Thematic Bible: Forgetfulness


Thematic Bible



Because if any man is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a glass; For after looking at himself he goes away, and in a short time he has no memory of what he was like.

Then take care that you keep your hearts true to the Lord, who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house. Verse ConceptsForgettingBeing BewareGroups Of SlavesGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egyptslavery

And when the Lord your God has taken you into the land which he gave his oath to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, that he would give you; with great and fair towns which were not of your building; And houses full of good things not stored up by you, and places for storing water which you did not make, and vine-gardens and olive-trees not of your planting; and you have taken food and are full;

Then take care that you are not turned away from the Lord your God and from keeping his orders and decisions and laws which I give you this day:

And the children of Israel did not keep in their minds the Lord their God, who had been their saviour from all their haters on every side;

The sinners and all the nations who have no memory of God will be turned into the underworld. Verse ConceptsForgetting GodEternal DeathGrave, TheHell, Punishment OfSheolSinners Grasped By Death


They let his works go out of their memory, and the wonders which he had made them see. Verse ConceptsPast, TheAffections Should Not Grow Cold

For you have not given honour to the God of your salvation, and have not kept in mind the Rock of your strength; for this cause you made a garden of Adonis, and put in it the vine-cuttings of a strange god; Verse ConceptsFortressesGod, The RockRocksMetaphorical Plantingmindfulness

A voice is sounding on the open hilltops, the weeping and the prayers of the children of Israel; because their way is twisted, they have not kept the Lord their God in mind. Verse ConceptsForgettingWeepingConviction Of Sinimpulsiveness

For this reason there is the more need for us to give attention to the things which have come to our ears, for fear that by chance we might be slipping away. Verse ConceptsBacksliding, CausesFaith, As A Body Of Beliefsdoubt, results ofWatchfulness, Of BelieversTaking HeedResponsible To Warnattention

Only take care, and keep watch on your soul, for fear that the things which your eyes have seen go from your memory and from your heart all the days of your life; but let the knowledge of them be given to your children and to your children's children; Verse ConceptsLearning From The PastBaby dedicationForgettingForgetting GodFathers, Responsibilities OfBeing A KidGenerationsChildren, needs ofDiligence, Objects Ofdiscipline, in the familyGuardsPast, TheWatchfulness, Of BelieversCautiondiligenceParents Duty To ChildrenChildrearingCaring For ChildrenVigilanceSchoolsTeaching ChildrenGuarding Yourself

And you have given no thought to the Lord your Maker, by whom the heavens were stretched out, and the earth placed on its base; and you went all day in fear of the wrath of the cruel one, when he was making ready for your destruction. And where is the wrath of the cruel one? Verse ConceptsFoundations

Because if any man is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a glass; For after looking at himself he goes away, and in a short time he has no memory of what he was like.

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain