Thematic Bible: Described as


Thematic Bible



He will suck the poison of cobras;
a viper’s fangs will kill him.
Verse ConceptsTeeth

yet the food in his stomach turns
into cobras’ venom inside him.
Verse ConceptsSnakesBitter Food

that does not listen to the sound of the charmers
who skillfully weave spells.
Verse ConceptsSkillWisdom, Human NatureUnhearing

Issachar is a strong donkey lying down between the saddlebags. He saw that his resting place was good and that the land was pleasant, so he leaned his shoulder to bear a load and became a forced laborer.

Issachar is a strong donkey
lying down between the saddlebags.
Verse ConceptsLying Down To RestStrong IndividualsAppreciation For Pastors


For they have gone up to Assyria
like a wild donkey going off on its own.
Ephraim has paid for love.
Verse ConceptsActing AloneWild DonkeysNorthern Kingdom Of Israel

But a stupid man will gain understanding
as soon as a wild donkey is born a man!
Verse ConceptsColtsWicked Described AsWorldly WisdomWild DonkeysWise ProverbsWisdom

Who set the wild donkey free?
Who released the swift donkey from its harness?
Verse ConceptsRopesWild DonkeysGod Freeing Captives

ד DaletHe is a bear waiting in ambush,
a lion in hiding.
Verse ConceptsLionsGod Like A LionAmbushLike Creatureslieing

“Suddenly, another beast appeared, a second one, that looked like a bear. It was raised up on one side, with three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. It was told, ‘Get up! Gorge yourself on flesh.’ Verse ConceptsTeethBearsAnimals Eating PeopleBonesThree Other ThingsFour Beasts Of Daniel

It will be like a man who flees from a lion
only to have a bear confront him.
He goes home and rests his hand against the wall
only to have a snake bite him.
Verse ConceptsBitingSnakesOther Supporting

Do not be like a horse or mule,
without understanding,
that must be controlled with bit and bridle
or else it will not come near you.
Verse ConceptsMulesBridlesHorsesRestraintRopesStubbornnessDivine RestraintsSelf WillBinding As Animals

I was stupid and didn’t understand;
I was an unthinking animal toward You.
Verse ConceptsFoolish PeopleMammalsThose Who Were IgnorantIgnorance of Godignorance


I know every bird of the mountains,
and the creatures of the field are Mine.
Verse ConceptsCreatorBirds, Features OfBeastsAll Things Belong To GodBirdsbugs

But despite [his] assets, man will not last; he is like the animals that perish. This is the way of those who are arrogant, and of their followers, who approve of their words. Selah Like sheep they are headed for Sheol; Death will shepherd them. The upright will rule over them in the morning, and their form will waste away in Sheol, far from their lofty abode. read more.
But God will redeem my life from the power of Sheol, for He will take me. Selah

but received a rebuke for his transgression: A donkey that could not talk spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet’s irrationality. Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyMadnessMouthsRebukeRestraintPeople Acting MadlyDumbnessBeing ReprovedDumbThe Dumb Speaking


In it were all the four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, and the birds of the sky. Verse ConceptsGod, Impartiality OfBeastsFour Other ThingsMammalsForbidden Food


“When the Lord your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, and He drives out many nations before you—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites, seven nations more numerous and powerful than you— Verse ConceptsSevenSeven PeopleThe Lord Will Drive Them Out

However, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We also saw the descendants of Anak there. Verse ConceptsFortificationsFortified CitiesLargenessGiantsStrong Nations

"When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable customs of those nations. No one among you is to make his son or daughter pass through the fire, practice divination, tell fortunes, interpret omens, practice sorcery, cast spells, consult a medium or a familiar spirit, or inquire of the dead.

You saw their detestable images and idols made of wood, stone, silver, and gold, which were among them. Verse ConceptsGoldStones

For the men who were in the land prior to you have committed all these detestable things, and the land has become defiled. Verse ConceptsPolluting The Land

Yet I destroyed the Amorite as Israel advanced;
his height was like the cedars,
and he was as sturdy as the oaks;
I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath.
Verse ConceptsAmoritesCedarRootsGiantsOaks

You have mocked the Lord through your servants.
You have said, “With my many chariots
I have gone up to the heights of the mountains,
to the far recesses of Lebanon.
I cut down its tallest cedars,
its choice cypress trees.
I came to its distant heights,
its densest forest.
Verse ConceptsChariotsCedarFelling TreesTrusting In Chariots

This is what the Lord God says:

I will take a sprig
from the lofty top of the cedar and plant it.
I will pluck a tender sprig
from its topmost shoots,
and I will plant it
on a high towering mountain.
Verse ConceptsTendernessMessianic PropheciesMetaphorical PlantingThe Mountains Of Israel

The mountains were covered by its shade,
and the mighty cedars with its branches.
Verse ConceptsCedarThe Mountains Of Israel

I will plant it on Israel’s high mountain
so that it may bear branches, produce fruit,
and become a majestic cedar.
Birds of every kind will nest under it,
taking shelter in the shade of its branches.
Verse ConceptsBearing Fruit

Your lips drip sweetness like the honeycomb, my bride.
Honey and milk are under your tongue.
The fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.
Verse ConceptsHoneyRich Foodspouse

The mountains were covered by its shade, and the mighty cedars with its branches. It sent out sprouts toward the Sea and shoots toward the River.

“The bricks have fallen,
but we will rebuild with cut stones;
the sycamores have been cut down,
but we will replace them with cedars.”
Verse ConceptsBricksHousesMasonsProperty, HousesStonesSycamoresFortsStone ItemsCedar WoodThings ImprovedChristmas Treerebuilding







but wrath and indignation to those who are self-seeking and disobey the truth, but are obeying unrighteousness; affliction and distress for every human being who does evil, first to the Jew, and also to the Greek;

[where

Their worm does not die,
and the fire is not quenched.]
Verse ConceptsMaggotsworms

The Lord said to Moses, “You are about to rest with your fathers, and these people will soon commit adultery with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will abandon Me and break the covenant I have made with them. Verse ConceptsProstitutionRest, PhysicalSleep, And DeathTrust, Lack OfNearness Of DeathBreaking The CovenantDeath Will Soon HappenDeath

He said this, and then He told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I’m on My way to wake him up.” Verse ConceptsProphecies Said By JesusIntermediate Stateawakeninglazarus


When You hide Your face,
they are terrified;
when You take away their breath,
they die and return to the dust.
Verse ConceptsBreath Of LifeFace Of GodChaosCreatures Returning To DustDeath Of CreaturesGod Hiding



When Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he drew his feet into the bed and died. He was gathered to his people. Verse ConceptsBedsDeath Of The Saints, Examples OfLast WordsGathered To One's People

knowing that I will soon lay aside my tent, as our Lord Jesus Christ has also shown me. Verse ConceptsDeath Of God's PeopleNear The Time PersonallyThings RevealedDeath Of The Righteous

It is not the dead who praise the Lord,
nor any of those descending into the silence of death.
Verse ConceptsDeath, Description OfAfterlifeNot Praising GodState Of The DeadDeathPraise And Worship


Instantly she dropped dead at his feet. When the young men came in, they found her dead, carried her out, and buried her beside her husband. Verse ConceptsMiracles Of PeterCarrying Dead BodiesPeople TumblingHaving No Breath

For only a few years will pass
before I go the way of no return.


> Verse ConceptsDeath, Description OfJourneyThe Finality Of DeathPeople not returningDeath Is Finalpast

He blossoms like a flower, then withers;
he flees like a shadow and does not last.
Verse ConceptsFlowersdrynessLife, HumanPhysical LifeShadowsLife, Brevity OfTime Passing

He blossoms like a flower, then withers;
he flees like a shadow and does not last.
Verse ConceptsFlowersdrynessLife, HumanPhysical LifeShadowsLife, Brevity OfTime Passing

He led you through the great and terrible wilderness with its poisonous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty land where there was no water. He brought water out of the flint-like rock for you. Verse ConceptsFlintClimates, Typesdrought, physicalSnakesSuffering, HardshipThirstAnimals, Types OfGod Providing WaterDry PlacesProvision From RocksScorpions

The entire Israelite community left the Wilderness of Sin, moving from one place to the next according to the Lord’s command. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. Verse ConceptsCommands, in OTTravelParticular JourneysNo Water For People

“Go and announce directly to Jerusalem that this is what the Lord says:

I remember the loyalty of your youth,
your love as a bride—
how you followed Me in the wilderness,
in a land not sown.
Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, To GodKnowing God, Effects OfLoyaltyMarriage, Between God And His PeoplePolygamyRejection Of God, Results OfUnity, God's Goal OfWivesYouthCovenant RelationshipsYouthful DevotionFollowing GodGod Remembering DevotionMarriage To GodBetrothal, Spiritual

Why have you led us up from Egypt to bring us to this evil place? It’s not a place of grain, figs, vines, and pomegranates, and there is no water to drink!” Verse ConceptsFruitFig treeBlamePomegranatesAssembling At The DoorwayBringing Israel Out Of EgyptNo Water For PeopleOthers Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

He found him in a desolate land,
in a barren, howling wilderness;
He surrounded him, cared for him,
and protected him as the pupil of His eye.
Verse ConceptsFruitBarren, LandGod Keeping WatchApple Of The EyeGod SurroundingEyes Cared ForFinding PeopleGod Led Them Through The Wildernesswandering

“We then set out from Horeb and went across all the great and terrible wilderness you saw on the way to the hill country of the Amorites, just as the Lord our God had commanded us. When we reached Kadesh-barnea, Verse ConceptsMonotony

They stopped asking, “Where is the Lord
who brought us from the land of Egypt,
who led us through the wilderness,
through a land of deserts and ravines,
through a land of drought and darkness,
a land no one traveled through
and where no one lived?”
Verse ConceptsFreedom, Acts Of In OtBarren, LandDesertsWildernessDry PlacesDarkness During DaytimeEmpty By NatureWhere Is God?God Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

Look, I am about to do something new;
even now it is coming. Do you not see it?
Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness,
rivers in the desert.
Verse ConceptsTravelling With GodLife, Of FaithNewnessBlessing In The WildernessMaking RoadsRiversFuture Plansa new beginningNew BeginningsA New DayPathsNew

I will stretch out My hand against them, and wherever they live I will make the land a desolate waste, from the wilderness to Diblah. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.” Verse ConceptsHand Of GodGod's HandDestruction Of CountriesGod's Hands Stretched Out

Anyone who belongs to Jeroboam and dies in the city,
the dogs will eat,
and anyone who dies in the field,
the birds of the sky will eat,
for the Lord has said it!’
Verse ConceptsdogsAnimals Eating PeopleEating CorpsesBirds Eating

But when they went out to bury her, they did not find anything but her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands. So they went back and told him, and he said, "This [fulfills] the Lord's word that He spoke through His servant Elijah the Tishbite: 'In the plot of land at Jezreel, the dogs will eat Jezebel's flesh.

