Thematic Bible: Described as


Thematic Bible



He will suck [the] poison of horned vipers; [the] viper's tongue will kill him. Verse ConceptsTeeth

in his bowels his food is turned, [the] venom of horned vipers [is] {within him}. Verse ConceptsSnakesBitter Food

so that it does not hear [the] voice of charmers [or the] skilled caster of spells. Verse ConceptsSkillWisdom, Human NatureUnhearing

Issachar [is] a strong donkey, crouching between the sheepfolds. He saw a resting place that [was] good, and land that [was] pleasant. So he bowed his shoulder to the burden and became a servant of forced labor.

Issachar [is] a strong donkey, crouching between the sheepfolds. Verse ConceptsLying Down To RestStrong IndividualsAppreciation For Pastors


For they have gone up [to] Assyria, a wild donkey alone to itself; Ephraim has sold itself [for] lovers. Verse ConceptsActing AloneWild DonkeysNorthern Kingdom Of Israel

But {an empty-headed person} will get understanding when a wild donkey's colt is born [as] a human being. Verse ConceptsColtsWicked Described AsWorldly WisdomWild DonkeysWise ProverbsWisdom

"Who has sent forth [the] wild ass free? And who has released [the] wild donkey's bonds, Verse ConceptsRopesWild DonkeysGod Freeing Captives

To me he [is] like a bear lying in wait, a lion in hiding. Verse ConceptsLionsGod Like A LionAmbushLike Creatureslieing

And look, another beast, a second one, looking like a bear. And it was raised up on one side and three tusks [were] in its mouth between its teeth, and so {it was told}, "Arise, eat much flesh!" Verse ConceptsTeethBearsAnimals Eating PeopleBonesThree Other ThingsFour Beasts Of Daniel

[It will be] as [if] a man fled from a lion and a bear met him; or he went [into] the house and leaned his hand against the wall and a snake bit him. Verse ConceptsBitingSnakesOther Supporting

Do not be like a horse [or] like a mule, without understanding; [that needs] his tackle--bridle and rein--for restraint [or he would not] come near you. Verse ConceptsMulesBridlesHorsesRestraintRopesStubbornnessDivine RestraintsSelf WillBinding As Animals

then I was brutish and ignorant. With you I was [like] the beasts. Verse ConceptsFoolish PeopleMammalsThose Who Were IgnorantIgnorance of Godignorance


I know every bird of [the] mountains, and [every] moving creature in [the] field [is] mine. Verse ConceptsCreatorBirds, Features OfBeastsAll Things Belong To GodBirdsbugs

But man cannot continue in [his] pomp. He is like the beasts [that] perish. This [is] the journey [of those who] have foolish [confidence], and those after them [who] accept their sayings. Selah Like sheep they are destined to Sheol; death will shepherd them. But the upright will rule over them in the morning, and their forms [will be for] Sheol to consume, [far from] his lofty abode. read more.
Surely God will ransom my life from the {power} of Sheol, because he will receive me. Selah

but received a rebuke for his own lawlessness: a speechless donkey, speaking with a human voice, restrained {the prophet's madness}. Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyMadnessMouthsRebukeRestraintPeople Acting MadlyDumbnessBeing ReprovedDumbThe Dumb Speaking


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


"When Yahweh your God brings you into the land that you [are] about to enter {into it} to take possession of it, and he drives out many nations {before you}, the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, seven nations mightier and more numerous than you, Verse ConceptsSevenSeven PeopleThe Lord Will Drive Them Out

Yet the people who are inhabiting [it are] strong and the cities [are] fortified and very large; moreover, we saw the descendants of the Anakites there. Verse ConceptsFortificationsFortified CitiesLargenessGiantsStrong Nations

"When you come to the land that Yahweh your God [is] giving to you, you must not learn to do like the detestable practices of those nations. [There] shall not be found among you one who makes his son or his daughter go through the fire, [or] {one who practices divination}, [or] an interpreter of signs, or an augur, or sorcerer, or one who casts magic spells, or one who consults spirit of the dead, or spiritist, or one who inquires of the dead.

And you have seen their detestable things and their idols of wood and stone, silver, and gold that [were] among them, Verse ConceptsGoldStones

(because the people of the land, who [were] {before you}, did all these detestable things, so the land became unclean), Verse ConceptsPolluting The Land

Yet I destroyed the Amorite {before them}, {who was as tall as} cedars and was as strong as the oaks. I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath. Verse ConceptsAmoritesCedarRootsGiantsOaks

By the hand of your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said, "With my many chariots, I myself have gone up [the] height of [the] mountains, [to] the remote areas of Lebanon. And I cut off {its tall cedars}, the choicest of its junipers. And I came [to] the height of its limit, the forest of its orchard. Verse ConceptsChariotsCedarFelling TreesTrusting In Chariots

Thus says the Lord Yahweh: 'And I will take, [even] I, from the treetop of the high cedar, and I will plant [it], from the head of its new plant shoot I will pluck a tender one, and I will plant [it], [even] I, on a high and lofty mountain. Verse ConceptsTendernessMessianic PropheciesMetaphorical PlantingThe Mountains Of Israel

[The] mountains were covered with its shade, and [the] mighty cedars [with] its boughs. Verse ConceptsCedarThe Mountains Of Israel

On the height of the mountain of Israel I will plant [it], and it will carry branches, and it will bear fruit, and {it will become a noble cedar}, and all of the birds of all wings will dwell under it in the shade of its branches. Verse ConceptsBearing Fruit

Your lips drip nectar, [my] bride; honey and milk [are] under your lips; the scent of your garments [is] like the scent of Lebanon. Verse ConceptsHoneyRich Foodspouse

[The] mountains were covered with its shade, and [the] mighty cedars [with] its boughs. It spread its branches to [the] sea and its shoots to [the] river.

"[The] bricks have fallen, but we will build [with] dressed stone. [The] sycamore-fig trees were felled, but we will replace [them with] cedars." Verse ConceptsBricksHousesMasonsProperty, HousesStonesSycamoresFortsStone ItemsCedar WoodThings ImprovedChristmas Treerebuilding







but to those [who act] from selfish ambition and who disobey the truth, but who obey unrighteousness, wrath and anger. [There will be] affliction and distress for every {human being} who does evil, of the Jew first and of the Greek,


And Yahweh said to Moses, "Look, you [are] about to lie [down] with your ancestors, and this people will arise and they will play the prostitute after {the foreign gods} of the land {to which they are going}. Verse ConceptsProstitutionRest, PhysicalSleep, And DeathTrust, Lack OfNearness Of DeathBreaking The CovenantDeath Will Soon HappenDeath

He said these [things], and after this he said to them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I can awaken him." Verse ConceptsProphecies Said By JesusIntermediate Stateawakeninglazarus


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



When Jacob finished instructing his sons he drew his feet up to the bed. Then he took his last breath and was gathered to his people. Verse ConceptsBedsDeath Of The Saints, Examples OfLast WordsGathered To One's People

[because I] know that the removal of my habitation is imminent, as indeed our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me. Verse ConceptsDeath Of God's PeopleNear The Time PersonallyThings RevealedDeath Of The Righteous



And immediately she fell down at his feet and died. So [when] the young men came in, they found her dead, and carried [her] out [and] buried [her] with her husband. Verse ConceptsMiracles Of PeterCarrying Dead BodiesPeople TumblingHaving No Breath

Indeed, [after] {a few years} have come, then I will go [the] way [from which] I will not return. Verse ConceptsDeath, Description OfJourneyThe Finality Of DeathPeople not returningDeath Is Finalpast

Like a flower he comes up, and he withers away; and he flees like a shadow, but he does not last. Verse ConceptsFlowersdrynessLife, HumanPhysical LifeShadowsLife, Brevity OfTime Passing

Like a flower he comes up, and he withers away; and he flees like a shadow, but he does not last. Verse ConceptsFlowersdrynessLife, HumanPhysical LifeShadowsLife, Brevity OfTime Passing

the one leading you in the great and terrible desert [infested] with {dangerous} snakes and scorpions and parched ground, where there is no water, [and] the one bringing out water for you from flint rock, Verse ConceptsFlintClimates, Typesdrought, physicalSnakesSuffering, HardshipThirstAnimals, Types OfGod Providing WaterDry PlacesProvision From RocksScorpions

And all the community of the {Israelites} set out from the desert of Sin for their journeys according to the command of Yahweh, and they camped in Rephidim, and there was no water for the people to drink. Verse ConceptsCommands, in OTTravelParticular JourneysNo Water For People

"Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, {saying}, 'Thus says Yahweh, "I remember [concerning] you the loyal love of your childhood, the love of your betrothal-time, your going after me in the desert, in [the] 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 brought us from Egypt to bring us to this bad place? It is not a place of seed or figs or vines or pomegranate trees, and there is not 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 desert land, and in a howling, desert wasteland; he {encircled him}, he cared for him, he protected him like the {apple} of his eye. Verse ConceptsFruitBarren, LandGod Keeping WatchApple Of The EyeGod SurroundingEyes Cared ForFinding PeopleGod Led Them Through The Wildernesswandering

"Then we set out from Horeb, and we went [through] the whole [of] that great and terrible desert that you saw [on] the way [to] the hill country of the Amorites as Yahweh our God had commanded us, and [so] we came up to Kadesh Barnea. Verse ConceptsMonotony

And they did not say, 'Where [is] Yahweh, the one who brought us up from the land of Egypt, the one who led us in the desert, in a land of desert plains and gorges, in a land of dryness and deep darkness, in a land {that no one passes through}, and no human lives there?' 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 a new thing! Now it sprouts! Do you not perceive 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

And I will stretch out my hand against them, and I will make the land a desolation and a wasteland from the desert to Riblah in all of their dwellings, and they will know that I [am] Yahweh." '" Verse ConceptsHand Of GodGod's HandDestruction Of CountriesGod's Hands Stretched Out

He who dies for Jeroboam in the city, the dogs will eat. He who dies in the open field, the birds from the heavens will eat, for Yahweh has spoken [it]." ' Verse ConceptsdogsAnimals Eating PeopleEating CorpsesBirds Eating

When they went to bury her, they could not find her, except the skull, the feet, and the palms of the hands. They returned and told him, and he said, "This [is] the word of Yahweh which he spoke by the hand of his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 'On the plot of ground of Jezreel, the dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel.'"

They washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria, and the dogs licked his blood (now, the prostitutes washed themselves [there]) according to the word of Yahweh which he had spoken. Verse ConceptsdogsBathing, For RefreshmentTongueWord Of GodPoolsAnimals Eating PeopleCreatures Drinking BloodClean Objects

You shall say to him, 'Thus says Yahweh: "Have you committed murder and also taken possession?" ' You shall also say to him, 'Thus says Yahweh: "In the place where the dogs licked the blood of Naboth, the dogs will also lick your blood." '" Verse ConceptsdogsInjustice, Hated By GodSuffering, Nature OfTongueDivine DirectionAnimals Eating PeopleCreatures Drinking BloodReady To KillTaking Possessionsjezebel

and was longing to be filled with what fell from the table of the rich man. But even the dogs came [and] licked his sores. Verse ConceptsdogsTablesTongueCrumbsSeeking FoodRemaining FoodPetsAbscessFeeding The Poorlazarus

The [statement] of the true proverb has happened to them, "A dog returns to its own vomit," and "A sow, [after] washing herself, [returns] to wallowing in the mud." Verse ConceptsdogsWicked Described AsDegradationSwinePigsUnclean SpiritsOld SayingsUnclean AnimalsBacksliderspork

Grabbing onto the ears of a dog passing by [is] one who meddles in a quarrel [that is] not his own. Verse ConceptsdisagreementsBusybodiesMeddlingGentlenessMinding Your Own BusinessFamily ProblemsConflictFamily ConflictPets

Because dogs have surrounded me; a gang of evildoers has encircled me. Like the lion [they are at] my hands and my feet. Verse ConceptsdogsEnemies SurroundingMessianic Prophecies

Their wine [is] the poison of snakes, and [the] deadly poison of horned vipers. Verse ConceptsAlcoholCobrasSerpentsSnakesThings Like Snakes

And his tail swept away a third of the stars from heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, in order that whenever she gave birth to her child he could devour [it]. 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 am a companion for [the] jackals and a companion for {ostriches}. Verse ConceptsBirds, Types Of BirdsOstricheslonliness


