Thematic Bible: God's Judgments


Thematic Bible



Now Elijah the Tishbite, from the Gilead settlers, said to Ahab, “As the Lord God of Israel lives, I stand before Him, and there will be no dew or rain during these years except by my command!” Verse ConceptsFamine, Examples OfBaal Worship, HistoryElijah, Prophecies OfElijah, Life Ofdrought, physicaldewLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityPrayerfulnessRainWeather, As God's JudgmentMiracles Of ElijahCrowsImmigrants

The ground is cracked
since no rain has fallen on the land.
The farmers are ashamed;
they cover their heads.
Verse ConceptsVeilsShaming People

I call to You, Lord,
for fire has consumed
the pastures of the wilderness,
and flames have devoured
all the trees of the countryside.
Verse ConceptsCalling upon GodBurning PlantsHarming TreesI Pray

I also withheld the rain from you
while there were still three months until harvest.
I sent rain on one city
but no rain on another.
One field received rain
while a field with no rain withered.
Verse Conceptsdrought, physicalHarvestRainWeather, As God's JudgmentTwo To Four MonthsVariety Of Form

I have summoned a drought
on the fields and the hills,
on the grain, new wine, olive oil,
and whatever the ground yields,
on man and beast,
and on all that your hands produce.”
Verse Conceptsdrought, physicalOilShortage Of WineProvision Of OilBoth Men And Animals AffectedDoing One's Work

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

Therefore, Naaman’s skin disease will cling to you and your descendants forever.” So Gehazi went out from his presence diseased—white as snow. Verse ConceptsdiseasesLeprosySnowWhiteAfflictions Of The Wicked, Examples OfMiracles Of ElishaWhite HairDiseaseGreed


Uzziah, with a firepan in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But when he became enraged with the priests, in the presence of the priests in the Lord’s temple beside the altar of incense, a skin disease broke out on his forehead. Verse ConceptsAnger, HumanAnger, Sinful Examples

The Lord’s hand was heavy on the people of Ashdod, terrorizing and afflicting the people of Ashdod and its territory with tumors. Verse ConceptsDiseases, Kinds OfAnger Of God, Examples OfSwellingcancer

So Aaron took his firepan as Moses had ordered, ran into the middle of the assembly, and saw that the plague had begun among the people. After he added incense, he made atonement for the people. Verse ConceptsAtonementIndividuals Running

So they took furnace soot and stood before Pharaoh. Moses threw it toward heaven, and it became festering boils on man and beast. Verse ConceptsDiseases, Kinds OfSootFurnacesBoth Men And Animals AffectedAbscess

The Lord afflicted the king, and he had a serious skin disease until the day of his death. He lived in a separate house, while Jotham, the king’s son, was over the household governing the people of the land. Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesQuarantiningHealingOutcastsQuarantine

Jeroboam no longer retained his power during Abijah’s reign; ultimately, the Lord struck him and he died. Verse ConceptsDeath, Means Of

After all these things, the Lord afflicted him in his intestines with an incurable disease. Verse ConceptsDiseaseSicknessIllnessmovement

And they did this. Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff, and when he struck the dust of the earth, gnats were on man and beast. All the dust of the earth became gnats throughout the land of Egypt. Verse ConceptsMiracles Of Moses And AaronStretching OutFliesBoth Men And Animals AffectedThings Changed

Now at midnight the Lord struck every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the prisoner who was in the dungeon, and every firstborn of the livestock. Verse ConceptsLivestockDungeonsDeath penaltyPrisonersRetributionThroneAnger Of God, Examples OfMiracles Of Moses And AaronMidnightDeath Of The FirstbornGod KillingKilling Domesticated AnimalsGreat And SmallImprisonmentsBoth Men And Animals KilledAngel Of DeathGod Killed The PeoplesFamily Death

So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was thick darkness throughout the land of Egypt for three days. Verse ConceptsMonotonyMiracles Of Moses And AaronSupernatural DarknessStretching OutThree Days

So they took furnace soot and stood before Pharaoh. Moses threw it toward heaven, and it became festering boils on man and beast. Verse ConceptsDiseases, Kinds OfSootFurnacesBoth Men And Animals AffectedAbscess

Moses and Aaron did just as the Lord had commanded; in the sight of Pharaoh and his officials, he raised the staff and struck the water in the Nile, and all the water in the Nile was turned to blood. Verse ConceptsAaron, PrivilegesBlood, Miracles Connected WithAnger Of God, Examples OfMiracles Of Moses And AaronPollutionsRodsSpectatorsRiver NileRivers

When Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt. Verse ConceptsCovering The EarthAnger Of God, Examples OfMiracles Of Moses And AaronStretching Out

And the Lord did this. Thick swarms of flies went into Pharaoh’s palace and his officials’ houses. Throughout Egypt the land was ruined because of the swarms of flies. Verse ConceptsInsectsFliesHouses Under Attackbugs

