Thematic Bible: Importunity, examples of


Thematic Bible



"Yes, Lord," she said, "yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table." Verse ConceptsCrumbsTablesHumility, Examples OfRemaining FoodNoting What Animals EatPetspoop

I tell you, though he will not get up and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rise and give him as much as he needs. Verse ConceptsGiving To OthersNot Able To Get UpWhy People Did ThingsFriendsFriendship And LoveBoldnessFriendship KjvLosing FriendsPersistencerelentless

yet because this widow bothers me, I will give her justice, or she will wear me out by her continual coming.'" Verse ConceptsHeartlessnessTroubling IndividualsPersistenceperserverancehelptirednaggingvindicationharassment






Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth 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 official said to him, "Sir, come down before my child dies." Verse ConceptsBeforePossibility Of DeathRecovery

"Yes, Lord," she said, "yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table." Verse ConceptsCrumbsTablesHumility, Examples OfRemaining FoodNoting What Animals EatPetspoop

I tell you, though he will not get up and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rise and give him as much as he needs. Verse ConceptsGiving To OthersNot Able To Get UpWhy People Did ThingsFriendsFriendship And LoveBoldnessFriendship KjvLosing FriendsPersistencerelentless

yet because this widow bothers me, I will give her justice, or she will wear me out by her continual coming.'" Verse ConceptsHeartlessnessTroubling IndividualsPersistenceperserverancehelptirednaggingvindicationharassment






Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth 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 official said to him, "Sir, come down before my child dies." Verse ConceptsBeforePossibility Of DeathRecovery