Saul and Jonathan [were] beloved and pleasant in their lives and [were] not separated in their death. They [were] swifter than eagles, stronger than lions. Verse ConceptsFriendshipEaglesCompanionshipFast RunnersStrong Individuals

From there it spies out [the] prey; its eyes look from far away. Verse ConceptsGood Things From Far Away

But Yahweh [is] the true God, he [is] the living God, and {an everlasting king}. Because of his wrath the earth quakes, and [the] nations cannot endure his anger. 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 shook; [the] heavens also dripped [rain] at the presence of God who [was] at Sinai, at the presence of God, the God of Israel. Verse ConceptsRainGod Shaking The EarthGod Controlling The Rain



Thus says Yahweh: "Heaven [is] my throne, and the earth [is] the footstool for my feet. Where [is] this house that you would build for me? And where [is] this resting place for me? 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 the footstool of his feet, or by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great king. Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfFootstoolsFeetNames For JerusalemCitySwearing

And, look! The glory of the God of Israel, it came from the way of the east, and its sound [was] like [the] sound of many waters and the land radiated due to his glory! Verse ConceptsNoiseVoicesShiningOut Of The EastSoundGod Is LightGod's VoiceCloud of glory


The earth, O Yahweh, is full of your loyal love. Teach me your statutes. Verse ConceptsEarth, God's GloryScripture Teaching


Nations roar, kingdoms shake; he utters his voice, [the] earth melts. Verse ConceptsChaosKingdomsEarth, Judgment OfRoar Of NationsGod's VoiceDisorder Among The NationsLucifer

Mountains quake before him; the hills shake apart. The earth heaves before him-- the world and all her inhabitants. Verse ConceptsearthquakesEarth, Judgment OfMountainsMountains QuakingThe Universe DestroyedGod Saves From Sin And DeathThe Presence Of God









The fear of Yahweh [is] pure, enduring forever. The ordinances of Yahweh [are] true; they are righteous altogether, Verse ConceptsOrdinancesReverence, And BlessingReverence To GodEternal TruthClean ObjectsGod's Word Is RighteousThe Fear Of The LordGod's Word Is TrueScripture, Inerrancy Of

and they will enter into [the] caves of [the] rocks and into [the] holes of [the] ground from the presence of the terror of Yahweh and from the glory of his majesty {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 who is 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?"

Anguish and distress terrify him; they overpower him like a king ready for the battle. Verse ConceptsAfflictions Of The WickedFear Will ComeOvercoming AdversityBeing Overwhelmedpressure

Sounds of terror [are] in his ears; in prosperity [the] destroyer will come [against] him. Verse ConceptsThose Who DestroyFear Is Due

Terror and dread fell on them; at the greatness of your arm they became silent like the stone, until your people passed by, Yahweh, until [the] people whom you bought passed by. Verse ConceptsMarketsPassing ThroughPurchasingTypes Of ChristArm Of GodMotionlessnessStaying PutPeople As Rocksgreatnessterrorism

Then Saul said to Samuel, "I have sinned because I have transgressed {the commandment of Yahweh} and your words, for I feared the troops and I listened to their voice. 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, for the Jews had already decided that if anyone should confess him [to be] Christ, he would be expelled from the synagogue. Verse ConceptsPersecution, Forms OfSynagogueFear, Of PersecutionFear Of ManDisfellowshipExcommunicationFear Of EnemiesBelieving In Christ

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

The covenant that I have {made} with you, you shall not forget, and you shall not fear other gods. Verse ConceptsForgetting GodNot ForgettingDifferent GodsDo Not Have Other godscovenant

How they become a desolation in a moment! They come to a complete end by terrors. Verse ConceptsAfflictions Of The WickedDeath Of The WickedDestruction Of The WickedFear Will Come

When [the] wind passes over it, it is no more, and its place knows it no longer. Verse ConceptsThings Passing Away


The blossoms {appear} {in the land}; {the time of singing has arrived}; the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land. Verse ConceptsBirds, Features OfBirds, Types Of BirdsRosesspringtime

His cheeks [are] like beds of spice, a tower of fragrances; his lips [are] lilies dripping liquid myrrh. Verse ConceptsLiliesFlowersCheeks


For it stands in scripture, "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a chosen [and] precious 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


be it known to the king that the Jews who have come up from near you to us have gone to Jerusalem. They are building the rebellious and wicked city. They are finishing the wall and repairing the foundation. Verse ConceptsFoundationsCityJudaismBuilding Jerusalem's WallRebuilding Jerusalemrebuilding

When the king commanded, they quarried great stones [and] precious stones to lay [the] foundation of the house [with] hewn stones. Verse ConceptsFoundationsBuildingHousesFoundations Of Buildings

he is like a man building a house, who dug and went down deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And [when] a flood came, the river burst against that house and was not able to shake it, because it had been built well. Verse ConceptsFoundations Of BuildingsStones For Protection

In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued forth a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem. Let the house be built, the place where sacrifices are offered and let its foundations be raised. Its height [shall be] sixty cubits and its width sixty cubits, Verse ConceptsFoundationsBreadthProclamationsThe Second TempleDimensions Of BuildingsThe First Temple

Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him and said, "Their wall of stone that they are building would break down if a fox went on it!" Verse ConceptsAmmonitesFoxes

They [who] would {deliver him to the sword} will become a portion for jackals.

And he said to them, "Go [and] tell that fox, 'Behold, I am expelling 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

Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic [is] your name in all the earth, who put your splendor above the heavens. Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfGod, Majesty OfKnowing God, Nature OfPrayer, And WorshipGlory Of GodGod's Glory RevealedGod Being Outside Of CreationExcellence

Yahweh [is] high above all nations; his glory [is] above the heavens. Verse ConceptsGlory Of GodGod On HighGod Saves From Sin And DeathGod Being Outside Of Creation


May the glory of Yahweh endure forever. May Yahweh be glad in his works, Verse ConceptsDelight, God ExpressingGlory Of God

and they will sing of the ways of Yahweh, because Yahweh's glory [is] great. Verse ConceptsPrayer, And WorshipGlory Of GodThose Singing Praise

King Solomon made two hundred shields of hammered gold; six hundred [measures of] gold went up over each shield. Also [he made] three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went up over each of the small shields; and the king put them [into] the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

And he hammered out the leaves of gold, and he cut off cords to weave in the midst of the blue and in the midst of the purple and in the midst of the crimson and in the midst of the linen--[the] work of a skilled craftsman. Verse ConceptsTapestriesPlatesCordsRed MaterialBlue ClothPurple ClothBlue Purple And Scarlet

twenty gold bowls worth one thousand darics, and two vessels of good polished bronze as precious as gold. Verse ConceptsCoinageHoly VesselsBrassWeights Of Gold

I will make humanity more rare than gold and humankind more than the gold of Ophir. Verse ConceptsGoldYouthThings Like GoldShortage Other Than FoodMan's Sinful Nature

And all the people took off the rings of gold that [were] on their ears and brought [it] to Aaron. And he took from their hand, and he shaped it with a tool, and he made it a cast-image bull calf, and they said, "These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt."

"Refined gold cannot be gotten in its place, and silver cannot be weighed out [as] its price. It cannot be bought for the gold of Ophir, for precious onyx or sapphire.

Though you [men] lie down between the sheepfolds, [you will be like the] wings of a dove covered in silver and its pinions in yellow gold." Verse ConceptsdovesGoldSleep, PhysicalWingsSheepfoldsWings Of BirdsStock Keeping







and [they are] longing for you in their prayers for you, because of the surpassing grace of God to you. Verse ConceptsGrace, Description OfThe Grace Given To MenPraying For Otherssupplication



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


The {Israelites} who returned from the exile and all those who separated themselves from the uncleanness of the nations of the earth to seek Yahweh the God of Israel, ate. Verse ConceptsExclusivenessSeparationHeathenNations DescribedProselytesSeparation From Evil PeopleThose who returned from exileAdoption Should Lead To Holiness


For it is shameful even to speak [about] the things being [done] by them in secret, Verse ConceptsNations DescribedSecret SinsActing In SecretCurbing SpeechShame Of Bad Conductspeakingdisobedience

and exchanged the glory of the immortal God with the likeness of an image of mortal human beings and birds and quadrupeds and reptiles. Verse ConceptsIncorruptibleImmortality, In NtNations DescribedBirds, Features OfNature DecayingNo DecayPeople Are CorruptibleIdolatryExchanging Good For BadNature Of IdolatryBirdscatsimage


The idols of the nations [are] silver and gold, [the] work of the hands of humankind. Verse ConceptsGoldHeathenIdolatry



[I have been] on journeys many times, in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, in dangers from [my own] people, in dangers from the Gentiles, in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers at sea, in dangers because of false brothers, Verse ConceptsDanger, PhysicalAdventureStealingTravelNations DescribedCities Under AttackFalse PeopleAntagonism From Jew And GentileIn The Heart Of The SeaFake Friendsrisk

Why are nations in tumult, and countries plotting in vain? [The] kings of [the] earth establish themselves, and the rulers conspire together against Yahweh and his anointed:


Have regard for the covenant, because [the] dark places of [the] land are full of [the] haunts of violence. Verse ConceptsViolence In The EarthViolenceNations DescribedDarkness Of EvilGod Keeps Covenant

[No], but that [the things] which they sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to become sharers with demons. Verse ConceptsAstrologyFalse ReligionPagansNations DescribedSacrificesDemonsSacrificeHalloweenpartnershipstatuesDemonic Influence



Why should the nations say, "Where [is] their God?" Let it be known among the nations before our eyes, [by] the avenging of the blood of your servants that was poured out. Verse ConceptsAvenger of bloodRetributionHeathenNations DescribedSheddingGod Not ExistingResponsibility For Blood ShedWhere Is God?


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

he himself also will drink of the wine of the anger of God that has been mixed full strength in the cup of his wrath, and will be tortured with fire and sulphur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence 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 clean out his threshing floor and will gather his wheat into the storehouse, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire." Verse ConceptsHell, Description OfNames For HeavenHell, As An ExperienceForksSin, God's Judgment OnThreshing FloorToolsWinnowingWicked Described AsEternal JudgmentLight As ChaffReapingBurning PlantsGod's StorehousesWeed

Sinners are afraid in Zion; trembling has seized [the] godless: "Who of us can {live} [with] devouring fire? Who of us can {live} [with] everlasting consuming hearths?" Verse ConceptsEternal DeathGuilt, Human Aspects OfHell, Punishment OfHell, Description OfPunishment, By GodSinnersUngodlinessGuilty FearTerror Of God

Sinners are afraid in Zion; trembling has seized [the] godless: "Who of us can {live} [with] devouring fire? Who of us can {live} [with] everlasting consuming hearths?" Verse ConceptsEternal DeathGuilt, Human Aspects OfHell, Punishment OfHell, Description OfPunishment, By GodSinnersUngodlinessGuilty FearTerror Of God






Their horses [are] more swift than leopards; they are more menacing than wolves [at] dusk. Their horsemen gallop; their horsemen come from afar; they fly like an eagle [that is] swift to devour. Verse ConceptsHorsesLeopardWingsBirds, Types Of BirdsRiding HorsesSpeedEaglesWolvesPeople From Far AwayThose Flying

and you said, "No! For we will flee on horses!" Therefore you shall flee! And, "We will ride on swift horses!" Therefore your pursuers shall be swift! Verse ConceptsBackPursuing PeopleCavalryRiding HorsesSpeed

Look, he comes up like the clouds, and his chariots [are] like the whirlwind, his horses are swifter than eagles, woe to us, for we are devastated. Verse ConceptsChariotsHorsesEaglesWhirlwindsWoeHeavenly ChariotsSpeedAutomobilesHurricanes



They paw in the valley, and it exults with strength; it goes out to meet [the] battle. Verse ConceptsStrength Of Animals

I have listened attentively, and I have listened. They do not speak honestly, there is no man [who] regrets his wickedness, saying, 'What have I done?' All of them [are] turning to their ways of running, like a horse plunging into battle. Verse ConceptsObstinacy Against GodWicked Described As

They paw in the valley, and it exults with strength; it goes out to meet [the] battle. Verse ConceptsStrength Of Animals

With roar and rage {it races over the ground}, and it cannot stand still at [the] sound of [the] horn. Verse ConceptsNot Being StillNot Stilldistance

Do you make it leap like the locust? [The] majesty of its snorting [is] terrifying. Verse ConceptsNosesCreatures JumpingNeighing And Braying

It laughs at danger and is not dismayed, and it does not turn back from {before} [the] sword. Verse ConceptsThose Not Fearing

Blind [people]! For which [is] greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift holy Verse ConceptsGreat ThingsOffering SacrificesHolier Than ThouSanctificationimportance

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

Fools and blind [people]! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that makes the gold holy? Verse ConceptsHypocrites, Description OfGod's Attitude To FoolsGreat ThingsStatus Of The TempleSanctification


And opening his mouth he began to teach them, saying, Verse ConceptsJesus As Our TeacherChrist Teaching

And they do all their deeds in order to be seen by people, for they make their phylacteries broad and make their tassels long. Verse ConceptsPride, Examples OfHypocrites, Description OfDisplayingLong ThingsBroadnessFringe Of ClothesBeing Seen By ManSeeing PeopleGarmentspeoplephariseesdeeds

And why do you see the speck [that is] in your brother's eye, but do not notice the beam of wood in your [own] eye? Or how will you say to your brother, 'Allow [me] to remove the speck from your eye,' and behold, the beam of wood [is] in your [own] eye? Hypocrite! First remove the beam of wood from your [own] eye and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye!

