Thematic Bible: Described as


Thematic Bible



He sucks the poison of serpents; the fangs of a viper kill him. Verse ConceptsTeeth

his food is turned sour in his stomach; it becomes the venom of serpents within him. Verse ConceptsSnakesBitter Food

that does not respond to the magicians, or to a skilled snake-charmer. Verse ConceptsSkillWisdom, Human NatureUnhearing

Issachar is a strong-boned donkey lying down between two saddlebags. When he sees a good resting place, and the pleasant land, he will bend his shoulder to the burden and become a slave laborer.

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

An ox recognizes its owner, a donkey recognizes where its owner puts its food; but Israel does not recognize me, my people do not understand." Verse ConceptsKnowing PeopleDonkeysLack Of DiscernmentIngratitudeSpiritual IgnoranceMangersIgnorance Towards God, Examples OfInstinctDullnessFeeding AnimalsBeing Without UnderstandingMammalsThose Who Were Ignorant

They have gone up to Assyria, like a wild donkey that wanders off. Ephraim has hired prostitutes as lovers. Verse ConceptsActing AloneWild DonkeysNorthern Kingdom Of Israel

But an empty man will become wise, when a wild donkey's colt is born a human being. Verse ConceptsColtsWicked Described AsWorldly WisdomWild DonkeysWise ProverbsWisdom

Who let the wild donkey go free? Who released the bonds of the donkey, Verse ConceptsRopesWild DonkeysGod Freeing Captives

(Dalet) To me he is like a bear lying in ambush, like a hidden lion stalking its prey. Verse ConceptsLionsGod Like A LionAmbushLike Creatureslieing

"Then a second beast appeared, like a bear. It was raised up on one side, and there were three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. It was told, 'Get up and devour much flesh!' Verse ConceptsTeethBearsAnimals Eating PeopleBonesThree Other ThingsFour Beasts Of Daniel

Disaster will be inescapable, as if a man ran from a lion only to meet a bear, then escaped into a house, leaned his hand against the wall, and was bitten by a poisonous snake. Verse ConceptsBitingSnakesOther Supporting

Do not be like an unintelligent horse or mule, which will not obey you unless they are controlled by a bridle and bit. Verse ConceptsMulesBridlesHorsesRestraintRopesStubbornnessDivine RestraintsSelf WillBinding As Animals

I was ignorant and lacked insight; I was as senseless as an animal before you. Verse ConceptsFoolish PeopleMammalsThose Who Were IgnorantIgnorance of Godignorance


I keep track of every bird in the hills, and the insects of the field are mine. Verse ConceptsCreatorBirds, Features OfBeastsAll Things Belong To GodBirdsbugs

but, despite their wealth, people do not last, they are like animals that perish. This is the destiny of fools, and of those who approve of their philosophy. (Selah) They will travel to Sheol like sheep, with death as their shepherd. The godly will rule over them when the day of vindication dawns; Sheol will consume their bodies and they will no longer live in impressive houses. read more.
But God will rescue my life from the power of Sheol; certainly he will pull me to safety. (Selah)

yet was rebuked for his own transgression (a dumb donkey, speaking with a human voice, restrained the prophet's madness). Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyMadnessMouthsRebukeRestraintPeople Acting MadlyDumbnessBeing ReprovedDumbThe Dumb Speaking

An ox recognizes its owner, a donkey recognizes where its owner puts its food; but Israel does not recognize me, my people do not understand." Verse ConceptsKnowing PeopleDonkeysLack Of DiscernmentIngratitudeSpiritual IgnoranceMangersIgnorance Towards God, Examples OfInstinctDullnessFeeding AnimalsBeing Without UnderstandingMammalsThose Who Were Ignorant

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


When the Lord your God brings you to the land that you are going to occupy and forces out many nations before you -- Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations more numerous and powerful than you -- Verse ConceptsSevenSeven PeopleThe Lord Will Drive Them Out

But the inhabitants are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. Moreover we saw the descendants of Anak there. Verse ConceptsFortificationsFortified CitiesLargenessGiantsStrong Nations

When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, you must not learn the abhorrent practices of those nations. There must never be found among you anyone who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, anyone who practices divination, an omen reader, a soothsayer, a sorcerer, one who casts spells, one who conjures up spirits, a practitioner of the occult, or a necromancer.

You have seen their detestable things and idols of wood, stone, silver, and gold.) Verse ConceptsGoldStones

for the people who were in the land before you have done all these abominations, and the land has become unclean. Verse ConceptsPolluting The Land

For Israel's sake I destroyed the Amorites. They were as tall as cedars and as strong as oaks, but I destroyed the fruit on their branches and their roots in the ground. Verse ConceptsAmoritesCedarRootsGiantsOaks

Through your messengers you taunted the sovereign master, 'With my many chariots I climbed up the high mountains, the slopes of Lebanon. I cut down its tall cedars and its best evergreens. I invaded its most remote regions, its thickest woods. Verse ConceptsChariotsCedarFelling TreesTrusting In Chariots

"'This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'I will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and plant it. I will pluck from the top one of its tender twigs; I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain. Verse ConceptsTendernessMessianic PropheciesMetaphorical PlantingThe Mountains Of Israel

The mountains were covered by its shadow, the highest cedars by its branches. Verse ConceptsCedarThe Mountains Of Israel

I will plant it on a high mountain of Israel, and it will raise branches and produce fruit and become a beautiful cedar. Every bird will live under it; Every winged creature will live in the shade of its branches. Verse ConceptsBearing Fruit

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

The mountains were covered by its shadow, the highest cedars by its branches. Its branches reached the Mediterranean Sea, and its shoots the Euphrates River.

"The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with chiseled stone; the sycamore fig trees have been cut down, but we will replace them with cedars." Verse ConceptsBricksHousesMasonsProperty, HousesStonesSycamoresFortsStone ItemsCedar WoodThings ImprovedChristmas Treerebuilding







but wrath and anger to those who live in selfish ambition and do not obey the truth but follow unrighteousness. There will be affliction and distress on everyone who does evil, on the Jew first and also the Greek,


Then the Lord said to Moses, "You are about to die, and then these people will begin to prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land into which they are going. They will reject me and break my covenant that I have made with them. Verse ConceptsProstitutionRest, PhysicalSleep, And DeathTrust, Lack OfNearness Of DeathBreaking The CovenantDeath Will Soon HappenDeath

After he said this, he added, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. But I am going there to awaken him." Verse ConceptsProphecies Said By JesusIntermediate Stateawakeninglazarus


When you ignore them, they panic. When you take away their life's breath, they die and return to dust. Verse ConceptsBreath Of LifeFace Of GodChaosCreatures Returning To DustDeath Of CreaturesGod Hiding



When Jacob finished giving these instructions to his sons, he pulled his feet up onto the bed, breathed his last breath, and went to his people. Verse ConceptsBedsDeath Of The Saints, Examples OfLast WordsGathered To One's People

since I know that my tabernacle will soon be removed, because our Lord Jesus Christ revealed this to me. Verse ConceptsDeath Of God's PeopleNear The Time PersonallyThings RevealedDeath Of The Righteous

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


At once she collapsed at his feet and died. So when the young men came in, they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband. Verse ConceptsMiracles Of PeterCarrying Dead BodiesPeople TumblingHaving No Breath

For the years that lie ahead are few, and then I will go on the way of no return. Verse ConceptsDeath, Description OfJourneyThe Finality Of DeathPeople not returningDeath Is Finalpast

He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain. Verse ConceptsFlowersdrynessLife, HumanPhysical LifeShadowsLife, Brevity OfTime Passing

He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain. Verse ConceptsFlowersdrynessLife, HumanPhysical LifeShadowsLife, Brevity OfTime Passing

and who brought you through the great, fearful desert of venomous serpents and scorpions, an arid place with no water. He made water flow from a flint rock and Verse ConceptsFlintClimates, Typesdrought, physicalSnakesSuffering, HardshipThirstAnimals, Types OfGod Providing WaterDry PlacesProvision From RocksScorpions

The whole community of the Israelites traveled on their journey from the Desert of Sin according to the Lord's instruction, and they pitched camp in Rephidim. Now there was no water for the people to drink. Verse ConceptsCommands, in OTTravelParticular JourneysNo Water For People

"Go and declare in the hearing of the people of Jerusalem: 'This is what the Lord says: "I have fond memories of you, how devoted you were to me in your early years. I remember how you loved me like a new bride; you followed me through the wilderness, through a land that had never been planted. 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 up from Egypt only to bring us to this dreadful place? It is no place for grain, or figs, or vines, or pomegranates; nor is there any water to drink!" Verse ConceptsFruitFig treeBlamePomegranatesAssembling At The DoorwayBringing Israel Out Of EgyptNo Water For PeopleOthers Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

The Lord found him in a desolate land, in an empty wasteland where animals howl. He continually guarded him and taught him; he continually protected him like the pupil of his eye. Verse ConceptsFruitBarren, LandGod Keeping WatchApple Of The EyeGod SurroundingEyes Cared ForFinding PeopleGod Led Them Through The Wildernesswandering

Then we left Horeb and passed through all that immense, forbidding wilderness that you saw on the way to the Amorite hill country as the Lord our God had commanded us to do, finally arriving at Kadesh Barnea. Verse ConceptsMonotony

They did not ask: 'Where is the Lord who delivered us out of Egypt, who brought us through the wilderness, through a land of desert sands and rift valleys, through a land of drought and deep darkness, through a land in which no one travels, and where no one lives?' Verse ConceptsFreedom, Acts Of In OtBarren, LandDesertsWildernessDry PlacesDarkness During DaytimeEmpty By NatureWhere Is God?God Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

"Look, I am about to do something new. Now it begins to happen! Do you not recognize it? Yes, I will make a road in the desert and paths in the wilderness. Verse ConceptsTravelling With GodLife, Of FaithNewnessBlessing In The WildernessMaking RoadsRiversFuture Plansa new beginningNew BeginningsA New DayPathsNew

I will stretch out my hand against them and make the land a desolate waste from the wilderness to Riblah, in all the places where they live. Then they will know that I am the Lord!" Verse ConceptsHand Of GodGod's HandDestruction Of CountriesGod's Hands Stretched Out

Dogs will eat the members of your family who die in the city, and the birds of the sky will eat the ones who die in the country."' Indeed, the Lord has announced it! Verse ConceptsdogsAnimals Eating PeopleEating CorpsesBirds Eating

But when they went to bury her, they found nothing left but the skull, feet, and palms of the hands. When they went back and told him, he said, "The Lord's word through his servant, Elijah the Tishbite, has come to pass. He warned, 'In the plot of land at Jezreel, dogs will devour Jezebel's flesh.

