Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



In all their distress, {there was no distress}, and the messenger of his {presence} saved them, in his love and compassion he himself redeemed them, and he lifted them up, and he supported them all [the] days of old. Verse ConceptsAfflicted SaintsAngel of the LordAfflictions, Purpose OfGod, Suffering OfGuardiansReceptivenessNames And Titles For ChristChrist, Names ForCompassion, Of ChristSustaining ProvidenceDivine SympathyComfort In AfflictionGod Carrying PeopleGod Acting Of OldAngelic Guardianship


And Yahweh said, "Surely I have seen the misery of my people who [are] in Egypt, and I have heard their cry of distress because of their oppressors, for I know their sufferings. Verse ConceptsGod, Suffering OfHearingReceptivenessSensitivityTaskmastersGod, All knowingGod Seeing Their AfflictionCries Of Distress To GodGod Paid Attention To ThemGod Sending His SonAfflictions






Indeed, mischief does not come from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the earth. Verse ConceptsGod Appointed AfflictionsHardship

"A human being born of a woman [is] short of days and full of troubles. Like a flower he comes up, and he withers away; and he flees like a shadow, but he does not last.

You who have caused me to see many troubles and evils, you will again revive me. And from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up. Verse ConceptsAfflicted SaintsdepthResurrection, Of BelieversGod Lifting PeopleRevivingDepressionHealing And ComfortBitternessHardshipGetting Through Hard Timesrevivalproblemsexperiencehurting


All his days [are] painful, his labor [brings] grief, and his heart cannot rest at night. This also [is] vanity! Verse ConceptsInsomnia, Causes OfUnrestUseless Endeavour

He feels only the pain of his own body, and his inner self mourns for him." Verse ConceptsBodySelfishnessActing AloneMourning In Regret

But a human being is born to trouble, and {they soar aloft} [like] {sparks}. Verse ConceptsPainPunishment, Nature OfSuffering, Nature OfTroubleMan's Sinful Nature

[The] ropes of death encircled me, and the distresses of Sheol found me. I found trouble and grief. Verse ConceptsThe DeadAgony, DeathdefeatRopesCordsSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfAnxiety, Examples OfAfflicted To Death

[We] hope for peace, but there is no good, for a time of healing, but there is terror. Verse ConceptsDisappointmentsHealthHope, Nature OfFalse HopesFear Will ComeNo HealingNo PeaceHealth And Healingterrorism


"Listen to another parable: There was a man--a master of a house--who planted a vineyard, and put a fence [around] it, and dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower, and leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey. And when the season of fruit drew near, he sent his slaves to the tenant farmers to collect his fruit. And the tenant farmers seized his slaves, [one of] whom they beat, and [one of] whom they killed, and [one of] whom they stoned. read more.
Again, he sent other slaves, more than the first [ones], and they did the same [thing] to them. So finally he sent his son to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.' But [when] the tenant farmers saw the son, they said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and have his inheritance!' And they seized him [and] threw [him] out of the vineyard and killed [him]. Now when the master of the vineyard arrives, what will he do to those tenant farmers?" They said to him, "He will destroy those evil [men] completely and lease the vineyard to other tenant farmers who will give him the fruits in their season."

"Does not {a human being have hard service} on earth? And [are not] his days like the days of a laborer? Like a slave he longs for [the] shadow, and like a laborer he waits for his wages. So {I had to inherit} months of worthlessness, and nights of misery are apportioned to me.

Look away from him, and let him desist until he enjoys his days like a laborer. Verse ConceptsHiringHirelingsLeave Them Alone

"For the kingdom of heaven is like a man--the master of the house--who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. And [after] coming to an agreement with the workers for a denarius per day, he sent them into his vineyard. And going out about the third hour, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace. read more.
And to those [people] he said, 'You also go into the vineyard, and I will give you whatever is right.' So they went. Going out again about the sixth and ninth hour he did the same [thing]. And about the eleventh [hour] he went out [and] found others standing [there] and said to them, 'Why are you standing here the whole day unemployed?' They said to him, 'Because no one hired us.' He said to them, 'You go also into the vineyard.' And [when] evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last up to the first.' And [when] the ones [hired] about the eleventh hour came, they received a denarius apiece. And [when] the first came, they thought that they would receive more, and they also received a denarius apiece. And [when they] received [it], they began to complain against the master of the house, saying, 'These last [people] worked one hour and you made them equal to us who have endured the burden of the day and the burning heat!' But he answered one of them [and] said, 'Friend, I am not doing you wrong. Did you not come to an agreement with me for a denarius? Take [what is] yours and go! But I want to give to this last [person] [the same] as [I gave] to you also. Is it not permitted for me to do whatever I want with [what is] mine? Or is your eye evil because I am generous?'

The hired hand, who is not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf approaching and abandons the sheep and runs away--and the wolf seizes them and scatters [them]-- because he is a hired hand and {he is not concerned} about the sheep.


Remember what my lifespan [is]. [Remember] for what vanity you have created all [the] children of humankind. Verse ConceptsFutilityAge, Span Of LifeLife, HumanPhysical LifeLife, Brevity OfThe Shortness Of TimeUseless PeopleTime Passing


As for man, his days [are] like the grass. As the flower of the field, so he blossoms. When [the] wind passes over it, it is no more, and its place knows it no longer.

