Thematic Bible: Designed for
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Covenants » Designed for » Mutual protection
They replied, "We could plainly see that the Lord is with you. So we decided there should be a pact between us -- between us and you. Allow us to make a treaty with you
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If you mistreat my daughters or if you take wives besides my daughters, although no one else is with us, realize that God is witness to your actions." "Here is this pile of stones and this pillar I have set up between me and you," Laban said to Jacob. "This pile of stones and the pillar are reminders that I will not pass beyond this pile to come to harm you and that you will not pass beyond this pile and this pillar to come to harm me.
Covenants » Designed for » Procuring assistance in war
Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the Lord's temple and of the royal palace and handed it to his servants. He then told them to deliver it to Ben Hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, ruler in Damascus, along with this message: "I want to make a treaty with you, like the one our fathers made. See, I have sent you silver and gold as a present. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel, so he will retreat from my land."
Covenants » Designed for » Selling land
Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him, "Hear me, my lord. The land is worth 400 pieces of silver, but what is that between me and you? So bury your dead." So Abraham agreed to Ephron's price and weighed out for him the price that Ephron had quoted in the hearing of the sons of Heth -- 400 pieces of silver, according to the standard measurement at the time.
Covenants » Designed for » Promoting commerce
So now order some cedars of Lebanon to be cut for me. My servants will work with your servants. I will pay your servants whatever you say is appropriate, for you know that we have no one among us who knows how to cut down trees like the Sidonians." When Hiram heard Solomon's message, he was very happy. He said, "The Lord is worthy of praise today because he has given David a wise son to rule over this great nation." Hiram then sent this message to Solomon: "I received the message you sent to me. I will give you all the cedars and evergreens you need. read more.
My servants will bring the timber down from Lebanon to the sea. I will send it by sea in raft-like bundles to the place you designate. There I will separate the logs and you can carry them away. In exchange you will supply the food I need for my royal court." So Hiram supplied the cedars and evergreens Solomon needed, and Solomon supplied Hiram annually with 20,000 cors of wheat as provision for his royal court, as well as 20,000 baths of pure olive oil.
My servants will bring the timber down from Lebanon to the sea. I will send it by sea in raft-like bundles to the place you designate. There I will separate the logs and you can carry them away. In exchange you will supply the food I need for my royal court." So Hiram supplied the cedars and evergreens Solomon needed, and Solomon supplied Hiram annually with 20,000 cors of wheat as provision for his royal court, as well as 20,000 baths of pure olive oil.
Covenants » Designed for » Establishing peace
Joshua made a peace treaty with them and agreed to let them live. The leaders of the community sealed it with an oath. Three days after they made the treaty with them, the Israelites found out they were from the local area and lived nearby.
Covenants » Designed for » Establishing friendship
Jonathan made a covenant with David, for he loved him as much as he did his own life.
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Marriage » Designed for » Increasing the species
Then 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 said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the earth and subdue it! Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the ground."
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Marriage » Designed for » Preventing fornication
But because of immoralities, each man should have relations with his own wife and each woman with her own husband.
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Marriage » Designed for » Raising up Godly seed
No one who has even a small portion of the Spirit in him does this. What did our ancestor do when seeking a child from God? Be attentive, then, to your own spirit, for one should not be disloyal to the wife he took in his youth.
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Marriage » Designed for » The happiness of man
The Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a companion for him who corresponds to him."
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Rain » Designed for » Refreshing the earth
He will descend like rain on the mown grass, like showers that drench the earth.
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O God, you cause abundant showers to fall on your chosen people. When they are tired, you sustain them,
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Rain » Designed for » Replenishing the springs and fountains of the earth
as the mountains rose up, and the valleys went down -- to the place you appointed for them.
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Rain » Designed for » Making fruitful the earth
For the ground that has soaked up the rain that frequently falls on it and yields useful vegetation for those who tend it receives a blessing from God.
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The scriptures » Designed for » Admonishing
Yes, your servant finds moral guidance there; those who obey them receive a rich reward.
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These things happened to them as examples and were written for our instruction, on whom the ends of the ages have come.
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The scriptures » Designed for » Supporting life
So he humbled you by making you hungry and then feeding you with unfamiliar manna. He did this to teach you that humankind cannot live by bread alone, but also by everything that comes from the Lord's mouth.
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But he answered, "It is written, 'Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"
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The scriptures » Designed for » Sanctifying
to sanctify her by cleansing her with the washing of the water by the word,
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Set them apart in the truth; your word is truth.
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The scriptures » Designed for » Quickening
This is what comforts me in my trouble, for your promise revives me.
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I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have revived me.
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The scriptures » Designed for » Cleansing the heart
to sanctify her by cleansing her with the washing of the water by the word,
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You are clean already because of the word that I have spoken to you.
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The scriptures » Designed for » Rejoicing the heart
The Lord's precepts are fair and make one joyful. The Lord's commands are pure and give insight for life.
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I claim your rules as my permanent possession, for they give me joy.
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The scriptures » Designed for » Producing hope
For everything that was written in former times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.
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(Zayin) Remember your word to your servant, for you have given me hope.
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The scriptures » Designed for » Comforting
My eyes grow tired as I wait for your promise to be fulfilled. I say, "When will you comfort me?"
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For everything that was written in former times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.
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The scriptures » Designed for » Regenerating
By his sovereign plan he gave us birth through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.
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You have been born anew, not from perishable but from imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.
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The scriptures » Designed for » Producing obedience
It must be with him constantly and he must read it as long as he lives, so that he may learn to revere the Lord his God and observe all the words of this law and these statutes and carry them out. Then he will not exalt himself above his fellow citizens or turn from the commandments to the right or left, and he and his descendants will enjoy many years ruling over his kingdom in Israel.
The scriptures » Designed for » Illuminating
Your instructions are a doorway through which light shines. They give insight to the untrained.
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The scriptures » Designed for » Promoting growth in grace
And yearn like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
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The scriptures » Designed for » Cleansing the ways
(Bet) How can a young person maintain a pure life? By guarding it according to your instructions!
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The scriptures » Designed for » Keeping from destructive paths
As for the actions of people -- just as you have commanded, I have not followed in the footsteps of violent men.
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The scriptures » Designed for » Building up in the faith
And now I entrust you to God and to the message of his grace. This message is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
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The scriptures » Designed for » Making wise the simple
The law of the Lord is perfect and preserves one's life. The rules set down by the Lord are reliable and impart wisdom to the inexperienced.
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The scriptures » Designed for » Converting the soul
The law of the Lord is perfect and preserves one's life. The rules set down by the Lord are reliable and impart wisdom to the inexperienced.
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The scriptures » Designed for » Producing faith
But these are recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
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