They washed off the chariot at the pool of Samaria (this was where the prostitutes bathed); dogs licked his blood, just as the Lord had said would happen. Verse ConceptsdogsBathing, For RefreshmentTongueWord Of GodPoolsAnimals Eating PeopleCreatures Drinking BloodClean Objects

Say to him, 'This is what the Lord says: "Haven't you committed murder and taken possession of the property of the deceased?"' Then say to him, 'This is what the Lord says: "In the spot where dogs licked up Naboth's blood they will also lick up your blood -- yes, yours!"'" Verse ConceptsdogsInjustice, Hated By GodSuffering, Nature OfTongueDivine DirectionAnimals Eating PeopleCreatures Drinking BloodReady To KillTaking Possessionsjezebel

who longed to eat what fell from the rich man's table. In addition, the dogs came and licked his sores. Verse ConceptsdogsTablesTongueCrumbsSeeking FoodRemaining FoodPetsAbscessFeeding The Poorlazarus

They are illustrations of this true proverb: "A dog returns to its own vomit," and "A sow, after washing herself, wallows in the mire." Verse ConceptsdogsWicked Described AsDegradationSwinePigsUnclean SpiritsOld SayingsUnclean AnimalsBacksliderspork

Like one who grabs a wild dog by the ears, so is the person passing by who becomes furious over a quarrel not his own. Verse ConceptsdisagreementsBusybodiesMeddlingGentlenessMinding Your Own BusinessFamily ProblemsConflictFamily ConflictPets

Yes, wild dogs surround me -- a gang of evil men crowd around me; like a lion they pin my hands and feet. Verse ConceptsdogsEnemies SurroundingMessianic Prophecies

Their wine is snakes' poison, the deadly venom of cobras. Verse ConceptsAlcoholCobrasSerpentsSnakesThings Like Snakes

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

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


Saul and Jonathan were greatly loved during their lives, and not even in their deaths were they separated. They were swifter than eagles, stronger than lions. Verse ConceptsFriendshipEaglesCompanionshipFast RunnersStrong Individuals

From there it spots its prey, its eyes gaze intently from a distance. Verse ConceptsGood Things From Far Away

The Lord is the only true God. He is the living God and the everlasting King. When he shows his anger the earth shakes. None of the nations can stand up to his fury. 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 shakes, yes, the heavens pour down rain before God, the God of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel. Verse ConceptsRainGod Shaking The EarthGod Controlling The Rain



This is what the Lord says: "The heavens are my throne and the earth is my footstool. Where then is the house you will build for me? Where is the place where I will rest? Verse ConceptsFootstoolsFeetEarth, Description OfGod, Present EverywhereGod, Sovereignty OfHeaven, Nature OfHeaven, God's ThroneGod's OmnipresenceThe Temple In HeavenEarthHeaven Better Than EarthRestThe EarthGoing To Heaven

not by earth, because it is his footstool, and not by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King. Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfFootstoolsFeetNames For JerusalemCitySwearing

I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east; the sound was like that of rushing water; and the earth radiated his glory. Verse ConceptsNoiseVoicesShiningOut Of The EastSoundGod Is LightGod's VoiceCloud of glory


O Lord, your loyal love fills the earth. Teach me your statutes! Verse ConceptsEarth, God's GloryScripture Teaching


Nations are in uproar, kingdoms are overthrown. God gives a shout, the earth dissolves. Verse ConceptsChaosKingdomsEarth, Judgment OfRoar Of NationsGod's VoiceDisorder Among The NationsLucifer

The mountains tremble before him, the hills convulse; the earth is laid waste before him, the world and all its inhabitants are laid waste. Verse ConceptsearthquakesEarth, Judgment OfMountainsMountains QuakingThe Universe DestroyedGod Saves From Sin And DeathThe Presence Of God









The commands to fear the Lord are right and endure forever. The judgments given by the Lord are trustworthy and absolutely just. Verse ConceptsOrdinancesReverence, And BlessingReverence To GodEternal TruthClean ObjectsGod's Word Is RighteousThe Fear Of The LordGod's Word Is TrueScripture, Inerrancy Of

They will go into caves in the rocky cliffs and into holes in the ground, trying to escape the dreadful judgment of the Lord and his royal splendor, when he rises up to terrify the earth. Verse ConceptsCavesGuilty FearPeople In CavesTremblingPeoples Who FledTerror Of GodHoles In The GroundThe Earthhidingtrying


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 withstand it?"

Distress and anguish terrify him; they prevail against him like a king ready to launch an attack, Verse ConceptsAfflictions Of The WickedFear Will ComeOvercoming AdversityBeing Overwhelmedpressure

Terrifying sounds fill his ears; in a time of peace marauders attack him. Verse ConceptsThose Who DestroyFear Is Due

Fear and dread will fall on them; by the greatness of your arm they will be as still as stone until your people pass by, O Lord, until the people whom you have bought pass by. Verse ConceptsMarketsPassing ThroughPurchasingTypes Of ChristArm Of GodMotionlessnessStaying PutPeople As Rocksgreatnessterrorism

Then Saul said to Samuel, "I have sinned, for I have disobeyed what the Lord commanded and what you said as well. For I was afraid of the army, and I followed their wishes. Verse ConceptsConviction, Not Leading To RepentancePublic OpinionConfessionFear Of ManFearing Other PeopleWe Have Sinned

(His parents said these things because they were afraid of the Jewish religious leaders. For the Jewish leaders had already agreed that anyone who confessed Jesus to be the Christ would be put out of the synagogue. Verse ConceptsPersecution, Forms OfSynagogueFear, Of PersecutionFear Of ManDisfellowshipExcommunicationFear Of EnemiesBelieving In Christ

but only a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a fury of fire that will consume God's enemies. Verse ConceptsHell, As An ExperienceGuilty FearFire Of JudgementTerror Of GodJudgementexpectations

You must never forget the agreement I made with you, and you must not worship other gods. Verse ConceptsForgetting GodNot ForgettingDifferent GodsDo Not Have Other godscovenant

How desolate they become in a mere moment! Terrifying judgments make their demise complete! Verse ConceptsAfflictions Of The WickedDeath Of The WickedDestruction Of The WickedFear Will Come

but when the hot wind blows by, it disappears, and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew. Verse ConceptsThings Passing Away


The pomegranates have appeared in the land, the time for pruning and singing has come; the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land. Verse ConceptsBirds, Features OfBirds, Types Of BirdsRosesspringtime

His cheeks are like garden beds full of balsam trees yielding perfume. His lips are like lilies dripping with drops of myrrh. Verse ConceptsLiliesFlowersCheeks


For it says in scripture, "Look, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and priceless cornerstone, and whoever 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


Now let the king be aware that the Jews who came up to us from you have gone to Jerusalem. They are rebuilding that rebellious and odious city. They are completing its walls and repairing its foundations. Verse ConceptsFoundationsCityJudaismBuilding Jerusalem's WallRebuilding Jerusalemrebuilding

By royal order they supplied large valuable stones in order to build the temple's foundation with chiseled stone. Verse ConceptsFoundationsBuildingHousesFoundations Of Buildings

He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep, and laid the foundation on bedrock. When a flood came, the river burst against that house but could not shake it, because it had been well built. Verse ConceptsFoundations Of BuildingsStones For Protection

In the first year of his reign, King Cyrus gave orders concerning the temple of God in Jerusalem: 'Let the temple be rebuilt as a place where sacrifices are offered. Let its foundations be set in place. Its height is to be ninety feet and its width ninety feet, Verse ConceptsFoundationsBreadthProclamationsThe Second TempleDimensions Of BuildingsThe First Temple

Then Tobiah the Ammonite, who was close by, said, "If even a fox were to climb up on what they are building, it would break down their wall of stones!" Verse ConceptsAmmonitesFoxes

Each one will be handed over to the sword; their corpses will be eaten by jackals.

But he said to them, "Go and tell that fox, 'Look, I am casting out demons and performing healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will complete my work. Verse ConceptsGoalsFigures Of Speechdriving outFoxesDemons, Exorcism OfLeaders, PoliticalThe Third Day Of The WeekJesus Casting Out DemonsTodayJesus HealingCasting Out Demonstomorrow

For the music director, according to the gittith style; a psalm of David. O Lord, our Lord, how magnificent is your reputation throughout the earth! You reveal your majesty in the heavens above! Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfGod, Majesty OfKnowing God, Nature OfPrayer, And WorshipGlory Of GodGod's Glory RevealedGod Being Outside Of CreationExcellence

The Lord is exalted over all the nations; his splendor reaches beyond the sky. Verse ConceptsGlory Of GodGod On HighGod Saves From Sin And DeathGod Being Outside Of Creation


May the splendor of the Lord endure! May the Lord find pleasure in the living things he has made! Verse ConceptsDelight, God ExpressingGlory Of God

Let them sing about the Lord's deeds, for the Lord's splendor is magnificent. Verse ConceptsPrayer, And WorshipGlory Of GodThose Singing Praise

King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; 600 measures of gold were used for each shield. He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold were used for each of these shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest.

They hammered the gold into thin sheets and cut it into narrow strips to weave them into the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and into the fine linen, the work of an artistic designer. Verse ConceptsTapestriesPlatesCordsRed MaterialBlue ClothPurple ClothBlue Purple And Scarlet

20 gold bowls worth 1,000 darics, and two exquisite vessels of gleaming bronze, as valuable as gold. Verse ConceptsCoinageHoly VesselsBrassWeights Of Gold

I will make human beings more scarce than pure gold, and people more scarce than gold from Ophir. Verse ConceptsGoldYouthThings Like GoldShortage Other Than FoodMan's Sinful Nature

So all the people broke off the gold earrings that were on their ears and brought them to Aaron. He accepted the gold from them, fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made a molten calf. Then they said, "These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt."

Fine gold cannot be given in exchange for it, nor can its price be weighed out in silver. It cannot be measured out for purchase with the gold of Ophir, with precious onyx or sapphires.

When you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver and with glittering gold. Verse ConceptsdovesGoldSleep, PhysicalWingsSheepfoldsWings Of BirdsStock Keeping

But the gracious gift is not like the transgression. For if the many died through the transgression of the one man, how much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one man Jesus Christ multiply to the many! Verse ConceptsAdam and Jesus ChristGod's attitude towards peopleParticipation, In ChristAbounding, Good ThingsGrace, Description OfSalvation, As A GiftSaving GraceGrowth In GraceMany Seeking SalvationSin Producing DeathNot Like ThingsOnly One PersonSin Produces DeathThe Grace Of ChristThe Grace Of GodGod's Grace






And in their prayers on your behalf they long for you because of the extraordinary grace God has shown to you. Verse ConceptsGrace, Description OfThe Grace Given To MenPraying For Otherssupplication



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


The Israelites who were returning from the exile ate it, along with all those who had joined them in separating themselves from the uncleanness of the nations of the land to seek the Lord God of Israel. Verse ConceptsExclusivenessSeparationHeathenNations DescribedProselytesSeparation From Evil PeopleThose who returned from exileAdoption Should Lead To Holiness



and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for an image resembling mortal human beings or birds or four-footed animals or reptiles. Verse ConceptsIncorruptibleImmortality, In NtNations DescribedBirds, Features OfNature DecayingNo DecayPeople Are CorruptibleIdolatryExchanging Good For BadNature Of IdolatryBirdscatsimage


The nations' idols are made of silver and gold, they are man-made. Verse ConceptsGoldHeathenIdolatry



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

Why do the nations rebel? Why are the countries devising plots that will fail? The kings of the earth form a united front; the rulers collaborate against the Lord and his anointed king.


Remember your covenant promises, for the dark regions of the earth are full of places where violence rules. Verse ConceptsViolence In The EarthViolenceNations DescribedDarkness Of EvilGod Keeps Covenant

No, I mean that what the pagans sacrifice is to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be partners with demons. Verse ConceptsAstrologyFalse ReligionPagansNations DescribedSacrificesDemonsSacrificeHalloweenpartnershipstatuesDemonic Influence



Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Before our very eyes may the shed blood of your servants be avenged among the nations! Verse ConceptsAvenger of bloodRetributionHeathenNations DescribedSheddingGod Not ExistingResponsibility For Blood ShedWhere Is God?