"A human being born of a woman [is] short of days and full of troubles. Like a flower he comes up, and he withers away; and he flees like a shadow, but he does not last. Even on such a one you fix your eyes, and you bring me into judgment with you. read more.
"Who can bring a clean [thing] from an unclean [thing]? No one! If his days [are] determined, the number of his months [is] with you; you have appointed his boundaries, and he cannot cross [them].

"A human being born of a woman [is] short of days and full of troubles. Like a flower he comes up, and he withers away; and he flees like a shadow, but he does not last.

But a human being is born to trouble, and {they soar aloft} [like] {sparks}. Verse ConceptsPainPunishment, Nature OfSuffering, Nature OfTroubleMan's Sinful Nature


"A human being born of a woman [is] short of days and full of troubles. Like a flower he comes up, and he withers away; and he flees like a shadow, but he does not last. Even on such a one you fix your eyes, and you bring me into judgment with you. read more.
"Who can bring a clean [thing] from an unclean [thing]? No one! If his days [are] determined, the number of his months [is] with you; you have appointed his boundaries, and he cannot cross [them]. Look away from him, and let him desist until he enjoys his days like a laborer. "Indeed, there is hope for a tree: if it is cut down, then it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not cease; though its root grows old in the earth, and its stump dies in the dust, at the scent of water it will bud, and it will put forth branches like a young plant. "But a man dies, and he dwindles away; thus a human being passes away, and where is he?

Neither have you heard, nor have you known, nor from {of old} has your ear been opened. For I knew you would deal treacherously, very treacherously, and you [are] called a rebel from [the] womb. Verse ConceptsRebellion, Of IsraelTreacheryFrom Birth

"A human being born of a woman [is] short of days and full of troubles. Like a flower he comes up, and he withers away; and he flees like a shadow, but he does not last. Even on such a one you fix your eyes, and you bring me into judgment with you. read more.
"Who can bring a clean [thing] from an unclean [thing]? No one!

Be gracious to me, O God, according to your loyal love. According to your abundant mercies, blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and from my sin cleanse me. For {I myself know} my transgressions, and my sin [is] ever before me. read more.
Against you, only you, I have sinned and have done this evil in your eyes, so that you are correct when you speak, you are blameless when you judge. Behold, in iniquity I was born, and in sin my mother conceived me.

Do you really speak [what is] right [when] silent? [Do] you judge fairly the children of humankind? No, in [your] heart you plan injustices; in the land you weigh out the violence of your hands. The wicked are estranged from [the] womb. They go astray from [the] belly, speaking lies.

And you, {although you were dead} in your trespasses and sins, in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, the spirit now working in the sons of disobedience, among whom also we all formerly lived in the desires of our flesh, doing the will of the flesh and of the mind, and we were children of wrath by nature, as also the rest of [them] were.

In all their distress, {there was no distress}, and the messenger of his {presence} saved them, in his love and compassion he himself redeemed them, and he lifted them up, and he supported them all [the] days of old. Verse ConceptsAfflicted SaintsAngel of the LordAfflictions, Purpose OfGod, Suffering OfGuardiansReceptivenessNames And Titles For ChristChrist, Names ForCompassion, Of ChristSustaining ProvidenceDivine SympathyComfort In AfflictionGod Carrying PeopleGod Acting Of OldAngelic Guardianship


And Yahweh said, "Surely I have seen the misery of my people who [are] in Egypt, and I have heard their cry of distress because of their oppressors, for I know their sufferings. Verse ConceptsGod, Suffering OfHearingReceptivenessSensitivityTaskmastersGod, All knowingGod Seeing Their AfflictionCries Of Distress To GodGod Paid Attention To ThemGod Sending His SonAfflictions





You who have caused me to see many troubles and evils, you will again revive me. And from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up. Verse ConceptsAfflicted SaintsdepthResurrection, Of BelieversGod Lifting PeopleRevivingDepressionHealing And ComfortBitternessHardshipGetting Through Hard Timesrevivalproblemsexperiencehurting


All his days [are] painful, his labor [brings] grief, and his heart cannot rest at night. This also [is] vanity! Verse ConceptsInsomnia, Causes OfUnrestUseless Endeavour

He feels only the pain of his own body, and his inner self mourns for him." Verse ConceptsBodySelfishnessActing AloneMourning In Regret

But a human being is born to trouble, and {they soar aloft} [like] {sparks}. Verse ConceptsPainPunishment, Nature OfSuffering, Nature OfTroubleMan's Sinful Nature

[The] ropes of death encircled me, and the distresses of Sheol found me. I found trouble and grief. Verse ConceptsThe DeadAgony, DeathdefeatRopesCordsSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfAnxiety, Examples OfAfflicted To Death

[We] hope for peace, but there is no good, for a time of healing, but there is terror. Verse ConceptsDisappointmentsHealthHope, Nature OfFalse HopesFear Will ComeNo HealingNo PeaceHealth And Healingterrorism

"A human being born of a woman [is] short of days and full of troubles. Like a flower he comes up, and he withers away; and he flees like a shadow, but he does not last.

But a human being is born to trouble, and {they soar aloft} [like] {sparks}. Verse ConceptsPainPunishment, Nature OfSuffering, Nature OfTroubleMan's Sinful Nature