Thematic Bible: Correction despised


Thematic Bible



And ye have quite forgotten the consolation which speaks unto you as unto sons, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art reproved of him: Verse ConceptsAfflicted Saintsdiscipline, divineAssurance in the life of faithChastisementRebukeDespisersBelievers As Sons Of GodUnderestimationForgetting ThingsGod UrgingLosing CourageGod Requite Them!Discipline Child

But the people did not turn unto him that smote them, neither did they seek the LORD of the hosts. Verse ConceptsPrayerlessnessGod Is TruthfulAfflictions Of The WickedNot Returning To GodGod Beating PeopleNot Seeking God

I have smitten your children in vain; they have received no correction; your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion. Verse ConceptsChastisementIndifferenceLionsResponseAfflictions Of The WickedAdmonition, RecievingSmitten CheeksKilling ProphetsUseless Labour

I have smitten you with the east wind and with the caterpillar; your many gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees were devoured by the locust; yet ye have never returned unto me, said the LORD. Verse ConceptsFig treeGarden, NaturalBlightHorticultureLocustsMildewOlivesDestroying VineyardsNot Returning To GodScorching

and blasphemed the God of the heaven because of their pains and their sores and did not repent of their deeds. Verse ConceptsHardened HeartsHell, As An ExperiencePhysical PainBlasphemyPleasurablenessrevelationdeeds

Why should I chastise you any more? Ye will revolt more and more; every head is sick, and every heart faint. Verse ConceptsSinful HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedRebellion Against God, Shown InOther References To The HeartPersistence

Therefore he has poured upon him the fury of his anger and the strength of battle; he put fire round about him, yet he was careless; and it set him on fire, yet he did not lay it to heart. Verse ConceptsHardened HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedChastisementSensitivityInsensibilityBurning PeopleStrength In Battle

O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? Thou hast stricken them, but they did not feel it; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive chastisement; they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return. Verse ConceptsIndifferenceMineralsPrayerlessnessRepentance, Importance OfSensitivityStubbornness, Consequences OfAfflictions Of The WickedAdmonition, RecievingObstinacy Against GodSelf WillGod, All knowing

Saying, Surely now thou wilt fear me; thou wilt receive chastisement; so thy dwelling shall not be thrown down, all of which I visited upon her; but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings. Verse ConceptseagernessPunishment, By GodRashnessFear Of God, Results OfRising EarlyFear God!Roses