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([Sons of Korah]) As the deer desires the water brooks, so I desire you, O God. Verse ConceptsMusicSaints, Communion With GodDeer Etc.BrooksDeer

the deer, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope (chamois) and the mountain sheep. Verse ConceptsDeersAnimals, Types OfDeer Etc.Deer

Zeruiah's three sons were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Asahel was as fast on his feet as a wild gazelle. Verse ConceptsThree ChildrenFast RunnersDeer Etc.Deer

You make me sure-footed as a deer. You keep me safe on the mountains. Verse ConceptsFeetDeersHigh PlacesTypes Of FeetDeer Etc.Deer

Some brave and experienced warriors from the tribe of Gad also defected to David while he was at the stronghold in the wilderness. They were expert with both shield and spear, as fierce as lions and as swift as deer on the mountains. Verse ConceptsCommandereagernessWarriorsFast RunnersDeer

She is like a loving deer and a graceful doe. Let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Always be delighted with her love. Verse ConceptsDeersBreasts, Being AttractiveSex Within MarriageHusbands Duty To WivesDeer Etc.Loving Your WifeStaying PositiveDeerbreaststeenager

Deliver your self like a deer from the hand of the hunter, and like a bird from the hand of the fowler (bird catcher). Verse ConceptsHuntingBirds, Figurative UseSaving OneselfDeer Etc.DebtBeing YourselfDeerSaving Money

The lame will leap and dance, and those who cannot speak will shout for joy. Streams of water will flow through the desert plain. Verse ConceptsLeapingCripplesLamenessTonguePeople JumpingRunning Water From GodDumbnessRenewedDumbDeserts Used FigurativelyDeer Etc.Deerjumping

Even deer in the fields give birth and abandon their young because there is no grass. Verse ConceptsDeersGrassYoung AnimalAnimals ForsakingDeer Etc.Deer

They came with their livestock and tents, as thick as locusts. It was impossible to count the men and their camels. They entered the land and destroyed it. Verse ConceptsInsectsMany CombatantsLocustsTentsGrasshoppersUncountable

He owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, one thousand head of cattle, and five hundred donkeys. He also had a large number of servants. In fact he was the greatest (richest) of all the Orientals in the East! Verse ConceptsLivestockAbundance, MaterialLargenessSheepShepherds, As OccupationsYokesGod Is ImmanentFour To Five HundredThree Thousand And UpSeven ThousandOwning LivestockFour And Five HundredGreat IndividualsMultitudes Of DonkeysPossessing SheepWealthy Peoplepossessions

He treated Abram well for her sake. Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels. Verse ConceptsCowsSheepAnimals, Types OfOwning LivestockGroups Of SlavesMultitudes Of DonkeysPeople Giving Other ThingsPossessing Sheep

He became exceedingly prosperous, and had large flocks and female and male servants and camels and donkeys. Verse ConceptsAbundance, MaterialLargenessSheepGrowth In WealthGroups Of SlavesMultitudes Of DonkeysPossessing SheepWealthy PeopleWealth And Prosperity

You must not eat those that either chew their cud or have divided hoofs. These are the kinds you must never eat: You must never eat camels. Camels are unclean because they chew their cud but do not have divided hoofs. Verse ConceptsCamelsUnclean SpiritsCleft HoofsNoting What Animals EatUnclean Animals

David attacked just before sunrise the next day. They fought until sunset. Four hundred Amalekites rode away on camels. They were the only ones to escape. Verse ConceptsEscapingCamelsCavalryFour To Five HundredOne DayEscaping From PeopleFour And Five HundredFighting Enemies

They seized the livestock of the Hagrites, fifty thousand camels, two hundred fifty thousand sheep and two thousand donkeys. They also took one hundred thousand people captive, Verse ConceptsLivestockOwning LivestockTwo ThousandFifty To Ninety ThousandOne Hundred Thousand And MoreTwo Hundred Thousand And More

Again I say, It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a man with much money to go into the kingdom of God. Verse ConceptsExaggerationsHumourNeedlesSharp ToolsEntering The KingdomEasy For PeopleOther OpeningsKingdom Of GodGoing To HeavenimpossibleThe Narrow Gate

You blind guides! You strain out the gnat and swallow the camel! Verse ConceptsInsectsFliesLack Of DiscriminationSievingflyingbugsknots

Slaughter the bull near my altar in front of the tent. Verse ConceptsSacrifices At The DoorwayKilling Sacrifices

Offer a bull as a sin offering for atonement each day. Purify the altar when you make atonement for it. Anoint it to consecrate it. Verse ConceptsAnointing, ObjectsPurificationOnce A DaySetting Up The Bronze AltarAnointing Things

The priest must lead the bull to the entrance of the sacred tent. He must lay his hand on its head and kill it there. Verse ConceptsSin OfferingHands On HeadsSacrifices At The DoorwayLaying Hands On SacrificesKilling Sacrifices

When you sacrifice a young bull as a burnt offering to Jehovah or make any other kind of sacrifice to keep a vow or as a fellowship offering. Verse ConceptsFellowship OfferingSacrificing CattlePeace offerings

He put the wood in order and cut the bull in pieces and laid it on there. Then he said: Get four vessels full of water and put it on the burned offering and on the wood. Do it a second time, and they did it a second time. Verse ConceptsBarrelsAnimals Cut In PiecesPutting In OrderFour VesselsFirewood

You drove out Jehovah's priests! You evicted the descendants of Aaron and the Levites. In their place you appointed priests in the same way that other nations do. Anybody who comes along with a bull or seven sheep can get himself consecrated as a priest of those so-called gods of yours. Verse ConceptsPriests, Institution In Ot TimesConsecration

They gave a hundred oxen, two hundred sheep and four hundred lambs as offerings at the opening of this house of God. They gave twelve he goats as a sin offering for all of Israel. Twelve is the number of the tribes of Israel. Verse ConceptsGoatsExpiationSacrifice, In OtSin OfferingOne HundredThe Number Two HundredFour To Five HundredTwelve TribesTwelve AnimalsFour And Five HundredSheep And GoatsDedication

I will offer you a sacrifice of fattened livestock for burnt offerings with the smoke from rams. I will offer cattle and goats. Verse ConceptsFatnessAnimals, religious role ofPsalm InterjectionsSacrificing Cattle Sheep And Goats

God made the wild animals according to their kinds. He made the livestock according to their kinds and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. God saw that it was good. Verse ConceptsAccording To Its KindAnimals, Types OfCrawlingGod Seeing All The EarthMammalsKinds Of Living ThingsPerfection Of CreationCreationThe EarthGod's CreationPetsbugsreproductionVarietiesReproduction, After Kind

He drove all his livestock ahead of him. He took all the possessions that he had accumulated. He took his own livestock that he had accumulated in Paddan-aram and went back to his father Isaac in Canaan. Verse ConceptsDriving

Jehovah will distinguish between Israel's livestock and the livestock of the Egyptians. The animals belonging to the Israelites will not die.' Verse ConceptsPlaguesNot DyingGod Differentiating

The seventh day is a Sabbath dedicated to Jehovah your God. Do not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female servant or your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you. Verse ConceptsServanthood, In SocietyWork, And RestIndustryStrangersThe Seventh Day Of The WeekForeigners Included In The LawDay 7No Work On Feast DaysRegulations For Men And WomenSabbaths InstitutedStrangers in israel

The sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad had a large number of livestock. They saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead was indeed a place suitable for livestock. Verse ConceptsLivestockLargenessHerdsReuben Gad And Half Manasseh

The children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. No part of the land was given to the Levites. They were given cities in which to live and a place for their cattle and personally property. Verse ConceptsTribes Of Israel

You will eat the flesh of mighty men and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, as though they were rams, lambs, goats and bulls, all of them fatlings of Bashan.' Verse ConceptsAnimals Eating PeopleCreatures Drinking Blood

Hear this word you cows of Bashan who live on the mountain of Samaria. You oppress the poor. You crush the needy. You say to your masters (husbands) (lords), Bring us drink. Verse ConceptsCowsThe NeedyLeisure, Nature And Purpose OfOppression, Nature OfSuffering, Nature OfPoor, The Wicked Response ToAlcohol ConsumptionGetting WineWomen Doing WrongNot Helping The Poorwomanhood

Do not bring the hire (fee) of a harlot or the wages of a dog into the house of Jehovah your God for any vow offering. Both of these are an abomination to Jehovah your God. Verse ConceptsAbominationsOfferingsVowsHarlotsWantonnessAbominations, To GodGod Hating ThingsMale ProstitutesWages Of A ProstituteGiving Money To The ChurchTithes And OfferingPetssalespremaritalwhores

Dogs will eat members of your family who die in the city. Vultures will eat any who die in the open country. I, Jehovah, have spoken! Verse ConceptsdogsAnimals Eating PeopleEating CorpsesBirds Eating

The chariot was washed at the pool of Samaria the bathing-place of the loose women. Dogs were drinking his blood there, as Jehovah said. Verse ConceptsdogsBathing, For RefreshmentTongueWord Of GodPoolsAnimals Eating PeopleCreatures Drinking BloodClean Objects

They return in the evening. They howl like dogs. They prowl the city. Verse ConceptsNoisedogsBarking And Howling

He who meddles in someone else's quarrel is like one who takes a dog by the ears. Verse ConceptsdisagreementsBusybodiesMeddlingGentlenessMinding Your Own BusinessFamily ProblemsConflictFamily ConflictPets

Whoever is joined to all the living has hope. A living dog is better than a dead lion. Verse ConceptsDeath, Preparation ForAnimals Fate After DeathLiving Things

He hoped he could eat the bits of food that fell from the rich man's table. Then the dogs would come and lick his sores. Verse ConceptsdogsTablesTongueCrumbsSeeking FoodRemaining FoodPetsAbscessFeeding The Poorlazarus


Early the next morning Abraham saddled his donkey. He took two of his servants and his son Isaac with him. He had cut the wood for the burnt offering. Then he set out for the place that God had told him about. Verse ConceptsAbrahamDonkeysMorningAnimals, Types OfRising EarlySplitting WoodFirewoodThose Who Rose EarlyPreparing To TravelSaddling DonkeysTwo Other Men

Jehovah gave the donkey the power of speech. The donkey said to Balaam: What have I done to you? Why have you beaten me these three times? Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyAnimal LifeRebukeActing Three TimesThe Dumb Speaking

Speak of it, you who ride on white donkeys, sitting on saddles. You that must walk wherever you go. Verse ConceptsDonkeysBackRoadsWalkingTravellersVolunteering

He had thirty sons who rode thirty donkeys. They had thirty cities in the land of Gilead. They are called the villages of Jair. Verse ConceptsBackThirtyGiven Names To This DayMultitudes Of Donkeys

Some donkeys belonging to Kish wandered off. He said to Saul: Take one of the servants with you and look for the donkeys. Verse ConceptsSeeking For Concrete ThingsLoss Of DonkeysMissing SomeoneLosing A FriendBeing Lostsaul

He told them, Go to the nearby town and look for a donkey with a cord around her neck. There will be a young one with her. Turn them loose and bring them to me. Verse ConceptsDonkeysRopesAnimal OffspringOpposite SidesEntering CitiesFinding ThingsBinding As Animals


Their wine is the poison of serpents, and the cruel venom of asps (cobras). Verse ConceptsAlcoholCobrasSerpentsSnakesThings Like Snakes

Its palaces are covered with thorns. Its fortresses have nettles and thistles. It will become a home for jackals and a place for ostriches. Verse ConceptsNettlesCitadelsThornsBramblesOstriches

I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins. It will be a gathering place of jackals. I will make the cities of Judah desolation, without inhabitant. Verse ConceptsRuinsArchaeologyTearsDestruction Of JerusalemEmpty Citiesjerusalem

Babylon will become a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals, an object of horror and hissing, without inhabitants. Verse ConceptsRuinsArchaeologyAstonishmentDesecrationBabylon Left DesolateEmpty CitiesHissingMade A Horror

I [Micah] will lament and wail. I will go barefoot and naked. I will make a howling like the jackals, and a lamentation like the ostriches. Verse ConceptsBarefeetNakednessSandalsSorrowBirds, Types Of BirdsNaked In ShameOstrichesTragedy

And yet I hated Esau and his descendants. I devastated Esau's hill country and abandoned his inheritance to the desert jackals.

Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon! Look from the peak of Mount Amana, from the peak of Mount Shenir and Mount Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards. Verse ConceptsLeopard

The wolf will dwell with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the young lion and the well-fed animal together. A little boy will lead them. Verse ConceptsLeopardMillennial KingdomLambsLionsAnimals, Types OfDeliverance From LionsWolvesChildren And The KingdomDeerPetsSleeping Peacefully

That is why lions from the forest will kill them. Wolves from the desert will tear them to pieces, and leopards will prowl through their towns. If those people go out, they will be torn apart because their sins are numerous and time after time they have turned from God. Verse ConceptsForestsLeopardCarnivorousnessWolvesIn Danger From Lions


So I will be like a lion. Like a leopard I will wait by the road to ambush you. Verse ConceptsLeopardGod Like A LionGod WaitingLike Creatures

Their horses are swifter than leopards. They are fiercer than the evening wolves. Their horsemen proudly press on. Yes, their horsemen come from afar. They fly like an eagle in a hurry to eat. Verse ConceptsHorsesLeopardWingsBirds, Types Of BirdsRiding HorsesSpeedEaglesWolvesPeople From Far AwayThose Flying

David replied to Saul: I am a shepherd for my father's sheep. When a lion or a bear comes and carries off a sheep from the flock, Verse ConceptsServanthood, In SocietyAnimals, Types OfBearsThose Who Kept StockDeerbeer

You know your father and his followers are mighty warriors. They are as fierce as a mother bear whose cubs have just been killed. Your father has a lot of experience in fighting wars. He will not spend the night with the others. Verse ConceptsMiddle AgeBearsBereavementFierce MenReady For War

Elisha turned around and glared at them. He cursed them in the name of Jehovah. Then two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of the boys to pieces. Verse ConceptsMiracles Of ElishaTwo AnimalsFortiesAnimals KillingCursing The Ungodlyhumorteenager

Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs then a fool in his foolishness. Verse ConceptsBearsEvil AssociationsMeeting PeopleBereavementFoolsMotherhood

Like a roaring lion and a charging bear, so is a wicked ruler over the helpless people. Verse ConceptsWicked RulersOppression, Nature OfPoliticsRulers, WickedBearsLike CreaturesAttacked By EvilCharge

