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Thematic Bible



And Eli said to her, "How long will you go on being drunk? Put your wine away from you." Verse ConceptsDo Not Get Drunkalcoholismdrunkards

And you have also set up prophets to proclaim concerning you in Jerusalem, 'There is a king in Judah.' And now the king will hear of these reports. So now come and let us take counsel together." Verse ConceptsFalse AccusationsWicked ProphetsMan's Counsel

But stretch out your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face." Verse Conceptsevil, origins ofdiseasesFalse AccusationsDamage To The BodyTouching To HarmWoundsCursing God

For you have exacted pledges of your brothers for nothing and stripped the naked of their clothing. Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyGuaranteeFalse AccusationsPeople Stripping Peoplelent

When he was at the Benjamin Gate, a sentry there named Irijah the son of Shelemiah, son of Hananiah, seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "You are deserting to the Chaldeans." Verse ConceptsFalse Accusations, Examples OfCaptainsFalse AccusationsNamed GatesTurning Against MenNamed Prophets Of The Lord





for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood. Verse ConceptsSheddingRunning After EvilFeet In ActionReady To Kill

For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong; they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble. Verse ConceptsMischiefCausing Others To StumbleRestForgiving Others Who Hurt YouHurtSleeping PeacefullyHurt And BetrayalLosing Someonewickednesshurting


Their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their highways. Verse ConceptsFeetevil, origins ofInnocence, Teaching OnCharacter Of WickedInnocent BloodSheddingPaths Of The WickedDestructionThoughts Of The WickedReady To Kill

Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil on their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in the power of their hand. Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstPlansPower, HumanEvil PlansRising EarlyEvil DevicesPlottingDecadenceDeliberationIn The MorningWoe To The WickedGod's People SinningPowerNatural Disasterswickednessaccomplishment



He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head; he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and wrapped himself in zeal as a cloak. Verse ConceptsArmor of GodBreastplatesCloaksSalvation, Illustrations OfThe Helmet Of SalvationFervourGod's ClothingClothed With RighteousnessHelmetsGod Executes VengeanceRevengePassionarmor






So they came, both men and women. All who were of a willing heart brought brooches and earrings and signet rings and armlets, all sorts of gold objects, every man dedicating an offering of gold to the LORD. Verse ConceptsEarringsGenerosity, HumanGoldMale And FemaleOrnamentsRingsTreasureWave OfferingsDonationsNecklaceGold TransferredJewellery And GodPeople Willingjewelry

And we have brought the LORD's offering, what each man found, articles of gold, armlets and bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and beads, to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD." Verse ConceptsBraceletsEarringsGoldOrnamentsRingsSealsNecklace


And the servant brought out jewelry of silver and of gold, and garments, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave to her brother and to her mother costly ornaments. Verse ConceptsGenerosity, HumandowryBetrothalGoldMarriage, Customs ConcerningOrnamentsMarriage, The BrideCosmeticsPresentsPeople Giving ClothesJewelleryjewelry

but each woman shall ask of her neighbor, and any woman who lives in her house, for silver and gold jewelry, and for clothing. You shall put them on your sons and on your daughters. So you shall plunder the Egyptians." Verse ConceptsAskingGoldOrnamentsPeople Giving Clothesjewelry



The eye of the adulterer also waits for the twilight, saying, 'No eye will see me'; and he veils his face. Verse ConceptsSunsetsNot Seeing PeopleUnseendisguisesAdulteryPurgatoryadultry

"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery.' Verse ConceptsAdulterersAdultery and DivorceLaw, Ten CommandmentsAvoid AdulteryAdultery In The Church


Accordingly, she will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she marries another man she is not an adulteress. Verse ConceptsWithout The LawSex Before Marriageadultry





Then the LORD said, "I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters. I know their sufferings, Verse ConceptsGod, Suffering OfHearingReceptivenessSensitivityTaskmastersGod, All knowingGod Seeing Their AfflictionCries Of Distress To GodGod Paid Attention To ThemGod Sending His SonAfflictions





Noah began to be a man of the soil, and he planted a vineyard. Verse ConceptsNoahVineyardPlanting VineyardsFarmersCultivationActivity BegunAgricultureFarming

And Judah and all its cities shall dwell there together, and the farmers and those who wander with their flocks. Verse ConceptsFarmers

with you I break in pieces the shepherd and his flock; with you I break in pieces the farmer and his team; with you I break in pieces governors and commanders. Verse ConceptsGovernorsFarmersStock Keeping

Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord: "In all the squares there shall be wailing, and in all the streets they shall say, 'Alas! Alas!' They shall call the farmers to mourning and to wailing those who are skilled in lamentation, Verse ConceptsGesturesFarmersMourningRoadsMournersWailingCity SquaresGod As A WarriorHighways

but he will say, 'I am no prophet, I am a worker of the soil, for a man sold me in my youth.' Verse ConceptsPloughmenWork From YouthProphets Who Were Not SentAgricultureFarming

"Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and leased it to tenants, and went into another country. Verse ConceptsJourneyOccupationsTowersVineyardWallsFortsExcavationTreading GrapesLeasinglent

When the season came, he sent a servant to the tenants to get from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TalentsServants Of PeopleFarming

He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others." When they heard this, they said, "Surely not!" Verse ConceptsCareFar Be It!God Gave The LandGod Will Kill His PeopleEviction



Noah began to be a man of the soil, and he planted a vineyard. Verse ConceptsNoahVineyardPlanting VineyardsFarmersCultivationActivity BegunAgricultureFarming




For six years you shall sow your field, and for six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather in its fruits, Verse ConceptsCropsPruningSix YearsLiteral Planting

So he departed from there and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen in front of him, and he was with the twelfth. Elijah passed by him and cast his cloak upon him. Verse ConceptsFarmersCloaksCovering The BodyYokesCultivationPloughingOuter GarmentsPloughmenTwelve Animals

and there came a messenger to Job and said, "The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them, Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsMessengerPloughingTilling The SoilAnimals Eating


And he built towers in the wilderness and cut out many cisterns, for he had large herds, both in the Shephelah and in the plain, and he had farmers and vinedressers in the hills and in the fertile lands, for he loved the soil. Verse ConceptsFortificationsCisternsVineyardWatchmanAgricultureFarming

and over those who did the work of the field for tilling the soil was Ezri the son of Chelub; Verse ConceptsPloughmen

So he departed from there and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen in front of him, and he was with the twelfth. Elijah passed by him and cast his cloak upon him. Verse ConceptsFarmersCloaksCovering The BodyYokesCultivationPloughingOuter GarmentsPloughmenTwelve Animals

Noah began to be a man of the soil, and he planted a vineyard. Verse ConceptsNoahVineyardPlanting VineyardsFarmersCultivationActivity BegunAgricultureFarming


And he told them a parable, saying, "The land of a rich man produced plentifully, Verse ConceptsRich, TheFertile LandWealthy PeopleFarminguncertainty

In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab the son of Omri began to reign over Israel, and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years. Verse Concepts20 To 30 Years

Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, "As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word." Verse ConceptsFamine, Examples OfBaal Worship, HistoryElijah, Prophecies OfElijah, Life Ofdrought, physicaldewLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityPrayerfulnessRainWeather, As God's JudgmentMiracles Of ElijahCrowsImmigrants

And Ahab said to Obadiah, "Go through the land to all the springs of water and to all the valleys. Perhaps we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, and not lose some of the animals." Verse ConceptsGrassMulesFeeding AnimalsKept Alive By Men

Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. Verse ConceptsSwordsKilling ProphetsTelling What People DidProphets Of Other Godsjezebel

And he sent messengers into the city to Ahab king of Israel and said to him, "Thus says Ben-hadad: Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent OutList Of Kings Of Israel

(There was none who sold himself to do what was evil in the sight of the LORD like Ahab, whom Jezebel his wife incited. Verse ConceptsBad ExampleBad Wives ExamplesTemptressesUnique IndividualsNamed Wivesjezebel

And the king of Israel said to his servants, "Do you know that Ramoth-gilead belongs to us, and we keep quiet and do not take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?"

Then he found another man and said, "Strike me, please." And the man struck him--struck him and wounded him.

Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria, to the rulers of the city, to the elders, and to the guardians of the sons of Ahab, saying, Verse ConceptsGovernorsGuardiansSeventies

Know then that there shall fall to the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spoke concerning the house of Ahab, for the LORD has done what he said by his servant Elijah." Verse ConceptsMinistry, Nature OfWords To Individuals Fulfilled


But go, act, be strong for the battle. Why should you suppose that God will cast you down before the enemy? For God has power to help or to cast down." Verse ConceptsGod, Sovereignty OfHelpfulnessPower, HumanBraveryThe AlmightyLosing A FriendBattle

By his power he stilled the sea; by his understanding he shattered Rahab. Verse ConceptsSeaThe AlmightyHumbling The ProudMaking StillThe Sea StilledWork Ethic

Once God has spoken; twice have I heard this: that power belongs to God, Verse ConceptsThe AlmightySpeaking AgainPowerLove And StrengthSmilingStrength And Love


Mightier than the thunders of many waters, mightier than the waves of the sea, the LORDon high is mighty! Verse ConceptsFlowing WaterGod, The LordSeaThunderAbundance, SpiritualThe AlmightyWavesSoundMighty OneSea, Metaphorical ReferencesThe OceanThe Sea


Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages Verse ConceptsConcealment, Of GodMysteryStabilityAbility, God's PowerThe AlmightyThe Mystery Of ChristGod Establishes UsStrengthened Through Christ


While walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. Verse ConceptsFishesNetsFishermenWalkingTwo DisciplesChrist SeeingFishingLearning From JesusFishBuilding Relationshipslakes

And immediately heleft the synagogue and entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. Verse ConceptsPeter, The DiscipleEntering HousesGoing Outside

And as he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately, Verse ConceptsAndrewPrivacyPeople Sitting DownQuestioning Christ

One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. Verse ConceptsAndrewCommitment, to Jesus Christcredibility

One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him, Verse ConceptsAndrew

Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus.

And when they had entered, they went up to the upper room, where they were staying, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot and Judas the son of James. Verse ConceptsStairwaysZealAndrewPrayer MeetingsUpper RoomsGuest Roomszealots

But David said to Saul, "Your servant used to keep sheep for his father. And when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb from the flock, Verse ConceptsServanthood, In SocietyAnimals, Types OfBearsThose Who Kept StockDeerbeer

Then Samson went down with his father and mother to Timnah, and they came to the vineyards of Timnah. And behold, a young lion came toward him roaring. Verse ConceptsLionsVineyardChampionsIn Danger From Lions

And as he went away a lion met him on the road and killed him. And his body was thrown in the road, and the donkey stood beside it; the lion also stood beside the body. Verse ConceptsRoadsAnimals KillingCorpses Of Other PeopleDeath

Then, at break of day, the king arose and went in haste to the den of lions. Verse ConceptsDawnRising EarlyWakefulnessDaybreakHasty ActionAt DaybreakPeople Getting Up

Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, competent in the Scriptures. Verse ConceptsAlexandria The CityEloquenceMissionaries, Call OfApollosMissionary ExamplesUse Of The ScripturesRace

And it happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the inland country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples. Verse ConceptsFindingRoadsflexibility

What I mean is that each one of you says, "I follow Paul," or "I follow Apollos," or "I follow Cephas," or "I follow Christ." Verse ConceptsCommitment, to Jesus ChristPeter, The ApostleApollosBelieving In ChristBuilding RelationshipsConfidence And Self Esteemchristianityculturebelonginggroupsassertivenessfollowing

For when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos,"are you not being merely human? Verse ConceptsApollosSchismsLike MenOpportunityactingfollowing

Now concerning our brother Apollos, I strongly urged him to visit you with the other brothers, but it was not at all his will to come now. He will come when he has opportunity. Verse ConceptsApollosRight Time For People

Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way; see that they lack nothing. Verse ConceptsAttorneyLawyersMissionaries, Support ForApollosPeople ProvidingDoing Your Best

Now in all Israel there was no one so much to be praised for his handsome appearance as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him. Verse ConceptsCommendationBlemishHeadsPrejudiceBeauty, In MenPeople Made PerfectTypes Of FeetWomen's BeautyHandsome Men

And he had a son whose name was Saul, a handsome young man. There was not a man among the people of Israel more handsome than he. From his shoulders upward he was taller than any of the people. Verse ConceptsBodyHeadsOutward AppearanceTall PeoplestructuresaulHandsome Men

When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought, "Surely the LORD's anointed is before him." Verse ConceptsWorthinessLooking Intently At PeopleLeadership Qualities

And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. Verse ConceptsFruitStanding At A DistanceFoliageNot Findingdistance

and because he was of the same trade he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade. Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofTentsIndustry, Examples OfTentmakingLike Good PeopleStaying Temporarilypartnershipvocation

These he gathered together, with the workmen in similar trades, and said, "Men, you know that from this business we have our wealth. Verse ConceptsGathering Friends

and the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will be heard in you no more, and a craftsman of any craft will be found in you no more, and the sound of the mill will be heard in you no more, Verse ConceptsBabylonFlutesHarpsMillstonesGrinding FoodNo MusicInstrumentalistsartistscraftsmanship

Now John wore a garment of camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey. Verse ConceptsLeatherClothingBeltsAsceticism, People PracticingHairsInsectsJohn The BaptistLocustsWaistsHoneyHairclothHair GarmentsChristmas Tree


These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh. Verse ConceptsFalse WorshipIntelligenceMortificationOutward AppearanceSelf ControlUnreliabilityWisdom, Source Of HumanWorship, Acceptable AttitudesSelf AbasementWorldly WisdomBe Humble!Religious FreedomBeauty And Self WorthValueRespecting Your Bodypietyreality



with the choicest fruits of the sun and the rich yield of the months, Verse ConceptsThe SunFertile LandSunChange And GrowthSunshineThe MoonSeasons Changing

And the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, until the nation took vengeance on their enemies.Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? The sun stopped in the midst of heaven and did not hurry to set for about a whole day. Verse ConceptsBooksBooks, Not PreservedSkyOne DayHistorical BooksSunSunshineThe Moonmovement




Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son. Verse ConceptsAntichristLiesDocetismDenying ChristSaid To Be The ChristEnemies Of GodThe FatherThose Who Are LiarsSpirit Of Antichristdenial



Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in his heart; there is no fear of God before his eyes. Verse ConceptsAgnosticismIrreverenceOraclesReverence, And Social BehaviourSin, Universality OfNature Of The HeartNo Fear Of God

lest I be full and deny you and say, "Who is the LORD?" or lest I be poor and steal and profane the name of my God. Verse ConceptsIrreverenceDenying GodProfaning God's NameShortagesWho Is God?The poorBeing Contentdenial

They have spoken falsely of the LORD and have said, 'He will do nothing; no disaster will come upon us, nor shall we see sword or famine. Verse ConceptsSelf DelusionInfidelity To GodDenying GodNo More FamineThose Who Are Liars


But go, act, be strong for the battle. Why should you suppose that God will cast you down before the enemy? For God has power to help or to cast down." Verse ConceptsGod, Sovereignty OfHelpfulnessPower, HumanBraveryThe AlmightyLosing A FriendBattle

By his power he stilled the sea; by his understanding he shattered Rahab. Verse ConceptsSeaThe AlmightyHumbling The ProudMaking StillThe Sea StilledWork Ethic

Once God has spoken; twice have I heard this: that power belongs to God, Verse ConceptsThe AlmightySpeaking AgainPowerLove And StrengthSmilingStrength And Love


Mightier than the thunders of many waters, mightier than the waves of the sea, the LORDon high is mighty! Verse ConceptsFlowing WaterGod, The LordSeaThunderAbundance, SpiritualThe AlmightyWavesSoundMighty OneSea, Metaphorical ReferencesThe OceanThe Sea


Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages Verse ConceptsConcealment, Of GodMysteryStabilityAbility, God's PowerThe AlmightyThe Mystery Of ChristGod Establishes UsStrengthened Through Christ


Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together with his entire household. And many of the Corinthians hearing Paul believed and were baptized. Verse ConceptsBaptism, Administered ByBaptism, Features Ofevangelism, kinds ofFamilies, Examples OfBaptism, practice ofMission, Of The ChurchOrdinancesSynagogueReligious AwakeningsChristian BaptismThose Who Believed In ChristBaptism



However, some men of Asher, of Manasseh, and of Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem. Verse ConceptsHumilityReligious Awakenings

And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces and said, "The LORD, he is God; the LORD, he is God." Verse ConceptsProstrationReligious AwakeningsDuplicating WordsThe Lord Is GodThe Lord [Yahweh] Is God

While Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, a very great assembly of men, women, and children, gathered to him out of Israel, for the people wept bitterly. Verse ConceptsCrowdsGesturesGuilt, Human Aspects OfHouse Of GodLargenessPrayer, As Asking GodRegretRepentance, Examples OfRevival, CorporateConviction Of SinReligious AwakeningsTearsNamed Individuals Who Prayedconfessing

And the crowds asked him, "What then shall we do?" Verse ConceptsReligious AwakeningsCrowds SeekingOne's Deeds


And the crowds with one accord paid attention to what was being said by Philip when they heard him and saw the signs that he did. Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofCrowdsMiracles, Nature OfMiracles, Responses ToReligious AwakeningsSigns And Wonders Of The GospelAgreeing With One AnotherMiraclesWitnessing

And all the residents of Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord. Verse ConceptsConversion, examples ofReligious AwakeningsTurning To God

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And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed. Verse ConceptsGentiles, In NtHappinessHonouring GodPredestined PeopleThe Call Of GodPredestination, Of PersonsReligious AwakeningsThe Gentiles ConversionThose Who Believed In ChristElect

Also many of those who were now believers came, confessing and divulging their practices. Verse ConceptsSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfReligious AwakeningsSin ConfessedThings Revealedconfessing

Take with you words and return to the LORD; say to him, "Take away all iniquity; accept what is good, and we will pay with bulls the vows of our lips. Verse ConceptsThe Lips Of The RighteousGrace, In OtWorship, Elements OfReturning To GodSpeaking To GodTaking Away EvilBacksliders

then shall the lame man leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute sing for joy. For waters break forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert; Verse ConceptsLeapingCripplesLamenessTonguePeople JumpingRunning Water From GodDumbnessRenewedDumbDeserts Used FigurativelyDeer Etc.Deerjumping


After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him. Verse ConceptsRevival, CorporateRestoring NationsThe Third Day Of The WeekTwo DaysLiveHope And Healingrevivalreassurance

Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together with his entire household. And many of the Corinthians hearing Paul believed and were baptized. Verse ConceptsBaptism, Administered ByBaptism, Features Ofevangelism, kinds ofFamilies, Examples OfBaptism, practice ofMission, Of The ChurchOrdinancesSynagogueReligious AwakeningsChristian BaptismThose Who Believed In ChristBaptism



However, some men of Asher, of Manasseh, and of Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem. Verse ConceptsHumilityReligious Awakenings

And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces and said, "The LORD, he is God; the LORD, he is God." Verse ConceptsProstrationReligious AwakeningsDuplicating WordsThe Lord Is GodThe Lord [Yahweh] Is God

While Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, a very great assembly of men, women, and children, gathered to him out of Israel, for the people wept bitterly. Verse ConceptsCrowdsGesturesGuilt, Human Aspects OfHouse Of GodLargenessPrayer, As Asking GodRegretRepentance, Examples OfRevival, CorporateConviction Of SinReligious AwakeningsTearsNamed Individuals Who Prayedconfessing

And the crowds asked him, "What then shall we do?" Verse ConceptsReligious AwakeningsCrowds SeekingOne's Deeds


And the crowds with one accord paid attention to what was being said by Philip when they heard him and saw the signs that he did. Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofCrowdsMiracles, Nature OfMiracles, Responses ToReligious AwakeningsSigns And Wonders Of The GospelAgreeing With One AnotherMiraclesWitnessing

And all the residents of Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord. Verse ConceptsConversion, examples ofReligious AwakeningsTurning To God

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And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed. Verse ConceptsGentiles, In NtHappinessHonouring GodPredestined PeopleThe Call Of GodPredestination, Of PersonsReligious AwakeningsThe Gentiles ConversionThose Who Believed In ChristElect

Also many of those who were now believers came, confessing and divulging their practices. Verse ConceptsSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfReligious AwakeningsSin ConfessedThings Revealedconfessing

The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. Verse ConceptsBabylonThe Kingdom Of Others

And the pillars of bronze that were in the house of the LORD, and the stands and the bronze sea that were in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans broke in pieces and carried the bronze to Babylon. Verse ConceptsPossessions Taken To BabylonSeaSacrilegeBreaking ContainersPillars For Solomon's TempleAmassing BronzeBronze Items For The Tabernacle

you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon: "How the oppressor has ceased, the insolent fury ceased! Verse ConceptsBabylon, History OfCessationStopping Fighting

Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken; wail for her! Take balm for her pain; perhaps she may be healed. Verse ConceptsBalmsMedicineOintmentBabylon Destroyed

At the end of twelve months he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon, Verse ConceptsThe Number TwelveRoofYearsOne YearRoyal HousesRooftop

She who is at Babylon, who is likewise chosen, sends you greetings, and so does Mark, my son. Verse ConceptsBabylonThe Church As The ElectBabylon, In NtPeter, The ApostleChurch, Examples OfChildren In The Faith

When Balak heard that Balaam had come, he went out to meet him at the city of Moab, on the border formed by the Arnon, at the extremity of the border. Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyMeeting PeopleArnonSpoken Greetings

So Balaam rose in the morning and saddled his donkey and went with the princes of Moab. Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyMorningCovetousness, Example OfGoing TogetherPreparing To TravelSaddling Donkeys

sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor at Pethor, which is near the River in the land of the people of Amaw, to call him, saying, "Behold, a people has come out of Egypt. They cover the face of the earth, and they are dwelling opposite me. Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyMessengers Sent Out

God said to Balaam, "You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people, for they are blessed." Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyGod BlessesGod Forbidding

They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. And they also killed Balaam the son of Beor with the sword. Verse ConceptsFive PeopleKilling KingsKilling ProphetsNamed Gentile Rulers

Behold, these, on Balaam's advice, caused the people of Israel to act treacherously against the LORD in the incident of Peor, and so the plague came among the congregation of the LORD. Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyadvisersMan's Counsel

O my people, remember what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, and what happened from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the saving acts of the LORD." Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyGod, Righteousness OfHistoryPast, TheAnswering PeopleGod Doing RightDoing RightMan's Counsel


He raises up the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from the ash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and on them he has set the world. Verse ConceptsFoundationsEarth, Belonging To GodDust, Figurative UseGod, The ProviderOppression, God's Attitude ToPrincesThroneGloryGod And The PoorMetaphorical PillarsGod Lifting PeopleRubbishGod Helps The PoorThe poordust


May his children wander about and beg, seeking food far from the ruins they inhabit! Verse ConceptsBeggingDestitutesBeggarsRestlessness



The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth and upon every bird of the heavens, upon everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea. Into your hand they are delivered. Verse ConceptsAnimalsAnimal LifeFearResponsibility, For God's WorldBirds, Features OfMan's DominionMan's FunctionFear And AnimalsGifts Of GodOther Gifts Of GodRelation Of Animals To ManThe RainbowRainbow

"You may eat all clean birds. Verse ConceptsClean Food

"If you come across a bird's nest in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs and the mother sitting on the young or on the eggs, you shall not take the mother with the young. Verse ConceptsNestsEggsUnkindnessAnimals, Cruelty TowardsAnimal RightsYoung AnimalBirdswaterfalls

And God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens." Verse ConceptsSkyBirds, Features OfAnimals MultiplyingLiving SoulsSea DwellersMany CreaturesExpanse [The Firmament]God SpeakingLiving ThingsThose FlyingExpanse Of The Seasoaring

"And these you shall detest among the birds; they shall not be eaten; they are detestable: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture, Verse ConceptsAbominationsEaglesBirds, Types Of BirdsVulturesForbidden FoodHating UncleannessBirdsfitness

the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas. Verse ConceptsSeaThe OceanBirdsFishThe SeaPaths

and into whose hand he has given, wherever they dwell, the children of man, the beasts of the field, and the birds of the heavens, making you rule over them all--you are the head of gold. Verse ConceptsAnimal LifeGiven Into One's HandsRelation Of Animals To ManBirds




For those who serve well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and also great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus. Verse ConceptsFaith, Nature OfAssurance in the life of faithStewardshipEncouraging Faith In ChristFreedomBoldnessExcellenceAppreciation For Pastors


But the king of Assyria found treachery in Hoshea, for he had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore the king of Assyria shut him up and bound him in prison. Verse ConceptsArrestingMessengers Sent OutenvoyConspiraciesImprisonmentsPrisonersTaxationPrisons

And the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes and brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze shackles. And he ground at the mill in the prison. Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesGrindingImprisonmentsKnivesMonotonyMutilationPrisonersTortureCaptivesHeartlessnessHard LaborPrisonsBrassGrinding FoodEyes HarmedBlindingOther BlindingBronze Shackles

and he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison where Joseph was confined. Verse ConceptsImprisonmentsPrisonersPrisons

They put him in custody, because it had not been made clear what should be done to him. Verse ConceptsPrisons

But this is a people plundered and looted; they are all of them trapped in holes and hidden in prisons; they have become plunder with none to rescue, spoil with none to say, "Restore!" Verse ConceptsPlunderingRescueTrapPrisonscredibilityjail

He put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in chains, and the king of Babylon took him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death. Verse ConceptsImprisonmentsPrisonersPrisonsLifelongKings ExiledBlindingOther BlindingBronze Shackles

and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone's bonds were unfastened. Verse ConceptsFoundationsearthquakesChainsPrisonsSudden EventsIron ChainsFoundations Of BuildingsGod ShakingGod Freeing CaptivesBreaking Chainsjailevangelising

A man came from Baal-shalishah, bringing the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And Elisha said, "Give to the men, that they may eat." Verse ConceptsBakingTwentyMan Of God


And Jesse took a donkey laden with bread and a skin of wine and a young goat and sent them by David his son to Saul. Verse ConceptsQuantities Of Wine


while I bring a morsel of bread, that you may refresh yourselves, and after that you may pass on--since you have come to your servant." So they said, "Do as you have said." Verse ConceptsBread, As FoodServanthood, In Life Of BelieversPeople Refreshed

And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook. Verse ConceptsCooking, Types Of FoodGod, The ProviderCrowsFrugalityDivine SuppliesDrinking WaterRavensAt Morning And EveningBrooks


Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Verse ConceptsRepulsive FoodProvision From RocksBreadBeing A Good FatherFishparenthood









By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks. Verse ConceptsAbelAbel and CainFaith, As Basis Of SalvationCommendationExamples Of FaithAtonement, Types OfRighteousness, As FaithWorship, Acceptable AttitudesThe Witness Of GodRighteous By ObedienceSacrificeExcellence



Woe to them! For they walked in the way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam's error and perished in Korah's rebellion. Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyAbel and CainNicolaitansRebellion of Satan and Angels

Then Cain went away from the presence of the LORD and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden. Verse ConceptsAbel and CaineastEdenDriven From God's PresenceLeaving God's PresenceGardens


Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son. Verse ConceptsAntichristLiesDocetismDenying ChristSaid To Be The ChristEnemies Of GodThe FatherThose Who Are LiarsSpirit Of Antichristdenial





Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. And a servant girl came up to him and said, "You also were with Jesus the Galilean." But he denied it before them all, saying, "I do not know what you mean."



Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.



having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs. Verse ConceptsAngel of the LordPreeminence Of ChristAngels

And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. Verse ConceptsBabies In The WombChrist, The Seed OfAngel, AnnouncementsChrist, Names ForJesus Birthgabriel

His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows but himself. Verse ConceptsBabylonCrowns, Spiritual UseChrist GlorifiedAnonymityFire Of ChristEyes In ProphecyNot Knowing About ChristSpiritual crownscrownsroyalty

Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him. Verse ConceptsFeetFeet WashingBasinsJesus Christ, Meekness OfHumility Of ChristWater ContainersPeople Drying Things UpPouring WaterCare Of FeetServantsAblution















But there are some of you who do not believe." (For Jesus knew from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray him.) Verse ConceptsForeknowledgeForeknowledge Of ChristSkepticismJudas Betraying ChristNot Believing In JesusChrist Knowing About PeopleWho Is The Doer?Believing In Christa new beginning


Then Jesus, knowing all that would happen to him, came forward and said to them, "Whom do you seek?" Verse ConceptsForeknowledgeForeknowledge Of ChristChrist Knowing About HimselfDeath



But there are some of you who do not believe." (For Jesus knew from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray him.) Verse ConceptsForeknowledgeForeknowledge Of ChristSkepticismJudas Betraying ChristNot Believing In JesusChrist Knowing About PeopleWho Is The Doer?Believing In Christa new beginning


Then Jesus, knowing all that would happen to him, came forward and said to them, "Whom do you seek?" Verse ConceptsForeknowledgeForeknowledge Of ChristChrist Knowing About HimselfDeath






And you will feel secure, because there is hope; you will look around and take your rest in security. Verse ConceptsHope, In GodHow Faith ComesThe FutureRestGod's ProtectionHope KjvMotivationProtection And SafetyWorrying About The Future



he will dwell on the heights; his place of defense will be the fortresses of rocks; his bread will be given him; his water will be sure. Verse ConceptsBread, As FoodWaterFortsStones For ProtectionPeople Providing Food

Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good? Verse ConceptsEnthusiasmeagernessForgiving Others Who Hurt YouHurtDoing The Right Thingpeterzealots

For it stands in Scripture: "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame." Verse ConceptsCornerstonesConfidence, In ChristdefeatZion, As A SymbolNames And Titles For ChristSpiritual FoundationsCapstoneChrist The RockThe Effects Of FaithNot Put To ShamePreciousScripture SaysDisappointmentpeterzion

therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am the one who has laid as a foundation in Zion, a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: 'Whoever believes will not be in haste.' Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillFoundationsCornerstonesFaith, Necessity OfGod, The RockMasonsNot AshamedTrust, Importance OfZion, As A SymbolChrist, Names ForCornerstoneSpiritual FoundationsCapstoneMessianic PropheciesChrist The RockThe Effects Of FaithCauses of failure in

"Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. Verse ConceptsWisdom, Source Of HumanSpiritual FoundationsStones For ProtectionHearing ChristDoing God's WorksThe Work Of The Wise



"O afflicted one, storm-tossed and not comforted, behold, I will set your stones in antimony, and lay your foundations with sapphires. Verse ConceptsFloggingBuildingJewelsStormsSpiritual FoundationsNo ComfortCatastrophic EventsThe Storms Of Life

thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life. Verse ConceptsAge To ComeSpiritual InvestmentRich, TheRiches, SpiritualThriftSpiritual FoundationsSpiritual TreasuresSeeking LifeStoring Other Things


O LORD my God, in you do I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers and deliver me, Verse ConceptsSuffering SaintsPersecution, Christian ResponseTrust



Many are my persecutors and my adversaries, but I do not swerve from your testimonies. Verse ConceptsMany Enemies

Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words. Verse ConceptsPersecution, Nature OfRenewed HeartBible, In Christian LivingAweIndividuals Fearing God

For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead. Verse ConceptsMonotonyColors, BlackState Of The Deadcrushes

O LORD, you know; remember me and visit me, and take vengeance for me on my persecutors. In your forbearance take me not away; know that for your sake I bear reproach. Verse ConceptsMemoriesGod, Patience OfInjuryRevenge, Examples OfUnderstandingPersecution, Nature OfDivine RemembrancePeople VisitingBeing ReprovedRevenge

Our pursuers are at our necks; we are weary; we are given no rest. Verse ConceptsRest, PhysicalPursuing PeopleSleeplessnessUnrestTired In FlightPersecutiontired






I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; Verse ConceptsShepherds, As Church LeaderWatchfulness, Of LeadersApostasy, CauseWolvesFierce MenNot Sparing


On that day the LORD their God will save them, as the flock of his people; for like the jewels of a crown they shall shine on his land. Verse ConceptsJewelsChrist And His SheepSparklingGod Saves The NeedyJewellery And GodGod's Willjewelrycrowns


I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; Verse ConceptsShepherds, As Church LeaderWatchfulness, Of LeadersApostasy, CauseWolvesFierce MenNot Sparing


On that day the LORD their God will save them, as the flock of his people; for like the jewels of a crown they shall shine on his land. Verse ConceptsJewelsChrist And His SheepSparklingGod Saves The NeedyJewellery And GodGod's Willjewelrycrowns


But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved." Verse ConceptsCouncil of JerusalemAbraham, Family And DescendantsExclusivenessBarnabasHeresiesDenominationsMisteachingNecessity Of CircumcisionSalvation By Other Things

This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your offspring after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised. Verse ConceptsGesturesCeremoniesCircumcisionGod's Covenant With The Patriarchs

Any uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant." Verse ConceptsForeskinsBreaking The Covenant

So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth. Verse ConceptsCommemoration

Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek. Verse ConceptsCircumcision, physicalMissionary Work, Examples OfGoing TogetherIsrael HardenedJews

Was anyone at the time of his call already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcision. Was anyone at the time of his call uncircumcised? Let him not seek circumcision. Verse ConceptsConsider Your Call To SalvationNecessity Of Circumcision

But even Titus, who was with me, was not forced to be circumcised, though he was a Greek. Verse ConceptsCircumcision, physicalGreeksNecessity Of CircumcisionNo Compulsion

Look: I, Paul, say to you that if you accept circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you. Verse ConceptsAbolitionSalvation Not By WorksValue

It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh who would force you to be circumcised, and only in order that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. Verse ConceptsExclusivenessOutward AppearanceLiving For The MaterialNecessity Of CircumcisionOutward CompulsionSignificance Of Christ's CrucifixionPersecutionThe Crosstrying


Then Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again from Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the cities that he had taken from Jehoahaz his father in war. Three times Joash defeated him and recovered the cities of Israel. Verse ConceptsActing Three TimesCapturing Cities

However, the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. And besides, we saw the descendants of Anak there. Verse ConceptsFortificationsFortified CitiesLargenessGiantsStrong Nations

Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city. Will you then sweep away the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous who are in it? Verse ConceptsFiftiesDestruction Of CitiesNot SparingNumbers Of Righteous People

and he gathered up all the food of these seven years, which occurred in the land of Egypt, and put the food in the cities. He put in every city the food from the fields around it. Verse ConceptsThriftGathering Food

"And when the LORD your God brings you into the land that he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you--with great and good cities that you did not build, Verse ConceptsCityLargenessBuilding CitiesThe Promised LandCities In IsraelGod Gave The Land


and I will root out your Asherah images from among you and destroy your cities. Verse ConceptsFalse GodsDestruction Of CitiesCities Under Attack

Whoever will not obey the law of your God and the law of the king, let judgment be strictly executed on him, whether for death or for banishment or for confiscation of his goods or for imprisonment." Verse ConceptsCriminalsCivil authoritiesBanishmentGovernmentCivic DutiesImprisonmentsLoyaltyPrisonersPunishment, Legal Aspects OfMagistratesCitizenshipConfiscationAnarchyJudicial PunishmentBreaking God's Law


I say: Keep the king's command, because of God's oath to him. Verse ConceptsCivic DutiesCitizenshipSwearing OathsObeying People

However, not to give offense to them, go to the sea and cast a hook and take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth you will find a shekel. Take that and give it to them for me and for yourself." Verse ConceptsForeknowledgeethics, socialCivic DutiesLoyaltyMiracles Of ChristCitizens, Christian DutiesCoinsDivine Power Over NatureCitizenshipDo Not HinderFishtaxes




Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good.

Whoever will not obey the law of your God and the law of the king, let judgment be strictly executed on him, whether for death or for banishment or for confiscation of his goods or for imprisonment." Verse ConceptsCriminalsCivil authoritiesBanishmentGovernmentCivic DutiesImprisonmentsLoyaltyPrisonersPunishment, Legal Aspects OfMagistratesCitizenshipConfiscationAnarchyJudicial PunishmentBreaking God's Law


I say: Keep the king's command, because of God's oath to him. Verse ConceptsCivic DutiesCitizenshipSwearing OathsObeying People

However, not to give offense to them, go to the sea and cast a hook and take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth you will find a shekel. Take that and give it to them for me and for yourself." Verse ConceptsForeknowledgeethics, socialCivic DutiesLoyaltyMiracles Of ChristCitizens, Christian DutiesCoinsDivine Power Over NatureCitizenshipDo Not HinderFishtaxes




Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good.

They were broken in pieces. Nation was crushed by nation and city by city, for God troubled them with every sort of distress. Verse ConceptsCivil StrifeTwo Hundred And Some

Let not your heart faint, and be not fearful at the report heard in the land, when a report comes in one year and afterward a report in another year, and violence is in the land, and ruler is against ruler. Verse ConceptsViolence In The EarthdiscouragementCivil StrifeRumoursFear, Of FutureResisting DiscouragementThose Not Fearingrumors

And when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. This must take place, but the end is not yet. Verse ConceptsTrouble, Causes OfCivil StrifeRumoursWarsEnd Of The WorldPrinciples Of WarSigns Of The TimesWarrumors

Then he said to them, "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences. And there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.

Then Belshazzar gave the command, and Daniel was clothed with purple, a chain of gold was put around his neck, and a proclamation was made about him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. Verse ConceptsChainsCommands, in OTOrnamentsPromotionGold ChainsPurple ClothesJewelleryThird Person

Now John wore a garment of camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey. Verse ConceptsLeatherClothingBeltsAsceticism, People PracticingHairsInsectsJohn The BaptistLocustsWaistsHoneyHairclothHair GarmentsChristmas Tree


Then Rebekah took the best garments of Esau her older son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son. Verse ConceptsClothing OthersFine Clothes

"You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you luxuriously in scarlet, who put ornaments of gold on your apparel. Verse ConceptsdaughtersCrimsonAdornment, Of WomenClothGoldOrnamentsWeepingColors, ScarletRed ClothesGold OrnamentsWearing JewelleryMourning The Death Of Others

And in his teaching he said, "Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces Verse ConceptsGreetingsMarketsRobesMarketplacesLong ThingsFine ClothesSpoken Greetingszealotsdoctrine

So Peter rose and went with them. And when he arrived, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him weeping and showing tunics and other garments that Dorcas made while she was with them. Verse ConceptsClothBereavement, Experience OfStairwaysDressMournersWidowsClothing The NeedyOuter GarmentsInner GarmentsActual WidowsUpper RoomsMourning The Death Of Otherssisterhood

and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, "You sit here in a good place,"while you say to the poor man, "You stand over there," or, "Sit down at my feet," Verse ConceptsFootstoolsSitting In FellowshipHolier Than ThougaysRespectTreating OthersBeing GayGoing To ChurchGiving BackBeing Differentdiscriminationpoopmanattentionpeople

Then I shall not be put to shame, having my eyes fixed on all your commandments. Verse ConceptsNot AshamedDisappointment



And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. Verse ConceptsReceptive Hearts

"You shall therefore keep the whole commandment that I command you today, that you may be strong, and go in and take possession of the land that you are going over to possess, Verse ConceptsKeep The Commandments!

He answered them, "And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? Verse ConceptsCommands, in NTOrthodoxy, In NtFor The Sake Of ThingsWhy Do You Do This?Breaking God's Lawdisobedience


if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home--so that when you come together it will not be for judgment. About the other things I will give directions when I come. Verse ConceptsPhysical HungerDiscipline Of The ChurchChurch OrderComing TogetherGoing To ChurchFeeding The Poorcommunionhungerorder


Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men. Verse ConceptsAtonementJesus Christ, Obedience OfJustification Under The GospelSalvation, Possible To All MenLife In ChristCondemnation Of The WickedAll PeopleLife Is In ChristPatience In Relationships


knowing that such a person is warped and sinful; he is self-condemned. Verse ConceptsTwisted Wayscondemnationcorruption

But above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your "yes" be yes and your "no" be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation. Verse ConceptsBad LanguageConsistencyAffirmationsethics, personalOaths, HumanAffirmative ActionConversationHeaven, Glimpsed By HumansCursingSwearing Being ForbiddenAssentingDissentSwearing OathsNot Swearing OathsNo CondemnationSwearing

"If the whole congregation of Israel sins unintentionally and the thing is hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they do any one of the things that by the LORD's commandments ought not to be done, and they realize their guilt, Verse ConceptsCarelessnessIgnorance Of Evil

"Bring out of the camp the one who cursed, and let all who heard him lay their hands on his head, and let all the congregation stone him. Verse ConceptsCongregationDeath penaltyCamps, Unclean ThingsPunishment, Legal Aspects OfLaying On Of HandsHands On HeadsOutside The CampLaying On Hands For EvilInstructions About Stoning

then if it was done unintentionally without the knowledge of the congregation, all the congregation shall offer one bull from the herd for a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD, with its grain offering and its drink offering, according to the rule, and one male goat for a sin offering. Verse ConceptsCongregationdrink offeringAnimal Sacrifices, BurntAnimal Sacrifices, Meal OfferingMale AnimalsMaking Cereal Offerings And LibationsRefreshing GodSacrificing CattleSacrificing GoatsUnintentional

"No one whose testicles are crushed or whose male organ is cut off shall enter the assembly of the LORD. Verse ConceptsCrushingeunuchsMutilationMale Genitalsmanhoodcrushescutting



And looking intently at the council, Paul said, "Brothers, I have lived my life before God in all good conscience up to this day." Verse ConceptsClear ConsciencesConsciences, Description OfMan's Conduct Towards GodLooking Intently At PeopleconscienceClear Conscience Before God

They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them Verse ConceptsGoadsThoughtWritingThoughts Of The WickedWriting On PeopleJustified By WorksKnowing Right And WrongTaking The Law To HeartThings As WitnessesHeart, HumanEthicsMoralityconscienceaccusations

Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience. Verse Conceptsethics, socialLeaders, PoliticalBe Subject To PeopleRespecting Authorityconscience

However, not all possess this knowledge. But some, through former association with idols, eat food as really offered to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled. Verse ConceptsConsciences, Description OfDefilement, Objects OfFood For Other godsNature Of Idolatryconscience

Eat whatever is sold in the meat market without raising any question on the ground of conscience. Verse ConceptsMarketsNot Asking OthersFood PermittedEating Meatconsciencesales

Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade others. But what we are is known to God, and I hope it is known also to your conscience. Verse ConceptsConvincingevangelists, ministry ofHope, Nature OfPersuasionReverence, And ObedienceAmbassadors For ChristResponsibilityKnowing Godconsciencemotives

Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit. Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you.

My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back, let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.







The next day we put in at Sidon. And Julius treated Paul kindly and gave him leave to go to his friends and be cared for. Verse ConceptsKindnessCourtesyShipsThe Next DayChristians Are Called Friends

Now in the neighborhood of that place were lands belonging to the chief man of the island, named Publius, who received us and entertained us hospitably for three days. Verse ConceptsGuestsHospitality, Examples OfCourtesyHospitalityTravellersWelcoming Other Peoplefriendliness

"Simeon and Levi are brothers; weapons of violence are their swords. Verse ConceptsWeapons

Give me not up to the will of my adversaries; for false witnesses have risen against me, and they breathe out violence. Verse ConceptsFalsehoodWitnesses, FalseOvercoming EnemiesSurrenderProtection From Enemiesbreathing

A man who is kind benefits himself, but a cruel man hurts himself. Verse ConceptsUnkindnessGood ReboundingHurt

For the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride. For the cursing and lies that they utter, Verse ConceptsEvil SpeakingLipsCharacter Of WickedThe Proud Will Be AbasedUngodly CursingPrideSwearingcurses


He loved to curse; let curses come upon him! He did not delight in blessing; may it be far from him! Verse ConceptsBad LanguageCursingLoving EvilPeople BlessingUngodly CursingBlessing OthersSwearingcurses

Your heart knows that many times you yourself have cursed others. Verse ConceptsUngodly Cursing

"Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness." Verse ConceptsBeing BitterSpeaking With The MouthUngodly CursingBitterness


When Daniel knew that the document had been signed, he went to his house where he had windows in his upper chamber open toward Jerusalem. He got down on his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he had done previously. Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TimeFaithfulness, Examples OfAttitudes Of HumilityAttitudes, in prayerDecisivenessKneelingNoonPrayer, Practicalities OfReverence, And ObedienceThanksgivingWorship, Times ForBoldness Examples OfThanksgiving, OfferedCourage, Examples OfSecret PrayerSeveral Times A DaySignaturesUnpremeditatedUpper RoomsWhen To Prayculturetoughness


Among these were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah of the tribe of Judah. Verse ConceptsChildren, Good Examples OfPeople Of Judah

Then Daniel replied with prudence and discretion to Arioch, the captain of the king's guard, who had gone out to kill the wise men of Babylon. Verse ConceptsExecutionersWise MenAttempting To Kill Specific People

Then Daniel answered and said before the king, "Let your gifts be for yourself, and give your rewards to another. Nevertheless, I will read the writing to the king and make known to him the interpretation. Verse ConceptsInscriptionsNo RewardReading Other MatterBeing Yourself

Then Daniel said to the king, "O king, live forever! Verse ConceptsFlatteryAngels, Ot Appearances

in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, perceived in the books the number of years that, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, must pass before the end of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years. Verse ConceptsReadingInsightProphecy, Fulfilment Of OtProphets, Role OfUnderstandingWord Of GodSeventy70 To 80 YearsDestruction Of JerusalemEnd Of ActionsBooks Of ProphecyNamed Prophets Of The LordAbrahamic CovenantReading The Bibleaccomplishmentsaccomplishment

even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness, declares the Lord GOD. Verse ConceptsExamples, GoodNoahThree MenSaving Oneself

you are indeed wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you; Verse ConceptsSecrecyComparisons

you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord. Verse ConceptsDestructionLordship, Human And DivineCorrecting A BrotherHanding Over ChristThe Fact Of That DayThe Gospel Of SalvationSatanSurrenderThe Devil


just as you did partially acknowledge us--that on the day of our Lord Jesus you will boast of us as we will boast of you. Verse ConceptsLast DaysLordship, Human And DivineBrotherly LoveThe Fact Of That DayPaul's Boasting



Then David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, "Tear your clothes and put on sackcloth and mourn before Abner." And King David followed the bier. Verse ConceptsGesturesClothingClothSackcloth And AshesPreparation For Burial

Forty days were required for it, for that is how many are required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days. Verse ConceptsLossForty DaysMore Than One MonthTwo To Four MonthsPreparation For Burial

And when all the congregation saw that Aaron had perished, all the house of Israel wept for Aaron thirty days. Verse ConceptsLossMonthMourningOne MonthMourning The Death Of Others

And the people of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days. Then the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended. Verse ConceptsBereavement, Expression OfLossMonthMourningSorrowSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfWeepingOne MonthMourning The Death Of Others

And they mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and for Jonathan his son and for the people of the LORD and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword. Verse ConceptsFasting, Nature OfEveningLossWeepingAction Until EveningFasting In MourningMourning The Death Of Others

In those days she became ill and died, and when they had washed her, they laid her in an upper room. Verse ConceptsThe DeadBurials, FeaturesStairwaysDeath Of The Saints, Examples OfCorpses Of Other PeopleUpper Rooms

In pouring this ointment on my body, she has done it to prepare me for burial. Verse ConceptsThe DeadBurials, FeaturesOintmentPerfumePreparation For Burial

The man who had died came out, his hands and feet bound with linen strips, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Unbind him, and let him go." Verse ConceptsThe DeadClothembalmingBurials, FeaturesCovering NakednessLinenNapkinsTying Uplazarus

In those days she became ill and died, and when they had washed her, they laid her in an upper room. Verse ConceptsThe DeadBurials, FeaturesStairwaysDeath Of The Saints, Examples OfCorpses Of Other PeopleUpper Rooms

In pouring this ointment on my body, she has done it to prepare me for burial. Verse ConceptsThe DeadBurials, FeaturesOintmentPerfumePreparation For Burial

The man who had died came out, his hands and feet bound with linen strips, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Unbind him, and let him go." Verse ConceptsThe DeadClothembalmingBurials, FeaturesCovering NakednessLinenNapkinsTying Uplazarus

Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time. Verse ConceptsDeborahLeaders, PoliticalRankWomenProphetessNamed WivesWomen Working

And Deborah said to Barak, "Up! For this is the day in which the LORD has given Sisera into your hand. Does not the LORD go out before you?" So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with 10,000 men following him. Verse ConceptsTens Of ThousandsThose God Gave Into Their Hands

Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day: Verse ConceptsThose Singing PraiseVolunteering


Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son. Verse ConceptsAntichristLiesDocetismDenying ChristSaid To Be The ChristEnemies Of GodThe FatherThose Who Are LiarsSpirit Of Antichristdenial





Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. And a servant girl came up to him and said, "You also were with Jesus the Galilean." But he denied it before them all, saying, "I do not know what you mean."




On their return the apostles told him all that they had done. And he took them and withdrew apart to a town called Bethsaida. Verse ConceptsApostles, During Jesus Earthly MinistryRetirementTelling What People DidThe Apostles In Actionfeedback

And they went away in the boat to a desolate place by themselves. Verse ConceptsBoatslonliness


And when it was day, he departed and went into a desolate place. And the people sought him and came to him, and would have kept him from leaving them, Verse ConceptsDawnHabitsSeeking ChristSolitudeCrowds SeekingLeaving

Then they said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go a three days' journey into the wilderness that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God, lest he fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword." Verse ConceptsSwordsThree DaysParticular JourneysA Feast In The WildernessGod Might Kill His People


My soul is consumed with longing for your rules at all times. Verse ConceptsLonging For God

Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. Verse ConceptsAmbition, positive aspects ofdesiresLonging For GodHeart, Affections OfHeaven Better Than EarthThe Earth

My soul yearns for you in the night; my spirit within me earnestly seeks you. For when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness. Verse ConceptsSpiritual Desiresdiscipleship, nature ofLonging For GodEarth, Judgment OfNightPrayer, As A Relationship With GodThirstAfflictions, Benefits Of


"Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied. "Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh. Verse ConceptsLaughterSatisfactionTearsBenefits Of SadnessMothers DeathSmilingFeeding The Poorhunger

And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart and had sought him with their whole desire, and he was found by them, and the LORD gave them rest all around. Verse ConceptsAnswered PrayereagernessdiligenceDiligence, Examples OfExcitementConsecration, Examples OfUnquestioning Service



I open my mouth and pant, because I long for your commandments. Verse ConceptsEating With Mouths


And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came up to him and said to him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you." Verse ConceptsSelfishness

You open your hand; you satisfy the desire of every living thing. Verse ConceptsGod, The ProviderHand Of GodSatisfactionPlenty Through God


How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away utterly by terrors! Verse ConceptsAfflictions Of The WickedDeath Of The WickedDestruction Of The WickedFear Will Come

For the company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of bribery. Verse ConceptsBribery, Is SinGodlessnessTentsHypocrisy


Let those be appalled because of their shame who say to me, "Aha, Aha!" Verse ConceptsDuplicating WordsDespising People



Moses spoke thus to the people of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and harsh slavery. Verse ConceptsdiscouragementAnguish, CauseOther Sad PeopleDepression

so that you are driven mad by the sights that your eyes see. Verse ConceptsInsanityHealthTragedy


so I say, "My endurance has perished; so has my hope from the LORD." Verse ConceptsHope, Nature OfHope, Results Of Its AbsenceWithout HopeEnduranceDespairexpectations

Then he said to me, "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, 'Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are indeed cut off.' Verse ConceptsdrynessDisappointmentsHope, Nature OfHope, Results Of Its AbsencePessimismFeelings Of Rejection By GodThe Finality Of DeathBonesDeath Is FinalWithout HopeValley Of Dry Bones

When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope of our being saved was at last abandoned. Verse ConceptsDespair, Description OfHope, Results Of Its AbsencePessimismDark DaysWithout HopeNavigationNatural DisastersFeeling Lost

For he is rightly instructed; his God teaches him. Verse ConceptsDiscretionGod As Our TeacherCumminGod TeachingAgricultureFarming

Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Since God has shown you all this, there is none so discerning and wise as you are. Verse ConceptsDiscernment Of GovernorsWisdom, Human NatureUnique IndividualsGod's Things Revealed


that you may keep discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge. Verse ConceptsValuing Knowledge

And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." And after that no one dared to ask him any more questions. Verse ConceptsNot Asking OthersAnsweringGod's Blessings Are NearLosing CourageQuestioning GodSchoolanswers

Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored? Verse ConceptsdiseasesBalmsHealingHerbs And SpicesMedicineOintmentNo HealingHealth And HealingHope And Healingwholeness

Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to rebel? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. Verse ConceptsSinful HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedRebellion Against God, Shown InOther References To The HeartPersistence


For her wound is incurable, and it has come to Judah; it has reached to the gate of my people, to Jerusalem. Verse ConceptsdiseasesDisfigurement Of SinNo Healing

And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners." Verse ConceptsCuresdoctorsIronyKingdom Of God, Entry IntoMind, Of ChristSin, Deliverance From GodTax CollectorsPhysicianGod As DoctorHealth AchievedIllnesspatients


But as it is, Christ has obtained a ministry that is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises. Verse ConceptsCovenant, the newMediationMediatorUniquenessJesus Christ, PriesthoodChrist, The MediatorPreeminence Of ChristAdvocatesGreatness Of ChristPromises concerningPromisesMinistryExcellencecovenant

But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, Verse ConceptsGod, Living And Self sustainingAn Innumerable NumberCityNames And Titles For The ChurchAngels, DescriptionChurch, Titles OfBelonging To HeavenzionThousands Of Angels Worship God

Thus it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. Verse ConceptsCopies Of AltarsRight Sacrificescleansing

This phrase, "Yet once more," indicates the removal of things that are shaken--that is, things that have been made--in order that the things that cannot be shaken may remain. Verse ConceptsLaws, AbolishedDestruction Of The WorldGod ShakingThings ShakingThe keyword of HebrewsRemoving People From Your Life

since God had provided something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect. Verse ConceptsRestored In Jesus ChristPerfection, HumanPlansPeople Made PerfectGod's PlanTrusting God's PlanGods PlanGod's Plan For Us

