Thematic Bible: God's Judgments


Thematic Bible



Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab: By the living Jehovah, the God of Israel, whose servant I am, there will be no dew or rain in these years, but only at my word. Verse ConceptsFamine, Examples OfBaal Worship, HistoryElijah, Prophecies OfElijah, Life Ofdrought, physicaldewLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityPrayerfulnessRainWeather, As God's JudgmentMiracles Of ElijahCrowsImmigrants

There is no rain in the land and the ground is cracked. The farmers are disappointed. They cover their heads. Verse ConceptsVeilsShaming People

I cry to you Jehovah! For fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame burned all the trees of the field. Verse ConceptsCalling upon GodBurning PlantsHarming TreesI Pray

I withheld rain from you three months before the harvest. I caused it to rain on one city, and caused it not to rain on another city. One received rain. The other did not receive rain and it dried up. Verse Conceptsdrought, physicalHarvestRainWeather, As God's JudgmentTwo To Four MonthsVariety Of Form

I brought drought on the land and its hills, grain fields, vineyards, and olive orchards. Yes drought on every crop the ground produces, on people and animals, on everything you try to grow. Verse Conceptsdrought, physicalOilShortage Of WineProvision Of OilBoth Men And Animals AffectedDoing One's Work

Elijah was a man of like passions with us. He prayed fervently that it might not rain; and it did not rain on the earth 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 come upon you. You and your descendants will have it from generation to generation! When Gehazi left, he had the disease. His skin was as white as snow. Verse ConceptsdiseasesLeprosySnowWhiteAfflictions Of The Wicked, Examples OfMiracles Of ElishaWhite HairDiseaseGreed


Uzziah held an incense burner in his hand. He became angry. As his anger with the priests grew, a skin disease broke out on his forehead. This happened in front of the priests in Jehovah's Temple as Uzziah was at the incense altar. Verse ConceptsAnger, HumanAnger, Sinful Examples

Jehovah dealt harshly with the people of Ashdod. He destroyed them by striking the people in the vicinity of Ashdod with tumors. Verse ConceptsDiseases, Kinds OfAnger Of God, Examples OfSwellingcancer

Aaron took his incense burner, as Moses told him. He ran into the middle of the assembly, because the plague had already begun among the people. He put incense on the incense burner to make peace with Jehovah for the people. Verse ConceptsAtonementIndividuals Running

They got some ashes and stood before the king. Moses threw them into the air. They produced boils that became open sores on the people and the animals. Verse ConceptsDiseases, Kinds OfSootFurnacesBoth Men And Animals AffectedAbscess

Jehovah sent disease on the king and he became a leper. To the day of his death he lived separately in his private house. Jotham his son was over his house, judging the people of the land. Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesQuarantiningHealingOutcastsQuarantine

Jeroboam never regained power during Abijah's time. Jehovah caused Jeroboam to become sick, and Jeroboam died. Verse ConceptsDeath, Means Of

After this happened; Jehovah struck Jehoram with an incurable stomach disease. Verse ConceptsDiseaseSicknessIllnessmovement

So Aaron struck the ground with his stick. The dust in Egypt was turned into gnats. They swarmed over the people and the animals. Verse ConceptsMiracles Of Moses And AaronStretching OutFliesBoth Men And Animals AffectedThings Changed


Moses raised his hand toward the sky. Total darkness fell throughout Egypt for three days. Verse ConceptsMonotonyMiracles Of Moses And AaronSupernatural DarknessStretching OutThree Days

They got some ashes and stood before the king. Moses threw them into the air. They produced boils that became open sores on the people and the animals. Verse ConceptsDiseases, Kinds OfSootFurnacesBoth Men And Animals AffectedAbscess

Moses and Aaron did as Jehovah commanded. Aaron raised his staff and struck the Nile in front of Pharaoh and his officials. All the water in the river 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. The frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt. Verse ConceptsCovering The EarthAnger Of God, Examples OfMiracles Of Moses And AaronStretching Out

Jehovah did what he said. Dense swarms of flies came into Pharaoh's palace and into the houses of his officials. All over Egypt the flies ruined everything. Verse ConceptsInsectsFliesHouses Under Attackbugs

The next day Jehovah did as he had said. The Egyptian's animals all died. Not one of the animals of the Israelites died. Verse ConceptsPlaguesDeath Of CreaturesNot Dying

Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky. Then Jehovah sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down to the earth. Jehovah rained hail on the land of Egypt. Verse ConceptsFamine, Causes OfThunderMiracles Of Moses And AaronHailFire From Heaven

Moses held his staff over the land of Egypt. Jehovah made a wind from the east blow over the land all that day and all that night. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts. Verse ConceptseastAnger Of God, Examples OfMiracles Of Moses And AaronOne DayOut Of The EastbugsThe East Wind


It happened that night. Jehovah's angel killed one hundred and eighty five thousand soldiers in the Assyrian camp. The next morning the Judeans saw all the corpses. Verse ConceptsAngel of the LordMorningOne Hundred Thousand And MoreGod KillingThose Who Rose EarlyAngel Of DeathGod Killed The PeoplesAngels Activities Among UnbelieversDeath