Also the cow and the bear will graze. Their young will lie down together. And the lion will eat straw like the ox. Verse ConceptsCowsFeedingStrawBearsYoung AnimalDeliverance From LionsNoting What Animals Eatcats


He must not increase his herd of horses. He must not send the people to return to Egypt to get more horses. For Jehovah said to you: You should never again return that way. Verse ConceptsHorsesKings, Duties OfNeverPeople not returningAcquiring Horses

He also removed the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the worship of the sun. He burned the chariots used in this worship. Verse ConceptsChamberlainsBurning Idolatrous ThingsAbandoning IdolsPrivate Rooms

Do you give the horse his might? Do you clothe his neck with a mane? Verse ConceptsStrength Of AnimalsWork Ethic

Do not be stubborn like a horse or mule. They need a bit and bridle in their mouth to restrain them, or they will not come near you. Verse ConceptsMulesBridlesHorsesRestraintRopesStubbornnessDivine RestraintsSelf WillBinding As Animals


He (God) said to him: Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon. Verse ConceptsGoatsAbrahamdovesCarcass, Literal UsePigeonsAnimals, Types OfHeifersAnimals At Specific Ages

He will place his hand on the goat's head. He will slaughter it in Jehovah's presence where he slaughters animals for burnt offerings. It is an offering for sin. Verse ConceptsHands On HeadsLaying Hands On SacrificesKilling SacrificesRegulations For The Sin Offering

Aaron will slaughter the goat for the people's offering for sin. He will take the blood inside, go up to the canopy, and sprinkle it on the throne of mercy and in front of it, as he did with the bull's blood. Verse ConceptsAaron, PrivilegesTypes Of ChristSprinkling BloodCovering The ArkKilling SacrificesPropitiatory [Mercy Seat]Mercy Killings

So Manoah took a young goat and some grain, and offered them on the rock altar to Jehovah the God who works wonders. Verse ConceptsGoatsAmazement, Of God's ActionsSacrifice, In OtAltars, Built ByMaking Cereal Offerings And Libations

Then they brought the male goats for the offering for sin in front of the king and the assembly, who laid their hands on them.

Now Tobiah the Ammonite was with him, and he said: Such is their building that if a fox climbs to the top of it, their stonewall will be broken down. Verse ConceptsAmmonitesFoxes

He caught three hundred foxes. Two at a time, he tied their tails together and put torches in the knots. Verse ConceptsFoxesAnimals, Types OfThree To Four HundredTailsThree Hundred And Abovecats

Swords will cut them down. Their dead bodies will be left as food for jackals.

(Her Brothers) Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes. Verse ConceptsFoxesBlossomingPets


Offer one lamb in the morning and offer the other lamb at twilight. Verse ConceptsMorning WorshipAnimals, Types OfTwilight

If your offering is a lamb, you must bring it to Jehovah. Verse ConceptsLambs

If someone brings a lamb as his offering for sin, he must bring a female that has no defects. Verse ConceptsLambsFemale AnimalsPerfect Sacrifices

Bring your guilt offering to Jehovah for the sin you committed. It must be a female sheep or goat as an offering for sin. Then the priest will pay compensation for the wrong and make peace with Jehovah for what you did wrong. Verse ConceptsGoatsFemale AnimalsSheep And GoatsPriests Atoning

Once again he will dedicate himself to Jehovah as a Nazirite for the same length of time as before. He must bring a one-year-old male lamb as an offering for guilt. The first time period will not count. He has to start over from when he became unclean. Verse ConceptsGuilt OfferingAnimal Sacrifices, Trespass OfferingUseless LabourAnimals At Specific Ages

He (God) said to him: Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon. Verse ConceptsGoatsAbrahamdovesCarcass, Literal UsePigeonsAnimals, Types OfHeifersAnimals At Specific Ages

This is a requirement of the law Jehovah has commanded: 'Tell the Israelites to bring you a red cow that is perfect, with no defects. Also, it must never have worn a yoke. Verse ConceptsOrdinancesPerfection, DivineYokesAnimals, Types OfColors, ScarletHeifersRed AnimalsPerfect SacrificesUnused

When it is determined which city is nearest the body, the elders from that city must choose a heifer that has never been put to work and never worn a yoke. Verse ConceptsTownYokesHeifersUnused

The blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes from the burning of a young cow, sprinkled on the unclean made them outwardly clean. Verse ConceptsLimitednessBullsAshesSprinklingHeifersSprinkling BloodLimitations Of The BodyAshes Of SacrificesPurifying OneselfSacrificing CattleSacrificing Cattle Sheep And Goats

Each governor also supplied his share of barley and straw as needed for the chariot horses and the work animals. Verse ConceptsGrainFeeding Animals

The letters were sent in the name of King Ahasuerus and stamped with his ring, and they were taken by men on horseback, going on the quick-running horses used for the king's business, the offspring of his best horses: Verse ConceptsMulesSealing The MessageRiding Horses

Many camels will cover your land, young camels from Midian and Ephah. Everyone from Sheba will come. They will bring gold and incense. They will sing the praises of Jehovah. Verse ConceptsGoldCommerceGood NewsIndeterminate Sums Of MoneyShowing Forth His Praise

How can you say, 'I have not been dishonored and have not gone after the Baal gods?' Look how you have behaved in the valley. Acknowledge what you have done. You are like a young camel that swiftly runs here and there. Verse ConceptsPeople Being Unclean

Then Abraham ran to the herd. He selected a fat calf and told a servant to butcher it and prepare it. Verse ConceptsTendernessAnimals, Types OfCattleHasteHerdsIndividuals RunningSoftnessEating CattleHasty Action

The woman quickly butchered a calf she had fattened. Then she took some flour and prepared it. She baked some bread without yeast. Verse ConceptsFlourFoodCooking, MethodsBakingKilling Domesticated AnimalsEating CattleBaking BreadKneading Dough

You lie on beds of ivory, and stretch on couches. You eat the the best lambs out of the flock and the fattest calves out of the stall. Verse ConceptsBedsArtIvoryLambs


He will love you, bless you, and increase the number of your descendants. He will bless you with children. He will bless your land with produce: grain, new wine, and olive oil. He will bless your herds with calves, and your flocks with lambs and kids. This will all happen in the land Jehovah will give you, as he swore to your fathers. Verse ConceptsTemporal BlessingsFruitfulness, NaturalAlcoholdrinkingBlessings, To AbrahamOilWineWombProsperity PromisedAlcohol ConsumptionIncreasing FruitGod Multipling PeopleChildren BlessedGod Will Bless

Now get a new cart ready for two dairy cows that have never been yoked. Hitch the cows to the cart. Take their calves away and leave them in their stall. Verse ConceptsCartsYokesCattleDairyYoung AnimalAnimal OffspringUnusedTwo Animals

also thirty female camels with their young, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys. Verse ConceptsAnimals, Types OfHerdsTen AnimalsTwentyThirtyAnimal OffspringOwning LivestockAnimals SucklingFortiesMultitudes Of Donkeys

Never eat rock badgers. Rock badgers are unclean because they chew their cud but do not have divided hoofs. Verse ConceptsBadgersAnimals, Types OfUnclean SpiritsCleft HoofsNoting What Animals EatRock BadgerUnclean Animals

The high mountains are for the wild goats. The cliffs are a refuge for the rock badgers. Verse ConceptsBadgersWild GoatRock Badger

