Thematic Bible: Exhortations


Thematic Bible



Listen, all you peoples;
pay attention, earth and everyone in it!
The Lord God will be a witness against you,
the Lord, from His holy temple.
Verse ConceptsHearingListeningThe Witness Of GodThe Temple In Heaven

“Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live, enter, and take possession of the land Yahweh, the God of your fathers, is giving you. Verse Conceptsethics, and graceCommands, in OTHearingKnowledge, Of SinLife Through Keeping The LawKeep The Commandments!The Law Given To Israel

and he said, “Listen carefully, all Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat. This is what the Lord says: ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast number, for the battle is not yours, but God’s. Verse ConceptsCourage, In Facing EnemiesdiscouragementListeningRescueVictory, As An Act Of GodstruggleBattlearmy

Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding.
It is impossible for God to do wrong,
and for the Almighty to act unjustly.
Verse ConceptsFar Be It!Is God Unjust?Pay Attention To People!Work Ethic

Now, my sons, listen to me,
and pay attention to the words of my mouth.
Verse ConceptsListening

Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness,
you who seek the Lord:
Look to the rock from which you were cut,
and to the quarry from which you were dug.
Verse ConceptsPursuing GoodRighteousness, Of BelieversExcavationclosure

Summoning the crowd again, He told them, “Listen to Me, all of you, and understand: Verse ConceptsCrowdsListeningChrist Summoning





Avoid it; don’t travel on it.
Turn away from it, and pass it by.
Verse ConceptsAvoiding EvilTurning From EvilMoving OnMaking Mistakesproblems









Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens—Jesus the Son of God—let us hold fast to the confession. Verse ConceptsMelchizedekPriesthood, In NtFaithful, Choose To RemainJesus Christ, PriesthoodChrist, The High PriestNames And Titles For ChristChrist, Names ForHolding FastStanding FirmChrist And Heavenempathy



Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; keep it, and repent. But if you are not alert, I will come like a thief, and you have no idea at what hour I will come against you. Verse ConceptsPast, TheRememberingRepentance, Examples OfBeing PreparedHolding FastIgnorance Of Christ’s ReturnRepentanceThe Time UnknownThe Lord As A Thief

But if it doesn’t please you to worship Yahweh, choose for yourselves today the one you will worship: the gods your fathers worshiped beyond the Euphrates River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my family, we will worship Yahweh.” Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillAge, Glories OfFamily, Worship InChoicesdoubt, results ofFamilies, Examples OfGood Decision Making ExamplesIntentionsHeads Of The FamilyChoosingFaithful, Choose To RemainZeal, ReligiousLife's PurposeEmployers, Good ExamplesChoosing God's WayBehold Me!Encouraged To Serve Foreign godsServing One's Own GodsBeyond The EuphratesServingServing God

Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you hesitate between two opinions? If Yahweh is God, follow Him. But if Baal, follow him.” But the people didn’t answer him a word. Verse ConceptsChoicesdoubt, results ofdouble mindednessChallengesChoosingHesitationIndecisionOpinionsPublic OpinionSyncretismSkepticismDivided HeartsIndividuals Being SilentTwo Intangible ThingsThe Lord [Yahweh] Is Godfollowing

And Moses stood at the camp’s entrance and said, “Whoever is for the Lord, come to me.” And all the Levites gathered around him. Verse ConceptsChoicesGood Decision Making ExamplesRankChoosingAssembling LeadersStanding In The Gateway


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