Thematic Bible: Illustrative of the
Thematic Bible
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.
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he comes and rains righteousness upon you.
Agriculture or husbandry » Illustrative of the » Culture of the church
For we are laborers together with God: you are God's field, you 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 love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.
Breastplate » Illustrative of the » Defence of righteousness
Stand therefore, having your loins girded 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 breastplate, and a helmet of salvation 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
Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
Drink offering » Illustrative of the » Offering of Christ
Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he has poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bore 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 afterward, 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 nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
When your terror comes as desolation, and your destruction comes as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish comes upon you.
Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.
Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goes forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.
Before your pots can feel the burning thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
You shall fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and you shall rejoice in the LORD, and shall glory in the Holy One of Israel.
Whirlwind » Illustrative of the » Fury of God's judgments
Thus says the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the farthest parts of the earth.
Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goes forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain 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 their wheels like a whirlwind.
Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are ruined.
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: the stalk has no bud: it shall yield no meal: if so be it does yield, the aliens 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 acquit the wicked: the LORD has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.