Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Afflictions » Life tested by the lord » Sometimes prolonged
My soul trembled exceedingly: and thou, O Jehovah, how long?
To the overseer; chanting of David.
O Jehovah, how long wilt thou see? Turn back my soul from their destruction, my only one from the lions.
How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry forever? shall thy jealousy burn as fire?
O Jehovah, God of armies, how long didst thou smoke against the prayer of thy people?
How long, O Jehovah, did I cry for help, and thou wilt not bear? I will cry to thee violence, and thou wilt not save.
And the messenger of Jehovah will answer and say, O Jehovah of armies, how long wilt thou not compassionate Jerusalem and the cities of Judah with whom thou wert very angry this seventy years?
Apparent injustice » Sometimes attributed to God
How long, O Jehovah, did I cry for help, and thou wilt not bear? I will cry to thee violence, and thou wilt not save.
The tents to those oppressing will be secure, and confidence to those provoking God to anger: whom God will bring into his hand
Wherefore shall the unjust live? They grew old, also they were strong in power.
And I am struck all the day, and my reproofs for the mornings.
I saw all in the days of my vanity: there is a just one perishing in his justice, and there is an unjust one, being prolonged in his evil.
All according to all: one event to the just one and to the unjust one; to the good one and to the clean one, and to the unclean one; to him sacrificing and to him not sacrificing: as the good one, so the sinning one; he swearing, as he who shall fear an oath.
Just art thou, O Jehovah, for I will strive to thee: surely I will speak judgments with thee: Wherefore did the way of the evil prosper? all they acting faithlessly with treachery were secure?
And ye said, The way of Jehovah will not make even. Hear ye now, O house of Israel; shall not my way make even? shall not your ways make hot even?
Saying, That these last worked one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, having borne the burden and heat of the day.
Christian ministers » Discouragements of
And they were scandalized in him. And Jesus said to them, A prophet is not unhonoured, except in his native land, and in his house.
Who believed in our report? and to whom was the arm of Jehovah uncovered?
Behold, I gave thy face strong over against their face, and thy forehead strong over against their forehead. As the diamond strong above the rock I gave thy forehead: thou shalt not fear them, and thou shalt not be terrified from their face, for they are a house of contradiction.
And the spirit lifted me up, and it will take me and I shall go bitter, in the heat of my spirit; and the hand of Jehovah was strong upon me.
How long, O Jehovah, did I cry for help, and thou wilt not bear? I will cry to thee violence, and thou wilt not save. Wherefore wilt thou cause me to see vanity and cause me to look at labor? and oppression and violence before me, and there will be contention, and strife will be raised up.
Is not this the carpenter, son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Jude, and Simon and are not his sisters here with us? And they were scandalized in him. And Jesus said to them, That a prophet Is not unhonoured, except in his native land, and in kinsmen, and in his house.
And he said; Truly I say to you, That not any prophet is acccepted in his country.
Injustice » Sometimes attributed to God
How long, O Jehovah, did I cry for help, and thou wilt not bear? I will cry to thee violence, and thou wilt not save.
The tents to those oppressing will be secure, and confidence to those provoking God to anger: whom God will bring into his hand
Wherefore shall the unjust live? They grew old, also they were strong in power.
And I am struck all the day, and my reproofs for the mornings.
I saw all in the days of my vanity: there is a just one perishing in his justice, and there is an unjust one, being prolonged in his evil.
All according to all: one event to the just one and to the unjust one; to the good one and to the clean one, and to the unclean one; to him sacrificing and to him not sacrificing: as the good one, so the sinning one; he swearing, as he who shall fear an oath.
Just art thou, O Jehovah, for I will strive to thee: surely I will speak judgments with thee: Wherefore did the way of the evil prosper? all they acting faithlessly with treachery were secure?
And ye said, The way of Jehovah will not make even. Hear ye now, O house of Israel; shall not my way make even? shall not your ways make hot even?
Saying, That these last worked one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, having borne the burden and heat of the day.
Partiality » Sometimes attributed to God
How long, O Jehovah, did I cry for help, and thou wilt not bear? I will cry to thee violence, and thou wilt not save.
The tents to those oppressing will be secure, and confidence to those provoking God to anger: whom God will bring into his hand
Wherefore shall the unjust live? They grew old, also they were strong in power.
