Thematic Bible: Girdles


Thematic Bible



And I will put your robe on him, and put your band about him, and I will give your authority into his hand: and he will be a father to the men of Jerusalem, and to the family of Judah. Verse ConceptsRobesHuman Authority, Nature OfSpiritual FathersPeople Lacking Authority


Let your land be worked with the plough, O daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer any harbour.

Now you have knowledge of what Joab, the son of Zeruiah, did to me, and to the two captains of the army of Israel, Abner, the son of Ner, and Amasa, the son of Jether, whom he put to death, taking payment for the blood of war in time of peace, and making the band of my clothing and the shoes on my feet red with the blood of one put to death without cause. Verse ConceptsBeltsSandalsShedding

This is what the Lord said to me: Go and get yourself a linen band and put it round you and do not put it in water. Verse ConceptsLinenWaistsLinen Items

For as a band goes tightly round a man's body, so I made all the people of Israel and all the people of Judah tightly united to me; so that they might be a people for me and a name and a praise and a glory: but they would not give ear. Verse ConceptsListeningWaistsPraise, Reasons ForClinging To GodThings Stuck TogetherRefusing To HearElect

Happy are those servants who are watching when the lord comes; truly I say to you, he will make himself their servant and, placing them at the table, he will come out and give them food. Verse ConceptsTablesCharacter Of SaintsClothing OneselfReclining To EatChrist Telling The TruthWaiting Till Marriageluck

Got up from table, put off his robe and took a cloth and put it round him. Verse ConceptsPeople Stripping Off

Will he not say, Get a meal for me, and make yourself ready and see to my needs till I have had my food and drink; and after that you may have yours? Verse ConceptsClothing OneselfEating And DrinkingPreparing Food

And in the middle of them one like a son of man, clothed with a robe down to his feet, and with a band of gold round his breasts. Verse ConceptsThe Golden LampstandJesus As Son Of ManChestsFine ClothesGold OrnamentsLike Men

And the seven angels who had the seven punishments came out from the house of God, clothed with linen, clean and bright and with bands of gold about their breasts. Verse ConceptsCleanliness, Metaphorical UseLinenSevenSeven SpiritsSeven ThingsWhite And Bright ClothesGold OrnamentsAngels Doing God's WorkThe Temple In Heavenlukewarm

The responsible men of the daughter of Zion are seated on the earth without a word; they have put dust on their heads, they are clothed in haircloth: the heads of the virgins of Jerusalem are bent down to the earth. Verse ConceptsdaughtersDust, Figurative UseBowingHeadsSackcloth And AshesSprinklingClothing OneselfBowing Heads Before GodSitting In DejectionDust On The HeadIndividuals Being Silent

And in the place of sweet spices will be an evil smell, and for a fair band a thick cord; for a well-dressed head there will be the cutting-off of the hair, and for a beautiful robe there will be the clothing of sorrow; the mark of the prisoner in place of the ornaments of the free. Verse ConceptsBaldness, Figurative UseClothHairsSackcloth And AshesSmellsPeople RottingFragranceMarks On PeopleAppearance Of HairNo BeautyWomen's BeautyHairmakeupbranding

Every builder was working with his sword at his side. And by my side was a man for sounding the horn. Verse ConceptsInstrumentalistsFamily Conflictvulnerabilityrebuilding

When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came face to face with them. Now Joab had on his war-dress, and round him a band from which his sword was hanging in its cover; and while he was walking, it came out, falling to the earth. Verse ConceptsBreastplatesArmourBeltsArmor ProtectionBronze Armour

Then he said to Gehazi, Make yourself ready, and take my stick in your hand, and go: if you come across anyone on the way, give him no blessing, and if anyone gives you a blessing, give him no answer. And put my stick on the child's face. Verse ConceptsBeltsGreetingsHastePreparing For ActionDo Not Greet

And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; and he made himself strong, and went running before Ahab till they came to Jezreel. Verse ConceptsBeltsWaistsPower, HumanRunningTranceGod's HandOutrunningPreparing For ActionGod's Hands On PeopleGifts Of Supernatural StrengthRace

And I will put your robe on him, and put your band about him, and I will give your authority into his hand: and he will be a father to the men of Jerusalem, and to the family of Judah. Verse ConceptsRobesHuman Authority, Nature OfSpiritual FathersPeople Lacking Authority


Now John was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather band about him; and his food was locusts and honey. Verse ConceptsLeatherClothingBeltsAsceticism, People PracticingHairsInsectsJohn The BaptistLocustsWaistsHoneyHairclothHair GarmentsChristmas Tree

And they said in answer, He was a man clothed in a coat of hair, with a leather band about his body. Then he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite. Verse ConceptsLeatherClothingBeltsHairsAnimal SkinsHairy PeopleHairclothHair Garments

There is no weariness among them, and no man is feeble-footed: they come without resting or sleeping, and the cord of their shoes is not broken. Verse ConceptsBeltsSleeplessnessNot StumblingOrderly Army

Got up from table, put off his robe and took a cloth and put it round him. Verse ConceptsPeople Stripping Off

Take no gold or silver or copper in your pockets; Verse ConceptsCopperBeltsPursesBrassLacking MoneyMoney Boxcats

And he said that they were to take nothing for their journey, but a stick only; no bread, no bag, no money in their pockets; Verse Conceptsdiscipleship, nature ofBeltsLacking MoneyNot EquippedSaving Money

And in the middle of them one like a son of man, clothed with a robe down to his feet, and with a band of gold round his breasts. Verse ConceptsThe Golden LampstandJesus As Son Of ManChestsFine ClothesGold OrnamentsLike Men


And Joab said to the man who had given him the news, If you saw this, why did you not put your sword through him, and I would have given you ten bits of silver and a band for your robe? Verse ConceptsArmourBeltsArmor ProtectionPeople Giving Clothes

She makes linen robes and gets a price for them, and traders take her cloth bands for a price. Verse ConceptsLinenMerchantsWomen WorkingMoney Management

And Jonathan took off the robe he had on and gave it to David, with all his military dress, even to his sword and his bow and the band round his body. Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Uses OfArmourBeltsRobesArmor ProtectionDressPeople Giving ClothesPeople Stripping Offarmor

And I had you clothed with needlework, and put leather shoes on your feet, folding fair linen about you and covering you with silk. Verse ConceptsBarefeetCoveringBadgersClothembroideryLinenSandalsShoesAnimal SkinsGod Clothing PeopleThe Brides Wedding Dressroyalty

And a linen band worked with a design of blue and purple and red, as the Lord had said to Moses. Verse ConceptsembroideryRed MaterialBlue ClothPurple ClothBlue Purple And Scarlet




And six men came from the way of the higher doorway looking to the north, every man with his axe in his hand: and one man among them was clothed in linen, with a writer's inkpot at his side. And they went in and took their places by the brass altar. Verse ConceptsSix PeopleComing To GatesFacing NorthWriting On ObjectsWeapons Of GodSetting Up The Bronze AltarDeath Penalty For Killing

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