Then someone washed the chariot at the pool of Samaria. The dogs licked up his blood, and the prostitutes bathed in it, according to the word of the Lord that He had spoken. Verse ConceptsdogsBathing, For RefreshmentTongueWord Of GodPoolsAnimals Eating PeopleCreatures Drinking BloodClean Objects

Tell him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Have you murdered and also taken possession?’ Then tell him, ‘This is what the Lord says: In the place where the dogs licked Naboth’s blood, the dogs will also lick your blood!’” Verse ConceptsdogsInjustice, Hated By GodSuffering, Nature OfTongueDivine DirectionAnimals Eating PeopleCreatures Drinking BloodReady To KillTaking Possessionsjezebel

He longed to be filled with what fell from the rich man’s table, but instead the dogs would come and lick his sores. Verse ConceptsdogsTablesTongueCrumbsSeeking FoodRemaining FoodPetsAbscessFeeding The Poorlazarus

It has happened to them according to the true proverb: A dog returns to its own vomit, and, “a sow, after washing itself, wallows in the mud.” Verse ConceptsdogsWicked Described AsDegradationSwinePigsUnclean SpiritsOld SayingsUnclean AnimalsBacksliderspork

A person who is passing by and meddles in a quarrel that’s not his
is like one who grabs a dog by the ears.
Verse ConceptsdisagreementsBusybodiesMeddlingGentlenessMinding Your Own BusinessFamily ProblemsConflictFamily ConflictPets

For dogs have surrounded me;
a gang of evildoers has closed in on me;
they pierced my hands and my feet.
Verse ConceptsdogsEnemies SurroundingMessianic Prophecies

Their wine is serpents’ venom,
the deadly poison of cobras.
Verse ConceptsAlcoholCobrasSerpentsSnakesThings Like Snakes

His tail swept away a third of the stars in heaven and hurled them to the earth. And the dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she did give birth he might devour her child. Verse ConceptsSatan, As The Enemy Of GodSkySuffering, Of Jesus ChristAnimals, Figurative UseFractions, One ThirdOne ThirdTailsAnimals Eating PeopleAffecting Sun Moon And StarsPutting Things DownRebellion of Satan and Angels

I have become a brother to jackals
and a companion of ostriches.
Verse ConceptsBirds, Types Of BirdsOstricheslonliness


Saul and Jonathan,
loved and delightful,
they were not parted in life or in death.
They were swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.
Verse ConceptsFriendshipEaglesCompanionshipFast RunnersStrong Individuals

From there it searches for prey;
its eyes penetrate the distance.
Verse ConceptsGood Things From Far Away

But Yahweh is the true God;
He is the living God and eternal King.
The earth quakes at His wrath,
and the nations cannot endure His rage.
Verse ConceptsGod, Living And Self sustainingGod Is TruthfulHonestyEarth, Judgment OfGod Shaking The EarthGod Has AngerNature Of GodThe Lord [Yahweh] Is GodEverlastingLiving For Godwrathreality

the earth trembled and the skies poured down rain
before God, the God of Sinai,
before God, the God of Israel.
Verse ConceptsRainGod Shaking The EarthGod Controlling The Rain



This is what the Lord says:

Heaven is My throne,
and earth is My footstool.
What house could you possibly build for Me?
And what place could be My home?
Verse ConceptsFootstoolsFeetEarth, Description OfGod, Present EverywhereGod, Sovereignty OfHeaven, Nature OfHeaven, God's ThroneGod's OmnipresenceThe Temple In HeavenEarthHeaven Better Than EarthRestThe EarthGoing To Heaven

or by the earth, because it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King. Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfFootstoolsFeetNames For JerusalemCitySwearing

and I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice sounded like the roar of mighty waters, and the earth shone with His glory. Verse ConceptsNoiseVoicesShiningOut Of The EastSoundGod Is LightGod's VoiceCloud of glory


Lord, the earth is filled with Your faithful love;
teach me Your statutes.
Verse ConceptsEarth, God's GloryScripture Teaching


Nations rage, kingdoms topple;
the earth melts when He lifts His voice.
Verse ConceptsChaosKingdomsEarth, Judgment OfRoar Of NationsGod's VoiceDisorder Among The NationsLucifer

The mountains quake before Him,
and the hills melt;
the earth trembles at His presence—
the world and all who live in it.
Verse ConceptsearthquakesEarth, Judgment OfMountainsMountains QuakingThe Universe DestroyedGod Saves From Sin And DeathThe Presence Of God










People will go into caves in the rocks
and holes in the ground,
away from the terror of the Lord
and from His majestic splendor,
when He rises to terrify the earth.
Verse ConceptsCavesGuilty FearPeople In CavesTremblingPeoples Who FledTerror Of GodHoles In The GroundThe Earthhidingtrying


And they said to the mountains and to the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb, because the great day of Their wrath has come! And who is able to stand?"

Trouble and distress terrify him,
overwhelming him like a king prepared for battle.
Verse ConceptsAfflictions Of The WickedFear Will ComeOvercoming AdversityBeing Overwhelmedpressure

Dreadful sounds fill his ears;
when he is at peace, a robber attacks him.
Verse ConceptsThose Who DestroyFear Is Due

and terror and dread will fall on them.
They will be as still as a stone
because of Your powerful arm
until Your people pass by, Lord,
until the people whom You purchased pass by.
Verse ConceptsMarketsPassing ThroughPurchasingTypes Of ChristArm Of GodMotionlessnessStaying PutPeople As Rocksgreatnessterrorism

Saul answered Samuel, “I have sinned. I have transgressed the Lord’s command and your words. Because I was afraid of the people, I obeyed them. Verse ConceptsConviction, Not Leading To RepentancePublic OpinionConfessionFear Of ManFearing Other PeopleWe Have Sinned

His parents said these things because they were afraid of the Jews, since the Jews had already agreed that if anyone confessed Him as Messiah, he would be banned from the synagogue. Verse ConceptsPersecution, Forms OfSynagogueFear, Of PersecutionFear Of ManDisfellowshipExcommunicationFear Of EnemiesBelieving In Christ

but a terrifying expectation of judgment and the fury of a fire about to consume the adversaries. Verse ConceptsHell, As An ExperienceGuilty FearFire Of JudgementTerror Of GodJudgementexpectations

Do not forget the covenant that I have made with you. Do not fear other gods, Verse ConceptsForgetting GodNot ForgettingDifferent GodsDo Not Have Other godscovenant

How suddenly they become a desolation!
They come to an end, swept away by terrors.
Verse ConceptsAfflictions Of The WickedDeath Of The WickedDestruction Of The WickedFear Will Come

when the wind passes over it, it vanishes,
and its place is no longer known.
Verse ConceptsThings Passing Away


The blossoms appear in the countryside.
The time of singing has come,
and the turtledove’s cooing is heard in our land.
Verse ConceptsBirds, Features OfBirds, Types Of BirdsRosesspringtime

His cheeks are like beds of spice,
towers of perfume.
His lips are lilies,
dripping with flowing myrrh.
Verse ConceptsLiliesFlowersCheeks


For it is contained in Scripture:

Look! I lay a stone in Zion,
a chosen and honored cornerstone,
and the one who believes in Him
will never be put to shame!
Verse ConceptsCornerstonesConfidence, In ChristdefeatZion, As A SymbolNames And Titles For ChristSpiritual FoundationsCapstoneChrist The RockThe Effects Of FaithNot Put To ShamePreciousScripture SaysDisappointmentpeterzion


Let it be known to the king that the Jews who came from you have returned to us at Jerusalem. They are rebuilding that rebellious and evil city, finishing its walls, and repairing its foundations. Verse ConceptsFoundationsCityJudaismBuilding Jerusalem's WallRebuilding Jerusalemrebuilding

The king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones. Verse ConceptsFoundationsBuildingHousesFoundations Of Buildings

He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the river crashed against that house and couldn’t shake it, because it was well built. Verse ConceptsFoundations Of BuildingsStones For Protection

In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem:

Let the house be rebuilt as a place for offering sacrifices, and let its original foundations be retained. Its height is to be 90 feet and its width 90 feet, Verse ConceptsFoundationsBreadthProclamationsThe Second TempleDimensions Of BuildingsThe First Temple

Then Tobiah the Ammonite, who was beside him, said, “Indeed, even if a fox climbed up what they are building, he would break down their stone wall!” Verse ConceptsAmmonitesFoxes

They will be given over to the power of the sword;
they will become the jackals’ prey.

He said to them, “Go tell that fox, ‘Look! I’m driving out demons and performing healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will complete My work.’ Verse ConceptsGoalsFigures Of Speechdriving outFoxesDemons, Exorcism OfLeaders, PoliticalThe Third Day Of The WeekJesus Casting Out DemonsTodayJesus HealingCasting Out Demonstomorrow

For the choir director: on the Gittith. A Davidic psalm.Yahweh, our Lord,
how magnificent is Your name throughout the earth!


You have covered the heavens with Your majesty.
Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfGod, Majesty OfKnowing God, Nature OfPrayer, And WorshipGlory Of GodGod's Glory RevealedGod Being Outside Of CreationExcellence

Yahweh is exalted above all the nations,
His glory above the heavens.
Verse ConceptsGlory Of GodGod On HighGod Saves From Sin And DeathGod Being Outside Of Creation


May the glory of the Lord endure forever;
may the Lord rejoice in His works.
Verse ConceptsDelight, God ExpressingGlory Of God

They will sing of the Lord’s ways,
for the Lord’s glory is great.
Verse ConceptsPrayer, And WorshipGlory Of GodThose Singing Praise

King Solomon made 200 large shields of hammered gold; 15 pounds of gold went into each shield. He made 300 small shields of hammered gold; about four pounds of gold went into each shield. The king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

They hammered out thin sheets of gold, and he cut threads from them to interweave with the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and the fine linen in a skillful design. Verse ConceptsTapestriesPlatesCordsRed MaterialBlue ClothPurple ClothBlue Purple And Scarlet

20 gold bowls worth 1,000 gold coins, and two articles of fine gleaming bronze, as valuable as gold. Verse ConceptsCoinageHoly VesselsBrassWeights Of Gold

I will make man scarcer than gold,
and mankind more rare than the gold of Ophir.
Verse ConceptsGoldYouthThings Like GoldShortage Other Than FoodMan's Sinful Nature

So all the people took off the gold rings that were on their ears and brought [them] to Aaron. He took [the gold] from their hands, fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it into an image of a calf. Then they said, "Israel, this is your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!"

Gold cannot be exchanged for it, and silver cannot be weighed out for its price. Wisdom cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.

While you lie among the sheepfolds,
the wings of a dove are covered with silver,
and its feathers with glistening gold.
Verse ConceptsdovesGoldSleep, PhysicalWingsSheepfoldsWings Of BirdsStock Keeping







And they will have deep affection for you in their prayers on your behalf because of the surpassing grace of God in you. Verse ConceptsGrace, Description OfThe Grace Given To MenPraying For Otherssupplication



so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace will reign through righteousness, resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Verse Conceptseternal life, gift ofSin, Causes OfSin, Universality OfGrace, Description OfComplicityJustified By GraceExercise


The Israelites who had returned from exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the uncleanness of the Gentiles of the land in order to worship Yahweh, the God of Israel. Verse ConceptsExclusivenessSeparationHeathenNations DescribedProselytesSeparation From Evil PeopleThose who returned from exileAdoption Should Lead To Holiness





The idols of the nations are of silver and gold,
made by human hands.
Verse ConceptsGoldHeathenIdolatry



On frequent journeys, I faced
dangers from rivers,
dangers from robbers,
dangers from my own people,
dangers from the Gentiles,
dangers in the city,
dangers in the open country,
dangers on the sea,
and dangers among false brothers;
Verse ConceptsDanger, PhysicalAdventureStealingTravelNations DescribedCities Under AttackFalse PeopleAntagonism From Jew And GentileIn The Heart Of The SeaFake Friendsrisk

Why do the nations rebel and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers conspire together against the Lord and His Anointed One:


Consider the covenant,
for the dark places of the land are full of violence.
Verse ConceptsViolence In The EarthViolenceNations DescribedDarkness Of EvilGod Keeps Covenant

No, but I do say that what they sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God. I do not want you to participate with demons! Verse ConceptsAstrologyFalse ReligionPagansNations DescribedSacrificesDemonsSacrificeHalloweenpartnershipstatuesDemonic Influence



Why should the nations ask,
“Where is their God?”
Before our eyes,
let vengeance for the shed blood of Your servants
be known among the nations.
Verse ConceptsAvenger of bloodRetributionHeathenNations DescribedSheddingGod Not ExistingResponsibility For Blood ShedWhere Is God?


and throw them into the blazing furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Verse ConceptsFurnacesThrowing PeopleFire Of HellMourning Due To CatastropheMourning In Regret

he will also drink the wine of God’s wrath, which is mixed full strength in the cup of His anger. He will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the sight of the holy angels and in the sight of the Lamb, Verse ConceptsCup, God's WrathBrimstoneHell, Description OfMetaphorical WineFire Of HellSulphurNot MixingAngels Doing God's WorkGod Making DrunkGod TroublingThe Coming Day Of God's WrathVoice Of The Archangel




His winnowing shovel is in His hand, and He will clear His threshing floor and gather His wheat into the barn. But the chaff He will burn up with fire that never goes out.” Verse ConceptsHell, Description OfNames For HeavenHell, As An ExperienceForksSin, God's Judgment OnThreshing FloorToolsWinnowingWicked Described AsEternal JudgmentLight As ChaffReapingBurning PlantsGod's StorehousesWeed

The sinners in Zion are afraid;
trembling seizes the ungodly:
“Who among us can dwell with a consuming fire?
Who among us can dwell with ever-burning flames?”
Verse ConceptsEternal DeathGuilt, Human Aspects OfHell, Punishment OfHell, Description OfPunishment, By GodSinnersUngodlinessGuilty FearTerror Of God

The sinners in Zion are afraid;
trembling seizes the ungodly:
“Who among us can dwell with a consuming fire?
Who among us can dwell with ever-burning flames?”
Verse ConceptsEternal DeathGuilt, Human Aspects OfHell, Punishment OfHell, Description OfPunishment, By GodSinnersUngodlinessGuilty FearTerror Of God






Their horses are swifter than leopards
and more fierce than wolves of the night.
Their horsemen charge ahead;
their horsemen come from distant lands.
They fly like an eagle, swooping to devour.
Verse ConceptsHorsesLeopardWingsBirds, Types Of BirdsRiding HorsesSpeedEaglesWolvesPeople From Far AwayThose Flying

You say, “No!
We will escape on horses”—
therefore you will escape!—
and, “We will ride on fast horses”—
but those who pursue you will be faster.
Verse ConceptsBackPursuing PeopleCavalryRiding HorsesSpeed

Look, he advances like clouds;
his chariots are like a storm.
His horses are swifter than eagles.
Woe to us, for we are ruined!
Verse ConceptsChariotsHorsesEaglesWhirlwindsWoeHeavenly ChariotsSpeedAutomobilesHurricanes



He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength;
He charges into battle.
Verse ConceptsStrength Of Animals

I have paid careful attention.
They do not speak what is right.
No one regrets his evil,
asking, ‘What have I done?’
Everyone has stayed his course
like a horse rushing into battle.
Verse ConceptsObstinacy Against GodWicked Described As

He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength;
He charges into battle.
Verse ConceptsStrength Of Animals

He charges ahead with trembling rage;
he cannot stand still at the trumpet’s sound.
Verse ConceptsNot Being StillNot Stilldistance

Do you make him leap like a locust?
His proud snorting fills one with terror.
Verse ConceptsNosesCreatures JumpingNeighing And Braying

He laughs at fear, since he is afraid of nothing;
he does not run from the sword.
Verse ConceptsThose Not Fearing

Blind people! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift? Verse ConceptsGreat ThingsOffering SacrificesHolier Than ThouSanctificationimportance

Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup, so the outside of it may also become clean. Verse ConceptsMiracles Of ChristCleaningFirst ActionsInside And OutThe Inward BeingCleanlinessPurityFocusInner Beautycleansingmathpharisees

Blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the sanctuary that sanctified the gold? Verse ConceptsHypocrites, Description OfGod's Attitude To FoolsGreat ThingsStatus Of The TempleSanctification


Then He began to teach them, saying: Verse ConceptsJesus As Our TeacherChrist Teaching


Why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye but don't notice the log in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' and look, there's a log in your eye? Hypocrite! First take the log out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.

But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, responded by telling the crowd, "There are six days when work should be done; therefore come on those days and be healed and not on the Sabbath day." But the Lord answered him and said, "Hypocrites! Doesn't each one of you untie his ox or donkey from the feeding trough on the Sabbath and lead it to water?





And don’t presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones! Verse ConceptsDelusionsPeople Of God, In NtHeredityAbility, God's PowerHypocrites, Description OfSelf DelusionWorry And StressRaising ChildrenBuilding Relationships

Do not trust deceitful words, chanting: This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord. Verse ConceptsdistrustOptimismHypocrites, Description OfTrusting Deceptive ThingsStatus Of The TempleTrust

They say, ‘Keep to yourself,
don’t come near me, for I am too holy for you!’
These practices are smoke in My nostrils,
a fire that burns all day long.
Verse ConceptsHypocrisy, Description OfNosesPrejudicePride, Examples OfSmokeHypocrites, Description OfFire Of EvilAll DayHolier Than ThouChanging YourselfsmokingSmoke Used Poetically

The Pharisee took his stand and was praying like this: ‘God, I thank You that I’m not like other people —greedy, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. Verse ConceptsExtortion, Examples OfAttitudes, in prayerHypocrisy, Description OfPrejudiceStandingStatusTax CollectorsHypocrites, Description OfSelf DelusionEvildoersNot Like PeopleAvoid AdulteryWe Thank GodConfession of sin

We are not commending ourselves to you again, but giving you an opportunity to be proud of us, so that you may have a reply for those who take pride in the outward appearance rather than in the heart. Verse ConceptsCommendationOutward AppearanceHypocrites, Description OfAppearancesCommending OneselfOther References To The HeartAppearances of

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You pay a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, yet you have neglected the more important matters of the law-justice, mercy, and faith. These things should have been done without neglecting the others. Blind guides! You strain out a gnat, yet gulp down a camel!

So My people come to you in crowds, sit in front of you, and hear your words, but they don't obey them. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue unjust gain. Yes, to them you are like a singer of love songs who has a beautiful voice and plays skillfully on an instrument. They hear your words, but they don't obey them.

Then Pharisees and scribes came from Jerusalem to Jesus and asked, "Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when they eat!" He answered them, "And why do you break God's commandment because of your tradition?

They love the place of honor at banquets, the front seats in the synagogues, greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called 'Rabbi' by people.


“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to make one proselyte, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as fit for hell as you are! Verse ConceptsExploitationsJudaismMission, Of IsraelPharisees, Beliefs OfPassing OverSonsTravelHypocrites, Description OfGehennaProselytesSea TravelOnly One PersonDouble PenaltyCrossing To The Other SideHypocrisy

[“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You devour widows’ houses and make long prayers just for show. This is why you will receive a harsher punishment.] Verse ConceptsLegalismHypocrites, Description OfProfessingAge DiscriminationNot Helping WidowsToo Many WordsHypocritesHypocrisy

They seek Me day after day
and delight to know My ways,
like a nation that does what is right
and does not abandon the justice of their God.
They ask Me for righteous judgments;
they delight in the nearness of God.”
Verse ConceptseagernessAskingNominal ReligionHypocrites, Description OfNot Coming Near To GodMaking Decisions

For a fool speaks foolishness
and his mind plots iniquity.
He lives in a godless way
and speaks falsely about the Lord.
He leaves the hungry empty
and deprives the thirsty of drink.
Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfMind, The HumanMorality, And CreationSin, Nature OfHypocrites, Description OfMischiefBeing MisleadStingy PeopleErrorHypocrisy


No one reflects,
no one has the perception or insight to say,
“I burned half of it in the fire,
I also baked bread on its coals,
I roasted meat and ate.
I will make something detestable with the rest of it,
and I will bow down to a block of wood.”
Verse ConceptsAbominationsAbominations, Idolatry IsIgnorance Towards God, Leads ToDullnessBowing To False GodsBaking BreadFirewoodHalf Of ThingsThose Who Were Ignorant

Their idols are silver and gold, made by human hands. They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see. They have ears, but cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell. read more.
They have hands, but cannot feel, feet, but cannot walk. They cannot make a sound with their throats. Those who make them are just like them, as are all who trust in them.

for the customs of the peoples are worthless.
Someone cuts down a tree from the forest;
it is worked by the hands of a craftsman with a chisel.
Verse ConceptsForestsChristmas Treewoodworkingcutting

and do not set up a sacred pillar; the Lord your God hates them. Verse ConceptsStonesObelisksGod Hating Things

So I sent you all My servants the prophets time and time again, saying: Don’t do this detestable thing that I hate. Verse ConceptsProphets, Role OfAbominations, Sin IsThose Who Rose EarlyDoing Repeatedly

I also said to them: Each of you must throw away the detestable things that are before your eyes and not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God. Verse ConceptsAbominations, Judgments OfAbominations, Sin IsSending Things AwayEvil EyesPollution ForbiddenAvoiding IdolatryI Will Be Their God

So I poured out My wrath on them because of the blood they had shed on the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols. Verse ConceptsSheddingPolluting The LandIdol WorshipKilling Many People

Being God’s offspring then, we shouldn’t think that the divine nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image fashioned by human art and imagination. Verse ConceptsGod, As SpiritFalse ReligionGoldSculptureSkillStonesEvolutionProofs Of God's ExistenceStone ItemsIdolatryDivineDivinityGodheadimaginationartistsimage

For though they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or show gratitude. Instead, their thinking became nonsense, and their senseless minds were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man, birds, four-footed animals, and reptiles.

Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them deliver you in the time of your oppression.” Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionemptinessSarcasmPraying AmissCompetition

They lift it to their shoulder and bear it along;
they set it in its place, and there it stands;
it does not budge from its place.
They cry out to it but it doesn’t answer;
it saves no one from his trouble.
Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionemptinessHearingProtection, Not Found InShouldersCarrying IdolsIdolatryOthers Not AnsweringSalvation By Other Things

You must burn up the carved images of their gods. Don’t covet the silver and gold on the images and take it for yourself, or else you will be ensnared by it, for it is abhorrent to the Lord your God. Verse ConceptsAbominationsCoveting, prohibition ofCalf worshipGoldMaterialism, As An Aspect Of SinWarningAbhorAbominations, To GodAbominations, PracticesWorldly SnaresBurning Idolatrous ThingsAbandoning Idolsimage

On the same day they slaughtered their children for their idols, they entered My sanctuary to profane it. Yes, that is what they did inside My house. Verse ConceptsAt The Same TimeFood Offered To IdolsKilling Sons And Daughters


His bones are bronze tubes;
his limbs are like iron rods.
Verse ConceptsBeamsBronzeBodies Of AnimalsThings Like Bronze

A fourth kingdom will be as strong as iron; for iron crushes and shatters everything, and like iron that smashes, it will crush and smash all the others. Verse ConceptsCrushingFractions, One FourthThings Like IronFourthOvercoming Obstaclesautonomytoughnesscrushes

Just as one gathers silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin into the furnace to blow fire on them and melt them, so I will gather you in My anger and wrath, put you inside, and melt you. Verse ConceptsIronTinMeltingGathered By GodFurnaces

He will settle disputes among the nations
and provide arbitration for many peoples.
They will turn their swords into plows
and their spears into pruning knives.
Nations will not take up the sword against other nations,
and they will never again train for war.
Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgePruningPloughingSecuritySpearsToolsWarfare, Nature OfWeaponsNationsPeace, Effects OfDisarmamentMessianic PropheciesGod Makes PeaceMillennial Kingdom, Universal Peace And Blessing

rising splendidly,
is the joy of the whole earth.
Mount Zion on the slopes of the north
is the city of the great King.
Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfBeautifulBeauty Of JerusalemBeauty Of NatureThe Beauty Of Naturezion

ס SamekAll who pass by
scornfully clap their hands at you.
They mock and shake their heads
at Daughter Jerusalem:
Is this the city that was called
the perfection of beauty,
the joy of the whole earth?
Verse ConceptsBeautifulClappingBeauty Of JerusalemNames For JerusalemApplauseShaking The HeadHissingSpectatorsPeople Made Perfect

M You are as beautiful as Tirzah, my darling,
lovely as Jerusalem,
awe-inspiring as an army with banners.
Verse ConceptsBanner, Figurative Use

ס SamekAll who pass by
scornfully clap their hands at you.
They mock and shake their heads
at Daughter Jerusalem:
Is this the city that was called
the perfection of beauty,
the joy of the whole earth?
Verse ConceptsBeautifulClappingBeauty Of JerusalemNames For JerusalemApplauseShaking The HeadHissingSpectatorsPeople Made Perfect

Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen and stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar as abundant as sycamore in the Judean foothills.

How she sits alone,
the city once crowded with people!
She who was great among the nations
has become like a widow.
The princess among the provinces
has been put to forced labor.
Verse ConceptsLamentingQueensFilling PlacesWidowsEmpty CitiesGreat ThingsLuciferlonliness

How she sits alone,
the city once crowded with people!
She who was great among the nations
has become like a widow.
The princess among the provinces
has been put to forced labor.
Verse ConceptsLamentingQueensFilling PlacesWidowsEmpty CitiesGreat ThingsLuciferlonliness

“Many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why did the Lord do such a thing to this great city?’ Verse ConceptsWhy Does God Do This?