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

that person will also drink of the wine of God's anger that has been mixed undiluted in the cup of his wrath, and he will be tortured with fire and sulfur in front of the holy angels and in front 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

If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, that person was thrown into the lake of fire. Verse ConceptsFireBearing Bad FruitBook of lifeHell, Description OfLast ThingsLake Of FirePunishment Of the WickedHell, Punishment OfFire Of Helllakes



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

Sinners are afraid in Zion; panic grips the godless. They say, 'Who among us can coexist with destructive fire? Who among us can coexist with unquenchable fire?' Verse ConceptsEternal DeathGuilt, Human Aspects OfHell, Punishment OfHell, Description OfPunishment, By GodSinnersUngodlinessGuilty FearTerror Of God

Sinners are afraid in Zion; panic grips the godless. They say, 'Who among us can coexist with destructive fire? Who among us can coexist with unquenchable fire?' Verse ConceptsEternal DeathGuilt, Human Aspects OfHell, Punishment OfHell, Description OfPunishment, By GodSinnersUngodlinessGuilty FearTerror Of God






Their horses are faster than leopards and more alert than wolves in the desert. Their horses gallop, their horses come a great distance; like a vulture they swoop down quickly to devour their prey. Verse ConceptsHorsesLeopardWingsBirds, Types Of BirdsRiding HorsesSpeedEaglesWolvesPeople From Far AwayThose Flying

You say, 'No, we will flee on horses,' so you will indeed flee. You say, 'We will ride on fast horses,' so your pursuers will be fast. Verse ConceptsBackPursuing PeopleCavalryRiding HorsesSpeed

Look! The enemy is approaching like gathering clouds. The roar of his chariots is like that of a whirlwind. His horses move more swiftly than eagles." I cry out, "We are doomed, for we will be destroyed!" Verse ConceptsChariotsHorsesEaglesWhirlwindsWoeHeavenly ChariotsSpeedAutomobilesHurricanes



It paws the ground in the valley, exulting mightily, it goes out to meet the weapons. Verse ConceptsStrength Of Animals

I have listened to them very carefully, but they do not speak honestly. None of them regrets the evil he has done. None of them says, "I have done wrong!" All of them persist in their own wayward course like a horse charging recklessly into battle. Verse ConceptsObstinacy Against GodWicked Described As

It paws the ground in the valley, exulting mightily, it goes out to meet the weapons. Verse ConceptsStrength Of Animals

In excitement and impatience it consumes the ground; it cannot stand still when the trumpet is blown. Verse ConceptsNot Being StillNot Stilldistance

Do you make it leap like a locust? Its proud neighing is terrifying! Verse ConceptsNosesCreatures JumpingNeighing And Braying

It laughs at fear and is not dismayed; it does not shy away from the sword. Verse ConceptsThose Not Fearing

You are blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred? Verse ConceptsGreat ThingsOffering SacrificesHolier Than ThouSanctificationimportance

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

Blind fools! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that makes the gold sacred? Verse ConceptsHypocrites, Description OfGod's Attitude To FoolsGreat ThingsStatus Of The TempleSanctification


Then he began to teach them by saying: Verse ConceptsJesus As Our TeacherChrist Teaching

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

Why do you see the speck in your brother's eye, but fail to see the beam of wood in your own? Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye,' while there is a beam in your own? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

But the president of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the crowd, "There are six days on which work should be done! So come and be healed on those days, and not on the Sabbath day." Then the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from its stall, and lead it to water?





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

Stop putting your confidence in the false belief that says, "We are safe! The temple of the Lord is here! The temple of the Lord is here! The temple of the Lord is here!" Verse ConceptsdistrustOptimismHypocrites, Description OfTrusting Deceptive ThingsStatus Of The TempleTrust

They say, 'Keep to yourself! Don't get near me, for I am holier than you!' These people are like smoke in my nostrils, like a fire that keeps burning all day long. Verse ConceptsHypocrisy, Description OfNosesPrejudicePride, Examples OfSmokeHypocrites, Description OfFire Of EvilAll DayHolier Than ThouChanging YourselfsmokingSmoke Used Poetically

The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other people: extortionists, 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 trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to be proud of us, so that you may be able to answer those who take pride in outward appearance and not in what is in the heart. Verse ConceptsCommendationOutward AppearanceHypocrites, Description OfAppearancesCommending OneselfOther References To The HeartAppearances of

"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You give a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, yet you neglect what is more important in the law -- justice, mercy, and faithfulness! You should have done these things without neglecting the others. Blind guides! You strain out a gnat yet swallow a camel!

They come to you in crowds, and they sit in front of you as my people. They hear your words, but do not obey them. For they talk lustfully, and their heart is set on their own advantage. Realize that to them you are like a sensual song, a beautiful voice and skilled musician. They hear your words, but they do not obey them.

Then Pharisees and experts in the law came from Jerusalem to Jesus and said, "Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when they eat." He answered them, "And why do you disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?

They love the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces, and to have people call them 'Rabbi.'


"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You cross land and sea to make one convert, and when you get one, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves! Verse ConceptsExploitationsJudaismMission, Of IsraelPharisees, Beliefs OfPassing OverSonsTravelHypocrites, Description OfGehennaProselytesSea TravelOnly One PersonDouble PenaltyCrossing To The Other SideHypocrisy


They seek me day after day; they want to know my requirements, like a nation that does what is right and does not reject the law of their God. They ask me for just decrees; they want to be near God. Verse ConceptseagernessAskingNominal ReligionHypocrites, Description OfNot Coming Near To GodMaking Decisions

For a fool speaks disgraceful things; his mind plans out sinful deeds. He commits godless deeds and says misleading things about the Lord; he gives the hungry nothing to satisfy their appetite and gives the thirsty nothing to drink. Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfMind, The HumanMorality, And CreationSin, Nature OfHypocrites, Description OfMischiefBeing MisleadStingy PeopleErrorHypocrisy


No one thinks to himself, nor do they comprehend or understand and say to themselves: 'I burned half of it in the fire -- yes, I baked bread over the coals; I roasted meat and ate it. With the rest of it should I make a disgusting idol? Should I bow down to dry wood?' Verse ConceptsAbominationsAbominations, Idolatry IsIgnorance Towards God, Leads ToDullnessBowing To False GodsBaking BreadFirewoodHalf Of ThingsThose Who Were Ignorant

Their idols are made of silver and gold -- they are man-made. They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see, ears, but cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell, read more.
hands, but cannot touch, feet, but cannot walk. They cannot even clear their throats. Those who make them will end up like them, as will everyone who trusts in them.

For the religion of these people is worthless. They cut down a tree in the forest, and a craftsman makes it into an idol with his tools. Verse ConceptsForestsChristmas Treewoodworkingcutting

You must not erect a sacred pillar, a thing the Lord your God detests. Verse ConceptsStonesObelisksGod Hating Things

I sent my servants the prophets to you people over and over again warning you not to do this disgusting thing I hate. Verse ConceptsProphets, Role OfAbominations, Sin IsThose Who Rose EarlyDoing Repeatedly

I said to them, "Each of you must get rid of the detestable idols you keep before you, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am the Lord your God." Verse ConceptsAbominations, Judgments OfAbominations, Sin IsSending Things AwayEvil EyesPollution ForbiddenAvoiding IdolatryI Will Be Their God

So I poured my anger on them because of the blood they shed on the land and because of the idols with which they defiled it. Verse ConceptsSheddingPolluting The LandIdol WorshipKilling Many People

So since we are God's offspring, we should not think the deity is like gold or silver or stone, an image made by human skill and imagination. Verse ConceptsGod, As SpiritFalse ReligionGoldSculptureSkillStonesEvolutionProofs Of God's ExistenceStone ItemsIdolatryDivineDivinityGodheadimaginationartistsimage

For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for an image resembling mortal human beings or birds or four-footed animals or reptiles.

Go and cry for help to the gods you have chosen! Let them deliver you from trouble!" Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionemptinessSarcasmPraying AmissCompetition

They put it on their shoulder and carry it; they put it in its place and it just stands there; it does not move from its place. Even when someone cries out to it, it does not reply; it does not deliver him from his distress. Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionemptinessHearingProtection, Not Found InShouldersCarrying IdolsIdolatryOthers Not AnsweringSalvation By Other Things

You must burn the images of their gods, but do not covet the silver and gold that covers them so much that you take it for yourself and thus become ensnared by it; for it is abhorrent to the Lord your God. Verse ConceptsAbominationsCoveting, prohibition ofCalf worshipGoldMaterialism, As An Aspect Of SinWarningAbhorAbominations, To GodAbominations, PracticesWorldly SnaresBurning Idolatrous ThingsAbandoning Idolsimage

On the same day they slaughtered their sons for their idols, they came to my sanctuary to desecrate it. This is what they have done in the middle of my house. Verse ConceptsAt The Same TimeFood Offered To IdolsKilling Sons And Daughters


Its bones are tubes of bronze, its limbs like bars of iron. Verse ConceptsBeamsBronzeBodies Of AnimalsThings Like Bronze

Then there will be a fourth kingdom, one strong like iron. Just like iron breaks in pieces and shatters everything, and as iron breaks in pieces all of these metals, so it will break in pieces and crush the others. Verse ConceptsCrushingFractions, One FourthThings Like IronFourthOvercoming Obstaclesautonomytoughnesscrushes

As silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin are gathered in a furnace so that the fire can melt them, so I will gather you in my anger and in my rage. I will deposit you there and melt you. Verse ConceptsIronTinMeltingGathered By GodFurnaces

He will judge disputes between nations; he will settle cases for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nations will not take up the sword against other nations, and they will no longer train for war. Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgePruningPloughingSecuritySpearsToolsWarfare, Nature OfWeaponsNationsPeace, Effects OfDisarmamentMessianic PropheciesGod Makes PeaceMillennial Kingdom, Universal Peace And Blessing

It is lofty and pleasing to look at, a source of joy to the whole earth. Mount Zion resembles the peaks of Zaphon; it is the city of the great king. Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfBeautifulBeauty Of JerusalemBeauty Of NatureThe Beauty Of Naturezion

(Samek) All who passed by on the road clapped their hands to mock you. They sneered and shook their heads at Daughter Jerusalem. "Ha! Is this the city they called 'The perfection of beauty, the source of joy of the whole earth!'?" Verse ConceptsBeautifulClappingBeauty Of JerusalemNames For JerusalemApplauseShaking The HeadHissingSpectatorsPeople Made Perfect

The Lover to His Beloved: My darling, you are as beautiful as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, as awe-inspiring as bannered armies! Verse ConceptsBanner, Figurative Use

(Samek) All who passed by on the road clapped their hands to mock you. They sneered and shook their heads at Daughter Jerusalem. "Ha! Is this the city they called 'The perfection of beauty, the source of joy of the whole earth!'?" Verse ConceptsBeautifulClappingBeauty Of JerusalemNames For JerusalemApplauseShaking The HeadHissingSpectatorsPeople Made Perfect

Solomon accumulated chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem. The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the lowlands.

(Alef)Alas! The city once full of people now sits all alone! The prominent lady among the nations has become a widow! The princess who once ruled the provinces has become a forced laborer! Verse ConceptsLamentingQueensFilling PlacesWidowsEmpty CitiesGreat ThingsLuciferlonliness

(Alef)Alas! The city once full of people now sits all alone! The prominent lady among the nations has become a widow! The princess who once ruled the provinces has become a forced laborer! Verse ConceptsLamentingQueensFilling PlacesWidowsEmpty CitiesGreat ThingsLuciferlonliness

"'People from other nations will pass by this city. They will ask one another, "Why has the Lord done such a thing to this great city?" Verse ConceptsWhy Does God Do This?

