Thematic Bible: God's Judgments


Thematic Bible



Elijah the foreigner, who was an alien resident from Gilead, told Ahab, "As the LORD God of Israel lives, in whose presence I'm standing, there will be neither dew nor rain these next several years, except when I say so." 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, because there has been no rain in the land. The farmers are disappointed, and they cover their heads in shame. Verse ConceptsVeilsShaming People

To you, LORD, I cry out, because fire has devoured the open pastures, and has set all the cultivated trees ablaze. Verse ConceptsCalling upon GodBurning PlantsHarming TreesI Pray

"I therefore have withheld the rain from you three months before the harvest, causing rain to come upon one city, but not upon another, and upon one field but not upon another, so that it would wither. Verse Conceptsdrought, physicalHarvestRainWeather, As God's JudgmentTwo To Four MonthsVariety Of Form

I sent a drought on the land, on the mountains, on your grain, on your new wines, on your oil on everything the ground produces on men, on livestock, and on everything you do!'" Verse Conceptsdrought, physicalOilShortage Of WineProvision Of OilBoth Men And Animals AffectedDoing One's Work

Elijah was a person just like us, and he prayed earnestly for it not to rain, and rain never came to the land for three years and six months. Verse ConceptsAnswered Prayerdrought, physicalElijah, Prophecies OfRainMiracles Of ElijahPrayer, Offered WithAsking PermissionThree And A Half YearsLack Of RainLike People By NatureGod Answered PrayerMonthsPassion

Naaman's leprosy will plague you and your descendants forever!" As he left Elisha's presence, he was infected with leprosy that looked like white snow. Verse ConceptsdiseasesLeprosySnowWhiteAfflictions Of The Wicked, Examples OfMiracles Of ElishaWhite HairDiseaseGreed


Uzziah flew into a rage while he held in his hand a censer to burn incense. As he got angry at the priests, leprosy broke out all over his forehead right in front of the priests beside the incense altar in the LORD's Temple. Verse ConceptsAnger, HumanAnger, Sinful Examples

The LORD heavily oppressed the people of Ashdod, devastating and afflicting Ashdod and its territories with tumors of the groin. Verse ConceptsDiseases, Kinds OfAnger Of God, Examples OfSwellingcancer

So Aaron took the censer, just as Moses had spoken, and ran out to the center of the assembly, where a plague had begun among the people. He set the incense on fire and atoned for the people. Verse ConceptsAtonementIndividuals Running

So they took soot from the kiln and stood before Pharaoh. Then Moses threw it into the air,and it became boils producing running sores on people and animals. Verse ConceptsDiseases, Kinds OfSootFurnacesBoth Men And Animals AffectedAbscess

The LORD struck the king so that he was afflicted with leprosy until the day he died. He lived in a separate house while his son Jotham managed the household and ruled the people who lived in the land. Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesQuarantiningHealingOutcastsQuarantine

Jeroboam never recovered his strength for the rest of Abijah's life. The LORD struck Jeroboam, and he died, Verse ConceptsDeath, Means Of

After all of this happened, the LORD struck him in his bowels with an incurable illness. Verse ConceptsDiseaseSicknessIllnessmovement

They did this. Aaron stretched his hand out with his staff, struck the dust of the land, and gnats came on people and animals all the dust of the ground became gnats throughout the land of Egypt. Verse ConceptsMiracles Of Moses And AaronStretching OutFliesBoth Men And Animals AffectedThings Changed

And so at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn 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 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 his hand toward the sky, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days. Verse ConceptsMonotonyMiracles Of Moses And AaronSupernatural DarknessStretching OutThree Days

So they took soot from the kiln and stood before Pharaoh. Then Moses threw it into the air,and it became boils producing running sores on people and animals. Verse ConceptsDiseases, Kinds OfSootFurnacesBoth Men And Animals AffectedAbscess

Moses and Aaron did just what the LORD had commanded. Aaron raised his staff and struck the water in the Nile River in front of Pharaoh and his officials, and all the water in the Nile River turned to blood. Verse ConceptsAaron, PrivilegesBlood, Miracles Connected WithAnger Of God, Examples OfMiracles Of Moses And AaronPollutionsRodsSpectatorsRiver NileRivers

So Aaron stretched 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

The LORD did this, and dense swarms of insects came into the house of Pharaoh and into the houses of his servants. The land was ruined throughout Egypt because of the swarms of insects. Verse ConceptsInsectsFliesHouses Under Attackbugs

The LORD did this thing the next day, and all the livestock of the Egyptians died. But not one of the livestock died that belonged to the Israelis. Verse ConceptsPlaguesDeath Of CreaturesNot Dying

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

Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and the LORD sent an east wind into the land all that day and throughout the night. When morning came, the east wind brought the locusts. Verse ConceptseastAnger Of God, Examples OfMiracles Of Moses And AaronOne DayOut Of The EastbugsThe East Wind


