Thematic Bible: God's Judgments


Thematic Bible



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

Therefore the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and to your descendants forever." So he went out from his presence a leper, like snow. Verse ConceptsdiseasesLeprosySnowWhiteAfflictions Of The Wicked, Examples OfMiracles Of ElishaWhite HairDiseaseGreed


Then Uzziah was angry. Now he had a censer in his hand to burn incense, and when he became angry with the priests, leprosy broke out on his forehead in the presence of the priests in the house of the LORD, by the altar of incense. Verse ConceptsAnger, HumanAnger, Sinful Examples

The hand of the LORD was heavy against the people of Ashdod, and he terrified and afflicted them with tumors, both Ashdod and its territory. Verse ConceptsDiseases, Kinds OfAnger Of God, Examples OfSwellingcancer

So Aaron took it as Moses said and ran into the midst of the assembly. And behold, the plague had already begun among the people. And he put on the incense and made atonement for the people. Verse ConceptsAtonementIndividuals Running

So they took soot from the kiln and stood before Pharaoh. And Moses threw it in the air, and it became boils breaking out in sores on man and beast. Verse ConceptsDiseases, Kinds OfSootFurnacesBoth Men And Animals AffectedAbscess

And the LORD touched the king, so that he was a leper to the day of his death, and he lived in a separate house. And Jotham the king's son was over the household, governing the people of the land. Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesQuarantiningHealingOutcastsQuarantine

Jeroboam did not recover his power in the days of Abijah. And the LORD struck him down, and he died. Verse ConceptsDeath, Means Of

And after all this the LORD struck him in his bowels with an incurable disease. Verse ConceptsDiseaseSicknessIllnessmovement

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

At midnight the LORD struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the 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 pitch darkness in all the land of Egypt three days. Verse ConceptsMonotonyMiracles Of Moses And AaronSupernatural DarknessStretching OutThree Days

So they took soot from the kiln and stood before Pharaoh. And Moses threw it in the air, and it became boils breaking out in sores on man and beast. Verse ConceptsDiseases, Kinds OfSootFurnacesBoth Men And Animals AffectedAbscess

Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded. In the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants he lifted up the staff and struck the water in the Nile, and all the water in the Nile turned into blood. Verse ConceptsAaron, PrivilegesBlood, Miracles Connected WithAnger Of God, Examples OfMiracles Of Moses And AaronPollutionsRodsSpectatorsRiver NileRivers

So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and 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 so. There came great swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh and into his servants' houses. Throughout all the land of Egypt the land was ruined by the swarms of flies. Verse ConceptsInsectsFliesHouses Under Attackbugs

And the next day the LORD did this thing. All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one of the livestock of the people of Israel died. Verse ConceptsPlaguesDeath Of CreaturesNot Dying

Then Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down to the earth. And the LORD rained hail upon 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 brought an east wind upon the land all that day and all that night. When it was morning, the east wind had brought the locusts. Verse ConceptseastAnger Of God, Examples OfMiracles Of Moses And AaronOne DayOut Of The EastbugsThe East Wind


And that night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. And when people arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies. Verse ConceptsAngel of the LordMorningOne Hundred Thousand And MoreGod KillingThose Who Rose EarlyAngel Of DeathGod Killed The PeoplesAngels Activities Among UnbelieversDeath

And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah, and God struck him down there because of his error, and he died there beside the ark of God. Verse ConceptsDeath penaltyAnger Of God, CausesGod's Intolerance Of EvilRetributionAnger Of God, Examples OfGod KillingGod Killing IndividualsError

And when the Syrians came down against him, Elisha prayed to the LORD and said, "Please strike this people with blindness."So he struck them with blindness in accordance with the prayer of Elisha. Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesMiracles Of ElishaGod BlindingBlindnessEnemy Attackssyriagroupsarmy

And the LORD touched the king, so that he was a leper to the day of his death, and he lived in a separate house. And Jotham the king's son was over the household, governing the people of the land. Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesQuarantiningHealingOutcastsQuarantine

And about ten days later the LORD struck Nabal, and he died. Verse ConceptsDeath penaltyTen Or More DaysGod KillingGod Killing Individuals

But God was displeased with this thing, and he struck Israel. Verse ConceptsDispleasure

And Azariah the chief priest and all the priests looked at him, and behold, he was leprous in his forehead! And they rushed him out quickly, and he himself hurried to go out, because the LORD had struck him.

"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

"At that time, declares the LORD, the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of its officials, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be brought out of their tombs. Verse ConceptsBones

And he broke in pieces the pillars and cut down the Asherim and filled their places with the bones of men Verse ConceptsStonesObelisksBones

There they are, in great terror, where there is no terror! For God scatters the bones of him who encamps against you; you put them to shame, for God has rejected them. Verse ConceptsBones BrokenGuilty FearBonesTerror Of GodBeing Overwhelmedoverwhelmed

And I will lay the dead bodies of the people of Israel before their idols, and I will scatter your bones around your altars. Verse ConceptsBonesFate Of IdolatersIn Front

So the LORD sent a pestilence on Israel from the morning until the appointed time. And there died of the people from Dan to Beersheba 70,000 men. Verse ConceptsPestilenceFifty To Ninety ThousandDeath As Punishment

He made a path for his anger; he did not spare them from death, but gave their lives over to the plague. Verse ConceptsPestilenceHow Death Is InevitableNot SparingDeath Of The Wicked

"I sent among you a pestilence after the manner of Egypt; I killed your young men with the sword, and carried away your horses, and I made the stench of your camp go up into your nostrils; yet you did not return to me," declares the LORD. Verse ConceptsNosesPlaguesSmellsPestilenceNot Returning To GodGod KillingYoung People SufferingGod Killed His PeopleAcquiring Horses

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