Thematic Bible: Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84


Thematic Bible




My soul is crushed with longing
After Your ordinances at all times.
Verse ConceptsLonging For God


At night my soul longs for You,
Indeed, my spirit within me seeks You diligently;
For when the earth experiences Your judgments
The inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
Verse ConceptsSpiritual Desiresdiscipleship, nature ofLonging For GodEarth, Judgment OfNightPrayer, As A Relationship With GodThirstAfflictions, Benefits Of


Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh. Verse ConceptsLaughterSatisfactionTearsBenefits Of SadnessMothers DeathSmilingFeeding The Poorhunger

All Judah rejoiced concerning the oath, for they had sworn with their whole heart and had sought Him earnestly, and He let them find Him. So the Lord gave them rest on every side. Verse ConceptsAnswered PrayereagernessdiligenceDiligence, Examples OfExcitementConsecration, Examples OfUnquestioning Service

A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.
O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly;
My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You,
In a dry and weary land where there is no water.
Verse ConceptsSpiritual Hungereagernessdrought, spiritualDeserts, SpecificBodyHeart, And Holy SpiritLonging For GodRevival, PersonalSeeking GodSymbolsThirstDry LandDry PlacesSeeking WaterYou Are Our GodartistsHeartfelt Prayer To God


I opened my mouth wide and panted,
For I longed for Your commandments.
Verse ConceptsEating With Mouths

and constant friction between men of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. Verse ConceptsCorruption, CausesMind, The HumanPoverty, SpiritualProfitsSpiritual DestitutionPerversionBad CompanyEvil AssociationsThoughts Of The WickedConflictcorruptionmindsetpiety


For many days Israel was without the true God and without a teaching priest and without law. Verse ConceptsFamine, Kinds OfGod, Titles And Names OfGod Is TruthfulTeachersSpiritual Destitutionpriests


“Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord God,
“When I will send a famine on the land,
Not a famine for bread or a thirst for water,
But rather for hearing the words of the Lord.
Verse ConceptsFamine, Kinds Ofdrought, spiritualLonging For GodPoverty, SpiritualSpiritual DestitutionHearing God's WordReceiving God's WordShortage Other Than FoodFamineBreadDaysEnd Of Dayshungerrumors

Her gates have sunk into the ground,
He has destroyed and broken her bars.
Her king and her princes are among the nations;
The law is no more.
Also, her prophets find
No vision from the Lord.
Verse ConceptsSpiritual Famine,Poverty, SpiritualVisionsSpiritual DestitutionBreaking SticksDestruction Of JerusalemKings ExiledCity GatesNo VisionsProphecy AbolishedPutting Things Down


Disaster will come upon disaster and rumor will be added to rumor; then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but the law will be lost from the priest and counsel from the elders. Verse ConceptsPoverty, SpiritualPriests, Function In Ot TimesProphets, Role OfRumoursVisionsDisastersCataclysmSpiritual DestitutionNo VisionsProphecy Abolishedrumors

Now when he had spent everything, a severe famine occurred in that country, and he began to be impoverished. Verse ConceptsNeedPoverty, Causes OfSpiritual DestitutionMoral BankruptcyBeing UnsatisfiedShortagesBecoming PoorA Fool And His Money Shall Part

No one recalls, nor is there knowledge or understanding to say, “I have burned half of it in the fire and also have baked bread over its coals. I roast meat and eat it. Then I make the rest of it into an abomination, I fall down before a block of wood!” Verse ConceptsAbominationsAbominations, Idolatry IsIgnorance Towards God, Leads ToDullnessBowing To False GodsBaking BreadFirewoodHalf Of ThingsThose Who Were Ignorant

“Son of man, you live in the midst of the rebellious house, who have eyes to see but do not see, ears to hear but do not hear; for they are a rebellious house. Verse ConceptsSpiritual Blindness, In UnbelieversLack Of DiscernmentHearingIndifferenceSensitivityApathyDullnessSpiritual DeafnessNot Seeing Spiritual ThingsUnhearingrebellion

