Thematic Bible: Man's


Thematic Bible





The fear and terror of you will be in every living creature on the earth, every bird of the sky, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are placed under your authority. Verse ConceptsAnimalsAnimal LifeFearResponsibility, For God's WorldBirds, Features OfMan's DominionMan's FunctionFear And AnimalsGifts Of GodOther Gifts Of GodRelation Of Animals To ManThe RainbowRainbow


and subjected everything under his feet.

For in subjecting everything to him, He left nothing that is not subject to him. As it is, we do not yet see everything subjected to him. Verse ConceptsHumanities Responsibility To CreationFootstoolsHeadshipAnimal LifeRespect, For EnvironmentSatan, As TempterVictory, Over Spiritual ForcesMan's DominionNot Seeing Spiritual ThingsNothing MissingPutting God FirstAll Enemies Under God's Feet

But they will do all these things to you on account of My name, because they don’t know the One who sent Me. Verse Conceptsenemies, of believersGod, Revelation OfIgnorance Towards God, Leads ToThe One Who Sent ChristReasons Why The World Hates ChristiansPersecution

For as I was passing through and observing the objects of your worship, I even found an altar on which was inscribed:

TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.

Therefore, what you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you. Verse ConceptsAmbassadorsGod, Revelation OfIgnorance, Of GodInscriptionsOpportunities, And SalvationSuperstitionPolytheismUnknown GodsHow Not To WorshipIgnorance of GodEclipseignorancedevotion

Even the stork in the sky
knows her seasons.
The turtledove, swallow, and crane
are aware of their migration,
but My people do not know
the requirements of the Lord.
Verse ConceptsdovesSkyThe Right TimeBirds, Features OfBirds, Types Of BirdsInstinctSwallowsAutumnKnowingGod's TimingGods Timing

They bent their tongues like their bows;
lies and not faithfulness prevail in the land,
for they proceed from one evil to another,
and they do not take Me into account.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Illustrations OfDebaucheryTongueLukewarmnessDissipationMighty in its influence


“For My people are fools;
they do not know Me.
They are foolish children,
without understanding.
They are skilled in doing what is evil,
but they do not know how to do what is good.”
Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfFolly, Examples OfChildishnessGod, Revelation OfGood WorksKnowing God, Effects OfSkillWisdom, Human ImportanceDullnessNot Knowing HowFoolishness Of MenSkilled PeopleWorldly WisdomGood Children


That whole generation was also gathered to their ancestors. After them another generation rose up who did not know the Lord or the works He had done for Israel. Verse ConceptsBecoming An AdultGenerationsGod, Revelation OfSpiritual IgnoranceGathered To One's PeopleDeath Of A FatherRosesKnowing God

“I baptize with water,” John answered them. “Someone stands among you, but you don’t know Him. Verse ConceptsIgnorance, Of ChristWater For BaptismNot Knowing About ChristChrist With People On Earth




Then they asked Him, “Where is Your Father?”

“You know neither Me nor My Father,” Jesus answered. “If you knew Me, you would also know My Father.” Verse ConceptsKnowing God, Nature OfIgnorance, Of ChristKnowledge, Of Jesus ChristEquality With GodIgnorance Towards God, Shown ByNot Knowing About ChristFather And Son AlikeRelationship Of Father And SonWhere Is God?

“This is an amazing thing,” the man told them. “You don’t know where He is from, yet He opened my eyes! Verse ConceptsAmazingIgnorance, Of ChristNot Knowing About ChristChrist's OriginWhere From?


For the residents of Jerusalem and their rulers, since they did not recognize Him or the voices of the prophets that are read every Sabbath, have fulfilled their words by condemning Him. Verse ConceptsIgnorance, Of ChristRulersNot Knowing About ChristReading The ScripturesCondemning JesusOn The SabbathScriptures FulfilledWritten In The Prophets


I was stupid and didn’t understand;
I was an unthinking animal toward You.
Verse ConceptsFoolish PeopleMammalsThose Who Were IgnorantIgnorance of Godignorance

since we were born only yesterday and know nothing.
Our days on earth are but a shadow.
Verse ConceptsLife, HumanPhysical LifeShadowsLife, Brevity OfThose Who Were IgnorantTime PassingWeather In The Last Days

