Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Corruption » Physical decomposition » After death
With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.
And the dust goes back to the earth as it was, and the spirit goes back to God who gave it.
For you will not let my soul be prisoned in the underworld; you will not let your loved one see the place of death.
For you will not let my soul be in hell and you will not give up your Holy One to destruction.
If your face is veiled, they are troubled; when you take away their breath, they come to an end, and go back to the dust.
I went down to the bases of the mountains; as for the earth, her walls were about me for ever: but you have taken up my life from the underworld, O Lord my God.
He, having knowledge of the future, was talking of the coming again of Christ from the dead, that he was not kept in hell and his body did not see destruction.
And about his coming back from the dead, never again to go to destruction, he has said these words, I will give you the holy and certain mercies of David. Because he says in another Psalm, You will not let your Holy One see destruction. Now David, having done God's work for his generation, went to sleep, and was put with his fathers, and his body came to destruction: read more.
But he, who was lifted up by God, did not see destruction.
But he, who was lifted up by God, did not see destruction.
So is it with the coming back from the dead. It is planted in death; it comes again in life:
Now I say this, my brothers, that it is not possible for flesh and blood to have a part in the kingdom of God; and death may not have a part in life.
Dust » Man made from
And the Lord God made man from the dust of the earth, breathing into him the breath of life: and man became a living soul.
With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.
And the dust goes back to the earth as it was, and the spirit goes back to God who gave it.
For he has knowledge of our feeble frame; he sees that we are only dust.
And Abraham answering said, Truly, I who am only dust, have undertaken to put my thoughts before the Lord:
O keep in mind that you made me out of earth; and will you send me back again to dust?
Favoritism » The lord not respecting persons (not showing favoritism)
And, you masters, do the same things to them, not making use of violent words: in the knowledge that their Master and yours is in heaven, and he has no respect for a man's position.
And they sent to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Master, we see that you are true, and that you are teaching the true way of God, and have no fear of anyone, because you have no respect for a man's position.
For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, strong in power and greatly to be feared, who has no respect for any man's position and takes no rewards:
Truly, God does not do evil, and the Ruler of all is not a false judge. Who put the earth into his care, or made him responsible for the world? If he made his spirit come back to him, taking his breath into himself again, read more.
All flesh would come to an end together, and man would go back to the dust. If you are wise, take note of this; give ear to the voice of my words. How may a hater of right be a ruler? and will you say that the upright Ruler of all is evil? He who says to a king, You are an evil-doer; and to rulers, You are sinners; Who has no respect for rulers, and who gives no more attention to those who have wealth than to the poor, for they are all the work of his hands. Suddenly they come to an end, even in the middle of the night: the blow comes on the men of wealth, and they are gone, and the strong are taken away without the hand of man.
All flesh would come to an end together, and man would go back to the dust. If you are wise, take note of this; give ear to the voice of my words. How may a hater of right be a ruler? and will you say that the upright Ruler of all is evil? He who says to a king, You are an evil-doer; and to rulers, You are sinners; Who has no respect for rulers, and who gives no more attention to those who have wealth than to the poor, for they are all the work of his hands. Suddenly they come to an end, even in the middle of the night: the blow comes on the men of wealth, and they are gone, and the strong are taken away without the hand of man.
And when they had come, they said to him, Master, we are certain that you are true, and have no fear of anyone: you have no respect for a man's position, but you are teaching the true way of God: Is it right to give taxes to Caesar or not?
And they put a question to him, saying, Master, we are certain that your teaching and your words are right, and that you have no respect for a man's position, but you are teaching the true way of God:
Then Peter said, Truly, I see clearly that God is no respecter of persons:
For one man is not different from another before God.
Being certain that the Lord will give you the reward of the heritage: for you are the servants of the Lord Christ. For the wrongdoer will have punishment for the wrong he has done, without respect for any man's position.
But be holy in every detail of your lives, as he, whose servants you are, is holy; Because it has been said in the Writings, You are to be holy, for I am holy. And if you give the name of Father to him who, judging every man by his acts, has no respect for a man's position, then go in fear while you are on this earth:
Flesh » The flesh
My flesh and my heart are wasting away: but God is the Rock of my heart and my eternal heritage.
The spirit is the life giver; the flesh is of no value: the words which I have said to you are spirit and they are life.