All your leaders ran away together -- they fled to a distant place; all your refugees were captured together -- they were captured without a single arrow being shot. Verse ConceptsIsrael Fleeing

Jerusalem is a city designed to accommodate an assembly. Verse ConceptsNations Unitedreuniting

It is lofty and pleasing to look at, a source of joy to the whole earth. Mount Zion resembles the peaks of Zaphon; it is the city of the great king. Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfBeautifulBeauty Of JerusalemBeauty Of NatureThe Beauty Of Naturezion

You may not eat any corpse, though you may give it to the resident foreigner who is living in your villages and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. You are a people holy to the Lord your God. Do not boil a young goat in its mother's milk. Verse ConceptsForeignersFindingMilkRitual LawEcologyStrangersYoung AnimalAnimal MothersDeath Of CreaturesCorpses Of AnimalsLaws Restricting ForeignersForbidden Foodnatural Deathpork


And now, if you will diligently listen to me and keep my covenant, then you will be my special possession out of all the nations, 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 the Lord's allotment is his people, Jacob is his special possession. 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

Why do you skip like rams, O mountains, like lambs, O hills? Verse Conceptsjumping


When the sun had gone down and it was dark, a smoking firepot with a flaming torch passed between the animal parts. Verse ConceptsFurnacesLampsPassing ThroughSmokeCandlesAnimal Sacrifices, BurntSunsetsGod Appearing In FireGod Is LightDarkness Of NightWeedsmoking

He was a lamp that was burning and shining, and you wanted to rejoice greatly for a short time in his light. Verse ConceptsRadiancyRadiant LivesLight Of God's PeopleSeasons Changing




I realize that everything has its limits, but your commands are beyond full comprehension. Verse ConceptsRestored In Jesus ChristPerfection, HumanPerfectionLaw Described AsBroadnesslimitationsperfectionism





But there is little hope for you ever doing good, you who are so accustomed to doing evil. Can an Ethiopian change the color of his skin? Can a leopard remove its spots? Verse ConceptsLeopardAfrican AmericansGood WorksHabitsSalvation, Necessity And Basis OfSkinAnimals, Figurative UsePeople TransformedHuman SkinNothing GoodBlack And WhiteChangeSportsColorChanging Yourself

So like a lion from the thicket their enemies will kill them. Like a wolf from the desert they will destroy them. Like a leopard they will lie in wait outside their cities and totally destroy anyone who ventures out. For they have rebelled so much and done so many unfaithful things. Verse ConceptsForestsLeopardCarnivorousnessWolvesIn Danger From Lions

Their horses are faster than leopards and more alert than wolves in the desert. Their horses gallop, their horses come a great distance; like a vulture they swoop down quickly to devour their prey. Verse ConceptsHorsesLeopardWingsBirds, Types Of BirdsRiding HorsesSpeedEaglesWolvesPeople From Far AwayThose Flying




"Does not humanity have hard service on earth? Are not their days also like the days of a hired man? Verse ConceptsLimitednessPunishment, Nature OfHirelingsThe Fact Of ToilstruggleWarLife StrugglesGetting Through Hard Timeshumanity

For no one knows what is best for a person during his life -- during the few days of his fleeting life -- for they pass away like a shadow. Nor can anyone tell him what the future will hold for him on earth. Verse ConceptsPhysical LifeTravailWithheld KnowledgeUnknown FutureUnder The SunBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Lifeuncertainty

Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into this or that town and spend a year there and do business and make a profit." You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes. You ought to say instead, "If the Lord is willing, then we will live and do this or that."



For through the law I died to the law so that I may live to God. Verse ConceptsLaw, And GospelSpiritual Life, Described ByDead To SinLiving The Life



is like the light of morning when the sun comes up, a morning in which there are no clouds. He is like the brightness after rain that produces grass from the earth. Verse ConceptsDawnGrassRainLight Of God's PeopleLightSunA New DaySunshineclouds

Its snorting throws out flashes of light; its eyes are like the red glow of dawn. Verse ConceptsDawnNosesSneezing

Can his armies be numbered? On whom does his light not rise? Verse ConceptsMany CombatantsGod, Impartiality OfLight In The Worldphotography

See how he scattered his lightning about him; he has covered the depths of the sea. Verse ConceptsOceansCreation Of The Seas

I realized that wisdom is preferable to folly, just as light is preferable to darkness: Verse ConceptsLight And DarknessBenefits Of Wisdom

Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for a person to see the sun. Verse ConceptsBeauty, In NatureTanningLightSunA New DaySunshineEnjoying Life

For everyone who does evil deeds hates the light and does not come to the light, so that their deeds will not be exposed. But the one who practices the truth comes to the light, so that it may be plainly evident that his deeds have been done in God.


But now, the sun cannot be looked at -- it is bright in the skies -- after a wind passed and swept the clouds away. Verse ConceptsSkySunSunshineclouds

On the seventh day, before the sun set, the men of the city said to him, "What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?" He said to them, "If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle!" Verse ConceptsPloughingHeifersThe Seventh Day Of The WeekStrength Of AnimalsMetaphorical PloughingSweetnessDay 7

a lion, mightiest of the beasts, who does not retreat from anything; Verse Conceptsfearlesscats

Indeed, this is what the Lord says to me: "The Lord will be like a growling lion, like a young lion growling over its prey. Though a whole group of shepherds gathers against it, it is not afraid of their shouts or intimidated by their yelling. In this same way the Lord who commands armies will descend to do battle on Mount Zion and on its hill. Verse ConceptsNoiseShepherds, As Kings And LeadersStock Keeping

Where now is the den of the lions, the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion, lioness, and lion cub once prowled and no one disturbed them? Verse ConceptsMotionlessnessDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of CreaturesUndisturbed

If I lift myself up, you hunt me as a fierce lion, and again you display your power against me. Verse ConceptsLionsSelf RespectGod Like A LionLike Creatures

Proud beasts have not set foot on it, and no lion has passed along it.

There are three things that are magnificent in their step, four things that move about magnificently: a lion, mightiest of the beasts, who does not retreat from anything;

Of Dan he said: Dan is a lion's cub; he will leap forth from Bashan. Verse ConceptsYoung AnimalLike Creatures

If that happens even the bravest soldier -- one who is lion-hearted -- will virtually melt away. For all Israel knows that your father is a warrior and that those who are with him are brave. Verse ConceptsFear Of Enemies

He is like a lion that wants to tear its prey to bits, like a young lion crouching in hidden places. Verse ConceptsHuntingLionsWicked Described AsPeople Torn To PiecesLike CreaturesGreed

locusts have no king, but they all go forward by ranks; Verse ConceptsInsectsLocustsNo King

There are four things on earth that are small, but they are exceedingly wise: Verse ConceptsAntsInstinctFour Creaturesmistresswise

Now the locusts looked like horses equipped for battle. On their heads were something like crowns similar to gold, and their faces looked like men's faces. Verse ConceptsLocustsThings Like GoldCrowns On CreaturesLike Menbugscrowns

They look like horses; they charge ahead like war horses. Verse ConceptsHorsesFast RunnersAppearancesAppearances of

They covered the surface of all the ground, so that the ground became dark with them, and they ate all the vegetation of the ground and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. Nothing green remained on the trees or on anything that grew in the fields throughout the whole land of Egypt. Verse ConceptsBlackCovering The EarthDarkness During DaytimeGreenRemaining FoodAnimals EatingHarming Trees

Your plunder disappears as if locusts were eating it; they swarm over it like locusts! Verse ConceptsPlunderingHarvestCaterpillarsLocusts

Rather it is because of his love for you and his faithfulness to the promise he solemnly vowed to your ancestors that the Lord brought you out with great power, redeeming you from the place of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Verse ConceptsGod, As RedeemerGod, Power OfHand Of GodOaths, DivineRedemption, In OtGod's HandGod Swearing BlessingsGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptGod's Love For Israel

However, only to your ancestors did he show his loving favor, and he chose you, their descendants, from all peoples -- as is apparent today. Verse Conceptselection, privileges ofAs At This DayGod's Love For IsraelAffection

Can a woman forget her baby who nurses at her breast? Can she withhold compassion from the child she has borne? Even if mothers were to forget, I could never forget you! Look, I have inscribed your name on my palms; your walls are constantly before me.




nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Verse ConceptsdepthLove, Nature OfChrist, Names ForAgape LoveSpiritual DepthsNothing MissingGod's Love For UsGod's Creation


Accomplish awesome, faithful deeds, you who powerfully deliver those who look to you for protection from their enemies. Verse ConceptsLovingkindnessRight Hand Of GodTrust, Importance OfLoving Kindness Of GodRight Sides

The Lord deserves praise for he demonstrated his amazing faithfulness to me when I was besieged by enemies. Verse ConceptsLoving Kindness Of GodAttacked By EvilBless The Lord!

They refused to obey and did not recall your miracles that you had performed among them. Instead, they rebelled and appointed a leader to return to their bondage in Egypt. But you are a God of forgiveness, merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and unfailing in your loyal love. 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 tell of the faithful acts of the Lord, of the Lord's praiseworthy deeds. I will tell about all the Lord did for us, the many good things he did for the family of Israel, because of his compassion and great faithfulness. Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfKindnessLove, Nature OfThankfulnessUnkindnessWitnessing, Importance OfLoving Kindness Of God

In a burst of anger I rejected you momentarily, but with lasting devotion I will have compassion on you," says your protector, the Lord. Verse ConceptsGentlenessFace Of GodGod's attitude towards peopleKindnessAnger Of God, Saved FromLoving Kindness Of GodGod HidingGod Will Show Mercywrathcredibility


Answer me, O Lord, for your loyal love is good! Because of your great compassion, turn toward 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! The human race finds shelter under your wings. Verse ConceptsFindingRefugeShadowsSon Of ManWingsLoving Kindness Of GodGod's WingsShadow Of GodChildren's Protectionlegacy

The house of Israel called its name "manna." It was like coriander seed and was white, and it tasted like wafers with honey. Verse ConceptsFoodBread, Kinds OfHerbs And SpicesMannaQuestionsTasteWhiteHoneyWafersDelicaciesCorianderPeople Naming Things

(Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its color like the color of bdellium. Verse ConceptsHerbs And SpicesWafersCorianderColor

The house of Israel called its name "manna." It was like coriander seed and was white, and it tasted like wafers with honey. Verse ConceptsFoodBread, Kinds OfHerbs And SpicesMannaQuestionsTasteWhiteHoneyWafersDelicaciesCorianderPeople Naming Things

(Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its color like the color of bdellium. Verse ConceptsHerbs And SpicesWafersCorianderColor

And the people went about and gathered it, and ground it with mills or pounded it in mortars; they baked it in pans and made cakes of it. It tasted like fresh olive oil. Verse ConceptsCrushingGrindingOilCakesBricksGrinding Foodcooking

When the layer of dew had evaporated, there on the surface of the desert was a thin flaky substance, thin like frost on the earth. Verse ConceptsFrostSmall ThingsCold Weather

The house of Israel called its name "manna." It was like coriander seed and was white, and it tasted like wafers with honey. Verse ConceptsFoodBread, Kinds OfHerbs And SpicesMannaQuestionsTasteWhiteHoneyWafersDelicaciesCorianderPeople Naming Things

I will always extend my loyal love to him, and my covenant with him is secure. Verse ConceptsFailture, God Will NeverLoyaltyReinstatementGod Shows His LovingkindnessLater Covenants With God


Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good and his loyal love endures. Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfAttitudes Of ThankfulfnessGod, The EternalGratitudeMercy

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, and his loyal love endures! Verse ConceptsChristmasGod's attitude towards peopleThanksgiving, OfferedGratitudeGiving ThanksThanks



Remember your compassionate and faithful deeds, O Lord, for you have always acted in this manner. Verse ConceptsLovingkindnessBe Merciful!devotion

Though he causes us grief, he then has compassion on us according to the abundance of his loyal kindness. Verse ConceptsCompassionGod Troublinggrieving

Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who oppressed them. But in the time of their distress they called to you, and you heard from heaven. In your abundant compassion you provided them with deliverers to rescue them from their adversaries. Verse ConceptsCruelty, God's attitude toAnswered PrayerRescueDeliverersGod Saving From EnemiesGod Paid Attention To ThemGod Answered Prayer

The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in loyal love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children until 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

"For a short time I abandoned you, but with great compassion I will gather you. Verse ConceptsAbandoning FriendsAbandonmentBeing ForsakenGathering IsraelTransient HardshipGod Will Show Mercy


For as the skies are high above the earth, so his loyal love towers over his faithful followers. Verse ConceptsHeaven, Nature OfFear Of God, Results OfGod On HighMercyGod's Love For UsThe Earthdistancesteadfastgraciousness

You will be loyal to Jacob and extend your loyal love to Abraham, which you promised on oath to our ancestors in ancient times. Verse ConceptsGuaranteePledgesPerforming The TruthGod Swearing BlessingsGod Speaking Of OldGod Showed His Lovingkindnessdevotion

Pay attention and come to me! Listen, so you can live! Then I will make an unconditional covenantal promise to you, just like the reliable covenantal promises I made 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





O Lord, your loyal love fills the earth. Teach me your statutes! Verse ConceptsEarth, God's GloryScripture Teaching

The Lord is good to all, and has compassion on all he has made. Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfGod Doing GoodMercyTaking Care Of The Earth




One should think about us this way -- as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Verse ConceptsApostles, Function In Early ChurchBeing A ServantSecrecyMinisters, Description OfResponsibilityVolunteeringMoney Managementsecrets

One should think about us this way -- as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Verse ConceptsApostles, Function In Early ChurchBeing A ServantSecrecyMinisters, Description OfResponsibilityVolunteeringMoney Managementsecrets

For it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel all of you became partners in God's grace together with me. Verse ConceptsFellowship, In The GospelFellowship, Among BelieversConfirmationFaith, As A Body Of BeliefsChainsdefence, humanDefenseGrace, And Christian LifeParticipation, In ChristSympathyMinisters, Description OfMinisters, Should BePartakersThe Gospel PreachedThe Grace Given To MenGod's GracePositive Thinkingpartnershipgrandmasevangelising



You used your mighty power and your great strength to perform miracles and amazing deeds and to bring great terror on the Egyptians. By this means you brought your people Israel out of the land of Egypt. Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfGod, Power OfHand Of GodStrength, DivineStrength Of GodTerror Of GodSigns And Wonders Before ChristGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

Therefore I will again do an amazing thing for these people -- an absolutely extraordinary deed. Wise men will have nothing to say, the sages will have no explanations." Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples OfIntelligencePhilosophyReasonShrewdnessThoughtWisdom, Source Of HumanInventionsFalse WisdomWorldly WisdomDiscernment

Recall the miraculous deeds he performed, his mighty acts and the judgments he decreed, Verse ConceptsPast, The

He did amazing things in the sight of their ancestors, in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan. Verse ConceptsFields

Use it to send messages to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon. Send them through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to King Zedekiah of Judah. Verse ConceptsenvoyVisitingMessengers Sent Out

So do not listen to your prophets or to those who claim to predict the future by divination, by dreams, by consulting the dead, or by practicing magic. They keep telling you, 'You do not need to be subject to the king of Babylon.' Verse ConceptsListeningMediumsFortunetellingOccultismDivinationMisleading DreamsFalse Prophets DenouncedAvoid SorceryDo Not Listen!SorceryDreams And False Prophetsmagic

We have heard about Moab's pride, their great arrogance, their boasting, pride, and excess. But their boastful claims are empty! Verse ConceptsFutilityComplacencyemptinessPride, Examples OfPride, Results OfSelf ConfidenceSuperiorityHaughtinessProud Peoplearrogance

I have heard how proud the people of Moab are, I know how haughty they are. I have heard how arrogant, proud, and haughty they are, what a high opinion they have of themselves. Verse ConceptsProud HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedPride, Examples OfHaughtinessProud Peoplearrogance

"From its earliest days Moab has lived undisturbed. It has never been taken into exile. Its people are like wine allowed to settle undisturbed on its dregs, never poured out from one jar to another. They are like wine which tastes like it always did, whose aroma has remained unchanged. Verse ConceptsWineTreatment From YouthThose At Easeteenager

How can you men of Moab say, 'We are heroes, men who are mighty in battle?' Verse Conceptsheroes

"Moab, you trust in the things you do and in your riches. So you too will be conquered. Your god Chemosh will go into exile along with his priests and his officials. Verse ConceptsFalse GodsMoney, Attitudes ToRich, TheRiches, Ungodly Use OfTrust, Lack OfFalse ConfidenceExiled ForeignersTrusting Riches

Furthermore, on the hill east of Jerusalem Solomon built a high place for the detestable Moabite god Chemosh and for the detestable Ammonite god Milcom. Verse ConceptsFalse GodsBuild, LiterallyHigh Places

"Who is this who appears like the dawn? Beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun, awe-inspiring as the stars in procession?" Verse ConceptsThe Moon

if I looked at the sun when it was shining, and the moon advancing as a precious thing, Verse ConceptsMoonShiningIdolatrous Worship Of The MoonMoving OnSunThe MoonMoving To A New Place


For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything; the only thing that matters is a new creation! Verse ConceptsGod, The CreatorNewnessRitualUncircumcisionNew Birth, Described AsSalvation Not By WorksNew LifeNecessity Of Circumcision


In him you also were circumcised -- not, however, with a circumcision performed by human hands, but by the removal of the fleshly body, that is, through the circumcision done by Christ. Verse ConceptsBeing Born AgainParticipation, In ChristRitualTypesNew Birth, Described AsForsaking SinGod Stripping PeopleLiving Not For The MaterialTrue CircumcisionRemoving People From Your Lifeefficiency

The Lord your God will also cleanse your heart and the hearts of your descendants so that you may love him with all your mind and being and 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

but someone is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart by the Spirit and not by the written code. This person's praise is not from people but from God. Verse ConceptsChanged HeartHeart, Fallen And RedeemedPaul, Teaching OfTypesWorthinessRenewed HeartNew Birth, Described AsThe Holy Spirit, And RegenerationThe Holy Spirit, And ScriptureThe Inward BeingPeople Commended By GodJews


even though we were dead in transgressions, made us alive together with Christ -- by grace you are saved! -- Verse ConceptsGrace, The Source OfSaving GraceLife With ChristSpiritually DeadJustified By GraceThe Gospel Of SalvationGraceCauses of failure inBeing Saved

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 we too may live a new life. For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will certainly also be united in the likeness of his resurrection. We know that our old man was crucified with him so that the body of sin would no longer dominate us, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.




But now we have been released from the law, because we have died to what controlled us, so that we may serve in the new life of the Spirit and not under the old written code. 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






"Go immediately to Nineveh, that large capital city, and announce judgment against its people because their wickedness has come to my attention." Verse ConceptsMission, Of IsraelWitnessing, Importance Ofjonah

"Go immediately to Nineveh, that large city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you." Verse ConceptsMission, Of IsraelMissionary Work, Examples OfMissionary Examplesjonah

This is how the once-proud city will end up -- the city that was so secure. She thought to herself, "I am unique! No one can compare to me!" What a heap of ruins she has become, a place where wild animals live! Everyone who passes by her taunts her and shakes his fist. Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidencePride, Examples OfRidicule, Nature OfArrogant ExistenceAbasement, Examples OfHissingUnique NationsDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of Creatures

The Lord has issued a decree against you: "Your dynasty will come to an end. I will destroy the idols and images in the temples of your gods. I will desecrate your grave -- because you are accursed!" Verse ConceptsThe DeadFalse ReligionExile, in assyriaTemples, HeathenDestruction Of Satan's WorksNames Blotted OutAbandoning Idols

Increase your merchants more than the stars of heaven! They are like the young locust which sheds its skin and flies away. Verse ConceptsTradeCommerceThings StrippedPeople MultiplyingThose Flying

Should I not be even more concerned about Nineveh, this enormous city? There are more than one hundred twenty thousand people in it who do not know right from wrong, as well as many animals!" Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands forCityLack Of DiscernmentImmaturityAnimal LifeWorldlinessAnimals, Care ForAnimals, God's Care OfOne Hundred Thousand And MoreGod Will Show MercyIgnorant Of Factsempathyjonah

All your fortifications will be like fig trees with first-ripe fruit: If they are shaken, their figs will fall into the mouth of the eater! Verse ConceptsFortressesFig treeMouthsThings ShakingEating With MouthsThings Falling

The Lord has issued a decree against you: "Your dynasty will come to an end. I will destroy the idols and images in the temples of your gods. I will desecrate your grave -- because you are accursed!" Verse ConceptsThe DeadFalse ReligionExile, in assyriaTemples, HeathenDestruction Of Satan's WorksNames Blotted OutAbandoning Idols


"Because you have acted like a wanton prostitute -- a seductive mistress who practices sorcery, who enslaves nations by her harlotry, and entices peoples by her sorcery -- Verse ConceptsProstitutionNakednessmagicwitchesmistress

So Jonah went immediately to Nineveh, as the Lord had said. (Now Nineveh was an enormous city -- it required three days to walk through it!) Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DistancesBig Thingsjonah

"Go immediately to Nineveh, that large capital city, and announce judgment against its people because their wickedness has come to my attention." Verse ConceptsMission, Of IsraelWitnessing, Importance Ofjonah

Her conquerors cry out: "Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!" There is no end to the treasure; riches of every kind of precious thing. Verse ConceptsPlunderingAmassing SilverGold TransferredGetting Rich

Then Absalom happened to come across David's men. Now as Absalom was riding on his mule, it went under the branches of a large oak tree. His head got caught in the oak and he was suspended in midair, while the mule he had been riding kept going. Verse ConceptsMulesBackCovering HeadsRiding MulesHairdreadlocks

Then you will know that I am the Lord -- when their dead lie among their idols around their altars, on every high hill and all the mountaintops, under every green tree and every leafy oak, the places where they have offered fragrant incense to all their idols. Verse ConceptsKnowledge, Of GodShrinesOaksIdol WorshipFate Of IdolatersWorship At Trees

Even if only a tenth of the people remain in the land, it will again be destroyed, like one of the large sacred trees or an Asherah pole, when a sacred pillar on a high place is thrown down. That sacred pillar symbolizes the special chosen family." Verse ConceptsRemnantNames And Titles For The ChristianTreesStumps Of A TreeA Tenth Of People

For Israel's sake I destroyed the Amorites. They were as tall as cedars and as strong as oaks, but I destroyed the fruit on their branches and their roots in the ground. Verse ConceptsAmoritesCedarRootsGiantsOaks

From the soles of your feet to your head, there is no spot that is unharmed. There are only bruises, cuts, and open wounds. They have not been cleansed or bandaged, nor have they been treated with olive oil. Verse ConceptsBruisesAnointing, Medical PurposedoctorsBoils Or UlcersHeadsHealingMedicineOilOintmentHoly Spirit, Types OfDisfigurement Of SinWoundsscars

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

For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her seductive words are smoother than olive oil, Verse ConceptsLipsMouthsPersuasionEleganceadultry

He made cursing a way of life, so curses poured into his stomach like water and seeped into his bones like oil. Verse ConceptsBodyGarments Of SinClothed With Bad ThingsDamage To The BodyThings Like WaterLike WaterSwearingcurses

His words are as smooth as butter, but he harbors animosity in his heart. His words seem softer than oil, but they are really like sharp swords. Verse ConceptsSinful HeartsButterHeart, Fallen And RedeemedOilOintmentSincereitySmoothnessSmoothWarSpeech

