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Thematic Bible



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 ConceptsGluttonyFellowship OfferingFeastingAmusementsBurnt offeringPagansSittingRising EarlyRecreationRevelrySitting In FellowshipThose Who Rose EarlyEating And DrinkingFood Offered To IdolsEarly RisingRoses

Now when they were in high spirits, they said, “Call for Samson, so that he may amuse us.” So they called Samson out of the prison, and he entertained them. They made him stand between the pillars. Verse ConceptsAmusementsLeisure, And PastimesRecreationRevelryMaking FunSports

Then Abner said to Joab, “Let the young men now stand and have a contest before us.” And Joab said, “Let them stand.” Verse ConceptsAmusementsLeisure, And PastimesRecreationBoxing


Who improvise to the sound of the harp—
Like David they have composed songs for themselves—
Verse ConceptsAmusementsInventionsRecreationWriting SongsComposersHarpsinstruments




“Thus says the Lord, ‘If you can break My covenant for the day and My covenant for the night, so that day and night do not take place at their appointed times, Verse ConceptsProvision Of Day And NightPromises respectingSunshineThe MoonSeasons Changingcovenant


whenever our heart convicts us [in guilt]; for God is greater than our heart and He knows all things [nothing is hidden from Him because we are in His hands]. Verse ConceptsVisionGod, Omniscience OfGod And The HeartGuiltEmotionscondemnationconsciencereassurance


“Do not go on boasting so very proudly,
Do not let arrogance come out of your mouth;
For the Lord is a God of knowledge,
And by Him actions are weighed (examined).
Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingAbilityAwesome GodBeing A Know It AllGod, Wisdom OfMouthsPride, Evil OfSuccessSuperiorityVisionArrogance, Characterizes The WickedDo Not Be ProudBoastingbalancearroganceweightmotives



You know when I sit down and when I rise up [my entire life, everything I do];
You understand my thought from afar.
Verse ConceptsGod, Wisdom OfImagination, Inward DesiresMan's ThoughtsGod Far AwayRisingThoughts



and again, “The Lord knows the thoughts of the [humanly] wise, that they are useless.” Verse ConceptsIntelligenceReasoned ArgumentFoolishness Of MenUseless Words And Thinking

or [else] the Lord’s anger will be kindled and burn against you, and He will shut up the heavens so that there will be no rain and the land will not yield its fruit; and you will perish quickly from the good land which the Lord is giving you. Verse Conceptsdrought, physicalRainUnfruitfulnessWeather, As God's JudgmentElements, Control OfDispleasureDivine Power Over Nature


“I will turn it into a wasteland;
It will not be pruned or cultivated,
But briars and thorns will come up.
I will also command the clouds not to rain on it.”
Verse ConceptsBriersAgriculture, TermsPruningCommands, in OTdrought, physicalRainCultivationLack Of RainFallow Land

He led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water; it was He who brought water for you out of the flinty rock. Verse ConceptsFlintClimates, Typesdrought, physicalSnakesSuffering, HardshipThirstAnimals, Types OfGod Providing WaterDry PlacesProvision From RocksScorpions

“When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and praise Your name and turn from their sin when You afflict them, Verse ConceptsLack Of RainSigns Of RepentanceSin Brings ImpoverishmentSin Producing Afflictions


“They did not say, ‘Where is the Lord
Who brought us up from the land of Egypt,
Who led us through the wilderness,
Through a land of deserts and of pits,
Through a land of drought and of the deep darkness [of the shadow of death],
Through a land that no man passed through
And where no man lived?’
Verse ConceptsFreedom, Acts Of In OtBarren, LandDesertsWildernessDry PlacesDarkness During DaytimeEmpty By NatureWhere Is God?God Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

The Lord will make the rain of your land powder and dust; from heaven it will come down on you until you are destroyed. Verse ConceptsDust, Figurative Usedust


I knew and regarded you and cared for you in the wilderness,
In the land of drought.
Verse Conceptsdrought, physicalDesertsHeatDry PlacesGod Knowing His PeopleGod Led Them Through The Wilderness


whenever our heart convicts us [in guilt]; for God is greater than our heart and He knows all things [nothing is hidden from Him because we are in His hands]. Verse ConceptsVisionGod, Omniscience OfGod And The HeartGuiltEmotionscondemnationconsciencereassurance


“Do not go on boasting so very proudly,
Do not let arrogance come out of your mouth;
For the Lord is a God of knowledge,
And by Him actions are weighed (examined).
Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingAbilityAwesome GodBeing A Know It AllGod, Wisdom OfMouthsPride, Evil OfSuccessSuperiorityVisionArrogance, Characterizes The WickedDo Not Be ProudBoastingbalancearroganceweightmotives



You know when I sit down and when I rise up [my entire life, everything I do];
You understand my thought from afar.
Verse ConceptsGod, Wisdom OfImagination, Inward DesiresMan's ThoughtsGod Far AwayRisingThoughts



and again, “The Lord knows the thoughts of the [humanly] wise, that they are useless.” Verse ConceptsIntelligenceReasoned ArgumentFoolishness Of MenUseless Words And Thinking


whenever our heart convicts us [in guilt]; for God is greater than our heart and He knows all things [nothing is hidden from Him because we are in His hands]. Verse ConceptsVisionGod, Omniscience OfGod And The HeartGuiltEmotionscondemnationconsciencereassurance


“Do not go on boasting so very proudly,
Do not let arrogance come out of your mouth;
For the Lord is a God of knowledge,
And by Him actions are weighed (examined).
Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingAbilityAwesome GodBeing A Know It AllGod, Wisdom OfMouthsPride, Evil OfSuccessSuperiorityVisionArrogance, Characterizes The WickedDo Not Be ProudBoastingbalancearroganceweightmotives



You know when I sit down and when I rise up [my entire life, everything I do];
You understand my thought from afar.
Verse ConceptsGod, Wisdom OfImagination, Inward DesiresMan's ThoughtsGod Far AwayRisingThoughts



and again, “The Lord knows the thoughts of the [humanly] wise, that they are useless.” Verse ConceptsIntelligenceReasoned ArgumentFoolishness Of MenUseless Words And Thinking

Joshua said to the priests, “Take up the ark of the covenant and cross over [the river] ahead of the people.” So they took up the ark of the covenant and went on ahead of the people. Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, DescriptionThe Ark Moved AroundCrossing Into The Promised LandRiver CrossingsThings Going BeforePriests In ActionArk Of The Covenant


Then he sent young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the Lord. Verse ConceptsBurnt offeringYoung AnimalSacrificing CattlePeace offerings

The priests went into the inner part of the house of the Lord to cleanse it, and every unclean thing they found in the temple of the Lord they brought out to the courtyard of the Lord’s house. Then the Levites received it to take out to the Kidron Valley [for disposal].

Now Jethro (Reuel), the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel His people, and that the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt. Verse ConceptsOccupationsGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

Further, the priests and the Levites who were in all Israel took their stand with Rehoboam from all their districts.