But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, answered [and] said to the crowd, "There are six days on which it is necessary to work. Therefore come [and] be healed on them, and not on the day of the Sabbath!" But the Lord answered and said to him, "Hypocrites! Does not each one of you untie his ox or [his] donkey from the feeding trough on the Sabbath and lead [it] away to water [it]?





And do not think to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham [as] father.' For I say to 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 in {the deceitful words}, {saying}, 'The temple of Yahweh, the temple of Yahweh, they [are] the temple of Yahweh.' Verse ConceptsdistrustOptimismHypocrites, Description OfTrusting Deceptive ThingsStatus Of The TempleTrust

{who say}, "{Keep to yourself}! You must not come near me, for I am [too] holy for you!" These [are] a smoke in my {nostrils}, a fire burning all day. Verse ConceptsHypocrisy, Description OfNosesPrejudicePride, Examples OfSmokeHypocrites, Description OfFire Of EvilAll DayHolier Than ThouChanging YourselfsmokingSmoke Used Poetically

The Pharisee stood [and] prayed these [things] with reference to himself: 'God, I give thanks to you that I am not like other people--swindlers, unrighteous [people], 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 are giving you an opportunity to boast about us, in order that you may have [an answer] for those who boast in appearance and not in heart. Verse ConceptsCommendationOutward AppearanceHypocrites, Description OfAppearancesCommending OneselfOther References To The HeartAppearances of

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees--hypocrites!--because you pay a tenth of mint and dill and cumin, and neglect the more important [matters] of the law--justice and mercy and faithfulness! It was necessary to do these [things] {while not neglecting those}. Blind guides who filter out a gnat and swallow a camel!

And they come to you {as people do}, and they sit {before you}, and my people hear your words, and they do not do them, for they [are] showing passion in their mouth, but their heart [is] going after ill-gotten gain. Now, look! You [are] to them like {a sensual song}, beautiful of voice and {played well on an instrument}, and they hear your words, {but they are not doing them}.

Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying, "Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat {a meal}." So he answered [and] said to them, "Why do you also break the commandment of God because of your tradition?

And they love the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces and to be called 'Rabbi' by people.


"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees--hypocrites!--because you travel around the sea and the dry [land] to make one convert, and when he becomes [one], you make him twice as much a son of hell [as] you [are]! Verse ConceptsExploitationsJudaismMission, Of IsraelPharisees, Beliefs OfPassing OverSonsTravelHypocrites, Description OfGehennaProselytesSea TravelOnly One PersonDouble PenaltyCrossing To The Other SideHypocrisy


Yet they seek me day [by] day, and they desire the knowledge of my ways like a nation that {practiced} righteousness, and had not forsaken the judgment of its God; they ask me for {righteous judgments}, they desire the closeness of God. Verse ConceptseagernessAskingNominal ReligionHypocrites, Description OfNot Coming Near To GodMaking Decisions

For a fool speaks folly, and his {mind} does iniquity: to {behave wickedly}, and to speak error concerning Yahweh, to leave [the] throat of [the] hungry empty, and he deprives [the] thirsty [of] drink. Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfMind, The HumanMorality, And CreationSin, Nature OfHypocrites, Description OfMischiefBeing MisleadStingy PeopleErrorHypocrisy

But the Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but your inside is full of greediness and wickedness. Verse ConceptsGluttonyCups, Figurative UseCovetingevil, origins ofGreed, Condemnation OfHypocrisy, Description OfHypocrites, Description OfExternalsThe Inward BeingCharacteristics Of PhariseesGreedcleansingpreppingpharisees

And {no one takes it to heart}, and [there is] no knowledge and no understanding to say, "I burned half of it in [the] fire and also I baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat, and I have eaten. And I shall make [the] rest of it into an abomination! I shall 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, [the] work of human hands. They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell; read more.
[they have] their hands, but they cannot feel, their feet, but they cannot walk; they cannot utter a sound in their throats. [Those who] make them become like them, [as does] everyone who trusts in them.

For the statutes of the peoples [are] vanity, for it [is] a tree cut down from [the] forest, [the] work of [the] hands of a craftsman with the tool. Verse ConceptsForestsChristmas Treewoodworkingcutting

And you shall not set up for yourselves a stone pillar, [a thing] that Yahweh your God hates. Verse ConceptsStonesObelisksGod Hating Things

And I sent to you all my servants the prophets, {sending over and over again}, {saying}, "Please, you must not do this detestable thing that I hate." Verse ConceptsProphets, Role OfAbominations, Sin IsThose Who Rose EarlyDoing Repeatedly

Then I said to them, '[Let] each [one] throw away the detestable things of his eyes, and you must not make yourselves unclean 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

And I poured out my rage on them for the blood that they poured on the land and for their idols [with which] they defiled it. Verse ConceptsSheddingPolluting The LandIdol WorshipKilling Many People

Therefore, [because we] are offspring of God, we ought not to think the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by human skill and thought. Verse ConceptsGod, As SpiritFalse ReligionGoldSculptureSkillStonesEvolutionProofs Of God's ExistenceStone ItemsIdolatryDivineDivinityGodheadimaginationartistsimage

For [although they] knew God, they did not honor [him] as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their reasoning, and their senseless hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God with the likeness of an image of mortal human beings and birds and quadrupeds and reptiles.

Go and cry out to the gods whom you have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your trouble." Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionemptinessSarcasmPraying AmissCompetition

They carry it on [their] shoulder; they support it and they set it [in] its place, and it stands in position. It cannot be removed from its place; even [when] he cries out to it, it does not answer. It does not save him from his trouble. Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionemptinessHearingProtection, Not Found InShouldersCarrying IdolsIdolatryOthers Not AnsweringSalvation By Other Things

You shall burn the images of their gods with fire; you shall not covet [the] silver or gold [that is] on them, and [so] you take [it] for yourself, so that you are not ensnared by it, for it [is] a detestable thing to Yahweh your God. Verse ConceptsAbominationsCoveting, prohibition ofCalf worshipGoldMaterialism, As An Aspect Of SinWarningAbhorAbominations, To GodAbominations, PracticesWorldly SnaresBurning Idolatrous ThingsAbandoning Idolsimage

and when they slaughtered their children for their idols, they came to my sanctuary on that day to profane it. And look, {this is what they did in my house}! Verse ConceptsAt The Same TimeFood Offered To IdolsKilling Sons And Daughters


Its bones [are] tubes of copper, its limbs like rods of iron. Verse ConceptsBeamsBronzeBodies Of AnimalsThings Like Bronze

And fourth kingdom will be strong as iron, [and] {just as} iron crushes and smashes {everything}, and as iron shatters all of these [other metals], [so] it will crush and it will shatter [these nations]. Verse ConceptsCrushingFractions, One FourthThings Like IronFourthOvercoming Obstaclesautonomytoughnesscrushes

like the gathering of silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin to the middle of a furnace to blow fire on it for melting. Thus I will gather in my anger and in my rage, and I will {deposit} you, and I will melt you. Verse ConceptsIronTinMeltingGathered By GodFurnaces

He shall judge between the nations and he shall arbitrate for many peoples. They shall beat their swords into ploughshares and their spears into pruning hooks. A nation shall not lift up a sword against a nation, and they shall not learn war again. Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgePruningPloughingSecuritySpearsToolsWarfare, Nature OfWeaponsNationsPeace, Effects OfDisarmamentMessianic PropheciesGod Makes PeaceMillennial Kingdom, Universal Peace And Blessing

Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, [is] {Mount Zion}, {in the far north}, [the] city of [the] great king. Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfBeautifulBeauty Of JerusalemBeauty Of NatureThe Beauty Of Naturezion

They clap hands over you, all who pass along the way; they hiss and they shake their head, at the daughter of Jerusalem. Is this the city of which it is said, "A perfection of beauty, a joy for all the earth?" Verse ConceptsBeautifulClappingBeauty Of JerusalemNames For JerusalemApplauseShaking The HeadHissingSpectatorsPeople Made Perfect

You [are] beautiful, my beloved, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, {overwhelming as an army with banners}. Verse ConceptsBanner, Figurative Use

They clap hands over you, all who pass along the way; they hiss and they shake their head, at the daughter of Jerusalem. Is this the city of which it is said, "A perfection of beauty, a joy for all the earth?" Verse ConceptsBeautifulClappingBeauty Of JerusalemNames For JerusalemApplauseShaking The HeadHissingSpectatorsPeople Made Perfect

Solomon gathered chariots and horses; he had fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses. He stationed them in the cities of the chariots and with the king in Jerusalem. The king made the silver in Jerusalem as the stones, and the cedars he made as the sycamore fig trees which are in the Shephelah in abundance.

How desolate the city sits [that] was full of people! She has become like a widow, [once] great among the nations! Like a woman of nobility in the provinces, she has become a forced laborer. Verse ConceptsLamentingQueensFilling PlacesWidowsEmpty CitiesGreat ThingsLuciferlonliness

How desolate the city sits [that] was full of people! She has become like a widow, [once] great among the nations! Like a woman of nobility in the provinces, she has become a forced laborer. Verse ConceptsLamentingQueensFilling PlacesWidowsEmpty CitiesGreat ThingsLuciferlonliness

And many nations will pass by this city and they will say each one to his neighbor, '{Why} has Yahweh done in this manner to this great city?' Verse ConceptsWhy Does God Do This?

All of your rulers have fled together without a bow; all of {you who were found} were captured. They were captured together; they had fled far away. Verse ConceptsIsrael Fleeing

Jerusalem that is built as a city that is joined together, Verse ConceptsNations Unitedreuniting

Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, [is] {Mount Zion}, {in the far north}, [the] city of [the] great king. Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfBeautifulBeauty Of JerusalemBeauty Of NatureThe Beauty Of Naturezion

"You shall not eat any carcass; you may give it to the alien who [is] in your {towns}, and he may eat it, or you may sell [it] to a foreigner, for you [are] a holy people for Yahweh your God; you may not boil a kid in its mother's milk. Verse ConceptsForeignersFindingMilkRitual LawEcologyStrangersYoung AnimalAnimal MothersDeath Of CreaturesCorpses Of AnimalsLaws Restricting ForeignersForbidden Foodnatural Deathpork


And now if you will carefully listen to my voice and keep my covenant, you will be a treasured possession for me out of all the peoples, {for 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 people holy to Yahweh your God, and you Yahweh has chosen to be a treasured possession from [among] all [of] the peoples that are on the surface 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

For Yahweh's portion [was] his people, Jacob the share of his 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

O mountains, [that] you skipped like rams? O hills, like lambs? Verse Conceptsjumping


And after the sun had gone down and it [was] dusk, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch passed between those half pieces. Verse ConceptsFurnacesLampsPassing ThroughSmokeCandlesAnimal Sacrifices, BurntSunsetsGod Appearing In FireGod Is LightDarkness Of NightWeedsmoking

That one was the lamp [which was] burning and shining, and you wanted to rejoice for an hour in his light. Verse ConceptsRadiancyRadiant LivesLight Of God's PeopleSeasons Changing



Your righteousness [is] an everlasting righteousness, and your law [is] truth. Verse ConceptsGod, Righteousness OfGod, The EternalHonestyScripture, Sufficiency OfLaw Described AsGod's Word Is True







Therefore a lion from [the] forest will kill them, A wolf [from the] desert plains will devastate them. A leopard [is] watching their cities, everyone [who] goes out from there will be torn, because their transgressions are many, their apostasies are numerous. Verse ConceptsForestsLeopardCarnivorousnessWolvesIn Danger From Lions

Their horses [are] more swift than leopards; they are more menacing than wolves [at] dusk. Their horsemen gallop; their horsemen come from afar; they fly like an eagle [that is] swift to devour. Verse ConceptsHorsesLeopardWingsBirds, Types Of BirdsRiding HorsesSpeedEaglesWolvesPeople From Far AwayThose Flying


Remember what my lifespan [is]. [Remember] for what vanity you have created all [the] children of humankind. Verse ConceptsFutilityAge, Span Of LifeLife, HumanPhysical LifeLife, Brevity OfThe Shortness Of TimeUseless PeopleTime Passing


"Does not {a human being have hard service} on earth? And [are not] his days like the days of a laborer? Verse ConceptsLimitednessPunishment, Nature OfHirelingsThe Fact Of ToilstruggleWarLife StrugglesGetting Through Hard Timeshumanity

For who knows what [is] good for a man in his life during the few days of his fleeting life, which are fleeting as a shadow? For who can tell anyone what will happen {in the future} 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 carry on business and make a profit," you who do not know {what will happen tomorrow}, {what your life will be like}. For you are a smoky vapor that appears for a short time and then disappears. Instead you should say, "If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that."