I, the Lord, once called you a thriving olive tree, one that produced beautiful fruit. But I will set you on fire, fire that will blaze with a mighty roar. Then all your branches will be good for nothing. Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, SpiritualStormsColors, GreenOaksBurning PlantsBeauty Of ThingsOlive TreesGod Controls Storms

Can a fig tree produce olives, my brothers and sisters, or a vine produce figs? Neither can a salt water spring produce fresh water. Verse ConceptsGrapesBad WaterSourness

His young shoots will grow; his splendor will be like an olive tree, his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon. Verse ConceptsSpreadingBeauty, Temporal Nature OfBeauty, In NatureFragranceOlive Trees

I, the Lord, once called you a thriving olive tree, one that produced beautiful fruit. But I will set you on fire, fire that will blaze with a mighty roar. Then all your 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, a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among them and participated in the richness of the olive root, Verse ConceptsFellowship With ChristFellowship, In The GospelParticipation, In ChristSeparation From GodJoined To The ChurchGentilesOlive TreesJews

But the olive tree said to them, 'I am not going to stop producing my oil, which is used to honor gods and men, just to sway above the other trees!' Verse ConceptsTreesThe Honourable Will Be HonouredOlive Trees

I, the Lord, once called you a thriving olive tree, one that produced beautiful fruit. But I will set you on fire, fire that will blaze with a mighty roar. Then all your branches will be good for nothing. Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, SpiritualStormsColors, GreenOaksBurning PlantsBeauty Of ThingsOlive TreesGod Controls Storms

She is harsh with her young, as if they were not hers; she is unconcerned about the uselessness of her labor. Verse ConceptsStrictness

For God deprived her of wisdom, and did not impart understanding to her. Verse ConceptsForgetting Things

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

But as soon as she springs up, she laughs at the horse and its rider. Verse ConceptsLaughterSpeed

Owls will make nests and lay eggs there; they will hatch them and protect them. Yes, hawks will gather there, each with its mate. Verse ConceptsNestsWingsVulturesFalcons

I am like an owl in the wilderness; I am like a screech owl among the ruins. Verse ConceptsArchaeologyBirds, Types Of BirdsOwlsPelicans

For this reason I will mourn and wail; I will walk around barefoot and without my outer garments. I will howl like a wild dog, and screech like an owl. Verse ConceptsBarefeetNakednessSandalsSorrowBirds, Types Of BirdsNaked In ShameOstrichesTragedy

Ephraim was a well-trained heifer who loved to thresh grain; I myself put a fine yokeon her neck. I will harness Ephraim. Let Judah plow! Let Jacob break up the unplowed ground for himself! Verse ConceptsThreshingYokesHeifersMetaphorical PloughingNorthern Kingdom Of Israeltrainingbackstabbing

Egypt is like a beautiful young cow. But northern armies will attack her like swarms of stinging flies. Verse ConceptsBeautifulHeifersOut Of The NorthFlies

Where there are no oxen, the feeding trough is clean, but an abundant harvest is produced by strong oxen. Verse ConceptsHarvestMangersGrowth In WealthOxenStrength Of AnimalsClean ObjectsNo More Tending The FlockAgricultureFamily StrengthWomen's Strengthpoop

Our cattle will be weighted down with produce. No one will break through our walls, no one will be taken captive, and there will be no terrified cries in our city squares. Verse ConceptsBattering ramsCitizenshipAnimal ReproductionOutcryComplaints

An ox recognizes its owner, a donkey recognizes where its owner puts its food; but Israel does not recognize me, my people do not understand." Verse ConceptsKnowing PeopleDonkeysLack Of DiscernmentIngratitudeSpiritual IgnoranceMangersIgnorance Towards God, Examples OfInstinctDullnessFeeding AnimalsBeing Without UnderstandingMammalsThose Who Were Ignorant

Then our sons will be like plants, that quickly grow to full size. Our daughters will be like corner pillars, carved like those in a palace. Verse ConceptsArtPillarsYouthMetaphorical PillarsPlants Growing UpChildren Are A BlessingGrowingWomen's Strengthstructure

Wild dogs will yip in her ruined fortresses, jackals will yelp in the once-splendid palaces. Her time is almost up, her days will not be prolonged. Verse ConceptsPerils Of LuxuryPalacesAnimals, Types OfShort Time Till The End

He made his sanctuary as enduring as the heavens above; as secure as the earth, which he established permanently. Verse ConceptsEternal WorldCreation Of The EarthUnicorns

The Lover to His Beloved: Your stature is like a palm tree, and your breasts are like clusters of grapes. Verse ConceptsPalm Treesbreasts

Such idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field. They cannot talk. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them because they cannot hurt you. And they do not have any power to help you." Verse ConceptsFutilityFruitResponseUnreliabilityUprightnessDisdainImpotence Of IdolsObelisksCarrying IdolsDumbnessGood Or BadDumbChristmas Treestatues



O Lord, sovereign God! Who is strong like you, O Lord? Your faithfulness surrounds you. Verse ConceptsGod, Power OfGod, Titles And Names OfSoldiersPower Of God, DescribedWho Is Like God?FaithfulnessGod's Faithfulness

Do you have an arm as powerful as God's, and can you thunder with a voice like his? Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfArmsThunderPower Of God, ExpressedPower Of God, DescribedThunder Showing God's Presence

"O, Lord God, you have begun to show me your greatness and strength. (What god in heaven or earth can rival your works and 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, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like you? -- majestic in holiness, fearful in praises, working wonders? You stretched out your right hand, the earth swallowed them.


the one who made his majestic power available to Moses, who divided the water before them, gaining for himself a lasting reputation, Verse ConceptsArmsPower Of God, DescribedArm Of GodDivision Of WatersWaters DividedBlessings For The Right Hand



God has made everything fit beautifully in its appropriate time, but he has also placed ignorance in the human heart so that people cannot discover what God has ordained, from the beginning to the end of their lives. Verse ConceptsBeautifulBeauty, In NatureAdaptabilityBeginning And EndBeing Found OutHeartbreakBeauty Of ThingsTime ManagementGod's Ways Beyond Human UnderstandingGod's TimingGods TimingBeing BeautifulWaiting For God's Timingeternity

Indeed, these are but the outer fringes of his ways! How faint is the whisper 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

All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he wishes with the army of heaven and with those who inhabit the earth. No one slaps his hand and says to him, 'What have you done?' Verse ConceptsAccording To His WillChallengesGod, Purpose OfGod, Sovereignty OfHand Of GodPredestinationProvidenceStrength, DivineGod's OmnipotencePower Of God, DescribedAuthority, Belonging To GodStrength Of GodWhat Does God Do?God Works His WillOther Unimportant People

"See now that I, indeed I, am he!" says the Lord, "and there is no other god besides me. I kill and give life, I smash and I heal, and none can resist my power. 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






Listen to the painful cries of the prisoners! Use your great strength to set free those condemned to die! 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, Verse ConceptsPower Of God, DescribedStrength Of GodStaying StrongStrength And Loveoutreach


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

Has the potter no right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special use and another for ordinary use? Verse ConceptsCraftsmenPower Of God, DescribedReprobatesPeople Have HonourPurposeBeauty And Self Worthpotmoldhonour


This power he exercised in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms far above every rule and authority and power and dominion and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.




He alone possesses immortality and lives in unapproachable light, whom no human has ever seen or is able to see. To him 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



All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he wishes with the army of heaven and with those who inhabit the earth. No one slaps his hand and says to him, 'What have you done?' Verse ConceptsAccording To His WillChallengesGod, Purpose OfGod, Sovereignty OfHand Of GodPredestinationProvidenceStrength, DivineGod's OmnipotencePower Of God, DescribedAuthority, Belonging To GodStrength Of GodWhat Does God Do?God Works His WillOther Unimportant People

"See now that I, indeed I, am he!" says the Lord, "and there is no other god besides me. I kill and give life, I smash and I heal, and none can resist my power. 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

God has made everything fit beautifully in its appropriate time, but he has also placed ignorance in the human heart so that people cannot discover what God has ordained, from the beginning to the end of their lives. Verse ConceptsBeautifulBeauty, In NatureAdaptabilityBeginning And EndBeing Found OutHeartbreakBeauty Of ThingsTime ManagementGod's Ways Beyond Human UnderstandingGod's TimingGods TimingBeing BeautifulWaiting For God's Timingeternity

Indeed, these are but the outer fringes of his ways! How faint is the whisper 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




the one who made his majestic power available to Moses, who divided the water before them, gaining for himself a lasting reputation, 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, Verse ConceptsPower Of God, DescribedStrength Of GodStaying StrongStrength And Loveoutreach




Listen to the painful cries of the prisoners! Use your great strength to set free those condemned to die! Verse ConceptsSighingOppression, God's Attitude ToPrisonersPower Of God, DescribedNot DyingDeath PreventedGod Keep!greatnesspreservation




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

Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like you? -- majestic in holiness, fearful in praises, working wonders? You stretched out your right hand, the earth swallowed them.

Has the potter no right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special use and another for ordinary use? Verse ConceptsCraftsmenPower Of God, DescribedReprobatesPeople Have HonourPurposeBeauty And Self Worthpotmoldhonour

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


I called on the name of the Lord, "Please Lord, rescue my life!" Verse ConceptsPrayer, Described As


But as for me, God's presence is all I need. I have made the sovereign Lord my shelter, as I declare all the things you have done. Verse ConceptsFortificationsPrayer, Described AsNearness To GodStaying StrongTrusting God's PlanFaith And TrustStaying PositiveThe Presence Of Godshelterdeeds

Perhaps then they will ask the Lord for mercy and will all stop doing the evil things they have been doing. For the Lord has threatened to bring great anger and wrath against these people." Verse ConceptsPrayer, Described AsGod Answers PrayerFree Moral AgencyAnger And Forgivenesssupplicationpetition

But if you will look to God, and make your supplication to the Almighty, Verse ConceptsPrayer, Described AsAnswered Promises


Hear me, O Lord, when I cry out! Have mercy on me and answer me! Verse ConceptsCryingMercifulnessPrayer, Described AsPay Attention O God!