All your rulers have fled together,
captured without a bow.
All your fugitives were captured together;
they had fled far away.
Verse ConceptsIsrael Fleeing

Jerusalem, built as a city should be,
solidly joined together,
Verse ConceptsNations Unitedreuniting

rising splendidly,
is the joy of the whole earth.
Mount Zion on the slopes of the north
is the city of the great King.
Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfBeautifulBeauty Of JerusalemBeauty Of NatureThe Beauty Of Naturezion

“You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to a temporary resident living within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the Lord your God. You must not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk. Verse ConceptsForeignersFindingMilkRitual LawEcologyStrangersYoung AnimalAnimal MothersDeath Of CreaturesCorpses Of AnimalsLaws Restricting ForeignersForbidden Foodnatural Deathpork


Now if you will listen to Me and carefully keep My covenant, you will be My own possession out of all the peoples, although all the earth is Mine, Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, To GodPeople Of God, In OtReward, DivineSecurityTreasureCautionObedience To GodJews As God's Chosen PeopleResponsibility, Of Natural WorldAll Things Belong To GodRoyal Priesthood


for you are a holy people belonging to the Lord your God. The Lord has chosen you to be His own possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth. Verse ConceptsAdoption, nature ofChoicesBeing ChosenHoliness, Believers' Growth InMonogamyNationalismPeople Of God, In OtGod PossessingTreasureCharacter Of SaintsJews As God's Chosen PeopleA Holy NationRoyal Priesthood

But the Lord’s portion is His people,
Jacob, His own inheritance.
Verse ConceptsHeirsReward, For God's PeopleNames And Titles For The ChurchInheritance




The mountains skipped like rams,
the hills, like lambs.
Verse ConceptsHillsLambsThe Presence Of Godjumping

Mountains, that you skipped like rams?
Hills, like lambs?
Verse Conceptsjumping


When the sun had set and it was dark, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the divided animals. Verse ConceptsFurnacesLampsPassing ThroughSmokeCandlesAnimal Sacrifices, BurntSunsetsGod Appearing In FireGod Is LightDarkness Of NightWeedsmoking

John was a burning and shining lamp, and for a time you were willing to enjoy his light. Verse ConceptsRadiancyRadiant LivesLight Of God's PeopleSeasons Changing



Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,
and Your instruction is true.
Verse ConceptsGod, Righteousness OfGod, The EternalHonestyScripture, Sufficiency OfLaw Described AsGod's Word Is True







Therefore, a lion from the forest will strike them down.
A wolf from an arid plain will ravage them.
A leopard keeps watch over their cities.
Anyone who leaves them will be torn to pieces
because their rebellious acts are many,
their unfaithful deeds numerous.
Verse ConceptsForestsLeopardCarnivorousnessWolvesIn Danger From Lions

Their horses are swifter than leopards
and more fierce than wolves of the night.
Their horsemen charge ahead;
their horsemen come from distant lands.
They fly like an eagle, swooping to devour.
Verse ConceptsHorsesLeopardWingsBirds, Types Of BirdsRiding HorsesSpeedEaglesWolvesPeople From Far AwayThose Flying




Isn’t mankind consigned to forced labor on earth?
Are not his days like those of a hired hand?
Verse ConceptsLimitednessPunishment, Nature OfHirelingsThe Fact Of ToilstruggleWarLife StrugglesGetting Through Hard Timeshumanity

For who knows what is good for man in life, in the few days of his futile life that he spends like a shadow? Who can tell man what will happen after him under the sun? Verse ConceptsPhysical LifeTravailWithheld KnowledgeUnknown FutureUnder The SunBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Lifeuncertainty

Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will travel to such and such a city and spend a year there and do business and make a profit." You don't even know what tomorrow will bring-what your life will be! For you are a bit of smoke that appears for a little while, then vanishes. Instead, you should say, "If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that."



For through the law I have died to the law, so that I might live for God. I have been crucified with Christ Verse ConceptsLaw, And GospelSpiritual Life, Described ByDead To SinLiving The Life



is like the morning light when the sun rises
on a cloudless morning,
the glisten of rain on sprouting grass.”
Verse ConceptsDawnGrassRainLight Of God's PeopleLightSunA New DaySunshineclouds

His snorting flashes with light,
while his eyes are like the rays of dawn.
Verse ConceptsDawnNosesSneezing

Can His troops be numbered?
Does His light not shine on everyone?
Verse ConceptsMany CombatantsGod, Impartiality OfLight In The Worldphotography

See how He spreads His lightning around Him
and covers the depths of the sea.
Verse ConceptsOceansCreation Of The Seas

And I realized that there is an advantage to wisdom over folly, like the advantage of light over darkness. Verse ConceptsLight And DarknessBenefits Of Wisdom

Light is sweet,
and it is pleasing for the eyes to see the sun.
Verse ConceptsBeauty, In NatureTanningLightSunA New DaySunshineEnjoying Life

For everyone who practices wicked things hates the light and avoids it, so that his deeds may not be exposed. But anyone who lives by the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be shown to be accomplished by God."


Now men cannot even look at the sun
when it is in the skies,
after a wind has swept through and cleared them away.
Verse ConceptsSkySunSunshineclouds

On the seventh day, before sunset, the men of the city said to him:

What is sweeter than honey?
What is stronger than a lion?


So he said to them:

If you hadn’t plowed with my young cow,
you wouldn’t know my riddle now!
Verse ConceptsPloughingHeifersThe Seventh Day Of The WeekStrength Of AnimalsMetaphorical PloughingSweetnessDay 7

a lion, which is mightiest among beasts
and doesn’t retreat before anything,
Verse Conceptsfearlesscats

For this is what the Lord said to me:

As a lion or young lion growls over its prey
when a band of shepherds is called out against it,
and is not terrified by their shouting
or subdued by their noise,
so the Lord of Hosts will come down
to fight on Mount Zion
and on its hill.
Verse ConceptsNoiseShepherds, As Kings And LeadersStock Keeping

Where is the lions’ lair,
or the feeding ground of the young lions,
where the lion and lioness prowled,
and the lion’s cub,
with nothing to frighten them away?
Verse ConceptsMotionlessnessDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of CreaturesUndisturbed

If I am proud, You hunt me like a lion
and again display Your miraculous power against me.
Verse ConceptsLionsSelf RespectGod Like A LionLike Creatures

Proud beasts have never walked on it;
no lion has ever prowled over it.

Three things are stately in their stride, even four are stately in their walk: a lion, which is mightiest among beasts and doesn't retreat before anything,

He said about Dan:

Dan is a young lion,
leaping out of Bashan.
Verse ConceptsYoung AnimalLike Creatures

Then, even a brave man with the heart of a lion will melt because all Israel knows that your father and the valiant men with him are warriors. Verse ConceptsFear Of Enemies

They are like a lion eager to tear,
like a young lion lurking in ambush.
Verse ConceptsHuntingLionsWicked Described AsPeople Torn To PiecesLike CreaturesGreed

locusts have no king,
yet all of them march in ranks;
Verse ConceptsInsectsLocustsNo King

Four things on earth are small,
yet they are extremely wise:
Verse ConceptsAntsInstinctFour Creaturesmistresswise

The appearance of the locusts was like horses equipped for battle. Something like gold crowns was on their heads; their faces were like men’s faces; Verse ConceptsLocustsThings Like GoldCrowns On CreaturesLike Menbugscrowns

Their appearance is like that of horses,
and they gallop like war horses.
Verse ConceptsHorsesFast RunnersAppearancesAppearances of

They covered the surface of the whole land so that the land was black, and they consumed all the plants on the ground and all the fruit on the trees that the hail had left. Nothing green was left on the trees or the plants in the field throughout the land of Egypt. Verse ConceptsBlackCovering The EarthDarkness During DaytimeGreenRemaining FoodAnimals EatingHarming Trees

Your spoil will be gathered as locusts are gathered;
people will swarm over it like an infestation of locusts.
Verse ConceptsPlunderingHarvestCaterpillarsLocusts

But because the Lord loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a strong hand and redeemed you from the place of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Verse ConceptsGod, As RedeemerGod, Power OfHand Of GodOaths, DivineRedemption, In OtGod's HandGod Swearing BlessingsGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptGod's Love For Israel

Yet the Lord was devoted to your fathers and loved them. He chose their descendants after them—He chose you out of all the peoples, as it is today. Verse Conceptselection, privileges ofAs At This DayGod's Love For IsraelAffection

"Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the child of her womb? Even if these forget, yet I will not forget you. Look, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are continually before Me.




height or depth, or any other created thing
will have the power to separate us
from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord!
Verse ConceptsdepthLove, Nature OfChrist, Names ForAgape LoveSpiritual DepthsNothing MissingGod's Love For UsGod's Creation

I led them with human cords,
with ropes of love.
To them I was like one
who eases the yoke from their jaws;
I bent down to give them food.
Verse ConceptsGod's attitude towards peopleKindnessCordsRopesYokesDivine AttractionGod Going DownGod Feeds All The EarthGod Freeing CaptivesGod Has GuidedLike MenLove

Display the wonders of Your faithful love,
Savior of all who seek refuge
from those who rebel against Your right hand.
Verse ConceptsLovingkindnessRight Hand Of GodTrust, Importance OfLoving Kindness Of GodRight Sides

May the Lord be praised,
for He has wonderfully shown His faithful love to me
in a city under siege.
Verse ConceptsLoving Kindness Of GodAttacked By EvilBless The Lord!

They refused to listen
and did not remember Your wonders
You performed among them.
They became stiff-necked and appointed a leader
to return to their slavery in Egypt.
But You are a forgiving God,
gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and rich in faithful love,
and You did not abandon them.
Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfAngerAggressionAnger Of God, DescriptionListeningRestraintSin, And God's CharacterLoving Kindness Of GodSelf WillGod Not ForsakingMaking SlavesA Forgiving GodSpeed Of God's AngerAnger And Forgiveness

I will make known the Lord’s faithful love
and the Lord’s praiseworthy acts,
because of all the Lord has done for us—
even the many good things
He has done for the house of Israel
and has done for them based on His compassion
and the abundance of His faithful love.
Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfKindnessLove, Nature OfThankfulnessUnkindnessWitnessing, Importance OfLoving Kindness Of God

In a surge of anger
I hid My face from you for a moment,
but I will have compassion on you
with everlasting love,”
says the Lord your Redeemer.
Verse ConceptsGentlenessFace Of GodGod's attitude towards peopleKindnessAnger Of God, Saved FromLoving Kindness Of GodGod HidingGod Will Show Mercywrathcredibility


Answer me, Lord,
for Your faithful love is good;
in keeping with Your great compassion,
turn to me.
Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfLovingkindnessAbundant MercyLoving Kindness Of GodRelying Upon GodLove As A Fruit Of The SpiritGoodnessdevotion


God, Your faithful love is so valuable
that people take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.
Verse ConceptsFindingRefugeShadowsSon Of ManWingsLoving Kindness Of GodGod's WingsShadow Of GodChildren's Protectionlegacy

The house of Israel named the substance manna. It resembled coriander seed, was white, and tasted like wafers made with honey. Verse ConceptsFoodBread, Kinds OfHerbs And SpicesMannaQuestionsTasteWhiteHoneyWafersDelicaciesCorianderPeople Naming Things

The manna resembled coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of bdellium. Verse ConceptsHerbs And SpicesWafersCorianderColor

The house of Israel named the substance manna. It resembled coriander seed, was white, and tasted like wafers made with honey. Verse ConceptsFoodBread, Kinds OfHerbs And SpicesMannaQuestionsTasteWhiteHoneyWafersDelicaciesCorianderPeople Naming Things

The manna resembled coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of bdellium. Verse ConceptsHerbs And SpicesWafersCorianderColor

The people walked around and gathered it. They ground it on a pair of grinding stones or crushed it in a mortar, then boiled it in a cooking pot and shaped it into cakes. It tasted like a pastry cooked with the finest oil. Verse ConceptsCrushingGrindingOilCakesBricksGrinding Foodcooking

When the layer of dew evaporated, there were fine flakes on the desert surface, as fine as frost on the ground. Verse ConceptsFrostSmall ThingsCold Weather

The house of Israel named the substance manna. It resembled coriander seed, was white, and tasted like wafers made with honey. Verse ConceptsFoodBread, Kinds OfHerbs And SpicesMannaQuestionsTasteWhiteHoneyWafersDelicaciesCorianderPeople Naming Things

I will always preserve My faithful love for him,
and My covenant with him will endure.
Verse ConceptsFailture, God Will NeverLoyaltyReinstatementGod Shows His LovingkindnessLater Covenants With God


Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
His faithful love endures forever.
Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfAttitudes Of ThankfulfnessGod, The EternalGratitudeMercy

BOOK V
(Psalms 107–150)
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
His faithful love endures forever.
Verse ConceptsChristmasGod's attitude towards peopleThanksgiving, OfferedGratitudeGiving ThanksThanks



Remember, Lord, Your compassion
and Your faithful love,
for they have existed from antiquity.
Verse ConceptsLovingkindnessBe Merciful!devotion

Even if He causes suffering,
He will show compassion
according to His abundant, faithful love.
Verse ConceptsCompassionGod Troublinggrieving

So You handed them over to their enemies,
who oppressed them.
In their time of distress, they cried out to You,
and You heard from heaven.
In Your abundant compassion
You gave them deliverers, who rescued them
from the power of their enemies.
Verse ConceptsCruelty, God's attitude toAnswered PrayerRescueDeliverersGod Saving From EnemiesGod Paid Attention To ThemGod Answered Prayer

The Lord is slow to anger and rich in faithful love, forgiving wrongdoing and rebellion. But He will not leave the guilty unpunished, bringing the consequences of the fathers’ wrongdoing on the children to the third and fourth generation. Verse ConceptsFathers, Sin Of TheAbundant MercyGenerationsChildren, responsibilities to parentsGod, Patience OfReliabilityRestraintUnforgivenessLongsuffering Of GodParents SinSins Of The FathersA Forgiving GodSpeed Of God's AngerLove And ForgivenessAnger And ForgivenessParents LoveParents Being Wrong

“I deserted you for a brief moment,
but I will take you back with great compassion.
Verse ConceptsAbandoning FriendsAbandonmentBeing ForsakenGathering IsraelTransient HardshipGod Will Show Mercy


For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is His faithful love
toward those who fear Him.
Verse ConceptsHeaven, Nature OfFear Of God, Results OfGod On HighMercyGod's Love For UsThe Earthdistancesteadfastgraciousness

You will show loyalty to Jacob
and faithful love to Abraham,
as You swore to our fathers
from days long ago.
Verse ConceptsGuaranteePledgesPerforming The TruthGod Swearing BlessingsGod Speaking Of OldGod Showed His Lovingkindnessdevotion






Lord, the earth is filled with Your faithful love;
teach me Your statutes.
Verse ConceptsEarth, God's GloryScripture Teaching

The Lord is good to everyone;
His compassion rests on all He has made.
Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfGod Doing GoodMercyTaking Care Of The Earth




A person should consider us in this way: as servants of Christ and managers of God’s mysteries. Verse ConceptsApostles, Function In Early ChurchBeing A ServantSecrecyMinisters, Description OfResponsibilityVolunteeringMoney Managementsecrets

A person should consider us in this way: as servants of Christ and managers of God’s mysteries. Verse ConceptsApostles, Function In Early ChurchBeing A ServantSecrecyMinisters, Description OfResponsibilityVolunteeringMoney Managementsecrets




You brought Your people Israel out of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror. Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfGod, Power OfHand Of GodStrength, DivineStrength Of GodTerror Of GodSigns And Wonders Before ChristGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

therefore I will again confound these people
with wonder after wonder.
The wisdom of their wise men will vanish,
and the understanding of the perceptive will be hidden.
Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples OfIntelligencePhilosophyReasonShrewdnessThoughtWisdom, Source Of HumanInventionsFalse WisdomWorldly WisdomDiscernment

Remember the wonderful works He has done,
His wonders, and the judgments He has pronounced,
Verse ConceptsPast, The

He worked wonders in the sight of their fathers
in the land of Egypt, the region of Zoan.
Verse ConceptsFields

Send word to the king of Edom, the king of Moab, the king of the Ammonites, the king of Tyre, and the king of Sidon through messengers who are coming to Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem. Verse ConceptsenvoyVisitingMessengers Sent Out

But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, diviners, dreamers, fortune-tellers, or sorcerers who say to you, ‘Don’t serve the king of Babylon!’ Verse ConceptsListeningMediumsFortunetellingOccultismDivinationMisleading DreamsFalse Prophets DenouncedAvoid SorceryDo Not Listen!SorceryDreams And False Prophetsmagic

We have heard of Moab’s pride
how very proud he is—
his haughtiness, his pride, his arrogance,
and his empty boasting.
Verse ConceptsFutilityComplacencyemptinessPride, Examples OfPride, Results OfSelf ConfidenceSuperiorityHaughtinessProud Peoplearrogance

We have heard of Moab’s pride,
great pride, indeed—
his insolence, arrogance, pride,
and haughty heart.
Verse ConceptsProud HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedPride, Examples OfHaughtinessProud Peoplearrogance

Moab has been left quiet since his youth,
settled like wine on its dregs.
He hasn’t been poured from one container to another
or gone into exile.
So his taste has remained the same,
and his aroma hasn’t changed.
Verse ConceptsWineTreatment From YouthThose At Easeteenager

How can you say, “We are warriors—
mighty men ready for battle”?
Verse Conceptsheroes

Because you trust in your works and treasures,
you will be captured also.
Chemosh will go into exile
with his priests and officials.
Verse ConceptsFalse GodsMoney, Attitudes ToRich, TheRiches, Ungodly Use OfTrust, Lack OfFalse ConfidenceExiled ForeignersTrusting Riches

At that time, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh, the detestable idol of Moab, and for Milcom, the detestable idol of the Ammonites, on the hill across from Jerusalem. Verse ConceptsFalse GodsBuild, LiterallyHigh Places

Y Who is this who shines like the dawn—
as beautiful as the moon,
bright as the sun,
awe-inspiring as an army with banners?
Verse ConceptsThe Moon

if I have gazed at the sun when it was shining
or at the moon moving in splendor,
Verse ConceptsMoonShiningIdolatrous Worship Of The MoonMoving OnSunThe MoonMoving To A New Place


For both circumcision and uncircumcision mean nothing; what matters instead is a new creation. Verse ConceptsGod, The CreatorNewnessRitualUncircumcisionNew Birth, Described AsSalvation Not By WorksNew LifeNecessity Of Circumcision


You were also circumcised in Him with a circumcision not done with hands, by putting off the body of flesh, in the circumcision of the Messiah. Verse ConceptsBeing Born AgainParticipation, In ChristRitualTypesNew Birth, Described AsForsaking SinGod Stripping PeopleLiving Not For The MaterialTrue CircumcisionRemoving People From Your Lifeefficiency

The Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and all your soul so that you will live. Verse ConceptsCommitment, to GodCircumcision, spiritualHeart, And Holy SpiritHeart, RenewedWhole HeartednessRenewed HeartNew Birth, Described AsAttitudes Of LoveLove For GodLife By LovingThe Need To Love GodTrue Circumcision

On the contrary, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart—by the Spirit, not the letter. That man’s praise is not from men but from God. Verse ConceptsChanged HeartHeart, Fallen And RedeemedPaul, Teaching OfTypesWorthinessRenewed HeartNew Birth, Described AsThe Holy Spirit, And RegenerationThe Holy Spirit, And ScriptureThe Inward BeingPeople Commended By GodJews



Therefore we were buried with Him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too may walk in a new way of life. For if we have been joined with Him in the likeness of His death, we will certainly also be in the likeness of His resurrection. For we know that our old self was crucified with Him in order that sin's dominion over the body may be abolished, so that we may no longer be enslaved to sin,




But now we have been released from the law, since we have died to what held us, so that we may serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old letter of the law. Verse ConceptsPaul, Teaching OfRitualService To GodChristian Liberty Is Freedom FromNew Birth, Described AsThe Holy Spirit, And RegenerationThe Holy Spirit, And ScriptureNew LifeOld ThingsDead To SinWithout The Law






“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because their wickedness has confronted Me.” Verse ConceptsMission, Of IsraelWitnessing, Importance Ofjonah

“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach the message that I tell you.” Verse ConceptsMission, Of IsraelMissionary Work, Examples OfMissionary Examplesjonah

This is the self-assured city
that lives in security,
that thinks to herself:
I exist, and there is no one else.
What a desolation she has become,
a place for wild animals to lie down!
Everyone who passes by her
jeers and shakes his fist.
Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidencePride, Examples OfRidicule, Nature OfArrogant ExistenceAbasement, Examples OfHissingUnique NationsDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of Creatures

The Lord has issued an order concerning you:

There will be no offspring
to carry on your name.
I will eliminate the carved idol and cast image
from the house of your gods;
I will prepare your grave,
for you are contemptible.
Verse ConceptsThe DeadFalse ReligionExile, in assyriaTemples, HeathenDestruction Of Satan's WorksNames Blotted OutAbandoning Idols

You have made your merchants
more numerous than the stars of the sky.
The young locust strips the land
and flies away.
Verse ConceptsTradeCommerceThings StrippedPeople MultiplyingThose Flying

Should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot distinguish between their right and their left, as well as many animals?” Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands forCityLack Of DiscernmentImmaturityAnimal LifeWorldlinessAnimals, Care ForAnimals, God's Care OfOne Hundred Thousand And MoreGod Will Show MercyIgnorant Of Factsempathyjonah

All your fortresses are fig trees
with figs that ripened first;
when shaken, they fall—
right into the mouth of the eater!
Verse ConceptsFortressesFig treeMouthsThings ShakingEating With MouthsThings Falling

The Lord has issued an order concerning you:

There will be no offspring
to carry on your name.
I will eliminate the carved idol and cast image
from the house of your gods;
I will prepare your grave,
for you are contemptible.
Verse ConceptsThe DeadFalse ReligionExile, in assyriaTemples, HeathenDestruction Of Satan's WorksNames Blotted OutAbandoning Idols


Because of the continual prostitution of the prostitute,
the attractive mistress of sorcery,
who betrays nations by her prostitution
and clans by her witchcraft,
Verse ConceptsProstitutionNakednessmagicwitchesmistress

So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh according to the Lord’s command.

Now Nineveh was an extremely large city, a three-day walk. Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DistancesBig Thingsjonah

“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because their wickedness has confronted Me.” Verse ConceptsMission, Of IsraelWitnessing, Importance Ofjonah

“Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!”
There is no end to the treasure,
an abundance of every precious thing.
Verse ConceptsPlunderingAmassing SilverGold TransferredGetting Rich

Absalom was riding on his mule when he happened to meet David’s soldiers. When the mule went under the tangled branches of a large oak tree, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so he was suspended in midair. Verse ConceptsMulesBackCovering HeadsRiding MulesHairdreadlocks

You will all know that I am Yahweh when their slain lie among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the mountaintops, and under every green tree and every leafy oak—the places where they offered pleasing aromas to all their idols. Verse ConceptsKnowledge, Of GodShrinesOaksIdol WorshipFate Of IdolatersWorship At Trees

Though a tenth will remain in the land,
it will be burned again.
Like the terebinth or the oak
that leaves a stump when felled,
the holy seed is the stump.
Verse ConceptsRemnantNames And Titles For The ChristianTreesStumps Of A TreeA Tenth Of People

Yet I destroyed the Amorite as Israel advanced;
his height was like the cedars,
and he was as sturdy as the oaks;
I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath.
Verse ConceptsAmoritesCedarRootsGiantsOaks

From the sole of the foot even to the head,
no spot is uninjured
wounds, welts, and festering sores
not cleansed, bandaged,
or soothed with oil.
Verse ConceptsBruisesAnointing, Medical PurposedoctorsBoils Or UlcersHeadsHealingMedicineOilOintmentHoly Spirit, Types OfDisfigurement Of SinWoundsscars

He went over to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on olive oil and wine. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. Verse ConceptsGesturesInnsAnointing, Medical PurposeAnointing With OilHealingHelpfulnessMedicineOilOintmentHoly Spirit, Types OfAlcohol ConsumptionStaying Temporarily

Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey
and her words are smoother than oil,
Verse ConceptsLipsMouthsPersuasionEleganceadultry

He wore cursing like his coat—
let it enter his body like water
and go into his bones like oil.
Verse ConceptsBodyGarments Of SinClothed With Bad ThingsDamage To The BodyThings Like WaterLike WaterSwearingcurses

His buttery words are smooth,
but war is in his heart.
His words are softer than oil,
but they are drawn swords.
Verse ConceptsSinful HeartsButterHeart, Fallen And RedeemedOilOintmentSincereitySmoothnessSmoothWarSpeech

The Lord named you
a flourishing olive tree,
beautiful with well-formed fruit.
He has set fire to it,
and its branches are consumed
with a great roaring sound.
Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, SpiritualStormsColors, GreenOaksBurning PlantsBeauty Of ThingsOlive TreesGod Controls Storms

Can a fig tree produce olives, my brothers, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a saltwater spring yield fresh water. Verse ConceptsGrapesBad WaterSourness

His new branches will spread,
and his splendor will be like the olive tree,
his fragrance, like the forest of Lebanon.
Verse ConceptsSpreadingBeauty, Temporal Nature OfBeauty, In NatureFragranceOlive Trees

The Lord named you
a flourishing olive tree,
beautiful with well-formed fruit.
He has set fire to it,
and its branches are consumed
with a great roaring sound.
Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, SpiritualStormsColors, GreenOaksBurning PlantsBeauty Of ThingsOlive TreesGod Controls Storms

Now if some of the branches were broken off, and you, though a wild olive branch, were grafted in among them and have come to share in the rich root of the cultivated olive tree, Verse ConceptsFellowship With ChristFellowship, In The GospelParticipation, In ChristSeparation From GodJoined To The ChurchGentilesOlive TreesJews

But the olive tree said to them,
“Should I stop giving my oil
that honors both God and man,
and rule over the trees?”
Verse ConceptsTreesThe Honourable Will Be HonouredOlive Trees

The Lord named you
a flourishing olive tree,
beautiful with well-formed fruit.
He has set fire to it,
and its branches are consumed
with a great roaring sound.
Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, SpiritualStormsColors, GreenOaksBurning PlantsBeauty Of ThingsOlive TreesGod Controls Storms

She treats her young harshly, as if they were not her own,
with no fear that her labor may have been in vain.
Verse ConceptsStrictness

For God has deprived her of wisdom;
He has not endowed her with understanding.
Verse ConceptsForgetting Things

She forgets that a foot may crush them
or that some wild animal may trample them.
Verse ConceptsTrampling AnimalsForgetting Things

When she proudly spreads her wings,
she laughs at the horse and its rider.
Verse ConceptsLaughterSpeed

The sand partridge will make her nest there;
she will lay and hatch her eggs
and will gather her brood under her shadow.
Indeed, the birds of prey will gather there,
each with its mate.
Verse ConceptsNestsWingsVulturesFalcons

I am like a desert owl,
like an owl among the ruins.
Verse ConceptsArchaeologyBirds, Types Of BirdsOwlsPelicans

Because of this I will lament and wail;
I will walk barefoot and naked.
I will howl like the jackals
and mourn like ostriches.
Verse ConceptsBarefeetNakednessSandalsSorrowBirds, Types Of BirdsNaked In ShameOstrichesTragedy

Ephraim is a well-trained calf
that loves to thresh,
but I will place a yoke on her fine neck.
I will harness Ephraim;
Judah will plow;
Jacob will do the final plowing.
Verse ConceptsThreshingYokesHeifersMetaphorical PloughingNorthern Kingdom Of Israeltrainingbackstabbing

Egypt is a beautiful young cow,
but a horsefly from the north is coming against her.
Verse ConceptsBeautifulHeifersOut Of The NorthFlies

Where there are no oxen, the feeding trough is empty,
but an abundant harvest comes
through the strength of an ox.
Verse ConceptsHarvestMangersGrowth In WealthOxenStrength Of AnimalsClean ObjectsNo More Tending The FlockAgricultureFamily StrengthWomen's Strengthpoop

Our cattle will be well fed.
There will be no breach in the walls,
no going into captivity,
and no cry of lament in our public squares.
Verse ConceptsBattering ramsCitizenshipAnimal ReproductionOutcryComplaints


Then our sons will be like plants
nurtured in their youth,
our daughters, like corner pillars
that are carved in the palace style.
Verse ConceptsArtPillarsYouthMetaphorical PillarsPlants Growing UpChildren Are A BlessingGrowingWomen's Strengthstructure

Hyenas will howl in the fortresses,
and jackals, in the luxurious palaces.
Babylon’s time is almost up;
her days are almost over.
Verse ConceptsPerils Of LuxuryPalacesAnimals, Types OfShort Time Till The End

He built His sanctuary like the heights,
like the earth that He established forever.
Verse ConceptsEternal WorldCreation Of The EarthUnicorns

Your stature is like a palm tree;
your breasts are clusters of fruit.
Verse ConceptsPalm Treesbreasts

Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch,
their idols cannot speak.
They must be carried because they cannot walk.
Do not fear them for they can do no harm
and they cannot do any good.
Verse ConceptsFutilityFruitResponseUnreliabilityUprightnessDisdainImpotence Of IdolsObelisksCarrying IdolsDumbnessGood Or BadDumbChristmas Treestatues





Lord God, You have begun to show Your greatness and power to Your servant, for what god is there in heaven or on earth who can perform deeds and mighty acts like Yours? Verse ConceptsGod, Power OfMiracles, Nature OfStrength, DivinePower Of God, DescribedMiracles Showing God's PowerBeginning Of SalvationNo One Is Like GodNo Other Acts Like Godgreatness

Lord, who is like You among the gods? Who is like You, glorious in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders? You stretched out Your right hand, and the earth swallowed them.


He sent His glorious arm
to be at Moses’ right hand,
divided the waters before them
to obtain eternal fame for Himself,
Verse ConceptsArmsPower Of God, DescribedArm Of GodDivision Of WatersWaters DividedBlessings For The Right Hand



He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also put eternity in their hearts, but man cannot discover the work God has done from beginning to end. Verse ConceptsBeautifulBeauty, In NatureAdaptabilityBeginning And EndBeing Found OutHeartbreakBeauty Of ThingsTime ManagementGod's Ways Beyond Human UnderstandingGod's TimingGods TimingBeing BeautifulWaiting For God's Timingeternity


All the inhabitants of the earth are counted as nothing,
and He does what He wants with the army of heaven
and the inhabitants of the earth.
There is no one who can hold back His hand
or say to Him, “What have You done?”
Verse ConceptsAccording To His WillChallengesGod, Purpose OfGod, Sovereignty OfHand Of GodPredestinationProvidenceStrength, DivineGod's OmnipotencePower Of God, DescribedAuthority, Belonging To GodStrength Of GodWhat Does God Do?God Works His WillOther Unimportant People






The Lord is slow to anger but great in power;
the Lord will never leave the guilty unpunished.
His path is in the whirlwind and storm,
and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfFeetClouds, God's PresenceGod, Patience OfStormsWhirlwindsPower Of God, DescribedThe AlmightyAcquittalGod In The WindCondemnation Of The WickedSpeed Of God's AngerHurricanesGuiltfootstepspatientsdustfootprintsGod Controls Storms

Let the groans of the prisoners reach You;
according to Your great power,
preserve those condemned to die.
Verse ConceptsSighingOppression, God's Attitude ToPrisonersPower Of God, DescribedNot DyingDeath PreventedGod Keep!greatnesspreservation


with a strong hand and outstretched arm.
        His love is eternal.
Verse ConceptsPower Of God, DescribedStrength Of GodStaying StrongStrength And Loveoutreach


He does great and unsearchable things,
wonders without number.
Verse ConceptsGod Is HolyPower Of God, DescribedUnintelligiblenesspast

Or has the potter no right over the clay, to make from the same lump one piece of pottery for honor and another for dishonor? Verse ConceptsCraftsmenPower Of God, DescribedReprobatesPeople Have HonourPurposeBeauty And Self Worthpotmoldhonour


He demonstrated [this power] in the Messiah by raising Him from the dead and seating Him at His right hand in the heavens- far above every ruler and authority, power and dominion, and every title given, not only in this age but also in the one to come.







All the inhabitants of the earth are counted as nothing,
and He does what He wants with the army of heaven
and the inhabitants of the earth.
There is no one who can hold back His hand
or say to Him, “What have You done?”
Verse ConceptsAccording To His WillChallengesGod, Purpose OfGod, Sovereignty OfHand Of GodPredestinationProvidenceStrength, DivineGod's OmnipotencePower Of God, DescribedAuthority, Belonging To GodStrength Of GodWhat Does God Do?God Works His WillOther Unimportant People


He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also put eternity in their hearts, but man cannot discover the work God has done from beginning to end. Verse ConceptsBeautifulBeauty, In NatureAdaptabilityBeginning And EndBeing Found OutHeartbreakBeauty Of ThingsTime ManagementGod's Ways Beyond Human UnderstandingGod's TimingGods TimingBeing BeautifulWaiting For God's Timingeternity





He sent His glorious arm
to be at Moses’ right hand,
divided the waters before them
to obtain eternal fame for Himself,
Verse ConceptsArmsPower Of God, DescribedArm Of GodDivision Of WatersWaters DividedBlessings For The Right Hand


with a strong hand and outstretched arm.
        His love is eternal.
Verse ConceptsPower Of God, DescribedStrength Of GodStaying StrongStrength And Loveoutreach



The Lord is slow to anger but great in power;
the Lord will never leave the guilty unpunished.
His path is in the whirlwind and storm,
and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfFeetClouds, God's PresenceGod, Patience OfStormsWhirlwindsPower Of God, DescribedThe AlmightyAcquittalGod In The WindCondemnation Of The WickedSpeed Of God's AngerHurricanesGuiltfootstepspatientsdustfootprintsGod Controls Storms

Let the groans of the prisoners reach You;
according to Your great power,
preserve those condemned to die.
Verse ConceptsSighingOppression, God's Attitude ToPrisonersPower Of God, DescribedNot DyingDeath PreventedGod Keep!greatnesspreservation




He does great and unsearchable things,
wonders without number.
Verse ConceptsGod Is HolyPower Of God, DescribedUnintelligiblenesspast

Lord, who is like You among the gods? Who is like You, glorious in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders? You stretched out Your right hand, and the earth swallowed them.

Or has the potter no right over the clay, to make from the same lump one piece of pottery for honor and another for dishonor? Verse ConceptsCraftsmenPower Of God, DescribedReprobatesPeople Have HonourPurposeBeauty And Self Worthpotmoldhonour

From there he moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. He built an altar to Yahweh there, and he called on the name of Yahweh. Verse ConceptsAi, The CityCalling upon GodNomadsShrinesTentsAbraham, The Friend Of GodAbraham, Calling And LifePrayer, Described AsAltars To The LordBuilding AltarsEast And West


Then I called on the name of Yahweh:
“Yahweh, save me!”
Verse ConceptsPrayer, Described As


But as for me, God’s presence is my good.
I have made the Lord God my refuge,
so I can tell about all You do.
Verse ConceptsFortificationsPrayer, Described AsNearness To GodStaying StrongTrusting God's PlanFaith And TrustStaying PositiveThe Presence Of Godshelterdeeds

Perhaps their petition will come before the Lord, and each one will turn from his evil way, for the anger and fury that the Lord has pronounced against this people are great.” Verse ConceptsPrayer, Described AsGod Answers PrayerFree Moral AgencyAnger And Forgivenesssupplicationpetition

But if you earnestly seek God
and ask the Almighty for mercy,
Verse ConceptsPrayer, Described AsAnswered Promises


Lord, hear my voice when I call;
be gracious to me and answer me.
Verse ConceptsCryingMercifulnessPrayer, Described AsPay Attention O God!