The rock badgers are a feeble folk, yet they make their houses in the rocks. Verse ConceptsBadgersFeeblenessDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of CreaturesRock Badger

For the king had Tarshish-ships at sea with the ships of Hiram. Once every three years the Tarshish-ships came with gold and silver and ivory and apes (monkeys) and peacocks. Verse ConceptsGoldIvorySilverCommerceThree YearsShips For TradingEvery Three YearsTrade With MetalsPetssailing

Look at the behemoth, which I made along with you. It feeds on grass as cattle do. Verse ConceptsCreation, Origin OfGrassAnimals EatingDinosaursmuscles

geckos, monitors, lizards, skinks, and chameleons. Verse ConceptsAnimals, Types OfLizards

geckos, monitors, lizards, skinks, and chameleons. Verse ConceptsAnimals, Types OfLizards

A greyhound, a he goat also and a king, against whom there is no rising up. Verse ConceptsAnimals, Types OfBirds, Types Of BirdsChickensNature Of Kings

You must never eat rabbits. Rabbits are unclean because they chew their cud but do not have divided hoofs. Verse ConceptsUnclean SpiritsCleft HoofsNoting What Animals EatUnclean Animals

For the king had Tarshish-ships at sea with the ships of Hiram. Once every three years the Tarshish-ships came with gold and silver and ivory and apes (monkeys) and peacocks. Verse ConceptsGoldIvorySilverCommerceThree YearsShips For TradingEvery Three YearsTrade With MetalsPetssailing

Wild boars from the forest graze on it. Wild animals devour it. Verse ConceptsForestsAnimals, Types OfPigs

Look at the behemoth, which I made along with you. It feeds on grass as cattle do. Verse ConceptsCreation, Origin OfGrassAnimals EatingDinosaursmuscles

When they entered the city they went to the upper chamber where they were staying. Included were Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealous one, and Judas the son of James. Verse ConceptsStairwaysZealAndrewPrayer MeetingsUpper RoomsGuest Roomszealots

The following are the names of the twelve apostles (ambassadors of the good news) (messengers): first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Verse ConceptsPeter, The ApostleTwelve DisciplesDiscipleshipChristmas TreeStruggles In Relationshipzealots

Simon, whom he also named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and Philip and Bartholomew, Verse Conceptszealots

The following are the names of the twelve apostles (ambassadors of the good news) (messengers): first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the Cananaean, and Judas Iscariot, who later betrayed him.

The next day he called his disciples to choose from them twelve, whom he named apostles (ambassadors) (messengers): Simon, whom he also named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and Philip and Bartholomew, and Matthew and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealous one, read more.
And finally there was Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

The twelve included Simon whom he surnamed Peter, James the son of Zebedee, John the brother of James surnamed Boanerges, which is, Sons of thunder: Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Cananaean. read more.
Also present was Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. Then he went into a house.

They cast lots for them and the lot fell on Matthias. So he was included with the eleven apostles. Verse ConceptsApostles, DescriptionGuidance, Receiving God'sCasting LotsElevenDispensations

The twelve included Simon whom he surnamed Peter, Verse ConceptsPeople Renaming People

little owls, cormorants, great owls, Verse ConceptsBirds, Types Of BirdsOwls

the pelican, the carrion vulture, the cormorant, Verse ConceptsPelicansVultures

Pelicans and herons will take possession of the land. Porcupines and crows will live there. He will stretch the measuring line of chaos and the plumb line of destruction over it. Verse ConceptsChaosRavensPlumb LineCrowsOwlsPelicansHedgehogsDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of CreaturesChaos As Judgment

And herds will lie down in her midst, all the beasts of the nations. The pelican and the porcupine will lodge on the top of her pillars. Their voice will sing (hoot) (croak) in the windows. Desolation will be in the thresholds for he will lay bare that which is built with cedar. Verse ConceptsBirds, Types Of BirdsThings StrippedPelicansHedgehogsCedar Wood


Though you stayed among the sheep pens, you will be like the wings of a dove covered with silver, its feathers with yellow gold. Verse ConceptsdovesGoldSleep, PhysicalWingsSheepfoldsWings Of BirdsStock Keeping

My dove, my undefiled is the one. She is the only one of her mother; she is the choice one of her that bore her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her. The queens and the concubines praised her. Verse ConceptsUnique IndividualsPraising Specific PeopleMan's FavouriteBeing Unique


Then Abraham ran to the herd. He selected a fat calf and told a servant to butcher it and prepare it. Verse ConceptsTendernessAnimals, Types OfCattleHasteHerdsIndividuals RunningSoftnessEating CattleHasty Action

The woman quickly butchered a calf she had fattened. Then she took some flour and prepared it. She baked some bread without yeast. Verse ConceptsFlourFoodCooking, MethodsBakingKilling Domesticated AnimalsEating CattleBaking BreadKneading Dough

You lie on beds of ivory, and stretch on couches. You eat the the best lambs out of the flock and the fattest calves out of the stall. Verse ConceptsBedsArtIvoryLambs


When you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, zither, pipes (bagpipe), and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king set up. Verse ConceptsFlutesHarpsHornsLyreIdolatry Consists OfMusical Instruments, types ofOrchestrasCymbalsLyresIdol Worshipdrums

David and all the Israelites danced and sang with all their might to honor Jehovah. They played harps, lyres, drums, tambourines, rattles, and cymbals. Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofMusiciansMusical Instruments, types ofSongsFir TreesTreesWorship, Elements OfMusical Instruments, Made OfOrchestrasCymbalsTambourinesHarpsLyresinstrumentsdrums

All the Levites who were musicians: Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, their sons, and their relatives were dressed in fine linen and stood east of the altar with cymbals, harps, and lyres. With the musicians were one hundred and twenty priests blowing trumpets. When the priests left the holy place, Verse ConceptsHarpsLinenLyreOrchestrasA Hundred And Some

After that you will come to Gibeah, the hill of God, where an armed force of the Philistines is stationed. When you come to the town, you will see a band of prophets coming down from the high place with instruments of music before them. They will be acting like prophets: Verse ConceptsFlutesHigh PlacesLyreMusical Instruments, types ofProphecy, Methods Of OtShrinesTambourinesHarpsLyresSchooldrums

David and all the people of Israel celebrated with all their might before God. They did it with songs and with harps, lyres, tambourines, cymbals and trumpets. Verse ConceptsMusical Instruments, types ofSongsTrumpetCymbalsMusic To CelebrateTambourinesHarpsLyresdrums

With the sandalwood the king made gateways to Jehovah's Temple and the royal palace. They also made lyres and harps for the singers. No one had ever seen anything like them in Judah. Verse ConceptsHarpsLyreSinging


Praise him with sounds from horns. Praise him with harps and stringed instruments. Verse ConceptsHarpsLyreMusical Instruments, types ofTrumpetLyresPraise And Worshipinstrumentsdrums

David told the Levite leaders to appoint some of their brothers to serve as musicians. They were expected to play music on harps, lyres, and cymbals to produce joyful music for singing. Verse ConceptsHarpsLyreMusiciansMusical Instruments, types ofSingersOccupationsSingingSongsCymbalsInstrumentalistsLyres

