

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. Verse ConceptsSmokeWicked Described AsMeltingWaxDriven From God's PresenceThe Lord Will Drive Them OutThe Presence Of GodsmokinganniversarySmoke Used Poetically

"Now as for you, Son of Man, never be afraid of them or of anything they have to say, because being with them will be like settling down to live among briers, thorn bushes, and scorpions! Don't be afraid of anything they have to say, and don't be awed by their appearance, since they are a rebellious group. Verse ConceptsBriersThornsMinisters, Way They Should TeachWicked Described AsScorpionsDo Not Fear Men

Therefore they will be like morning clouds, like early morning dew that evaporates, like chaff blown away from the threshing floor, or like smoke from a chimney." Verse ConceptsdewChaffMistMorningSmokeThreshing FloorWeather, As God's JudgmentWicked Described AsPassing AwayLight As ChaffsmokingSmoke Used Poetically

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