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



Like the light of [the] morning when the sun rises, shining with no clouds, [bringing] vegetation from the earth apart from rain.' Verse ConceptsDawnGrassRainLight Of God's PeopleLightSunA New DaySunshineclouds

"Its snorting flashes forth light, and its eyes [are] {red like dawn}. Verse ConceptsDawnNosesSneezing

Is there a number to his troops? And upon whom does his light not rise? Verse ConceptsMany CombatantsGod, Impartiality OfLight In The Worldphotography

Look, he scatters his lightning around him, and he covers the roots of the sea. Verse ConceptsOceansCreation Of The Seas

I realized that wisdom has an advantage over folly, just as light has an advantage over darkness. Verse ConceptsLight And DarknessBenefits Of Wisdom

The light is sweet, and it [is] pleasant for the eyes to see the sun. Verse ConceptsBeauty, In NatureTanningLightSunA New DaySunshineEnjoying Life

For everyone who practices evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds be exposed. But the one who practices the truth comes to the light, in order that his deeds may be revealed, that they are done in God.


So then, they do not look at the light [when it is] bright in the skies, when [the] wind has passed and has cleansed them. Verse ConceptsSkySunSunshineclouds

The men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went [down], "What [is] sweeter than honey? What [is] stronger than a lion?" And he said to them, "If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have found out my riddle." Verse ConceptsPloughingHeifersThe Seventh Day Of The WeekStrength Of AnimalsMetaphorical PloughingSweetnessDay 7

a mighty lion among the beasts, but he will not turn back from {any face}; Verse Conceptsfearlesscats

For Yahweh said this to me: "As which lion growls and young lion over its prey when {a full group} of shepherds is called against him, it is not terrified by their voice, and to their noise it does not respond, so Yahweh of hosts will come down to fight upon Mount Zion and upon its hill. Verse ConceptsNoiseShepherds, As Kings And LeadersStock Keeping

Where [now] [is] the den of [the] lions and [the] cave of the fierce lions? There the lioness, the cub, and the lion once {prowled}, {and no one disturbed them}. Verse ConceptsMotionlessnessDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of CreaturesUndisturbed

And [if my head] grows bold, you would hunt me as the lion in its prime; {and you repeat your exploits against me}. Verse ConceptsLionsSelf RespectGod Like A LionLike Creatures

{Proud wild animals} have not trodden it; [the] lion in its prime has not prowled over it.

There [are] three [things] that are magnificent of stride, and four that are magnificent [when] moving: a mighty lion among the beasts, but he will not turn back from {any face};

And of Dan he said, "Dan [is] a cub of lion; he leaps from Bashan." Verse ConceptsYoung AnimalLike Creatures

And he [is] also a {valiant warrior}, whose heart [is] like the heart of the lion. He will {certainly melt} with fear, for all Israel knows that your father [is] a mighty warrior and [those] who [are] with him [are] {valiant warriors}. Verse ConceptsFear Of Enemies

{He is like} a lion; he longs to tear apart, and like a strong lion crouching in hiding places. Verse ConceptsHuntingLionsWicked Described AsPeople Torn To PiecesLike CreaturesGreed

there is no king for the locust, yet it marches in rank; Verse ConceptsInsectsLocustsNo King

There [are] four small things on the earth, and they [are] {exceedingly wise}: Verse ConceptsAntsInstinctFour Creaturesmistresswise

And the appearance of the locusts [was] like horses prepared for battle, and on their heads [were something] like crowns similar in appearance to gold, and their faces [were] like men's faces, Verse ConceptsLocustsThings Like GoldCrowns On CreaturesLike Menbugscrowns

Like [the] appearance of horses is their appearance, and like horsemen they run; Verse ConceptsHorsesFast RunnersAppearancesAppearances of

And they covered the surface of all the land, and the land was dark [with them], and they ate all the vegetation of the land and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left, and no green was left in the trees nor in the vegetation of the field in all the land of Egypt. Verse ConceptsBlackCovering The EarthDarkness During DaytimeGreenRemaining FoodAnimals EatingHarming Trees

And your spoil is gathered, [as] the gathering of the locust, as a swarm of locusts storming on it. Verse ConceptsPlunderingHarvestCaterpillarsLocusts

but {because of} the love of Yahweh [for] you and because of his keeping [of] the sworn oath that he swore to your ancestors, Yahweh brought you [out] with a strong hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh, the 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} to your ancestors Yahweh was very attached, [so as to] love them, and [so] he chose their offspring after them, [namely] you, from all the peoples, as it is {today}. Verse Conceptselection, privileges ofAs At This DayGod's Love For IsraelAffection

Can a woman forget her suckling, [refrain] from having compassion on the child of her womb? Indeed, these may forget, but I, I will not forget you! Look, I have inscribed you on the palms of [my] hands; your walls [are] continually before me.




nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able 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 drew them {with human ties}, with the bands of love. I was to them like one who lifted up a yoke on their jaws, [though] I bent down to them [and] let them eat. Verse ConceptsGod's attitude towards peopleKindnessCordsRopesYokesDivine AttractionGod Going DownGod Feeds All The EarthGod Freeing CaptivesGod Has GuidedLike MenLove

Show wondrously your acts of loyal love, O Savior of those who take refuge at your right hand from those who rise up against [them]. Verse ConceptsLovingkindnessRight Hand Of GodTrust, Importance OfLoving Kindness Of GodRight Sides

Blessed [is] Yahweh, because he has worked marvelously his loyal love to me in a besieged city. Verse ConceptsLoving Kindness Of GodAttacked By EvilBless The Lord!

They refused to listen and did not remember your wonders that you did among them. They stiffened their neck and in their rebellion {determined} to return to their slavery. But you are a God of forgiveness, gracious and compassionate, {slow to anger}, abundant in loyal love, so 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 mention the loyal love of Yahweh, the praises of Yahweh, according to all that Yahweh has done for us, and [the] greatness of goodness to the house of Israel that he has done to them according to his mercy and the abundance of his loyal love. Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfKindnessLove, Nature OfThankfulnessUnkindnessWitnessing, Importance OfLoving Kindness Of God

I hid my face from you [for] a moment, in the flowing of anger, but I will have compassion on you with everlasting faithfulness" says your redeemer, Yahweh. Verse ConceptsGentlenessFace Of GodGod's attitude towards peopleKindnessAnger Of God, Saved FromLoving Kindness Of GodGod HidingGod Will Show Mercywrathcredibility


Answer me, O Yahweh, because your loyal love [is] good; according to your abundant mercies, turn to me, Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfLovingkindnessAbundant MercyLoving Kindness Of GodRelying Upon GodLove As A Fruit Of The SpiritGoodnessdevotion


How precious [is] your loyal love, O God, and the children of humankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings. Verse ConceptsFindingRefugeShadowsSon Of ManWingsLoving Kindness Of GodGod's WingsShadow Of GodChildren's Protectionlegacy

And the house of Israel called its name "manna." And it [was] like coriander seed, white, and its taste [was] like a wafer with honey. Verse ConceptsFoodBread, Kinds OfHerbs And SpicesMannaQuestionsTasteWhiteHoneyWafersDelicaciesCorianderPeople Naming Things

Now the manna [was] like coriander seed, and its outward appearance was like that of bdellium-gum. Verse ConceptsHerbs And SpicesWafersCorianderColor

And the house of Israel called its name "manna." And it [was] like coriander seed, white, and its taste [was] like a wafer with honey. Verse ConceptsFoodBread, Kinds OfHerbs And SpicesMannaQuestionsTasteWhiteHoneyWafersDelicaciesCorianderPeople Naming Things

Now the manna [was] like coriander seed, and its outward appearance was like that of bdellium-gum. Verse ConceptsHerbs And SpicesWafersCorianderColor

The people went about and gathered [it], and they ground [it] with mills or crushed [it] with mortar. Then they boiled [it] in a pot and made it [into] bread-cakes; and it tasted like olive oil cakes. Verse ConceptsCrushingGrindingOilCakesBricksGrinding Foodcooking

And the layer of dew came up, {and there} on the face of the desert was a fine granular substance, fine like frost on the ground. Verse ConceptsFrostSmall ThingsCold Weather

And the house of Israel called its name "manna." And it [was] like coriander seed, white, and its taste [was] like a wafer with honey. Verse ConceptsFoodBread, Kinds OfHerbs And SpicesMannaQuestionsTasteWhiteHoneyWafersDelicaciesCorianderPeople Naming Things

Forever I will keep my loyal love for him, and my covenant [will be] reliable for him. Verse ConceptsFailture, God Will NeverLoyaltyReinstatementGod Shows His LovingkindnessLater Covenants With God


Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for he [is] good; his loyal love [is] everlasting. Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfAttitudes Of ThankfulfnessGod, The EternalGratitudeMercy

Give thanks to Yahweh, for [he is] good, for his loyal love [is] forever. Verse ConceptsChristmasGod's attitude towards peopleThanksgiving, OfferedGratitudeGiving ThanksThanks



Remember your compassion, O Yahweh, and your acts of loyal love, because they [are] from of old. Verse ConceptsLovingkindnessBe Merciful!devotion

For even though he causes grief he has compassion according to the greatness of his royal love. Verse ConceptsCompassionGod Troublinggrieving

Therefore you gave them into the hand of their enemy, and they brought trouble to them. Then in the time of their trouble they cried out to you, and you heard from the heavens, and according to your great compassions, you gave them saviors, and you saved them from the hand of their enemies. Verse ConceptsCruelty, God's attitude toAnswered PrayerRescueDeliverersGod Saving From EnemiesGod Paid Attention To ThemGod Answered Prayer

'Yahweh [is] {slow to anger} and great of loyal love, {forgiving} sin and rebellion; but surely he leaves nothing unpunished, visiting the sin of the fathers on the sons to the third and fourth generations.' 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 abandoned you {for a short} moment, but I will gather you with great compassion. Verse ConceptsAbandoning FriendsAbandonmentBeing ForsakenGathering IsraelTransient HardshipGod Will Show Mercy


For as [the] heavens are high above the earth, [so] his loyal love prevails over those who fear him. Verse ConceptsHeaven, Nature OfFear Of God, Results OfGod On HighMercyGod's Love For UsThe Earthdistancesteadfastgraciousness

You will show faithfulness to Jacob, and loyal love to Abraham, as you have sworn to our ancestors from the days of old. Verse ConceptsGuaranteePledgesPerforming The TruthGod Swearing BlessingsGod Speaking Of OldGod Showed His Lovingkindnessdevotion