And Hezekiah welcomed them gladly. And he showed them his treasure house, the silver, the gold, the spices, the precious oil, his whole armory, all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his house or in all his realm that Hezekiah did not show them. Verse ConceptsGoldHerbs And SpicesDisplayingArmoryFragranceThings RevealedTaking Mixed Metals

while he showed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor and pomp of his greatness for many days, 180 days. Verse ConceptsDisplayingFive Months And MoreSeeking HonourWealthy People

And Haman recounted to them the splendor of his riches, the number of his sons, all the promotions with which the king had honored him, and how he had advanced him above the officials and the servants of the king. Verse ConceptsDisplayingPromotionThe More Children The BetterSeeking HonourWealthy People

"Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts, Verse ConceptsBanquets, CharaceristicsGreetingsLove, Abuse OfMarketsPride, Examples OfRobesTasselsTeachers Of The LawDisplayingFine ClothesSeeking HonourSpoken Greetingsmarketing

So on the next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp, and they entered the audience hall with the military tribunes and the prominent men of the city. Then, at the command of Festus, Paul was brought in. Verse ConceptsJudgment SeatOfficersRankDisplayingHalls



These are the things that you shall do: Speak the truth to one another; render in your gates judgments that are true and make for peace; Verse ConceptsLawsuitsBusiness At The GatewayJudging RightlyPerforming The TruthSpeaking TruthDoing God's WorksSeek PeaceJudgmentsTelling The Truth

"And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, Verse ConceptsAdoration, Of GodCommitment, to GodHeart, And Holy SpiritWalkingWorship, Acceptable AttitudesWorship, Elements OfDuty Of Man To GodTrue ReligionWhole HeartednessMan's Conduct Towards GodLove For GodGod's NeedsThe Need To Love GodFear God!relaxation


And he said, "Hear my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the LORD make myself known to him in a vision; I speak with him in a dream. Verse ConceptsDreamsGod, Revelation OfKnowing God, Nature OfProphets, Role OfRevelation, In OtVisionsInspiration Of The Holy Spirit, Means OfProphetic VisionsVisions From GodRevelation Through Visions And Dreams

Let the prophet who has a dream tell the dream, but let him who has my word speak my word faithfully. What has straw in common with wheat? declares the LORD. Verse ConceptsAbsolute TruthFaithfulness, In Human RelationshipsStrawChaffMisleading DreamsUnrelated ThingsSpeaking As From God

"And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions. Verse ConceptsdaughtersGirlsBaptism, significance ofDreamsGuidance, Receiving God'sSonsPouringVisionsInspiration Of The Holy Spirit, Nature OfProphetessHope For Old PeopleVisions From GodChildren BlessedProphesying In The ChurchMan's Relation To God


For when dreams increase and words grow many, there is vanity; but God is the one you must fear. Verse ConceptsBad DreamsDaydreamingMan's Conduct Towards GodMisleading DreamsPeople Being SilentFear God!

then you scare me with dreams and terrify me with visions, Verse ConceptsDreams, Examples OfThose Frightened Of God

Then Belshazzar gave the command, and Daniel was clothed with purple, a chain of gold was put around his neck, and a proclamation was made about him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. Verse ConceptsChainsCommands, in OTOrnamentsPromotionGold ChainsPurple ClothesJewelleryThird Person

Now John wore a garment of camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey. Verse ConceptsLeatherClothingBeltsAsceticism, People PracticingHairsInsectsJohn The BaptistLocustsWaistsHoneyHairclothHair GarmentsChristmas Tree


Then Rebekah took the best garments of Esau her older son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son. Verse ConceptsClothing OthersFine Clothes

"You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you luxuriously in scarlet, who put ornaments of gold on your apparel. Verse ConceptsdaughtersCrimsonAdornment, Of WomenClothGoldOrnamentsWeepingColors, ScarletRed ClothesGold OrnamentsWearing JewelleryMourning The Death Of Others

And in his teaching he said, "Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces Verse ConceptsGreetingsMarketsRobesMarketplacesLong ThingsFine ClothesSpoken Greetingszealotsdoctrine

So Peter rose and went with them. And when he arrived, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him weeping and showing tunics and other garments that Dorcas made while she was with them. Verse ConceptsClothBereavement, Experience OfStairwaysDressMournersWidowsClothing The NeedyOuter GarmentsInner GarmentsActual WidowsUpper RoomsMourning The Death Of Otherssisterhood

and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, "You sit here in a good place,"while you say to the poor man, "You stand over there," or, "Sit down at my feet," Verse ConceptsFootstoolsSitting In FellowshipHolier Than ThougaysRespectTreating OthersBeing GayGoing To ChurchGiving BackBeing Differentdiscriminationpoopmanattentionpeople

Whoever will not obey the law of your God and the law of the king, let judgment be strictly executed on him, whether for death or for banishment or for confiscation of his goods or for imprisonment." Verse ConceptsCriminalsCivil authoritiesBanishmentGovernmentCivic DutiesImprisonmentsLoyaltyPrisonersPunishment, Legal Aspects OfMagistratesCitizenshipConfiscationAnarchyJudicial PunishmentBreaking God's Law


I say: Keep the king's command, because of God's oath to him. Verse ConceptsCivic DutiesCitizenshipSwearing OathsObeying People

However, not to give offense to them, go to the sea and cast a hook and take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth you will find a shekel. Take that and give it to them for me and for yourself." Verse ConceptsForeknowledgeethics, socialCivic DutiesLoyaltyMiracles Of ChristCitizens, Christian DutiesCoinsDivine Power Over NatureCitizenshipDo Not HinderFishtaxes




Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good.

Then he died at a good age, full of days, riches, and honor. And Solomon his son reigned in his place. Verse ConceptsAgingEnjoyment, Material ThingsHeirsMaturity, PhysicalOld Age, Attainment OfAge

for I will surely do you great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do. Come, curse this people for me.'" Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyCursing Israel

Therefore the LORD established the kingdom in his hand. And all Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat, and he had great riches and honor. Verse ConceptsGifts

And Hezekiah had very great riches and honor, and he made for himself treasuries for silver, for gold, for precious stones, for spices, for shields, and for all kinds of costly vessels; Verse ConceptsGoldHerbs And SpicesSilver

A sword against her horses and against her chariots, and against all the foreign troops in her midst, that they may become women! A sword against all her treasures, that they may be plundered! Verse ConceptsChariotsBabylonPowerlessnessMixed MultitudeEffeminacyDestroying ChariotsWeak Women

In that day the Egyptians will be like women, and tremble with fear before the hand that the LORD of hosts shakes over them. Verse ConceptsHand Of GodPowerlessnessEffeminacyGod's HandWaving The HandGroups TremblingWeak WomenTerror Of GodGod's Hands In Opposition

The warriors of Babylon have ceased fighting; they remain in their strongholds; their strength has failed; they have become women; her dwellings are on fire; her bars are broken. Verse ConceptsGatesPowerlessnessEffeminacyCessationStopping FightingWeak WomenBurning CitiesNo Strength LeftWomen's Strength

Behold, your troops are women in your midst. The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire has devoured your bars. Verse ConceptsFeeblenessPowerlessnessEffeminacyThe Act Of OpeningOpening GatesWeak WomenLocks And BarsWomen's Strength

And behold, some people brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven." Verse ConceptsdiseasesHeart, HumanSin, And God's CharacterSonsParalyticsAttitudes Of FaithChrist's Knowledge Of BelieversBedsSaved By FaithChrist ForgivingGod Has ForgivenTake Courage!Overcoming ObstaclesNervousness

And he said to them, "Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him. Verse ConceptsEasterLowering PeopleChrist Is Risen

But Jesus came and touched them, saying, "Rise, and have no fear." Verse ConceptsPersonal ContactGet Up!

The following night the Lord stood by him and said, "Take courage, for as you have testified to the facts about me in Jerusalem, so you must testify also in Rome." Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofempiresGuidance, Results OfMissionaries, Task OfNecessityNightRomeWitnesses, To Jesus ChristVisions At NightWitness To The GospelWitnessingtestimonyfollowing

And Moses said to the people, "Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will work for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again. Verse ConceptsBeing AfraidDeliverance, Means OfStillnessNot Seeing PeopleDo Not Fear For God Will Helpfearless

He appointed the priests to their offices and encouraged them in the service of the house of the LORD. Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofpriests




It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, "Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones, Verse ConceptsMultitudesProphesyingNamed Prophets Of The LordAccompanying The Second ComingPredictions Of Second ComingProphecies concerning

the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan,

Enoch walked with God after he fathered Methuselah 300 years and had other sons and daughters. Verse ConceptsWalking With God100 Years And More

By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God. Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, Examples OfFaith, As Basis Of SalvationCommendationExamples Of FaithAscension Of SaintsPleasing GodGod Lifting PeopleNot DyingExploits Of FaithNowhere To Be FoundPeople Who Didn't Dietransition

When Jared had lived 162 years he fathered Enoch. Verse ConceptsThe Age At Fatherhood

When Esau was forty years old, he took Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite to be his wife, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite, Verse ConceptsChildren, Bad KidsPolygamy


When Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called Esau his older son and said to him, "My son"; and he answered, "Here I am." Verse ConceptsBlindness, Causes OfOld Age, DisabilitiesEyes, Affected BydisabilitiesOld Age, Attainment OfVisionWeakness, PhysicalDimness Of VisionBehold Me!Others Summoning

The first came out red, all his body like a hairy cloak, so they called his name Esau. Verse ConceptsBeing FirstOuter GarmentsHairy PeopleRed BodiesTwin BrothersColorHair

But Esau said, "I have enough, my brother; keep what you have for yourself." Verse ConceptsNot Receiving

Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew, and he ate and drank and rose and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright. Verse ConceptsBread, As FoodVegetablesThose Who Provided A Meallent

As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, when Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, Esau his brother came in from his hunting. Verse ConceptsGoing Outside

These are the generations of Esau (that is, Edom).






Thus says the LORD: "What wrong did your fathers find in me that they went far from me, and went after worthlessness, and became worthless? Verse ConceptsFutilityFalse ReligionIdolatry, Objections ToPrayerlessnessSyncretismWord Of GodEstrangementVanityBeing Found OutUseless PeopleIs God Unjust?

that I may lay hold of the hearts of the house of Israel, who are all estranged from me through their idols. Verse ConceptsRejection Of GodEstrangementSeparation From GodGod Opposes IdolatryStrong Delusion

But the Levites who went far from me, going astray from me after their idols when Israel went astray, shall bear their punishment. Verse ConceptsEstrangementPeople Going Astray



Did not Solomon king of Israel sin on account of such women? Among the many nations there was no king like him, and he was beloved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. Nevertheless, foreign women made even him to sin. Verse ConceptsBacksliding, Israel ExanplesSolomon, Character OfUnique Individuals

Then his wife said to him, "Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die." Verse ConceptsCurses, HumanBlasphemy, Examples OfBlameWivesBad Wives ExamplesHolding FastTemptressesCursing GodWife

But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before the company and pleased Herod, Verse ConceptsCelebrationsBanquets, ActivitiesGuestsBirthdays CelebratedFathers Birthdayheroes

and when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave and fed them with bread and water.) Verse ConceptsBad InfluenceCavesProphets, Lives OfSchool Of ProphetsWaterLove to Others, Examples OfFiftiesOne HundredPeople In CavesKilling ProphetsPeople Hiding PeopleProphets Killedprophetsjezebelhidinggroups

So while he slept, Delilah took the seven locks of his head and wove them into the web. And she made them tight with the pin and said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" But he awoke from his sleep and pulled away the pin, the loom, and the web.

Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, "So may the gods do to me and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by this time tomorrow." Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent OutMessengerPersecution, Nature OfProphets, Lives OfRevenge, Examples OfMan's Action TomorrowKilling Prophetsjezebel

Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal family. Verse ConceptsInsecurityMothers Of KingsKilling Whole FamiliesKilling Sons And DaughtersGrandmothers

Even Maacah, his mother, King Asa removed from being queen mother because she had made a detestable image for Asherah. Asa cut down her image, crushed it, and burned it at the brook Kidron. Verse ConceptsGrandparentsQueensDestruction Of Satan's WorksGrandmothersgrandmas

Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, "Let a gallows fifty cubits high be made, and in the morning tell the king to have Mordecai hanged upon it. Then go joyfully with the king to the feast." This idea pleased Haman, and he had the gallows made. Verse ConceptsEscaping, Physical ThingsBad Wives ExamplesTemptressesDimensions Of Other ThingsPeople Hung To DeathNamed Wives

Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil on their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in the power of their hand. Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstPlansPower, HumanEvil PlansRising EarlyEvil DevicesPlottingDecadenceDeliberationIn The MorningWoe To The WickedGod's People SinningPowerNatural Disasterswickednessaccomplishment

He plots trouble while on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not reject evil. Verse ConceptsEvil WaysImagination, Evil SchemingEvil PlansBedsEvil DevicesMischiefPlottingContinuing In SinStaying Positive

Whoever plans to do evil will be called a schemer. Verse ConceptsIntentionsEvil PlansCharacter Of WickedEvil Devices

"But they say, 'That is in vain! We will follow our own plans, and will every one act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.' Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfHardened Heartsevil, origins ofHardness Of HeartHeart, Fallen And RedeemedPlansEvil DevicesGod's PlanGods PlanGod's Plan For Usimagination



Do they not go astray who devise evil? Those who devise good meetsteadfast love and faithfulness. Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstImagination, Evil SchemingPlansEvil PlansEvil DevicesFinding LoveMaking Mistakes

Whoever winks his eyes plansdishonest things; he who purses his lips brings evil to pass. Verse ConceptsLipsEvil DevicesPlottingWinkingMoving Onmovement

As for the scoundrel--his devices are evil; he plans wicked schemes to ruin the poor with lying words, even when the plea of the needy is right. Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Kinds OfEvil PlansTrapEvil DevicesPlottinginstruments

And he said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and who give wicked counsel in this city; Verse ConceptsEvil PlansEvil DevicesThe Entrance Of Sin



The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit; he has ceased to act wisely and do good. Verse ConceptsMouthsDeception In Fallen Human NatureSpeech, Negative Aspects OfFalse WisdomDeceitful Tongues

And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell. Verse Conceptsevil, origins ofHell, As Incentive To ActionThe Human BodyGehennaDamage To The BodyFire Of EvilPeople Being PollutedBeware Of Your SpeechMighty in its influenceThe TongueThe Power Of Words


His speech was smooth as butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords. Verse ConceptsSinful HeartsButterHeart, Fallen And RedeemedOilOintmentSincereitySmoothnessSmoothWarSpeech



You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. Verse ConceptsBad PeopleSnakesParents SinThings Like SnakesNothing GoodBeware Of Your Speechmath


men whose paths are crooked, and who are devious in their ways. Verse ConceptsCrookednessPathways Of SinDeviousnessTwisted WaysPeople Going AstrayPathsfootsteps

The way of peace they do not know, and there is no justice in their paths; they have made their roads crooked; no one who treads on them knows peace. Verse ConceptsWay, TheCrookednessPaths Of The WickedPathways Of SinSpiritual IgnoranceUnrestTwistingNo PeacePaths


"Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. Verse ConceptsDestructionGehennaPathways Of SinDamnationMany Seeking SalvationBroadnessNarrow ThingsEasy For PeopleHellGoing To Heavendistractions

Good sense wins favor, but the way of the treacherous is their ruin. Verse ConceptsFruits Of SinMiseryPathways Of SinEvil WaysFavorSuccess And Hard Work

The way of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but he loves him who pursues righteousness. Verse ConceptsPursuingRighteousness, Of BelieversPathways Of SinAbominations, To GodEvil Ways

for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood. Verse ConceptsSheddingRunning After EvilFeet In ActionReady To Kill

For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong; they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble. Verse ConceptsMischiefCausing Others To StumbleRestForgiving Others Who Hurt YouHurtSleeping PeacefullyHurt And BetrayalLosing Someonewickednesshurting


Their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their highways. Verse ConceptsFeetevil, origins ofInnocence, Teaching OnCharacter Of WickedInnocent BloodSheddingPaths Of The WickedDestructionThoughts Of The WickedReady To Kill

Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil on their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in the power of their hand. Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstPlansPower, HumanEvil PlansRising EarlyEvil DevicesPlottingDecadenceDeliberationIn The MorningWoe To The WickedGod's People SinningPowerNatural Disasterswickednessaccomplishment



Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure. Verse ConceptsBackbitingGossipInjustice, Examples OfPride, Evil OfPride, Results OfSecrecySuperiorityAbaseSlanderAbasement Of The ProudInformation In SecretProud People

Let everyone beware of his neighbor, and put no trust in any brother, for every brother is a deceiver, and every neighbor goes about as a slanderer. Verse ConceptsBackbitingdistrustOptimismNot Believing PeopleTrustFriendsBest FriendsFriendship And LoveFamily And FriendsFriendship And TrustTrusting OthersFriendship KjvFake FriendsSibling Lovehealthcarecheaters

For I hear the whispering of many-- terror on every side!-- as they scheme together against me, as they plot to take my life. Verse ConceptsFriendlessnessAliancesTrapCharacter AssassinationPlottingAttempting To Kill MeFear Will Cometerrorism


With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered. Verse ConceptsBackbitingGodlessnessSpeech, Power And Significance OfUngodlinessFalsehoodCharacter AssassinationBenefits Of KnowledgeFriendsHypocrisyheartbeat




I said in my heart, "I have acquired great wisdom, surpassing all who were over Jerusalem before me, and my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge." Verse ConceptsExperimental KnowledgeSoliloquy


But I, when they were sick-- I wore sackcloth; I afflicted myself with fasting; I prayed with head bowed on my chest. Verse ConceptsFasting, Practice OfClothHumilityPrayer, Practicalities OfCaring For The SickSick IndividualsHow To FastHumbling OneselfFastingFasting And Prayer

When I wept and humbled my soul with fasting, it became my reproach. Verse ConceptsFasting, Practice OfFasting In Mourning

'Why have we fasted, and you see it not? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?' Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure, and oppress all your workers. Verse ConceptsFasting, Of HypocritesMastersOppression, Nature OfHow To FastPointless FastingHumbling OneselfFastingFasting And PrayerAbuse

Though they fast, I will not hear their cry, and though they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence." Verse ConceptsFasting, Of HypocritesdiseasesPlaguesPestilencePointless Fasting

"Say to all the people of the land and the priests, When you fasted and mourned in the fifth month and in the seventh, for these seventy years, was it for me that you fasted? Verse Conceptsethics, incentives towardsMonth 5Month 770 To 80 YearsFasting RegularlyHow To FastNot For The SakeFastingFasting And Prayer

King Belshazzar made a great feast for a thousand of his lords and drank wine in front of the thousand. Verse ConceptsBanquets, ReasonsGluttonyFeastingAlcoholCelebrationsDinnerA Thousand PeopleDrinking Winethe anniversary Feasts

So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves left by those who had eaten. Verse ConceptsBarleyThe Number TwelveBaskets, Uses OfDinnerFive ThingsRemaining FoodTwelve Things

So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days. Verse ConceptsWeeksDinnerSeven DaysTen Or More DaysCelebration

So they gave a dinner for him there. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him at table. Verse ConceptsSabbath, In NtTablesSocial FellowshipDinnerReclining To EatThose Who Provided A MealrelaxinglazarusJesus Eating

And Levi made him a great feast in his house, and there was a large company of tax collectors and others reclining at table with them. Verse ConceptsCrowdsFeastingevangelism, kinds ofCelebrationsBanquets, Examples OfGuestsHospitality, Examples OfLargenessTax CollectorsDinnerReceiving Jesus As A Guest

But an opportunity came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee. Verse ConceptsAmusementsCommanderBanquets, Events CelebratedBirthdaysBirthdays CelebratedDinnerRight Time For People

So he prepared for them a great feast, and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the Syrians did not come again on raids into the land of Israel. Verse ConceptsDinner

And they were there with David for three days, eating and drinking, for their brothers had made preparation for them. Verse ConceptsDinnerThree Days

And when these days were completed, the king gave for all the people present in Susa, the citadel, both great and small, a feast lasting for seven days in the court of the garden of the king's palace. Verse ConceptsDinnerSeven Days

And he said to them, "Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast." So they took it. Verse ConceptsBanquets, CharaceristicsDinnerDrawing Water

He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head; he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and wrapped himself in zeal as a cloak. Verse ConceptsArmor of GodBreastplatesCloaksSalvation, Illustrations OfThe Helmet Of SalvationFervourGod's ClothingClothed With RighteousnessHelmetsGod Executes VengeanceRevengePassionarmor






Therefore the LORD brought upon them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh with hooks and bound him with chains of bronze and brought him to Babylon. Verse ConceptsNosesPrisonersBronze Shackles

They slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him in chains and took him to Babylon. Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesUnkindnessDisfigurementBrassBlindingOther BlindingKilling Sons And DaughtersBronze Shackles

And the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes and brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze shackles. And he ground at the mill in the prison. Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesGrindingImprisonmentsKnivesMonotonyMutilationPrisonersTortureCaptivesHeartlessnessHard LaborPrisonsBrassGrinding FoodEyes HarmedBlindingOther BlindingBronze Shackles

for he had often been bound with shackles and chains, but he wrenched the chains apart, and he broke the shackles in pieces. No one had the strength to subdue him. Verse ConceptsChainsIron ChainsNo Strength To CopeBreaking Chains

"These you may eat, of all that are in the waters. Everything in the waters that has fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the rivers, you may eat. Verse ConceptsSea DwellersClean FoodBrooksFishThe SeaEating Meatpork

the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas. Verse ConceptsSeaThe OceanBirdsFishThe SeaPaths

He said to them, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some." So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in, because of the quantity of fish. Verse ConceptsNetsMiracles Of ChristRight SidesCatch Of FishFish

So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. Verse ConceptsAccording To Its KindSeaHeredityAnimals, Types OfWhalesWings Of BirdsLiving SoulsGod Seeing All The EarthMammalsKinds Of Living ThingsLiving ThingsPerfection Of CreationAnimals Having A SoulCreationThe OceanBirdsGod's CreationFishflyingbugs

I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; Verse ConceptsShepherds, As Church LeaderWatchfulness, Of LeadersApostasy, CauseWolvesFierce MenNot Sparing


On that day the LORD their God will save them, as the flock of his people; for like the jewels of a crown they shall shine on his land. Verse ConceptsJewelsChrist And His SheepSparklingGod Saves The NeedyJewellery And GodGod's Willjewelrycrowns


Dead flies make the perfumer's ointment give off a stench; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor. Verse ConceptsFliesflyingbugs


Like a dog that returns to his vomit is a fool who repeats his folly. Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfdogsVomittingSin, Love OfWicked Described AsSinning RepeatedlyFoolspoop

This is the path of those who have foolish confidence; yet after them people approve of their boasts. Selah Verse ConceptsParticipation, In SinPsalm Interjectionsfate

The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly. Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfStudyKnowledgeSeeking For Abstract ThingsValuing Knowledge


Then I saw that there is more gain in wisdom than in folly, as there is more gain in light than in darkness. Verse ConceptsLight And DarknessBenefits Of Wisdom


He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on the stone that no one knows except the one who receives it.' Verse ConceptsSpiritual FoodMannaNewnessUniquenessWhiteOvercomersDelicaciesUnknown ThingsHidden ThingsGod Renaming PeopleWriting On ObjectsOvercoming Through ChristTaught By The SpiritA New NameBenefits Of HeavenSpiritual crownsOvercomingChange And Growth


Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food. Verse ConceptsSpiritual FoodemptinessdissatisfactionPleasurePhysical LabourUnprofitable SinsBeing UnsatisfiedBuying FoodNo FoodPay Attention To God!FinancesMoney Blessingsenergy

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh." Verse ConceptsSpiritual FoodFlesh, Description Ofeternal life, nature ofThe EucharistChrist Going DownEating Christ's BodyLife In ChristChrist And HeavenChrist's LifeJesus As FoodLife Is In ChristBreadCompetition


On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine, of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined. Verse ConceptsFeastsSpiritual FoodFeastingAlcoholBanquets, ActivitiesLove FeastHospitality, A Duty Of God's PeopleMeatMessianic BanquetWineRich Food

I will feed them with good pasture, and on the mountain heights of Israel shall be their grazing land. There they shall lie down in good grazing land, and on rich pasture they shall feed on the mountains of Israel. Verse ConceptsSpiritual FoodMessianic BanquetFeeding AnimalsThe Mountains Of Israel

and all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ.

then those of you who escape will remember me among the nations where they are carried captive, how I have been broken over their whoring heart that has departed from me and over their eyes that go whoring after their idols. And they will be loathsome in their own sight for the evils that they have committed, for all their abominations. Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands forApostasy in OTRejection Of God, Results OfHeart, Of Unregenerate PeopleHedonismForsaking GodEscaping EvilIdol WorshipHating Individualsheartbroken

For I was ashamed to ask the king for a band of soldiers and horsemen to protect us against the enemy on our way, since we had told the king, "The hand of our God is for good on all who seek him, and the power of his wrath is against all who forsake him." Verse ConceptsForsaking GodGrace, In OtRejection Of God, Results OfRoadsGod's HandConsequences Of Forsaking GodGod's Hands On PeopleShame Has Come



for my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water. Verse ConceptsAbandonmentForsaking GodBeing ForsakenFalse ConfidenceCisternsdrought, spiritualFountainsTwoDoubtSpring Of WaterThirstTrust, Lack OfWellsFountains Of LifeBreaking ContainersMetaphorical SpringsTwo Intangible ThingsWells, Figurative Use

and he went out to meet Asa and said to him, "Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: The LORD is with you while you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you. Verse ConceptsRejection Of God, Results OfForsaking God

And I will declare my judgments against them, for all their evil in forsaking me. They have made offerings to other gods and worshiped the works of their own hands. Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeForsaking GodMonotheismRejection Of God, Results OfUnfaithfulness, To GodIdol WorshipDifferent GodsIdolatry

And when your people say, 'Why has the LORD our God done all these things to us?' you shall say to them, 'As you have forsaken me and served foreign gods in your land, so you shall serve foreigners in a land that is not yours.'" Verse ConceptsForeignersForsaking GodRenunciationUnfaithfulness, To GodIdolatry Consists OfSuffering From ForeignersNo Earthly InheritanceServing GroupsWhy Does God Do This?

