Thematic Bible: Great


Thematic Bible



And, looking, I saw a storm-wind coming out of the north, a great cloud with flames of fire coming after one another, and a bright light shining round about it and in the heart of it was something coloured like electrum. Verse ConceptsLight, NaturalLightningNorthTheophanyWhirlwindsCompassesOut Of The NorthFire Emanating From GodGod Is LightColorThe North Wind

Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep came on Abram, and a dark cloud of fear. Verse ConceptsNightSleep, PhysicalSunsetsOvertaken By DarknessThose Frightened Of GodEclipseSolar Eclipse


They will make songs about the ways of the Lord; for great is the glory of the Lord. Verse ConceptsPrayer, And WorshipGlory Of GodThose Singing Praise

And the house which I am building is to be great, for our God is greater than all gods. Verse ConceptsDecision MakingWorshiping TogetherGoing To ChurchBeing Beautifulgreatnessconstructionimportance


For how good it is and how beautiful! grain will make the young men strong and new wine the virgins. Verse ConceptsAlcoholAttractionEffect Of WineWomen's BeautyBeauty Of NatureThe Beauty Of Naturefruitfulness

For they have not been your servants in their kingdom, and in all the good things you gave them, and in the great and fat land you gave them, and they have not been turned away from their evil-doing. Verse ConceptsNot Serving God


For see, the day is coming, it is burning like an oven; all the men of pride and all who do evil will be dry stems of grass: and in the day which is coming they will be burned up, says the Lord of armies, till they have not a root or a branch. Verse ConceptsFurnacesFaithlessness, As Disobedienceevil, victory overevil, warnings againstPride, Results OfPunishment, By GodRootsAbaseWicked Described AsAbasement Of The ProudThe ProudEvildoersLight As ChaffBurning PeopleResidueThe Proud Will Be Abased


And the angels who did not keep to their kingdom but went out from the place which was theirs, he has put in eternal chains and in dark night till the great day of the judging. Verse ConceptsDemons, Punishment OfThe Judgement Is CalledEternal JudgmentEternal JudgementInhabitationEvil AngelsOuter DarknessTying UpAssignmentRebellion of Satan and AngelsHaving A Good DayJudgement Day


For the great day of their wrath is come, and who may keep his place? Verse ConceptsSelf JustificationThe Judgement Is CalledAble To StandThe Day Of JudgementHaving A Good Day




And the Lord is thundering before his forces; for very great is his army; for he is strong who gives effect to his word: for the day of the Lord is great and greatly to be feared, and who has strength against it? Verse ConceptsMany CombatantsLast DaysThunderOrderly ArmyThe Fact Of That DayEnduringGod As A WarriorGod SpeakingPeople AppalledSurvivalThe Presence Of GodarmyThunder Expressing God's Judgment

The great day of the Lord is near, it is near and coming very quickly; the bitter day of the Lord is near, coming on more quickly than a man of war. Verse ConceptsImminenceGod Not DelayingThe Fact Of That DayNear The Time GenerallyHaving A Good DayDespairJudgement Day

From the waste land and this mountain Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, and all the land of the Hittites to the Great Sea, in the west, will be your country. Verse ConceptsempiresThe SunMediterranean SeaAs Far As The Euphratesbridgesborders

And on the limit of Gad, on the south side and to the south of it, the limit will be from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the stream, to the Great Sea. Verse ConceptsMediterranean SeaSouthern Border

And fishermen will take up their places by it: from En-gedi as far as En-eglaim will be a place for the stretching out of nets; the fish will be of every sort, like the fish of the Great Sea, a very great number. Verse ConceptsNetsSpreadingSeaMediterranean SeaFishingKinds Of Living Things

And for your limit on the west you will have the Great Sea and its edge: this will be your limit on the west. Verse ConceptsWestMediterranean SeaWestern Borders

Now on hearing the news of these things, all the kings on the west side of Jordan, in the hill-country and the lowlands and by the Great Sea in front of Lebanon, the Hittites and the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, Verse ConceptsMediterranean SeaBeyond JordanGentile RulersThe Shephelah

And the limit on the west is the edge of the Great Sea. This is the line going round the land marked out for the children of Judah, by their families. Verse ConceptsMediterranean SeaWestern Borders

Now I have given to you, as the heritage of your tribes, all these nations which are still in the land, together with those cut off by me, from Jordan as far as the Great Sea on the west Verse ConceptsMediterranean Sea

And he would not let him, but said to him, Go to your house, to your friends, and give them news of the great things the Lord has done for you, and how he had mercy on you. Verse Conceptsevangelists, identity ofevangelism, kinds ofTestify On God's BehalfExperimental KnowledgeAcknowledging ChristReceiving God's MercyGod's Work In UsFamily And Friends


And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and the other side of Jordan, and the country about Tyre and Sidon, a great number, hearing what great things he did, came to him. Verse ConceptsCrowds SeekingDrawing Near To ChristHearing About ChristBeyond Jordan


He is your God, the God of your praise, your God who has done for you all these works of power which your eyes have seen. Verse ConceptsPraisePraise, Reasons ForAwePraise To God Is FittingHe Is Our God


