Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible




For we have been consumed by Your anger
And by Your wrath we have been terrified.
Verse ConceptsGod's IndignationAnger Of God, Description


“How often [then] is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out,
And that their disaster falls on them?
Does God distribute pain and destruction and sorrow [to them] in His anger?
Verse ConceptsLampsAfflictions Of The WickedProsperity Of The Wicked

He let loose upon them the fierceness of His anger, His wrath and indignation and distress, by sending [a mission of] angels of calamity and woe among them. He leveled and made a straight path for His anger [to give it free course]; He did not spare [the Egyptian families] from death but gave their beasts over to the pestilence and the life [of their eldest] over to the plague. He smote all the firstborn in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tents [of the land of the sons] of Ham.


By the wrath of the Lord of hosts the land is burned up,
And the people are like fuel for the fire;
No man spares his brother.
Verse ConceptsWicked Described AsFire Of God's AngerNot Sparingwrath

Therefore thus says the Lord God, “Behold, My anger and My wrath will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the fruit of the ground; and it will burn and [the fire will] not be quenched.” Verse ConceptsNot ExtinguishingBoth Men And Animals AffectedHarming Trees

They will fling their silver into the streets and their gold will be [discarded] like something unclean; their silver and their gold shall not be able to save them in the day of the wrath of the Lord. These [things] cannot satisfy their soul nor fill their stomachs, for they have become their stumbling block and source of sin. Verse ConceptsAbilityTo DeliverdissatisfactionGoldThrowing AwaySatisfactionStomachsStumblingTreasureSalvation Not By WorksSending Things AwayThe Entrance Of SinThings Which Cannot SaveHindering God's WorkMoney's DeficienciesSaving Money

And with whom was He angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose dead bodies were scattered in the desert? Verse ConceptsDesertsIrritationMisused Privileges40 To 50 YearsDying In The WildernessDying In The Desert Sinners Grasped By Death


With your [own] wisdom and with your [own] understanding
You have acquired your riches and power
And have brought gold and silver into your treasuries;
Verse ConceptsWealthGoldSilverWorldly WisdomWisdom Gives Wealth

They will fling their silver into the streets and their gold will be [discarded] like something unclean; their silver and their gold shall not be able to save them in the day of the wrath of the Lord. These [things] cannot satisfy their soul nor fill their stomachs, for they have become their stumbling block and source of sin. Verse ConceptsAbilityTo DeliverdissatisfactionGoldThrowing AwaySatisfactionStomachsStumblingTreasureSalvation Not By WorksSending Things AwayThe Entrance Of SinThings Which Cannot SaveHindering God's WorkMoney's DeficienciesSaving Money


Do not take gold, or silver, or [even] copper money in your money belt, Verse ConceptsCopperBeltsPursesBrassLacking MoneyMoney Boxcats

For you know that you were not redeemed from your useless [spiritually unproductive] way of life inherited [by tradition] from your forefathers with perishable things like silver and gold, Verse ConceptsFutilityemptinessGoldMarketsRiches, Nature OfRiches, Description OfPossessions DecayingTransient WealthUseless EndeavourPeople Are CorruptibleMoney's Deficienciesfearlessliberationredeemed

But Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have; but what I do have I give to you: In the name (authority, power) of Jesus Christ the Nazarene—[begin now to] walk and go on walking!” Verse ConceptsCuresGoldMaterialism, As An Aspect Of SinMoney, Attitudes ToThe Healed WalkingIn The Name Of ChristGiving To The PoorLacking MoneyGiving Without Expecting ReturnNever Giving Uppeter

I had no desire for anyone’s silver or gold or [expensive] clothes. Verse ConceptsCoveting, prohibition ofClothing, Attitude RegardingGoldGreed, Believers' Response To

Please remember, the money which we found in the mouths of our sacks we have brought back to you from the land of Canaan. Is it likely then that we would steal silver or gold from your master’s house? Verse ConceptsStealingIndeterminate Sums Of Money

And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, “Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man’s [grain] money in the mouth of the sack. Verse ConceptsIndeterminate Sums Of Money

So David gave Ornan 600 shekels of gold by weight for the site. Verse ConceptsCoinageGoldweight

Show 3 more verses
And weighed out to them the silver, the gold, and the vessels, the offering for the house of our God which the king, his counselors, his lords, and all Israel there present had offered. I weighed into their hands 650 talents of silver, and silver vessels valued at 100 talents, and 100 talents of gold; Also 20 basins of gold worth 1,000 darics, and two vessels of fine bright bronze, precious as gold. read more.
And I said to them, You are holy to the Lord, the vessels are holy also, and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to the Lord, the God of your fathers.