Extend your ear, and come to me! Listen so that your soul may live, and I will {make} an everlasting covenant with you, the enduring proofs of {the mercies shown to} David. Verse ConceptsCovenant breakersCovenant, the newEarsCovenant, God's with DavidGod, The EternalLoyaltySpiritual Life, Nature OfThe Eternal CovenantLife By God's WordLater Covenants With GodUnconditional Love





The earth, O Yahweh, is full of your loyal love. Teach me your statutes. Verse ConceptsEarth, God's GloryScripture Teaching

Yahweh [is] good to all, and his mercies [are] over all his works. Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfGod Doing GoodMercyTaking Care Of The Earth









And you brought out your people Israel from the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with an arm stretched out, 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 look, I am again doing something spectacular and a spectacle with this spectacular people. And the wisdom of its wise men shall perish, and the discernment of its discerning ones shall keep itself hidden." Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples OfIntelligencePhilosophyReasonShrewdnessThoughtWisdom, Source Of HumanInventionsFalse WisdomWorldly WisdomDiscernment

Remember his wonders that he has done, his signs and the judgments of his mouth, Verse ConceptsPast, The

In front of their ancestors he did a wonder, in the land of Egypt, [in] the region of Zoan. Verse ConceptsFields

and send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the {Ammonites}, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon in [the] hand of [the] envoys who have come [to] Jerusalem, to Zedekiah, the king of Judah. Verse ConceptsenvoyVisitingMessengers Sent Out

And you, you must not listen to your prophets, and to your diviners, and to your dreamers, and to your interpreters of signs, and to your sorcerers who are {saying}, 'You will not serve the king of Babylon.' Verse ConceptsListeningMediumsFortunetellingOccultismDivinationMisleading DreamsFalse Prophets DenouncedAvoid SorceryDo Not Listen!SorceryDreams And False Prophetsmagic

We have heard [of] the pride of Moab--exceedingly proud-- [of] his arrogance, pride, and insolence; {his boasting is not true}. Verse ConceptsFutilityComplacencyemptinessPride, Examples OfPride, Results OfSelf ConfidenceSuperiorityHaughtinessProud Peoplearrogance

We have heard [of] the pride of Moab --[he is] very proud-- his height, and his pride, and his arrogance, and the haughtiness of his heart. Verse ConceptsProud HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedPride, Examples OfHaughtinessProud Peoplearrogance

Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has been quiet on his dregs, and he has not been poured out from vessel to vessel, and he has not gone into exile. {Therefore} his taste has remained unchanged, and his fragrance has not changed. Verse ConceptsWineTreatment From YouthThose At Easeteenager

How can you say, 'we [are] warriors, and men of might for the battle.' Verse Conceptsheroes

For because of your trusting in your works and in your treasures, even you yourselves will be taken, and Chemosh will go out into the exile, his priests and his officials together. 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 abomination of Moab, on the mountain which {faces} Jerusalem and for Molech, the abomination of the {Ammonites}. Verse ConceptsFalse GodsBuild, LiterallyHigh Places

"Who [is] this that looks down like the dawn, beautiful as the moon, {bright as the sun}, {overwhelming as an army with banners}?" Verse ConceptsThe Moon

if I looked at [the] sun when it shone or [at the] moon moving [in] splendor, Verse ConceptsMoonShiningIdolatrous Worship Of The MoonMoving OnSunThe MoonMoving To A New Place




in whom also you were circumcised with a circumcision not made by hands, by the removal of the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, Verse ConceptsBeing Born AgainParticipation, In ChristRitualTypesNew Birth, Described AsForsaking SinGod Stripping PeopleLiving Not For The MaterialTrue CircumcisionRemoving People From Your Lifeefficiency

"And Yahweh your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring to love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your inner self {so that you may 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




Therefore we have been buried with him through baptism into death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so also we may live {a new way of life}. For if we have become identified with [him] in the likeness of his death, certainly also we will be [identified with him in the likeness] of [his] resurrection, knowing this, that our old man was crucified together with [him], in order that the body of sin may be done away with, [that] we may no longer be enslaved to sin.




But now we have been released from the law, [because we] have died [to that] by which we were bound, so that we may serve in newness of the Spirit and not in oldness of the 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 Nineveh and cry out against her, because their evil has come up {before me}." Verse ConceptsMission, Of IsraelWitnessing, Importance Ofjonah

"Get up! Go to Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim to it the message that I [am] telling you." Verse ConceptsMission, Of IsraelMissionary Work, Examples OfMissionary Examplesjonah

This [is] the city of rejoicing that lived securely; the one saying in her heart, "{I am, and there is none besides me}." How she has become a desolation, a lair for wild animals! Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist. Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidencePride, Examples OfRidicule, Nature OfArrogant ExistenceAbasement, Examples OfHissingUnique NationsDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of Creatures

Yahweh has commanded concerning you: "Your name will no longer be sown. I will cut off {the idols and images} from the {temple} of your gods; {I will send you to the grave} because you are worthless." Verse ConceptsThe DeadFalse ReligionExile, in assyriaTemples, HeathenDestruction Of Satan's WorksNames Blotted OutAbandoning Idols

You have increased your merchants more than the stars of heaven; [like] the locust they will shed [their skin] and fly away. Verse ConceptsTradeCommerceThings StrippedPeople MultiplyingThose Flying

And should I not be concerned about Nineveh, the great city, {in which there are} more {than one hundred and twenty thousand} people who do not know right from left, plus 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 of your fortifications [are like] fig trees with [ripe] firstfruits-- if they are shaken, they will fall into the mouth of the eater. Verse ConceptsFortressesFig treeMouthsThings ShakingEating With MouthsThings Falling

Yahweh has commanded concerning you: "Your name will no longer be sown. I will cut off {the idols and images} from the {temple} of your gods; {I will send you to the grave} because you are worthless." Verse ConceptsThe DeadFalse ReligionExile, in assyriaTemples, HeathenDestruction Of Satan's WorksNames Blotted OutAbandoning Idols


"Because of the many idolatries of [the] prostitute, the beautiful charm [of] a mistress of witchcraft, she who enslaves nations by her harlotries, and peoples by her sorceries, Verse ConceptsProstitutionNakednessmagicwitchesmistress

So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh according to the word of Yahweh. Now Nineveh was {an extraordinarily great city}--a journey of three days [across]. Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DistancesBig Thingsjonah

"Get up! Go to the great city Nineveh and cry out against her, because their evil has come up {before me}." Verse ConceptsMission, Of IsraelWitnessing, Importance Ofjonah

Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! There is no end to the spoils, an abundance of {everything one could want}! Verse ConceptsPlunderingAmassing SilverGold TransferredGetting Rich

Absalom was found in the presence of the servants of David [as he was] riding on the mule. The mule went under the thicket of the great oak tree, and his head [was] caught in the tree. He [was] left hanging between heaven and earth, and the mule which [was] under him went on. Verse ConceptsMulesBackCovering HeadsRiding MulesHairdreadlocks

And you will know that I [am] Yahweh {when their slain ones are in the midst of their idols} around their altars at every high hill, on the tops of all the mountains and under every green tree and under every leafy oak--the place [at] which they gave pleasing scent for all of their idols. Verse ConceptsKnowledge, Of GodShrinesOaksIdol WorshipFate Of IdolatersWorship At Trees

And {even if only a tenth part remain}, {again she will be destroyed} like terebinth or like [an] oak, which although felled, a tree stump [remains] in them. [The] seed of holiness [will be] her tree stump." Verse ConceptsRemnantNames And Titles For The ChristianTreesStumps Of A TreeA Tenth Of People

Yet I destroyed the Amorite {before them}, {who was as tall as} cedars and was as strong as the oaks. I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath. Verse ConceptsAmoritesCedarRootsGiantsOaks

From the sole of the foot and up to [the] head there is no health in it; bruise and sore and bleeding wound have not been cleansed, and they have not been bound up and not softened with the oil. Verse ConceptsBruisesAnointing, Medical PurposedoctorsBoils Or UlcersHeadsHealingMedicineOilOintmentHoly Spirit, Types OfDisfigurement Of SinWoundsscars

And he came up [and] bandaged his wounds, pouring on olive oil and wine, and he put him on his own animal [and] brought him to an inn and took care of him. Verse ConceptsGesturesInnsAnointing, Medical PurposeAnointing With OilHealingHelpfulnessMedicineOilOintmentHoly Spirit, Types OfAlcohol ConsumptionStaying Temporarily

For the lips of the strange woman will drip honey, and smoother than oil is her mouth. Verse ConceptsLipsMouthsPersuasionEleganceadultry

Because he wore a curse as his robe, let it enter {his body} like water, and into his bones like oil. Verse ConceptsBodyGarments Of SinClothed With Bad ThingsDamage To The BodyThings Like WaterLike WaterSwearingcurses

The {buttery words} of his mouth were smooth, but [there was] battle in his heart. His words were smoother than oil, but they [were] drawn swords. Verse ConceptsSinful HeartsButterHeart, Fallen And RedeemedOilOintmentSincereitySmoothnessSmoothWarSpeech

Yahweh called your name, 'A leafy olive tree, {beautiful with fine fruit}.' With the sound of a great storm he will set fire to it, and its branches will be good for nothing. Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, SpiritualStormsColors, GreenOaksBurning PlantsBeauty Of ThingsOlive TreesGod Controls Storms

A fig tree is not able, my brothers, to produce olives, or a grapevine figs. Neither can a saltwater spring produce fresh water. Verse ConceptsGrapesBad WaterSourness

His new plant shoots will spread out; his splendor will be like the olive tree, and his scent like the [trees of] Lebanon. Verse ConceptsSpreadingBeauty, Temporal Nature OfBeauty, In NatureFragranceOlive Trees

Yahweh called your name, 'A leafy olive tree, {beautiful with fine fruit}.' With the sound of a great storm he will set fire to it, and its branches will be good for nothing. Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, SpiritualStormsColors, GreenOaksBurning PlantsBeauty Of ThingsOlive TreesGod Controls Storms

Now if some of the branches were broken off, and you, [although you] were a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them and became a sharer of the root of the olive tree's richness, Verse ConceptsFellowship With ChristFellowship, In The GospelParticipation, In ChristSeparation From GodJoined To The ChurchGentilesOlive TreesJews

And the olive tree replied, 'Should I stop [producing] my oil, which by me gods and men are honored, to go sway over the trees?' Verse ConceptsTreesThe Honourable Will Be HonouredOlive Trees

Yahweh called your name, 'A leafy olive tree, {beautiful with fine fruit}.' With the sound of a great storm he will set fire to it, and its branches will be good for nothing. Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, SpiritualStormsColors, GreenOaksBurning PlantsBeauty Of ThingsOlive TreesGod Controls Storms

It deals cruelly with its young ones, as [if] [they were] not its [own], as [if] without fear [that] its labor [were] in vain, Verse ConceptsStrictness

because God made it forget wisdom, and he did not give it a share in understanding. Verse ConceptsForgetting Things

and it forgets that a foot might crush an egg, and {a wild animal} might trample it. Verse ConceptsTrampling AnimalsForgetting Things

When it spreads its wings {aloft}, it laughs at the horse and its rider. Verse ConceptsLaughterSpeed

There [the] owl shall nest and lay and hatch and care for her chicks in her shadow; surely there [the] birds of prey shall be gathered, each one [with] her mate. Verse ConceptsNestsWingsVulturesFalcons

I am like an owl of [the] wilderness; I am like a little owl of [the] ruins. Verse ConceptsArchaeologyBirds, Types Of BirdsOwlsPelicans

On account of this I will lament and wail. I will go about barefoot and naked. I will make a lamentation like the jackals, and a mourning ceremony like the {ostriches}. Verse ConceptsBarefeetNakednessSandalsSorrowBirds, Types Of BirdsNaked In ShameOstrichesTragedy

Ephraim [was] a trained heifer, that loved to thresh [grain], and I myself {spared} the fairness of her neck; I will make Ephraim break the ground, Judah will plow, Jacob must till for himself. Verse ConceptsThreshingYokesHeifersMetaphorical PloughingNorthern Kingdom Of Israeltrainingbackstabbing

Egypt [is] a beautiful heifer, [but] a gadfly from [the] north [will] come against her. Verse ConceptsBeautifulHeifersOut Of The NorthFlies

{When there are no} oxen the manger is empty, but an abundance of crops [comes] by the strength of an ox. Verse ConceptsHarvestMangersGrowth In WealthOxenStrength Of AnimalsClean ObjectsNo More Tending The FlockAgricultureFamily StrengthWomen's Strengthpoop

