Thematic Bible: Divine Ownership


Thematic Bible





Now then, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own possession among all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine; Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, To GodPeople Of God, In OtReward, DivineSecurityTreasureCautionObedience To GodJews As God's Chosen PeopleResponsibility, Of Natural WorldAll Things Belong To GodRoyal Priesthood


“But who am I and who are my people that we should be able to offer as generously as this? For all things come from You, and from Your hand we have given You. Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfGiving, Of PossessionsGiving, Of OneselfGod, Living And Self sustainingGod, The ProviderGiving To GodRespect, For EnvironmentHumility, Examples OfResponsibility, Of Natural WorldVolunteeringGiving Back

Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine;
Ephraim also is the helmet of My head;
Judah is My scepter.
Verse ConceptsSceptreResponsibility, Of Natural WorldHelmetsPeople Belong To God

The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours;
The world and all it contains, You have founded them.
Verse ConceptsClaimsEarth, Belonging To GodNatureRespect, For EnvironmentResponsibility, Of Natural WorldAll Things Belong To GodEarthThe Earth


For all the firstborn are Mine; on the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified to Myself all the firstborn in Israel, from man to beast. They shall be Mine; I am the Lord.” Verse ConceptsClaimsDeath Of The FirstbornI Am The LordPeople Belong To God

Sanctify to Me every firstborn, the first offspring of every womb among the sons of Israel, both of man and beast; it belongs to Me.” Verse ConceptsBaby dedicationClaimsCeremoniesHoliness, As Set Apart For GodThe Act Of OpeningConsecrationOpening The WombPeople Belong To GodMaking People HolyRegulating SacrificesDedicationSanctification

However, a firstborn among animals, which as a firstborn belongs to the Lord, no man may consecrate it; whether ox or sheep, it is the Lord’s. Verse ConceptsClaimsAll Things Belong To God

and bring to the house of our God the firstborn of our sons and of our cattle, and the firstborn of our herds and our flocks as it is written in the law, for the priests who are ministering in the house of our God. Verse ConceptsFirstbornClaims

But he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the unloved, by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is the beginning of his strength; to him belongs the right of the firstborn. Verse ConceptsHeirsDouble Portions

The first offspring from every womb belongs to Me, and all your male livestock, the first offspring from cattle and sheep. Verse ConceptsLivestockClaimsChild sacrificePeople Belong To God



“Do you thus repay the Lord,
O foolish and unwise people?
Is not He your Father who has bought you?
He has made you and established you.
Verse ConceptsGod, Fatherhood OfGiving, Of OneselfFolly, Examples OfClaimsIngratitudeMetaphorsPeople Of God, In OtCharacter Of WickedIngratitude To GodFoolish PeopleCreation Of All Mankind


My beloved is mine, and I am his;
He pastures his flock among the lilies.
Verse ConceptsPasturing The FlockPeople Possessing Other Thingsadoration

Then Elijah said to her, “Do not fear; go, do as you have said, but make me a little bread cake from it first and bring it out to me, and afterward you may make one for yourself and for your son. Verse ConceptsSmallnessSacrificial GivingBreadcooking


For all the firstborn are Mine; on the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified to Myself all the firstborn in Israel, from man to beast. They shall be Mine; I am the Lord.” Verse ConceptsClaimsDeath Of The FirstbornI Am The LordPeople Belong To God

that you shall take some of the first of all the produce of the ground which you bring in from your land that the Lord your God gives you, and you shall put it in a basket and go to the place where the Lord your God chooses to establish His name. Verse ConceptsChoicesBaskets, Uses OfWorship, Places OfA Place For God's NameFirst fruits