Thematic Bible: For devotions


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Early the next morning they arose, offered burnt offerings, and presented fellowship offerings. The people sat down to eat and drink, then got up to play. Verse ConceptsGluttonyFellowship OfferingFeastingAmusementsBurnt offeringPagansSittingRising EarlyRecreationRevelrySitting In FellowshipThose Who Rose EarlyEating And DrinkingFood Offered To IdolsEarly RisingRoses

I thought: You will certainly fear Me
and accept correction.
Then her dwelling place
would not be cut off
based on all that I had allocated to her.
However, they became more corrupt
in all their actions.
Verse ConceptseagernessPunishment, By GodRashnessFear Of God, Results OfRising EarlyFear God!Roses

The murderer rises at dawn
to kill the poor and needy,
and by night he becomes a thief.
Verse ConceptsMurderNightRising EarlySecret SinsNot Helping The Poor


They got up early the next morning and went up the ridge of the hill country, saying, “Let’s go to the place the Lord promised, for we were wrong.” Verse ConceptsConviction, Not Leading To RepentanceRising EarlyThose Who Rose Early

And Moses wrote down all the words of the Lord. He rose early the next morning and set up an altar and 12 pillars for the 12 tribes of Israel at the base of the mountain. Verse ConceptsAltarsThe Number TwelveBuildingMoses, Significance OfPillarsRising EarlyMorning DevotionsObelisksThose Who Rose EarlyTwelve Tribes

Early in the morning Jacob took the stone that was near his head and set it up as a marker. He poured oil on top of it Verse ConceptsAnointing, ObjectsAnointing With OilMorning DevotionsMorningOilRising EarlyMonumentsObelisksStones As MonumentsThose Who Rose EarlyAnointing ThingsAnointing Oil

When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he said, "Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it." He was afraid and said, "What an awesome place this is! This is none other than the house of God. This is the gate of heaven."


Wake up, my soul!
Wake up, harp and lyre!
I will wake up the dawn.
Verse ConceptsDawnSleeplessnessRising EarlyMorning DevotionsWake Up!Early Risingawakening

King Hezekiah got up early, gathered the city officials, and went to the Lord’s temple. Verse ConceptsMorning DevotionsRising Early

The next morning Elkanah and Hannah got up early to bow in worship before the Lord. Afterward, they returned home to Ramah. Then Elkanah was intimate with his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her. Verse ConceptsMorning DevotionsOne FleshRising EarlyMarital SexGod Remembering His PeopleMarital Sex BetweenThose Who Rose EarlyIndividuals going homeEarly Rising

So Abraham got up early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took with him two of his young men and his son Isaac. He split wood for a burnt offering and set out to go to the place God had told him about. Verse ConceptsAbrahamDonkeysMorningAnimals, Types OfRising EarlySplitting WoodFirewoodThose Who Rose EarlyPreparing To TravelSaddling DonkeysTwo Other Men


Whenever a round of banqueting was over, Job would send for his children and purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought: Perhaps my children have sinned, having cursed God in their hearts. This was Job’s regular practice. Verse ConceptsCustomBad ParentsParents Prayer For Their ChildrenRising Early, Examples OfFamilies, Examples OfMorning DevotionsBurnt offeringOfferingsSonsWorldly Pleasures, Leads ToParents Duty To ChildrenRising EarlyThose Who Rose EarlyCursing GodMaking People HolyEarly RisingSacrificeKidsRoses

I long for You in the night;
yes, my spirit within me diligently seeks You,
for when Your judgments are in the land,
the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
Verse ConceptsSpiritual Desiresdiscipleship, nature ofLonging For GodEarth, Judgment OfNightPrayer, As A Relationship With GodThirstAfflictions, Benefits Of

A Davidic psalm. When he was in the Wilderness of Judah.God, You are my God; I eagerly seek You.
I thirst for You;
my body faints for You
in a land that is dry, desolate, and without water.
Verse ConceptsSpiritual Hungereagernessdrought, spiritualDeserts, SpecificBodyHeart, And Holy SpiritLonging For GodRevival, PersonalSeeking GodSymbolsThirstDry LandDry PlacesSeeking WaterYou Are Our GodartistsHeartfelt Prayer To God



But I call to You for help, Lord;
in the morning my prayer meets You.
Verse ConceptsMorning WorshipI Pray

Let’s go early to the vineyards;
let’s see if the vine has budded,
if the blossom has opened,
if the pomegranates are in bloom.
There I will give you my love.
Verse ConceptsBlossomingPomegranatesWalking In LoveEarly Rising

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