[that] our cattle [may be] pregnant; [that there be] no breach [in our walls], and no going out [in exile], and no outcry in our plazas. Verse ConceptsBattering ramsCitizenshipAnimal ReproductionOutcryComplaints


that our sons [may be] like plants, full grown in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars, carved in the style of a palace, Verse ConceptsArtPillarsYouthMetaphorical PillarsPlants Growing UpChildren Are A BlessingGrowingWomen's Strengthstructure

And hyenas will answer in its palaces, and jackals in the pleasure palaces; and its time {is coming soon}, and its days will not be prolonged. Verse ConceptsPerils Of LuxuryPalacesAnimals, Types OfShort Time Till The End

And he built his sanctuary like [the] heights, like [the] earth that he established forever. Verse ConceptsEternal WorldCreation Of The EarthUnicorns

{Your stature} [is] like the palm tree, and your breasts [are] like clusters. Verse ConceptsPalm Treesbreasts

They [are] like scarecrows in a cucumber field, they cannot speak. Indeed, they must be carried, for they cannot march. You must not be afraid of them, for they cannot do evil; furthermore, to do good [is] not in them." Verse ConceptsFutilityFruitResponseUnreliabilityUprightnessDisdainImpotence Of IdolsObelisksCarrying IdolsDumbnessGood Or BadDumbChristmas Treestatues



O Yahweh God [of] hosts, who [is] mighty like you, O Yah, with your faithfulness surrounding you? Verse ConceptsGod, Power OfGod, Titles And Names OfSoldiersPower Of God, DescribedWho Is Like God?FaithfulnessGod's Faithfulness


'Lord Yahweh, you have begun to show your servant your greatness and your strong hand, for what god [is there] in the heaven or on the earth who can do according to your works and according to your mighty deeds? Verse ConceptsGod, Power OfMiracles, Nature OfStrength, DivinePower Of God, DescribedMiracles Showing God's PowerBeginning Of SalvationNo One Is Like GodNo Other Acts Like Godgreatness

Who is like you among the gods, Yahweh? Who is like you--glorious in holiness, awesome [in] praiseworthy actions, doing wonders? You stretched out your right hand; the earth swallowed them.


{who made} his magnificent arm move {at} the right hand of Moses, {who divided} [the] waters {before them}, to make an everlasting name for himself, Verse ConceptsArmsPower Of God, DescribedArm Of GodDivision Of WatersWaters DividedBlessings For The Right Hand



He has made everything suitable in its time. He also has put {the past} in their hearts, yet no one can grasp what God does from the beginning to the 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

Look, these [are] the outer fringes of his ways, and {how faint is the word} [that] we hear of him! But who can understand the thunder of his power?" Verse ConceptsRevelation, Necessity OfThunderUnderstandingVoicesPower Of God, ExpressedPower Of God, DescribedFaintnessUnder One's BreathEdge Of Other ThingsLimits Of Human MindThunder Showing God's Presence

And all the dwellers of the earth are regarded as nothing, and he does {according to} his desire in the host of heaven and [among] the dwellers of earth, and there is not [one] who can hold back his hand, or {ask him}, 'What are you doing?' 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

See, now, that I, [even] I [am] he, and there is not a god besides me; I put to death and I give life; I wound and I heal; there is not [one] who delivers from my hand! Verse ConceptsAfterlifedoctorsMonotheismOne GodSuicidePower Of God, DescribedGod Giving LifeGod KillingWoundsNo Other Is GodGod HealsGod KillsNo One Can SaveDeathHealing And ComfortLife After DeathLoss Of A Loved Onemyself





Yahweh is slow to anger but great [in] power; he will certainly not allow [the guilty] to go unpunished. {He marches} in storm wind and in gale; storm clouds [are the] dust of 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 groaning of the prisoner come before you. According to the greatness of your {power}, spare [the] children [appointed to] death. Verse ConceptsSighingOppression, God's Attitude ToPrisonersPower Of God, DescribedNot DyingDeath PreventedGod Keep!greatnesspreservation


With a strong hand and an outstretched arm, for his loyal love [endures] forever. Verse ConceptsPower Of God, DescribedStrength Of GodStaying StrongStrength And Loveoutreach


[He is the one] who does great things {beyond understanding} and marvelous things {beyond number}. Verse ConceptsGod Is HolyPower Of God, DescribedUnintelligiblenesspast

Or does the potter not have authority over the clay, to make from the same lump a vessel that [is] for {honorable use} and [one] that [is] for {ordinary use}? Verse ConceptsCraftsmenPower Of God, DescribedReprobatesPeople Have HonourPurposeBeauty And Self Worthpotmoldhonour


which he has worked in Christ, raising him from the dead and seating [him] at his right hand in the heavenly [places], above all rule and authority and power and lordship and every name named, not only in this age but also in the coming one,




the [one who] alone possesses immortality, who lives [in] unapproachable light, whom no human being has seen nor is able to see, to whom [be] honor and eternal power. Amen. Verse ConceptsImmortality, In NtReverence, And God's NatureGod Is Self ExistentGod, InvisiblePower Of Christ, DescribedGod, InfiniteGod Reigning ForeverGod Dwelling In LightNot Seeing GodAmenNo DecayuncertaintyLight As A Symbol Of God



And all the dwellers of the earth are regarded as nothing, and he does {according to} his desire in the host of heaven and [among] the dwellers of earth, and there is not [one] who can hold back his hand, or {ask him}, 'What are you doing?' 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

See, now, that I, [even] I [am] he, and there is not a god besides me; I put to death and I give life; I wound and I heal; there is not [one] who delivers from my hand! Verse ConceptsAfterlifedoctorsMonotheismOne GodSuicidePower Of God, DescribedGod Giving LifeGod KillingWoundsNo Other Is GodGod HealsGod KillsNo One Can SaveDeathHealing And ComfortLife After DeathLoss Of A Loved Onemyself

He has made everything suitable in its time. He also has put {the past} in their hearts, yet no one can grasp what God does from the beginning to the 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

Look, these [are] the outer fringes of his ways, and {how faint is the word} [that] we hear of him! But who can understand the thunder of his power?" Verse ConceptsRevelation, Necessity OfThunderUnderstandingVoicesPower Of God, ExpressedPower Of God, DescribedFaintnessUnder One's BreathEdge Of Other ThingsLimits Of Human MindThunder Showing God's Presence




{who made} his magnificent arm move {at} the right hand of Moses, {who divided} [the] waters {before them}, to make an everlasting name for himself, Verse ConceptsArmsPower Of God, DescribedArm Of GodDivision Of WatersWaters DividedBlessings For The Right Hand


With a strong hand and an outstretched arm, for his loyal love [endures] forever. Verse ConceptsPower Of God, DescribedStrength Of GodStaying StrongStrength And Loveoutreach



Yahweh is slow to anger but great [in] power; he will certainly not allow [the guilty] to go unpunished. {He marches} in storm wind and in gale; storm clouds [are the] dust of 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 groaning of the prisoner come before you. According to the greatness of your {power}, spare [the] children [appointed to] death. Verse ConceptsSighingOppression, God's Attitude ToPrisonersPower Of God, DescribedNot DyingDeath PreventedGod Keep!greatnesspreservation




[He is the one] who does great things {beyond understanding} and marvelous things {beyond number}. Verse ConceptsGod Is HolyPower Of God, DescribedUnintelligiblenesspast

Who is like you among the gods, Yahweh? Who is like you--glorious in holiness, awesome [in] praiseworthy actions, doing wonders? You stretched out your right hand; the earth swallowed them.

Or does the potter not have authority over the clay, to make from the same lump a vessel that [is] for {honorable use} and [one] that [is] for {ordinary use}? Verse ConceptsCraftsmenPower Of God, DescribedReprobatesPeople Have HonourPurposeBeauty And Self Worthpotmoldhonour

And he moved on from there to the hill country, east of Bethel. And he pitched his tent at Bethel on the west, and at Ai on the east. And he built an altar there to Yahweh. 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: "O Yahweh, please save my life!" Verse ConceptsPrayer, Described As


But as for me, the approach to God [is] for my good. I have set the Lord Yahweh [as] my refuge, in order to tell all your works. Verse ConceptsFortificationsPrayer, Described AsNearness To GodStaying StrongTrusting God's PlanFaith And TrustStaying PositiveThe Presence Of Godshelterdeeds

Perhaps their plea will fall {before} Yahweh and each one will turn away from his evil way, for great [is] the anger and wrath that Yahweh pronounced against this people." Verse ConceptsPrayer, Described AsGod Answers PrayerFree Moral AgencyAnger And Forgivenesssupplicationpetition

If you yourself would seek God, then you would plead to Shaddai for grace. Verse ConceptsPrayer, Described AsAnswered Promises


Hear, O Yahweh, my voice [when] I call, and be gracious to me and answer me. Verse ConceptsCryingMercifulnessPrayer, Described AsPay Attention O God!

Then King Hezekiah and Isaiah the son of Amoz, the prophet, prayed concerning this. And they cried to the heavens. Verse ConceptsTrust, Importance OfPrayer, Described As

Let us lift up our hearts with our hands to God in the heavens. Verse ConceptsPrayer, Described AsPrayer, Offered WithLifting Hands


But Hannah answered and said, "No, my lord. I am a woman {deeply distressed}, but I have not drunk wine [or] strong drink. [Rather], I have poured out my soul before Yahweh. Verse ConceptsA Broken WomanPouringPrayer, Described AsStrong DrinkDrunkennessAntidepressantsStress And Hard TimesA Broken HeartPrayer During Hard Timessoulheartbrokenwomanbeeralcoholism

And Moses {implored Yahweh} his God, and he said, "Why, Yahweh, should {your anger blaze} against your people whom you brought up from the land of Egypt with great power and with 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





If you yourself would seek God, then you would plead to Shaddai for grace. Verse ConceptsPrayer, Described AsAnswered Promises

And in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen something horrible. They commit adultery, and they walk in lies, and they make strong [the] hands of evildoers, [so] that they have not turned back each from his wickedness. All of them have become to me like Sodom, and its inhabitants like Gomorrah. Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofImmorality, Examples Of SexualSodom And GomorrahEvildoersWicked ProphetsThose Who Committed Adultery

"For both prophet as well as priest are godless, even in my temple I have found their wickedness," {declares} Yahweh. Verse ConceptsLeaders, SpiritualWicked ProphetsPeople Being Unclean

Her prophets [are] arrogant men of treachery; her priests have defiled [that which is] holy; they do violence to [the] law. Verse ConceptsPriests, Function In Ot TimesSanctuaryTreacheryCorrupt PriestsPollutionsWicked ProphetsLack Of HolinessUnfaithful


And these also stagger because of wine and stagger because of strong drink; priest and prophet stagger because of strong drink; they are confused because of wine. They stagger because of strong drink; they err in vision. They stagger [in the] rendering of a decision, Verse ConceptsAlcoholdrinking, abstention fromDrunkenness, Figurative OfDebaucheryLeaders, SpiritualStumblingDrunkenness, ResultsStaggeringStrong DrinkWicked ProphetsDrunkennessMaking DecisionsDecision Makingbeer


His head [is] gold, refined gold; his locks [are] wavy, black as a raven. Verse ConceptsBlacknessRavensAppearance Of HairColorHairdreadlocks


But [the] large bird and [the] hedgehog shall take possession of it, and [the] owl and [the] raven shall live in it. And he shall stretch [the] measuring line of confusion out over it, and [the] plumb line of emptiness. Verse ConceptsChaosRavensPlumb LineCrowsOwlsPelicansHedgehogsDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of CreaturesChaos As Judgment



O Israel, wait for Yahweh. For with Yahweh [there is] loyal love, and with him [there is] abundant redemption. Verse ConceptsGenerosity, God'sHope, In GodRedemptionHope And Lovesteadfast

(since the redemption price for their life is costly and it always fails), Verse ConceptsExpensiveRedemptionThe SoulBeauty And Self WorthValueSaving Moneysoulredeemedtrying

And I saw thrones, and they sat down on them, and authority to judge was granted to them. And [I saw] the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God, and who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and did not receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand, and they came to life and reigned with Christ [for] a thousand 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 came and gave judgment to [the] holy ones of [the] Most High; and the time arrived and [the] holy ones took possession of the kingdom. Verse ConceptsAncient Of DaysSaintsA Time Of SalvationGod As An Old PersonJudgement Day


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

Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if by you the world is judged, are you unworthy of the most insignificant courts? Verse ConceptsCourtsHoliness, Purpose OfMillenniumSaintsBelievers JudgingFamily ProblemsJudgement DayJudgementJudging Others Actions








just as you have given him authority over all flesh, in order that he would give eternal life to them--everyone whom you have given him. Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

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















And night will not exist [any] longer, and they will not have need of the light of a lamp and the light of the sun, because the Lord God will give light to them, and they will reign {forever and ever}. Verse ConceptsDay of the LORDGod, Titles And Names OfLight, SpiritualSociety, Positive Aspects OfCrude LanguageGlorified SaintsThe SunAurasThings Passing AwayBelievers Reigning ForeverGod Giving LightProvision Of NightAuthority Of DisciplesNew JerusalemSunSunshinebridgesrevelation


and if children, also heirs--heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer together [with him] so that we may also be glorified together [with him]. For I consider that the sufferings of the present time are not worthy [to be compared] with the glory that is about to be revealed to us.