King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz prayed about this and cried out to heaven, Verse ConceptsTrust, Importance OfPrayer, Described As

Let us lift up our hearts and our hands
to God in heaven:
Verse ConceptsPrayer, Described AsPrayer, Offered WithLifting Hands


“No, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am a woman with a broken heart. I haven’t had any wine or beer; I’ve been pouring out my heart before the Lord. Verse ConceptsA Broken WomanPouringPrayer, Described AsStrong DrinkDrunkennessAntidepressantsStress And Hard TimesA Broken HeartPrayer During Hard Timessoulheartbrokenwomanbeeralcoholism

But Moses interceded with the Lord his God: “Lord, why does Your anger burn against Your people You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a strong hand? Verse ConceptsFace Of GodGrace, In OtMoses, Significance OfPleasing GodPrayer, Described AsStrength Of GodGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptWhy Does God Do This?Seeking The Favour Of GodEclipse





But if you earnestly seek God
and ask the Almighty for mercy,
Verse ConceptsPrayer, Described AsAnswered Promises

Among the prophets of Jerusalem also
I saw a horrible thing:
They commit adultery and walk in lies.
They strengthen the hands of evildoers,
and none turns his back on evil.
They are all like Sodom to Me;
Jerusalem’s residents are like Gomorrah.
Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofImmorality, Examples Of SexualSodom And GomorrahEvildoersWicked ProphetsThose Who Committed Adultery

because both prophet and priest are ungodly,
even in My house I have found their evil.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Verse ConceptsLeaders, SpiritualWicked ProphetsPeople Being Unclean

Her prophets are reckless
treacherous men.
Her priests profane the sanctuary;
they do violence to instruction.
Verse ConceptsPriests, Function In Ot TimesSanctuaryTreacheryCorrupt PriestsPollutionsWicked ProphetsLack Of HolinessUnfaithful


These also stagger because of wine
and stumble under the influence of beer:
priest and prophet stagger because of beer,
they are confused by wine.
They stumble because of beer,
they are muddled in their visions,
they stumble in their judgments.
Verse ConceptsAlcoholdrinking, abstention fromDrunkenness, Figurative OfDebaucheryLeaders, SpiritualStumblingDrunkenness, ResultsStaggeringStrong DrinkWicked ProphetsDrunkennessMaking DecisionsDecision Makingbeer

Her leaders issue rulings for a bribe,
her priests teach for payment,
and her prophets practice divination for money.
Yet they lean on the Lord, saying,
“Isn’t the Lord among us?
No disaster will overtake us.”
Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceLove, Abuse OfMoney, Uses OfPriests, Institution In Ot TimesSpiritual MalnutritionReward, HumanUnfaithful MinistersSelfishness, Shown InCorrupt PriestsMisteachingWicked ProphetsGod Is Among YouBelief In GodGod SupportingDivinityRewards Of RitualFinancesMaking Decisionsprophetspriests

His head is purest gold.
His hair is wavy
and black as a raven.
Verse ConceptsBlacknessRavensAppearance Of HairColorHairdreadlocks


The desert owl and the screech owl will possess it,
and the great owl and the raven will dwell there.
The Lord will stretch out a measuring line
and a plumb line over her
for her destruction and chaos.
Verse ConceptsChaosRavensPlumb LineCrowsOwlsPelicansHedgehogsDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of CreaturesChaos As Judgment



Israel, put your hope in the Lord.
For there is faithful love with the Lord,
and with Him is redemption in abundance.
Verse ConceptsGenerosity, God'sHope, In GodRedemptionHope And Lovesteadfast

since the price of redeeming him is too costly,
one should forever stop trying
Verse ConceptsExpensiveRedemptionThe SoulBeauty And Self WorthValueSaving Moneysoulredeemedtrying

Then I saw thrones, and people seated on them who were given authority to judge. I also saw the people who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of God’s word, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and who had not accepted the mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with the Messiah for 1,000 years. Verse ConceptsForeheads666Faithfulness, To Godevil, victory overdefianceBeheadingThe BeastJudgesJudgment SeatPunishment, Legal Aspects OfSelf SacrificeThe Immortal SoulMartyrdom, Methods OfSufferings RewardedRemoving HeadsCosmic CreaturesBelievers JudgingMarks On PeopleAuthority Of DisciplesAvoiding IdolatrySubsequent Witness To ChristWorshipping The DevilMark Of The BeastHow First Resurrection Is Spread OutSigns Of The Timesend times prophecyMartyrdom








until the Ancient of Days arrived and a judgment was given in favor of the holy ones of the Most High, for the time had come, and the holy ones took possession of the kingdom. Verse ConceptsAncient Of DaysSaintsA Time Of SalvationGod As An Old PersonJudgement Day


so that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom. And you will sit on thrones judging the 12 tribes of Israel. Verse ConceptsThe Number TwelveJudgment SeatSittingJesus Christ, JudgeBelievers JudgingTwelve TribesEating And DrinkingPeople Of The KingdomJudging

Or don’t you know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest cases? Verse ConceptsCourtsHoliness, Purpose OfMillenniumSaintsBelievers JudgingFamily ProblemsJudgement DayJudgementJudging Others Actions








for You gave Him authority over all flesh; so He may give eternal life to all You have given Him. This is eternal life: that they may know You, the only true God, and the One You have sent-Jesus Christ.

who will not receive many times more at this time, and eternal life in the age to come.” Verse ConceptsAge To Comeeternal life, nature ofGrowth In GraceThe Future AgeEntering LifeThe FutureThe WorldAgeeternity

















and if children, also heirs-heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ-seeing that we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him. For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is going to be revealed to us.





Therefore, He is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called might receive the promise of the eternal inheritance, because a death has taken place for redemption from the transgressions committed under the first covenant. Verse ConceptsFreedom, Through Jesus ChristCovenant, the newAtonement, in NTHeirsReceiving An InheritanceInheritance, SpiritualMediationMoses, Significance OfNewnessRansomRedemption, In NtRevelation, In OtTypesChrist, The MediatorGod's Call, ResultsAdvocatesEternal PossessionThe Effect Of Christ's DeathRedemptionPromisesThe Blood Of JesuscovenantNew

The sun will no longer be your light by day,
and the brightness of the moon will not shine on you;
but the Lord will be your everlasting light,
and your God will be your splendor.
Verse ConceptsThe SunGod Bestowing GloryLightSunSunshineThe Moon







There is a person without a companion, without even a son or brother, and though there is no end to all his struggles, his eyes are still not content with riches. “So who am I struggling for,” he asks, “and depriving myself from good?” This too is futile and a miserable task. Verse ConceptsEnjoyment, Lack OfAffluenceDiscontentPhysical LabourBeing UnsatisfiedUseless EndeavourToiling In VainFamily And Friends



saying: Woe, woe, the great city, clothed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls; because in a single hour such fabulous wealth was destroyed! And every shipmaster, seafarer, the sailors, and all who do business by sea, stood far off

For you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life inherited from the fathers, not with perishable things like silver or gold, Verse ConceptsFutilityemptinessGoldMarketsRiches, Nature OfRiches, Description OfPossessions DecayingTransient WealthUseless EndeavourPeople Are CorruptibleMoney's Deficienciesfearlessliberationredeemed


Therefore, My heart moans like flutes for Moab, and My heart moans like flutes for the people of Kir-heres. And therefore, the wealth he has gained has perished. Verse ConceptsFlutesLamentingRiches, Nature OfMusical Instruments, types ofRiches, Description OfWailing





Won’t all of these take up a taunt against him,
with mockery and riddles about him?
They will say:


Woe to him who amasses what is not his—
how much longer?—
and loads himself with goods taken in pledge.
Verse ConceptsFraudCovenant breakersPainRidicule, Nature OfRiches, Description OfGuileSocial SelfishnessTransient WealthDo Not StealWoe To The WickedMorality

For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would inherit the world was not through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith. Verse ConceptsImputed RighteousnessGod's Promise To AbrahamRighteous By FaithPromisesTrust In Relationships

What should we say then? Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained righteousness—namely the righteousness that comes from faith. Verse ConceptsGospel, Promises OfJustice, In Believers' LivesImputed RighteousnessPursuing GoodForeigners Saved By FaithRighteous By FaithGentiles

But the righteousness that comes from faith speaks like this: Do not say in your heart, “Who will go up to heaven?” that is, to bring Christ down Verse ConceptsImputed RighteousnessGoing Up To HeavenAbasing PeopleRighteous By FaithGoing To HeavenBelieving In Yourselffearless




But now, apart from the law, God’s righteousness has been revealed—attested by the Law and the Prophets Verse ConceptsGospel, Confirmation OfRighteousness, As FaithImputed RighteousnessWitness To The GospelWithout The LawWritten In The ProphetsGrace Verse LawWitnessing

Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,
and Your instruction is true.
Verse ConceptsGod, Righteousness OfGod, The EternalHonestyScripture, Sufficiency OfLaw Described AsGod's Word Is True

My mouth will tell about Your righteousness
and Your salvation all day long,
though I cannot sum them up.
Verse ConceptsMouthsGod's Salvation Made KnownWitnessing, Importance OfUnceasingAlways PraisingGoodnessPraising God With Your Mouth


Your righteousness reaches heaven, God,
You who have done great things;
God, who is like You?
Verse ConceptsGod, Righteousness OfSkyWho Is Like God?

Your name, God, like Your praise,
reaches to the ends of the earth;
Your right hand is filled with justice.
Verse ConceptsPraiseGod, Righteousness OfHandsRight Hand Of GodPraise To God Is Fitting


I will turn you into a bare rock, and you will be a place to spread nets. You will never be rebuilt, for I, Yahweh, have spoken.” This is the declaration of the Lord God. Verse ConceptsSpreadingNeverEmpty CitiesThings StrippedFishing

They will destroy the walls of Tyre and demolish her towers. I will scrape the soil from her and turn her into a bare rock. Verse ConceptsFortificationsTowersWallsEmpty CitiesThings Stripped

Lord, don’t Your eyes look for faithfulness?
You have struck them, but they felt no pain.
You finished them off,
but they refused to accept discipline.
They made their faces harder than rock,
and they refused to return.
Verse ConceptsIndifferenceMineralsPrayerlessnessRepentance, Importance OfSensitivityStubbornness, Consequences OfAfflictions Of The WickedAdmonition, RecievingObstinacy Against GodSelf WillGod, All knowing

or were inscribed in stone forever
by an iron stylus and lead!
Verse ConceptsengravingToolsWritingIron Objects

Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the desert. They were fighting men, trained for battle, expert with shield and spear. Their faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as gazelles on the mountains. Verse ConceptsCommandereagernessWarriorsFast RunnersDeer

A loving doe, a graceful fawn—
let her breasts always satisfy you;
be lost in her love forever.
Verse ConceptsDeersBreasts, Being AttractiveSex Within MarriageHusbands Duty To WivesDeer Etc.Loving Your WifeStaying PositiveDeerbreaststeenager

The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Asahel was a fast runner, like one of the wild gazelles. Verse ConceptsThree ChildrenFast RunnersDeer Etc.Deer


Look up to the heavens,
and look at the earth beneath;
for the heavens will vanish like smoke,
the earth will wear out like a garment,
and its inhabitants will die like gnats.
But My salvation will last forever,
and My righteousness will never be shattered.
Verse ConceptsFailture, God Will Nevereternity, nature ofAstronomyInsectsEarth, Destruction OfSmokeEcological ConcernsImputed RighteousnessSalvation, Described AsEternal DeliveranceThe Universe DestroyedDisappearanceThings Wearing OutLooking At God's WorksAbrasionSmoke Used Poetically

Israel will be saved by the Lord
with an everlasting salvation;
you will not be put to shame or humiliated
for all eternity.
Verse ConceptsGod, The EternalSalvation, Described AsEternal DeliveranceGod Saves The NeedyNot Put To ShameBeing Savedeternityisrael



For the moth will devour them like a garment,
and the worm will eat them like wool.
But My righteousness will last forever,
and My salvation for all generations.
Verse ConceptsAnimals, Types OfClothingGod, Righteousness OfInsectsWoolSalvation, Described AsWicked Described AsMothsPeople Eaten By WormEternal DeliverancePeople Wearing Outclosureworms

how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first spoken by the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him. Verse ConceptsForeknowledgeConfirmationComplacencydelay, humanHearingHistoryNeglecting God's ThingsWitnesses, To Jesus ChristSalvation, Described AsChrist PreachingEscaping EvilThe Gospel Of Salvation

Dear friends, although I was eager to write you about the salvation we share, I found it necessary to write and exhort you to contend for the faith that was delivered to the saints once for all. Verse ConceptsFight Of FaithOnly OnceAll Believers Are SaintsThe Gospel Of Salvationeffort







They are more desirable than gold—
than an abundance of pure gold;
and sweeter than honey,
which comes from the honeycomb.
Verse ConceptsFoodTasteBible, Described AsHoneySweetnessThings Like GoldAlternatives To MoneyWorthValue


Our storehouses will be full,
supplying all kinds of produce;
our flocks will increase by thousands
and tens of thousands in our open fields.
Verse ConceptsBarnsSheepAnimals MultiplyingStores Of FoodMany Creatures

But He lifts the needy out of their suffering
and makes their families multiply like flocks.
Verse ConceptsGod And The PoorGod Helps The PoorHelping The PoorProtecting Your Family

Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep
coming up from washing,
each one having a twin,
and not one missing.
Verse ConceptsTwinsTeethClean AnimalsMiscarrying Animals

“This is what the Lord God says: I will respond to the house of Israel and do this for them: I will multiply them in number like a flock. Verse ConceptsPrayer, God's Promises ConcerningAnswered PromisesGod Multipling People

The mountains skipped like rams,
the hills, like lambs.
Verse ConceptsHillsLambsThe Presence Of Godjumping