For man certainly does not know his time: like fish caught in a cruel net or like birds caught in a trap, so people are trapped in an evil time as it suddenly falls on them. Verse ConceptsDisastersThe Right TimeThe Insecurity Of The WickedWithheld KnowledgeSudden DestructionSudden EventsUnreadinessNot Knowing The FutureGod TrappingBad DaysHard TimesBirdsGod's TimingTragedyGods TimingFishGetting Through Hard Timessurprises

Just as you don’t know the path of the wind,
or how bones develop in the womb of a pregnant woman,
so you don’t know the work of God who makes everything.
Verse ConceptsBabies In The WombUnborn FetusesBonesNot Knowing HowNot Knowing WheremomsTrusting God's PlanDirectionGrowingMotherhoodChange And GrowthMoralityHaving A BabybabystructureThe Complexity Of Nature









This is the bread that comes down from heaven so that anyone may eat of it and not die. Verse ConceptsEating, Metaphorical UseImmortality, In NtChrist Going DownNot DyingChrist And HeavenJesus As Food


For this corruptible must be clothed
with incorruptibility,
and this mortal must be clothed
with immortality.
Verse ConceptsIncorruptibleImmortality, In NtHandicappedTransient BodyPeople Are CorruptibleMoralityinvestingMoral Decay

Aren’t Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?” So he turned and left in a rage. Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsUnbelief, Examples OfAngry People

Asa was angry with the seer and put him in prison because of his anger over this. And Asa mistreated some of the people at that time. Verse ConceptsCruelty, examples ofAnger, HumanImprisonmentsOppression, Nature OfPrisonersProphets, Lives OfSpiteTemperAnger, Sinful ExamplesVindictiveness

When Haman saw that Mordecai was not bowing down or paying him homage, he was filled with rage. Verse ConceptsAnger, Sinful ExamplesAnger Of Man, UnrighteousAnger Of Man, CausePraising Specific PeopleNamed People Angry With Others


but He did not have regard for Cain and his offering. Cain was furious, and he looked despondent. Verse ConceptsTemperAnger, Sinful ExamplesAnger Of Man, UnrighteousEnvy, Example OfMalice, Examples OfExpressions On FacesDepressionRespect

They, however, were filled with rage and started discussing with one another what they might do to Jesus. Verse Conceptsenemies, of Jesus ChristPharisees, Attitudes To Jesus ChristRevenge, Examples OfTemperPlottingConversationAngry With Christ

Saul was furious and resented this song. “They credited tens of thousands to David,” he complained, “but they only credited me with thousands. What more can he have but the kingdom?” Verse ConceptsTemperEnvy, Example OfDislikingFrustrationAngry People

The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing Edom
for three crimes, even four,
because he pursued his brother with the sword.
He stifled his compassion,
his anger tore at them continually,
and he harbored his rage incessantly.
Verse ConceptsTemperUnkindnessAbominations, Judgments OfPitilessnessPitilessness CondemnedHatred Between RelativesThree Or FourEternal JudgementPeople Without Mercyrelentless

When they had heard this, they were filled with rage and began to cry out, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” Verse ConceptsShoutingAngry People




Then I saw thrones, and people seated on them who were given authority to judge. I also saw the people who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of God’s word, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and who had not accepted the mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with the Messiah for 1,000 years. Verse ConceptsForeheads666Faithfulness, To Godevil, victory overdefianceBeheadingThe BeastJudgesJudgment SeatPunishment, Legal Aspects OfSelf SacrificeThe Immortal SoulMartyrdom, Methods OfSufferings RewardedRemoving HeadsCosmic CreaturesBelievers JudgingMarks On PeopleAuthority Of DisciplesAvoiding IdolatrySubsequent Witness To ChristWorshipping The DevilMark Of The BeastHow First Resurrection Is Spread OutSigns Of The Timesend times prophecyMartyrdom


When this corruptible is clothed
with incorruptibility,
and this mortal is clothed
with immortality,
then the saying that is written will take place:
Death has been swallowed up in victory.
Verse ConceptsThe Immortal SoulTransient BodyClothed With Good ThingsOvercoming DeathPeople Are CorruptibleScriptures Fulfilled

