Thematic Bible: Instrumentalities


Thematic Bible



but God chose the foolish things of the world, that he might put to shame them that are wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong; and the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, did God choose, yea and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things that are: that no flesh should glory before God.

And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the shepherd's bag which he had, even in his wallet; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine. Verse ConceptsBagsequipping, physicalSlingsSmall Things God UsesFive ThingsThrowing StonesSlinging Stones

For who hath despised the day of small things? for these seven shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel; these are the eyes of Jehovah, which run to and fro through the whole earth. Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfContemptGod, Present EverywherePlumb LineVisionSmall Things God UsesSeven Body PartsSmall ThingsPatrollingGod Seeing All The Earth

And she said, As Jehovah thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. Verse ConceptsFlourLonelinessOlive OilSmall Things God UsesBarrelsResigned To DeathFirewoodDyingcooking

And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a cloud out of the sea, as small as a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Make ready thy chariot , and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not. Verse ConceptsChariotsSmallnessSmall Things God UsesSmall ThingsAvoid Being Hindered

which indeed is less than all seeds; but when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the heaven come and lodge in the branches thereof. Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalSmall Things God UsesBig ThingsSmall ThingsPlants Growing UpHerbsBirdsPlanting SeedsChange And GrowthSeedssoaring

And he found a fresh jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and smote a thousand men therewith. Verse ConceptsSmall Things God UsesA Thousand PeopleNumbers Of Foreigners Killed

And Jehovah said unto him, What is that in thy hand? And he said, A rod. Verse ConceptsSmall Things God UsesWhat Is This?


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