Thematic Bible: For devotions
Thematic Bible
Early rising » For devotions » To do evil
So they got up early the next day and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; then the people sat down to eat and drink, and got up to play [shamefully—without moral restraint].
Verse Concepts
“I said, ‘Most certainly you will [reverently] fear Me;
Accept correction.’
So Jerusalem’s dwelling will not be cut off
In accordance with all that I have appointed concerning her [punishment],
But they were eager [even rising early] to make all their deeds corrupt.
“The murderer rises at dawn;
He kills the poor and the needy,
And at night he becomes a thief.
Woe (judgment is coming) to those who rise early in the morning to pursue intoxicating drink,
Who stay up late in the night till wine inflames them!
They got up early in the morning and went up to the ridge of the hill country, saying, “Look, here we are; we have indeed sinned, but we will go up to the place which the Lord has promised.”
Verse Concepts
Early rising » For devotions » Of jacob
Moses wrote down all the words of the Lord. Then he got up early in the morning, and built an altar [for worship] at the foot of the mountain with twelve pillars (memorial stones) representing the twelve tribes of Israel.
Verse Concepts
So Jacob got up early in the morning, and took the stone he had put under his head and he set it up as a pillar [that is, a monument to the vision in his dream], and he poured [olive] oil on the top of it [to consecrate it].
Verse Concepts
And Jacob awoke from his sleep and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place and I did not know it. He was afraid and said, How to be feared and reverenced is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gateway to heaven!
Early rising » For devotions » Of david
I rise before dawn and cry [in prayer] for help;
I wait for Your word.
Awake, my glory!
Awake, harp and lyre!
I will awaken the dawn.
Early rising » For devotions » Of hezekiah
Then King Hezekiah arose early and assembled the officials of the city, and went up to the house of the Lord.
Verse Concepts
Early rising » For devotions » Of samuel's parents
The family got up early the next morning, worshiped before the Lord, and returned to their home in Ramah. Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the Lord remembered her [prayer].
Verse Concepts
Early rising » For devotions » Morning devotions
So Abraham got up early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him and his son Isaac; and he split the wood for the burnt offering, and then he got up and went to the place of which God had told him.
Verse Concepts
Early rising » For devotions » Of jesus
Early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left [the house], and went out to a secluded place, and was praying there.
Verse Concepts
Early rising » For devotions » Of job
When the days of their feasting were over, Job would send [for them] and consecrate them, rising early in the morning and offering burnt offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, “It may be that my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” Job did this at all [such] times.
Verse Concepts
Rising » Early » For devotions
In the night my soul longs for You [O Lord],
Indeed, my spirit within me seeks You diligently;
For [only] when Your judgments are experienced on the earth
Will the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
My
In a dry and weary land where there is no water.
Verse Concepts
In the morning, O Lord, You will hear my voice;
In the morning I will prepare [a prayer and a sacrifice] for You and watch and wait [for You to speak to my heart].
But as for me, I will sing of Your mighty strength and power;
Yes, I will sing joyfully of Your lovingkindness in the morning;
For You have been my stronghold
And a refuge in the day of my distress.
But I have cried out to You, O Lord, for help;
And in the morning my prayer will come to You.
“Let us go out early to the vineyards;
Let us see whether the vine has budded
And its blossoms have opened,
And whether the pomegranates have flowered.
There I will give you my love.