Thematic Bible: Cruelty


Thematic Bible




Cursed be their wrath for it was strong, and their fierceness for it was cruel. I will therefore divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. Verse ConceptsCursing The UngodlyFierce MenAngry People

The stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both. Wrath is a cruel thing, and furiousness is a very tempest; yea, who is able to abide envy?

And he brought out the people that was therein and sawed them and drew harrows of iron upon them, and shred some of them with shredding knives of iron, and thrust some into furnaces. And so he served all the cities of the children of Ammon. And then David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem. Verse ConceptsAxesIronToolsCaptivesClay, UsesHorrors Of WarSawsFurnacesIron ObjectsForced Labour

And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and fettered him, and carried him to Babylon. Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesUnkindnessDisfigurementBrassBlindingOther BlindingKilling Sons And DaughtersBronze Shackles

But Adonibezek fled, and they followed after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. Verse ConceptsCruelty, examples ofInjuryKnivesCaptivesMutilationThumbsToesCutting Off Hands And Feet

Which jailer, when he had received such commandment, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. Verse ConceptsImprisonmentsInjury To Feet

Then Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, "All the men children that are born, cast into the river; and save the maid children alive." Verse ConceptsCruelty, examples ofCommands, in OTKept Alive By MenDeath Of All MalesKilling IsraelitesThe King's Orders

and they took him and cast him into a pit. But the pit was empty and had no water therein. Verse ConceptsPrisonersEmpty ThingsDry Places

And all the people cut down also every man a bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them into the hold, and set the hold a fire upon them: so that all the men of the tower of Shechem were slain, upon a thousand persons what of men and women together. Verse ConceptsA Thousand PeopleBurning CitiesKilling Within IsraelPrivate Rooms

"Make a covenant with us and we will be thy servants." And Nahash the Ammonite said, "Hereto will I make a covenant with you: even to thrust out all your right eyes, that I may bring that shame upon all Israel." Verse ConceptsBlindness, Causes OfdisabilitiesNegotiationUnkindnessEyes HarmedBlindingOther BlindingOther Right PartsSurrendercredibility

Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that dwelt in the fore entry of the prison. And they let down Jeremiah with cords into a dungeon, where there was no water, but mire. Verse ConceptsDungeonsInjuryMonotonyPersecution, Forms OfPersecution, Nature OfPrisonersPunishment, Legal Aspects OfRopesSuffering, Causes OfCisternsLowering PeopleMarshes

and spake unto the strongest worthies that were in his house, for to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them in to the hot burning oven. Verse ConceptsTying Up

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The soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners: lest any of them, when he had swum out, should flee away. Verse ConceptsSwimmingNo EscapeAttempting To Kill Specific People

And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam was wroth and smote the ass with a staff. Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyGesturesAnger, Sinful ExamplesAnger Of Man, UnrighteousAnimal RightsLying Down To RestSeeing AngelsNamed People Angry With Others


And David took a thousand and seven hundred horsemen of his, and twenty thousand footmen, and destroyed all his chariots - reserving one hundred of them. Verse ConceptsChariotsHorsesSoldiersAnimals, Cruelty TowardsCavalryAnimal RightsOne HundredThousandsTwenty Thousand And UpDestroying ChariotsTaking Possessions

And David took from him a thousand chariots and seven thousand horsemen and twenty thousand footmen, and brake all the chariots, save that he reserved of them a hundred. Verse ConceptsChariotsHorsesAnimal RightsOne HundredA Thousand ThingsSeven ThousandTwenty Thousand And Upmuscles

The brethren Simeon and Levi, wicked instruments are their weapons. Verse ConceptsWeapons

Deliver me not over into the will of mine adversaries; for there are false witnesses risen up against me, and such as imagine mischief. Verse ConceptsFalsehoodWitnesses, FalseOvercoming EnemiesSurrenderProtection From Enemiesbreathing

He that hath a gentle liberal stomach is merciful; but whoso hurteth his neighbour, is a tyrant. Verse ConceptsUnkindnessGood ReboundingHurt


and blindfolded him, and smote his face. And asked him, saying, "Aread who it is that smote thee?" Verse ConceptsBeating JesusWho Is The Doer?BlindingJesus The ProphetOther BlindingProphesy!