Mountains, that you skipped like rams?
Hills, like lambs?
Verse Conceptsjumping

When David saw the angel striking the people, he said to the Lord, “Look, I am the one who has sinned; I am the one who has done wrong. But these sheep, what have they done? Please, let Your hand be against me and my father’s family.” Verse ConceptsIntercessionSelf CondemnationSheepShepherds, As Kings And LeadersIntercessory PrayerSeeing AngelsGod Opposing

When he has brought all his own outside, he goes ahead of them. The sheep follow him because they recognize his voice. They will never follow a stranger; instead they will run away from him, because they don't recognize the voice of strangers."

if he did not bless me
while warming himself with the fleece from my sheep,
Verse ConceptsFleecesAnimal Skins

For the majestic One, our Lord, will be there,
a place of rivers and broad streams
where ships that are rowed will not go,
and majestic vessels will not pass.
Verse ConceptsBreadthShipssailing

Wail, ships of Tarshish,
because your fortress is destroyed!
Verse ConceptsSeafaringShipsDestruction Of Strongholds

And consider ships: Though very large and driven by fierce winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. Verse ConceptsWindShipsBig ThingsSmall ThingsMarinersThe TongueDirectionStaying Strong During Hard Timessailing

They sweep by like boats made of papyrus,
like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
Verse ConceptsHuntingEaglesPapyrusShipsBoats

Now therefore, assemble the rest of the troops, lay siege to the city, and capture it. Otherwise I will be the one to capture the city, and it will be named after me.” Verse ConceptsPeople Naming Things

After these faithful deeds, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and entered Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities and intended to break into them. Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, Examples Of

he sent horses, chariots, and a massive army there. They went by night and surrounded the city. Verse ConceptsChariotsEnemies SurroundingAttacking With ChariotsEarthly ArmiesNations Attacking Israel


I will send strangers to Babylon
who will scatter her and strip her land bare,
for they will come against her
from every side in the day of disaster.
Verse ConceptsForeignersWinnowing

For I will soon stir up and bring against Babylon
an assembly of great nations from the north country.
They will line up in battle formation against her;
from there she will be captured.
Their arrows will be like those of a skilled warrior
who does not return empty-handed.
Verse ConceptsAliancesSkillOut Of The North

In the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon advanced against Jerusalem with his entire army. They laid siege to the city and built a siege wall against it all around. Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahAttackingInvasionsKingsSiegesTravelWarfare, Examples OfArmies, Against IsraelFortsMonth 10Years Of Zedekiah

Just as one gathers silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin into the furnace to blow fire on them and melt them, so I will gather you in My anger and wrath, put you inside, and melt you. Verse ConceptsIronTinMeltingGathered By GodFurnaces

As silver is melted inside a furnace, so you will be melted inside the city. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, have poured out My wrath on you.” Verse ConceptsMeltingFurnacesThings Like Silver

While you lie among the sheepfolds, the wings of a dove are covered with silver, and its feathers with glistening gold. When the Almighty scattered kings in the land, it snowed on Zalmon.

Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish,
and gold from Uphaz
from the hands of a goldsmith,
the work of a craftsman.
Their clothing is blue and purple,
all the work of skilled artisans.
Verse ConceptsColors, BlueGoldSilverSkillToolsWisdom, Human NatureCommercePurple ClothesSkilled Peopleartistscraftsmanship

“Therefore, this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am about to turn against you to bring disaster, to cut off all Judah. Verse ConceptsDestruction Of JerusalemGod Opposing

The Lord detests the way of the wicked,
but He loves the one who pursues righteousness.
Verse ConceptsPursuingRighteousness, Of BelieversPathways Of SinAbominations, To GodEvil Ways

So I sent you all My servants the prophets time and time again, saying: Don’t do this detestable thing that I hate. Verse ConceptsProphets, Role OfAbominations, Sin IsThose Who Rose EarlyDoing Repeatedly

“Remember and do not forget how you provoked the Lord your God in the wilderness. You have been rebelling against the Lord from the day you left the land of Egypt until you reached this place. Verse ConceptsRebellion, Of IsraelSin, Nature OfPainful Memories

Anyone who rebels against your order and does not obey your words in all that you command him, will be put to death. Above all, be strong and courageous!” Verse ConceptsCourage, In Facing EnemiesRebellion, Against Human AuthorityRebellion Against God, Shown InBraveryStrength Of PeopleBe Courageous!Be Strong!Courage

Then he took the calf they had made, burned it up, and ground it to powder. He scattered the powder over the surface of the water and forced the Israelites to drink the water. Verse ConceptsRepulsive FoodBurning Idolatrous ThingsWaters DividedGrandmothers

So the servants’ sin was very severe in the presence of the Lord, because they treated the Lord’s offering with contempt. Verse ConceptsAbhorGrain OfferingIrreverenceSacrilegeLeaders SinningRegulating Sacrifices

For your hands are defiled with blood
and your fingers, with iniquity;
your lips have spoken lies,
and your tongues mutter injustice.
Verse ConceptsFingersBlemishBlood, Figurative UseLipsThe Lips Of The WickedTongueWhy Prayer Is UnansweredUnanswered PrayerKilling Many People


Remember this: the enemy has mocked Yahweh,
and a foolish people has insulted Your name.
Verse ConceptsBlasphemy, At GodInsultsFools, Description OfFools Attitude To God

“But the person who acts defiantly, whether native or foreign resident, blasphemes the Lord. That person is to be cut off from his people. Verse ConceptsBanishmentdefianceHell, As Incentive To ActionIrreverencePresumptionExcommunicationInfidelity To GodMan's PurposesDeath Penalty For ViolenceThose To Be Cut Off From Israel


Some people’s sins are obvious, going before them to judgment, but the sins of others surface later. Verse ConceptsThings ManifestJudgement DayJudgementJudging Others Actionsfollowingothers




For her sins are piled up to heaven,
and God has remembered her crimes.
Verse ConceptsBabylonGod Remembering SinThe judgment of babylon

Some people’s sins are obvious, going before them to judgment, but the sins of others surface later. Verse ConceptsThings ManifestJudgement DayJudgementJudging Others Actionsfollowingothers







Moreover, keep Your servant from willful sins;
do not let them rule over me.
Then I will be innocent
and cleansed from blatant rebellion.
Verse Conceptsethics, and graceBlameRestraintSin, Avoidance OfSin, Nature OfDivine Restraintsdominion




It has happened to them according to the true proverb: A dog returns to its own vomit, and, “a sow, after washing itself, wallows in the mud.” Verse ConceptsdogsWicked Described AsDegradationSwinePigsUnclean SpiritsOld SayingsUnclean AnimalsBacksliderspork

The boar from the forest tears it
and creatures of the field feed on it.
Verse ConceptsForestsAnimals, Types OfPigs

Don’t give what is holy to dogs or toss your pearls before pigs, or they will trample them with their feet, turn, and tear you to pieces. Verse ConceptsContemptdogsJewelsPrudenceAskingUngodlinessWasteWicked Described AsDespisersName CallingSwinePeople Torn To PiecesPigsUnfitting ThingsPetsHurt And Betrayalpork

when I sharpen My flashing sword,
and My hand takes hold of judgment,
I will take vengeance on My adversaries
and repay those who hate Me.
Verse ConceptsHand Of GodHatredSharpeningGod Executes VengeanceHating GodGod's Sword

He pulls it out of his back,
the flashing tip out of his liver.
Terrors come over him.
Verse ConceptsFear Will Come

He continues to stumble.
Indeed, each falls over the other.
They say, “Get up! Let’s return to our people
and to the land of our birth,
away from the sword that oppresses.”
Verse ConceptsPeople StumblingSaying Repeatedly

the One who gives victory to kings,
who frees His servant David
from the deadly sword.
Verse Conceptsdefence, divineServants Of The Lord

I am surrounded by lions;
I lie down with those who devour men.
Their teeth are spears and arrows;
their tongues are sharp swords.
Verse ConceptsArrows, Figurative OfBitingLionsSpeech, Power And Significance OfSuffering, Of Jesus ChristTeethSharpnessEnemies Surrounding

Charging horseman,
flashing sword,
shining spear;
heaps of slain,
mounds of corpses,
dead bodies without end
they stumble over their dead.
Verse ConceptsStumblingWarfare, Nature OfRiding HorsesSpeedPeople StumblingSparklingDeath



For Your faithful love is as high as the heavens;
Your faithfulness reaches the clouds.
Verse ConceptsGod's Truthcloudsdevotion

For Yahweh is good, and His love is eternal;
His faithfulness endures through all generations.
Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfGod, The EternalFaithfulnessMercyEverlastingGod's TrustworthinessGod's FaithfulnessGoodnessloversdevotion

But You, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God,
slow to anger and rich in faithful love and truth.
Verse ConceptsCompassionGod, Compassion OfAbundant MercyGod, Patience OfGrace, In OtRestraintLongsuffering Of GodGod's TruthSpeed Of God's Angergraciousness


For Your faithful love is as high as the heavens;
Your faithfulness reaches the clouds.
Verse ConceptsGod's Truthcloudsdevotion

Would the wild ox be willing to serve you? Would it spend the night by your feeding trough? Can you hold the wild ox by its harness to the furrow? Will it plow the valleys behind you?

Can you trust the wild ox to harvest your grain
and bring it to your threshing floor?
Verse ConceptsdistrustThreshing Floor

Can you depend on it because its strength is great?
Would you leave it to do your hard work?
Verse ConceptsStrength Of Animals







Who has gone up to heaven and come down?
Who has gathered the wind in His hands?
Who has bound up the waters in a cloak?
Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is His name,
and what is the name of His Son—
if you know?
Verse ConceptsCreatorCloaksBindingDivine Power Over NatureClimates, TypesCovering The EarthGoing Up To HeavenGod Going DownGod Dispensing WindKnowingWhat Is God's Name?

He brought streams out of the stone
and made water flow down like rivers.
Verse ConceptsDivine SuppliesProvision From Rocks


You gave no water to the thirsty
and withheld food from the famished,
Verse ConceptsWaterNo FoodFeeding The Poor


Turbulent as water, you will no longer excel,
because you got into your father’s bed
and you defiled it—he got into my bed.
Verse ConceptsFicklenessRash People

He wore cursing like his coat—
let it enter his body like water
and go into his bones like oil.
Verse ConceptsBodyGarments Of SinClothed With Bad ThingsDamage To The BodyThings Like WaterLike WaterSwearingcurses

as water wears away stones
and torrents wash away the soil from the land,
so You destroy a man’s hope.
Verse ConceptsFlowing WaterThings Wearing OutWithout Hope



For He looks to the ends of the earth
and sees everything under the heavens.
Verse ConceptsVeilsGod, All knowingGod Seeing All The Earth



Who should not fear You,
King of the nations?
It is what You deserve.
For among all the wise people of the nations
and among all their kingdoms,
there is no one like You.
Verse ConceptsGod, Sovereignty OfGod, Wisdom OfReverence, And God's NatureGod, All knowingNo One Is Like GodGod Is WorthyGod Is To Be Fearedroyalty

Who, like Me, can announce the future?
Let him say so and make a case before Me,
since I have established an ancient people.
Let these gods declare the coming things,
and what will take place.
Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingGod, Wisdom OfGod's ForeknowledgePredicting The FutureWho Is Like God?



Can anyone teach God knowledge,
since He judges the exalted ones?
Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingGod, Wisdom OfTeaching WisdomTeaching God

Who did He consult with?
Who gave Him understanding
and taught Him the paths of justice?
Who taught Him knowledge
and showed Him the way of understanding?
Verse ConceptsenlightenmentTeaching GodGod Has Understanding

Do you understand how the clouds float,
those wonderful works of Him who has perfect knowledge?
Verse ConceptsBalance In LifeAwesome GodBeing A Know It AllGod, Perfection OfPerfection, DivineClouds, Natural UseGod, All knowingbalanceclouds

For my arguments are without flaw;
one who has perfect knowledge is with you.
Verse ConceptsRestored In Jesus ChristPerfection, HumanGod, All knowingPeople With Knowledge

This extraordinary knowledge is beyond me.
It is lofty; I am unable to reach it.
Verse ConceptsRevelation, Necessity OfGod, All knowingKnowingLimits Of Human Mind

This extraordinary knowledge is beyond me.
It is lofty; I am unable to reach it.
Verse ConceptsRevelation, Necessity OfGod, All knowingKnowingLimits Of Human Mind

Yes, God is mighty, but He despises no one;
He understands all things.
Verse ConceptsConsistencyGuidance, God's Promises OfGod, Impartiality OfMighty One

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