The Lord did this the next day. All the Egyptian livestock died, but none among the Israelite livestock died. Verse ConceptsPlaguesDeath Of CreaturesNot Dying

So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the Lord sent thunder and hail. Lightning struck the earth, and the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt. Verse ConceptsFamine, Causes OfThunderMiracles Of Moses And AaronHailFire From Heaven

So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and the Lord sent an east wind over the land all that day and through the night. By morning the east wind had brought in the locusts. Verse ConceptseastAnger Of God, Examples OfMiracles Of Moses And AaronOne DayOut Of The EastbugsThe East Wind


That night the angel of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies! Verse ConceptsAngel of the LordMorningOne Hundred Thousand And MoreGod KillingThose Who Rose EarlyAngel Of DeathGod Killed The PeoplesAngels Activities Among UnbelieversDeath

Then the Lord’s anger burned against Uzzah, and God struck him dead on the spot for his irreverence, and he died there next to the ark of God. Verse ConceptsDeath penaltyAnger Of God, CausesGod's Intolerance Of EvilRetributionAnger Of God, Examples OfGod KillingGod Killing IndividualsError

When the Arameans came against him, Elisha prayed to the Lord, “Please strike this nation with blindness.” So He struck them with blindness, according to Elisha’s word. Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesMiracles Of ElishaGod BlindingBlindnessEnemy Attackssyriagroupsarmy

The Lord afflicted the king, and he had a serious skin disease until the day of his death. He lived in a separate house, while Jotham, the king’s son, was over the household governing the people of the land. Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesQuarantiningHealingOutcastsQuarantine


This command was also evil in God’s sight, so He afflicted Israel. Verse ConceptsDispleasure

Then Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him and saw that he was diseased on his forehead. They rushed him out of there. He himself also hurried to get out because the Lord had afflicted him.



“Therefore tell the Israelites: I am Yahweh, and I will deliver you from the forced labor of the Egyptians and free you from slavery to them. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and 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

I will execute judgment on him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrential rain, hailstones, fire, and brimstone on him, as well as his troops and the many peoples who are with him. Verse ConceptsRainWeather, As God's JudgmentBrimstoneGod KillingFire From HeavenFire Of JudgementSulphurGod Will Kill The PeoplesEzekiel Invasion

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

The Lord has revealed Himself;
He has executed justice,
striking down the wicked
by the work of their hands.Higgaion. Selah
Verse ConceptsTrapSin, Consequences OfKnowing That There Is A GodPsalm Interjections

So I will execute judgments against Moab, and they will know that I am Yahweh.”

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

“I will display My glory among the nations, and all the nations will see the judgment I have executed and the hand I have laid on them. Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorGlory, Revelation OfGod's HandGod's Hands In Opposition


Then Moses told Aaron, “Take your firepan, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the community and make atonement for them, because wrath has come from the Lord; the plague has begun.” Verse ConceptsMoses, Significance OfAaron, As High PriestCensers

He will bring extraordinary plagues on you and your descendants, severe and lasting plagues, and terrible and chronic sicknesses. Verse ConceptsDiseaseIllness

“If you act with hostility toward Me and are unwilling to obey Me, I will multiply your plagues seven times for your sins. Verse ConceptsAttitudes Of HostilitySevenfold

those men who spread the negative report about the land were struck down by the Lord. Verse Conceptsdoubt, results ofAnger Of God, Examples OfDeath As Punishmentnegativity

“At that time”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of her officials, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the residents of Jerusalem will be brought out of their graves. Verse ConceptsBones

He broke the sacred pillars into pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, then filled their places with human bones. Verse ConceptsStonesObelisksBones

Then they will be filled with terror—
terror like no other
because God will scatter
the bones of those who besiege you.
You will put them to shame,
for God has rejected them.
Verse ConceptsBones BrokenGuilty FearBonesTerror Of GodBeing Overwhelmedoverwhelmed

I will lay the corpses of the Israelites in front of their idols and scatter your bones around your altars. Verse ConceptsBonesFate Of IdolatersIn Front

So the Lord sent a plague on Israel from that morning until the appointed time, and from Dan to Beer-sheba 70,000 men died. Verse ConceptsPestilenceFifty To Ninety ThousandDeath As Punishment

He cleared a path for His anger.
He did not spare them from death
but delivered their lives to the plague.
Verse ConceptsPestilenceHow Death Is InevitableNot SparingDeath Of The Wicked

I sent plagues like those of Egypt;
I killed your young men with the sword,
along with your captured horses.
I caused the stench of your camp
to fill your nostrils,
yet you did not return to Me.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Verse ConceptsNosesPlaguesSmellsPestilenceNot Returning To GodGod KillingYoung People SufferingGod Killed His PeopleAcquiring Horses

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