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Thematic Bible



When they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, they mourned there with a great lamentation (expressions of mourning for the deceased) and [extreme demonstrations of] sorrow [according to Egyptian custom]; and Joseph observed a seven-day mourning for his father. Verse ConceptsFuneralsBereavement, Experience OfLamentingSevenWeeksSeven DaysBeyond JordanMourning The Death Of Others

behold, I will put a fleece of [freshly sheared] wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece, and it is dry on all the ground [around it], then I will know that You will rescue Israel through me, as You have said.” Verse ConceptsThreshing Floorstoriesgideon

Now Boaz, with whose maids you were [working], is he not our relative? See now, he is winnowing barley at the threshing floor tonight. Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsGrainWinnowingRelatives

When they came to Nacon’s threshing floor, Uzzah reached out [with his hand] to the ark of God and took hold of it, because the oxen [stumbled and] nearly overturned it. Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, PurposeRashnessThreshing FloorSacrilegeAnimals FallingTouching Holy Things

When the [avenging] angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord relented from the disaster and said to the angel who destroyed the people, “It is enough! Now relax your hand.” And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. Verse ConceptsRegretUnhappinessAngels, Ot AppearancesDestruction Of JerusalemGod Changing His MindMore Than EnoughAngels Activities Among Unbelievers

Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared to his father David, in the place that David had prepared, on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. Verse ConceptsCalvaryBeginningJerusalem, Significance OfKingsMountainsSolomon, Life OfThreshing FloorSolomon's TempleStarting To BuildThe First Temple

“You shall count seven weeks for yourself; you shall begin to count seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain. Verse ConceptsNumberingSicklesMore Than One Month


“Cut off the sower from Babylon
And the one who handles the sickle at the time of harvest.
For fear of the sword of the oppressor
Everyone will return to his own people
And everyone will flee to his own land.
Verse ConceptsBabylonSicklesNot SowingNot Reaping What You Sow


Put in the sickle [of judgment], for the harvest is ripe;
Come, tread [the grapes], for the wine press is full;
The vats overflow, for the wickedness [of the people] is great.
Verse ConceptsHarvestMaturity, PhysicalSicklesSowing And ReapingWinepressAbundance, MaterialTreading GrapesWineskins And Vats

But when the crop ripens, he immediately puts in the sickle [to reap], because [the time for] the harvest has come.” Verse ConceptsHarvestSicklesFarming

Again I looked, and this is what I saw: a white cloud, and sitting on the cloud was One like the Son of Man, with a crown of gold on His head and a sharp sickle [of swift judgment] in His hand. Verse ConceptsClouds, God's PresenceGoldHead coveringChrist GlorifiedSharp ToolsGold OrnamentsAngelsLike MenGreat White Throne JudgmentThe Rainbowclouds


Then your barns will be abundantly filled
And your vats will overflow with new wine.
Verse ConceptsAlcoholBarnsAbundance, MaterialPlenty Of WineStores Of FoodSurpluscatsmovement

Is the seed still in the barn? As to the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree—they have not produced. Yet from this day on I will bless you [in the harvest of your crops].’” Verse ConceptsFruitFig treeOlivesUnfruitfulnessVinesGod's Action TomorrowPomegranatesReapingBearing FruitGod Will Bless


Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my storehouses and build larger ones, and I will store all my grain and my goods there. Verse ConceptsRiches, Nature OfPlans Of MenPresumptuous PlansDestruction Of HousesStoring Treasure On EarthFuture Plans



“Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see;
Where have you not been violated?
You sat by the road waiting [eagerly] for them [those man-made gods]
Like an Arab [tribesman who waits to attack] in the desert,
And you have desecrated the land
With your [vile] prostitution and your wickedness (disobedience to God).
Verse ConceptsNomadsUsing RoadsPolluting The LandSpiritual HarlotrySex Between NationsThings On High


And shed innocent blood,
Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters,
Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
And the land was polluted with their blood.
Verse ConceptsInnocence, Teaching OnSanctity Of LifeSin, Effects OfIdolatry Consists OfInnocent BloodSheddingPolluting The LandIdol WorshipKilling Sons And Daughters


“I brought you into a plentiful land
To eat its fruit and [enjoy] its good things.
But you came and defiled My land
And you made My inheritance repulsive.
Verse ConceptsCropsAbundance, MaterialFertile LandPolluting The LandThe Environment

For the land has become defiled; therefore I have brought its punishment upon it, and the land vomits out its inhabitants. Verse ConceptsRetributionSin, Effects OfPolluting The LandDefilementovereating

You shall not defile the land in which you live, in the midst of which I live, for I, the Lord, live among the people of Israel.’” Verse ConceptsDefilement, Ceremonial CausesGod Living With UsGod Is Among YouDefilementrelaxation

The earth also is polluted by its inhabitants, because they have transgressed laws, violated statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant. Verse ConceptsCovenant breakersCovenant, God's with NoahGod, The EternalEcological ConcernsPolluting The LandBreaking The CovenantBreaking God's LawDefilement

I will first doubly repay and punish them for their wickedness and their sin [before I return them to their land], because they have profaned My land; they have filled My inheritance with the carcasses of their detestable idols and with their abominations.” Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionCarcass, Literal UseAbominations, Idolatry IsPolluting The LandDouble Penalty


“Arise and depart [because the captivity is inevitable],
For this [land] is not the place of rest
Because of the defilement that brings destruction,
A painful and terrible destruction.
Verse ConceptsDeparturesDestructionGet Up!Unclean ThingsDefilementRestcorruption

and when the Lord your God gives them over to you and you defeat them, then you shall utterly destroy them. You shall not make a covenant (treaty) with them nor show mercy and compassion to them. Verse ConceptsMercy, HumanForbidden AlliancesFellowship With WickedExterminationGod Without MercyThose God Gave Into Their Hands

They made war against Midian, just as the Lord had commanded Moses, and they killed every male. Verse ConceptsWarfare, Nature OfExterminationDeath Of All Males

you shall most certainly strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying it and all that is in it, even its livestock with the edge of the sword. Verse ConceptsTownExterminationApproval To KillBoth Men And Animals Killed

But you shall utterly destroy them, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite, just as the Lord your God has commanded you, Verse ConceptsExterminationgenocide

Now go and strike Amalek and completely destroy everything that they have; do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’” Verse ConceptsBad ChildrenDeath penaltyResponsibility, Examples OfExterminationBoth Men And Animals KilledThe Death Of Babiesgenocide

So I have come down to rescue them from the hand (power) of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a land [that is] good and spacious, to a land flowing with milk and honey [a land of plenty]—to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite. Verse ConceptsAbundance, MaterialFreedom, Acts Of In OtAffluenceLand, Spiritual Aspects OfMilkNationalismProperty, LandRescueHoneyMilk And HoneyRich FoodGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive oil and honey; Verse ConceptsAbundance, MaterialBarleyTreesHoneyPomegranatesOlive Trees

They reported to Moses and said, “We went in to the land where you sent us; and it certainly does flow with milk and honey, and this is its fruit. Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfAbundance, MaterialFoodLand, Spiritual Aspects OfMilkMilk And Honey


“I brought you into a plentiful land
To eat its fruit and [enjoy] its good things.
But you came and defiled My land
And you made My inheritance repulsive.
Verse ConceptsCropsAbundance, MaterialFertile LandPolluting The LandThe Environment

so that you may live long on the land which the Lord swore (solemnly promised) to your fathers to give to them and to their descendants, a land [of great abundance,] flowing with milk and honey. Verse ConceptsHow To Live LongGod Gave The LandMilk And Honey