For it stands in Scripture: "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame." Verse ConceptsCornerstonesConfidence, In ChristdefeatZion, As A SymbolNames And Titles For ChristSpiritual FoundationsCapstoneChrist The RockThe Effects Of FaithNot Put To ShamePreciousScripture SaysDisappointmentpeterzion

therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am the one who has laid as a foundation in Zion, a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: 'Whoever believes will not be in haste.' Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillFoundationsCornerstonesFaith, Necessity OfGod, The RockMasonsNot AshamedTrust, Importance OfZion, As A SymbolChrist, Names ForCornerstoneSpiritual FoundationsCapstoneMessianic PropheciesChrist The RockThe Effects Of FaithCauses of failure in

"Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. Verse ConceptsWisdom, Source Of HumanSpiritual FoundationsStones For ProtectionHearing ChristDoing God's WorksThe Work Of The Wise



"O afflicted one, storm-tossed and not comforted, behold, I will set your stones in antimony, and lay your foundations with sapphires. Verse ConceptsFloggingBuildingJewelsStormsSpiritual FoundationsNo ComfortCatastrophic EventsThe Storms Of Life

thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life. Verse ConceptsAge To ComeSpiritual InvestmentRich, TheRiches, SpiritualThriftSpiritual FoundationsSpiritual TreasuresSeeking LifeStoring Other Things


Now Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon when he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father, for Hiram always loved David. Verse ConceptsGood FriendsenvoyFriendship, Examples OfAnointing Kings

I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan; very pleasant have you been to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women. Verse ConceptsGood FriendsTendernessUnhappinessValuesFriendship, Examples OfThose Who LovedWoman's PlaceFriendship And LoveLosing A FriendTrue FriendsheartbrokenThe Love Of Women

May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains, Verse ConceptsChainsIntimacyFriendship, Examples OfIron ChainsBe Merciful!People Refreshedempathy

I have thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, and your messenger and minister to my need, Verse ConceptsGood FriendsFellowship, In Christian ServiceAliancesFellow WorkersMessengerMissionaries, Support ForSoldiersVisitingFriendship, Examples Ofministering

As soon as he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. Verse ConceptsDavid, Rise OfFriendlessnessBad CounselIntimacyFriendship, Examples OfLast WordsThose Who LovedBest FriendsFriendship And TrustSoulmates

And as soon as the boy had gone, David rose from beside the stone heap and fell on his face to the ground and bowed three times. And they kissed one another and wept with one another, David weeping the most. Verse ConceptsPeople KissingKissingSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfSympathyWeepingFriendship, Examples OfKissesTearsActing Three Timesgoodbyes

So Hushai, David's friend, came into the city, just as Absalom was entering Jerusalem. Verse ConceptsFriendship, Examples OfEntering Cities

my spirit was not at rest because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I took leave of them and went on to Macedonia. Verse ConceptsPainFriendship, Examples Ofrelaxationgoodbyes

While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. Verse ConceptsFriendship Among BelieversDrawing Near To ChristChrist Going With People



Then those who feared the LORD spoke with one another. The LORD paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the LORD and esteemed his name. Verse ConceptsGood FriendsBook of lifeencouragement, examples ofCharacter Of SaintsFriendship Among BelieversMemorials For PeopleConversationIndividuals Fearing GodFearing Godremembrancefootballattention





Did you not, our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham your friend? Verse ConceptsAbraham, The Friend Of GodNames And Titles For The ChristianDivine FriendshipFriendship And Trust


Thus the LORD used to speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses turned again into the camp, his assistant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent. Verse ConceptsFace Of GodMoses, Significance OfPrayer, As A Response To GodTent Of MeetingTentsCommunion With God, Examples OfDivine FriendshipStaying PutBeing Face To Face With GodGod SpeakingFriendship And Trust


And there has not arisen a prophet since in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face, Verse ConceptsFace Of GodMoses, Significance OfRiddlesDivine FriendshipBeing Face To Face With GodUnique IndividualsIndividual Prophets



Jesus wept. So the Jews said, "See how he loved him!"


There were also many women there, looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him, among whom were Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joseph and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.


And Jonathan made David swear again by his love for him, for he loved him as he loved his own soul. Verse ConceptsGood FriendsResponsibility, For God's WorldLove to Others, Examples OfFriendship, Examples OfThose Who Loved

But Ittai answered the king, "As the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king shall be, whether for death or for life, there also will your servant be." Verse ConceptsLoyaltyServants, GoodFriendship, Examples OfCompanionshipLife And Death

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up!

Then Naomi took the child and laid him on her lap and became his nurse. Verse ConceptsAdoption





May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains, Verse ConceptsChainsIntimacyFriendship, Examples OfIron ChainsBe Merciful!People Refreshedempathy

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you.

who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks but all the churches of the Gentiles give thanks as well. Verse ConceptsLove, For One AnotherSuffering, Encouragements InChurch, Description OfChurch, Titles OfFriendship, Examples OfThanks To PeopleRiskingrisk

And Elijah said to Elisha, "Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me as far as Bethel." But Elisha said, "As the LORD lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you." So they went down to Bethel. Verse ConceptsGood FriendsBest friendIntimacyFriendship, Examples OfCompanionshipMotionlessnessStaying Put

So Thomas, called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go, that we may die with him." Verse ConceptsFriendship, Examples OfResigned To DeathChrist With People On EarthChrist Going With PeopleTwin Brothers


When the season came, he sent a servant to the tenants to get from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TalentsServants Of PeopleFarming

When David had passed a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of donkeys saddled, bearing two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred bunches of raisins, a hundred of summer fruits, and a skin of wine. Verse ConceptsFruitFoodFig treeRaisinsStewardshipWaitingOne HundredThe Number Two HundredSummer Fruit

And seeing a fig tree by the wayside, he went to it and found nothing on it but only leaves. And he said to it, "May no fruit ever come from you again!" And the fig tree withered at once. Verse ConceptsBearing Bad FruitGod, Power OfUnfruitfulnessMiracles Of ChristFigsDivine Power Over NatureFoliage

And God said, "Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth." And it was so. Verse ConceptsAccording To Its KindVegetationTreesSprouting PlantsLand ProducingSproutingGod SpeakingHerbsreproductionReproduction, After Kind

This is what the Lord GOD showed me: behold, a basket of summer fruit. Verse ConceptsSummerSummer Fruit



But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

They are planted in the house of the LORD; they flourish in the courts of our God. They still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green,

And on the banks, on both sides of the river, there will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither, nor their fruit fail, but they will bear fresh fruit every month, because the water for them flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for healing." Verse ConceptsFruitNew ThingsdiseasesHealingMedicineAbundance, MaterialUnfading LifeIncreasing FruitRiver BanksWater For PlantsFoliageMetaphorical TreesFood DefinedGod HealsPlans For A New TempleHealing Of NationsHerbsHealth And HealingDrugs

Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. Verse ConceptsCropsThirtySixtiesOne HundredFertile LandLand ProducingHundredfold ReturnPlanting SeedsSeedsSowing Seedssowing






to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people. Verse ConceptsEvil SpeakingGossipInjuryHumilitySlanderPeaceablenessThe Gentleness Of God's PeopleAvoid QuarrelsAbusive RelationshipsWork Ethic

Now the angel of the LORD came and sat under the terebinth at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress to hide it from the Midianites. Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsAppearances Of God In OtGrainThreshingWheatWinepressWarriorsOaksActing In Secretgideon

And they captured the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb. They killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they killed at the winepress of Zeeb. Then they pursued Midian, and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon across the Jordan. Verse ConceptsWinepressSkullsTreading GrapesNamed Gentile RulersTwo Other Men

So he brought the people down to the water. And the LORD said to Gideon, "Every one who laps the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, you shall set by himself. Likewise, every one who kneels down to drink." Verse ConceptsdogsTonguegroupsarmygideon

So Gideon took ten men of his servants and did as the LORD had told him. But because he was too afraid of his family and the men of the town to do it by day, he did it by night. Verse ConceptsTen PeopleDuring One NightFearing Other Peoplegideon

Then Gideon said to God, "If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said, Verse Conceptsartistsgideon

So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, when they had just set the watch. And they blew the trumpets and smashed the jars that were in their hands. Verse ConceptsBeginningNightOne Hundredgideon

Then Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle by the ascent of Heres.

Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, "Rule over us, you and your son and your grandson also, for you have saved us from the hand of Midian." Verse ConceptsGrandchildrenThe Kingdom Of Othersgideon

And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, at Ophrah of the Abiezrites. Verse ConceptsBurials, Places OfOld Age, Attainment OfTombsDeath Of A FatherFamily Deathgideon

"Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the LORD of hosts. Verse ConceptsAdultery, Consequences OfGod, Righteousness OfInjustice, Hated By GodMastersMoney, Stewardship OfOppression, Nature OfOrphansPerjuryPoverty, Attitudes TowardsRiches, Dangers OfServants, Working Conditions OfSexual Sin, Nature OfSuffering, Nature OfSuffering, Of The InnocentWagesWidowsAliens, God's AttitudeHirelingsDivinationStrangersEmployersThreateningsOppressing ForeignersSpeedThe Witness Of GodThose OppressedAdulteryNo Fear Of GodNot Helping WidowsSorceryImmigrantswitches


Say therefore to the people of Israel, 'I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from slavery to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment. Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfGod, As SaviorArmsGod, The LordRedemption, In Everyday LifeStrength, DivineArm Of GodCaptivesStrength Of GodRemoving BurdensI Am The LordGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptRedemptionGod's Interventionliberation

With pestilence and bloodshed I will enter into judgment with him, and I will rain upon him and his hordes and the many peoples who are with him torrential rains and hailstones, fire and sulfur. Verse ConceptsRainWeather, As God's JudgmentBrimstoneGod KillingFire From HeavenFire Of JudgementSulphurGod Will Kill The PeoplesEzekiel Invasion

For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the LORD. Verse ConceptsFirstbornGod, The LordDeath Of The FirstbornGod KillingI Am The LordBoth Men And Animals KilledGod Will Kill The Peoples

The LORD has made himself known; he has executed judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion. Selah Verse ConceptsTrapSin, Consequences OfKnowing That There Is A GodPsalm Interjections

and I will execute judgments upon Moab. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

I will make Pathros a desolation and will set fire to Zoan and will execute judgments on Thebes. Verse ConceptsBurning Cities

"And I will set my glory among the nations, and all the nations shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid on them. Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorGlory, Revelation OfGod's HandGod's Hands In Opposition



For you are our Father, though Abraham does not know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us; you, O LORD, are our Father, our Redeemer from of old is your name. Verse ConceptsGod, Fatherhood OfGod, As RedeemerAdoption, nature ofFamily, Showing God's RelationshipPeople Of God, In OtPrayer, As A Relationship With GodRedemption, In OtSpiritual AdoptionNot Knowing People




Therefore David blessed the LORD in the presence of all the assembly. And David said: "Blessed are you, O LORD, the God of Israel our father, forever and ever.



And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, "Great and amazing are your deeds, O Lord God the Almighty! Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations! Verse ConceptsGod, Righteousness OfGod, Sovereignty OfKingsKingship, DivineMoses, Significance OfServanthood, In Life Of BelieversSongsNames And Titles For ChristThe AlmightyGod Reigning ForeverComposersGod Doing RightDoing RightSlaves Of GodWhat God Does

He has caused his wondrous works to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and merciful. Verse ConceptsPrayer, And WorshipReminders Of God


He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. Verse ConceptsBeautifulBeauty, In NatureAdaptabilityBeginning And EndBeing Found OutHeartbreakBeauty Of ThingsTime ManagementGod's Ways Beyond Human UnderstandingGod's TimingGods TimingBeing BeautifulWaiting For God's Timingeternity

proclaiming thanksgiving aloud, and telling all your wondrous deeds. Verse ConceptsThose Singing PraiseThank God!Thank YouBeing Thankful For BlessingsGiving ThanksThanksdeeds

You have multiplied, O LORD my God, your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us; none can compare with you! I will proclaim and tell of them, yet they are more than can be told. Verse ConceptsAmazingGod, Perfection OfGuidance, God's Promises OfPlansGod, Works OfUncountableGod's ThoughtsGod's PlanTrusting God's PlanGods PlanWorking For GodThoughtsBeing BeautifulGod's Plan For UsWorking For The Lordworkingsurprisesdeeds

I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. Verse ConceptsAmazingBeautifulGod, Perfection OfGuardiansLife, HumanMan, Creation OfAnatomyAcneWe Thank GodEating DisordersThank Youfearlesspersonality




This God--his way is perfect; the word of the LORD proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him. Verse ConceptsFaith, Nature OfGod, Perfection OfGuardsMind, Of GodPerfection, DivineRefugeTrusting In GodSure KnowledgeTrusting God's Planshelter



He sends out his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly. Verse ConceptsRunningRunning After GoodGod's Orders

Jesus said to them, "Is this not the reason you are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God? Verse ConceptsInsightBeing MisleadUse Of The ScripturesNot Understanding God's ThingsQuerying God's PowerErrorIgnorance of GodPowerScriptureThe Power Of WordsMaking Mistakesignorance

Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, "As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word." Verse ConceptsFamine, Examples OfBaal Worship, HistoryElijah, Prophecies OfElijah, Life Ofdrought, physicaldewLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityPrayerfulnessRainWeather, As God's JudgmentMiracles Of ElijahCrowsImmigrants

Because of the ground that is dismayed, since there is no rain on the land, the farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads. Verse ConceptsVeilsShaming People

To you, O LORD, I call. For fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and flame has burned all the trees of the field. Verse ConceptsCalling upon GodBurning PlantsHarming TreesI Pray

"I also withheld the rain from you when there were yet three months to the harvest; I would send rain on one city, and send no rain on another city; one field would have rain, and the field on which it did not rain would wither; Verse Conceptsdrought, physicalHarvestRainWeather, As God's JudgmentTwo To Four MonthsVariety Of Form

And I have called for a drought on the land and the hills, on the grain, the new wine, the oil, on what the ground brings forth, on man and beast, and on all their labors." Verse Conceptsdrought, physicalOilShortage Of WineProvision Of OilBoth Men And Animals AffectedDoing One's Work

Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. Verse ConceptsAnswered Prayerdrought, physicalElijah, Prophecies OfRainMiracles Of ElijahPrayer, Offered WithAsking PermissionThree And A Half YearsLack Of RainLike People By NatureGod Answered PrayerMonthsPassion


Who provides for the raven its prey, when its young ones cry to God for help, and wander about for lack of food? Verse ConceptsRavensGod, The ProviderBirds, Features OfBirds, Types Of BirdsGod's ProvisionAnimals, God's Care OfGod Feeds All The Earthwandering


He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. Verse ConceptsDependenceGod's CareCareProtection, From GodImmovable SaintsNot StumblingGod Keepsbridges


"Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the LORD of hosts. Verse ConceptsAdultery, Consequences OfGod, Righteousness OfInjustice, Hated By GodMastersMoney, Stewardship OfOppression, Nature OfOrphansPerjuryPoverty, Attitudes TowardsRiches, Dangers OfServants, Working Conditions OfSexual Sin, Nature OfSuffering, Nature OfSuffering, Of The InnocentWagesWidowsAliens, God's AttitudeHirelingsDivinationStrangersEmployersThreateningsOppressing ForeignersSpeedThe Witness Of GodThose OppressedAdulteryNo Fear Of GodNot Helping WidowsSorceryImmigrantswitches


Say therefore to the people of Israel, 'I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from slavery to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment. Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfGod, As SaviorArmsGod, The LordRedemption, In Everyday LifeStrength, DivineArm Of GodCaptivesStrength Of GodRemoving BurdensI Am The LordGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptRedemptionGod's Interventionliberation

With pestilence and bloodshed I will enter into judgment with him, and I will rain upon him and his hordes and the many peoples who are with him torrential rains and hailstones, fire and sulfur. Verse ConceptsRainWeather, As God's JudgmentBrimstoneGod KillingFire From HeavenFire Of JudgementSulphurGod Will Kill The PeoplesEzekiel Invasion

For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the LORD. Verse ConceptsFirstbornGod, The LordDeath Of The FirstbornGod KillingI Am The LordBoth Men And Animals KilledGod Will Kill The Peoples

The LORD has made himself known; he has executed judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion. Selah Verse ConceptsTrapSin, Consequences OfKnowing That There Is A GodPsalm Interjections

and I will execute judgments upon Moab. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

I will make Pathros a desolation and will set fire to Zoan and will execute judgments on Thebes. Verse ConceptsBurning Cities

"And I will set my glory among the nations, and all the nations shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid on them. Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorGlory, Revelation OfGod's HandGod's Hands In Opposition

Nevertheless, those who died by the plague were twenty-four thousand. Verse ConceptsAnger Of God, Examples OfTwenty Thousand And UpDeath As Punishment

And Moses said to Aaron, "Take your censer, and put fire on it from off the altar and lay incense on it and carry it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, for wrath has gone out from the LORD; the plague has begun." Verse ConceptsMoses, Significance OfAaron, As High PriestCensers

then the LORD will bring on you and your offspring extraordinary afflictions, afflictions severe and lasting, and sicknesses grievous and lasting. Verse ConceptsDiseaseIllness

"Then if you walk contrary to me and will not listen to me, I will continue striking you, sevenfold for your sins. Verse ConceptsAttitudes Of HostilitySevenfold

the men who brought up a bad report of the land--died by plague before the LORD. Verse Conceptsdoubt, results ofAnger Of God, Examples OfDeath As Punishmentnegativity






If others share this rightful claim on you, do not we even more? Nevertheless, we have not made use of this right, but we endure anything rather than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ. Verse ConceptsCoveting, prohibition ofControlling PeopleSuffering For The GospelAvoid Being HinderedEnduringHindrances


and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel, Verse ConceptsMinistry, In The ChurchMysteryGod Revealing Mysteriesholy BoldnessBoldnessfearlesssupplicationpetition


Whoever is greedy for unjust gain troubles his own household, but he who hates bribes will live. Verse ConceptsCovetingGreed, Condemnation OfMoney, Stewardship OfCovetousness, Results InAvoiding BribesHating EvilGreedFamily Problemsoverworking

Its heads give judgment for a bribe; its priests teach for a price; its prophets practice divination for money; yet they lean on the LORD and say, "Is not the LORD in the midst of us? No disaster shall come upon us." Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceLove, Abuse OfMoney, Uses OfPriests, Institution In Ot TimesSpiritual MalnutritionReward, HumanUnfaithful MinistersSelfishness, Shown InCorrupt PriestsMisteachingWicked ProphetsGod Is Among YouBelief In GodGod SupportingDivinityRewards Of RitualFinancesMaking Decisionsprophetspriests

The dogs have a mighty appetite; they never have enough. But they are shepherds who have no understanding; they have all turned to their own way, each to his own gain, one and all. Verse ConceptsGod's WaysProfitsWisdom, Human ImportanceInadequate ShepherdingCovetousness, Example OfSelfishness, Shown InSelfishness, Examples OfBeing Without UnderstandingGreed


All day long he craves and craves, but the righteous gives and does not hold back. Verse ConceptsCovetousness, Nature of

we shall find all precious goods, we shall fill our houses with plunder; Verse ConceptsPlunderingFilling Houses

Such are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust gain; it takes away the life of its possessors. Verse ConceptsUnjust GainThe Misery Of GreedFinancesGreedPathsfateconsequences


Blessed are the people to whom such blessings fall! Blessed are the people whose God is the LORD! Verse ConceptsBlessed Through GodHe Is Our GodBeing Thankful For Blessings


Whoever despises his neighbor is a sinner, but blessed is he who is generous to the poor. Verse ConceptsFaultsKindnessDespising PeopleBlessings For Those Who Help The PoorBelittlingHelping The Poor

Whoever gives thought to the wordwill discover good, and blessed is he who trusts in the LORD. Verse ConceptsCommendationIrritationThe Effects Of FaithTrusting God's PlanBlessings And Prosperityattentionprospering


She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; those who hold her fast are called blessed. Verse ConceptsTreesMetaphorical TreesGraspingrelaxation

If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them. Verse Conceptsdiscipleship, benefits ofBenefits Of KnowledgeBlessing Otherspractice

You shall not bring the fee of a prostitute or the wages of a dog into the house of the LORD your God in payment for any vow, for both of these are an abomination to the LORD your God. Verse ConceptsAbominationsOfferingsVowsHarlotsWantonnessAbominations, To GodGod Hating ThingsMale ProstitutesWages Of A ProstituteGiving Money To The ChurchTithes And OfferingPetssalespremaritalwhores

A widow, or a divorced woman, or a woman who has been defiled, or a prostitute, these he shall not marry. But he shall take as his wife a virgin of his own people, Verse ConceptsProfanityDivorceMarriage Controlledvirginity

"Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, lest the land fall into prostitution and the land become full of depravity. Verse ConceptsdaughtersLove, In RelationshipsProstitutionRightsSexual Sin, Nature OfSexualityHarlotsProvokingTattoos Being Okwhores

But they said, "Should he treat our sister like a prostitute?" Verse ConceptsNamed Sisters

Then two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him. Verse ConceptsProstitutionTwo Women

It was eaten by the people of Israel who had returned from exile, and also by every one who had joined them and separated himself from the uncleanness of the peoples of the land to worship the LORD, the God of Israel. Verse ConceptsExclusivenessSeparationHeathenNations DescribedProselytesSeparation From Evil PeopleThose who returned from exileAdoption Should Lead To Holiness

but he walked in the way of the kings of Israel. He even burned his son as an offering,according to the despicable practices of the nations whom the LORD drove out before the people of Israel. Verse ConceptsChild sacrificeSacrifice, In OtSanctity Of LifePagan PracticesInfanticideThe Lord Drove Them Out

"And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. Verse ConceptsPagansPrayerfulnessHeathenMan's Conduct Towards GodChantingLack Of MeaningWhat Foreigners DoSaying RepeatedlyExamples of secret prayerRewards Of RitualPraying

The nations have sunk in the pit that they made; in the net that they hid, their own foot has been caught. Verse ConceptsNetsPitsHeathenDigging PitsHidden ThingsTrapping OneselfPit Used As Traps


"And I will set my glory among the nations, and all the nations shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid on them. Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorGlory, Revelation OfGod's HandGod's Hands In Opposition

Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, "The LORD has done great things for them." Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfHistoryLaughterMission, Of IsraelSongsTongueWhat God DoesRejoicing In Success

and walked in the customs of the nations whom the LORD drove out before the people of Israel, and in the customs that the kings of Israel had practiced. Verse ConceptsHeathenImitating Wicked PeopleThe Lord Drove Them Out

The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of human hands. Verse ConceptsGoldHeathenIdolatry



For you are our Father, though Abraham does not know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us; you, O LORD, are our Father, our Redeemer from of old is your name. Verse ConceptsGod, Fatherhood OfGod, As RedeemerAdoption, nature ofFamily, Showing God's RelationshipPeople Of God, In OtPrayer, As A Relationship With GodRedemption, In OtSpiritual AdoptionNot Knowing People




Therefore David blessed the LORD in the presence of all the assembly. And David said: "Blessed are you, O LORD, the God of Israel our father, forever and ever.




keeping steadfast love for thousands,forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation." Verse ConceptsIniquity, God's Attitude TowardPunishment, Nature OfUnforgivenessParents SinSins Of The FathersA Forgiving God

You will not be joined with them in burial, because you have destroyed your land, you have slain your people."May the offspring of evildoers nevermore be named! Verse ConceptsBad ParentsParents SinSins Of The Fathers


"What do you mean by repeating this proverb concerning the land of Israel, 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge'? Verse ConceptsPeace, Human Destruction OfTeethInfidelity To GodParents SinDentistrySins Of The FathersChildren SufferingOld SayingsFathers Responsibilitiesgrandfathersparenthood

And those of you who are left shall rot away in your enemies' lands because of their iniquity, and also because of the iniquities of their fathers they shall rot away like them. Verse ConceptsFathers, Sin Of TheOffspringParents SinPeople RottingSurvivors Threatened

Let us lie down in our shame, and let our dishonor cover us. For we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day, and we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God." Verse ConceptsSin, Effects OfParents SinSelf AbasementBeing Evil From YouthShame Has ComeWe Have Sinned

And Ahaz slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David, and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place. Verse ConceptsSleep, And DeathBuried In The City Of DavidKings Of All Israel Or Judah

In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, "Thus says the LORD, 'Set your house in order, for you shall die; you shall not recover.'" Verse ConceptsdiseasesHousesProphecy, Fulfilment Of OtProphets, Role OfReadinessSuffering, Causes OfSuffering, Nature OfDeath, Preparation ForPutting In OrderNearness Of DeathSick IndividualsDeath Will Soon HappenNamed Prophets Of The LordDeathRecoveryIllnessFamily Death

In the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it, Verse ConceptsList Of Kings Of IsraelNations Attacking Israel

They said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a day of distress, of rebuke, and of disgrace; children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to bring them forth. Verse ConceptsAbortionBirth Not Being Possible

And Hezekiah answered, "It is an easy thing for the shadow to lengthen ten steps. Rather let the shadow go back ten steps." Verse ConceptsTen ThingsGoing ForwardBackwardsEasy For God

And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and Manasseh his son reigned in his place. Verse ConceptsSleep, And DeathKings Of All Israel Or Judah

And on that day there shall be inscribed on the bells of the horses, "Holy to the LORD." And the pots in the house of the LORD shall be as the bowls before the altar. Verse ConceptsWritingBellsPots For Cooking And EatingTemple Utensils In UseHolinesscookingpot


And a highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Way of Holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it. It shall belong to those who walk on the way; even if they are fools, they shall not go astray. Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfGod's WaysLife, Of FaithHighwayPurity, Nature OfWay, TheThe Work Of FoolsMaking RoadsWalking In God's WayHolinessErrorHighwaysFoolsMissing SomeoneBeing LostThe Environmentbridgesvacation


They made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote on it an inscription, like the engraving of a signet, "Holy to the LORD." Verse ConceptsInscriptionsSealsToolsPlatesengraving







Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.


