Thematic Bible: Divine Providence


Thematic Bible



O have love for the Lord, all you his saints; for the Lord keeps safe from danger all those who are true to him, and gives the workers of pride their right reward. Verse ConceptsAdoration, Of GodFaithfulness, To GodOrthodoxy, In OtPride, Results OfSaintsFaithful, Choose To RemainHaughtinessLove For GodSustaining ProvidenceGod KeepsGod Opposes The ProudGod Will RequiteThe Need To Love God



For the Lord is a lover of righteousness, and takes care of his saints; they will be kept safe for ever; but the seed of the evil-doers will be cut off. Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, To GodOffspringSaintsFaithful, Choose To RemainParents SinSustaining ProvidenceEternal DeliveranceGod Not ForsakingGod Judges The WickedGod Keepsatheismpreservation


This is the word of the Lord: I have given ear to you at a good time, and I have been your helper in a day of salvation: and I will keep you safe, and will make you a glory for the people, putting the land in order, and giving them the heritages which now are waste; Verse ConceptsCovenant, the newThe Accepted TimeGrace, In OtLast DaysOpportunities, And SalvationSeasons, Of LifeSustaining ProvidenceA Time Of SalvationGod AnsweredRight Time For GodInheritanceAcceptanceGod's TimingRecoveryFavorGods TimingA New Daycovenanthelphelpingpreservation

And David put armed forces in Aram of Damascus: and the Aramaeans became servants to David and gave him offerings. And the Lord made David overcome wherever he went. Verse ConceptsDavid, Reign OfFortificationsGiving To OthersTaxationTributesGarrisonsSustaining ProvidenceThose Subjected To PeopleEarthly Armiesdamascus

And the Lord gave us orders to keep all these laws, in the fear of the Lord our God, so that it might be well for us for ever, and that he might keep us from death, as he has done to this day. Verse ConceptsReverence, And BlessingFear Of God, Results OfSustaining ProvidenceReverence To GodBlessings Of ObedienceFear God!Keep The Commandments!Survivalpreservation

For it is the Lord our God who has taken us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house, and who did all those great signs before our eyes, and kept us safe on all our journeys, and among all the peoples through whom we went: Verse ConceptsCaptivity, Of IsraelJourneySigns From GodSustaining ProvidenceGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

He keeps watch on the ways which are right, and takes care of those who have the fear of him. Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, To GodSaintsThe Paths Of The LordSustaining ProvidenceGod KeepsGod's ProtectionPathsProtection From Danger




You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I took you, as on eagles' wings, guiding you to myself. Verse ConceptsFreedom, Acts Of In OtEaglesWingsBearingBirds, Types Of BirdsSustaining ProvidenceWings Of BirdsGod Carrying Peoplesoaringmyself


In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone. Verse ConceptsSustaining ProvidenceStriking RocksBeing Struck With StonesHurthurting

You have given me the breastplate of your salvation: your right hand has been my support, and your mercy has made me great. Verse ConceptsGod, Living And Self sustainingHand Of GodRight Hand Of GodShieldsVictory, As An Act Of GodSustaining ProvidenceGod's HandGod's GentlenessGod Helps

And in the waste land, where you have seen how the Lord was supporting you, as a man does his son, in all your journeying till you came to this place. Verse ConceptsFathers, Responsibilities OfLight, NaturalSustaining ProvidenceGod Carrying PeopleGod Led Them Through The Wilderness

For the arms of the evil-doers will be broken: but the Lord is the support of the good. Verse ConceptsBones BrokenSustaining ProvidenceGod SupportingSupport

And as for me, you are my support in my righteousness, giving me a place before your face for ever. Verse ConceptsBusiness EthicsVirtueIntegritySustaining ProvidenceEternally With GodGod Always With YouGod Supporting

Happy is he whose resting-place is in the secret of the Lord, and under the shade of the wings of the Most High; Verse ConceptsRefugeShadowsDanger, Protection FromThe AlmightyThe Most HighShadow Of GodWe Live With GodChildren's ProtectionshelterDivine Protection

As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, so is my loved one among the sons. I took my rest under his shade with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. Verse ConceptsApplesYoung Lovers

Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me; for the hope of my soul is in you: I will keep myself safely under the shade of your wings, till these troubles are past. Verse ConceptsDisastersCavesdefence, divineGuardiansMusicOppression, God's Attitude ToRefugeShadowsWingsProtection, From GodTrusting In GodGod's WingsCaves As Places Of RefugeProtection From Danger




Who gives in the evening the meat he is searching for, when his young ones are crying to God; when the young lions with loud noise go wandering after their food? Verse ConceptsRavensGod, The ProviderBirds, Features OfBirds, Types Of BirdsGod's ProvisionAnimals, God's Care OfGod Feeds All The Earthwandering





And they all took of the food and had enough: and they took up twelve baskets full of broken bits which were not used. Verse ConceptsBaskets, Uses OfFrugalityDivine SuppliesDivine Power Over NaturePeople EatingPlenty Through ChristRemaining FoodBreaking Of BreadTwelve Things

Let your tenths come into the store-house so that there may be food in my house, and put me to the test by doing so, says the Lord of armies, and see if I do not make the windows of heaven open and send down such a blessing on you that there is no room for it. Verse ConceptsGenerosity, HumanBarnsGenerosity, God'sdrought, physicalGuardiansMoney, Stewardship OfProving, Through TestingBlessedStoringTestingPouringTithesSpiritual FulnessGod's ProvisionThe Act Of OpeningOpening HeavenTesting GodGod's StorehousesGod Will BlessBringing In The TitheAbundanceFirst fruitsFinancesTithes And OfferingMoney Blessingsspace


And the floors will be full of grain, and the crushing-places overflowing with wine and oil. Verse ConceptsThreshing FloorPlenty Of WinePlenty Through GodWineskins And Vats


Now to him who is able to keep you from falling, and to give you a place in his glory, free from all evil, with great joy, Verse ConceptsBeing A Perfect ChristianAssurance Of SalvationFaultlessnessAble To StandBackslidingvulnerability




The Lord has kept us in mind and will give us his blessing; he will send blessings on the house of Israel and on the house of Aaron. Verse ConceptsGod's CareCareGod Remembering The NeedyGod ReprovingGod Will BlessGod Being With UsBlessings From GodBlessing OthersFamily Conflictmindsetmindfulness

Because the Gentiles go in search of all these things: for your Father in heaven has knowledge that you have need of all these things: Verse ConceptsGod's CareCareGuardiansPagansSeeking For Concrete ThingsWhat Foreigners Are LikeMan's NeedsWorryingTrusting God And Not WorryingWorrying About The Futureworries

But even the hairs of your head are numbered. Have no fear: you are of more value than a flock of sparrows. Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingCareGuardiansHairsHeadsValuesBarbersGod's CareNumber Of HairsPrice Of PeopleIntrinsic Importance Of ManWhat Value Is Man?WorthHairValue


O how great is your grace, which you have put in store for your worshippers, and which you have made clear to those who had faith in you, before the sons of men! Verse ConceptsAbundant LifeReverence, And BlessingFear Of God, Results OfTrusting In GodGod's StorehousesGoodness

The ear has not had news of, or the eye seen, ... any God but you, working for the man who is waiting for him. Verse ConceptsExperience, of GodEarsInsightScripture, UnderstandingVeilsAbundance, SpiritualHearing God's VoiceNot Seeing GodNo Other Is GodGod's Work In Us

And the Lord God made a vine come up over Jonah to give him shade over his head. And Jonah was very glad because of the vine. Verse ConceptsHappinessExcitementGod Appointing OthersRejoicing In Reliefprovidingbugsjonah





But now their desire is for a better country, that is to say, for one in heaven; and so it is no shame to God to be named their God; for he has made ready a town for them. Verse ConceptsBeing A PilgrimCityNames For HeavenHeaven,  Redeemed CommunityNot AshamedThirstZion, As A SymbolWhat Heaven Will Be LikeSaints, As PilgrimsCity Of GodA Place PreparedTaken To HeavenHe Is Our GodCitizensMoving To A New Place

But as it says in the holy Writings, Things which the eye saw not, and which had not come to the ears or into the heart of man, such things as God has made ready for those who have love for him. Verse ConceptsEyes, Figurative UseEarsGenerosity, God'sHoly Spirit, Activities OfAbundance, SpiritualInventionsCounselingSecret ThingsDeep ThingsNot Seeing Spiritual ThingsA Place PreparedUnhearingBenefits Of HeavenPreparationHeavenFuture Plansimaginationserenity