At once Jehovah God became angry with Uzzah. He killed him because of his irreverence. Uzzah died there beside the Ark of the Covenant. Verse ConceptsDeath penaltyAnger Of God, CausesGod's Intolerance Of EvilRetributionAnger Of God, Examples OfGod KillingGod Killing IndividualsError

The Syrians attacked! Elisha prayed, O Jehovah, strike these men blind! Jehovah answered his prayer and struck them blind. Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesMiracles Of ElishaGod BlindingBlindnessEnemy Attackssyriagroupsarmy

Jehovah sent disease on the king and he became a leper. To the day of his death he lived separately in his private house. Jotham his son was over his house, judging the people of the land. Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesQuarantiningHealingOutcastsQuarantine

Ten days later Jehovah made him sicker and Nabal died. Verse ConceptsDeath penaltyTen Or More DaysGod KillingGod Killing Individuals

God was displeased with what had been done, so he punished Israel. Verse ConceptsDispleasure

When the chief priest Azariah and all the priests turned toward him, a skin disease was on his forehead. They rushed him away. Uzziah was in a hurry to get out because Jehovah had inflicted him with the disease.

I will approach you people for judgment! I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, the adulterers and those acting fraudulently with the wages of the worker, the widow and the fatherless. I will be a speedy witness against those who swear falsely and take advantage of the stranger, and do not show me reverence, said Jehovah 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

Your righteousness is like the mountains of God. Your judgments are like great deep water. O Jehovah, you preserve man and beast. Verse ConceptsGod Sustaining CreationGod, Righteousness OfAnimals, God's Care OfGod On HighThings Like The SeaBoth Men And Animals SavedGod Sustaining HumanityPetsfootprintspreservation

Tell the sons of Israel: 'I am Jehovah. I will bring you out from under the oppression of the Egyptians. I will free you from slavery! I will rescue you with my powerful arm and with mighty 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 with blood I will enter into judgment on him. I will rain on him and on his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him, a torrential rain, with hailstones, fire and brimstone. Verse ConceptsRainWeather, As God's JudgmentBrimstoneGod KillingFire From HeavenFire Of JudgementSulphurGod Will Kill The PeoplesEzekiel Invasion

Jehovah said: That night I will go through the land of Egypt. I will strike down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast. I will execute judgments against all the gods of Egypt! I am Jehovah! Verse ConceptsFirstbornGod, The LordDeath Of The FirstbornGod KillingI Am The LordBoth Men And Animals KilledGod Will Kill The Peoples

Jehovah has revealed himself by his righteous judgments. The wicked are trapped by their deeds. Verse ConceptsTrapSin, Consequences OfKnowing That There Is A GodPsalm Interjections

Thus I will execute judgments on Moab, and they will know that I am Jehovah.'

I will destroy Pathros, set fire to Zoan and bring punishment on Thebes. Verse ConceptsBurning Cities

I will show my greatness among the nations. All the nations will see how I will turn my power against them to punish them. Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorGlory, Revelation OfGod's HandGod's Hands In Opposition


Moses said to Aaron: Take your incense burner, put burning coals from the altar and incense in it, and go quickly into the congregation to make peace with Jehovah for the people. Jehovah shows his anger! A plague has started. Verse ConceptsMoses, Significance OfAaron, As High PriestCensers

If so, Jehovah will strike you and your descendants with unimaginable plagues. They will be terrible continuing plagues. They will be severe and lingering diseases. Verse ConceptsDiseaseIllness

If you act with hostility against me and are unwilling to obey me I will increase the plague on you seven times according to your sins. Verse ConceptsAttitudes Of HostilitySevenfold

They died because they had returned and made the whole community complain about Moses. They spread lies about the land. Verse Conceptsdoubt, results ofAnger Of God, Examples OfDeath As Punishmentnegativity

Jehovah says: At that time the bones of the kings and the leaders of Judah, the bones of the priests and the prophets, and the bones of the others who lived in Jerusalem will be taken out of their graves. Verse ConceptsBones

Josiah crushed the sacred stones. He cut down the poles dedicated to Asherah. And he filled their places with human bones. Verse ConceptsStonesObelisksBones

There they were in great fear, where no fear was: for God has scattered the bones of him that encamps against you. You have put them to shame, because God has despised them. Verse ConceptsBones BrokenGuilty FearBonesTerror Of GodBeing Overwhelmedoverwhelmed

I will lay the dead bodies of the people of Israel in front of your idols. I will even scatter their bones around your altars. Verse ConceptsBonesFate Of IdolatersIn Front

So Jehovah sent a plague among the Israelites from that morning until the time he had chosen. Of the people from Dan to Beersheba, seventy thousand died. Verse ConceptsPestilenceFifty To Ninety ThousandDeath As Punishment

He cleared a path for his anger. He did not spare them from death. He let the plague take their lives. Verse ConceptsPestilenceHow Death Is InevitableNot SparingDeath Of The Wicked

I sent a plague among you just as I did to Egypt. I killed your young men with the sword and I captured your horses. I made the stench of your camp come up even into your nostrils and yet you have not returned to me, said Jehovah. Verse ConceptsNosesPlaguesSmellsPestilenceNot Returning To GodGod KillingYoung People SufferingGod Killed His PeopleAcquiring Horses