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

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


But Hannah replied, "That's not the way it is, my lord! I am under a great deal of stress. I have drunk neither wine nor beer. Rather, I have poured out my soul to the Lord. Verse ConceptsA Broken WomanPouringPrayer, Described AsStrong DrinkDrunkennessAntidepressantsStress And Hard TimesA Broken HeartPrayer During Hard Timessoulheartbrokenwomanbeeralcoholism

But Moses sought the favor of the Lord his God and said, "O Lord, why does your anger burn against your people, whom you have brought out from the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty 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



By David. O Lord, I come before you in prayer. Verse ConceptsPrayer, As A Response To GodPrayer, Described As


But if you will look to God, and make your supplication to the Almighty, Verse ConceptsPrayer, Described AsAnswered Promises

But I see the prophets of Jerusalem doing something just as shocking. They are unfaithful to me and continually prophesy lies. So they give encouragement to people who are doing evil, with the result that they do not stop their evildoing. I consider all of them as bad as the people of Sodom, and the citizens of Jerusalem as bad as the people of Gomorrah. Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofImmorality, Examples Of SexualSodom And GomorrahEvildoersWicked ProphetsThose Who Committed Adultery

Moreover, the Lord says, "Both the prophets and priests are godless. I have even found them doing evil in my temple! Verse ConceptsLeaders, SpiritualWicked ProphetsPeople Being Unclean

Her prophets are proud; they are deceitful men. Her priests defile what is holy; they break God's laws. Verse ConceptsPriests, Function In Ot TimesSanctuaryTreacheryCorrupt PriestsPollutionsWicked ProphetsLack Of HolinessUnfaithful


Even these men stagger because of wine, they stumble around because of beer -- priests and prophets stagger because of beer, they are confused because of wine, they stumble around because of beer; they stagger while seeing prophetic visions, they totter while making legal decisions. Verse ConceptsAlcoholdrinking, abstention fromDrunkenness, Figurative OfDebaucheryLeaders, SpiritualStumblingDrunkenness, ResultsStaggeringStrong DrinkWicked ProphetsDrunkennessMaking DecisionsDecision Makingbeer

Her leaders take bribes when they decide legal cases, her priests proclaim rulings for profit, and her prophets read omens for pay. Yet they claim to trust the Lord and say, "The Lord is among us. Disaster will not overtake us!" Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceLove, Abuse OfMoney, Uses OfPriests, Institution In Ot TimesSpiritual MalnutritionReward, HumanUnfaithful MinistersSelfishness, Shown InCorrupt PriestsMisteachingWicked ProphetsGod Is Among YouBelief In GodGod SupportingDivinityRewards Of RitualFinancesMaking Decisionsprophetspriests

His head is like the most pure gold. His hair is curly -- black like a raven. Verse ConceptsBlacknessRavensAppearance Of HairColorHairdreadlocks


Owls and wild animals will live there, all kinds of wild birds will settle in it. The Lord will stretch out over her the measuring line of ruin and the plumb line of destruction. Verse ConceptsChaosRavensPlumb LineCrowsOwlsPelicansHedgehogsDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of CreaturesChaos As Judgment



O Israel, hope in the Lord, for the Lord exhibits loyal love, and is more than willing to deliver. Verse ConceptsGenerosity, God'sHope, In GodRedemptionHope And Lovesteadfast

(the ransom price for a human life is too high, and people go to their final destiny), Verse ConceptsExpensiveRedemptionThe SoulBeauty And Self WorthValueSaving Moneysoulredeemedtrying

Then I saw thrones and seated on them were those who had been given authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. These had not worshiped the beast or his image and had refused to receive his mark on their forehead or hand. 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 arrived and judgment was rendered in favor of the holy ones of the Most High. Then the time came for the holy ones to take 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 the world is to be judged by you, are you not competent to settle trivial suits? Verse ConceptsCourtsHoliness, Purpose OfMillenniumSaintsBelievers JudgingFamily ProblemsJudgement DayJudgementJudging Others Actions








just as you have given him authority over all humanity, so that he may give eternal life to everyone you have given him. Now this is eternal life -- that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent.

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

















And if children, then heirs (namely, heirs of God and also fellow heirs with Christ) -- if indeed we suffer with him so we may also be glorified with him. For I consider that our present sufferings cannot even be compared to the glory that will be revealed to us.



For in fact you shared the sufferings of those in prison, and you accepted the confiscation of your belongings with joy, because you knew that you certainly had a better and lasting possession. Verse ConceptsCompassion, In ChristiansJoy, Of The ChurchPoverty, Causes OfPoverty, SpiritualPrisonersProperty, HousesSelf SacrificeSuffering, HardshipSympathyEternal StateRejoicing In TribulationConfiscationSufferings RewardedRejoicing In TrialRobbing PeoplePropertyAcceptancepossessions



The sun will no longer supply light for you by day, nor will the moon's brightness shine on you; the Lord will be your permanent source of light -- the splendor of your God will shine upon you. Verse ConceptsThe SunGod Bestowing GloryLightSunSunshineThe Moon







A man who is all alone with no companion, he has no children nor siblings; yet there is no end to all his toil, and he is never satisfied with riches. He laments, "For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?" This also is futile and a burdensome task! Verse ConceptsEnjoyment, Lack OfAffluenceDiscontentPhysical LabourBeing UnsatisfiedUseless EndeavourToiling In VainFamily And Friends



saying, "Woe, woe, O great city -- dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet clothing, and adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls -- because in a single hour such great wealth has been destroyed!" And every ship's captain, and all who sail along the coast -- seamen, and all who make their living from the sea, stood a long way off

You know that from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors you were ransomed -- not by perishable things like silver or gold, Verse ConceptsFutilityemptinessGoldMarketsRiches, Nature OfRiches, Description OfPossessions DecayingTransient WealthUseless EndeavourPeople Are CorruptibleMoney's Deficienciesfearlessliberationredeemed


So my heart moans for Moab like a flute playing a funeral song. Yes, like a flute playing a funeral song, my heart moans for the people of Kir Heres. For the wealth they have gained will perish. Verse ConceptsFlutesLamentingRiches, Nature OfMusical Instruments, types ofRiches, Description OfWailing





"But all these nations will someday taunt him and ridicule him with proverbial sayings: 'The one who accumulates what does not belong to him is as good as dead (How long will this go on?) -- he who gets rich by extortion!' Verse ConceptsFraudCovenant breakersPainRidicule, Nature OfRiches, Description OfGuileSocial SelfishnessTransient WealthDo Not StealWoe To The WickedMorality

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

What shall we say then? -- that the Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness obtained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith, Verse ConceptsGospel, Promises OfJustice, In Believers' LivesImputed RighteousnessPursuing GoodForeigners Saved By FaithRighteous By FaithGentiles

But the righteousness that is by faith says: "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 (which is attested by the law and the prophets) has been disclosed -- Verse ConceptsGospel, Confirmation OfRighteousness, As FaithImputed RighteousnessWitness To The GospelWithout The LawWritten In The ProphetsGrace Verse LawWitnessing


I will tell about your justice, and all day long proclaim your salvation, though I cannot fathom its full extent. Verse ConceptsMouthsGod's Salvation Made KnownWitnessing, Importance OfUnceasingAlways PraisingGoodnessPraising God With Your Mouth


Your justice, O God, extends to the skies above; you have done great things. O God, who can compare to you? Verse ConceptsGod, Righteousness OfSkyWho Is Like God?

The praise you receive as far away as the ends of the earth is worthy of your reputation, O God. You execute justice! Verse ConceptsPraiseGod, Righteousness OfHandsRight Hand Of GodPraise To God Is Fitting


I will make you a bare rock; you will be a place where fishing nets are spread. You will never be built again, for I, the Lord, have spoken, declares the sovereign Lord. Verse ConceptsSpreadingNeverEmpty CitiesThings StrippedFishing

They will destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers. I will scrape her soil from her and make her a bare rock. Verse ConceptsFortificationsTowersWallsEmpty CitiesThings Stripped

Lord, I know you look for faithfulness. But even when you punish these people, they feel no remorse. Even when you nearly destroy them, they refuse to be corrected. They have become as hardheaded as a rock. They refuse to change their ways. Verse ConceptsIndifferenceMineralsPrayerlessnessRepentance, Importance OfSensitivityStubbornness, Consequences OfAfflictions Of The WickedAdmonition, RecievingObstinacy Against GodSelf WillGod, All knowing

that with an iron chisel and with lead they were engraved in a rock forever! Verse ConceptsengravingToolsWritingIron Objects

Some of the Gadites joined David at the stronghold in the desert. They were warriors who were trained for battle; they carried shields and spears. They were as fierce as lions and could run as quickly as gazelles across the hills. Verse ConceptsCommandereagernessWarriorsFast RunnersDeer

a loving doe, a graceful deer; may her breasts satisfy you at all times, may you be captivated by her love always. Verse ConceptsDeersBreasts, Being AttractiveSex Within MarriageHusbands Duty To WivesDeer Etc.Loving Your WifeStaying PositiveDeerbreaststeenager

The three sons of Zeruiah were there -- Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. (Now Asahel was as quick on his feet as one of the gazelles in the field.) Verse ConceptsThree ChildrenFast RunnersDeer Etc.Deer

And by being perfected in this way, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him, Verse Conceptseternal life, gift ofGod, The EternalPerfection, DivineSalvation, Described AsChrist, Names ForEternal DeliveranceChrist Made Perfect

Look up at the sky! Look at the earth below! For the sky will dissipate like smoke, and the earth will wear out like clothes; its residents will die like gnats. But the deliverance I give is permanent; the vindication I provide will not disappear. Verse ConceptsFailture, God Will Nevereternity, nature ofAstronomyInsectsEarth, Destruction OfSmokeEcological ConcernsImputed RighteousnessSalvation, Described AsEternal DeliveranceThe Universe DestroyedDisappearanceThings Wearing OutLooking At God's WorksAbrasionSmoke Used Poetically

Israel will be delivered once and for all by the Lord; you will never again be ashamed or humiliated. Verse ConceptsGod, The EternalSalvation, Described AsEternal DeliveranceGod Saves The NeedyNot Put To ShameBeing Savedeternityisrael



For a moth will eat away at them like clothes; a clothes moth will devour them like wool. But the vindication I provide will be permanent; the deliverance I give will last." Verse ConceptsAnimals, Types OfClothingGod, Righteousness OfInsectsWoolSalvation, Described AsWicked Described AsMothsPeople Eaten By WormEternal DeliverancePeople Wearing Outclosureworms

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

Dear friends, although I have been eager to write to you about our common salvation, I now feel compelled instead to write to encourage you to contend earnestly for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints. Verse ConceptsFight Of FaithOnly OnceAll Believers Are SaintsThe Gospel Of Salvationeffort







They are of greater value than gold, than even a great amount of pure gold; they bring greater delight than honey, than even the sweetest honey from a honeycomb. Verse ConceptsFoodTasteBible, Described AsHoneySweetnessThings Like GoldAlternatives To MoneyWorthValue


Our storehouses will be full, providing all kinds of food. Our sheep will multiply by the thousands and fill our pastures. Verse ConceptsBarnsSheepAnimals MultiplyingStores Of FoodMany Creatures

Yet he protected the needy from oppression, and cared for his families like a flock of sheep. Verse ConceptsGod And The PoorGod Helps The PoorHelping The PoorProtecting Your Family

Your teeth are like a flock of newly-shorn sheep coming up from the washing place; each of them has a twin, and not one of them is missing. Verse ConceptsTwinsTeethClean AnimalsMiscarrying Animals

"This is what the sovereign Lord says: I will allow the house of Israel to ask me to do this for them: I will multiply their people like sheep. Verse ConceptsPrayer, God's Promises ConcerningAnswered PromisesGod Multipling People

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

Why do you skip like rams, O mountains, like lambs, O hills? Verse Conceptsjumping

When he saw the angel who was destroying the people, David said to the Lord, "Look, it is I who have sinned and done this evil thing! As for these sheep -- what have they done? Attack me and my family." Verse ConceptsIntercessionSelf CondemnationSheepShepherds, As Kings And LeadersIntercessory PrayerSeeing AngelsGod Opposing

When he has brought all his own sheep out, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they recognize his voice. They will never follow a stranger, but will run away from him, because they do not recognize the stranger's voice."

whose heart did not bless me as he warmed himself with the fleece of my sheep, Verse ConceptsFleecesAnimal Skins

Instead the Lord will rule there as our mighty king. Rivers and wide streams will flow through it; no war galley will enter; no large ships will sail through. Verse ConceptsBreadthShipssailing

Wail, you large ships, for your fortress is destroyed! Verse ConceptsSeafaringShipsDestruction Of Strongholds

Look at ships too: Though they are so large and driven by harsh winds, they are steered by a tiny rudder wherever the pilot's inclination directs. Verse ConceptsWindShipsBig ThingsSmall ThingsMarinersThe TongueDirectionStaying Strong During Hard Timessailing

They glide by like reed boats, like an eagle that swoops down on its prey. Verse ConceptsHuntingEaglesPapyrusShipsBoats

So now assemble the rest of the army and besiege the city and capture it. Otherwise I will capture the city and it will be named for me." Verse ConceptsPeople Naming Things

After these faithful deeds were accomplished, King Sennacherib of Assyria invaded Judah. He besieged the fortified cities, intending to seize them. Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, Examples Of

So he sent horses and chariots there, along with a good-sized army. They arrived during the night and surrounded the city. Verse ConceptsChariotsEnemies SurroundingAttacking With ChariotsEarthly ArmiesNations Attacking Israel


I will send people to winnow Babylonia like a wind blowing away chaff. They will winnow her and strip her land bare. This will happen when they come against her from every direction, when it is time to destroy her. Verse ConceptsForeignersWinnowing

For I will rouse into action and bring against Babylon a host of mighty nations from the land of the north. They will set up their battle lines against her. They will come from the north and capture her. Their arrows will be like a skilled soldier who does not return from the battle empty-handed. Verse ConceptsAliancesSkillOut Of The North

So King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came against Jerusalem with his whole army and set up camp outside it. They built siege ramps all around it. He arrived on the tenth day of the tenth month in the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign. Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahAttackingInvasionsKingsSiegesTravelWarfare, Examples OfArmies, Against IsraelFortsMonth 10Years Of Zedekiah

As silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin are gathered in a furnace so that the fire can melt them, so I will gather you in my anger and in my rage. I will deposit you there and melt you. Verse ConceptsIronTinMeltingGathered By GodFurnaces

As silver is melted in a furnace, so you will be melted in it, and you will know that I, the Lord, have poured out my anger on you.'" Verse ConceptsMeltingFurnacesThings Like Silver

When you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver and with glittering gold. When the sovereign judge scatters kings, let it snow on Zalmon!