And because of this, he is the mediator of a new covenant, in order that, [because] a death has taken place for the redemption of transgressions [committed] during the first covenant, those who are the called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. 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 shall no longer be your light by day, and for bright light the moon shall not give you light, but Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and your God your glory. Verse ConceptsThe SunGod Bestowing GloryLightSunSunshineThe Moon







Sometimes a man is all alone with no companion; he also has neither son nor brother. Yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eye is not satisfied with wealth. [He laments,] "For whom am I toiling and depriving {myself} of pleasure?" This also [is] vanity--it is an unhappy business! Verse ConceptsEnjoyment, Lack OfAffluenceDiscontentPhysical LabourBeing UnsatisfiedUseless EndeavourToiling In VainFamily And Friends



saying, "Woe, woe, the great city, dressed in fine linen and purple cloth and scarlet cloth, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, because in one hour such great wealth has been laid waste!" And every shipmaster and {every seafarer} and sailors and all those who labor on the sea stood {far off}

[because you] know that you were redeemed from your futile way of life inherited from your ancestors 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 for Moab like the flute. It moans for the people of Kir-heres like the flute. {Therefore} [the] wealth they gained has perished. Verse ConceptsFlutesLamentingRiches, Nature OfMusical Instruments, types ofRiches, Description OfWailing





Shall not all of these take up a taunt against him, with ridicule and riddles against him, saying, 'Woe to him who heaps up what is not his'? [For] how long? And, '[Woe to him] who makes himself heavy with pledges'? 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 be heir of the world, [was] not through the law, but through the righteousness by faith. Verse ConceptsImputed RighteousnessGod's Promise To AbrahamRighteous By FaithPromisesTrust In Relationships

What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness--even the righteousness [that is] by faith. Verse ConceptsGospel, Promises OfJustice, In Believers' LivesImputed RighteousnessPursuing GoodForeigners Saved By FaithRighteous By FaithGentiles

But the righteousness from faith speaks like this: "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into 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, the righteousness of God has been revealed, being testified about 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 law [is] truth. Verse ConceptsGod, Righteousness OfGod, The EternalHonestyScripture, Sufficiency OfLaw Described AsGod's Word Is True

My mouth will tell of your righteousness, your salvation {all day long}, though I do not know [the full] sum [of them]. Verse ConceptsMouthsGod's Salvation Made KnownWitnessing, Importance OfUnceasingAlways PraisingGoodnessPraising God With Your Mouth

[Full of] splendor and majesty [is] his work, and his righteousness endures forever. Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfGod, Majesty OfGod, Righteousness OfGod, The EternalPrayer, And WorshipGlory Of GodGod's Glory Revealed

And your righteousness, O God, [is] to [the] height [of heaven]. You who have done great things, O God, who [is] like you? Verse ConceptsGod, Righteousness OfSkyWho Is Like God?

As [is] your name, O God, so [is] your praise to [the] ends of [the] earth. Your right hand is full of righteousness. Verse ConceptsPraiseGod, Righteousness OfHandsRight Hand Of GodPraise To God Is Fitting


And I will make you into {a bare rock}, a place for [the] spreading out of dragnets. You will not be built again, for I, Yahweh, I have spoken," {declares} the Lord Yahweh. Verse ConceptsSpreadingNeverEmpty CitiesThings StrippedFishing

And I will destroy the walls of Tyre, and they will demolish its towers, and I will scrape away its earthen dirt from it, and I will make it into {a bare rock}. Verse ConceptsFortificationsTowersWallsEmpty CitiesThings Stripped

Yahweh, do not your eyes [look] for honesty? You have struck them, but they felt no pain, you have destroyed them, they refused to take discipline. They have hardened their faces more than rock, they have refused to turn back. Verse ConceptsIndifferenceMineralsPrayerlessnessRepentance, Importance OfSensitivityStubbornness, Consequences OfAfflictions Of The WickedAdmonition, RecievingObstinacy Against GodSelf WillGod, All knowing

[That] with a pen of iron and [with] lead they might be engraved on a rock forever! Verse ConceptsengravingToolsWritingIron Objects

And from the Gadites, valiant mighty warriors, {soldiers fit for war}, expert with shield and spear, defected to David at the fortress toward the wilderness. And {they had faces like lions} [and were] swift as gazelles upon the mountains. Verse ConceptsCommandereagernessWarriorsFast RunnersDeer

[She is] a deer of love and a doe of grace; may her breasts satisfy you {always}; by her love may you be intoxicated continually. Verse ConceptsDeersBreasts, Being AttractiveSex Within MarriageHusbands Duty To WivesDeer Etc.Loving Your WifeStaying PositiveDeerbreaststeenager

The three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab and Abishai and Asahel. Now Asahel [was] swift with his feet as one of the gazelles which [is] in the open field. Verse ConceptsThree ChildrenFast RunnersDeer Etc.Deer


Lift up your eyes to the heavens and look to the earth beneath, for [the] heavens will be torn to pieces like smoke, and the earth will be worn out like garment, and those who inhabit her will die like gnats. But my salvation will be forever, and my righteousness will not be broken to pieces. 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 is saved by Yahweh [with] everlasting salvation; you shall not be ashamed, and you shall not be humiliated {to all eternity}. Verse ConceptsGod, The EternalSalvation, Described AsEternal DeliveranceGod Saves The NeedyNot Put To ShameBeing Savedeternityisrael

Because of this, I endure all [things] for the sake of the chosen, in order that they also may obtain salvation [which is] in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. Verse Conceptseternal life, nature ofEndurance, Results Ofelection, to salvationChristiansGlorySalvation, Described AsEternal BlessingEnduringThe Gospel Of SalvationTemporary Affliction Of SaintsSelflessness


For a moth will eat them like garments; a moth will devour them like wool, but my righteousness will be forever, and my salvation for {generation after generation}." Verse ConceptsAnimals, Types OfClothingGod, Righteousness OfInsectsWoolSalvation, Described AsWicked Described AsMothsPeople Eaten By WormEternal DeliverancePeople Wearing Outclosureworms

how will we escape [if we] neglect so great a salvation which had [its] beginning [when it] was spoken through the Lord [and] was confirmed to us by those who heard, Verse ConceptsForeknowledgeConfirmationComplacencydelay, humanHearingHistoryNeglecting God's ThingsWitnesses, To Jesus ChristSalvation, Described AsChrist PreachingEscaping EvilThe Gospel Of Salvation

Dear friends, [although I] was making every effort to write to you concerning our common salvation, I considered [it] a necessity to write to you to encourage [you] to contend for the faith delivered once and for all to the saints. Verse ConceptsFight Of FaithOnly OnceAll Believers Are SaintsThe Gospel Of Salvationeffort







more desirable than gold, even much fine gold; and sweeter than honey, even honey [in the] comb. Verse ConceptsFoodTasteBible, Described AsHoneySweetnessThings Like GoldAlternatives To MoneyWorthValue


[that] our granaries [may be] full, providing [produce] of all kinds, [that] our sheep [may] produce by the thousands, by the tens of thousands in our open fields, Verse ConceptsBarnsSheepAnimals MultiplyingStores Of FoodMany Creatures

But he protects [the] needy from misery, and he makes [their] families like a flock. Verse ConceptsGod And The PoorGod Helps The PoorHelping The PoorProtecting Your Family

Your teeth [are] like a flock of shorn ewes that came up from the washing, all of them bearing twins, and there is none bereaved among them. Verse ConceptsTwinsTeethClean AnimalsMiscarrying Animals

"Thus says the Lord Yahweh: 'Again this [time] I will let {myself be inquired of} by the house of Israel, to do [something] for them; I will cause them to increase {their population 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

O mountains, [that] you skipped like rams? O hills, like lambs? Verse Conceptsjumping

David spoke to Yahweh when he saw the angel destroying among the people, and he said, "Look, I have sinned and I have done wrong, but these sheep, what did they do? Please let your hand be against me and against the house of my father." Verse ConceptsIntercessionSelf CondemnationSheepShepherds, As Kings And LeadersIntercessory PrayerSeeing AngelsGod Opposing

Whenever he sends out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. And they will never follow a stranger, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers."

if his loins have not blessed me, or by means of my sheep's fleece he has warmed himself, Verse ConceptsFleecesAnimal Skins

Rather, there Yahweh [will be] mighty for us, a place of rivers [and] {broad streams}, a galley ship with oars cannot go in it, and a mighty ship cannot pass through it. Verse ConceptsBreadthShipssailing

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

Behold also ships: [although they] are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the inclination of the pilot wishes. Verse ConceptsWindShipsBig ThingsSmall ThingsMarinersThe TongueDirectionStaying Strong During Hard Timessailing

They go by like papyrus skiffs, like an eagle swoops down on [its] prey. Verse ConceptsHuntingEaglesPapyrusShipsBoats

So then, gather the remainder of the army and encamp against the city and capture it, lest I capture the city and my name be proclaimed over it." Verse ConceptsPeople Naming Things

After these things and these [acts of] faithfulness, Sennacherib the king of Assyria came, and he came against Judah. And he encamped against the fortified cities and planned to break them down for himself. Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, Examples Of

So he sent horses, chariots, and an oppressing army there. They arrived at night and surrounded the town. Verse ConceptsChariotsEnemies SurroundingAttacking With ChariotsEarthly ArmiesNations Attacking Israel


And I will send winnowers to Babylon, and they will winnow her, and they will lay waste her land, for they will be against her from all sides on [the] day of disaster. Verse ConceptsForeignersWinnowing

For look, I [am] going to stir up, and I [am] going to bring against Babylon a contingent of great nations from [the] land of [the] north. And they will draw up a battle formation against her, from there she will be captured. Their arrows [are] like a warrior [who has] achieved success, he does not return without success. Verse ConceptsAliancesSkillOut Of The North

It happened that in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came, he and his army, against Jerusalem. He encamped against it and built siege works against it all around. Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahAttackingInvasionsKingsSiegesTravelWarfare, Examples OfArmies, Against IsraelFortsMonth 10Years Of Zedekiah

like the gathering of silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin to the middle of a furnace to blow fire on it for melting. Thus I will gather in my anger and in my rage, and I will {deposit} you, and I will melt you. Verse ConceptsIronTinMeltingGathered By GodFurnaces

Thus you will be melted like [the] melting of silver in the midst of a furnace, and you will know that I, Yahweh, I have poured out my rage on you.'" Verse ConceptsMeltingFurnacesThings Like Silver

Though you [men] lie down between the sheepfolds, [you will be like the] wings of a dove covered in silver and its pinions in yellow gold." When Shaddai scattered kings on it, on Zalmon it snowed.

