Thematic Bible: Importunity, examples of


Thematic Bible



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

I tell you, even though the man inside will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of the first man's sheer persistence he will get up and give him whatever he needs. Verse ConceptsGiving To OthersNot Able To Get UpWhy People Did ThingsFriendsFriendship And LoveBoldnessFriendship KjvLosing FriendsPersistencerelentless

yet because this widow keeps on bothering me, I will give her justice, or in the end she will wear me out by her unending pleas.'" Verse ConceptsHeartlessnessTroubling IndividualsPersistenceperserverancehelptirednaggingvindicationharassment



Then I again fell down before the Lord for forty days and nights; I ate and drank nothing because of all the sin you had committed, doing such evil before the Lord as to enrage him. Verse ConceptsMediatorProstrationWaterFasting, Accompanied ByMore Than One MonthFasting For Long Periods

Finally Abraham said, "May the Lord not be angry so that I may speak just once more. What if ten are found there?" He replied, "I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten." Verse ConceptsGod, Patience OfTen PeopleLet Not God Be AngryNumbers Of Righteous PeopleSpeaking To GodWorth

Then the man said, "Let me go, for the dawn is breaking." "I will not let you go," Jacob replied, "unless you bless me." Verse ConceptsPrayer, Offered WithDaybreakAt DaybreakMay God Bless!People Releasing Others

Elijah was a human being like us, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain and there was no 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


"Sir," the official said to him, "come down before my child dies." Verse ConceptsBeforePossibility Of DeathRecovery

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

I tell you, even though the man inside will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of the first man's sheer persistence he will get up and give him whatever he needs. Verse ConceptsGiving To OthersNot Able To Get UpWhy People Did ThingsFriendsFriendship And LoveBoldnessFriendship KjvLosing FriendsPersistencerelentless

yet because this widow keeps on bothering me, I will give her justice, or in the end she will wear me out by her unending pleas.'" Verse ConceptsHeartlessnessTroubling IndividualsPersistenceperserverancehelptirednaggingvindicationharassment



Then I again fell down before the Lord for forty days and nights; I ate and drank nothing because of all the sin you had committed, doing such evil before the Lord as to enrage him. Verse ConceptsMediatorProstrationWaterFasting, Accompanied ByMore Than One MonthFasting For Long Periods

Finally Abraham said, "May the Lord not be angry so that I may speak just once more. What if ten are found there?" He replied, "I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten." Verse ConceptsGod, Patience OfTen PeopleLet Not God Be AngryNumbers Of Righteous PeopleSpeaking To GodWorth

Then the man said, "Let me go, for the dawn is breaking." "I will not let you go," Jacob replied, "unless you bless me." Verse ConceptsPrayer, Offered WithDaybreakAt DaybreakMay God Bless!People Releasing Others

Elijah was a human being like us, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain and there was no 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


"Sir," the official said to him, "come down before my child dies." Verse ConceptsBeforePossibility Of DeathRecovery

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