Hammered-out silver is brought from Tarshish and gold is brought from Uphaz to cover those idols. They are the handiwork of carpenters and goldsmiths. They are clothed in blue and purple clothes. They are all made by skillful workers. Verse ConceptsColors, BlueGoldSilverSkillToolsWisdom, Human NatureCommercePurple ClothesSkilled Peopleartistscraftsmanship

"Because of this, the Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, 'I am determined to bring disaster on you, even to the point of destroying all the Judeans here. Verse ConceptsDestruction Of JerusalemGod Opposing

The Lord abhors the way of the wicked, but he loves those who pursue righteousness. Verse ConceptsPursuingRighteousness, Of BelieversPathways Of SinAbominations, To GodEvil Ways

I sent my servants the prophets to you people over and over again warning you not to do this disgusting thing I hate. Verse ConceptsProphets, Role OfAbominations, Sin IsThose Who Rose EarlyDoing Repeatedly

Remember -- don't ever forget -- how you provoked the Lord your God in the desert; from the time you left the land of Egypt until you came to this place you were constantly rebelling against him. Verse ConceptsRebellion, Of IsraelSin, Nature OfPainful Memories

Any man who rebels against what you say and does not obey all your commands will be executed. But be strong and brave!" Verse ConceptsCourage, In Facing EnemiesRebellion, Against Human AuthorityRebellion Against God, Shown InBraveryStrength Of PeopleBe Courageous!Be Strong!Courage

He took the calf they had made and burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, poured it out on the water, and made the Israelites drink it. Verse ConceptsRepulsive FoodBurning Idolatrous ThingsWaters DividedGrandmothers

The sin of these young men was very great in the Lord's sight, for they treated the Lord's offering with contempt. Verse ConceptsAbhorGrain OfferingIrreverenceSacrilegeLeaders SinningRegulating Sacrifices

For your hands are stained with blood and your fingers with sin; your lips speak lies, your tongue utters malicious words. Verse ConceptsFingersBlemishBlood, Figurative UseLipsThe Lips Of The WickedTongueWhy Prayer Is UnansweredUnanswered PrayerKilling Many People


Remember how the enemy hurls insults, O Lord, and how a foolish nation blasphemes your name! Verse ConceptsBlasphemy, At GodInsultsFools, Description OfFools Attitude To God

"'But the person who acts defiantly, whether native-born or a resident foreigner, insults the Lord. That person must be cut off from among his people. Verse ConceptsBanishmentdefianceHell, As Incentive To ActionIrreverencePresumptionExcommunicationInfidelity To GodMan's PurposesDeath Penalty For ViolenceThose To Be Cut Off From Israel


The sins of some people are obvious, going before them into judgment, but for others, they show up later. Verse ConceptsThings ManifestJudgement DayJudgementJudging Others Actionsfollowingothers




because her sins have piled up all the way to heaven and God has remembered her crimes. Verse ConceptsBabylonGod Remembering SinThe judgment of babylon

The sins of some people are obvious, going before them into judgment, but for others, they show up later. Verse ConceptsThings ManifestJudgement DayJudgementJudging Others Actionsfollowingothers






Come, let's consider your options," says the Lord. "Though your sins have stained you like the color red, you can become white like snow; though they are as easy to see as the color scarlet, you can become white like wool. Verse ConceptsCrimsonForgiveness, DivineInvitationsMarketsOpinionsPurity, Moral And SpiritualSnowThoughtWhiteWoolLogicReasoningAfflictions, Consolation DuringColors, ScarletAdvice, Receiving God's AdviceWashing ClothesWhite HairReasoned ArgumentComing TogetherColorscars

Moreover, keep me from committing flagrant sins; do not allow such sins to control me. Then I will be blameless, and innocent of blatant rebellion. Verse Conceptsethics, and graceBlameRestraintSin, Avoidance OfSin, Nature OfDivine Restraintsdominion


Certainly I am aware of your many rebellious acts and your numerous sins. You torment the innocent, you take bribes, and you deny justice to the needy at the city 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

Certainly I am aware of your many rebellious acts and your numerous sins. You torment the innocent, you take bribes, and you deny justice to the needy at the city 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

They are illustrations of this true proverb: "A dog returns to its own vomit," and "A sow, after washing herself, wallows in the mire." Verse ConceptsdogsWicked Described AsDegradationSwinePigsUnclean SpiritsOld SayingsUnclean AnimalsBacksliderspork

The wild boars of the forest ruin it; the insects of the field feed on it. Verse ConceptsForestsAnimals, Types OfPigs

Do not give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and turn around and tear you to pieces. Verse ConceptsContemptdogsJewelsPrudenceAskingUngodlinessWasteWicked Described AsDespisersName CallingSwinePeople Torn To PiecesPigsUnfitting ThingsPetsHurt And Betrayalpork

I will sharpen my lightning-like sword, and my hand will grasp hold of the weapon of judgment; I will execute vengeance on my foes, and repay those who hate me! Verse ConceptsHand Of GodHatredSharpeningGod Executes VengeanceHating GodGod's Sword

When he pulls it out and it comes out of his back, the gleaming point out of his liver, terrors come over him. Verse ConceptsFear Will Come

I will make many stumble. They will fall over one another in their hurry to flee. They will say, 'Get up! Let's go back to our own people. Let's go back to our homelands because the enemy is coming to destroy us.' Verse ConceptsPeople StumblingSaying Repeatedly

the one who delivers kings, and rescued David his servant from a deadly sword. Verse Conceptsdefence, divineServants Of The Lord

I am surrounded by lions; I lie down among those who want to devour me; men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are a sharp sword. Verse ConceptsArrows, Figurative OfBitingLionsSpeech, Power And Significance OfSuffering, Of Jesus ChristTeethSharpnessEnemies Surrounding

The charioteers will charge ahead; their swords will flash and their spears will glimmer! There will be many people slain; there will be piles of the dead, and countless casualties -- so many that people will stumble over the corpses. Verse ConceptsStumblingWarfare, Nature OfRiding HorsesSpeedPeople StumblingSparklingDeath



For your loyal love extends beyond the sky, and your faithfulness reaches the clouds. Verse ConceptsGod's Truthcloudsdevotion

For the Lord is good. His loyal love endures, and he is faithful through all generations. Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfGod, The EternalFaithfulnessMercyEverlastingGod's TrustworthinessGod's FaithfulnessGoodnessloversdevotion

But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and merciful God. You are patient and demonstrate great loyal love and faithfulness. Verse ConceptsCompassionGod, Compassion OfAbundant MercyGod, Patience OfGrace, In OtRestraintLongsuffering Of GodGod's TruthSpeed Of God's Angergraciousness

The Lord passed by before him and proclaimed: "The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, and abounding in 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

For your loyal love extends beyond the sky, and your faithfulness reaches the clouds. Verse ConceptsGod's Truthcloudsdevotion

Is the wild ox willing to be your servant? Will it spend the night at your feeding trough? Can you bind the wild ox to a furrow with its rope, will it till the valleys, following after you?

Can you count on it to bring in your grain, and gather the grain to your threshing floor? Verse ConceptsdistrustThreshing Floor

Will you rely on it because its strength is great? Will you commit your labor to it? Verse ConceptsStrength Of Animals







Who has ascended into heaven, and then descended? Who has gathered up the winds in his fists? Who has bound up the waters in his cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name? -- if you know! Verse ConceptsCreatorCloaksBindingDivine Power Over NatureClimates, TypesCovering The EarthGoing Up To HeavenGod Going DownGod Dispensing WindKnowingWhat Is God's Name?

He caused streams to flow from the rock, and made the water flow like rivers. Verse ConceptsDivine SuppliesProvision From Rocks


You gave the weary no water to drink and from the hungry you withheld food. Verse ConceptsWaterNo FoodFeeding The Poor


You are destructive like water and will not excel, for you got on your father's bed, then you defiled it -- he got on my couch! Verse ConceptsFicklenessRash People

He made cursing a way of life, so curses poured into his stomach like water and seeped into his bones like oil. Verse ConceptsBodyGarments Of SinClothed With Bad ThingsDamage To The BodyThings Like WaterLike WaterSwearingcurses

as water wears away stones, and torrents wash away the soil, so you destroy man's hope. Verse ConceptsFlowing WaterThings Wearing OutWithout Hope



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



Everyone should revere you, O King of all nations, because you deserve to be revered. For there is no one like you among any of the wise people of the nations nor among any of their kings. Verse ConceptsGod, Sovereignty OfGod, Wisdom OfReverence, And God's NatureGod, All knowingNo One Is Like GodGod Is WorthyGod Is To Be Fearedroyalty

Who is like me? Let him make his claim! Let him announce it and explain it to me -- since I established an ancient people -- let them announce future events! Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingGod, Wisdom OfGod's ForeknowledgePredicting The FutureWho Is Like God?



Can anyone teach God knowledge, since he judges those that are on high? Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingGod, Wisdom OfTeaching WisdomTeaching God

From whom does he receive directions? Who teaches him the correct way to do things, or imparts knowledge to him, or instructs him in skillful design? Verse ConceptsenlightenmentTeaching GodGod Has Understanding

Do you know about the balancing of the clouds, that wondrous activity of him who is perfect in knowledge? Verse ConceptsBalance In LifeAwesome GodBeing A Know It AllGod, Perfection OfPerfection, DivineClouds, Natural UseGod, All knowingbalanceclouds

For in truth, my words are not false; it is one complete in knowledge who is with you. Verse ConceptsRestored In Jesus ChristPerfection, HumanGod, All knowingPeople With Knowledge

Your knowledge is beyond my comprehension; it is so far beyond me, I am unable to fathom it. Verse ConceptsRevelation, Necessity OfGod, All knowingKnowingLimits Of Human Mind

Your knowledge is beyond my comprehension; it is so far beyond me, I am unable to fathom it. Verse ConceptsRevelation, Necessity OfGod, All knowingKnowingLimits Of Human Mind

Indeed, God is mighty; and he does not despise people, he is mighty, and firm in his intent. Verse ConceptsConsistencyGuidance, God's Promises OfGod, Impartiality OfMighty One

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