Then spat they in his face, and buffeted him with their fists. And others smote him with the palm of their hands on the face, Verse ConceptsIndignities Suffered By ChristGesturesCheeksSuffering, Causes OfThe Smiting Of JesusSpittingBatteryBeating JesusSalivaTurning The Other Cheek

And they stripped him, and put on him a purple robe, and plaited a crown of thorns and put upon his head, and a reed in his right hand. And bowed their knees before him, and mocked him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews," and spitted upon him, and took the reed and smote him on the head. read more.
And when they had mocked him, they took the robe off him again, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him.

Then said Abram to Sarai, "Behold, thy maid is in thy hand, do with her as it pleaseth thee." And because Sarai fared foul with her, she fled from her. Verse ConceptsAbuse Of Authority, Examples OfMastersOppression, Nature OfSuffering, Causes OfEmployers, Bad ExamplesGiven Into One's HandsLeaving People Alonemistress

Sara saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had borne unto Abraham, a mocking. Then she said unto Abraham, "Put away this bondmaid and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son Isaac." But the word seemed very grievous in Abraham's sight, because of his son. read more.
Then the LORD said unto Abraham, "Let it not be grievous unto thee, because of the lad and of thy bondmaid: But in all that Sara hath said unto thee, hear her voice, for in Isaac shall thy seed be called. Moreover of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed." And Abraham rose up early in the morning and took bread and a bottle with water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulders with the lad also, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered up and down in the wilderness of Beersheba.

And it fell on a day, as Elkanah had offered, that he gave to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and daughters portions. But unto Hannah he gave a portion with a heavy cheer, for he loved her; nevertheless the LORD had made her barren. And thereto her enemy Peninnah vexed her a good in casting her in the teeth how the LORD had made her barren. read more.
And so did she year by year, as oft as she went up to the house of the LORD. And so chafed her: wherefore Hannah wept and ate not.

Let go your great boasting of high things, let go out of your mouth that old byword: for the LORD is a God that knoweth all things, and judgeth the thoughts. Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingAbilityAwesome GodBeing A Know It AllGod, Wisdom OfMouthsPride, Evil OfSuccessSuperiorityVisionArrogance, Characterizes The WickedDo Not Be ProudBoastingbalancearroganceweightmotives

Then shall young men's bows be knapped asunder. The Medes shall have no pity upon women with child, and their faces shall not spare the children. Verse ConceptsMercy, HumanInfanticidePitilessnessPeople Without Mercypity

Their children shall be slain before their eyes, their houses spoiled, and their wives ravished. Verse ConceptsHorrors Of WarSeeing SituationsChild AbuseKilling Sons And Daughters

And Pharaoh commanded the same day unto the taskmasters over the people and unto the officers, saying, "See that ye give the people no more straw to make brick withal, as ye did in time past: let them go and gather them straw themselves. And the number of bricks which they were wont to make in time past, lay unto their charge also, and minish nothing thereof. For they be idle and therefore cry, saying, 'Let us go and do sacrifice unto our God.' read more.
They must have more work laid upon them, that they may labour therein, and then will they not turn themselves to false words." Then went the taskmasters of the people and the officers out and told the people, saying, "Thus sayeth Pharaoh, "I will give you no more straw, but go yourselves and gather you straw where ye can find it, yet shall none of your labour be minished.'" Then the people scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt for to gather them stubble to be instead of straw. And the taskmasters hasted them forward, saying, "Fulfill your work day by day, even as when straw was given you." And the officers of the children of Israel which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten. And it was said unto them, "Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick, both yesterday and today, as well as in times past?" Then went the officers of the children of Israel and complained unto Pharaoh saying, "Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants? There is no straw given unto thy servants, and yet they say unto us, 'make brick.' And lo, thy servants are beaten, and thy people is foul intreated." And he answered, "Idle are ye idle, and therefore ye say, 'Let us go and do sacrifice unto the LORD.' Go therefore and work, for there shall no straw be given you, and yet see that ye deliver the whole tale of brick."

Therefore let their children die of hunger, and let them be oppressed with the sword. Let their wives be robbed of their children, and become widows: let their husbands be slain, let their young men be killed with the sword in the field. Verse ConceptsRevenge, Examples OfFamine KillingApproval To Kill

The wives are ravished in Zion, and the maidens in the cities of Judah. The princes are hanged up with the hand of the enemies; they have not spared the old sage men; they have taken young men's lives from them, and the boys are hanged up upon trees. read more.
The elders sit no more under the gates, and the young men use no more the playing of Music.