When the builders laid the foundation of the Temple of Jehovah, the priests, dressed in their robes, took their places with horns, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with brass instruments, to give praise to Jehovah in the way ordered by David, king of Israel. Verse ConceptsBuildingClothing, Kinds OfBuildingMusical Instruments, types ofTrumpetOrchestrasCymbalsPraising GodSaul And DavidThe First Temple

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and do not have love, I have become like loud sounding brass, or a clashing cymbal. Verse ConceptsLoveMusical Instruments, types ofFilling PeopleSpiritual Gifts, Importance Of LoveMusical Instruments, Made OfBellsBrassCymbalsMere TalkLanguageFaith Hope And LoveHope And Lovedrums

David and all the Israelites danced and sang with all their might to honor Jehovah. They played harps, lyres, drums, tambourines, rattles, and cymbals. Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofMusiciansMusical Instruments, types ofSongsFir TreesTreesWorship, Elements OfMusical Instruments, Made OfOrchestrasCymbalsTambourinesHarpsLyresinstrumentsdrums

The king followed the instructions Jehovah gave to King David through Gad, the king's prophet, and through the prophet Nathan. He stationed Levites in the Temple, with harps and cymbals, Verse ConceptsHarpsLyreMusical Instruments, types ofSeers

Praise him with loud cymbals. Praise him with crashing cymbals. Verse ConceptsMusical Instruments, types ofCymbalsdrums

David and all the Israelites danced and sang with all their might to honor Jehovah. They played harps, lyres, drums, tambourines, rattles, and cymbals. Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofMusiciansMusical Instruments, types ofSongsFir TreesTreesWorship, Elements OfMusical Instruments, Made OfOrchestrasCymbalsTambourinesHarpsLyresinstrumentsdrums

The singers are in front. The musicians are behind them. The young women beating tambourines are between them. Verse ConceptsVirginMusical Instruments, types ofOrchestrasSingersYoung Ladiesinstrumentsdrums


Jephthah went back home to Mizpah. His daughter came out to meet him, dancing and playing the tambourine. She was his only child. Verse ConceptsdanceDancingLeisure, And PastimesMusical Instruments, types ofVirginChildren, Good Examples OfThe Only ChildMeeting PeopleMusic To CelebrateOnly Child Of Peopleprepping

They sing to the tambourine and the lyre, and rejoice to the sound of the pipe. Verse ConceptsFlutesHarpsMusical Instruments, types ofMusicMusic To Celebrate

Sing a song and strike the tambourine. Play the sweet sounding lyre with the harp. Verse ConceptsMusical Instruments, types ofHarpsinstrumentsdrums


At their feasts there are lyres and harps, tambourines and flutes, and wine. Yet, they do not pay attention to what Jehovah is doing or respect what his hands have done. Verse ConceptsFlutesAmusementsBanquets, ActivitiesHarpsLyreMusical Instruments, types ofWorldly Pleasures, Leads ToDrunkenness, ResultsDissipationTambourinesLyresdrums

David returned from a campaign against the Philistines. That same day women from all of Israel's cities came to meet King Saul. They sang and danced. Tambourines, joyful music, and triangles accompanied them. Verse ConceptsJoy, And Human ExperienceLeisure, And PastimesVirginMusic To Celebratehomecoming

You were in Eden, God's garden. You were covered with every kind of precious stone: red quartz, topaz, crystal, beryl, jade, onyx, gray quartz, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your settings and your sockets were made of gold when you were created. Verse ConceptsEmeraldsDiamondsGoldMineralsEdenPrecious StonesGold OrnamentsWearing JewelleryMan's Relationship With His CreatorGardens

After that you will come to Gibeah, the hill of God, where an armed force of the Philistines is stationed. When you come to the town, you will see a band of prophets coming down from the high place with instruments of music before them. They will be acting like prophets: Verse ConceptsFlutesHigh PlacesLyreMusical Instruments, types ofProphecy, Methods Of OtShrinesTambourinesHarpsLyresSchooldrums

Why did you deceive me and slip away without telling me? If you had told me, I would have sent you on your way with rejoicing and singing to the music of tambourines and harps. Verse ConceptsHarpsMusical Instruments, types ofMusicTambourinesLyresAvoiding SecrecyOthers Who FledThose Who DeceivedThose Who Did Not Tell

The joyful sound of tambourines ceases. The noise of revelers and the delight of the harp cease. Verse ConceptsHarpsMusical Instruments, types ofCessationStopping RejoicingLack Of Rejoicingdrums

At their feasts there are lyres and harps, tambourines and flutes, and wine. Yet, they do not pay attention to what Jehovah is doing or respect what his hands have done. Verse ConceptsFlutesAmusementsBanquets, ActivitiesHarpsLyreMusical Instruments, types ofWorldly Pleasures, Leads ToDrunkenness, ResultsDissipationTambourinesLyresdrums

After that you will come to Gibeah, the hill of God, where an armed force of the Philistines is stationed. When you come to the town, you will see a band of prophets coming down from the high place with instruments of music before them. They will be acting like prophets: Verse ConceptsFlutesHigh PlacesLyreMusical Instruments, types ofProphecy, Methods Of OtShrinesTambourinesHarpsLyresSchooldrums

All the people followed him. They blew flutes and celebrated so loudly that their voices shook the ground. Verse ConceptsMusical Instruments, types ofMusic To CelebrateRejoicing In God's Works

You will sing a song like the song you sing on a festival night. Your hearts will be happy like someone going out with a flute on the way to Jehovah's mountain, to the rock of Israel. Verse ConceptsFlutesequipping, physicalClimbingGod, The RockJoy, Of IsraelNightPilgrimageCelebration

My heart cries sadly for Moab like a flute playing a funeral song. It cries like a flute for the people from Kir Hareseth. The money they made has all been taken away. Verse ConceptsFlutesLamentingRiches, Nature OfMusical Instruments, types ofRiches, Description OfWailing


They sing to the tambourine and the lyre, and rejoice to the sound of the pipe. Verse ConceptsFlutesHarpsMusical Instruments, types ofMusicMusic To Celebrate


Therefore my harp is turned to mourning, and my flute to the sound of those who weep. Verse ConceptsFlutesHarpsMusical Instruments, types ofSad Music

Blow the horn in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: sound an alarm at Bethaven behind you, O Benjamin. Verse ConceptsHornsTrumpetMusical Instruments, types ofTrumpets For Signalling

David and all the Israelites danced and sang with all their might to honor Jehovah. They played harps, lyres, drums, tambourines, rattles, and cymbals. Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofMusiciansMusical Instruments, types ofSongsFir TreesTreesWorship, Elements OfMusical Instruments, Made OfOrchestrasCymbalsTambourinesHarpsLyresinstrumentsdrums

Make music with trumpets and the playing of a ram's horn. Shout happily in the presence of the king, Jehovah. Verse ConceptsHornsRamsMusical Instruments, types ofinstrumentsjoyfulness

When you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, zither, pipes (bagpipe), and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king set up. Verse ConceptsFlutesHarpsHornsLyreIdolatry Consists OfMusical Instruments, types ofOrchestrasCymbalsLyresIdol Worshipdrums

When you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, zither, pipes (bagpipe), and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king set up. Verse ConceptsFlutesHarpsHornsLyreIdolatry Consists OfMusical Instruments, types ofOrchestrasCymbalsLyresIdol Worshipdrums

When you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, zither, pipes (bagpipe), and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king set up. Verse ConceptsFlutesHarpsHornsLyreIdolatry Consists OfMusical Instruments, types ofOrchestrasCymbalsLyresIdol Worshipdrums

