Thematic Bible: Designed for
Thematic Bible
Covenants » Designed for » Mutual protection
And they said, "We see clearly that Yahweh has been with you, so we thought let there be an oath between us--between us and you--and let us {make} a covenant with you
If you mistreat my daughters, and if you take wives besides my daughters, [when] there is no man with us, see--God [is] a witness between me and you." And Laban said to Jacob, "See, this pile of stones, and see the pillar that I have set up between me and you. This pile of stones [is] a witness, and the pillar [is] a witness, that I will not pass beyond this pile of stones to you, and that you will not pass beyond this pile of stones and this pillar to me intending harm.
Covenants » Designed for » Procuring assistance in war
Asa took all of the silver and gold remaining in the storerooms of the house of Yahweh and in the treasury rooms of the house of the king, and he gave them into the hand of his servants; so King Asa sent them to Ben-Hadad the son of Tabrimmon the son of Hezion, the king of Aram, who lived in Damascus, saying, "[Let there be] a covenant between me and you, between my father and your father. Look, I have sent you a gift of silver and gold. Go, break your covenant with Baasha king of Israel that he may go up [away] from me."
Covenants » Designed for » Selling land
And Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him "My lord, hear me. A [piece of] land [worth] four hundred shekels of silver--what [is] that between me and you? Bury your dead." Then Abraham listened to Ephron, and Abraham weighed for Ephron the silver that he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver {at the merchants' current rate}.
Covenants » Designed for » Promoting commerce
So then, command that they may cut cedars for me from Lebanon, and let my servants be with your servants. The wage of your servants I will give to you according to all that you say, for you know that there is no one among us who knows [how] to cut timber like the Sidonians." When Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly, and he said, "Blessed be Yahweh this day, who has given to David a wise son over this great people." Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, "I have heard what you have sent to me; I will do all of your desire concerning the timber of cedars and concerning the timber of cypresses. read more.
My servants will bring [them] down from Lebanon to the sea, and I will make them [into] rafts in the sea [to float to] the place which you indicated to me. Then I shall break them up there, and you may carry [them further], and {you shall meet my needs} by giving food for my house." So Hiram was giving to Solomon the cedar timbers and the cypress timbers, {everything he needed}. Then Solomon gave to Hiram twenty thousand dry measures of wheat [as] food for his household, and twenty dry measures of {specially prepared olive oil}; thus Solomon gave to Hiram year by year.
My servants will bring [them] down from Lebanon to the sea, and I will make them [into] rafts in the sea [to float to] the place which you indicated to me. Then I shall break them up there, and you may carry [them further], and {you shall meet my needs} by giving food for my house." So Hiram was giving to Solomon the cedar timbers and the cypress timbers, {everything he needed}. Then Solomon gave to Hiram twenty thousand dry measures of wheat [as] food for his household, and twenty dry measures of {specially prepared olive oil}; thus Solomon gave to Hiram year by year.
Covenants » Designed for » Establishing peace
And Joshua made peace with them, and {he made a covenant with them} to allow them to live happily, and the leaders of the congregation swore [an oath] to them. And it happened that at the end of three days, after they made a covenant with them, they heard that {they were their neighbors} and living among them.
Covenants » Designed for » Establishing friendship
Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his [own] soul.
Marriage » Designed for » Increasing the species
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.
And God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it, and rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of heaven, and over every animal that moves upon the earth."
Marriage » Designed for » Preventing fornication
But because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife and let each woman have her own husband.
Marriage » Designed for » Raising up Godly seed
{Did not one God make them?} But a remnant of [the] spirit is his. And what does the one [God] desire? An offspring of God. {You must be attentive to} your spirit, and you must not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.
Marriage » Designed for » The happiness of man
Then Yahweh God said, "[it is] not good [that] the man is alone. I will make for him a helper {as his counterpart}."
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Abusive HusbandsFriendlessnessBad SituationsGod's Mercy, Example OfGarden Of Eden, TheEveBeing A HusbandBeing A Women Of GodBeing A WomenBeing In A RelationshipHelpfulnessIntimacyLonelinessMarriage, Purpose OfMenMonogamyRelationshipsWivesDesign Of MarriageRole Of Women In The ChurchCourtingMasturbationDatingSolitude
Rain » Designed for » Refreshing the earth
May he descend like rain on mown grass, like showers watering [the] earth.
You caused abundant rain to fall, O God. When your inheritance was weary you revived it.
Rain » Designed for » Replenishing the springs and fountains of the earth
They ascended [the] mountains [and] drained though the valleys to [the] place that you established for them.
Rain » Designed for » Making fruitful the earth
For ground that drinks the rain that comes often upon it, and brings forth vegetation usable to those [people] {for whose sake} [it is] also cultivated, shares a blessing from God.
