Thematic Bible: Influences


Thematic Bible



Surely there was no one like Ahab who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the Lord, because Jezebel his wife incited him. Verse ConceptsBad ExampleBad Wives ExamplesTemptressesUnique IndividualsNamed Wivesjezebel

He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab did (for Ahab’s daughter was his wife), and he did evil in the sight of the Lord. Verse ConceptsImitating Wicked Kings

For when Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away after other gods; and his heart was not wholly devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father had been. Verse ConceptsNot Whole HearteddisrespectReceptivenessTrust, Lack OfYokesYielding To TemptationLimitations Of Old PeopleCausing People To TurnDifferent GodsEncouraged To Serve Foreign godsBeing Devoted to Godrehabilitation

But Elymas the magician (for so his name is translated) was opposing them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith. Verse ConceptsConfrontationFaith, As A Body Of BeliefsGospel, Responses ToCausing People To TurnMeaningSorcery

“Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets,
‘Behold, I am going to feed them wormwood
And make them drink poisonous water,
For from the prophets of Jerusalem
Pollution has gone forth into all the land.’”
Verse ConceptsPoisonBitter FoodWicked ProphetsBitternessprophets

But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to ask him to release Barabbas for them instead. Verse ConceptsPersuasionInciting To EvilCorrupt PriestsBarabbasPeople Set Free By People


But if I say, “I will not remember Him
Or speak anymore in His name,”
Then in my heart it becomes like a burning fire
Shut up in my bones;
And I am weary of holding it in,
And I cannot endure it.
Verse ConceptsForgetting Godevangelism, motivation forRenewed HeartInward FireFervourZealousness, Examples OfShutting SecurelyFire Of God's WordForgetting PeopleProphecy MuzzledTired In ActivityUnbearable Thingsadvertising

And they observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with joy, for the Lord had caused them to rejoice, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to encourage them in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel. Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfJoy, Of IsraelWeeksSeven DaysGod EncouragingRejoicing In God's Works

Saul also went to his house at Gibeah; and the valiant men whose hearts God had touched went with him. Verse ConceptsHuman WillHeart, Human


Blessed be the Lord, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to adorn the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem, Verse ConceptsHuman WillHeart, HumanBless The Lord!