Thematic Bible: Illustrative of the
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Agriculture or husbandry » Illustrative of the » Culture of the heart
For thus says the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: "Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
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Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the LORD, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.
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Agriculture or husbandry » Illustrative of the » Culture of the church
For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's field, God's building.
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Breastplate » Illustrative of the » Defence of faith and love
But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.
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Breastplate » Illustrative of the » Defence of righteousness
Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
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Breastplate » Illustrative of the » Righteous judgment of Christ
He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head; he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and wrapped himself in zeal as a cloak.
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Drink offering » Illustrative of the » Devotedness of ministers
Even if I am to be poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.
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Drink offering » Illustrative of the » Offering of Christ
Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and makes intercession for the transgressors.
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Drink offering » Illustrative of the » Pouring out of the spirit
"And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.
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Whirlwind » Illustrative of the » Sudden destruction of the wicked
The nations roar like the roaring of many waters, but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far away, chased like chaff on the mountains before the wind and whirling dust before the storm.
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when terror strikes you like a storm and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.
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Scarcely are they planted, scarcely sown, scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth, when he blows on them, and they wither, and the tempest carries them off like stubble.
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Behold the storm of the LORD! Wrath has gone forth, a whirling tempest; it will burst upon the head of the wicked.
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Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns, whether green or ablaze, may he sweep them away!
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you shall winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the tempest shall scatter them. And you shall rejoice in the LORD; in the Holy One of Israel you shall glory.
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Whirlwind » Illustrative of the » Fury of God's judgments
"Thus says the LORD of hosts: Behold, disaster is going forth from nation to nation, and a great tempest is stirring from the farthest parts of the earth!
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Behold the storm of the LORD! Wrath has gone forth, a whirling tempest; it will burst upon the head of the wicked.
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Whirlwind » Illustrative of the » Velocity of the chariots in hostile armies
their arrows are sharp, all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs seem like flint, and their wheels like the whirlwind.
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Behold, he comes up like clouds; his chariots like the whirlwind; his horses are swifter than eagles-- woe to us, for we are ruined!
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Whirlwind » Illustrative of the » Velocity of Christ's second coming
"For behold, the LORD will come in fire, and his chariots like the whirlwind, to render his anger in fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
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Whirlwind » Illustrative of the » Unavoidable fruit of a life of sin and vanity
For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; it shall yield no flour; if it were to yield, strangers would devour it.
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Whirlwind » Illustrative of the » Speed with which God executes his purposes
The LORD is slow to anger and great in power, and the LORD will by no means clear the guilty. His way is in whirlwind and storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
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