Listen carefully, I will put the Medes [in motion] against them,
Who have no regard for silver and do not delight in gold [and therefore cannot be bribed].
Verse ConceptsMoney's Deficiencies


“The islands and coastlands will confidently wait for Me;
And the ships of Tarshish will come first,
To bring your sons from far away,
Their silver and gold with them,
For the name of the Lord your God,
For the Holy One of Israel because He has glorified you.
Verse ConceptsHonorIslandsSeafaringShipsThe NavySea TravelGod Bestowing GloryPeople From Far Away


The Lord has greatly blessed my master, and he has become great (wealthy, powerful); He has given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and servants and maids, and camels and donkeys. Verse ConceptsAbundance, MaterialCowsGenerosity, God'sGoldSilverAbraham, In SocietyOwning LivestockGroups Of SlavesSupplied With MoneyBlessed By GodMultitudes Of DonkeysPossessing SheepWealthy People


With your [own] wisdom and with your [own] understanding
You have acquired your riches and power
And have brought gold and silver into your treasuries;
Verse ConceptsWealthGoldSilverWorldly WisdomWisdom Gives Wealth

They will fling their silver into the streets and their gold will be [discarded] like something unclean; their silver and their gold shall not be able to save them in the day of the wrath of the Lord. These [things] cannot satisfy their soul nor fill their stomachs, for they have become their stumbling block and source of sin. Verse ConceptsAbilityTo DeliverdissatisfactionGoldThrowing AwaySatisfactionStomachsStumblingTreasureSalvation Not By WorksSending Things AwayThe Entrance Of SinThings Which Cannot SaveHindering God's WorkMoney's DeficienciesSaving Money


“Those who lavish gold from the bag
And weigh out silver on the scales
Hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;
They bow down, indeed they worship it.
Verse ConceptsCraftsmenPursesGoldHiringMetalworkersSkillGoldsmithsWeighingBowing To False GodsAmassing SilverGold TransferredNature Of Idolatrybalance


Do not take gold, or silver, or [even] copper money in your money belt, Verse ConceptsCopperBeltsPursesBrassLacking MoneyMoney Boxcats

For you know that you were not redeemed from your useless [spiritually unproductive] way of life inherited [by tradition] from your forefathers with perishable things like silver and gold, Verse ConceptsFutilityemptinessGoldMarketsRiches, Nature OfRiches, Description OfPossessions DecayingTransient WealthUseless EndeavourPeople Are CorruptibleMoney's Deficienciesfearlessliberationredeemed

But Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have; but what I do have I give to you: In the name (authority, power) of Jesus Christ the Nazarene—[begin now to] walk and go on walking!” Verse ConceptsCuresGoldMaterialism, As An Aspect Of SinMoney, Attitudes ToThe Healed WalkingIn The Name Of ChristGiving To The PoorLacking MoneyGiving Without Expecting ReturnNever Giving Uppeter

I had no desire for anyone’s silver or gold or [expensive] clothes. Verse ConceptsCoveting, prohibition ofClothing, Attitude RegardingGoldGreed, Believers' Response To

Show 6 more verses
Please remember, the money which we found in the mouths of our sacks we have brought back to you from the land of Canaan. Is it likely then that we would steal silver or gold from your master’s house? Verse ConceptsStealingIndeterminate Sums Of Money

And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, “Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man’s [grain] money in the mouth of the sack. Verse ConceptsIndeterminate Sums Of Money

So David gave Ornan 600 shekels of gold by weight for the site. Verse ConceptsCoinageGoldweight


Listen carefully, I will put the Medes [in motion] against them,
Who have no regard for silver and do not delight in gold [and therefore cannot be bribed].
Verse ConceptsMoney's Deficiencies


“The islands and coastlands will confidently wait for Me;
And the ships of Tarshish will come first,
To bring your sons from far away,
Their silver and gold with them,
For the name of the Lord your God,
For the Holy One of Israel because He has glorified you.
Verse ConceptsHonorIslandsSeafaringShipsThe NavySea TravelGod Bestowing GloryPeople From Far Away

And weighed out to them the silver, the gold, and the vessels, the offering for the house of our God which the king, his counselors, his lords, and all Israel there present had offered. I weighed into their hands 650 talents of silver, and silver vessels valued at 100 talents, and 100 talents of gold; Also 20 basins of gold worth 1,000 darics, and two vessels of fine bright bronze, precious as gold.