Silver beaten from Tarshish is brought, and gold from Uphaz, the work of [the] craftsman and [the] hands of the goldsmith. Blue and purple [are] their clothing, all of them [are] the work of skillful people. Verse ConceptsColors, BlueGoldSilverSkillToolsWisdom, Human NatureCommercePurple ClothesSkilled Peopleartistscraftsmanship

{Therefore} thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel: 'Look, {I am determined to bring disaster on you}, even to exterminate all Judah. Verse ConceptsDestruction Of JerusalemGod Opposing

An abomination of Yahweh is the way of the wicked, but he who pursues righteousness he will love. Verse ConceptsPursuingRighteousness, Of BelieversPathways Of SinAbominations, To GodEvil Ways

And I sent to you all my servants the prophets, {sending over and over again}, {saying}, "Please, you must not do this detestable thing that I hate." Verse ConceptsProphets, Role OfAbominations, Sin IsThose Who Rose EarlyDoing Repeatedly

Remember, {do not forget}, that you provoked Yahweh your God in the desert, [and] from the day that you went out from the land of Egypt until {you came to this place} you were rebelling against Yahweh. Verse ConceptsRebellion, Of IsraelSin, Nature OfPainful Memories

Whoever {rebels against your orders} and does not obey your words according to what you commanded us will be put to death. Only be strong and courageous." Verse ConceptsCourage, In Facing EnemiesRebellion, Against Human AuthorityRebellion Against God, Shown InBraveryStrength Of PeopleBe Courageous!Be Strong!Courage

And he took the bull calf that they had made, and he burned [it] with the fire, and he crushed [it] until it became fine, and he scattered [it] on the surface of the water, and he made the {Israelites} drink. Verse ConceptsRepulsive FoodBurning Idolatrous ThingsWaters DividedGrandmothers

So the sin of the young men was very great in the sight of Yahweh, because the men treated the offering of Yahweh with contempt. Verse ConceptsAbhorGrain OfferingIrreverenceSacrilegeLeaders SinningRegulating Sacrifices

For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity. Your lips have spoken lies, your tongue speaks wickedness. Verse ConceptsFingersBlemishBlood, Figurative UseLipsThe Lips Of The WickedTongueWhy Prayer Is UnansweredUnanswered PrayerKilling Many People

[There is] a generation [that is] pure in its own eyes, but from its filthiness it will not be cleansed. Verse ConceptsPurity, Moral And SpiritualSelf DeceptionSelf Righteousness, Nature OfSelf DelusionEvil GenerationsPeople Being UncleanPure PeopleHolier Than Thou

O Yahweh, remember this: [the] enemy taunts, and foolish people treat your name with contempt. Verse ConceptsBlasphemy, At GodInsultsFools, Description OfFools Attitude To God

But the one {who acts presumptuously} from among the native or alien blasphemes against Yahweh, and that person must be cut off from the midst of the people. Verse ConceptsBanishmentdefianceHell, As Incentive To ActionIrreverencePresumptionExcommunicationInfidelity To GodMan's PurposesDeath Penalty For ViolenceThose To Be Cut Off From Israel

You have put our iniquities before you, our hidden [sins] into the light of your countenance. Verse ConceptsFaultsLight, SpiritualSecrecySin, Known To GodAcknowledge, SinSecret SinsGod Giving LightsecretsLight As A Symbol Of God

The sins of some people are evident, preceding [them] to judgment, but for some also they follow after [them]. Verse ConceptsThings ManifestJudgement DayJudgementJudging Others Actionsfollowingothers




because her sins have reached up to heaven, and God has remembered her crimes. Verse ConceptsBabylonGod Remembering SinThe judgment of babylon

The sins of some people are evident, preceding [them] to judgment, but for some also they follow after [them]. Verse ConceptsThings ManifestJudgement DayJudgementJudging Others Actionsfollowingothers






"Come now, and let us argue," says Yahweh. "Even though your sins are like scarlet, they will be white like snow; even though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool. Verse ConceptsCrimsonForgiveness, DivineInvitationsMarketsOpinionsPurity, Moral And SpiritualSnowThoughtWhiteWoolLogicReasoningAfflictions, Consolation DuringColors, ScarletAdvice, Receiving God's AdviceWashing ClothesWhite HairReasoned ArgumentComing TogetherColorscars

Also, keep back your servant from arrogant [sins]; let them not rule over me. Then I shall be blameless, and I shall be innocent of great transgression. Verse Conceptsethics, and graceBlameRestraintSin, Avoidance OfSin, Nature OfDivine Restraintsdominion


For I know your transgressions [are] many and your sins [are] numerous, [you] foes of [the] righteous, those who take a bribe, and {those who} push aside [the] poor [ones] in the gate! Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingCruelty, examples ofBribery, Results OfInjustice, Examples OfOffenceGod's Knowledge Of PeopleRighteous, TheRighteousness, Of BelieversSin, And God's CharacterExposure Of SinBusiness At The GatewayNot Helping The Pooroppression

For I know your transgressions [are] many and your sins [are] numerous, [you] foes of [the] righteous, those who take a bribe, and {those who} push aside [the] poor [ones] in the gate! Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingCruelty, examples ofBribery, Results OfInjustice, Examples OfOffenceGod's Knowledge Of PeopleRighteous, TheRighteousness, Of BelieversSin, And God's CharacterExposure Of SinBusiness At The GatewayNot Helping The Pooroppression

The [statement] of the true proverb has happened to them, "A dog returns to its own vomit," and "A sow, [after] washing herself, [returns] to wallowing in the mud." Verse ConceptsdogsWicked Described AsDegradationSwinePigsUnclean SpiritsOld SayingsUnclean AnimalsBacksliderspork

Swine from the forests devour it and creatures of [the] field feed on it. Verse ConceptsForestsAnimals, Types OfPigs

"Do not give what is holy to dogs, or throw your pearls in front of pigs, lest they trample them with their feet, and turn around [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 it] in judgment, {I will take reprisals against my foes}, and my haters I will repay. Verse ConceptsHand Of GodHatredSharpeningGod Executes VengeanceHating GodGod's Sword

He draws [it] forth, and it comes out from [his] body, and [the] glittering point comes from his gall-bladder; terrors come upon him. Verse ConceptsFear Will Come

He multiplied [the] ones stumbling. Furthermore, each one fell to his neighbor, and said, 'Stand up, and let us return to our people and to the land of our birth, {because of} the {presence} of the sword of the oppressor.' Verse ConceptsPeople StumblingSaying Repeatedly

who gives victory to kings, who rescues David his servant from [the] evil sword. Verse Conceptsdefence, divineServants Of The Lord

My soul [is] among lions. I lie down [among those who] devour-- the children of humankind whose teeth [are] spears and arrows and whose tongues [are] sharp swords. Verse ConceptsArrows, Figurative OfBitingLionsSpeech, Power And Significance OfSuffering, Of Jesus ChristTeethSharpnessEnemies Surrounding

Chariots charge! Swords flash! Spears glitter! {Many corpses are piled high}! There is no end to the slain! They stumble over their dead! Verse ConceptsStumblingWarfare, Nature OfRiding HorsesSpeedPeople StumblingSparklingDeath



Because your loyal love [is] high to [the] heavens, and your faithfulness to [the] clouds. Verse ConceptsGod's Truthcloudsdevotion

For Yahweh [is] good; his loyal love is forever, and his faithfulness [is] {from generation to generation}. Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfGod, The EternalFaithfulnessMercyEverlastingGod's TrustworthinessGod's FaithfulnessGoodnessloversdevotion

But you, O Lord, [are] a compassionate and gracious God, {slow to anger} and abundant in loyal love and faithfulness. Verse ConceptsCompassionGod, Compassion OfAbundant MercyGod, Patience OfGrace, In OtRestraintLongsuffering Of GodGod's TruthSpeed Of God's Angergraciousness

And Yahweh passed over before him, and he proclaimed, "Yahweh, Yahweh, God, [who is] compassionate and gracious, {slow to anger}, and abounding with loyal love and faithfulness, Verse ConceptsGod, Faithfulness OfGod, Compassion OfAbundance, SpiritualGod's attitude towards peopleGod, Patience OfGod, Titles And Names OfLove, Nature OfRestraintLongsuffering Of GodGod's TruthSpeed Of God's AngerAnger And Forgivenessgraciousness

Because your loyal love [is] high to [the] heavens, and your faithfulness to [the] clouds. Verse ConceptsGod's Truthcloudsdevotion

"Is [the] wild ox willing to serve you, or will he spend the night at your feeding trough? Can you tie [the] wild ox [with] its rope to a furrow, or will it harrow [the] valleys after you?

Can you rely on it that it will return your grain and [that] it will gather [it] to your threshing floor? Verse ConceptsdistrustThreshing Floor

Can you trust it because its strength [is] great, or will you hand your labor over to it? Verse ConceptsStrength Of Animals


I know a man in Christ fourteen years ago--whether in the body I do not know, or outside the body I do not know, God knows--such a man was caught up to the third heaven, Verse ConceptsKnowing PeopleNames For HeavenSelf ConfidenceThe Number FourteenTen To Fourteen YearsGod Lifting PeopleThird PersonTaken To HeavenUs In GodHeavenIgnorant Of FactsVisualizationHeavenly VisionGoing To HeavenThe BodyThe Raptureweather





Who has ascended [to] heaven and come down? Who has gathered [the] wind in the hollow of his hand? Who has wrapped water in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What [is] his name and what is the name of his child? For [surely] you know. Verse ConceptsCreatorCloaksBindingDivine Power Over NatureClimates, TypesCovering The EarthGoing Up To HeavenGod Going DownGod Dispensing WindKnowingWhat Is God's Name?

And he brought streams out of [the] rock and caused water to flow down like rivers. Verse ConceptsDivine SuppliesProvision From Rocks


You have given no water [for the] weary to drink, and you withheld food from [the] hungry. Verse ConceptsWaterNo FoodFeeding The Poor


Unstable as water, you shall not excel [any longer], for you went up upon the bed of your father, then defiled [it]. You went up upon my couch! Verse ConceptsFicklenessRash People

Because he wore a curse as his robe, let it enter {his body} like water, and into his bones like oil. Verse ConceptsBodyGarments Of SinClothed With Bad ThingsDamage To The BodyThings Like WaterLike WaterSwearingcurses

Water wears away stones; its torrents wash away [the] soil of [the] earth; so you destroy the hope of human beings. Verse ConceptsFlowing WaterThings Wearing OutWithout Hope



for he himself looks to [the] end of the earth; he sees under all the heaven. Verse ConceptsVeilsGod, All knowingGod Seeing All The Earth

Have you not known, or have you not heard? Yahweh [is] the God of eternity, [the] creator [of] the ends of the earth! He is not faint, and he does not grow weary! There is no searching his understanding. Verse ConceptsCreatoreternity, nature ofGod, Living And Self sustainingGod, The EternalGod, Wisdom OfImmortality, In OtOrthodoxy, In OtGod, Omniscience OfNames Of GodGod, InfiniteHearing About GodGod Growing WearyGod Has UnderstandingEverlastingGod's Ways Beyond Human Understandingtired


Who would not revere you, O king of the nations? For you it is fitting. For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like you. Verse ConceptsGod, Sovereignty OfGod, Wisdom OfReverence, And God's NatureGod, All knowingNo One Is Like GodGod Is WorthyGod Is To Be Fearedroyalty

And who [is] like me? Let him proclaim [it]! And let him declare it and set it in order for me {since I established an eternal people} and things that are to come, and let them tell them [the things] that are coming. Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingGod, Wisdom OfGod's ForeknowledgePredicting The FutureWho Is Like God?



Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since he himself judges high ones? Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingGod, Wisdom OfTeaching WisdomTeaching God

With whom has he consulted, that he enlightened him and taught him [the] path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and made [the] way of understanding known to him? Verse ConceptsenlightenmentTeaching GodGod Has Understanding

Do you know about the hovering of the clouds, {the marvelous works of the one with perfect knowledge}? Verse ConceptsBalance In LifeAwesome GodBeing A Know It AllGod, Perfection OfPerfection, DivineClouds, Natural UseGod, All knowingbalanceclouds

for truly my words [are] not falsehood; [one who has] perfect knowledge [is] with you. Verse ConceptsRestored In Jesus ChristPerfection, HumanGod, All knowingPeople With Knowledge

[Such] knowledge is too wonderful for me. It is set high; I cannot [prevail] against it. Verse ConceptsRevelation, Necessity OfGod, All knowingKnowingLimits Of Human Mind

[Such] knowledge is too wonderful for me. It is set high; I cannot [prevail] against it. Verse ConceptsRevelation, Necessity OfGod, All knowingKnowingLimits Of Human Mind

Look, God [is] mighty but does not despise [anyone]; [he is] mighty [and] {good in understanding}. Verse ConceptsConsistencyGuidance, God's Promises OfGod, Impartiality OfMighty One