Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



(Now the flax and the barley were battered and ruined [by the hail], because the barley was in the ear (ripe, but soft) and the flax was in bud, Verse ConceptsFlaxGrainDestruction Of Plants

then the man shall bring his wife to the priest, and he shall bring as an offering for her, a tenth of an ephah of barley meal; he shall not pour oil on it nor put frankincense on it [the symbols of favor and joy], because it is a grain offering of jealousy, a memorial grain offering, a reminder of [the consequences of] wickedness. Verse ConceptsGrain OfferingOilAnimal Sacrifices, Meal OfferingOil On SacrificesEphah [Ten Omers]Regulations For Cereal OfferingsThose Jealous For People

So Naomi returned from the country of Moab, and with her Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law. And they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest. Verse ConceptsBarleyGrainHarvestAutumnIndividuals going home

They also brought the barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds (warhorses, chargers) to the place where it was needed, each man according to his assignment. Verse ConceptsGrainFeeding Animals

Now [at another time] a man from Baal-shalisha came and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley bread, and fresh ears of grain [in the husk] in his sack. And Elisha said, “Give it to the people [affected by the famine] so that they may eat.” Verse ConceptsBakingTwentyMan Of God

And I will give to your servants who cut timber, 20,000 measures of crushed wheat and 20,000 measures of barley, and 20,000 baths of wine and 20,000 baths of [olive] oil.” Verse ConceptsGrainGrindingWeights And Measures, DryWeights And Measures, Liquidartists


Let thorns grow instead of wheat,
And stinkweed and cockleburs instead of barley.”


So the words of Job [with his friends] are finished.
Verse ConceptsThistlesThornsLast WordsWeed

“But as for you, take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt, and put them into one vessel and make them into bread for yourself. You shall eat it according to the number of the days that you lie on your side, three hundred and ninety days. Verse ConceptsGrainVegetablesBeansOne YearBreadNutrition


Be ashamed, O farmers;
Wail, O vinedressers,
For the wheat and for the barley,
Because the harvest of the field has perished.
Verse ConceptsGrainHarvestOccupationsDestroying VineyardsPloughmenNot Reaping What You Sow

And I heard something like a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius (a day’s wages), and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not damage the oil and the wine.” Verse ConceptsDenariusBuying and sellingGrainMoney, Uses OfWagesWeights And Measures, DryWheatFour CreaturesPlenty Of WineProvision Of OilShortagesExpensiveOther Volume MeasuresHurtEnd Timeshurting

(Now the flax and the barley were battered and ruined [by the hail], because the barley was in the ear (ripe, but soft) and the flax was in bud, Verse ConceptsFlaxGrainDestruction Of Plants

then the man shall bring his wife to the priest, and he shall bring as an offering for her, a tenth of an ephah of barley meal; he shall not pour oil on it nor put frankincense on it [the symbols of favor and joy], because it is a grain offering of jealousy, a memorial grain offering, a reminder of [the consequences of] wickedness. Verse ConceptsGrain OfferingOilAnimal Sacrifices, Meal OfferingOil On SacrificesEphah [Ten Omers]Regulations For Cereal OfferingsThose Jealous For People

So Naomi returned from the country of Moab, and with her Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law. And they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest. Verse ConceptsBarleyGrainHarvestAutumnIndividuals going home

They also brought the barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds (warhorses, chargers) to the place where it was needed, each man according to his assignment. Verse ConceptsGrainFeeding Animals

Now [at another time] a man from Baal-shalisha came and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley bread, and fresh ears of grain [in the husk] in his sack. And Elisha said, “Give it to the people [affected by the famine] so that they may eat.” Verse ConceptsBakingTwentyMan Of God

And I will give to your servants who cut timber, 20,000 measures of crushed wheat and 20,000 measures of barley, and 20,000 baths of wine and 20,000 baths of [olive] oil.” Verse ConceptsGrainGrindingWeights And Measures, DryWeights And Measures, Liquidartists


Let thorns grow instead of wheat,
And stinkweed and cockleburs instead of barley.”


So the words of Job [with his friends] are finished.
Verse ConceptsThistlesThornsLast WordsWeed

“But as for you, take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt, and put them into one vessel and make them into bread for yourself. You shall eat it according to the number of the days that you lie on your side, three hundred and ninety days. Verse ConceptsGrainVegetablesBeansOne YearBreadNutrition


Be ashamed, O farmers;
Wail, O vinedressers,
For the wheat and for the barley,
Because the harvest of the field has perished.
Verse ConceptsGrainHarvestOccupationsDestroying VineyardsPloughmenNot Reaping What You Sow

And I heard something like a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius (a day’s wages), and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not damage the oil and the wine.” Verse ConceptsDenariusBuying and sellingGrainMoney, Uses OfWagesWeights And Measures, DryWheatFour CreaturesPlenty Of WineProvision Of OilShortagesExpensiveOther Volume MeasuresHurtEnd Timeshurting

For when the ear heard, it called me happy and blessed me; and when the eye saw, it testified for me [approvingly], Because I delivered the poor who cried, the fatherless and him who had none to help him. The blessing of him who was about to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. read more.
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me or clothed itself with me; my justice was like a robe and a turban or a diadem or a crown! I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was a father to the poor and needy; the cause of him I did not know I searched out.

If I have withheld from the poor and needy what they desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to look in vain [for relief], Or have eaten my morsel alone and have not shared it with the fatherless -- " No, but from my youth [the fatherless] grew up with me as a father, and I have been [the widow's] guide from my mother's womb -- " read more.
If I have seen anyone perish for want of clothing, or any poor person without covering, If his loins have not blessed me [for clothing them], and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep, If I have lifted my hand against the fatherless when I saw [that the judges would be favorable and be] my help at the [council] gate,

For if my land has cried out against me and its furrows have complained together with tears [that I have no right to them], If I have eaten its fruits without paying for them or have caused its [rightful] owners to breathe their last, Let thistles grow instead of wheat and cockleburs instead of barley. The [controversial] words of Job [with his friends] are ended.


Let thorns grow instead of wheat,
And stinkweed and cockleburs instead of barley.”


So the words of Job [with his friends] are finished.
Verse ConceptsThistlesThornsLast WordsWeed


Also the high places of Aven (Beth-aven), the sin of Israel, will be destroyed;
The thorn and the thistle will grow on their [pagan] altars,
And [in despair] they will say to the mountains,
“Cover us!” And to the hills, “Fall on us!”
Verse ConceptsJerusalem, Significance OfSuicideThornsBarren, LandThistlesDestruction Of Satan's WorksEscaping To MountainsDesire For Death


“Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you;
And you shall eat the plants of the field.
Verse ConceptsCondemnation, Examples OfBarren, LandThistlesThornsFood DefinedHerbs