Thematic Bible: Illustrative of the
Thematic Bible
Agriculture or husbandry » Illustrative of the » Culture of the heart
For thus has the LORD said to every man of Judah and of Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and do not sow among thorns.
Sow yourselves unto righteousness, reap yourselves unto mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is the time to seek the LORD until he comes and teaches you righteousness.
Agriculture or husbandry » Illustrative of the » Culture of the church
For we are labourers together with God; ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
Breastplate » Illustrative of the » Defence of faith and love
But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and charity, and for a helmet, the hope of saving health.
Breastplate » Illustrative of the » Defence of righteousness
Stand firm, therefore, having your loins girt about with truth and having on the breastplate, of righteousness,
Breastplate » Illustrative of the » Righteous judgment of Christ
For he put on righteousness as a coat of mail, and a helmet of saving health upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing and was clad with zeal as a cloak,
Drink offering » Illustrative of the » Devotedness of ministers
And even if I am poured out as an offering upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy and rejoice with you all.
Drink offering » Illustrative of the » Offering of Christ
Therefore I will divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil unto the strong because he has poured out his soul unto death, and he was numbered with the rebellious, having born the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Drink offering » Illustrative of the » Pouring out of the spirit
And it shall come to pass after this that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
Whirlwind » Illustrative of the » Sudden destruction of the wicked
The peoples shall make noise like the rushing of great waters, but God shall reprehend them, and they shall flee far off and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind and like the tumbleweed before the whirlwind.
when what you have feared comes as destruction, and your calamity comes as a whirlwind; when tribulation and anguish come upon you.
As if they had never been planted, as if they had never been sown, as if their stock had never taken root in the earth; even blowing upon them, they wither, and the whirlwind takes them away as stubble.
Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goes forth with fury, the whirlwind which is preparing itself; it shall remain upon the head of the wicked.
Before your pots can feel the fire of the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them; but thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, thou shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
Whirlwind » Illustrative of the » Fury of God's judgments
Thus saith the LORD of the hosts, Behold, the evil goes forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goes forth with fury, the whirlwind which is preparing itself; it shall remain upon the head of the wicked.
Whirlwind » Illustrative of the » Velocity of the chariots in hostile armies
whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent; their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and the wheels of their chariots like a whirlwind;
Behold, he shall come up as a cloud, and his chariots as a whirlwind; his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us, for we are given over to be spoiled!
Whirlwind » Illustrative of the » Velocity of Christ's second coming
For, behold, the LORD will come with fire and with his chariots like a whirlwind to render his anger with fury and his rebuke with flames of fire.
Whirlwind » Illustrative of the » Unavoidable fruit of a life of sin and vanity
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind; they shall have no harvest; the fruit shall yield no meal: if so be it yields, the strangers shall swallow it up.
Whirlwind » Illustrative of the » Speed with which God executes his purposes
The LORD is slow to anger and great in power and will not at all treat the guilty as though they were innocent; the LORD whose way is in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.