When they entered the city they went to the upper chamber where they were staying. Included were Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealous one, and Judas the son of James. Verse ConceptsStairwaysZealAndrewPrayer MeetingsUpper RoomsGuest Roomszealots

The following are the names of the twelve apostles (ambassadors of the good news) (messengers): first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Verse ConceptsPeter, The ApostleTwelve DisciplesDiscipleshipChristmas TreeStruggles In Relationshipzealots

Simon, whom he also named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and Philip and Bartholomew, Verse Conceptszealots

The twelve included Simon whom he surnamed Peter, Verse ConceptsPeople Renaming People



Know and discern, that from the utterance of the commandment to restore and to rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One (Messiah), the Leader: there shall be seven weeks, also sixty-two weeks. It shall be built again with a public square and moat, even in terrible times. Verse ConceptsSevenNames And Titles For ChristMessianic Prophecies40 To 50 YearsCity SquaresChrist's OriginRebuilding JerusalemWater ChannelOvercoming Hard TimesStaying Strong During Hard Timesrebuilding

He found his brother Simon first. He said to him: We have found the Messiah (Christ). Verse ConceptsFindingWitnessing, Approaches ToNames And Titles For ChristChrist, Names ForFinding PeopleEvangelismmovement

He asked: What things? They said to him: The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene. He was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people. Verse ConceptsChrist, Names ForChrist's WorkDoing God's WorksJesus The Prophet

Moses said to the fathers, 'Jehovah will raise up for your brothers a prophet like me. You must listen to all the things he speaks to you.' (Deuteronomy 18:18) Verse ConceptsGod, Unity OfMoses, Significance OfChrist Like PeopleJesus The Prophet

I am the rose of Sharon, the lily of the valleys. Verse ConceptsLiliesRoses


They all drank the same spiritual drink, for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them. That Rock was (represented) (symbolic of) Christ! (Exodus 7:6) (Numbers 20:11) Verse ConceptsSpiritual FoodTypes Of ChristOld Testament Events As TypesProvision From RocksChrist The RockChrist's Originfollowing




To the angel of the congregation in Laodicea write: The Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation says this: Verse ConceptsAttending ChurchAmenRulersWitnessing, Importance OfNames And Titles For ChristChrist, Names ForChrist The BeginningThe Witness Of ChristWriting Letterslukewarm

To the angel of the congregation in Laodicea write: The Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation says this: Verse ConceptsAttending ChurchAmenRulersWitnessing, Importance OfNames And Titles For ChristChrist, Names ForChrist The BeginningThe Witness Of ChristWriting Letterslukewarm











Other people said: This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee. Verse ConceptsProphecy, In NtMessianic Titles, The ProphetCrowds Around JesusJesus The ProphetWho He Might Be






That is where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. Verse ConceptsJesus Christ, Eternity OfJesus Christ, PriesthoodChrist, The High PriestNames And Titles For ChristChrist, Names ForForerunnersMessianic Titles, High PriestIn Order Of Rank

You will drink milk from other nations and nurse at royal breasts. Then you will know that I am Jehovah, your Savior, the Mighty One of Jacob, and your Defender (Protector). Verse ConceptsGod, As RedeemerAssurance, basis ofGod, Power OfKnowing God, Nature OfMilkNames And Titles For ChristMighty Onebreastsroyalty

They did not return until the death of Herod. The words spoken by Jehovah through the prophet were fulfilled: I called my son out of Egypt. (Hosea 11:1) Verse ConceptsGospel, Confirmation OfPredestinationProphets, Role OfProphecies Concerning ChristChrist's Fulfilment Of ProphecyStaying PutJesus Christ, Son Of GodScriptures FulfilledGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptDeath Of A Mother




He made his home in Nazareth. Thus the prophecy came true: He [Jesus] will be called a Nazarene. Verse ConceptsGospel, Confirmation OfNazarethChrist's Fulfilment Of ProphecyBranches, Illustrating MessiahScriptures Fulfilled


Behold, I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander of the nations. Verse ConceptsNames And Titles For ChristChrist, Names ForMessianic PropheciesExamples of LeadershipServant Leadershippeople

Behold, I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander of the nations. Verse ConceptsNames And Titles For ChristChrist, Names ForMessianic PropheciesExamples of LeadershipServant Leadershippeople

Being made perfect, he became the source (cause) (channel) (conduit) (pathway) (facilitator) of eternal salvation to all who obey him. (Psalm 3:8) Verse Conceptseternal life, gift ofGod, The EternalPerfection, DivineSalvation, Described AsChrist, Names ForEternal DeliveranceChrist Made Perfect




He was despised and rejected by men. He was a man of sorrows familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised. We did not consider him to be worth much. Verse ConceptsAtonementFriendlessnessBeing Forsakenenemies, of Jesus ChristAttitudes Of RejectionHatredGriefRejection Of GodSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfHumility Of ChristProphecies Concerning ChristDespisersHiding From PeopleMessianic PropheciesSufferingRejectionValue



Bethlehem in the land of Judah, you are not the least of the leading cities of Judah. A leader will come out of you. He will shepherd my people Israel. Verse ConceptsGod, As ShepherdRulersWatchfulness, DivineNames And Titles For ChristChrist Is King Of IsraelUnimportant Things







In that day the Branch of Jehovah will be beautiful and glorious. And the fruit of the earth will be the delight (pride) (joy) and the adornment of the survivors of Israel. Verse ConceptsDay of the LORDBeautifulBranches, Illustrating MessiahMessianic AgeNames And Titles For ChristBeauty Of GodSurvivors Of IsraelWomen's BeautyExcellence





Truly both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the people of the nations and the people of Israel, were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you have anointed. Verse ConceptsAnointing, Of ChristJesus Christ, Holiness OfChrist, Character OfProphecies Concerning ChristChrist, Names ForThe Anointed OneAntagonism From Jew And GentileNamed Gentile Rulers









When they entered the city they went to the upper chamber where they were staying. Included were Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealous one, and Judas the son of James. Verse ConceptsStairwaysZealAndrewPrayer MeetingsUpper RoomsGuest Roomszealots

The following are the names of the twelve apostles (ambassadors of the good news) (messengers): first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Verse ConceptsPeter, The ApostleTwelve DisciplesDiscipleshipChristmas TreeStruggles In Relationshipzealots

Simon, whom he also named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and Philip and Bartholomew, Verse Conceptszealots

The twelve included Simon whom he surnamed Peter, Verse ConceptsPeople Renaming People

These are they who were not defiled with women. They are virgins. These are they who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed (bought) from among mankind. They are the first fruits to God and to the Lamb. Verse ConceptsFollowing Jesus Christdiscipleship, nature ofDefilement, By SinCommitment, to Jesus ChristAsceticism, TypesMarketsCelibacyMetaphorical Firstfruits144,000UniversalismDefilementFirst fruitsSexual PurityThe Rapturerevelationredeemedvirginity






One of the seven angels came to me. He had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues. He said: Come here, I will show you the bride, the Lamb's wife. Verse ConceptsNames And Titles For The ChurchSeven SpiritsSeven ThingsEnd Of ActionsMarriage To God