And when the time had come, he sent his servants to say to them, Come, for all things are now ready. Verse ConceptsPreparing Foodeverything

Which you have made ready before the face of all nations; Verse ConceptsThe Gospel To The NationsIn Men's Presence

As an eagle, teaching her young to make their flight, with her wings outstretched over them, takes them up on her strong feathers: Verse ConceptsNestsDivine LeadingMothers, As A SymbolWingsGod's WingsGod Carrying PeopleEaglesGod Urgingphotographysoaring

And when my glory goes by, I will put you in a hole in the rock, covering you with my hand till I have gone past: Verse ConceptsGod Being Our RefugeGod's HandGod's Hands On Peoplehiding

The store of meal did not come to an end, and the bottle was never without oil, as the Lord had said by the mouth of Elijah. Verse ConceptsFlourDivine SuppliesBarrelsPlenty For The Poorcookingpot

And the ravens took him bread in the morning and meat in the evening; and the water of the stream was his drink. Verse ConceptsCooking, Types Of FoodGod, The ProviderCrowsFrugalityDivine SuppliesDrinking WaterRavensAt Morning And EveningBrooks



For you have been a strong place for the poor and the crushed in their trouble, a safe place from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the wrath of the cruel ones is like a winter storm. Verse ConceptsFortressesAfflicted SaintsThe NeedyExploitationsdefence, divineGod, The ProviderGuardiansNoonPoverty, Remedies ForRefugeesSanctuaryStormsWallsDistressGod Being Our RefugeShadow Of GodshelterThe Storms Of Life

And a man will be as a safe place from the wind, and a cover from the storm; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a waste land. Verse ConceptsRocksShadowsStormsThirstWindGod Being Our Hiding PlacePeople As RocksNo WindsBrooksshelterhidingThe Storms Of Life


For the blessing of the Lord your God has been on you in all the work of your hands: he has knowledge of your wanderings through this great waste: these forty years the Lord your God has been with you, and you have been short of nothing. Verse ConceptsLackDesertsGod, The ProviderJourneyThe Number FortyWatchfulness, DivineDivine SuppliesanniversariesGod, All knowing40 To 50 YearsPlenty In The WildernessGod Has Been With YouBlessings From Godwandering

And they all took of the food and had enough: and they took up twelve baskets full of broken bits which were not used. Verse ConceptsBaskets, Uses OfFrugalityDivine SuppliesDivine Power Over NaturePeople EatingPlenty Through ChristRemaining FoodBreaking Of BreadTwelve Things


Again he sent out other servants, with orders to say to the guests, See, I have made ready my feast: my oxen and my fat beasts have been put to death, and all things are ready: come to the feast. Verse ConceptsBanquets, ActivitiesReadinessKilling Domesticated AnimalsGod Sends ProphetsPreparing Food

Now in the morning, about the time when the offering was made, they saw water flowing from the direction of Edom till the country was full of water. Verse ConceptsMorning WorshipDivine SuppliesGod Providing Water

And looking up, he saw by his head a cake cooked on the stones and a bottle of water. So he took food and drink and went to sleep again. Verse ConceptsBakingHeatCoal, Uses OfDivine SuppliesWater ContainersBaking Breadcooking

And I have put my words in your mouth, covering you with the shade of my hand, stretching out the heavens, and placing the earth on its base, and saying to Zion, You are my people. Verse Conceptsdefence, divineCovering The MouthRevelation, In OtShadowsShadow Of GodSpeaking The Word God GivesOld Testament Claims InspirationRevelation Through Direct Communicationclosure

And when those lepers came to the outer line of tents, they went into one tent, and had food and drink, and took from it silver and gold and clothing, which they put in a secret place; then they came back and went into another tent from which they took more goods, which they put away in a secret place. Verse ConceptsGoldDivine SuppliesHidden Things

And when all the vessels were full, she said to her son, Get me another vessel. And he said, There are no more. And the flow of oil was stopped. Verse ConceptsDivine SuppliesCessationThings StoppingDebtpot



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