But I have a few things against you, because you have there some [among you] who are holding to the [corrupt] teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, [enticing them] to eat things that had been sacrificed to idols and to commit [acts of sexual] immorality. Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyFreedom, Abuse Of ChristianFoodAdultery, SpiritualChastityToleranceAbuse, Of Christian FreedomFalse Teachers, Examples OfStumbling BlocksMisteachingFood For Other godsFood Offered To IdolsThey Committed ImmoralitysexSexual Immorality

They will fling their silver into the streets and their gold will be [discarded] like something unclean; their silver and their gold shall not be able to save them in the day of the wrath of the Lord. These [things] cannot satisfy their soul nor fill their stomachs, for they have become their stumbling block and source of sin. Verse ConceptsAbilityTo DeliverdissatisfactionGoldThrowing AwaySatisfactionStomachsStumblingTreasureSalvation Not By WorksSending Things AwayThe Entrance Of SinThings Which Cannot SaveHindering God's WorkMoney's DeficienciesSaving Money

You shall not curse a deaf man nor put a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God [with profound reverence]; I am the Lord. Verse ConceptsDeafnessdisabilitiesOffenceReverence, And Social BehaviourStumblingDisabled PersonsHandicappedNatural DeafnessStumbling BlocksReverence To GodI Am The LordDo Not HinderUngodly CursingFear God!Funroadblocks

Then let us not criticize one another anymore, but rather determine this—not to put an obstacle or a stumbling block or a source of temptation in another believer’s way. Verse ConceptsGood FriendsCommitment, to God's peopleInfluenceOffenceTemptation, Avoiding CausingThe Saints, Without OffenceStumbling BlocksNot JudgingDo Not HinderChristian LibertyHindrancesJudgingJudging Others Actions

but we preach Christ crucified, [a message which is] to Jews a stumbling block [that provokes their opposition], and to Gentiles foolishness [just utter nonsense], Verse Conceptsevangelism, nature ofHeraldStumblingStumbling BlocksPreaching ChristFoolishness Of GodChrist Was KilledSignificance Of Christ's CrucifixionGentilesJewscrucifixion

For anyone of the house of Israel or among the strangers who immigrate to Israel who separates himself from Me, taking his idols into his heart, and puts right before his face the [vile] stumbling block of his wickedness and guilt, and [then] comes to the prophet to ask of Me for himself, I the Lord will answer him Myself. Verse ConceptsForeignersenquiring of GodOffenceSeparation From GodGod Will AnswerIn FrontHindering God's WorkImmigrants


Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts and put the stumbling block of their iniquity and guilt before their faces; should I permit Myself to be inquired of at all by them? Therefore speak to them and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Every man of the house of Israel who takes his idols [of self-will and unsubmissiveness] into his heart and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity [idols of silver and gold] before his face, and yet comes to the prophet [to inquire of him], I the Lord will answer him, answer him according to the multitude of his idols,

Woe to you lawyers, because you have taken away the key to knowledge (scriptural truth). You yourselves did not enter, and you held back those who were entering [by your flawed interpretation of God’s word and your man-made tradition].” Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionGuidance, Need For God'sKeysWoeStumbling BlocksEntering The KingdomDrawbacks To KnowledgeTaking God's ThingsScience


And it will be said,
“Build up, build up, clear the way.
Remove the stumbling block out of the way [of the spiritual return] of My people.”
Verse ConceptsStumbling BlocksMaking RoadsDo Not HinderHindrancesHighwaysMoving OnRemoving People From Your LifeOvercoming Obstaclesroadblockspeople

Show 5 more verses
Therefore, thus says the Lord,

“Behold, I am laying stumbling blocks before this people.
The fathers and the sons together
Will stumble against them;
The neighbor and his friend will perish.”
Verse ConceptsStumblingFathers And SonsFriends FailingGod HinderingHindrances

Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness (right standing with God) and sins, and I place an obstacle before him, he will die; since you have not warned him, he will die in his sin, and the righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered; but you will be responsible for his blood. Verse ConceptsApostates, PunishmentOffenceRighteous, TheStumblingAccountabilityResponsibility For Blood ShedWarning IndividualsGod HinderingIf You Turn From GodResponsible To WarnResponsibility


“I will consume and sweep away man and beast;
I will consume and sweep away the birds of the air
And the fish of the sea,
And the stumbling blocks (idols) along with the wicked;
And I will cut off and destroy man from the face of the earth,” declares the Lord.
Verse ConceptsAnimals, religious role ofBoth Men And Animals KilledMan's Sinful NatureWeedFish

And David says,

Let their table (abundance) become a snare and a trap,
A stumbling block and a retribution to them.
Verse ConceptsPeople StumblingTrapping Oneself

Only be careful that this power of choice (this permission and liberty to do as you please) which is yours, does not [somehow] become a hindrance (cause of stumbling) to the weak or overscrupulous [giving them an impulse to sin]. For suppose someone sees you, a man having knowledge [of God, with an intelligent view of this subject and] reclining at table in an idol's temple, might he not be encouraged and emboldened [to violate his own conscientious scruples] if he is weak and uncertain, and eat what [to him] is for the purpose of idol worship? And so by your enlightenment (your knowledge of spiritual things), this weak man is ruined (is lost and perishes) -- "the brother for whom Christ (the Messiah) died! read more.
And when you sin against your brethren in this way, wounding and damaging their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. Therefore, if [my eating a] food is a cause of my brother's falling or of hindering [his spiritual advancement], I will not eat [such] flesh forever, lest I cause my brother to be tripped up and fall and to be offended.

Names