When he took the book the four living creatures and twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Every one of them had harps, and golden bowls full of incense. These are the prayers of the holy ones. Verse ConceptsSweet Odoursequipping, physicalMusical Instruments, types ofPriesthood, In NtPriests, Tasks In Nt TimesHeaven, Glimpsed By HumansFour CreaturesHarpsTwenty SomeBowing Before MessiahElders In HeavenTwenty Four Elders


They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying: Great and marvelous are your works, Jehovah God, the Almighty; just and true are your ways, you King of the ages (Eternal King) (King of the nations) (King of the holy ones). (Deuteronomy 31:30; 32:4) (Exodus 6:3) Verse ConceptsGod, Righteousness OfGod, Sovereignty OfKingsKingship, DivineMoses, Significance OfServanthood, In Life Of BelieversSongsNames And Titles For ChristThe AlmightyGod Reigning ForeverComposersGod Doing RightDoing RightSlaves Of GodWhat God Does

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The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. Verse ConceptsFoundationsThe Number TwelveFoundations Of NationsWalled TownsTwelve DisciplesTwelve ThingsNew Jerusalem

They said to the mountains and rocks: Fall on us, and hide us from the presence of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: Verse ConceptsFace Of GodPainSuicideThroneLamb Of GodGod Sitting In GloryStones For ProtectionBeing Hidden From GodHidden From GodEnd Timeswrathhidingrevelationjumping


I saw a Lamb that looked as though it had been slain, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders. The lamb had seven horns and seven eyes. These are the seven Spirits of God sent into all the earth. Verse ConceptsAtonement, in NTHornsSpiritsSymbolsCherubim, At God's ThroneAnimal Sacrifices, As A Type Of ChristFour CreaturesSeven SpiritsSeven Body PartsHorns In AllegoryChrist Was KilledElders In HeavenGod Sending ProphetsHeavenLeadership Qualities

Then I saw another wild beast coming up out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb and he spoke like a dragon. Verse ConceptsSpiritual Warfare, Enemies InHorns In AllegoryCosmic CreaturesTwo Of Body PartsThe False ProphetThe Second Coming

After this I saw a great crowd that no man could number. It was from all nations, and tribes, and people, and tongues. It stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes. They had palm branches in their hands. They cried with a loud voice, saying: Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.

I saw no temple there: for the Jehovah God the Almighty and the Lamb are the temple. The city did not need the sun or the moon to shine on it. For the glory of God and of the Lamb was its light.



Paul said: John baptized with the baptism of repentance. He told the people they should believe in Jesus, the one who came after John. Verse ConceptsFaith, Necessity OfJohn's BaptismBelieve In Christ!Signs Of RepentanceBaptism





Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace be to you all that are in Christ. Verse ConceptsGood KissingKissingLove, For One AnotherAgape LoveFriendship And LoveLoving One AnotherBrothers Lovehugs







Pilate saw that he could do nothing. The people were ready to cause much trouble. He took water and washed his hands in front of the people. He said: The blood of this man is not on my hands. You are responsible. Verse ConceptsGesturesTumultCrowdsInnocence, Examples OfResponsibility, Examples OfSymbolsWashingExcitementDisorder Among PeopleResponsibility For Blood ShedJesus Christ, SinlessnessPlea Of Innocence


He said: 'The God of our ancestors has chosen you to know his will. You are to see his righteous servant, and to hear him speak with his own voice. Verse ConceptsChrist, Character OfPredestination, Of PersonsHearing God's WordKnowing God's WillGod Appointing OthersKnowing FactsRighteousness Of Christ

Which of the prophets have your fathers not persecuted? They killed those who announced in advance the coming of the righteous one whom you have betrayed and murdered. Verse ConceptsMartyrdom, Examples OfPredictionsPrejudiceProphets, Lives OfRejection Of GodNames And Titles For ChristDenunciationsHanding Over ChristKilling ProphetsPredicting ChristProphets SufferingChrist Was KilledRighteousness Of Christ

While he was seated in judgment his wife sent a message to him. She said, Do not judge that righteous man. I have had much trouble this day in a dream because of him. Verse ConceptsInnocence, Examples OfJudgment SeatJudgesWise CouncelSittingSleeplessnessWivesVisions And Dreams In ScriptureChrist, Names ForJudgement SeatLeave Them AloneWife

I will raise up a prophet from among their countrymen like you. I will put my words in his mouth. He will speak to them all that I command him. Verse ConceptsMediatorMessengerMouthsRevelation, In OtJesus The ProphetSpeaking The Word God GivesSpecial RevelationRevelation Through Direct Communication

Other people said: This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee. Verse ConceptsProphecy, In NtMessianic Titles, The ProphetCrowds Around JesusJesus The ProphetWho He Might Be

He asked: What things? They said to him: The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene. He was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people. Verse ConceptsChrist, Names ForChrist's WorkDoing God's WorksJesus The Prophet

Jehovah your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your fellow Israelites. Listen to him! Verse ConceptsConsistencyMoses, Significance OfTypes Of ChristChrist, Types OfMessianic PropheciesLike Good PeopleJesus The Prophet




He (God) put all things in subjection under his feet, and made him head over all things to the congregation, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills (accomplishes) (completes) all in all.





Now concerning virgins I have no commandment from the Lord. Yet I give my opinion as one who has obtained the mercy of the Lord to be faithful. Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, Examples OfOpinionsReceiving God's MercyGod's OrdersBeing Singlevirginity





That way you may walk honestly in the eyes of those on the outside and lack nothing. Verse ConceptsConsistencyWork, As Ordained By GodAttitudes Towards ForeignersRespectRespecting Your Bodybehavior


May the being who rescued me from all evil bless these boys! May they be called by my name and by the names of my grandfather Abraham and my father Isaac. May they have many children on the earth. Verse ConceptsPeople Naming PeopleAngels Looking After PeopleAngels Providing ProtectionMay God Bless!

I am going to send an angel before you to guard you along the way and to bring you into the place that I have prepared. Be on your guard before him and obey his voice. Do not be rebellious toward him. He will not pardon your transgression, since my name is in him. (He has my honor, authority and character)

Pilate wrote a title and put it on the stake. There it was written, JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS. Verse ConceptsCrucifixion, Of ChristSarcasmMessianic Titles, King Of The JewsInscriptionsChrist Is King Of IsraelThe Cross



To the angel of the congregation in Smyrna write: This is the message from the one who is the 'First and the Last', who died and came to life again. Verse ConceptsBeginningHistoryPreexistence Of ChristNames And Titles For ChristChurch, Examples OfBeginning And EndWriting LettersChrist Is RisenThe Fact Of Christ's DeathGoing To Church



Under the power of the spirit he came to the temple. The parents brought in the child Jesus, that they obey the custom of the law. Verse ConceptsCustomChrist, Names ForEntering The TempleFulfilling The LawLed By The SpiritDevout mothers

When the feast ended they started the return trip. Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem and his parents did not know this. Verse ConceptsStaying PutNot Knowing About Christparenthood

He gave orders to the disciples to tell no man he was the Christ. Verse ConceptsMessiahChrist Concealing ThingsChrist's Orders




Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Ephesians 6:12) Verse ConceptsdepthLove, Nature OfChrist, Names ForAgape LoveSpiritual DepthsNothing MissingGod's Love For UsGod's Creation


He asked: What things? They said to him: The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene. He was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people. Verse ConceptsChrist, Names ForChrist's WorkDoing God's WorksJesus The Prophet