A man's offering makes room for him, letting him come before great men. Verse ConceptsEffect Of BribesAccessTalentsGifts And TalentsA Good Manspace

It is not the old who are wise, and those who are full of years have not the knowledge of what is right. Verse ConceptsOld Age, Attitudes ToCharacters Of Old PeopleWisdomStudyingMaking DecisionsAgeThe ElderlyJudgementeldersexperiencepeoplewise

Do not take glory for yourself before the king, and do not put yourself in the place of the great: Verse ConceptsSelf ExaltationSeeking HonourNetworkingBeing YourselfThe Presence Of Godimportance

And I became great; increasing more than all who had been before me in Jerusalem, and my wisdom was still with me. Verse ConceptsGreat Individuals

See, I am giving you the revelation of a secret: we will not all come to the sleep of death, but we will all be changed. Verse ConceptsMetaphysicsMysteryPeople TransformedNot DyingDeath Of The RighteousPeople Who Didn't DieDying


And without argument, great is the secret of religion: He who was seen in the flesh, who was given God's approval in the spirit, was seen by the angels, of whom the good news was given among the nations, in whom the world had faith, who was taken up in glory. Verse ConceptsFaith, As A Body Of BeliefsDoctrine, CommunicatedBody Of Christ, Physical BodyGospel, Historical Foundation OfHeraldIncarnationDivinity Of ChristMysteryOrthodoxy, In NtUnion With Christ, Nature OfAngels, Ministry To ChristManifesting (making Something Clear)The Mystery Of ChristChrist's NatureGod VindicatesQuestioning GodGodheadepiphanyvindicationpiety

You are in the right, O Lord, when I put my cause before you: still let me take up with you the question of your decisions: why does the evil-doer do well? why are the workers of deceit living in comfort? Verse ConceptsFaithlessness, As DisobedienceGod, Righteousness OfQuestionsApparent InjusticePartialityDoubting God's JusticeProsperity Of The WickedThe Wicked ProsperprosperingQuestioning Life



With the request that they might only put their hands on the edge of his robe: and all those who did so were made well. Verse ConceptsCloaksTasselsOuter GarmentsFringe Of ClothesTouching For HealingJesus Healing


And when these words came to the ears of Jesus he was surprised, and said to those who came after him, Truly I say to you, I have not seen such great faith, no, not in Israel. Verse ConceptsAmazingAffirmationsFaith, Growth InMission, Of Jesus ChristAttitudes Of FaithMarvelling

And when he had come into the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said to them, Have you faith that I am able to do this? They said to him, Yes, Lord. Verse ConceptsAbility, Of ChristDrawing Near To ChristEntering HousesAssentingBlindness

While he was saying these things to them, there came a ruler and gave him worship, saying, My daughter is even now dead; but come and put your hand on her, and she will come back to life. Verse ConceptsFeetChildren, examples ofBowingKneelingChildren, In Jesus MiraclesLaying On Hands To HealWhile Still SpeakingDeath Of Unnamed IndividualsThose Jesus HealedChildren In The Miracles Of Jesus Christ

And they went away quickly, with fear and great joy, to give his disciples the news. Verse ConceptsecstasyRunning With NewsTelling Of Jesus

And when they saw the star they were full of joy. Verse ConceptsAstrologyChristmasRejoicingJoyepiphany

And a leper came and gave him worship, saying, Lord, if it is your pleasure, you have power to make me clean. Verse ConceptsBowingKneelingCleansing The BodyChrist WillingHealing Cancercancer

And they gave him worship and went back to Jerusalem with great joy. Verse ConceptsWorship, Results OfWorship, Times Foradoration

For she said, If I may only put my hand on his robe, I will be made well. Verse ConceptsCertaintyOuter GarmentsTouching For HealingSoliloquyHow Healing Came

But a number of the priests and Levites and the heads of families, old men who had seen the first house, when the base of this house was put down before their eyes, were overcome with weeping; and a number were crying out with joy: Verse ConceptsecstasyRejoicing In God's WorksThe First Temple

So they, being sent on their way by the church, went through Phoenicia and Samaria, giving news of the salvation of the Gentiles, to the great joy of all the brothers. Verse ConceptsConversion, examples ofChristiansTravelThe Soul Winners JoyPeople ConvertedPeople Sending People

The wind goes where its pleasure takes it, and the sound of it comes to your ears, but you are unable to say where it comes from and where it goes: so it is with everyone whose birth is from the Spirit. Verse ConceptsThe Holy SpiritMetaphysicsBeing Born AgainMetaphorsSymbolsWeather, God's Sovereignty OverWindAbraham, New Testament ReferencesHoly Spirit, Types OfThe Holy Spirit Described As The WindGod In The WindNot Knowing WhereLack Of ExpectationWhere From?Where To?muscles


And nations from all sides will go past this town, and every man will say to his neighbour, Why has the Lord done such things to this great town? Verse ConceptsWhy Does God Do This?