And he did not permit him but said to him, "Go home to your friends and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you." Verse Conceptsevangelists, identity ofevangelism, kinds ofTestify On God's BehalfExperimental KnowledgeAcknowledging ChristReceiving God's MercyGod's Work In UsFamily And Friends



Then he said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother!" And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home. Verse ConceptsAttitude Towards Your MotherIndividuals going homemomsMothers Love For Her Children

to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled. Verse ConceptsBeing A WifeDiscretionKindnessOrder In The HomePurity, Moral And SpiritualWives, Duties OfWomen WorkingConfidentialityGodly WomanWomen's RolesA Good Womanmothering

I went away full, and the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi, when the LORD has testified against me and the Almighty has brought calamity upon me?" Verse ConceptsemptinessLossPessimismEmpty PeopleFilling PeopleTragedy

And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillAge, Glories OfFamily, Worship InChoicesdoubt, results ofFamilies, Examples OfGood Decision Making ExamplesIntentionsHeads Of The FamilyChoosingFaithful, Choose To RemainZeal, ReligiousLife's PurposeEmployers, Good ExamplesChoosing God's WayBehold Me!Encouraged To Serve Foreign godsServing One's Own GodsBeyond The EuphratesServingServing God





Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him. Verse ConceptsFeetFeet WashingBasinsJesus Christ, Meekness OfHumility Of ChristWater ContainersPeople Drying Things UpPouring WaterCare Of FeetServantsAblution






My soul is consumed with longing for your rules at all times. Verse ConceptsLonging For God

Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. Verse ConceptsAmbition, positive aspects ofdesiresLonging For GodHeart, Affections OfHeaven Better Than EarthThe Earth

My soul yearns for you in the night; my spirit within me earnestly seeks you. For when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness. Verse ConceptsSpiritual Desiresdiscipleship, nature ofLonging For GodEarth, Judgment OfNightPrayer, As A Relationship With GodThirstAfflictions, Benefits Of


"Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied. "Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh. Verse ConceptsLaughterSatisfactionTearsBenefits Of SadnessMothers DeathSmilingFeeding The Poorhunger

And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart and had sought him with their whole desire, and he was found by them, and the LORD gave them rest all around. Verse ConceptsAnswered PrayereagernessdiligenceDiligence, Examples OfExcitementConsecration, Examples OfUnquestioning Service



I open my mouth and pant, because I long for your commandments. Verse ConceptsEating With Mouths

In the meantime, when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. Verse ConceptsCrowdsAn Innumerable Numberevil, warnings againstPharisees, Attitudes To Jesus ChristPopularityPretenceWarningPopularity Of ChristDealing With Many PeopleTrampling PeopleLeavenedBeginning To TeachDisadvantages Of CrowdsCharacteristics Of PhariseesChrist Speaking To DisciplesShowing HypocrisyHypocrisy




for he is like one who is inwardly calculating. "Eat and drink!" he says to you, but his heart is not with you. Verse ConceptsMindBad ThoughtsThe Inner ManDeceitful HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedThinkingLack Of MeaningEating And DrinkingMind BattlesMovies

when he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart; Verse ConceptsSeven ThingsNot Believing People




"They do not know how to do right," declares the LORD, "those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds." Verse ConceptsHoardingSpiritual IgnoranceMisersPursuing ViolenceNo JusticeStoring Other ThingsDoing The Right Thing

But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD; they do not understand his plan, that he has gathered them as sheaves to the threshing floor. Verse ConceptsBinding cornLack Of DiscernmentSicklesThreshing FloorDullnessSpiritual IgnoranceGod's ThoughtsNot Understanding God's Things

The way of peace they do not know, and there is no justice in their paths; they have made their roads crooked; no one who treads on them knows peace. Verse ConceptsWay, TheCrookednessPaths Of The WickedPathways Of SinSpiritual IgnoranceUnrestTwistingNo PeacePaths

Then I said, "These are only the poor; they have no sense; for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God. Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfFolly, Effects OfPoverty, SpiritualMoral BankruptcySpiritual IgnorancePoor PeopleCounted As Fools


They drank wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone. Verse ConceptsGoldIronDrunkenness, Examples OfBrassDrinking WineWood And StoneBronze For Idols

You know that when you were pagans you were led astray to mute idols, however you were led. Verse ConceptsDumbnessMutenessPagansPolytheismCarrying IdolsDumbdiscriminationstatuesHinduism

Has a nation changed its gods, even though they are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit. Verse ConceptsNegotiationPolytheismExchanging Good For BadGod Bestowing GloryNo Help In Other Gods

For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but the LORD made the heavens. Verse ConceptsAstronomyCreation Of The Physical Heavens

Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and cry to the gods to whom they make offerings, but they cannot save them in the time of their trouble. Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorFalse ReligionemptinessIncense Offered AmissIdolatryThings Which Cannot SaveServing One's Own GodsNo Help In Other Gods

Their land is filled with idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their own fingers have made. Verse ConceptsFingersBowingFilling PlacesPolytheismIdol WorshipWorshiping God


For although there may be so-called gods in heaven or on earth--as indeed there are many "gods" and many "lords"-- Verse ConceptsPolytheism

Can man make for himself gods? Such are not gods!" Verse ConceptsFalse Religionpeople







This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. Verse ConceptsEating, Metaphorical UseImmortality, In NtChrist Going DownNot DyingChrist And HeavenJesus As Food


For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. Verse ConceptsIncorruptibleImmortality, In NtHandicappedTransient BodyPeople Are CorruptibleMoralityinvestingMoral Decay








I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification. Verse ConceptsGiving, Of OneselfFall Of Man, Consequences OfBodily Limbsethics, and graceSin, Avoidance OfImpurityLimitations Of The BodyLike MenThey Committed ImmoralityHolinessnatural LifeThe Surrendered lifeSurrenderSanctificationlimitations


And the younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.' And he divided his property between them. Verse ConceptsPropertyDadsdivision

They said, "The LORD commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the people of Israel, and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters.

The people of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance. Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine Responsibility

They approached Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the leaders and said, "The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance along with our brothers." So according to the mouth of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brothers of their father.

The second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of the people of Simeon, according to their clans, and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the people of Judah. Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine ResponsibilitySecond Thing

When Joshua dismissed the people, the people of Israel went each to his inheritance to take possession of the land.

Then the redeemer said, "I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I impair my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption yourself, for I cannot redeem it." Verse ConceptsMarriage, Restrictions Concerning

Then Hanamel my cousin came to me in the court of the guard, in accordance with the word of the LORD, and said to me, 'Buy my field that is at Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for the right of possession and redemption is yours; buy it for yourself.' Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD. Verse ConceptsNegotiationRedemption, In Everyday Life

therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a breach in a high wall, bulging out, and about to collapse, whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant; Verse ConceptsSin, God's Judgment OnWallsAfflictions Of The WickedThe Insecurity Of The WickedSudden DestructionSuddenlyThings Falling

Give glory to the LORD your God before he brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the twilight mountains, and while you look for light he turns it into gloom and makes it deep darkness. Verse ConceptsHope, Nature OfProcrastinationStumblingThe Insecurity Of The WickedPeople Stumbling

Truly you set them in slippery places; you make them fall to ruin. Verse ConceptsThe Insecurity Of The WickedSlipperyness

You will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, like one who lies on the top of a mast. Verse ConceptsAlcoholSleep, PhysicalThe Insecurity Of The WickedIn The Heart Of The Sea

Therefore their way shall be to them like slippery paths in the darkness, into which they shall be driven and fall, for I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment, declares the LORD. Verse ConceptsYearsThe Insecurity Of The WickedWalking In DarknessThe Day Of JudgementSlipperynessGod SuingGod Will Bring HarmPaths

Precisely because they have misled my people, saying, 'Peace,' when there is no peace, and because, when the people build a wall, these prophets smear it with whitewash, say to those who smear it with whitewash that it shall fall! There will be a deluge of rain, and you, O great hailstones, will fall, and a stormy wind break out.

And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it."

Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you are going with him to court, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in prison. Verse ConceptsAgreementDiscorddisagreementsLawyersJudgesOfficersAttorneyLawsuitsLitigationQuarrelsDebtorsAgreeingHanding Over PeopleImprisonmentsCourt SessionsPeople Accusing PeopleMisunderstandingsMaking Peace With EnemiesReconciliationConflictResolving Conflictjail

And I charged your judges at that time, 'Hear the cases between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother or the alien who is with him. Verse ConceptsCourtsJudgesMagistratesJudging RightlyForeigners Included In The Law

And he went on a circuit year by year to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah. And he judged Israel in all these places. Verse ConceptsCirclesEvery Year

If someone sins against a man, God will mediate for him, but if someone sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?" But they would not listen to the voice of their father, for it was the will of the LORD to put them to death. Verse ConceptsGod, Activity OfGod's Activity In IsraelRebukeWicked Children, Regard To ParentsGod KillingGod Killing IndividualsGodly ManDeath Of A FatherParents Being Wrong

"You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the LORD your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. Verse Conceptsethics, incentives towardsCivic RighteousnessJudgesTownMagistratesAdministrationJudging RightlyMan AppointingAppointments

He appointed judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city, Verse ConceptsJudgesStress And Hard Times

"If there is a dispute between men and they come into court and the judges decide between them, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty, Verse Conceptsethics, incentives towardsInnocence, Teaching OnJustification, Necessity OfLawsuitsMagistrates

The next day Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from morning till evening. Verse ConceptsMoses, Significance OfSittingStandingSitting To TeachPeople Involved In JudgementFrom Morning Till Evening

He said, "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. Verse ConceptsIrreverenceBeing Seen By ManNo Fear Of GodRespectFearing GodPersistencefearless

Now the angel of the LORD came and sat under the terebinth at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress to hide it from the Midianites. Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsAppearances Of God In OtGrainThreshingWheatWinepressWarriorsOaksActing In Secretgideon

And they captured the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb. They killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they killed at the winepress of Zeeb. Then they pursued Midian, and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon across the Jordan. Verse ConceptsWinepressSkullsTreading GrapesNamed Gentile RulersTwo Other Men

So he brought the people down to the water. And the LORD said to Gideon, "Every one who laps the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, you shall set by himself. Likewise, every one who kneels down to drink." Verse ConceptsdogsTonguegroupsarmygideon

So Gideon took ten men of his servants and did as the LORD had told him. But because he was too afraid of his family and the men of the town to do it by day, he did it by night. Verse ConceptsTen PeopleDuring One NightFearing Other Peoplegideon

Then Gideon said to God, "If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said, Verse Conceptsartistsgideon

So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, when they had just set the watch. And they blew the trumpets and smashed the jars that were in their hands. Verse ConceptsBeginningNightOne Hundredgideon

Then Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle by the ascent of Heres.

Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, "Rule over us, you and your son and your grandson also, for you have saved us from the hand of Midian." Verse ConceptsGrandchildrenThe Kingdom Of Othersgideon

And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, at Ophrah of the Abiezrites. Verse ConceptsBurials, Places OfOld Age, Attainment OfTombsDeath Of A FatherFamily Deathgideon

In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel. And they ravaged the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. Verse ConceptsJerusalem, History OfSpringSiegesNature Of KingsReady For WarThe Nations Attackedspringtime

She came to Jerusalem with a very great retinue, with camels bearing spices and very much gold and precious stones. And when she came to Solomon, she told him all that was on her mind. Verse ConceptsJewelsPrecious StonesJewellery

Then David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, "Arise, and let us flee, or else there will be no escape for us from Absalom. Go quickly, lest he overtake us quickly and bring down ruin on us and strike the city with the edge of the sword." Verse ConceptsWarfare, Examples OfHasteDesertionEscaping From PeopleHurrying Others On

And the time that David reigned over Israel was forty years. He reigned seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem. Verse ConceptsForty YearsThe Number FortySeven Years30 To 40 Years40 To 50 Years

And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who said to David, "You will not come in here, but the blind and the lame will ward you off"--thinking, "David cannot come in here." Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesZion, As A PlaceEntering Cities

As soon as Adoni-zedek, king of Jerusalem, heard how Joshua had captured Ai and had devoted it to destruction,doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king, and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were among them, Verse ConceptsAi, The CityTreatyAnnihilation

But the man would not spend the night. He rose up and departed and arrived opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem). He had with him a couple of saddled donkeys, and his concubine was with him. Verse ConceptsPeople Unwilling

And David came to his house at Jerusalem. And the king took the ten concubines whom he had left to care for the house and put them in a house under guard and provided for them, but did not go in to them. So they were shut up until the day of their death, living as if in widowhood. Verse ConceptsHousesWidowsAbsence Of SexTen PeopleIndividuals going homeActual Widows

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers' houses of the people of Israel, before King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersJerusalem, History OfRankAssembling LeadersThe Ark In The TempleThe Elders Gathered

So they came, both men and women. All who were of a willing heart brought brooches and earrings and signet rings and armlets, all sorts of gold objects, every man dedicating an offering of gold to the LORD. Verse ConceptsEarringsGenerosity, HumanGoldMale And FemaleOrnamentsRingsTreasureWave OfferingsDonationsNecklaceGold TransferredJewellery And GodPeople Willingjewelry

And we have brought the LORD's offering, what each man found, articles of gold, armlets and bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and beads, to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD." Verse ConceptsBraceletsEarringsGoldOrnamentsRingsSealsNecklace


And the servant brought out jewelry of silver and of gold, and garments, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave to her brother and to her mother costly ornaments. Verse ConceptsGenerosity, HumandowryBetrothalGoldMarriage, Customs ConcerningOrnamentsMarriage, The BrideCosmeticsPresentsPeople Giving ClothesJewelleryjewelry

but each woman shall ask of her neighbor, and any woman who lives in her house, for silver and gold jewelry, and for clothing. You shall put them on your sons and on your daughters. So you shall plunder the Egyptians." Verse ConceptsAskingGoldOrnamentsPeople Giving Clothesjewelry


that the exulting of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment? Verse ConceptsemptinessTransient WorldProsperity Of The WickedHypocrisy

And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart found pleasure in all my toil, and this was my reward for all my toil. Verse ConceptsEvil EyesReward For WorksSelf LoveBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Life

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fools; this also is vanity. Verse ConceptsVanityThornsUseless EndeavourWeedpot

And joy and gladness are taken away from the fruitful field, and in the vineyards no songs are sung, no cheers are raised; no treader treads out wine in the presses; I have put an end to the shouting. Verse ConceptsAlcoholWinepressDestroying VineyardsVintageCessationTreading GrapesLack Of Rejoicing

Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. Verse ConceptsLaughterSorrowTearsLack Of RejoicingHeavinessChanging Yourselfgrieving

Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you are going with him to court, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in prison. Verse ConceptsAgreementDiscorddisagreementsLawyersJudgesOfficersAttorneyLawsuitsLitigationQuarrelsDebtorsAgreeingHanding Over PeopleImprisonmentsCourt SessionsPeople Accusing PeopleMisunderstandingsMaking Peace With EnemiesReconciliationConflictResolving Conflictjail

And I charged your judges at that time, 'Hear the cases between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother or the alien who is with him. Verse ConceptsCourtsJudgesMagistratesJudging RightlyForeigners Included In The Law

And he went on a circuit year by year to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah. And he judged Israel in all these places. Verse ConceptsCirclesEvery Year

If someone sins against a man, God will mediate for him, but if someone sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?" But they would not listen to the voice of their father, for it was the will of the LORD to put them to death. Verse ConceptsGod, Activity OfGod's Activity In IsraelRebukeWicked Children, Regard To ParentsGod KillingGod Killing IndividualsGodly ManDeath Of A FatherParents Being Wrong

"You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the LORD your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. Verse Conceptsethics, incentives towardsCivic RighteousnessJudgesTownMagistratesAdministrationJudging RightlyMan AppointingAppointments

He appointed judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city, Verse ConceptsJudgesStress And Hard Times

"If there is a dispute between men and they come into court and the judges decide between them, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty, Verse Conceptsethics, incentives towardsInnocence, Teaching OnJustification, Necessity OfLawsuitsMagistrates

The next day Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from morning till evening. Verse ConceptsMoses, Significance OfSittingStandingSitting To TeachPeople Involved In JudgementFrom Morning Till Evening

He said, "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. Verse ConceptsIrreverenceBeing Seen By ManNo Fear Of GodRespectFearing GodPersistencefearless


It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, "Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones, to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him."


And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeGuilt, Human Aspects OfDestinySmallnessStandingJudgmentWhat Heaven Will Be LikeThe Judgement InvolvesThe Act Of OpeningOpening DocumentsThe Final JudgementGreat And SmallRepaid For DeedsJudgment According To WorksAccountabilityJudgement DayJudging Others Actionsdeeds




"When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.


Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world." Verse ConceptsKingdom Of God, Characteristics OfWorldlinessHanding Over ChristKingdom Of GodJewsServant Leadership

I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Verse ConceptsKingdom Of God, Entry IntoExclusionTransient BodyLimitations Of The BodyNo DecayPeople Are Corruptiblecorruption



nor will they say, 'Look, here it is!' or 'There!' for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you." Verse ConceptsOutside The KingdomGod Is Among You




I said in my heart, "I have acquired great wisdom, surpassing all who were over Jerusalem before me, and my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge." Verse ConceptsExperimental KnowledgeSoliloquy




I said in my heart, "I have acquired great wisdom, surpassing all who were over Jerusalem before me, and my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge." Verse ConceptsExperimental KnowledgeSoliloquy

And they rose early in the morning and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa. And when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Hear me, Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be established; believe his prophets, and you will succeed." Verse ConceptsFaith, And Blessings Of GodDeserts, SpecificdecisionsMorningSuccessWarfare, Examples OfFaith, Object OfRising EarlyThose Who Rose EarlyRevelation Through ProphetsFriendship And TrustGod As The Object Of Faith



and when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave and fed them with bread and water.) Verse ConceptsBad InfluenceCavesProphets, Lives OfSchool Of ProphetsWaterLove to Others, Examples OfFiftiesOne HundredPeople In CavesKilling ProphetsPeople Hiding PeopleProphets Killedprophetsjezebelhidinggroups

And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household." Verse ConceptsStumbling Over ChristUnderestimationProphecy Ignoredhonour

But they kept mocking the messengers of God, despising his words and scoffing at his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD rose against his people, until there was no remedy. Verse ConceptsAbuse, To God's PeopleContemptMockeryRejection Of God, Results OfRejection Of GodResentment, Against GodSin, And God's CharacterRejection Of Spiritual InstructionInfidelity To GodScoffersFunServant Leadershipprophetsacting

And he said, "Hear my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the LORD make myself known to him in a vision; I speak with him in a dream. Verse ConceptsDreamsGod, Revelation OfKnowing God, Nature OfProphets, Role OfRevelation, In OtVisionsInspiration Of The Holy Spirit, Means OfProphetic VisionsVisions From GodRevelation Through Visions And Dreams


And when all who knew him previously saw how he prophesied with the prophets, the people said to one another, "What has come over the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?" Verse ConceptsSchool


And Joshua said to the priests, "Take up the ark of the covenant and pass on before the people." So they took up the ark of the covenant and went before the people. Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, DescriptionThe Ark Moved AroundCrossing Into The Promised LandRiver CrossingsThings Going BeforePriests In ActionArk Of The Covenant


And he sent young men of the people of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen 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 they brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it and carried it out to the brook Kidron.

Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel his people, how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt. Verse ConceptsOccupationsGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

And the priests and the Levites who were in all Israel presented themselves to him from all places where they lived.




thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life. Verse ConceptsAge To ComeSpiritual InvestmentRich, TheRiches, SpiritualThriftSpiritual FoundationsSpiritual TreasuresSeeking LifeStoring Other Things










thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life. Verse ConceptsAge To ComeSpiritual InvestmentRich, TheRiches, SpiritualThriftSpiritual FoundationsSpiritual TreasuresSeeking LifeStoring Other Things







if you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday. Verse ConceptsGenerosity, Humanethics, socialNoonAfflicted, Duty To ThemBenevolenceAlmsgivingAltruismCharityLight Of God's PeopleFeeding The Poorhunger





But David said to Saul, "Your servant used to keep sheep for his father. And when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb from the flock, Verse ConceptsServanthood, In SocietyAnimals, Types OfBearsThose Who Kept StockDeerbeer

Then Samson went down with his father and mother to Timnah, and they came to the vineyards of Timnah. And behold, a young lion came toward him roaring. Verse ConceptsLionsVineyardChampionsIn Danger From Lions

And as he went away a lion met him on the road and killed him. And his body was thrown in the road, and the donkey stood beside it; the lion also stood beside the body. Verse ConceptsRoadsAnimals KillingCorpses Of Other PeopleDeath

Then, at break of day, the king arose and went in haste to the den of lions. Verse ConceptsDawnRising EarlyWakefulnessDaybreakHasty ActionAt DaybreakPeople Getting Up


they shall not hunger or thirst, neither scorching wind nor sun shall strike them, for he who has pity on them will lead them, and by springs of water will guide them. Verse ConceptsClimates, TypesGuidance, God's Promises OfHeatSpring Of WaterThe SunWeather, God's Sovereignty OverMetaphorical SpringsPlenty Through ChristControlling Sun Moon And StarsWater, As A Symbol Of Salvationhunger

O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you shall be put to shame; those who turn away from youshall be written in the earth, for they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living water. Verse ConceptsAbandonmentForsaking GodHope, As ConfidenceShameSpring Of WaterWellsMetaphorical SpringsJudgements WrittenConsequences Of Forsaking GodLiving WaterWells, Figurative Useisraeldust

a garden fountain, a well of living water, and flowing streams from Lebanon. Verse ConceptsGardens
















This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. Verse ConceptsEating, Metaphorical UseImmortality, In NtChrist Going DownNot DyingChrist And HeavenJesus As Food


For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. Verse ConceptsIncorruptibleImmortality, In NtHandicappedTransient BodyPeople Are CorruptibleMoralityinvestingMoral Decay


but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked. Verse ConceptsBreath Of GodFace Of GodWaistsMillennial KingdomSpirit Of ChristThe Sword Of The SpiritGod Beating PeopleGod KillingChrist SpeakingGod KillsRighteousness Of ChristStriking People With A Stafffairness

The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the LORD, and the poor among mankind shall exult in the Holy One of Israel. Verse ConceptsIncreaseHumilityMeeknessCharacter Of SaintsRejoicingBeing Humblehumble


The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the LORD! May your hearts live forever! Verse ConceptsBad LeadershipExploitationsEatingSatisfactionPenitentPlenty For The PoorPraising GodGod Feeds All The EarthI Will Praise You With Music





But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people. Verse ConceptsEvil SpeakingGossipInjuryHumilitySlanderPeaceablenessThe Gentleness Of God's PeopleAvoid QuarrelsAbusive RelationshipsWork Ethic



Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. Verse ConceptsAcceptance, Of The GospeldrossdirtReformationSin, Avoidance OfAbility, Of God To SaveReceiving God's WordPollution ForbiddenBe Humble!Being HumbleMoralityHumility And Pridehumblenesswelcome

Seek the LORD, all you humble of the land, who do his just commands; seek righteousness; seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the anger of the LORD. Verse ConceptsHumilityMeeknessRighteousness, Of BelieversSeeking GodAnswered PromisesSeeking For Abstract ThingsBeing Hidden From GodBe Humble!God And The HumbleHidden From GodBeing HumbleHumble Yourselfhumblenesshumble


To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic either. Verse ConceptsCloaksCheeksSelf DefenceDressSmitten CheeksSmiting Of The RighteousPeople Giving ClothesOuter GarmentsInner GarmentsAccepting BeatingsRobbing PeopleTurning The Other Cheek

Then the king said to Ziba, "Behold, all that belonged to Mephibosheth is now yours." And Ziba said, "I pay homage; let me ever find favor in your sight, my lord the king." Verse ConceptsConfiscationBowing Before DavidTaking Possession

Jonathan, the son of Saul, had a son who was crippled in his feet. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel, and his nurse took him up and fled, and as she fled in her haste, he fell and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth. Verse ConceptsCripplesAccidentsFeetdisabilitiesLamenessNursesSuffering, Causes OfPeople TumblingHurt And Betrayalsaul

And Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan, son of Saul, came to David and fell on his face and paid homage. And David said, "Mephibosheth!" And he answered, "Behold, I am your servant." Verse ConceptsTributesBowing Before DavidBehold Me!saul

As I looked, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, and a great cloud, with brightness around it, and fire flashing forth continually, and in the midst of the fire, as it were gleaming metal. Verse ConceptsLight, NaturalLightningNorthTheophanyWhirlwindsCompassesOut Of The NorthFire Emanating From GodGod Is LightColorThe North Wind

Now when the LORD was about to take Elijah up to heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. Verse ConceptsWhirlwindsGoing TogetherGoing Up To HeavenGod Lifting PeopleGod Dispensing WindTaken To HeavenPeople Who Didn't Die

From its chamber comes the whirlwind, and cold from the scattering winds. Verse ConceptsClimates, TypesWindCold, Literal UseWhirlwindsFrostOut Of The NorthCold WeatherHurricanes


Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns, whether green or ablaze, may he sweep them away! Verse ConceptsWhirlwindsThornsGod Not DelayingWeed


Whom are you mocking? Against whom do you open your mouth wide and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, the offspring of deceit, Verse ConceptsMockeryNosesTongueInfidelity To GodDisdainChildren Of EvilScoffersThe TongueSportsFunrebellion


They said to you, "In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions." Verse ConceptsPathways Of SinScoffersEnd Of The AgesDenial In End TimesLast HourPassionmockers

Then David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, "Tear your clothes and put on sackcloth and mourn before Abner." And King David followed the bier. Verse ConceptsGesturesClothingClothSackcloth And AshesPreparation For Burial

Forty days were required for it, for that is how many are required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days. Verse ConceptsLossForty DaysMore Than One MonthTwo To Four MonthsPreparation For Burial

And when all the congregation saw that Aaron had perished, all the house of Israel wept for Aaron thirty days. Verse ConceptsLossMonthMourningOne MonthMourning The Death Of Others

And the people of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days. Then the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended. Verse ConceptsBereavement, Expression OfLossMonthMourningSorrowSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfWeepingOne MonthMourning The Death Of Others

And they mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and for Jonathan his son and for the people of the LORD and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword. Verse ConceptsFasting, Nature OfEveningLossWeepingAction Until EveningFasting In MourningMourning The Death Of Others


And the men did the work faithfully. Over them were set Jahath and Obadiah the Levites, of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to have oversight. The Levites, all who were skillful with instruments of music, Verse ConceptsFidelityInstrumentalists

Let our lord now command your servants who are before you to seek out a man who is skillful in playing the lyre, and when the harmful spirit from God is upon you, he will play it, and you will be well." Verse ConceptsHarpsInstrumentalists

The number of them along with their brothers, who were trained in singing to the LORD, all who were skillful, was . Verse ConceptsSingersOrchestrastraining


And the men did the work faithfully. Over them were set Jahath and Obadiah the Levites, of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to have oversight. The Levites, all who were skillful with instruments of music, Verse ConceptsFidelityInstrumentalists

Let our lord now command your servants who are before you to seek out a man who is skillful in playing the lyre, and when the harmful spirit from God is upon you, he will play it, and you will be well." Verse ConceptsHarpsInstrumentalists

The number of them along with their brothers, who were trained in singing to the LORD, all who were skillful, was . Verse ConceptsSingersOrchestrastraining


that they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us, Verse ConceptsSeeking GodGod Is ImmanentGod's OmnipresenceNearness To GodFinding Godseeking




"Am I a God at hand, declares the LORD, and not a God far away? Verse ConceptsNearness To GodGod Far Awaydistance

He who vindicates me is near. Who will contend with me? Let us stand up together. Who is my adversary? Let him come near to me. Verse ConceptsGod, Present EverywhereGod, Righteousness OfSalvation, Nature OfNearness To GodGod Vindicatesaccusationsvindication

For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, 'You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.' Verse ConceptsLiberalityBad LeadershipCommands, in OTPoor PeopleBeggarsLendingPoverty, Remedies ForSuffering, HardshipGenerosity, Used TowardsThe poorHelping The PoorHelping Others In NeedFeeding The Poor

But I will leave in your midst a people humble and lowly. They shall seek refuge in the name of the LORD, Verse ConceptsTrust, Importance OfSurvivors Of IsraelGod And The HumbleOther References To God's NameBeing HumbleHelping The Poorhumblenesshumble





Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good,



So they came, both men and women. All who were of a willing heart brought brooches and earrings and signet rings and armlets, all sorts of gold objects, every man dedicating an offering of gold to the LORD. Verse ConceptsEarringsGenerosity, HumanGoldMale And FemaleOrnamentsRingsTreasureWave OfferingsDonationsNecklaceGold TransferredJewellery And GodPeople Willingjewelry

And we have brought the LORD's offering, what each man found, articles of gold, armlets and bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and beads, to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD." Verse ConceptsBraceletsEarringsGoldOrnamentsRingsSealsNecklace


And the servant brought out jewelry of silver and of gold, and garments, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave to her brother and to her mother costly ornaments. Verse ConceptsGenerosity, HumandowryBetrothalGoldMarriage, Customs ConcerningOrnamentsMarriage, The BrideCosmeticsPresentsPeople Giving ClothesJewelleryjewelry

but each woman shall ask of her neighbor, and any woman who lives in her house, for silver and gold jewelry, and for clothing. You shall put them on your sons and on your daughters. So you shall plunder the Egyptians." Verse ConceptsAskingGoldOrnamentsPeople Giving Clothesjewelry

And Hezekiah welcomed them gladly. And he showed them his treasure house, the silver, the gold, the spices, the precious oil, his whole armory, all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his house or in all his realm that Hezekiah did not show them. Verse ConceptsGoldHerbs And SpicesDisplayingArmoryFragranceThings RevealedTaking Mixed Metals

while he showed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor and pomp of his greatness for many days, 180 days. Verse ConceptsDisplayingFive Months And MoreSeeking HonourWealthy People

And Haman recounted to them the splendor of his riches, the number of his sons, all the promotions with which the king had honored him, and how he had advanced him above the officials and the servants of the king. Verse ConceptsDisplayingPromotionThe More Children The BetterSeeking HonourWealthy People

"Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts, Verse ConceptsBanquets, CharaceristicsGreetingsLove, Abuse OfMarketsPride, Examples OfRobesTasselsTeachers Of The LawDisplayingFine ClothesSeeking HonourSpoken Greetingsmarketing

So on the next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp, and they entered the audience hall with the military tribunes and the prominent men of the city. Then, at the command of Festus, Paul was brought in. Verse ConceptsJudgment SeatOfficersRankDisplayingHalls



keeping steadfast love for thousands,forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation." Verse ConceptsIniquity, God's Attitude TowardPunishment, Nature OfUnforgivenessParents SinSins Of The FathersA Forgiving God

You will not be joined with them in burial, because you have destroyed your land, you have slain your people."May the offspring of evildoers nevermore be named! Verse ConceptsBad ParentsParents SinSins Of The Fathers


"What do you mean by repeating this proverb concerning the land of Israel, 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge'? Verse ConceptsPeace, Human Destruction OfTeethInfidelity To GodParents SinDentistrySins Of The FathersChildren SufferingOld SayingsFathers Responsibilitiesgrandfathersparenthood

And those of you who are left shall rot away in your enemies' lands because of their iniquity, and also because of the iniquities of their fathers they shall rot away like them. Verse ConceptsFathers, Sin Of TheOffspringParents SinPeople RottingSurvivors Threatened

Let us lie down in our shame, and let our dishonor cover us. For we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day, and we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God." Verse ConceptsSin, Effects OfParents SinSelf AbasementBeing Evil From YouthShame Has ComeWe Have Sinned

"Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?" Verse ConceptsDenariusMoney, Uses OfOintmentWagesGiving To The PoorWorthValueFeeding The Poor



You have not brought me your sheep for burnt offerings, or honored me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, or wearied you with frankincense.

a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he reclined at table. And when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, "Why this waste?

Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, 'How have we robbed you?'In your tithes and contributions. Verse ConceptsUnfaithfulness, To GodTithesBringing In The TitheTithes And Offeringcheaters


There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owner to his hurt, Verse ConceptsBad SituationsMisersHoardingStoring Treasure On EarthUnder The SunTragedy

"Observe the month of Abib and keep the Passover to the LORD your God, for in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night. Verse ConceptsDoubt, Dealing WithCelebrationsMonthMonth 1During One NightRegulations For PassoverGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptMonthsCelebrationspringtimecelebrating


In this manner you shall eat it: with your belt fastened, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. And you shall eat it in haste. It is the LORD's Passover. Verse ConceptsPassover lambAtonement, Types OfNew Year, TheAdventureSandalsStaffHasteShoesClothing OneselfHasty ActionPreparing To TravelWalking With A Staff

And they slaughtered the Passover lamb, and the priests threw the blood that they received from them while the Levites flayed the sacrifices. Verse ConceptsPassover lambSprinklingSkinning

They set out from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month. On the day after the Passover, the people of Israel went out triumphantly in the sight of all the Egyptians, Verse ConceptsBoldness, To PeopleSpectators

And they slaughtered the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the second month. And the priests and the Levites were ashamed, so that they consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings into the house of the LORD. Verse ConceptsPassover lambMonth 2

For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were clean. So they slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the returned exiles, for their fellow priests, and for themselves. Verse ConceptsLambsPurificationPurifying OneselfKilling Sacrifices

And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the Passover lamb, his disciples said to him, "Where will you have us go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?" Verse ConceptsPassover lambTypesThe Disciples Words


men whose paths are crooked, and who are devious in their ways. Verse ConceptsCrookednessPathways Of SinDeviousnessTwisted WaysPeople Going AstrayPathsfootsteps

The way of peace they do not know, and there is no justice in their paths; they have made their roads crooked; no one who treads on them knows peace. Verse ConceptsWay, TheCrookednessPaths Of The WickedPathways Of SinSpiritual IgnoranceUnrestTwistingNo PeacePaths


"Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. Verse ConceptsDestructionGehennaPathways Of SinDamnationMany Seeking SalvationBroadnessNarrow ThingsEasy For PeopleHellGoing To Heavendistractions

Good sense wins favor, but the way of the treacherous is their ruin. Verse ConceptsFruits Of SinMiseryPathways Of SinEvil WaysFavorSuccess And Hard Work

The way of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but he loves him who pursues righteousness. Verse ConceptsPursuingRighteousness, Of BelieversPathways Of SinAbominations, To GodEvil Ways







And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Verse ConceptsElection, Description OfHeaven And AngelsAngels, Ministry To ChristGathered By GodFour WindsChrist SendingThe Gospel WorldwideTrumpets At The EndRebirth Of IsraelAccompanying The Second ComingWeed




Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. Verse Conceptseternal life, nature ofEndurance, Results Ofelection, to salvationChristiansGlorySalvation, Described AsEternal BlessingEnduringThe Gospel Of SalvationTemporary Affliction Of SaintsSelflessness


and that he will set you in praise and in fame and in honor high above all nations that he has made, and that you shall be a people holy to the LORD your God, as he promised." Verse ConceptsSaintsNames And Titles For The ChristianA Holy NationShowing Forth His Praisehonour


For the LORD will not forsake his people, for his great name's sake, because it has pleased the LORD to make you a people for himself. Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfGod, The LordGod Not Forsaking

And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. Verse ConceptsGoalsWhat Heaven Will Be LikeImmanuelHeaven,  Redeemed CommunityNew Heavens And New EarthRelationshipsReward, For God's PeopleGod's Shekinah GloryGod Living With UsGod's VoiceGod Is Among YouI Will Be Their God

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Verse ConceptsMorality, And RedemptionTabletsWritingReceptive HeartsWriting On PeopleI Will Be Their GodTaking The Law To HeartJournalizing

Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. Verse Conceptseternal life, nature ofEndurance, Results Ofelection, to salvationChristiansGlorySalvation, Described AsEternal BlessingEnduringThe Gospel Of SalvationTemporary Affliction Of SaintsSelflessness


Then he led out his people like sheep and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. Verse ConceptsGod our ShepherdSheep

and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared." Verse ConceptsHeraldPower, HumanSpirit, Emotional Aspects OfProphecies Concerning ChristForerunnersDivine MessengerCausing People To TurnPeople Going BeforeAcquiring WisdomFathers And SonsPowerful Individualsparentingdisobedience

Simeon has related how God first visited the Gentiles, to take from them a people for his name. Verse ConceptsFirst Among The GentilesOther References To God's Name

For you are a people holy to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. Verse ConceptsAdoption, nature ofChoicesBeing ChosenHoliness, Believers' Growth InMonogamyNationalismPeople Of God, In OtGod PossessingTreasureCharacter Of SaintsJews As God's Chosen PeopleA Holy NationRoyal Priesthood

Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine; Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, To GodPeople Of God, In OtReward, DivineSecurityTreasureCautionObedience To GodJews As God's Chosen PeopleResponsibility, Of Natural WorldAll Things Belong To GodRoyal Priesthood


O LORD my God, in you do I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers and deliver me, Verse ConceptsSuffering SaintsPersecution, Christian ResponseTrust



Many are my persecutors and my adversaries, but I do not swerve from your testimonies. Verse ConceptsMany Enemies

Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words. Verse ConceptsPersecution, Nature OfRenewed HeartBible, In Christian LivingAweIndividuals Fearing God

For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead. Verse ConceptsMonotonyColors, BlackState Of The Deadcrushes

O LORD, you know; remember me and visit me, and take vengeance for me on my persecutors. In your forbearance take me not away; know that for your sake I bear reproach. Verse ConceptsMemoriesGod, Patience OfInjuryRevenge, Examples OfUnderstandingPersecution, Nature OfDivine RemembrancePeople VisitingBeing ReprovedRevenge

Our pursuers are at our necks; we are weary; we are given no rest. Verse ConceptsRest, PhysicalPursuing PeopleSleeplessnessUnrestTired In FlightPersecutiontired

Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil on their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in the power of their hand. Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstPlansPower, HumanEvil PlansRising EarlyEvil DevicesPlottingDecadenceDeliberationIn The MorningWoe To The WickedGod's People SinningPowerNatural Disasterswickednessaccomplishment

He plots trouble while on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not reject evil. Verse ConceptsEvil WaysImagination, Evil SchemingEvil PlansBedsEvil DevicesMischiefPlottingContinuing In SinStaying Positive

Whoever plans to do evil will be called a schemer. Verse ConceptsIntentionsEvil PlansCharacter Of WickedEvil Devices

"But they say, 'That is in vain! We will follow our own plans, and will every one act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.' Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfHardened Heartsevil, origins ofHardness Of HeartHeart, Fallen And RedeemedPlansEvil DevicesGod's PlanGods PlanGod's Plan For Usimagination



Do they not go astray who devise evil? Those who devise good meetsteadfast love and faithfulness. Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstImagination, Evil SchemingPlansEvil PlansEvil DevicesFinding LoveMaking Mistakes

Whoever winks his eyes plansdishonest things; he who purses his lips brings evil to pass. Verse ConceptsLipsEvil DevicesPlottingWinkingMoving Onmovement

As for the scoundrel--his devices are evil; he plans wicked schemes to ruin the poor with lying words, even when the plea of the needy is right. Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Kinds OfEvil PlansTrapEvil DevicesPlottinginstruments

And he said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and who give wicked counsel in this city; Verse ConceptsEvil PlansEvil DevicesThe Entrance Of Sin

Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil on their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in the power of their hand. Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstPlansPower, HumanEvil PlansRising EarlyEvil DevicesPlottingDecadenceDeliberationIn The MorningWoe To The WickedGod's People SinningPowerNatural Disasterswickednessaccomplishment

He plots trouble while on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not reject evil. Verse ConceptsEvil WaysImagination, Evil SchemingEvil PlansBedsEvil DevicesMischiefPlottingContinuing In SinStaying Positive

If it please the king, let it be decreed that they be destroyed, and I will pay 10,000 talents of silver into the hands of those who have charge of the king's business, that they may put it into the king's treasuries." Verse ConceptsPlottingKilling Israelites


As for the scoundrel--his devices are evil; he plans wicked schemes to ruin the poor with lying words, even when the plea of the needy is right. Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Kinds OfEvil PlansTrapEvil DevicesPlottinginstruments

The wicked plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him, Verse ConceptsBitingEvil PlansTeethWickedGnashing Of TeethPlottingBackstabbers

For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, 'You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.' Verse ConceptsLiberalityBad LeadershipCommands, in OTPoor PeopleBeggarsLendingPoverty, Remedies ForSuffering, HardshipGenerosity, Used TowardsThe poorHelping The PoorHelping Others In NeedFeeding The Poor

But I will leave in your midst a people humble and lowly. They shall seek refuge in the name of the LORD, Verse ConceptsTrust, Importance OfSurvivors Of IsraelGod And The HumbleOther References To God's NameBeing HumbleHelping The Poorhumblenesshumble


in that day he will speak out, saying: "I will not be a healer; in my house there is neither bread nor cloak; you shall not make me leader of the people." Verse ConceptsOuter GarmentsNo King




But go, act, be strong for the battle. Why should you suppose that God will cast you down before the enemy? For God has power to help or to cast down." Verse ConceptsGod, Sovereignty OfHelpfulnessPower, HumanBraveryThe AlmightyLosing A FriendBattle

By his power he stilled the sea; by his understanding he shattered Rahab. Verse ConceptsSeaThe AlmightyHumbling The ProudMaking StillThe Sea StilledWork Ethic

Once God has spoken; twice have I heard this: that power belongs to God, Verse ConceptsThe AlmightySpeaking AgainPowerLove And StrengthSmilingStrength And Love


Mightier than the thunders of many waters, mightier than the waves of the sea, the LORDon high is mighty! Verse ConceptsFlowing WaterGod, The LordSeaThunderAbundance, SpiritualThe AlmightyWavesSoundMighty OneSea, Metaphorical ReferencesThe OceanThe Sea


Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages Verse ConceptsConcealment, Of GodMysteryStabilityAbility, God's PowerThe AlmightyThe Mystery Of ChristGod Establishes UsStrengthened Through Christ


these I will bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples." Verse ConceptsHouse Of GodProperty, HousesWorship, Results OfOutcastsGod's DwellingMillenial SacrificesAcceptance



And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer, and he was given much incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar before the throne, and the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel.

And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. Verse ConceptsSweet Odoursequipping, physicalMusical Instruments, types ofPriesthood, In NtPriests, Tasks In Nt TimesHeaven, Glimpsed By HumansFour CreaturesHarpsTwenty SomeBowing Before MessiahElders In HeavenTwenty Four Elders

Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

To Seth also a son was born, and he called his name Enosh. At that time people began to call upon the name of the LORD. Verse ConceptsAbel and CainCalling upon GodGod, The LordGod, Titles And Names OfActivity Begun

So I have provided for the house of my God, so far as I was able, the gold for the things of gold, the silver for the things of silver, and the bronze for the things of bronze, the iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood, besides great quantities of onyx and stones for setting, antimony, colored stones, all sorts of precious stones and marble. Verse ConceptsGemsIronJewelsMineralsStonesPrecious StonesColor

cargo of gold, silver, jewels, pearls, fine linen, purple cloth, silk, scarlet cloth, all kinds of scented wood, all kinds of articles of ivory, all kinds of articles of costly wood, bronze, iron and marble, Verse ConceptsBabylonCrimsonIvoryLinenPearlsPrecious StonesWantonnessCommerceRed MaterialPurple ClothAmassing SilverAmassing BronzeStone ItemsJewelleryGold TransferredSteel

She came to Jerusalem with a very great retinue, with camels bearing spices and very much gold and precious stones. And when she came to Solomon, she told him all that was on her mind. Verse ConceptsJewelsPrecious StonesJewellery

And David took the crown of their king from his head. He found that it weighed a talent of gold, and in it was a precious stone. And it was placed on David's head. And he brought out the spoil of the city, a very great amount. Verse ConceptsGoldJewelsPrecious StonesJewellery

having the glory of God, its radiance like a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. Verse ConceptsCrystalsRadiancyGlory Of GodPrecious StonesRadiant LivesTransparencyJewellery And GodRainbow

Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw-- Verse ConceptsPrecious StonesJewelleryconstruction

He shall honor the god of fortresses instead of these. A god whom his fathers did not know he shall honor with gold and silver, with precious stones and costly gifts. Verse ConceptsGiftsGemsPrecious StonesUnknown GodsJewellery And God

A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of the one who gives it; wherever he turns he prospers. Verse ConceptsPrecious StonesEffect Of BribesBriberymagic

But the king of Assyria found treachery in Hoshea, for he had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore the king of Assyria shut him up and bound him in prison. Verse ConceptsArrestingMessengers Sent OutenvoyConspiraciesImprisonmentsPrisonersTaxationPrisons

And the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes and brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze shackles. And he ground at the mill in the prison. Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesGrindingImprisonmentsKnivesMonotonyMutilationPrisonersTortureCaptivesHeartlessnessHard LaborPrisonsBrassGrinding FoodEyes HarmedBlindingOther BlindingBronze Shackles

and he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison where Joseph was confined. Verse ConceptsImprisonmentsPrisonersPrisons

They put him in custody, because it had not been made clear what should be done to him. Verse ConceptsPrisons

But this is a people plundered and looted; they are all of them trapped in holes and hidden in prisons; they have become plunder with none to rescue, spoil with none to say, "Restore!" Verse ConceptsPlunderingRescueTrapPrisonscredibilityjail

He put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in chains, and the king of Babylon took him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death. Verse ConceptsImprisonmentsPrisonersPrisonsLifelongKings ExiledBlindingOther BlindingBronze Shackles

and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone's bonds were unfastened. Verse ConceptsFoundationsearthquakesChainsPrisonsSudden EventsIron ChainsFoundations Of BuildingsGod ShakingGod Freeing CaptivesBreaking Chainsjailevangelising

who drink wine in bowls and anoint themselves with the finest oils, but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph! Verse ConceptsAnointing, Social CustomOintmentDrinking WineAnointing OneselfNot Mourning

Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in reckless living. Verse ConceptsGluttonyExtravaganceExcessBad Decision Making ExamplesBuying and sellingLeisure, Nature And Purpose OfLossThriftWantonnessDeparturesA Short TimeFar From HereShort Time Till The EndThey Committed Immorality

But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!' Verse ConceptsBitterness, Examples OfProstitutionWantonnessFat AnimalsKilling Domesticated AnimalsEating Cattle



among whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme. Verse ConceptsBlasphemy, Examples OfExcommunicationDiscipline Of The ChurchCorrecting A BrotherName CallingBlasphemySurrendercancer

both your iniquities and your fathers' iniquities together, says the LORD; because they made offerings on the mountains and insulted me on the hills, I will measure into their bosom payment for their former deeds." Verse ConceptsdefianceWagesSins Of The FathersBurning SacrificesSacrificing On The High PlacesMaking Mistakes

And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads. Verse ConceptsCreaturesBlasphemy, Examples OfThe BeastSeaSevenSeven Body PartsTen ThingsSeashoresHorns In AllegoryBlasphemyCrowns On CreaturesSand And GravelThe World Ruler

and cursed the God of heaven for their pain and sores. They did not repent of their deeds. Verse ConceptsHardened HeartsHell, As An ExperiencePhysical PainBlasphemyPleasurablenessrevelationdeeds

and the Israelite woman's son blasphemed the Name, and cursed. Then they brought him to Moses. His mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan. Verse ConceptsBlasphemy, Examples OfGod, The LordProfaning God's NameCursing God


Are they not the ones who blaspheme the honorable name by which you were called? Verse ConceptsRich, TheBlasphemyatheism

But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began to contradict what was spoken by Paul, reviling him. Verse ConceptsJealousyPersecution, Forms OfEnvy, Example OfContradictingMaking Israel Jealous

And his servants said still more against the LORD God and against his servant Hezekiah.

He shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and shall think to change the times and the law; and they shall be given into his hand for a time, times, and half a time. Verse ConceptsBlasphemy, Examples OfBetrayalBetrayal, To The ChristianHistorySeasons, Of LifeThe PopeThree And A Half YearsBlasphemyUniverse ChangedTo Be Given Into One's HandsBurnoutChangeSchedulesRebellion of Satan and AngelsSeasons Changing

And they rose early in the morning and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa. And when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Hear me, Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be established; believe his prophets, and you will succeed." Verse ConceptsFaith, And Blessings Of GodDeserts, SpecificdecisionsMorningSuccessWarfare, Examples OfFaith, Object OfRising EarlyThose Who Rose EarlyRevelation Through ProphetsFriendship And TrustGod As The Object Of Faith



and when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave and fed them with bread and water.) Verse ConceptsBad InfluenceCavesProphets, Lives OfSchool Of ProphetsWaterLove to Others, Examples OfFiftiesOne HundredPeople In CavesKilling ProphetsPeople Hiding PeopleProphets Killedprophetsjezebelhidinggroups

And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household." Verse ConceptsStumbling Over ChristUnderestimationProphecy Ignoredhonour

But they kept mocking the messengers of God, despising his words and scoffing at his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD rose against his people, until there was no remedy. Verse ConceptsAbuse, To God's PeopleContemptMockeryRejection Of God, Results OfRejection Of GodResentment, Against GodSin, And God's CharacterRejection Of Spiritual InstructionInfidelity To GodScoffersFunServant Leadershipprophetsacting

And he said, "Hear my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the LORD make myself known to him in a vision; I speak with him in a dream. Verse ConceptsDreamsGod, Revelation OfKnowing God, Nature OfProphets, Role OfRevelation, In OtVisionsInspiration Of The Holy Spirit, Means OfProphetic VisionsVisions From GodRevelation Through Visions And Dreams


And when all who knew him previously saw how he prophesied with the prophets, the people said to one another, "What has come over the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?" Verse ConceptsSchool


"For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble. The day that is coming shall set them ablaze, says the LORD of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. Verse ConceptsFurnacesFaithlessness, As Disobedienceevil, victory overevil, warnings againstPride, Results OfPunishment, By GodRootsAbaseWicked Described AsAbasement Of The ProudThe ProudEvildoersLight As ChaffBurning PeopleResidueThe Proud Will Be Abased


For though the LORD is high, he regards the lowly, but the haughty he knows from afar. Verse ConceptsHumilityPride, Evil OfThe ProudGod And The HumbleGod Far AwayGod Opposes The Proud

Our soul has had more than enough of the scorn of those who are at ease, of the contempt of the proud. Verse ConceptsPride, Results OfArrogance, Characterizes The WickedThe Proud

he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions, Verse ConceptsFoolish QuestionsFools, Characteristics OfBackbitingEnvyThe ProudUncharitablenessNot Believing PeopleAvoid QuarrelsMind Battlesrumors


The insolent have dug pitfalls for me; they do not live according to your law. Verse ConceptsPride, Results OfThe ProudSnares Laid for PeopleDigging PitsPitfalls

Let the insolent be put to shame, because they have wronged me with falsehood; as for me, I will meditate on your precepts. Verse ConceptsMeditationPride, Results OfShameThe ProudMeditation On God's Word



Who provides for the raven its prey, when its young ones cry to God for help, and wander about for lack of food? Verse ConceptsRavensGod, The ProviderBirds, Features OfBirds, Types Of BirdsGod's ProvisionAnimals, God's Care OfGod Feeds All The Earthwandering


He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. Verse ConceptsDependenceGod's CareCareProtection, From GodImmovable SaintsNot StumblingGod Keepsbridges



But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me. Verse ConceptsChildlikenessQuietnessWeaningMaking Stillmomssoulbreastsbabymyself


When he is quiet, who can condemn? When he hides his face, who can behold him, whether it be a nation or a man?-- Verse ConceptsFace Of GodGod, Revelation OfSilenceGod HidingGod Being SilentWork Ethic


and they made life bitter for Isaac and Rebekah. Verse ConceptsTroubling Individuals

Before he had finished speaking, behold, Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, came out with her water jar on her shoulder. Verse ConceptsShouldersequipping, physicalWater ContainersWhile Still SpeakingCarrying Other Loads

and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife. Verse ConceptsForty YearsNamed Sisters

There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife. There they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife, and there I buried Leah-- Verse ConceptsCaves For BuryingThe Cave Of Machpelahsarah

When the men of the place asked him about his wife, he said, "She is my sister," for he feared to say, "My wife," thinking, "lest the men of the place should kill me because of Rebekah," because she was attractive in appearance. Verse ConceptsExamples Of DeceitdoubtersAsking Particular QuestionsMisrepresentationOther WivesBeautiful Women

Then Rebekah said to Isaac, "I loathe my life because of the Hittite women.If Jacob marries one of the Hittite women like these, one of the women of the land, what good will my life be to me?" Verse ConceptsHope, Results Of Its AbsenceMarriage, Restrictions ConcerningWearinessWeariness Of Life

Rebekah said to her son Jacob, "I heard your father speak to your brother Esau,


As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty." Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, SpiritualFruit, SpiritualFaith, Nature OfAcceptance, Of The GospelThirtySixtiesOne HundredThe Source Of FruitFertile LandLand ProducingHearing God's WordHundredfold Return


And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers. Verse ConceptsHearingPreaching, Effects OfResponseThe Authority Of ScriptureSpeech, DivineThanksgiving, OfferedReceiving God's WordThose Who Had FaithMan's TeachingWe Thank GodGod's Work In UsAcceptanceThe Word Of GodBelieving In Yourself

In the meantime, when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. Verse ConceptsCrowdsAn Innumerable Numberevil, warnings againstPharisees, Attitudes To Jesus ChristPopularityPretenceWarningPopularity Of ChristDealing With Many PeopleTrampling PeopleLeavenedBeginning To TeachDisadvantages Of CrowdsCharacteristics Of PhariseesChrist Speaking To DisciplesShowing HypocrisyHypocrisy




for he is like one who is inwardly calculating. "Eat and drink!" he says to you, but his heart is not with you. Verse ConceptsMindBad ThoughtsThe Inner ManDeceitful HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedThinkingLack Of MeaningEating And DrinkingMind BattlesMovies

when he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart; Verse ConceptsSeven ThingsNot Believing People

And they rose early in the morning and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa. And when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Hear me, Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be established; believe his prophets, and you will succeed." Verse ConceptsFaith, And Blessings Of GodDeserts, SpecificdecisionsMorningSuccessWarfare, Examples OfFaith, Object OfRising EarlyThose Who Rose EarlyRevelation Through ProphetsFriendship And TrustGod As The Object Of Faith



and when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave and fed them with bread and water.) Verse ConceptsBad InfluenceCavesProphets, Lives OfSchool Of ProphetsWaterLove to Others, Examples OfFiftiesOne HundredPeople In CavesKilling ProphetsPeople Hiding PeopleProphets Killedprophetsjezebelhidinggroups

And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household." Verse ConceptsStumbling Over ChristUnderestimationProphecy Ignoredhonour

But they kept mocking the messengers of God, despising his words and scoffing at his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD rose against his people, until there was no remedy. Verse ConceptsAbuse, To God's PeopleContemptMockeryRejection Of God, Results OfRejection Of GodResentment, Against GodSin, And God's CharacterRejection Of Spiritual InstructionInfidelity To GodScoffersFunServant Leadershipprophetsacting

And he said, "Hear my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the LORD make myself known to him in a vision; I speak with him in a dream. Verse ConceptsDreamsGod, Revelation OfKnowing God, Nature OfProphets, Role OfRevelation, In OtVisionsInspiration Of The Holy Spirit, Means OfProphetic VisionsVisions From GodRevelation Through Visions And Dreams


And when all who knew him previously saw how he prophesied with the prophets, the people said to one another, "What has come over the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?" Verse ConceptsSchool


Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together with his entire household. And many of the Corinthians hearing Paul believed and were baptized. Verse ConceptsBaptism, Administered ByBaptism, Features Ofevangelism, kinds ofFamilies, Examples OfBaptism, practice ofMission, Of The ChurchOrdinancesSynagogueReligious AwakeningsChristian BaptismThose Who Believed In ChristBaptism



However, some men of Asher, of Manasseh, and of Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem. Verse ConceptsHumilityReligious Awakenings

And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces and said, "The LORD, he is God; the LORD, he is God." Verse ConceptsProstrationReligious AwakeningsDuplicating WordsThe Lord Is GodThe Lord [Yahweh] Is God

While Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, a very great assembly of men, women, and children, gathered to him out of Israel, for the people wept bitterly. Verse ConceptsCrowdsGesturesGuilt, Human Aspects OfHouse Of GodLargenessPrayer, As Asking GodRegretRepentance, Examples OfRevival, CorporateConviction Of SinReligious AwakeningsTearsNamed Individuals Who Prayedconfessing

And the crowds asked him, "What then shall we do?" Verse ConceptsReligious AwakeningsCrowds SeekingOne's Deeds


And the crowds with one accord paid attention to what was being said by Philip when they heard him and saw the signs that he did. Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofCrowdsMiracles, Nature OfMiracles, Responses ToReligious AwakeningsSigns And Wonders Of The GospelAgreeing With One AnotherMiraclesWitnessing

And all the residents of Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord. Verse ConceptsConversion, examples ofReligious AwakeningsTurning To God

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And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed. Verse ConceptsGentiles, In NtHappinessHonouring GodPredestined PeopleThe Call Of GodPredestination, Of PersonsReligious AwakeningsThe Gentiles ConversionThose Who Believed In ChristElect

Also many of those who were now believers came, confessing and divulging their practices. Verse ConceptsSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfReligious AwakeningsSin ConfessedThings Revealedconfessing

And Joshua said to the priests, "Take up the ark of the covenant and pass on before the people." So they took up the ark of the covenant and went before the people. Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, DescriptionThe Ark Moved AroundCrossing Into The Promised LandRiver CrossingsThings Going BeforePriests In ActionArk Of The Covenant


And he sent young men of the people of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen 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 they brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it and carried it out to the brook Kidron.

Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel his people, how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt. Verse ConceptsOccupationsGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

And the priests and the Levites who were in all Israel presented themselves to him from all places where they lived.

But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over the earth, and the waters subsided. Verse ConceptsFlood, TheCovenant, God's with NoahMemoriesWindAnimals, Care ForDivine RemembranceGod Dispensing WindGod Remembering His PeopleWaters SubsidingNoah's Flood

And when you go to war in your land against the adversary who oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, that you may be remembered before the LORD your God, and you shall be saved from your enemies. Verse ConceptsMemoriesenemies, of Israel and JudahDivine RemembranceTrumpets For BattleGod Remembering The NeedyGod ReprovingPrinciples Of WarWarBattleEnemy Attacks

It is he who remembered us in our low estate, for his steadfast love endures forever; Verse ConceptsMemoriesDivine RemembranceGod Remembering The NeedyGod ReprovingHumble Peopledevotionmindfulness

He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness to the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. Verse ConceptsMemoriesDivine RemembranceGod Remembering The NeedyGod ReprovingGod Wants To Save AllGod Showed His LovingkindnessGod's Faithfulness

But Zion said, "The LORD has forsaken me; my Lord has forgotten me." "Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you. Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.

So it was that, when God destroyed the cities of the valley, God remembered Abraham and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow when he overthrew the cities in which Lot had lived. Verse ConceptsMemoriesRememberingAbraham, Testing And VictoryAbraham, Calling And LifeDivine RemembranceDestruction Of CitiesGod Remembering His PeopleBringing People Out Of Other Places




let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. Verse ConceptsAbundance, SpiritualGenerosity, God'sGrace, In OtMind, Of GodRepentance, Importance OfRepentance, Nature OfSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfSin, Deliverance From GodThoughtForsaking SinReturning To GodThinking ArightEvil WaysA Forgiving God

When he killed them, they sought him; they repented and sought God earnestly. Verse ConceptsDeathbedsAfflictions, Benefits OfGod KillingGod Killed His People

if they repent with all their mind and with all their heart in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray to you toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, the city that you have chosen, and the house that I have built for your name, Verse ConceptsBuilding God's DwellingWhole HeartednessA Place For God's Name

And the LORD will strike Egypt, striking and healing, and they will return to the LORD, and he will listen to their pleas for mercy and heal them. Verse ConceptsPlaguesRepentance, Examples OfRepentance, Importance OfResponseReturning To GodGod Beating PeopleGod HealsHealing And Comfort


Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity. Verse ConceptsReturning To GodDownfallFalling Away From God

From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my statutes and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts. But you say, 'How shall we return?' Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands fordrawing near to GodImpenitence, Results OfRevival, CorporateReturning To GodThey Do Not Keep Commands

Take with you words and return to the LORD; say to him, "Take away all iniquity; accept what is good, and we will pay with bulls the vows of our lips. Verse ConceptsThe Lips Of The RighteousGrace, In OtWorship, Elements OfReturning To GodSpeaking To GodTaking Away EvilBacksliders

then shall the lame man leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute sing for joy. For waters break forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert; Verse ConceptsLeapingCripplesLamenessTonguePeople JumpingRunning Water From GodDumbnessRenewedDumbDeserts Used FigurativelyDeer Etc.Deerjumping


After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him. Verse ConceptsRevival, CorporateRestoring NationsThe Third Day Of The WeekTwo DaysLiveHope And Healingrevivalreassurance


"'I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich) and the slander of those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. Verse ConceptsSatanticAffluenceInsultsPersecution, Forms OfPoverty, Causes OfPoverty, SpiritualRiches, SpiritualAbuse, To God's PeopleChrist Knowing About PeopleBlessings Of The PoorPoor Or RichAfflictionsSatanJewsMartyrdom


that in every way you were enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge-- Verse ConceptsBenefits Of KnowledgeSpeaking As From GodSpiritual GiftsSpeechatheismeverything





One pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth. Verse ConceptsPretencePretendingBlessings Of The PoorPoor Or Richacting




Whom are you mocking? Against whom do you open your mouth wide and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, the offspring of deceit, Verse ConceptsMockeryNosesTongueInfidelity To GodDisdainChildren Of EvilScoffersThe TongueSportsFunrebellion


They said to you, "In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions." Verse ConceptsPathways Of SinScoffersEnd Of The AgesDenial In End TimesLast HourPassionmockers

For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way: "And God rested on the seventh day from all his works." Verse ConceptsHolidayThe Seventh Day Of The WeekDay 7Sabbaths Instituted

he said to them, "This is what the LORD has commanded: 'Tomorrow is a day of solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD; bake what you will bake and boil what you will boil, and all that is left over lay aside to be kept till the morning.'" Verse ConceptsCooking, MethodsLaw, Ten CommandmentsSabbaths InstitutedResttomorrowcooking

So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation. Verse ConceptsHoliness, As Set Apart For GodSevenSabbath, In OtConsecrationThe Seventh Day Of The WeekDay 7Holy TimesBlessed By GodCreationGod's CreationSanctification

For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath." Verse ConceptsThe Sabbath And Christ

At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. Verse ConceptsPlucking OutReapingThe Disciples ActionsOn The SabbathDiscipleship



All the holy contributions that the people of Israel present to the LORD I give to you, and to your sons and daughters with you, as a perpetual due. It is a covenant of salt forever before the LORD for you and for your offspring with you." Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with Israel's priestsGod, The EternalOffspringThe Eternal CovenantFood For Priests DefinedSournessTerms Of The Covenant At SinaiGod’s Covenant With The Levites

You shall season all your grain offerings with salt. You shall not let the salt of the covenant with your God be missing from your grain offering; with all your offerings you shall offer salt. Verse ConceptsGrain OfferingMineralsOfferingsSaltSournessTerms Of The Covenant At SinaiMeat offerings

He said, "Bring me a new bowl, and put salt in it." So they brought it to him. Verse ConceptsUnused

But Lot's wife, behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt. Verse ConceptsHesitationLooking BackwardObelisksLooking BackOther WivesSournessWifestatues

And whatever is needed--bulls, rams, or sheep for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, or oil, as the priests at Jerusalem require--let that be given to them day by day without fail, Verse ConceptsGenerosity, HumanOilWheatProviding WineOil On SacrificesSacrificing Cattle Sheep And GoatsSourness






And you will feel secure, because there is hope; you will look around and take your rest in security. Verse ConceptsHope, In GodHow Faith ComesThe FutureRestGod's ProtectionHope KjvMotivationProtection And SafetyWorrying About The Future



he will dwell on the heights; his place of defense will be the fortresses of rocks; his bread will be given him; his water will be sure. Verse ConceptsBread, As FoodWaterFortsStones For ProtectionPeople Providing Food

Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good? Verse ConceptsEnthusiasmeagernessForgiving Others Who Hurt YouHurtDoing The Right Thingpeterzealots





Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. Verse ConceptsAbrahamTravelOakswitches

As for the bones of Joseph, which the people of Israel brought up from Egypt, they buried them at Shechem, in the piece of land that Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of money. It became an inheritance of the descendants of Joseph. Verse ConceptsExhumationsBonesLarge Denominations

And Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, on his way from Paddan-aram, and he camped before the city. Verse ConceptsBoldness Examples OfAltars, Built ByCamp, Of Israel

Now his brothers went to pasture their father's flock near Shechem. Verse ConceptsThose Who Kept Stock


Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, Verse ConceptsBeing A Perfect ChristianAssurance Of SalvationFaultlessnessAble To StandBackslidingvulnerability







The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.





And they sat with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his suffering was very great. Verse ConceptsGriefWeeksSeven DaysSitting In FellowshipIndividuals Being SilentLosing Friendsgrieving

Oh that you would keep silent, and it would be your wisdom! Verse ConceptsSilenceHow Silence Is WiseMan's Wisdom

I was mute and silent; I held my peace to no avail, and my distress grew worse. Verse ConceptsMutenessIndividuals Being Silent

Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent. Verse ConceptsSilenceFoolishnessHow Silence Is WiseFools

Let him sit alone in silence when it is laid on him; Verse ConceptsSilenceIsolated PersonsSitting In DejectionPeople Being Silent

And their pillars were four in number. Their four bases were of bronze, their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals and their fillets of silver. Verse ConceptsFour SupportsPillars For The TabernacleOverlaid With SilverBronze Items For The Tabernacle

And he made forty bases of silver under the twenty frames, two bases under one frame for its two tenons, and two bases under the next frame for its two tenons. Verse ConceptsTwentyTwo Parts Of ConstructionsForties

Everyone who could make a contribution of silver or bronze brought it as the LORD's contribution. And every one who possessed acacia wood of any use in the work brought it. Verse ConceptsBronze

And this is the contribution that you shall receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze, Verse ConceptsColors, Blue

And likewise for its length on the north side there shall be hangings a hundred cubits long, its pillars twenty and their bases twenty, of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. Verse ConceptsTwentyPillars For The TabernacleBronze Items For The Tabernacle


Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it." Verse ConceptsKingdom Of God, Entry IntoEntering The KingdomChrist Telling The TruthLike Children


For your obedience is known to all, so that I rejoice over you, but I want you to be wise as to what is good and innocent as to what is evil. Verse ConceptsGenuinenessInnocence, Teaching OnJoy, Of The ChurchWisdom, Human ImportanceCharacter Of SaintsHarmlessnessGuileBe Wise!Obeying The GospelYou Will Rejoice In Salvation



The LORD preserves the simple; when I was brought low, he saved me. Verse ConceptsHelpfulnessPoverty, SpiritualGod's Attitude To FoolsProtection From Danger

O LORD, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me. Verse ConceptsPride, Evil OfSuperiorityHaughtinessHumble PeopleExercisemyself

Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure. Verse ConceptsBackbitingGossipInjustice, Examples OfPride, Evil OfPride, Results OfSecrecySuperiorityAbaseSlanderAbasement Of The ProudInformation In SecretProud People

Let everyone beware of his neighbor, and put no trust in any brother, for every brother is a deceiver, and every neighbor goes about as a slanderer. Verse ConceptsBackbitingdistrustOptimismNot Believing PeopleTrustFriendsBest FriendsFriendship And LoveFamily And FriendsFriendship And TrustTrusting OthersFriendship KjvFake FriendsSibling Lovehealthcarecheaters

For I hear the whispering of many-- terror on every side!-- as they scheme together against me, as they plot to take my life. Verse ConceptsFriendlessnessAliancesTrapCharacter AssassinationPlottingAttempting To Kill MeFear Will Cometerrorism


With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered. Verse ConceptsBackbitingGodlessnessSpeech, Power And Significance OfUngodlinessFalsehoodCharacter AssassinationBenefits Of KnowledgeFriendsHypocrisyheartbeat

When my spirit faints within me, you know my way! In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me. Verse ConceptsMan's WaysTrapSnares Laid for PeopleGod, All knowingMan TrappingBeing Overwhelmedoverwhelmed

The arrogant have hidden a trap for me, and with cords they have spread a net; beside the way they have set snares for me. Selah Verse ConceptsHuntingNetsPride, Results OfTrapSnares Laid for PeopleHidden ThingsMan TrappingPsalm Interjections

Hear this, O priests! Pay attention, O house of Israel! Give ear, O house of the king! For the judgment is for you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah and a net spread upon Tabor. Verse ConceptsNetsTrapCorrupt PriestsSnares Laid for PeopleMan Trapping

The insolent have dug pitfalls for me; they do not live according to your law. Verse ConceptsPride, Results OfThe ProudSnares Laid for PeopleDigging PitsPitfalls

For wicked men are found among my people; they lurk like fowlers lying in wait. They set a trap; they catch men. Verse ConceptsHuntingTrapWaitingAmbushSnares Laid for PeopleMan TrappingBirds

For without cause they hid their net for me; without cause they dug a pit for my life. Verse ConceptsNetsSnares Laid for PeopleDigging PitsMan Trapping

The wicked have laid a snare for me, but I do not stray from your precepts. Verse ConceptsHuntingTrapSnares Laid for PeopleMan Trapping

Keep me from the trap that they have laid for me and from the snares of evildoers! Verse ConceptsHuntingSnares Laid for PeopleEscaping The TrapProtection From EnemiesProtection And Safety

May a cry be heard from their houses, when you bring the plunderer suddenly upon them! For they have dug a pit to take me and laid snares for my feet. Verse ConceptsTrapSnares Laid for PeopleMan Trapping

Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool. Verse ConceptsHarvestSeasonsSummerAccoladesSnowThe Honourable Will Be HonouredUnfitting ThingsFools

She is not afraid of snow for her household, for all her household are clothed in scarlet. Verse ConceptsCrimsonHousesSnowColors, ScarletCold WeatherRed ClothesDoubled OverThose Not FearingWomen WorkingFear And Worry



And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was a valiant man of Kabzeel, a doer of great deeds. He struck down two ariels of Moab. He also went down and struck down a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen. Verse ConceptsPitsSnowStrength, HumanChampionsKilling Wild AnimalsDeliverance From LionsCold WeatherHoles In The Ground

Does the snow of Lebanon leave the crags of Sirion? Do the mountain waters run dry, the cold flowing streams? Verse ConceptsSnowCold, Figurative UseAbandoning Things

He gives snow like wool; he scatters hoarfrost like ashes. Verse ConceptsFrostSnowWoolCold Weather

which are dark with ice, and where the snow hides itself. Verse ConceptsSnowCold Weather

"Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, or have you seen the storehouses of the hail, Verse ConceptsSnowGod's StorehousesWarWeather In The Last Daysweatherspringtime


When you sit down to eat with a ruler, observe carefully what is before you, and put a knife to your throat if you are given to appetite.

If you have found honey, eat only enough for you, lest you have your fill of it and vomit it. Verse ConceptsExcessSelf DenialDietsOverweightObesityHoneyMore Than EnoughCandyovereating





gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Verse ConceptsMeeknessThe Gentleness Of God's PeopleGentlenessWithout The Law

King Belshazzar made a great feast for a thousand of his lords and drank wine in front of the thousand. Verse ConceptsBanquets, ReasonsGluttonyFeastingAlcoholCelebrationsDinnerA Thousand PeopleDrinking Winethe anniversary Feasts

So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves left by those who had eaten. Verse ConceptsBarleyThe Number TwelveBaskets, Uses OfDinnerFive ThingsRemaining FoodTwelve Things

So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days. Verse ConceptsWeeksDinnerSeven DaysTen Or More DaysCelebration

So they gave a dinner for him there. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him at table. Verse ConceptsSabbath, In NtTablesSocial FellowshipDinnerReclining To EatThose Who Provided A MealrelaxinglazarusJesus Eating

And Levi made him a great feast in his house, and there was a large company of tax collectors and others reclining at table with them. Verse ConceptsCrowdsFeastingevangelism, kinds ofCelebrationsBanquets, Examples OfGuestsHospitality, Examples OfLargenessTax CollectorsDinnerReceiving Jesus As A Guest

But an opportunity came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee. Verse ConceptsAmusementsCommanderBanquets, Events CelebratedBirthdaysBirthdays CelebratedDinnerRight Time For People

So he prepared for them a great feast, and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the Syrians did not come again on raids into the land of Israel. Verse ConceptsDinner

And they were there with David for three days, eating and drinking, for their brothers had made preparation for them. Verse ConceptsDinnerThree Days

And when these days were completed, the king gave for all the people present in Susa, the citadel, both great and small, a feast lasting for seven days in the court of the garden of the king's palace. Verse ConceptsDinnerSeven Days

And he said to them, "Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast." So they took it. Verse ConceptsBanquets, CharaceristicsDinnerDrawing Water





But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart. Verse ConceptsSorrowOther Sad People



The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit; he has ceased to act wisely and do good. Verse ConceptsMouthsDeception In Fallen Human NatureSpeech, Negative Aspects OfFalse WisdomDeceitful Tongues

And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell. Verse Conceptsevil, origins ofHell, As Incentive To ActionThe Human BodyGehennaDamage To The BodyFire Of EvilPeople Being PollutedBeware Of Your SpeechMighty in its influenceThe TongueThe Power Of Words


His speech was smooth as butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords. Verse ConceptsSinful HeartsButterHeart, Fallen And RedeemedOilOintmentSincereitySmoothnessSmoothWarSpeech



You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. Verse ConceptsBad PeopleSnakesParents SinThings Like SnakesNothing GoodBeware Of Your Speechmath

For it stands in Scripture: "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame." Verse ConceptsCornerstonesConfidence, In ChristdefeatZion, As A SymbolNames And Titles For ChristSpiritual FoundationsCapstoneChrist The RockThe Effects Of FaithNot Put To ShamePreciousScripture SaysDisappointmentpeterzion

therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am the one who has laid as a foundation in Zion, a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: 'Whoever believes will not be in haste.' Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillFoundationsCornerstonesFaith, Necessity OfGod, The RockMasonsNot AshamedTrust, Importance OfZion, As A SymbolChrist, Names ForCornerstoneSpiritual FoundationsCapstoneMessianic PropheciesChrist The RockThe Effects Of FaithCauses of failure in

"Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. Verse ConceptsWisdom, Source Of HumanSpiritual FoundationsStones For ProtectionHearing ChristDoing God's WorksThe Work Of The Wise



"O afflicted one, storm-tossed and not comforted, behold, I will set your stones in antimony, and lay your foundations with sapphires. Verse ConceptsFloggingBuildingJewelsStormsSpiritual FoundationsNo ComfortCatastrophic EventsThe Storms Of Life

thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life. Verse ConceptsAge To ComeSpiritual InvestmentRich, TheRiches, SpiritualThriftSpiritual FoundationsSpiritual TreasuresSeeking LifeStoring Other Things





"They do not know how to do right," declares the LORD, "those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds." Verse ConceptsHoardingSpiritual IgnoranceMisersPursuing ViolenceNo JusticeStoring Other ThingsDoing The Right Thing

But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD; they do not understand his plan, that he has gathered them as sheaves to the threshing floor. Verse ConceptsBinding cornLack Of DiscernmentSicklesThreshing FloorDullnessSpiritual IgnoranceGod's ThoughtsNot Understanding God's Things

The way of peace they do not know, and there is no justice in their paths; they have made their roads crooked; no one who treads on them knows peace. Verse ConceptsWay, TheCrookednessPaths Of The WickedPathways Of SinSpiritual IgnoranceUnrestTwistingNo PeacePaths

Then I said, "These are only the poor; they have no sense; for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God. Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfFolly, Effects OfPoverty, SpiritualMoral BankruptcySpiritual IgnorancePoor PeopleCounted As Fools


What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, "I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfAgreementFellowship, With GodGod, Living And Self sustainingHouse Of GodRelationshipsSelf RespectIndwelling Of The Holy SpiritNames And Titles For The ChurchThe Holy Spirit In The ChurchWalking With GodAvoiding IdolatryI Will Be Their God




built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.



Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world." Verse ConceptsKingdom Of God, Characteristics OfWorldlinessHanding Over ChristKingdom Of GodJewsServant Leadership

I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Verse ConceptsKingdom Of God, Entry IntoExclusionTransient BodyLimitations Of The BodyNo DecayPeople Are Corruptiblecorruption



nor will they say, 'Look, here it is!' or 'There!' for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you." Verse ConceptsOutside The KingdomGod Is Among You

if you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday. Verse ConceptsGenerosity, Humanethics, socialNoonAfflicted, Duty To ThemBenevolenceAlmsgivingAltruismCharityLight Of God's PeopleFeeding The Poorhunger






As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty." Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, SpiritualFruit, SpiritualFaith, Nature OfAcceptance, Of The GospelThirtySixtiesOne HundredThe Source Of FruitFertile LandLand ProducingHearing God's WordHundredfold Return


And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers. Verse ConceptsHearingPreaching, Effects OfResponseThe Authority Of ScriptureSpeech, DivineThanksgiving, OfferedReceiving God's WordThose Who Had FaithMan's TeachingWe Thank GodGod's Work In UsAcceptanceThe Word Of GodBelieving In Yourself



But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

They are planted in the house of the LORD; they flourish in the courts of our God. They still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green,

And on the banks, on both sides of the river, there will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither, nor their fruit fail, but they will bear fresh fruit every month, because the water for them flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for healing." Verse ConceptsFruitNew ThingsdiseasesHealingMedicineAbundance, MaterialUnfading LifeIncreasing FruitRiver BanksWater For PlantsFoliageMetaphorical TreesFood DefinedGod HealsPlans For A New TempleHealing Of NationsHerbsHealth And HealingDrugs

Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. Verse ConceptsCropsThirtySixtiesOne HundredFertile LandLand ProducingHundredfold ReturnPlanting SeedsSeedsSowing Seedssowing


You shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt; and you shall be careful to observe these statutes. Verse ConceptsPentecostGroups Of SlavesKeep The Commandments!


saying, "If you will diligently listen to the voice of the LORD your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, your healer." Verse ConceptsGod, Activity OfTemporal BlessingsAbolitionBlessings, To IsraeldoctorsdiseasesCommands, in OTHealingGod As DoctorI Am The LordGod HealsHealth PromisedNames Involving GodPay Attention To God!Results Of Keeping The CommandmentsDiseaseGod Healing Our LandSicknessIllnessHealth And Healing

See, I have taught you statutes and rules, as the LORD my God commanded me, that you should do them in the land that you are entering to take possession of it. Verse ConceptsGod TeachingKeep The Commandments!Old Testament Claims Inspiration

These are the statutes and rules and laws that the LORD made between himself and the people of Israel through Moses on Mount Sinai. Verse ConceptsThe Law Given To IsraelOld Testament Claims Inspiration

And if you will walk in my ways, keeping my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days." Verse ConceptsAgingCommands, in OTKingship, HumanLife, HumanReward, DivineHow To Live LongKeep The Commandments!

Your statutes have been my songs in the house of my sojourning. Verse ConceptsSongsSaints, As PilgrimsMetaphorical Housesstatues


O LORD my God, in you do I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers and deliver me, Verse ConceptsSuffering SaintsPersecution, Christian ResponseTrust



Many are my persecutors and my adversaries, but I do not swerve from your testimonies. Verse ConceptsMany Enemies

Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words. Verse ConceptsPersecution, Nature OfRenewed HeartBible, In Christian LivingAweIndividuals Fearing God

For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead. Verse ConceptsMonotonyColors, BlackState Of The Deadcrushes

O LORD, you know; remember me and visit me, and take vengeance for me on my persecutors. In your forbearance take me not away; know that for your sake I bear reproach. Verse ConceptsMemoriesGod, Patience OfInjuryRevenge, Examples OfUnderstandingPersecution, Nature OfDivine RemembrancePeople VisitingBeing ReprovedRevenge

Our pursuers are at our necks; we are weary; we are given no rest. Verse ConceptsRest, PhysicalPursuing PeopleSleeplessnessUnrestTired In FlightPersecutiontired



Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. Verse ConceptsForeheads666Faithfulness, To Godevil, victory overdefianceBeheadingThe BeastJudgesJudgment SeatPunishment, Legal Aspects OfSelf SacrificeThe Immortal SoulMartyrdom, Methods OfSufferings RewardedRemoving HeadsCosmic CreaturesBelievers JudgingMarks On PeopleAuthority Of DisciplesAvoiding IdolatrySubsequent Witness To ChristWorshipping The DevilMark Of The BeastHow First Resurrection Is Spread OutSigns Of The Timesend times prophecyMartyrdom



And the high priest Ananias commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth. Verse ConceptsConfrontationHigh Priest, In NtSmitingSmiting Of The RighteousOther References To MouthsRivers

And they spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head. Verse ConceptsSmitingThe Smiting Of JesusSpittingSmiting Of The RighteousBatteryBeating JesusSaliva


Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, "How did the Spirit of the LORD go from me to speak to you?" Verse ConceptsConfrontationRidicule, Nature OfInfidelity To GodSmitingSmitten CheeksSmiting Of The RighteousThe Spirit Of The LordCheeks

When he had said these things, one of the officers standing by struck Jesus with his hand, saying, "Is that how you answer the high priest?" Verse ConceptsIndignities Suffered By ChristSmitingSmiting Of The RighteousAnswering People

Behold, I will make the shadow cast by the declining sun on the dial of Ahaz turn back ten steps." So the sun turned back on the dial the ten steps by which it had declined. Verse ConceptsAstronomyLight, NaturalShadowsStairwaysThe SunSun DialsTen ThingsStepsMoving OnRecoveryEclipseSolar Eclipse

At that time Joshua spoke to the LORD in the day when the LORD gave the Amorites over to the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, "Sun, stand still at Gibeon, and moon, in the Valley of Aijalon." Verse ConceptsThe SunEclipseSolar EclipseSunshine



and has gone and served other gods and worshiped them, or the sun or the moon or any of the host of heaven, which I have forbidden, Verse ConceptsMoonStarsThe SunIdolatry Consists OfDifferent GodsIdolatrous Worship Of The MoonSunWorshiping GodThe Moon

At midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, that shone around me and those who journeyed with me. Verse ConceptsLight, NaturalNoonThe SunLight In The World


Their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun, Verse ConceptsFaith, Necessity OfThe SunTentsGod's Call, EveryoneSun Moon And Stars Before GodThe Gospel WorldwideGoing Through the MotionsThe End Of The World

The sun rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises. Verse ConceptsThe SunOthers Going DownThings Going UpRising


But as it is, Christ has obtained a ministry that is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises. Verse ConceptsCovenant, the newMediationMediatorUniquenessJesus Christ, PriesthoodChrist, The MediatorPreeminence Of ChristAdvocatesGreatness Of ChristPromises concerningPromisesMinistryExcellencecovenant

But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, Verse ConceptsGod, Living And Self sustainingAn Innumerable NumberCityNames And Titles For The ChurchAngels, DescriptionChurch, Titles OfBelonging To HeavenzionThousands Of Angels Worship God

Thus it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. Verse ConceptsCopies Of AltarsRight Sacrificescleansing

This phrase, "Yet once more," indicates the removal of things that are shaken--that is, things that have been made--in order that the things that cannot be shaken may remain. Verse ConceptsLaws, AbolishedDestruction Of The WorldGod ShakingThings ShakingThe keyword of HebrewsRemoving People From Your Life

since God had provided something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect. Verse ConceptsRestored In Jesus ChristPerfection, HumanPlansPeople Made PerfectGod's PlanTrusting God's PlanGods PlanGod's Plan For Us

Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. Verse ConceptsAbrahamTravelOakswitches

As for the bones of Joseph, which the people of Israel brought up from Egypt, they buried them at Shechem, in the piece of land that Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of money. It became an inheritance of the descendants of Joseph. Verse ConceptsExhumationsBonesLarge Denominations

And Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, on his way from Paddan-aram, and he camped before the city. Verse ConceptsBoldness Examples OfAltars, Built ByCamp, Of Israel

Now his brothers went to pasture their father's flock near Shechem. Verse ConceptsThose Who Kept Stock

And when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not be anxious about how you should defend yourself or what you should say, Verse ConceptsJesus Statements About The SpiritRulersSynagogueHoly Spirit, Personhood OfMagistratesUnrestDo Not Be AnxiousNot WorryingAnxiety And FearFear And WorryWorryingTrusting God And Not Worryinganswersworriesanxious

And I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to make them blaspheme, and in raging fury against them I persecuted them even to foreign cities. Verse ConceptsForeign ThingsBlasphemy



(His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should confess Jesus to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue.) Verse ConceptsPersecution, Forms OfSynagogueFear, Of PersecutionFear Of ManDisfellowshipExcommunicationFear Of EnemiesBelieving In Christ

Some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents and silver for tribute, and the Arabians also brought him 7,700 rams and 7,700 goats. Verse ConceptsGiftsTaxationTributesSeven Thousand

When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax went up to Peter and said, "Does your teacher not pay the tax?" Verse ConceptsCollectionsMoney, Uses OfTaxDouble MoneyTax To Be Paidtaxesefficiency


King Ahasuerus imposed tax on the land and on the coastlands of the sea. Verse ConceptsCoastlands

Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?" Verse ConceptsTributesThinking ArightTax To Be Paid


When you sit down to eat with a ruler, observe carefully what is before you, and put a knife to your throat if you are given to appetite.