That very night, the angel of the LORD went out to the camp of the Assyrian army and killed 185,000 men. Early the next morning, when the army of Israel arose, all 185,000 soldiers were dead. Verse ConceptsAngel of the LordMorningOne Hundred Thousand And MoreGod KillingThose Who Rose EarlyAngel Of DeathGod Killed The PeoplesAngels Activities Among UnbelieversDeath

Just then, the anger of the LORD blazed against Uzzah, and God struck him down right there because of his failure, 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

When the army approached him, Elisha spoke to the LORD, asking him, "LORD, I'm asking you please to afflict this group of people with blindness!" So he afflicted them with blindness, just as Elisha had asked. Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesMiracles Of ElishaGod BlindingBlindnessEnemy Attackssyriagroupsarmy

The LORD struck the king so that he was afflicted with leprosy until the day he died. He lived in a separate house while his son Jotham managed the household and ruled the people who lived in the land. Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesQuarantiningHealingOutcastsQuarantine

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

God considered this behavior to be evil, so he attacked Israel. Verse ConceptsDispleasure

So Azariah the chief priest and all the priests stared at Uzziah, who was infected with leprosy in his forehead! They all rushed at him and hurried him out of the Temple. Uzziah was in a hurry to get out anyway, because the LORD had struck him.

"I'll come near to you for judgment. I'll be a witness, quick to speak against sorcerers, against adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who defraud the laborer of his wage, against those who defraud the widow and the orphan, against those who deprive the alien of justice, and against those who don't fear me," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies. 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

Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your justice is like the great depths of the sea. You deliver both people and animals, LORD. Verse ConceptsGod Sustaining CreationGod, Righteousness OfAnimals, God's Care OfGod On HighThings Like The SeaBoth Men And Animals SavedGod Sustaining HumanityPetsfootprintspreservation

Therefore, tell the Israelis, "I am the LORD. I'll bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I'll deliver you from their bondage. I'll 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

I'll judge them with disease and bloodshed. I'll shower him, his soldiers, and the vast army that accompanies him with a torrential flood, hailstones, fire, and sulfur. Verse ConceptsRainWeather, As God's JudgmentBrimstoneGod KillingFire From HeavenFire Of JudgementSulphurGod Will Kill The PeoplesEzekiel Invasion

I'll pass through the land of Egypt that night and strike every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both people and animals. I'll execute judgments on all the gods of Egypt. 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, executing judgment. The wicked are ensnared by what their hands have made. Interlude Verse ConceptsTrapSin, Consequences OfKnowing That There Is A GodPsalm Interjections

I'm also going to punish Moab, and that's how they'll learn that I am the LORD.'"

I'm going to turn Pathros into a desolation, set fire to Zoan, and judge Thebes. Verse ConceptsBurning Cities

"I'm going to display my glory among the people, and every nation will see the judgment that I administer by my own hand among them. Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorGlory, Revelation OfGod's HandGod's Hands In Opposition


But they fell upon their faces. Then Moses told Aaron. "Take the censer, put fire on it from the altar, and burn some incense. Then walk quickly to the congregation and atone for them, because wrath has already come out from the LORD the plague has begun." Verse ConceptsMoses, Significance OfAaron, As High PriestCensers

then he will inflict extraordinary plagues on you and your children great and lasting plagues and severe and lasting illnesses. Verse ConceptsDiseaseIllness

"If you live life contrary to me and remain unwilling to listen to me, then I'll add to your wounds seven times more on account of your sins. Verse ConceptsAttitudes Of HostilitySevenfold

and who produced an evil report about the land, died of pestilence in the LORD's presence. Verse Conceptsdoubt, results ofAnger Of God, Examples OfDeath As Punishmentnegativity

"At that time," declares the LORD, "the bones of the king of Judah, the bones of his officials, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the residents of Jerusalem will be removed from their graves. Verse ConceptsBones

He broke the pillars to pieces, cut down the Asherim, and filled their locations with human bones. Verse ConceptsStonesObelisksBones

There the Israelis were seized with terror, when there was nothing to fear. For God scattered the bones of those who laid siege against you you put them to shame, for God rejected them. Verse ConceptsBones BrokenGuilty FearBonesTerror Of GodBeing Overwhelmedoverwhelmed

I'll place the corpses of the Israelis in front of their idols. I'll scatter your bones around your altar. Verse ConceptsBonesFate Of IdolatersIn Front

That very morning, the LORD sent a pestilence to Israel until the conclusion of the time designated, and 70,000 men died from Dan to Beer-sheba. Verse ConceptsPestilenceFifty To Ninety ThousandDeath As Punishment

He blazed a path for his anger; he did not stop short from killing them, but handed them over to pestilence. Verse ConceptsPestilenceHow Death Is InevitableNot SparingDeath Of The Wicked

"I sent plagues among you as I did with Egypt. I killed your choicest young men with the sword. I took your horses away from you. I filled your noses with the stench of your encampments, but you have not returned to me," declares the LORD. Verse ConceptsNosesPlaguesSmellsPestilenceNot Returning To GodGod KillingYoung People SufferingGod Killed His PeopleAcquiring Horses

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