And there was much joy in that town. Verse ConceptsJoyjoyfulness


And would not do them, and gave no thought to the wonders you had done among them; but made their necks stiff, and turning away from you, made a captain over themselves to take them back to their prison in Egypt: but you are a God of forgiveness, full of grace and pity, slow to wrath and great in mercy, and you did not give them up. Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfAngerAggressionAnger Of God, DescriptionListeningRestraintSin, And God's CharacterLoving Kindness Of GodSelf WillGod Not ForsakingMaking SlavesA Forgiving GodSpeed Of God's AngerAnger And Forgiveness

A man's offering makes room for him, letting him come before great men. Verse ConceptsEffect Of BribesAccessTalentsGifts And TalentsA Good Manspace

It is not the old who are wise, and those who are full of years have not the knowledge of what is right. Verse ConceptsOld Age, Attitudes ToCharacters Of Old PeopleWisdomStudyingMaking DecisionsAgeThe ElderlyJudgementeldersexperiencepeoplewise

Do not take glory for yourself before the king, and do not put yourself in the place of the great: Verse ConceptsSelf ExaltationSeeking HonourNetworkingBeing YourselfThe Presence Of Godimportance

And I became great; increasing more than all who had been before me in Jerusalem, and my wisdom was still with me. Verse ConceptsGreat Individuals

The Lord is slow to wrath and great in mercy, overlooking wrongdoing and evil, and will not let wrongdoers go free; sending punishment on children for the sins of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation. Verse ConceptsFathers, Sin Of TheAbundant MercyGenerationsChildren, responsibilities to parentsGod, Patience OfReliabilityRestraintUnforgivenessLongsuffering Of GodParents SinSins Of The FathersA Forgiving GodSpeed Of God's AngerLove And ForgivenessAnger And ForgivenessParents LoveParents Being Wrong

For a short time I gave you up; but with great mercies I will take you back again. Verse ConceptsAbandoning FriendsAbandonmentBeing ForsakenGathering IsraelTransient HardshipGod Will Show Mercy

Up! go to Nineveh, that great town, and let your voice come to it; for their evil-doing has come up before me. Verse ConceptsMission, Of IsraelWitnessing, Importance Ofjonah

Up! go to Nineveh, that great town, and give it the word which I have given you. Verse ConceptsMission, Of IsraelMissionary Work, Examples OfMissionary Examplesjonah



The Lord is slow to get angry and great in power, and will not let the sinner go without punishment: the way of the Lord is in the wind and the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfFeetClouds, God's PresenceGod, Patience OfStormsWhirlwindsPower Of God, DescribedThe AlmightyAcquittalGod In The WindCondemnation Of The WickedSpeed Of God's AngerHurricanesGuiltfootstepspatientsdustfootprintsGod Controls Storms


The Lord is slow to get angry and great in power, and will not let the sinner go without punishment: the way of the Lord is in the wind and the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfFeetClouds, God's PresenceGod, Patience OfStormsWhirlwindsPower Of God, DescribedThe AlmightyAcquittalGod In The WindCondemnation Of The WickedSpeed Of God's AngerHurricanesGuiltfootstepspatientsdustfootprintsGod Controls Storms


Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin came together to Jerusalem before three days were past; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people were seated in the wide square in front of the house of God, shaking with fear because of this business and because of the great rain. Verse ConceptsRainWeather, God's Sovereignty OverMonth 9Groups TremblingWeather Causing Sufferings

What will come on us, if we do not give our minds to such a great salvation? a salvation of which our fathers first had knowledge through the words of the Lord, and which was made certain to us by those to whom his words came; Verse ConceptsForeknowledgeConfirmationComplacencydelay, humanHearingHistoryNeglecting God's ThingsWitnesses, To Jesus ChristSalvation, Described AsChrist PreachingEscaping EvilThe Gospel Of Salvation

From the waste land and this mountain Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, and all the land of the Hittites to the Great Sea, in the west, will be your country. Verse ConceptsempiresThe SunMediterranean SeaAs Far As The Euphratesbridgesborders

And on the limit of Gad, on the south side and to the south of it, the limit will be from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the stream, to the Great Sea. Verse ConceptsMediterranean SeaSouthern Border

And fishermen will take up their places by it: from En-gedi as far as En-eglaim will be a place for the stretching out of nets; the fish will be of every sort, like the fish of the Great Sea, a very great number. Verse ConceptsNetsSpreadingSeaMediterranean SeaFishingKinds Of Living Things

And for your limit on the west you will have the Great Sea and its edge: this will be your limit on the west. Verse ConceptsWestMediterranean SeaWestern Borders

Now on hearing the news of these things, all the kings on the west side of Jordan, in the hill-country and the lowlands and by the Great Sea in front of Lebanon, the Hittites and the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, Verse ConceptsMediterranean SeaBeyond JordanGentile RulersThe Shephelah

And the limit on the west is the edge of the Great Sea. This is the line going round the land marked out for the children of Judah, by their families. Verse ConceptsMediterranean SeaWestern Borders

Now I have given to you, as the heritage of your tribes, all these nations which are still in the land, together with those cut off by me, from Jordan as far as the Great Sea on the west Verse ConceptsMediterranean Sea

For your mercy is great, stretching up to the heavens, and your righteousness goes up to the clouds. Verse ConceptsGod's Truthcloudsdevotion

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