The scriptures » Designed for » Admonishing
Moreover, your servant [is] warned by them; in keeping them [is] great reward.
Now these [things] happened to those [people] as an example, but are written for our instruction, on whom the ends of the ages have come.
The scriptures » Designed for » Supporting life
And he humbled you and let you go hungry, and [then] he fed you with that which you did not know nor did your ancestors know, in order to make you know that not by bread alone but by all [that] goes out of the mouth of Yahweh humankind shall live.
But he answered [and] said, "It is written, 'Man will not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes out of the mouth of God."
The scriptures » Designed for » Sanctifying
in order that he might sanctify her by cleansing [her] with the washing of water by the word;
Sanctify them in the truth--your word is truth.
The scriptures » Designed for » Quickening
This [is] my comfort in my misery: that your word preserves my life.
The scriptures » Designed for » Cleansing the heart
in order that he might sanctify her by cleansing [her] with the washing of water by the word;
You are already clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.
The scriptures » Designed for » Rejoicing the heart
The precepts of Yahweh [are] right, making [the] heart rejoice. The command of Yahweh [is] pure, enlightening [the] eyes.
I have taken as my own your testimonies forever, for they [are] the joy of my heart.
The scriptures » Designed for » Producing hope
For whatever was written beforehand was written for our instruction, in order that through patient endurance and through the encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.
Verse Concepts
LearningLearning From The PastConfidence, In God's WordEndurance, Results OfBeing An EncouragerEdification, Means OfDoubt, Dealing WithReadingHope, In GodPatience, ProducesPast, TheScripture, Purpose OfStudySuffering, Encouragements InTheologyWord Of GodBibleAfflictions, Consolation DuringBible, Given ForComfort, Sources OfCounselingScripture TeachingGod Speaking Of OldComfortEnduring
God EncouragingOther Scriptures FulfilledSteadfast In HopeUse Of The ScripturesHope For The RighteousThe scripturesEncouragementEndurancePeace And ComfortEducationEncouraging One AnotherEncouraging OthersEverything Happening For A ReasonHope KjvMotivationThe PastperserverancepastperseveringencouragingeverythingupliftingstoriesGod's Word As An Object Of Hope
Remember [your] word to your servant, upon which you have caused me to hope.
The scriptures » Designed for » Comforting
My eyes long for your word, saying, "When will you comfort me?"
For whatever was written beforehand was written for our instruction, in order that through patient endurance and through the encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.
Verse Concepts
LearningLearning From The PastConfidence, In God's WordEndurance, Results OfBeing An EncouragerEdification, Means OfDoubt, Dealing WithReadingHope, In GodPatience, ProducesPast, TheScripture, Purpose OfStudySuffering, Encouragements InTheologyWord Of GodBibleAfflictions, Consolation DuringBible, Given ForComfort, Sources OfCounselingScripture TeachingGod Speaking Of OldComfortEnduring
God EncouragingOther Scriptures FulfilledSteadfast In HopeUse Of The ScripturesHope For The RighteousThe scripturesEncouragementEndurancePeace And ComfortEducationEncouraging One AnotherEncouraging OthersEverything Happening For A ReasonHope KjvMotivationThe PastperserverancepastperseveringencouragingeverythingupliftingstoriesGod's Word As An Object Of Hope
The scriptures » Designed for » Regenerating
[By his] will he gave birth to us through the message of truth, so that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
[because you] have been born again, not from perishable seed but imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
The scriptures » Designed for » Producing obedience
And it shall be with him, and he shall read it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to revere Yahweh your God by {diligently observing} all the word of this law and these rules, [so as] not to exalt his heart above his countrymen and not to turn aside from the commandment to the right or to the left, so that {he may reign long over his kingdom}, he and his children in the midst of Israel."
The scriptures » Designed for » Illuminating
The scriptures » Designed for » Promoting growth in grace
like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
The scriptures » Designed for » Cleansing the ways
How can a young man keep his way pure? By taking heed according to your word.
The scriptures » Designed for » Keeping from destructive paths
As for [the] works of humankind, by the word of your lips, I have kept [from] the ways of [the] violent.
The scriptures » Designed for » Building up in the faith
"And now I entrust you to God and to the message of his grace, which is able to build [you] up and to give [you] the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
The scriptures » Designed for » Making wise the simple
The law of Yahweh [is] perfect, reviving life. The testimony of Yahweh [is] firm, making wise [the] simple.
Verse Concepts
The scriptures » Designed for » Converting the soul
The law of Yahweh [is] perfect, reviving life. The testimony of Yahweh [is] firm, making wise [the] simple.
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The scriptures » Designed for » Producing faith
but these [things] are recorded in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that [by] believing you may have life in his name.