A senseless man has no knowledge,
Nor does a stupid man understand this:
Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfFolly, Effects OfDullnessThose Who Were IgnorantFools

You hypocrites! You know how to analyze the appearance of the earth and the sky, but why do you not analyze this present time? Verse ConceptsDullnessThe Present AgeAppearances ofHypocritesHypocrisyDiscernmentSigns Of The End TimesEnd TimesWeather In The Last DaysSeasons Changingweather



Concerning him we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. Verse ConceptsScripture, UnderstandingDullnessRefusing To HearBeing Without UnderstandingHard TasksWorking Hard And Not Being Lazyconnectedness

“The afflicted and needy are seeking water, but there is none,
And their tongue is parched with thirst;
I, the Lord, will answer them Myself,
As the God of Israel I will not forsake them.
Verse ConceptsThe Needydrought, physicalPrayer, God's Promises ConcerningTongueGod And The PoorAnswered PromisesSeeking WaterGod Not ForsakingWater, As A Symbol Of Affliction

Therefore My people go into exile for their lack of knowledge;
And their honorable men are famished,
And their multitude is parched with thirst.
Verse ConceptsDangers Of IgnorancePoverty, SpiritualSuffering, Causes OfPeople Exiled


A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.
O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly;
My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You,
In a dry and weary land where there is no water.
Verse ConceptsSpiritual Hungereagernessdrought, spiritualDeserts, SpecificBodyHeart, And Holy SpiritLonging For GodRevival, PersonalSeeking GodSymbolsThirstDry LandDry PlacesSeeking WaterYou Are Our GodartistsHeartfelt Prayer To God

For you will be like an oak whose leaf fades away
Or as a garden that has no water.
Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalWicked Described AsDry PlacesPeople WitheredOaks

“For he will be like a bush in the desert
And will not see when prosperity comes,
But will live in stony wastes in the wilderness,
A land of salt without inhabitant.
Verse ConceptsWicked Described AsDry PlacesLiving In The WildernessEmpty By NatureSourness

“In that day the beautiful virgins
And the young men will faint from thirst.
Verse ConceptsYouthFaintingYoung People SufferingWomen's Beauty


So give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people to discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?” Verse ConceptsDiscernment, Nature OfHeart, HumanWisdom, Human ImportanceWisdom, Source Of HumanKnowledgeDiscerning God's ThingsPeople Involved In JudgementPay Attention To God!Making DecisionsDiscernmentDecision Making

And He will delight in the fear of the Lord,
And He will not judge by what His eyes see,
Nor make a decision by what His ears hear;
Verse ConceptsDiscernment, Nature OfLeaders, PoliticalSpirit Of ChristAppearancesChrist JudgingMaking DecisionsFearing Godrumors

He will eat curds and honey at the time He knows enough to refuse evil and choose good. Verse ConceptsDiscernment, Nature OfButterHoneyAge Of AccountabilityRich FoodRejection


Is there no balm in Gilead?
Is there no physician there?
Why then has not the health of the daughter of my people been restored?
Verse ConceptsdiseasesBalmsHealingHerbs And SpicesMedicineOintmentNo HealingHealth And HealingHope And Healingwholeness

Where will you be stricken again,
As you continue in your rebellion?
The whole head is sick
And the whole heart is faint.
Verse ConceptsSinful HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedRebellion Against God, Shown InOther References To The HeartPersistence


For her wound is incurable,
For it has come to Judah;
It has reached the gate of my people,
Even to Jerusalem.
Verse ConceptsdiseasesDisfigurement Of SinNo Healing

And hearing this, Jesus *said to them, It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” Verse ConceptsCuresdoctorsIronyKingdom Of God, Entry IntoMind, Of ChristSin, Deliverance From GodTax CollectorsPhysicianGod As DoctorHealth AchievedIllnesspatients