Thematic Bible: Examples of the persistence of


Thematic Bible



The boy’s mother said to Elisha, “As the Lord lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So he got up and followed her. Verse ConceptsBeing A MotherCompanionshipMothers Love For Her Children

Because she nagged him day after day and pleaded with him until she wore him out, Verse ConceptsAsceticism, TypesIrritationTroubling Individualsnagging

Now the woman was Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth, and she kept asking Him to drive the demon out of her daughter. Verse Conceptsdemons, Kinds ofBeggarsGreeksLove, And The WorldJesus Casting Out Demons

yet because this widow keeps pestering me, I will give her justice, so she doesn’t wear me out by her persistent coming.’” Verse ConceptsHeartlessnessTroubling IndividualsPersistenceperserverancehelptirednaggingvindicationharassment

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