For it is said, All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of the grass. The grass becomes dry and the flower dead:
A voice of one saying, Give a cry! And I said, What is my cry to be? All flesh is grass, and all its strength like the flower of the field. The grass becomes dry, the flower is dead; because the breath of the Lord goes over it: truly the people is grass. The grass is dry, the flower is dead; but the word of our God is eternal.
Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test: the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.
Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test; the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.
I give praise to God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So with my mind I am a servant to the law of God, but with my flesh to the law of sin.
But I say, Go on in the Spirit, and you will not come under the rule of the evil desires of the flesh. For the flesh has desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; because these are opposite the one to the other; so that you may not do the things which you have a mind to do. But if you are guided by the Spirit, you are not under the law. read more.
Now the works of the flesh are clear, which are these: evil desire, unclean things, wrong use of the senses, Worship of images, use of strange powers, hates, fighting, desire for what another has, angry feelings, attempts to get the better of others, divisions, false teachings, Envy, uncontrolled drinking and feasting, and such things: of which I give you word clearly, even as I did in the past, that they who do such things will have no part in the kingdom of God.
Now the works of the flesh are clear, which are these: evil desire, unclean things, wrong use of the senses, Worship of images, use of strange powers, hates, fighting, desire for what another has, angry feelings, attempts to get the better of others, divisions, false teachings, Envy, uncontrolled drinking and feasting, and such things: of which I give you word clearly, even as I did in the past, that they who do such things will have no part in the kingdom of God.
Poverty » The lord being the maker of the poor
The man of wealth and the poor man come face to face: the Lord is the maker of them all.
Then Job got up, and after parting his clothing and cutting off his hair, he went down on his face to the earth, and gave worship, and said, With nothing I came out of my mother's body, and with nothing I will go back there; the Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; let the Lord's name be praised.
The Lord gives wealth and takes a man's goods from him: crushing men down and again lifting them up;
Truly, God does not do evil, and the Ruler of all is not a false judge. Who put the earth into his care, or made him responsible for the world? If he made his spirit come back to him, taking his breath into himself again, read more.
All flesh would come to an end together, and man would go back to the dust. If you are wise, take note of this; give ear to the voice of my words. How may a hater of right be a ruler? and will you say that the upright Ruler of all is evil? He who says to a king, You are an evil-doer; and to rulers, You are sinners; Who has no respect for rulers, and who gives no more attention to those who have wealth than to the poor, for they are all the work of his hands.
All flesh would come to an end together, and man would go back to the dust. If you are wise, take note of this; give ear to the voice of my words. How may a hater of right be a ruler? and will you say that the upright Ruler of all is evil? He who says to a king, You are an evil-doer; and to rulers, You are sinners; Who has no respect for rulers, and who gives no more attention to those who have wealth than to the poor, for they are all the work of his hands.
Wealth » The lord being the maker of the wealthy
The man of wealth and the poor man come face to face: the Lord is the maker of them all.
Then Job got up, and after parting his clothing and cutting off his hair, he went down on his face to the earth, and gave worship, and said, With nothing I came out of my mother's body, and with nothing I will go back there; the Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; let the Lord's name be praised.
Yours, O Lord, is the strength and the power and the glory, and the authority and the honour: for everything in heaven and on earth is yours; yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are lifted up as head over all. Wealth and honour come from you, and you are ruler over all, and in your hand is power and strength; it is in your power to make great, and to give strength to all.
The Lord gives wealth and takes a man's goods from him: crushing men down and again lifting them up;
Truly, God does not do evil, and the Ruler of all is not a false judge. Who put the earth into his care, or made him responsible for the world? If he made his spirit come back to him, taking his breath into himself again, read more.
All flesh would come to an end together, and man would go back to the dust. If you are wise, take note of this; give ear to the voice of my words. How may a hater of right be a ruler? and will you say that the upright Ruler of all is evil? He who says to a king, You are an evil-doer; and to rulers, You are sinners; Who has no respect for rulers, and who gives no more attention to those who have wealth than to the poor, for they are all the work of his hands.
All flesh would come to an end together, and man would go back to the dust. If you are wise, take note of this; give ear to the voice of my words. How may a hater of right be a ruler? and will you say that the upright Ruler of all is evil? He who says to a king, You are an evil-doer; and to rulers, You are sinners; Who has no respect for rulers, and who gives no more attention to those who have wealth than to the poor, for they are all the work of his hands.
Say not then, in your hearts, My power and the strength of my hands have got me this wealth. But keep in mind the Lord your God: for it is he who gives you the power to get wealth, so that he may give effect to the agreement which he made by his oath with your fathers, as at this day.