If you have found honey, eat only enough for you, lest you have your fill of it and vomit it. Verse ConceptsExcessSelf DenialDietsOverweightObesityHoneyMore Than EnoughCandyovereating





gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Verse ConceptsMeeknessThe Gentleness Of God's PeopleGentlenessWithout The Law

Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of fools. Verse ConceptsProverbsWise Proverbsdrunkards


The proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim will be trodden underfoot; Verse ConceptsAlcoholTrampling PeopleThe Proud Will Be AbasedNorthern Kingdom Of Israel

Awake, you drunkards, and weep, and wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it is cut off from your mouth. Verse ConceptsAlcoholLipsWineIntoxicationAlcohol ConsumptionShortage Of WineNo FoodWake Up!drunkards

For they are like entangled thorns, like drunkards as they drink; they are consumed like stubble fully dried. Verse Conceptsdrunkards


But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love, will enter your house. I will bow down toward your holy temple in the fear of you. Verse ConceptsAdoration, Of GodBowingAttitudes Of ReverenceCeremoniesMagnifying GodPrayer, And WorshipReverence, And God's NatureBowing Before GodThe First Templegreatnessreverence


O God, the nations have come into your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple; they have laid Jerusalem in ruins. Verse ConceptsInvasionsIrreverenceDestruction Of JerusalemPolluting Holy PlacesNations Attacking Israel

I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word. Verse ConceptsBowingCeremoniesPraise, Reasons ForPrayer, And WorshipWorship, Reasons ForLovingkindnessBowing Before GodGod's TruthWe Thank God

What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, "I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfAgreementFellowship, With GodGod, Living And Self sustainingHouse Of GodRelationshipsSelf RespectIndwelling Of The Holy SpiritNames And Titles For The ChurchThe Holy Spirit In The ChurchWalking With GodAvoiding IdolatryI Will Be Their God




built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.


They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom and tell of your power, Verse ConceptsGod's Deed Revealed

"You are my witnesses," declares the LORD, "and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me. Verse ConceptsAffirmationsIsrael As The ElectGod, Immutability OfMonotheismOne GodUnderstandingWitnessing, Importance OfBeforeNo Other Is GodKnowing That There Is A GodTrust In God!God As The Object Of Faith


On that day your mouth will be opened to the fugitive, and you shall speak and be no longer mute. So you will be a sign to them, and they will know that I am the LORD." Verse ConceptsPeople As SignsDumbnessDumb

proclaiming thanksgiving aloud, and telling all your wondrous deeds. Verse ConceptsThose Singing PraiseThank God!Thank YouBeing Thankful For BlessingsGiving ThanksThanksdeeds

My tongue will sing of your word, for all your commandments are right. Verse ConceptsTongueWitnessing, Approaches ToBible, In Christian LivingGod's Word Is Righteous

The heart of the hasty will understand and know, and the tongue of the stammerers will hasten to speak distinctly. Verse ConceptsInsanityTongueSpeech ImpedimentsRash People


You shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt; and you shall be careful to observe these statutes. Verse ConceptsPentecostGroups Of SlavesKeep The Commandments!


saying, "If you will diligently listen to the voice of the LORD your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, your healer." Verse ConceptsGod, Activity OfTemporal BlessingsAbolitionBlessings, To IsraeldoctorsdiseasesCommands, in OTHealingGod As DoctorI Am The LordGod HealsHealth PromisedNames Involving GodPay Attention To God!Results Of Keeping The CommandmentsDiseaseGod Healing Our LandSicknessIllnessHealth And Healing

See, I have taught you statutes and rules, as the LORD my God commanded me, that you should do them in the land that you are entering to take possession of it. Verse ConceptsGod TeachingKeep The Commandments!Old Testament Claims Inspiration

These are the statutes and rules and laws that the LORD made between himself and the people of Israel through Moses on Mount Sinai. Verse ConceptsThe Law Given To IsraelOld Testament Claims Inspiration

And if you will walk in my ways, keeping my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days." Verse ConceptsAgingCommands, in OTKingship, HumanLife, HumanReward, DivineHow To Live LongKeep The Commandments!

Your statutes have been my songs in the house of my sojourning. Verse ConceptsSongsSaints, As PilgrimsMetaphorical Housesstatues


Then I shall not be put to shame, having my eyes fixed on all your commandments. Verse ConceptsNot AshamedDisappointment



And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. Verse ConceptsReceptive Hearts

"You shall therefore keep the whole commandment that I command you today, that you may be strong, and go in and take possession of the land that you are going over to possess, Verse ConceptsKeep The Commandments!

He answered them, "And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? Verse ConceptsCommands, in NTOrthodoxy, In NtFor The Sake Of ThingsWhy Do You Do This?Breaking God's Lawdisobedience



It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, "Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones, to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him."


And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeGuilt, Human Aspects OfDestinySmallnessStandingJudgmentWhat Heaven Will Be LikeThe Judgement InvolvesThe Act Of OpeningOpening DocumentsThe Final JudgementGreat And SmallRepaid For DeedsJudgment According To WorksAccountabilityJudgement DayJudging Others Actionsdeeds




"When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

Some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents and silver for tribute, and the Arabians also brought him 7,700 rams and 7,700 goats. Verse ConceptsGiftsTaxationTributesSeven Thousand

When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax went up to Peter and said, "Does your teacher not pay the tax?" Verse ConceptsCollectionsMoney, Uses OfTaxDouble MoneyTax To Be Paidtaxesefficiency


King Ahasuerus imposed tax on the land and on the coastlands of the sea. Verse ConceptsCoastlands

Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?" Verse ConceptsTributesThinking ArightTax To Be Paid



Then the LORD said, "I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters. I know their sufferings, Verse ConceptsGod, Suffering OfHearingReceptivenessSensitivityTaskmastersGod, All knowingGod Seeing Their AfflictionCries Of Distress To GodGod Paid Attention To ThemGod Sending His SonAfflictions





Some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents and silver for tribute, and the Arabians also brought him 7,700 rams and 7,700 goats. Verse ConceptsGiftsTaxationTributesSeven Thousand

When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax went up to Peter and said, "Does your teacher not pay the tax?" Verse ConceptsCollectionsMoney, Uses OfTaxDouble MoneyTax To Be Paidtaxesefficiency


King Ahasuerus imposed tax on the land and on the coastlands of the sea. Verse ConceptsCoastlands

Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?" Verse ConceptsTributesThinking ArightTax To Be Paid



You felt secure in your wickedness, you said, "No one sees me"; your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray, and you said in your heart, "I am, and there is no one besides me." Verse ConceptsBeing ConfidentPride, Results OfArrogant ExistenceWisdom, Source Of HumanSelf ExaltationUnseenDrawbacks To KnowledgeFalse WisdomDeceiving OneselfWorldly WisdomUnique NationsStrong Delusion




"Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who feel secure on the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the first of the nations, to whom the house of Israel comes! Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceComplacencyLeisure, Nature And Purpose OfPeace, Human Search ForSecurityThose At EaseWoe To Israel And Jerusalem



He dug it and cleared it of stones, and planted it with choice vines; he built a watchtower in the midst of it, and hewed out a wine vat in it; and he looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes. Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsFortsExcavationWineskins And Vats


The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them. Verse ConceptsUnfaithfulness, To GodBusiness EthicsVirtueCrookednessIntegrityPerversion

But you have upheld me because of my integrity, and set me in your presence forever. Verse ConceptsBusiness EthicsVirtueIntegritySustaining ProvidenceEternally With GodGod Always With YouGod Supporting


these kings made war with Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).

He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. Verse ConceptsArmsGod TeachingReady For WarSteelWar

Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war arise against me, yet I will be confident. Verse ConceptsCertaintyStrength, DivineRenewed HeartFearlessnessAttacked By EvilFreed From FearPrinciples Of WarStrength In BattleEnemy Attacks

And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword. Verse ConceptsSuffering, Causes OfSuffering, Nature OfRed AnimalsAngel Of DeathCivil WarKilling One AnotherGod's Swordatheism




they shall not hunger or thirst, neither scorching wind nor sun shall strike them, for he who has pity on them will lead them, and by springs of water will guide them. Verse ConceptsClimates, TypesGuidance, God's Promises OfHeatSpring Of WaterThe SunWeather, God's Sovereignty OverMetaphorical SpringsPlenty Through ChristControlling Sun Moon And StarsWater, As A Symbol Of Salvationhunger

O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you shall be put to shame; those who turn away from youshall be written in the earth, for they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living water. Verse ConceptsAbandonmentForsaking GodHope, As ConfidenceShameSpring Of WaterWellsMetaphorical SpringsJudgements WrittenConsequences Of Forsaking GodLiving WaterWells, Figurative Useisraeldust

a garden fountain, a well of living water, and flowing streams from Lebanon. Verse ConceptsGardens


they shall not hunger or thirst, neither scorching wind nor sun shall strike them, for he who has pity on them will lead them, and by springs of water will guide them. Verse ConceptsClimates, TypesGuidance, God's Promises OfHeatSpring Of WaterThe SunWeather, God's Sovereignty OverMetaphorical SpringsPlenty Through ChristControlling Sun Moon And StarsWater, As A Symbol Of Salvationhunger

O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you shall be put to shame; those who turn away from youshall be written in the earth, for they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living water. Verse ConceptsAbandonmentForsaking GodHope, As ConfidenceShameSpring Of WaterWellsMetaphorical SpringsJudgements WrittenConsequences Of Forsaking GodLiving WaterWells, Figurative Useisraeldust

a garden fountain, a well of living water, and flowing streams from Lebanon. Verse ConceptsGardens

As I looked, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, and a great cloud, with brightness around it, and fire flashing forth continually, and in the midst of the fire, as it were gleaming metal. Verse ConceptsLight, NaturalLightningNorthTheophanyWhirlwindsCompassesOut Of The NorthFire Emanating From GodGod Is LightColorThe North Wind

Now when the LORD was about to take Elijah up to heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. Verse ConceptsWhirlwindsGoing TogetherGoing Up To HeavenGod Lifting PeopleGod Dispensing WindTaken To HeavenPeople Who Didn't Die

From its chamber comes the whirlwind, and cold from the scattering winds. Verse ConceptsClimates, TypesWindCold, Literal UseWhirlwindsFrostOut Of The NorthCold WeatherHurricanes


Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns, whether green or ablaze, may he sweep them away! Verse ConceptsWhirlwindsThornsGod Not DelayingWeed

Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil on their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in the power of their hand. Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstPlansPower, HumanEvil PlansRising EarlyEvil DevicesPlottingDecadenceDeliberationIn The MorningWoe To The WickedGod's People SinningPowerNatural Disasterswickednessaccomplishment

He plots trouble while on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not reject evil. Verse ConceptsEvil WaysImagination, Evil SchemingEvil PlansBedsEvil DevicesMischiefPlottingContinuing In SinStaying Positive

Whoever plans to do evil will be called a schemer. Verse ConceptsIntentionsEvil PlansCharacter Of WickedEvil Devices

"But they say, 'That is in vain! We will follow our own plans, and will every one act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.' Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfHardened Heartsevil, origins ofHardness Of HeartHeart, Fallen And RedeemedPlansEvil DevicesGod's PlanGods PlanGod's Plan For Usimagination



Do they not go astray who devise evil? Those who devise good meetsteadfast love and faithfulness. Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstImagination, Evil SchemingPlansEvil PlansEvil DevicesFinding LoveMaking Mistakes

Whoever winks his eyes plansdishonest things; he who purses his lips brings evil to pass. Verse ConceptsLipsEvil DevicesPlottingWinkingMoving Onmovement

As for the scoundrel--his devices are evil; he plans wicked schemes to ruin the poor with lying words, even when the plea of the needy is right. Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Kinds OfEvil PlansTrapEvil DevicesPlottinginstruments

And he said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and who give wicked counsel in this city; Verse ConceptsEvil PlansEvil DevicesThe Entrance Of Sin

Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. Verse ConceptsSwordsKilling ProphetsTelling What People DidProphets Of Other Godsjezebel

And as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, he took for his wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal and worshiped him. Verse ConceptsMarriage, Restrictions ConcerningPolygamyServanthood, And Worship Of GodImitating Wicked KingsUnimportant Thingsjezebel

And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the territory of Jezreel, and none shall bury her." Then he opened the door and fled. Verse ConceptsdogsAnimals Eating PeopleEating CorpsesNo Burialsjezebel

and when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave and fed them with bread and water.) Verse ConceptsBad InfluenceCavesProphets, Lives OfSchool Of ProphetsWaterLove to Others, Examples OfFiftiesOne HundredPeople In CavesKilling ProphetsPeople Hiding PeopleProphets Killedprophetsjezebelhidinggroups

When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. And she painted her eyes and adorned her head and looked out of the window. Verse ConceptsBad InfluenceFacesHairsCosmeticsLooking Through Windowsartistsjezebelmakeup

And of Jezebel the LORD also said, 'The dogs shall eat Jezebel within the walls of Jezreel.' Verse ConceptsEating Corpsesjezebel

But Jezebel his wife came to him and said to him, "Why is your spirit so vexed that you eat no food?" Verse ConceptsNamed Wivesjezebel

When they came back and told him, he said, "This is the word of the LORD, which he spoke by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, 'In the territory of Jezreel the dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel, Verse ConceptsMinistry, Nature OfWord Of GodAnimals Eating PeopleEating CorpsesWords To Individuals Fulfilledjezebel

You shall not bring the fee of a prostitute or the wages of a dog into the house of the LORD your God in payment for any vow, for both of these are an abomination to the LORD your God. Verse ConceptsAbominationsOfferingsVowsHarlotsWantonnessAbominations, To GodGod Hating ThingsMale ProstitutesWages Of A ProstituteGiving Money To The ChurchTithes And OfferingPetssalespremaritalwhores

A widow, or a divorced woman, or a woman who has been defiled, or a prostitute, these he shall not marry. But he shall take as his wife a virgin of his own people, Verse ConceptsProfanityDivorceMarriage Controlledvirginity

"Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, lest the land fall into prostitution and the land become full of depravity. Verse ConceptsdaughtersLove, In RelationshipsProstitutionRightsSexual Sin, Nature OfSexualityHarlotsProvokingTattoos Being Okwhores

But they said, "Should he treat our sister like a prostitute?" Verse ConceptsNamed Sisters

Then two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him. Verse ConceptsProstitutionTwo Women

Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time. Verse ConceptsDeborahLeaders, PoliticalRankWomenProphetessNamed WivesWomen Working

And Deborah said to Barak, "Up! For this is the day in which the LORD has given Sisera into your hand. Does not the LORD go out before you?" So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with 10,000 men following him. Verse ConceptsTens Of ThousandsThose God Gave Into Their Hands

Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day: Verse ConceptsThose Singing PraiseVolunteering


And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, "Great and amazing are your deeds, O Lord God the Almighty! Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations! Verse ConceptsGod, Righteousness OfGod, Sovereignty OfKingsKingship, DivineMoses, Significance OfServanthood, In Life Of BelieversSongsNames And Titles For ChristThe AlmightyGod Reigning ForeverComposersGod Doing RightDoing RightSlaves Of GodWhat God Does

He has caused his wondrous works to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and merciful. Verse ConceptsPrayer, And WorshipReminders Of God


He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. Verse ConceptsBeautifulBeauty, In NatureAdaptabilityBeginning And EndBeing Found OutHeartbreakBeauty Of ThingsTime ManagementGod's Ways Beyond Human UnderstandingGod's TimingGods TimingBeing BeautifulWaiting For God's Timingeternity

proclaiming thanksgiving aloud, and telling all your wondrous deeds. Verse ConceptsThose Singing PraiseThank God!Thank YouBeing Thankful For BlessingsGiving ThanksThanksdeeds

You have multiplied, O LORD my God, your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us; none can compare with you! I will proclaim and tell of them, yet they are more than can be told. Verse ConceptsAmazingGod, Perfection OfGuidance, God's Promises OfPlansGod, Works OfUncountableGod's ThoughtsGod's PlanTrusting God's PlanGods PlanWorking For GodThoughtsBeing BeautifulGod's Plan For UsWorking For The Lordworkingsurprisesdeeds

I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. Verse ConceptsAmazingBeautifulGod, Perfection OfGuardiansLife, HumanMan, Creation OfAnatomyAcneWe Thank GodEating DisordersThank Youfearlesspersonality



Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the LORD! Verse ConceptsBlessedCommendationJustice, In Believers' LivesCharacter Of SaintsRejoicing In God's WordEthics


This God--his way is perfect; the word of the LORD proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him. Verse ConceptsFaith, Nature OfGod, Perfection OfGuardsMind, Of GodPerfection, DivineRefugeTrusting In GodSure KnowledgeTrusting God's Planshelter



He sends out his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly. Verse ConceptsRunningRunning After GoodGod's Orders

Jesus said to them, "Is this not the reason you are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God? Verse ConceptsInsightBeing MisleadUse Of The ScripturesNot Understanding God's ThingsQuerying God's PowerErrorIgnorance of GodPowerScriptureThe Power Of WordsMaking Mistakesignorance

"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. read more.
You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. "And when the LORD your God brings you into the land that he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you--with great and good cities that you did not build, and houses full of all good things that you did not fill, and cisterns that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant--and when you eat and are full, then take care lest you forget the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

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The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple; the precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes; the fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever; the rules of the LORD are true, and righteous altogether. read more.
More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb. Moreover, by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.


But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love, will enter your house. I will bow down toward your holy temple in the fear of you. Verse ConceptsAdoration, Of GodBowingAttitudes Of ReverenceCeremoniesMagnifying GodPrayer, And WorshipReverence, And God's NatureBowing Before GodThe First Templegreatnessreverence


O God, the nations have come into your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple; they have laid Jerusalem in ruins. Verse ConceptsInvasionsIrreverenceDestruction Of JerusalemPolluting Holy PlacesNations Attacking Israel

I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word. Verse ConceptsBowingCeremoniesPraise, Reasons ForPrayer, And WorshipWorship, Reasons ForLovingkindnessBowing Before GodGod's TruthWe Thank God


And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillAge, Glories OfFamily, Worship InChoicesdoubt, results ofFamilies, Examples OfGood Decision Making ExamplesIntentionsHeads Of The FamilyChoosingFaithful, Choose To RemainZeal, ReligiousLife's PurposeEmployers, Good ExamplesChoosing God's WayBehold Me!Encouraged To Serve Foreign godsServing One's Own GodsBeyond The EuphratesServingServing God

And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds; and he was baptized at once, he and all his family. Verse ConceptsHourLove, For One AnotherRelatives Also InvolvedChristian BaptismBaptism

And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. Verse ConceptsFeetListeningSittingSitting At The FeetHearing ChristChrist TeachingIdentityIdentity In Christdistractions


The father knew that was the hour when Jesus had said to him, "Your son will live." And he himself believed, and all his household. Verse ConceptsFaith, Origins Ofevangelism, kinds ofHousesKept Alive By MenAt The Same TimeKnowing FactsThose Who Believed In Christ

He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, "We have found the Messiah" (which means Christ). Verse ConceptsFindingWitnessing, Approaches ToNames And Titles For ChristChrist, Names ForFinding PeopleEvangelismmovement

"Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you." And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him. Verse ConceptsExperience, of Godevangelists, identity ofTestify On God's BehalfFervourZealousness, Examples OfChrist's WorkTelling Of JesusFamily And FriendsGod Turning Bad Things Into Good

And when the days of the feast had run their course, Job would send and consecrate them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, "It may be that my children have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts." Thus Job did continually. 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

They drank wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone. Verse ConceptsGoldIronDrunkenness, Examples OfBrassDrinking WineWood And StoneBronze For Idols

You know that when you were pagans you were led astray to mute idols, however you were led. Verse ConceptsDumbnessMutenessPagansPolytheismCarrying IdolsDumbdiscriminationstatuesHinduism

Has a nation changed its gods, even though they are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit. Verse ConceptsNegotiationPolytheismExchanging Good For BadGod Bestowing GloryNo Help In Other Gods

For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but the LORD made the heavens. Verse ConceptsAstronomyCreation Of The Physical Heavens

Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and cry to the gods to whom they make offerings, but they cannot save them in the time of their trouble. Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorFalse ReligionemptinessIncense Offered AmissIdolatryThings Which Cannot SaveServing One's Own GodsNo Help In Other Gods

Their land is filled with idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their own fingers have made. Verse ConceptsFingersBowingFilling PlacesPolytheismIdol WorshipWorshiping God


For although there may be so-called gods in heaven or on earth--as indeed there are many "gods" and many "lords"-- Verse ConceptsPolytheism

Can man make for himself gods? Such are not gods!" Verse ConceptsFalse Religionpeople

and many peoples shall come, and say: "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths." For out of Zion shall go the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. Verse ConceptsClimbingKnowing God's WaysGod's WaysParticipation, In ChristPilgrimageRevival, CorporateWalkingWord Of GodNames And Titles For The ChurchPaths Of RighteousnessGod As Our TeacherGoing Up MountainsGod TeachingThe Law Given To IsraelMillenial SacrificesPaths

these I will bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples." Verse ConceptsHouse Of GodProperty, HousesWorship, Results OfOutcastsGod's DwellingMillenial SacrificesAcceptance

All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you; they shall come up with acceptance on my altar, and I will beautify my beautiful house. Verse ConceptsPeople Commended By GodMillenial SacrificesAcceptance

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil. Verse ConceptsFormalityGod's DwellingThe Work Of FoolsCare Of FeetSacrificeFoolsGoing To ChurchListening To GodfootstepsbehaviorevangelisingGuarding Yourself

And he told those who sold the pigeons, "Take these things away; do not make my Father's house a house of trade." Verse ConceptsMerchandiseRelationship Of Father And SonBusinessthievessalesmarketing

Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, who stand by night in the house of the LORD! Verse ConceptsAll Night PrayersBless The Lord!Praise And Worship

saying to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be a house of prayer,' but you have made it a den of robbers." Verse ConceptsHouse Of GodDenunciationsStatus Of The Templethieves

He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head; he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and wrapped himself in zeal as a cloak. Verse ConceptsArmor of GodBreastplatesCloaksSalvation, Illustrations OfThe Helmet Of SalvationFervourGod's ClothingClothed With RighteousnessHelmetsGod Executes VengeanceRevengePassionarmor






They drank wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone. Verse ConceptsGoldIronDrunkenness, Examples OfBrassDrinking WineWood And StoneBronze For Idols

You know that when you were pagans you were led astray to mute idols, however you were led. Verse ConceptsDumbnessMutenessPagansPolytheismCarrying IdolsDumbdiscriminationstatuesHinduism

Has a nation changed its gods, even though they are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit. Verse ConceptsNegotiationPolytheismExchanging Good For BadGod Bestowing GloryNo Help In Other Gods

For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but the LORD made the heavens. Verse ConceptsAstronomyCreation Of The Physical Heavens

Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and cry to the gods to whom they make offerings, but they cannot save them in the time of their trouble. Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorFalse ReligionemptinessIncense Offered AmissIdolatryThings Which Cannot SaveServing One's Own GodsNo Help In Other Gods

Their land is filled with idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their own fingers have made. Verse ConceptsFingersBowingFilling PlacesPolytheismIdol WorshipWorshiping God


For although there may be so-called gods in heaven or on earth--as indeed there are many "gods" and many "lords"-- Verse ConceptsPolytheism

Can man make for himself gods? Such are not gods!" Verse ConceptsFalse Religionpeople



You felt secure in your wickedness, you said, "No one sees me"; your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray, and you said in your heart, "I am, and there is no one besides me." Verse ConceptsBeing ConfidentPride, Results OfArrogant ExistenceWisdom, Source Of HumanSelf ExaltationUnseenDrawbacks To KnowledgeFalse WisdomDeceiving OneselfWorldly WisdomUnique NationsStrong Delusion




"Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who feel secure on the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the first of the nations, to whom the house of Israel comes! Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceComplacencyLeisure, Nature And Purpose OfPeace, Human Search ForSecurityThose At EaseWoe To Israel And Jerusalem



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