Thematic Bible: Ground


Thematic Bible



And the woman [of the house] took a covering and spread it over the mouth of the well and scattered grain on it; so nothing was discovered. Verse ConceptsClothCovering The MouthPeople Hiding PeopleIgnorant Of Facts


therefore the Lord God sent Adam away from the Garden of Eden, to till and cultivate the ground from which he was taken. Verse ConceptsGarden Of Eden, ThePunishment, Legal Aspects OfPunishment, Nature OfTilling The SoilEdenIndustryAdam and eve disobey godGardensFarmingautonomy



‘How much more [will He blame and charge] those who dwell in houses (bodies) of clay,
Whose foundations are in the dust,
Who are crushed like a moth.
Verse ConceptsFoundationsInsectsProperty, HousesMan, Insignificance OfMothsMetaphorical HousesCreatures From Dust


“Behold, I belong to God like you;
I too was formed out of the clay.
Verse ConceptsGodly Fear, DescriptionClayClay, Figurative UseLike People By NatureOther People Of God

He named him Noah, saying, “This one shall bring us rest and comfort from our work and from the [dreadful] toil of our hands because of the ground which the Lord cursed.” Verse ConceptsCurses, DivineAgriculture, Effects Of FallImperfection, Influence OfPunishment, Nature OfWork, And The FallTypes Of ChristComfort, Of FriendsGod CursingThe Fact Of ToilPeople With Apt NamesAgriculture

Then to Adam the Lord God said, “Because you have listened [attentively] to the voice of your wife, and have eaten [fruit] from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’;

The ground is [now] under a curse because of you;
In sorrow and toil you shall eat [the fruit] of it
All the days of your life.
Verse ConceptsCurses, DivineAgriculture, Effects Of FallCondemnation, Examples Ofevil, origins ofParticipation, In SinPunishment, Nature OfSuffering, Nature OfCursingHard LaborMetaphorical TreesPhysical PainEating Forbidden FoodGod CursingThe Fact Of ToilGod ForbiddingPleasurablenessAdam and eveAdam and eve disobey godPunishmentPunishmentsSicknessstruggleLife Strugglescursesrehabilitation

So the Lord God formed out of the ground every animal of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name. Verse ConceptsAdam, Creation OfAirAnimal LifeBirds, Features OfStars Created By God

And [in that garden] the Lord God caused to grow from the ground every tree that is desirable and pleasing to the sight and good (suitable, pleasant) for food; the tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the [experiential] knowledge (recognition) of [the difference between] good and evil. Verse ConceptsKnowledge Of Good And EvilSprouting PlantsMetaphorical TreesKnowingSproutingBeauty Of ThingsFood DefinedKnowing Right And WrongHealing Of NationsAdam and eve disobey godnatural LifeBeauty Of NatureThe Beauty Of Nature