Thematic Bible: Half-hearted


Thematic Bible



A curse, a curse on Meroz! said the angel of the Lord. A bitter curse on her townspeople! Because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord among the strong ones. Verse ConceptsOpposition, To Sin And EvilAngels, Ministry To UnbelieversCursing The UngodlyNo Helpcurses


Let him be cursed who does the Lord's work half-heartedly; let him be cursed who keeps back his sword from blood. Verse ConceptsCareNeglecting God's ThingsCursingApproval To KillCursing The UngodlyBloodWorking For GodWorking For The LordWorking Hard And Not Being Lazyconsequencescurses

Near them, the Tekoites were at work; but their chiefs did not put their necks to the work of their Lord. Verse ConceptsNoblesOverseers

Then Joshua said to the children of Israel, Why are you so slow to go in and take up your heritage in the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you? Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersBefore People Act

And getting together the priests and Levites, he said to them, Go out into the towns of Judah year by year, and get from all Israel money to keep the house of your God in good condition; and see that this is done without loss of time. The Levites, however, were slow in doing so. Verse ConceptsCollectionsCareNeglectHaste

And Moses said to the children of Gad and the children of Reuben, Are your brothers to go to the war, while you take your rest here? Verse ConceptsReady For War

Then Mary, taking a pound of perfumed oil of great value, put it on the feet of Jesus and made them dry with her hair: and the house became full of the smell of the perfume. Verse ConceptsSweet OdoursFeetAnointing, Social CustomAnointing With OilGuestsHairsPerfumeSmellsAdoration, Of ChristAdmirationAnointed By PeopleExpensiveOther References To HairPure ThingsWeights Of Other ThingsHair

And whoever gives to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he will not go without his reward. Verse ConceptsNeedWagesWaterBeverages, LiteralCold, Literal UseChrist's Knowledge Of BelieversMan Providing WaterReward For WorksGivingRewardLosing Someone

And when they had come, he said to them, You yourselves have seen what my life has been like all the time from the day when I first came into Asia, Doing the Lord's work without pride, through all the sorrow and troubles which came on me because of the evil designs of the Jews:

The high places, however, were not taken away, and the hearts of the people were still not true to the God of their fathers. Verse ConceptsComplacencyHalf Heartedness

He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, but his heart was not completely true to the Lord. Verse ConceptsHalf HeartednessLosing A FriendDoing The Right Thingdevotion

And he said, Take the arrows: and he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, Send them down into the earth; and he did so three times and no more. Then the man of God was angry with him and said, If you had done it five or six times, then you would have overcome Aram completely; but now you will only overcome them three times.

But for all this, her false sister Judah has not come back to me with all her heart, but with deceit, says the Lord. Verse ConceptsNot Whole HeartedPretenceRepentance, Nature OfHalf HeartednessNot Returning To GodRelated Nations

But Jehu did not take care to keep the law of the Lord with all his heart: he did not keep himself from the sin which Jeroboam did and made Israel do. Verse ConceptsHalf Heartedness

Their mind is taken away; now they will be made waste: he will have their altars broken down, he will give their pillars to destruction. Verse ConceptsHeart, Of Unregenerate PeopleInstabilityLukewarmnessHalf HeartednessIndecisionDestruction Of Satan's WorksObelisks

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain