Thematic Bible: Designed for
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Covenants » Designed for » Mutual protection
And they said, We saw clearly that the Lord was with you: so we said, Let there be an oath between us and you, and let us make an agreement with you;
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If you are cruel to my daughters, or if you take other wives in addition to my daughters, then though no man is there to see, God will be the witness between us. And Laban said, See these stones and this pillar which I have put between you and me; They will be witness that I will not go over these stones to you, and you will not go over these stones or this pillar to me, for any evil purpose.
Covenants » Designed for » Procuring assistance in war
Then Asa took all the silver and gold which was still stored in the Lord's house, and in the king's house, and sent them, in the care of his servants, to Ben-hadad, son of Tabrimmon, son of Rezon, king of Aram, at Damascus, saying, Let there be an agreement between me and you as there was between my father and your father: see, I have sent you an offering of silver and gold; go and put an end to your agreement with Baasha, king of Israel, so that he may give up attacking me.
Covenants » Designed for » Selling land
So Ephron said to Abraham My lord, give ear to me: the value of the land is four hundred shekels; what is that between me and you? so put your dead to rest there. And Abraham took note of the price fixed by Ephron in the hearing of the children of Heth, and gave him four hundred shekels in current money.
Covenants » Designed for » Promoting commerce
So now, will you have cedar-trees from Lebanon cut down for me, and my servants will be with your servants; and I will give you payment for your servants at whatever rate you say; for it is common knowledge that we have no such wood-cutters among us as the men of Zidon. And these words of Solomon made Hiram glad, and he said, Now may the Lord be praised who has given to David a wise son to be king over this great people. Then Hiram sent to Solomon, saying; The words you sent have been given to me: I will do all your desire in the question of cedar-wood and cypress-wood. read more.
My men will take them down from Lebanon to the sea, where I will have them corded together to go by sea to whatever place you say, and I will have them cut up there so that you may take them away; as for payment, it will be enough if you give me food for my people. So Hiram gave Solomon all the cedar-wood and cypress-wood he had need of; And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of grain, as food for his people, and twenty measures of clear oil; this he did every year.
My men will take them down from Lebanon to the sea, where I will have them corded together to go by sea to whatever place you say, and I will have them cut up there so that you may take them away; as for payment, it will be enough if you give me food for my people. So Hiram gave Solomon all the cedar-wood and cypress-wood he had need of; And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of grain, as food for his people, and twenty measures of clear oil; this he did every year.
Covenants » Designed for » Establishing peace
So Joshua made peace with them, and made an agreement with them that they were not to be put to death: and the chiefs of the people took an oath to them. Now three days after, when they had made this agreement with them, they had word that these men were their neighbours, living near them.
Covenants » Designed for » Establishing friendship
Then Jonathan and David made an agreement together, because of Jonathan's love for David.
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Marriage » Designed for » Increasing the species
And God gave his blessing to Noah and his sons, and said, Be fertile, and have increase, and make the earth full.
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And God gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase, and make the earth full and be masters of it; be rulers over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing moving on the earth.
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Marriage » Designed for » Preventing fornication
But because of the desires of the flesh, let every man have his wife, and every woman her husband.
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Marriage » Designed for » Raising up Godly seed
... So give thought to your spirit, and let no one be false to the wife of his early years.
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Marriage » Designed for » The happiness of man
And the Lord God said, It is not good for the man to be by himself: I will make one like himself as a help to him
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Rain » Designed for » Refreshing the earth
May he come down like rain on the cut grass; like showers watering the earth.
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You, O God, did freely send the rain, giving strength to the weariness of your heritage.
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Rain » Designed for » Replenishing the springs and fountains of the earth
The mountains came up and the valleys went down into the place which you had made ready for them.
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Rain » Designed for » Making fruitful the earth
For a land, drinking in the frequent rain and producing good plants for those for whom it is worked, has a blessing from God:
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The scriptures » Designed for » Admonishing
By them is your servant made conscious of danger, and in keeping them there is great reward.
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Now these things were done as an example; and were put down in writing for our teaching, on whom the last days have come.
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The scriptures » Designed for » Supporting life
And he made low your pride and let you be without food and gave you manna for your food, a thing new to you, which your fathers never saw; so that he might make it clear to you that bread is not man's only need, but his life is in every word which comes out of the mouth of the Lord.
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But he made answer and said, It is in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need, but every word which comes out of the mouth of God.
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The scriptures » Designed for » Sanctifying
So that he might make it holy, having made it clean with the washing of water by the word,
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Make them holy by the true word: your word is the true word.
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The scriptures » Designed for » Quickening
This is my comfort in my trouble; that your sayings have given me life.
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I will ever keep your orders in mind; for in them I have life.
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The scriptures » Designed for » Cleansing the heart
So that he might make it holy, having made it clean with the washing of water by the word,
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You are clean, even now, through the teaching which I have given you.
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The scriptures » Designed for » Rejoicing the heart
The orders of the Lord are right, making glad the heart: the rule of the Lord is holy, giving light to the eyes.
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I have taken your unchanging word as an eternal heritage; for it is the joy of my heart.
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The scriptures » Designed for » Producing hope
Now those things which were put down in writing before our time were for our learning, so that through quiet waiting and through the comfort of the holy Writings we might have hope.
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Keep in mind your word to your servant, for on it has my hope been fixed.
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The scriptures » Designed for » Comforting
My eyes are full of weariness with searching for your word, saying, When will you give me comfort?
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Now those things which were put down in writing before our time were for our learning, so that through quiet waiting and through the comfort of the holy Writings we might have hope.
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The scriptures » Designed for » Regenerating
Of his purpose he gave us being, by his true word, so that we might be, in a sense, the first-fruits of all the things which he had made.
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Because you have had a new birth, not from the seed of man, but from eternal seed, through the word of a living and unchanging God.
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The scriptures » Designed for » Producing obedience
And it is to be with him for his reading all the days of his life, so that he may be trained in the fear of the Lord his God to keep and do all the words of this teaching and these laws: So that his heart may not be lifted up over his countrymen, and he may not be turned away from the orders, to one side or the other: but that his life and the lives of his children may be long in his kingdom in Israel.
The scriptures » Designed for » Illuminating
The opening of your words gives light; it gives good sense to the simple.
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The scriptures » Designed for » Promoting growth in grace
Be full of desire for the true milk of the word, as babies at their mothers' breasts, so that you may go on to salvation;
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The scriptures » Designed for » Cleansing the ways
How may a young man make his way clean? by guiding it after your word.
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The scriptures » Designed for » Keeping from destructive paths
The scriptures » Designed for » Building up in the faith
And now, I give you into the care of God and the word of his grace, which is able to make you strong and to give you your heritage among all the saints.
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The scriptures » Designed for » Making wise the simple
The law of the Lord is good, giving new life to the soul: the witness of the Lord is certain, giving wisdom to the foolish.
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The scriptures » Designed for » Converting the soul
The law of the Lord is good, giving new life to the soul: the witness of the Lord is certain, giving wisdom to the foolish.
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The scriptures » Designed for » Producing faith
But these are recorded, so that you may have faith that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and so that, having this faith you may have life in his name.
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