And I am struck all the day, and my reproofs for the mornings.
I saw all in the days of my vanity: there is a just one perishing in his justice, and there is an unjust one, being prolonged in his evil.
All according to all: one event to the just one and to the unjust one; to the good one and to the clean one, and to the unclean one; to him sacrificing and to him not sacrificing: as the good one, so the sinning one; he swearing, as he who shall fear an oath.
Just art thou, O Jehovah, for I will strive to thee: surely I will speak judgments with thee: Wherefore did the way of the evil prosper? all they acting faithlessly with treachery were secure?
And ye said, The way of Jehovah will not make even. Hear ye now, O house of Israel; shall not my way make even? shall not your ways make hot even?
Saying, That these last worked one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, having borne the burden and heat of the day.
Prayer » Answer to, delayed
O Jehovah, God of armies, how long didst thou smoke against the prayer of thy people?
How long, O Jehovah, did I cry for help, and thou wilt not bear? I will cry to thee violence, and thou wilt not save.
To the overseer: of David chanting. Waiting, I waited for Jehovah, and he will incline to me, and he will hear my cry.
And shall not God do the avenging of his chosen, crying to him day and night, being slow to anger toward them?
To the overseer upon the first place of the dawn; chanting of David. My God, my God, wherefore forsookest thou me? far off from my salvation the words of my groaning. My God, I will call in the day, and thou wilt not answer; and in the night no silence to me.
Wherefore, O Jehovah, wilt thou cast off my soul? wilt thou hide thy face from me?
And it will be from the end of ten days, and the word of Jehovah will be to Jeremiah.
Prayer » Habakkuk
How long, O Jehovah, did I cry for help, and thou wilt not bear? I will cry to thee violence, and thou wilt not save.
Punishment » Delayed
God will hear and he will humble them, and he dwelt of old. Silence. With whom no changes to them and they feared not God.
These things thou didst and I was silent; thou thoughtest, being, I shall be like to thee: I will reprove thee, and I will set it in order before thine eyes.
Because I called and ye will refuse; I stretched forth my hands, and none attending; And ye will reject all my counsels, and ye desired not my reproofs: Also I will laugh at your ruin: I will deride in the coming of your terror; read more.
In your terror coming as a destroying tempest, and your ruin shall come as a whirlwind; in the coming upon you of straits and distress. Then they shall call upon me, and I will not answer; they shall seek me, and shall not find me; For that they hated knowledge, and chose not the fear of Jehovah: They desired not for my counsels: and derided all my reproofs.
In your terror coming as a destroying tempest, and your ruin shall come as a whirlwind; in the coming upon you of straits and distress. Then they shall call upon me, and I will not answer; they shall seek me, and shall not find me; For that they hated knowledge, and chose not the fear of Jehovah: They desired not for my counsels: and derided all my reproofs.
Because a decree was not done quickly upon an evil work, for this the heart of the sons of man was filled in them to do evil. Whoever sinned, doing evil a hundred, and it being prolonged to him, for also I know that it will be to those fearing God, who shall be afraid from his face. And it shall not be good to the unjust one; he shall not lengthen the days as a shadow, for he feared not from before the face of God.
How long, O Jehovah, did I cry for help, and thou wilt not bear? I will cry to thee violence, and thou wilt not save. Wherefore wilt thou cause me to see vanity and cause me to look at labor? and oppression and violence before me, and there will be contention, and strife will be raised up. For this, the law will be slack, and judgment will not go forth forever: for the unjust surrounds the just; for this perverted judgment will go forth.
Trials » Sometimes prolonged
My soul trembled exceedingly: and thou, O Jehovah, how long?
To the overseer; chanting of David.
O Jehovah, how long wilt thou see? Turn back my soul from their destruction, my only one from the lions.
How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry forever? shall thy jealousy burn as fire?
O Jehovah, God of armies, how long didst thou smoke against the prayer of thy people?
How long, O Jehovah, did I cry for help, and thou wilt not bear? I will cry to thee violence, and thou wilt not save.
And the messenger of Jehovah will answer and say, O Jehovah of armies, how long wilt thou not compassionate Jerusalem and the cities of Judah with whom thou wert very angry this seventy years?