Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible





Then the Lord said, “I have observed the misery of My people in Egypt, and have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I know about their sufferings. Verse ConceptsGod, Suffering OfHearingReceptivenessSensitivityTaskmastersGod, All knowingGod Seeing Their AfflictionCries Of Distress To GodGod Paid Attention To ThemGod Sending His SonAfflictions






For distress does not grow out of the soil,
and trouble does not sprout from the ground.
Verse ConceptsGod Appointed AfflictionsHardship

Man born of woman is short of days and full of trouble. He blossoms like a flower, then withers; he flees like a shadow and does not last.

You caused me to experience
many troubles and misfortunes,
but You will revive me again.
You will bring me up again,
even from the depths of the earth.
Verse ConceptsAfflicted SaintsdepthResurrection, Of BelieversGod Lifting PeopleRevivingDepressionHealing And ComfortBitternessHardshipGetting Through Hard Timesrevivalproblemsexperiencehurting


For all his days are filled with grief, and his occupation is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile. Verse ConceptsInsomnia, Causes OfUnrestUseless Endeavour

He feels only the pain of his own body
and mourns only for himself.
Verse ConceptsBodySelfishnessActing AloneMourning In Regret

But mankind is born for trouble
as surely as sparks fly upward.
Verse ConceptsPainPunishment, Nature OfSuffering, Nature OfTroubleMan's Sinful Nature

The ropes of death were wrapped around me,
and the torments of Sheol overcame me;
I encountered trouble and sorrow.
Verse ConceptsThe DeadAgony, DeathdefeatRopesCordsSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfAnxiety, Examples OfAfflicted To Death

We hoped for peace, but there was nothing good;
for a time of healing, but there was only terror.
Verse ConceptsDisappointmentsHealthHope, Nature OfFalse HopesFear Will ComeNo HealingNo PeaceHealth And Healingterrorism


"Listen to another parable: There was a man, a landowner, who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower. He leased it to tenant farmers and went away. When the grape harvest drew near, he sent his slaves to the farmers to collect his fruit. But the farmers took his slaves, beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. read more.
Again, he sent other slaves, more than the first group, and they did the same to them. Finally, he sent his son to them. 'They will respect my son,' he said. "But when the tenant farmers saw the son, they said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him and take his inheritance!' So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?" "He will completely destroy those terrible men," they told Him, "and lease his vineyard to other farmers who will give him his produce at the harvest."

Isn't mankind consigned to forced labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand? Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hired man he waits for his pay. So I have been made to inherit months of futility, and troubled nights have been assigned to me.

look away from him and let him rest
so that he can enjoy his day like a hired hand.
Verse ConceptsHiringHirelingsLeave Them Alone

"For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the workers on one denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard. When he went out about nine in the morning, he saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing. read more.
To those men he said, 'You also go to my vineyard, and I'll give you whatever is right.' So off they went. About noon and at three, he went out again and did the same thing. Then about five he went and found others standing around, and said to them, 'Why have you been standing here all day doing nothing?' " 'Because no one hired us,' they said to him. " 'You also go to my vineyard,' he told them. When evening came, the owner of the vineyard told his foreman, 'Call the workers and give them their pay, starting with the last and ending with the first.' "When those who were hired about five came, they each received one denarius. So when the first ones came, they assumed they would get more, but they also received a denarius each. When they received it, they began to complain to the landowner: 'These last men put in one hour, and you made them equal to us who bore the burden of the day and the burning heat!' "He replied to one of them, 'Friend, I'm doing you no wrong. Didn't you agree with me on a denarius? Take what's yours and go. I want to give this last man the same as I gave you. Don't I have the right to do what I want with my business? Are you jealous because I'm generous?'

The hired man, since he is not the shepherd and doesn't own the sheep, leaves them and runs away when he sees a wolf coming. The wolf then snatches and scatters them. [This happens] because he is a hired man and doesn't care about the sheep.




As for man, his days are like grass- he blooms like a flower of the field; when the wind passes over it, it vanishes, and its place is no longer known.