“But as for you, do not be called ‘Rabbi,’ because you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers. Verse ConceptsTeachersNames And Titles For The ChristianBrotherhood



Peter said to them, “You know it’s forbidden for a Jewish man to associate with or visit a foreigner. But God has shown me that I must not call any person common or unclean. Verse ConceptsExclusivenessGentiles, In NtClean, Spiritual UseequalityRacial PrejudiceBigotryRacismDisfellowshipPeople Being UncleanAvoiding ForeignersUnrelated PeopleBreaking Man's LawJews Separate From GentilesLack Of Holiness





The fear and terror of you will be in every living creature on the earth, every bird of the sky, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are placed under your authority. Verse ConceptsAnimalsAnimal LifeFearResponsibility, For God's WorldBirds, Features OfMan's DominionMan's FunctionFear And AnimalsGifts Of GodOther Gifts Of GodRelation Of Animals To ManThe RainbowRainbow


and subjected everything under his feet.

For in subjecting everything to him, He left nothing that is not subject to him. As it is, we do not yet see everything subjected to him. Verse ConceptsHumanities Responsibility To CreationFootstoolsHeadshipAnimal LifeRespect, For EnvironmentSatan, As TempterVictory, Over Spiritual ForcesMan's DominionNot Seeing Spiritual ThingsNothing MissingPutting God FirstAll Enemies Under God's Feet


Saul was furious and resented this song. “They credited tens of thousands to David,” he complained, “but they only credited me with thousands. What more can he have but the kingdom?” Verse ConceptsTemperEnvy, Example OfDislikingFrustrationAngry People

Suddenly, all the men of Israel came to the king. They asked him, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, take you away secretly and transport the king and his household across the Jordan, along with all of David’s men?”

The assembled people began to shout, “It’s the voice of a god and not of a man!” Verse ConceptsFlatteryVoicesMen As Godsworms

When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they raised their voices, saying in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have come down to us in the form of men!” Verse ConceptsLanguages Mentioned In ScriptureBecoming Like PeopleLike MenMen As Gods

They expected that he would swell up or suddenly drop dead. But after they waited a long time and saw nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god. Verse ConceptsFalse GodsWaitingPossibility Of DeathPeople Changing Their MindsSwellingMen As Gods

Out of the crowd, one man answered Him, "Teacher, I brought my son to You. He has a spirit that makes him unable to speak. Wherever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. So I asked Your disciples to drive it out, but they couldn't."

“Sir,” the sick man answered, “I don’t have a man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I’m coming, someone goes down ahead of me.” Verse ConceptsFriendlessnessLonelinessWeakness, PhysicalHelplessnessPeople Going BeforeDippingThings ShakingNo Help

But He was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. So they woke Him up and said to Him, “Teacher! Don’t You care that we’re going to die?” Verse ConceptsCriticism, against believersDependenceBody Of Christ, Physical BodyLeisure, And PastimesRest, PhysicalSleep, PhysicalWorryBedsPossibility Of DeathBack Of ThingsChrist Waking UpDyingDiscipleship

He saw them being battered as they rowed, because the wind was against them. Around three in the morning He came toward them walking on the sea and wanted to pass by them. Verse ConceptsNightPassing ByChrist's Knowledge Of BelieversRowingharassment

I was stupid and didn’t understand;
I was an unthinking animal toward You.
Verse ConceptsFoolish PeopleMammalsThose Who Were IgnorantIgnorance of Godignorance

since we were born only yesterday and know nothing.
Our days on earth are but a shadow.
Verse ConceptsLife, HumanPhysical LifeShadowsLife, Brevity OfThose Who Were IgnorantTime PassingWeather In The Last Days

For man certainly does not know his time: like fish caught in a cruel net or like birds caught in a trap, so people are trapped in an evil time as it suddenly falls on them. Verse ConceptsDisastersThe Right TimeThe Insecurity Of The WickedWithheld KnowledgeSudden DestructionSudden EventsUnreadinessNot Knowing The FutureGod TrappingBad DaysHard TimesBirdsGod's TimingTragedyGods TimingFishGetting Through Hard Timessurprises

