Thematic Bible: Designed for
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Covenants » Designed for » Mutual protection
They replied, “We have clearly seen how the Lord has been with you. We think there should be an oath between two parties—between us and you. Let us make a covenant with you:
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If you mistreat my daughters or take other wives, though no one is with us, understand that God will be a witness between you and me." Laban also said to Jacob, "Look at this mound and the marker I have set up between you and me. This mound is a witness and the marker is a witness that I will not pass beyond this mound to you, and you will not pass beyond this mound and this marker to do me harm.
Covenants » Designed for » Procuring assistance in war
So Asa withdrew all the silver and gold that remained in the treasuries of the Lord's temple and the treasuries of the royal palace and put it into the hands of his servants. Then King Asa sent them to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon son of Hezion king of Aram who lived in Damascus, saying, "There is a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. Look, I have sent you a gift of silver and gold. Go and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel so that he will withdraw from me."
Covenants » Designed for » Selling land
Ephron answered Abraham and said to him "My lord, listen to me. Land worth 400 shekels of silver-what is that between you and me? Bury your dead." Abraham agreed with Ephron, and Abraham weighed out to Ephron the silver that he had agreed to in the hearing of the Hittites: 400 shekels of silver at the current commercial rate.
Covenants » Designed for » Promoting commerce
"Therefore, command that cedars from Lebanon be cut down for me. My servants will be with your servants, and I will pay your servants' wages according to whatever you say, for you know that not a man among us knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians." When Hiram heard Solomon's words, he greatly rejoiced and said, "May the Lord be praised today! He has given David a wise son to be over this great people!" Then Hiram sent [a reply] to Solomon, saying, "I have heard your message; I will do everything you want regarding the cedar and cypress timber. read more.
My servants will bring [the logs] down from Lebanon to the sea, and I will make them into rafts to go by sea to the place you indicate. I will break them apart there, and you can take them away. You then can meet my needs by providing my household with food." So Hiram provided Solomon with all the cedar and cypress timber he wanted, and Solomon provided Hiram with 100,000 bushels of wheat as food for his household and 110,000 gallons of beaten oil. Solomon did this for Hiram year after year.
My servants will bring [the logs] down from Lebanon to the sea, and I will make them into rafts to go by sea to the place you indicate. I will break them apart there, and you can take them away. You then can meet my needs by providing my household with food." So Hiram provided Solomon with all the cedar and cypress timber he wanted, and Solomon provided Hiram with 100,000 bushels of wheat as food for his household and 110,000 gallons of beaten oil. Solomon did this for Hiram year after year.
Covenants » Designed for » Establishing peace
So Joshua established peace with them and made a treaty to let them live, and the leaders of the community swore an oath to them. Three days after making the treaty with them, they heard that the Gibeonites were their neighbors, living among them.
Covenants » Designed for » Establishing friendship
Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as much as himself.
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Marriage » Designed for » Increasing the species
God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
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God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and every creature that crawls on the earth.”
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Marriage » Designed for » Preventing fornication
But because sexual immorality is so common, each man should have his own wife, and each woman should have her own husband.
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Marriage » Designed for » Raising up Godly seed
Didn’t the one God make us with a remnant of His life-breath? And what does the One seek? A godly offspring. So watch yourselves carefully, and do not act treacherously against the wife of your youth.
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Marriage » Designed for » The happiness of man
Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper as his complement.”
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Rain » Designed for » Refreshing the earth
like spring showers that water the earth.
You revived Your inheritance when it languished.
Rain » Designed for » Replenishing the springs and fountains of the earth
to the place You established for them.
Rain » Designed for » Making fruitful the earth
For ground that has drunk the rain that has often fallen on it and that produces vegetation useful to those it is cultivated for receives a blessing from God.
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The scriptures » Designed for » Admonishing
Now these things happened to them as examples, and they were written as a warning to us, on whom the ends of the ages have come.
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The scriptures » Designed for » Supporting life
He humbled you by letting you go hungry; then He gave you manna to eat, which you and your fathers had not known, so that you might learn that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.
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But He answered, “It is written:
Man must not live on bread alone
but on every word that comes
from the mouth of God.”
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The scriptures » Designed for » Sanctifying
to make her holy, cleansing her with the washing of water by the word.
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The scriptures » Designed for » Quickening
Your promise has given me life.
for You have given me life through them.
The scriptures » Designed for » Cleansing the heart
to make her holy, cleansing her with the washing of water by the word.
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The scriptures » Designed for » Rejoicing the heart
making the heart glad;
the command of the Lord is radiant,
making the eyes light up.
indeed, they are the joy of my heart.
The scriptures » Designed for » Producing hope
For whatever was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that we may have hope through endurance and through the encouragement from the Scriptures.
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The scriptures » Designed for » Comforting
looking for what You have promised;
I ask, “When will You comfort me?”
For whatever was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that we may have hope through endurance and through the encouragement from the Scriptures.
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The scriptures » Designed for » Regenerating
By His own choice, He gave us a new birth by the message of truth so that we would be the firstfruits of His creatures.
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since you have been born again—not of perishable seed but of imperishable—through the living and enduring word of God.
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The scriptures » Designed for » Producing obedience
It is to remain with him, and he is to read from it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to observe all the words of this instruction, and to do these statutes. Then his heart will not be exalted above his countrymen, he will not turn from this command to the right or the left, and he and his sons will continue ruling many years over Israel.
The scriptures » Designed for » Illuminating
and gives understanding to the inexperienced.
The scriptures » Designed for » Promoting growth in grace
Like newborn infants, desire the pure spiritual milk, so that you may grow by it for your salvation,
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The scriptures » Designed for » Cleansing the ways
The scriptures » Designed for » Keeping from destructive paths
by the word of Your lips
I have avoided the ways of the violent.
The scriptures » Designed for » Building up in the faith
“And now I commit you to God and to the message of His grace, which is able to build you up and to give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.
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The scriptures » Designed for » Making wise the simple
renewing one’s life;
the testimony of the Lord is trustworthy,
making the inexperienced wise.
The scriptures » Designed for » Converting the soul
renewing one’s life;
the testimony of the Lord is trustworthy,
making the inexperienced wise.
The scriptures » Designed for » Producing faith
But these are written so that you may believe Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and by believing you may have life in His name.
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