Man born of woman is short of days and full of trouble. He blossoms like a flower, then withers; he flees like a shadow and does not last. Do You really take notice of one like this? Will You bring me into judgment against You? read more.
Who can produce something pure from what is impure? No one! Since man's days are determined and the number of his months depends on You, and [since] You have set limits he cannot pass,

Man born of woman is short of days and full of trouble. He blossoms like a flower, then withers; he flees like a shadow and does not last.

But mankind is born for trouble
as surely as sparks fly upward.
Verse ConceptsPainPunishment, Nature OfSuffering, Nature OfTroubleMan's Sinful Nature


Man born of woman is short of days and full of trouble. He blossoms like a flower, then withers; he flees like a shadow and does not last. Do You really take notice of one like this? Will You bring me into judgment against You? read more.
Who can produce something pure from what is impure? No one! Since man's days are determined and the number of his months depends on You, and [since] You have set limits he cannot pass, look away from him and let him rest so that he can enjoy his day like a hired hand. There is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its shoots will not die. If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump starts to die in the soil, the smell of water makes it thrive and produce twigs like a sapling. But a man dies and fades away; he breathes his last-where is he?

You have never heard; you have never known;
For a long time your ears have not been open.
For I knew that you were very treacherous,
and were known as a rebel from birth.
Verse ConceptsRebellion, Of IsraelTreacheryFrom Birth

Man born of woman is short of days and full of trouble. He blossoms like a flower, then withers; he flees like a shadow and does not last. Do You really take notice of one like this? Will You bring me into judgment against You? read more.
Who can produce something pure from what is impure? No one!

Be gracious to me, God, according to Your faithful love; according to Your abundant compassion, blot out my rebellion. Wash away my guilt, and cleanse me from my sin. For I am conscious of my rebellion, and my sin is always before me. read more.
Against You-You alone-I have sinned and done this evil in Your sight. So You are right when You pass sentence; You are blameless when You judge. Indeed, I was guilty [when I] was born; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.

Do you really speak righteously, you mighty ones? Do you judge people fairly? No, you practice injustice in your hearts; with your hands you weigh out violence in the land. The wicked go astray from the womb; liars err from birth.

And you were dead in your trespasses and sins in which you previously walked according to this worldly age, according to the ruler of the atmospheric domain, the spirit now working in the disobedient. We too all previously lived among them in our fleshly desires, carrying out the inclinations of our flesh and thoughts, and by nature we were children under wrath, as the others were also.



Then the Lord said, “I have observed the misery of My people in Egypt, and have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I know about their sufferings. Verse ConceptsGod, Suffering OfHearingReceptivenessSensitivityTaskmastersGod, All knowingGod Seeing Their AfflictionCries Of Distress To GodGod Paid Attention To ThemGod Sending His SonAfflictions





You caused me to experience
many troubles and misfortunes,
but You will revive me again.
You will bring me up again,
even from the depths of the earth.
Verse ConceptsAfflicted SaintsdepthResurrection, Of BelieversGod Lifting PeopleRevivingDepressionHealing And ComfortBitternessHardshipGetting Through Hard Timesrevivalproblemsexperiencehurting


For all his days are filled with grief, and his occupation is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile. Verse ConceptsInsomnia, Causes OfUnrestUseless Endeavour

He feels only the pain of his own body
and mourns only for himself.
Verse ConceptsBodySelfishnessActing AloneMourning In Regret

But mankind is born for trouble
as surely as sparks fly upward.
Verse ConceptsPainPunishment, Nature OfSuffering, Nature OfTroubleMan's Sinful Nature

The ropes of death were wrapped around me,
and the torments of Sheol overcame me;
I encountered trouble and sorrow.
Verse ConceptsThe DeadAgony, DeathdefeatRopesCordsSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfAnxiety, Examples OfAfflicted To Death

We hoped for peace, but there was nothing good;
for a time of healing, but there was only terror.
Verse ConceptsDisappointmentsHealthHope, Nature OfFalse HopesFear Will ComeNo HealingNo PeaceHealth And Healingterrorism

Man born of woman is short of days and full of trouble. He blossoms like a flower, then withers; he flees like a shadow and does not last.

But mankind is born for trouble
as surely as sparks fly upward.
Verse ConceptsPainPunishment, Nature OfSuffering, Nature OfTroubleMan's Sinful Nature