Thematic Bible: Effects of


Thematic Bible



But the person who hates his brother is in the darkness and lives in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes. Verse ConceptsDarkness, As A Symbol Of SinBigotryRacismDarkness Of EvilNot Knowing WhereBlindingOther BlindingSibling Love

Jesus replied to the crowd, "The light is among you only for a short time. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The person who walks in the darkness is in the darkness and does not know where he is going. Verse ConceptsDarkness, As A Symbol Of SinGiving, Of TimeBeing A LightProphecies Said By JesusWorldly DilemmasThe Light Of ChristOvertaken By DarknessNot Knowing WhereChrist's Short Life

Let's grope along the wall like the blind; let us grope like those who have no eyes. We stumble at midday as if it were twilight, in desolate places like dead people. Verse ConceptsSpiritual Blindness, Consequences OfGuidance, Need For God'sWallsTwilightPeople StumblingAfflicted To Death

No one could see anyone else, nor could anyone get up from his place for three days. But there was light for all the Israelis in their dwellings. Verse ConceptsLight, NaturalPlaguesThree DaysLight In The WorldUnseenMoving To A New Place




and reconciling both groups to God in one body through the cross, on which he eliminated the hostility. He came and proclaimed peace for you who were far away and for you who were near.



For it is he who is our peace. Through his mortality he made both groups one by tearing down the wall of hostility that divided them. Verse ConceptsAnxietyPeace, From GodRacial EqualityPeace Of MindWallsChurch, Unity OfSpiritual PeaceTypes Of ChristBarriersPeace Made Through ChristPeaceGentilesJewsAccess to GodReconciliationgroups



The words of a gossip are like choice morsels as they descend to the innermost parts of the body. Verse ConceptsEvil SpeakingStomachsSavourinessUnder One's Breathgossiping

The words of a gossip are like delicate morsels; they sink down deep within. Verse ConceptsStomachsWhispering Of EvilOverlaid With SilverFirewoodCharcoalSavouriness

I have heard the slander of many; it is like terror all around me, as they conspire together and plot to take my life. Verse ConceptsFriendlessnessAliancesTrapCharacter AssassinationPlottingAttempting To Kill MeFear Will Cometerrorism

Slanderous men live among you, intent on shedding blood. They've eaten at the top of mountain shrines. They've crafted plans to do evil things among you. Verse ConceptsSlanderCharacter AssassinationSheddingKilling The InnocentHow People EatThey Committed ImmoralitySacrificing On The High Places



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