Thematic Bible: Importunity, examples of


Thematic Bible



She replied: Yes, Lord; and yet thou canst help me; for the little dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from the table of their masters. Verse ConceptsCrumbsTablesHumility, Examples OfRemaining FoodNoting What Animals EatPetspoop

I say to you, Although he will not arise and give him, because he is his friend, yet, on account of his importunity, he will arise and give him as many as he needs. Verse ConceptsGiving To OthersNot Able To Get UpWhy People Did ThingsFriendsFriendship And LoveBoldnessFriendship KjvLosing FriendsPersistencerelentless

yet, because this widow troubles me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. Verse ConceptsHeartlessnessTroubling IndividualsPersistenceperserverancehelptirednaggingvindicationharassment






Elijah was a man with passions like our own; and he earnestly prayed that it might not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months. Verse ConceptsAnswered Prayerdrought, physicalElijah, Prophecies OfRainMiracles Of ElijahPrayer, Offered WithAsking PermissionThree And A Half YearsLack Of RainLike People By NatureGod Answered PrayerMonthsPassion


The courtier said to him: Sir, come down before my child die. Verse ConceptsBeforePossibility Of DeathRecovery

She replied: Yes, Lord; and yet thou canst help me; for the little dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from the table of their masters. Verse ConceptsCrumbsTablesHumility, Examples OfRemaining FoodNoting What Animals EatPetspoop

I say to you, Although he will not arise and give him, because he is his friend, yet, on account of his importunity, he will arise and give him as many as he needs. Verse ConceptsGiving To OthersNot Able To Get UpWhy People Did ThingsFriendsFriendship And LoveBoldnessFriendship KjvLosing FriendsPersistencerelentless

yet, because this widow troubles me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. Verse ConceptsHeartlessnessTroubling IndividualsPersistenceperserverancehelptirednaggingvindicationharassment






Elijah was a man with passions like our own; and he earnestly prayed that it might not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months. Verse ConceptsAnswered Prayerdrought, physicalElijah, Prophecies OfRainMiracles Of ElijahPrayer, Offered WithAsking PermissionThree And A Half YearsLack Of RainLike People By NatureGod Answered PrayerMonthsPassion


The courtier said to him: Sir, come down before my child die. Verse ConceptsBeforePossibility Of DeathRecovery