Just as you don’t know the path of the wind,
or how bones develop in the womb of a pregnant woman,
so you don’t know the work of God who makes everything.
Verse ConceptsBabies In The WombUnborn FetusesBonesNot Knowing HowNot Knowing WheremomsTrusting God's PlanDirectionGrowingMotherhoodChange And GrowthMoralityHaving A BabybabystructureThe Complexity Of Nature


‘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!’ Verse ConceptsEquality In PaymentHeatNoonWeather, God's Sovereignty OverApparent InjusticeOne HourHeavy BurdensHot WeatherHard WorkA New DayworkingstoriesWeather Causing Sufferings

A woman suffering from bleeding for 12 years had endured much under many doctors. She had spent everything she had and was not helped at all. On the contrary, she became worse.

When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not bring themselves to speak peaceably to him. Verse ConceptsdisagreementsGrudgesHatredJealousyPersecution, Forms OfSpiteSuffering, Causes OfHatred Between RelativesHating IndividualsNo PeaceMan's FavouriteBrothers Lovefriendliness

The Lord guards the inexperienced;
I was helpless, and He saved me.
Verse ConceptsHelpfulnessPoverty, SpiritualGod's Attitude To FoolsProtection From Danger

For many days neither sun nor stars appeared, and the severe storm kept raging. Finally all hope that we would be saved was disappearing. Verse ConceptsDespair, Description OfHope, Results Of Its AbsencePessimismDark DaysWithout HopeNavigationNatural DisastersFeeling Lost

The men of Ephraim said to him, “Why have you done this to us, not calling us when you went to fight against the Midianites?” And they argued with him violently. Verse ConceptsResentment, Against PeopleDisputesWhat Do You Do?

“Then he became angry and didn’t want to go in. So his father came out and pleaded with him. Verse ConceptsGesturesAnger, HumanGoing OutsideUnnamed People Angry With Others

On the night before Herod was to bring him out for execution, Peter, bound with two chains, was sleeping between two soldiers, while the sentries in front of the door guarded the prison. Verse ConceptsLeisure, And PastimesSleep, PhysicalGod Is ImmanentIron ChainsDuring One NightTwo Other ThingsTwo Other MenSleeping Peacefullytrailsjail



Aren’t Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?” So he turned and left in a rage. Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsUnbelief, Examples OfAngry People

Asa was angry with the seer and put him in prison because of his anger over this. And Asa mistreated some of the people at that time. Verse ConceptsCruelty, examples ofAnger, HumanImprisonmentsOppression, Nature OfPrisonersProphets, Lives OfSpiteTemperAnger, Sinful ExamplesVindictiveness

When Haman saw that Mordecai was not bowing down or paying him homage, he was filled with rage. Verse ConceptsAnger, Sinful ExamplesAnger Of Man, UnrighteousAnger Of Man, CausePraising Specific PeopleNamed People Angry With Others


but He did not have regard for Cain and his offering. Cain was furious, and he looked despondent. Verse ConceptsTemperAnger, Sinful ExamplesAnger Of Man, UnrighteousEnvy, Example OfMalice, Examples OfExpressions On FacesDepressionRespect

They, however, were filled with rage and started discussing with one another what they might do to Jesus. Verse Conceptsenemies, of Jesus ChristPharisees, Attitudes To Jesus ChristRevenge, Examples OfTemperPlottingConversationAngry With Christ

Saul was furious and resented this song. “They credited tens of thousands to David,” he complained, “but they only credited me with thousands. What more can he have but the kingdom?” Verse ConceptsTemperEnvy, Example OfDislikingFrustrationAngry People

The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing Edom
for three crimes, even four,
because he pursued his brother with the sword.
He stifled his compassion,
his anger tore at them continually,
and he harbored his rage incessantly.
Verse ConceptsTemperUnkindnessAbominations, Judgments OfPitilessnessPitilessness CondemnedHatred Between RelativesThree Or FourEternal JudgementPeople Without Mercyrelentless

When they had heard this, they were filled with rage and began to cry out, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” Verse ConceptsShoutingAngry People


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