What do you want with us Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are. You are the Holy One of God! Verse ConceptsExorcismsGod, Unity OfNazarethNames And Titles For ChristJesus Christ, Holiness OfDestruction Of Satan's WorksWhat Have We In Common?Said To Be The Christ



The days are coming, declares Jehovah, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch. He will reign as king and act wisely and do justice and righteousness in the land. Verse ConceptsDavid, Spiritual Significance OfBranches, Illustrating MessiahDiscernment, Nature OfChrist, The Seed OfRemnantNames And Titles For ChristChrist, Names ForMessianic PropheciesChrist Our RighteousnessRighteousness Of ChristLeadership Qualities

Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you and your friends who sit before you. They are men that are a sign. I will bring forth my servant the Branch (Sprout)! Verse ConceptsDay of the LORDBranches, Illustrating MessiahCovenant, God's with DavidRemnantNames And Titles For ChristChrist, Names ForMessianic PropheciesPeople As Signs


Behold, I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander of the nations. Verse ConceptsNames And Titles For ChristChrist, Names ForMessianic PropheciesExamples of LeadershipServant Leadershippeople

Jacob was the father of Joseph, who was the husband of Mary. Mary was the mother of Jesus, who is called Christ (the Anointed). Verse ConceptsMaryNativity of Jesus ChristJesus BirthRelationships With Boyfriendmums



Jesus said: Mary. She turned and said to him in Hebrew: Rabboni, which is to say, Teacher. Verse ConceptsLanguagesRabbi

Do not be afraid, O worm Jacob, O little Israel, for I will help you. This is the declaration of Jehovah, your Redeemer, and the Holy One of Israel. Verse ConceptsGod, As RedeemerRedemption, In OtTypesNames And Titles For ChristMan, Insignificance OfMaggotsOther Unimportant PeopleDo Not Fear For God Will Helpbugsworms





To the angel of the congregation in Laodicea write: The Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation says this: Verse ConceptsAttending ChurchAmenRulersWitnessing, Importance OfNames And Titles For ChristChrist, Names ForChrist The BeginningThe Witness Of ChristWriting Letterslukewarm




One of the elders said to me: Do not weep; the Lion of the tribe of Judah of the Root of David has succeeded in opening the book and removing the seven seals. Verse ConceptsdefeatLions, Figurative Use OfLionsRootsSealsNames And Titles For ChristJesus As Son Of DavidPromised VictorySeven ThingsThe Act Of OpeningOpening DocumentsChrist OvercomingDo Not MournPeople Of JudahLion Of The Tribe Of Judah

Awake, awake! Clothe yourself with strength, O arm of Jehovah. Awake, as in days gone by, as in generations of old. Was it not you who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced that monster through? Was it not you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea so that the redeemed might cross over?

Lift your heads, you gates. Be lifted up, you ancient doors, so that the king of glory will come in. Who is this king of glory? Jehovah, strong and mighty! Jehovah, powerful in battle! Lift your heads, you gates. Be lifted, you ancient doors, so that the king of glory may come in. read more.
Who, then, is this king of glory? Jehovah of Hosts is the king of glory!



(The Shulamite) My beloved is white and ruddy, the chief among ten thousand. Verse ConceptsHandsome Men

Truly you are a God who hides himself, O God and Savior of Israel. Verse ConceptsGod, Revelation OfChrist, Names ForGod Hidinghiding

To the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord. There is glory, majesty, dominion, and power, before all time, now, and for evermore, amen. Verse ConceptsPoweradorationdominion

Therefore this is what The Sovereign Lord Jehovah says: Behold, I lay in Zion a stone for a foundation. It is a tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; whoever believes will not act hastily. Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillFoundationsCornerstonesFaith, Necessity OfGod, The RockMasonsNot AshamedTrust, Importance OfZion, As A SymbolChrist, Names ForCornerstoneSpiritual FoundationsCapstoneMessianic PropheciesChrist The RockThe Effects Of FaithCauses of failure in

You will sing a song like the song you sing on a festival night. Your hearts will be happy like someone going out with a flute on the way to Jehovah's mountain, to the rock of Israel. Verse ConceptsFlutesequipping, physicalClimbingGod, The RockJoy, Of IsraelNightPilgrimageCelebration

This is what Jehovah, your redeemer, and the Holy One of Israel, says: For your sake I will send an army to Babylon. I will bring back all the Babylonian refugees in the ships that they take pride in. Verse ConceptsReturn From BabylonRedemption, In OtSeafaringShipsFor The Sake Of God's People


Your sun will no longer go down, nor will your moon disappear. Jehovah will be your everlasting light, and your days of sadness will be over. Verse ConceptsUnhappinessPromised LightEternally With GodNot MourningSunSunshineThe Moongrieving





Therefore this is what The Sovereign Lord Jehovah says: Behold, I lay in Zion a stone for a foundation. It is a tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; whoever believes will not act hastily. Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillFoundationsCornerstonesFaith, Necessity OfGod, The RockMasonsNot AshamedTrust, Importance OfZion, As A SymbolChrist, Names ForCornerstoneSpiritual FoundationsCapstoneMessianic PropheciesChrist The RockThe Effects Of FaithCauses of failure in


I will feed oppressors with their own flesh. They will be intoxicated with their own blood as if by sweet wine. Everyone will know that I am Jehovah, your Savior and Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob. Verse ConceptsGod, As RedeemerAlcoholDrunkenness, Figurative OfKnowledge, Of GodMission, Of IsraelOppression, God's Attitude ToPeople Consuming BloodThose OppressedGod Making DrunkMighty OneKnowing About God's Kingdomoppression

I will give them a place that is known for its good crops. They will no longer experience hunger in the land. They will no longer suffer the insults of other nations. Verse ConceptsBad CounselNo More FamineAgriculture

Then in that day the nations will search for and turn to the root of Jesse. He will stand as a signal for the peoples. His resting place will be glorious. Verse ConceptsDay of the LORDGentiles, In OtBanner, Figurative UseHope, As ConfidenceMission, Of IsraelJesus Christ, KingChrist, Names ForMessianic PropheciesFlags

Therefore this is what The Sovereign Lord Jehovah says: Behold, I lay in Zion a stone for a foundation. It is a tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; whoever believes will not act hastily. Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillFoundationsCornerstonesFaith, Necessity OfGod, The RockMasonsNot AshamedTrust, Importance OfZion, As A SymbolChrist, Names ForCornerstoneSpiritual FoundationsCapstoneMessianic PropheciesChrist The RockThe Effects Of FaithCauses of failure in



Then in that day the nations will search for and turn to the root of Jesse. He will stand as a signal for the peoples. His resting place will be glorious. Verse ConceptsDay of the LORDGentiles, In OtBanner, Figurative UseHope, As ConfidenceMission, Of IsraelJesus Christ, KingChrist, Names ForMessianic PropheciesFlags










He said: No, but as captain of the camp of Jehovah I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and bowed down and said: What does my lord say to his servant? Verse ConceptsGesturesAttitudes, in prayerProstrationGod As A WarriorDivinityServant LeadershipResolving Conflictarmyreverence






The secret of godliness is great and it is without controversy. 'He (Jesus Christ) was manifested (revealed) in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, and seen by angels. He preached among the nations, was believed on in the world, and received up in glory.' Verse ConceptsFaith, As A Body Of BeliefsDoctrine, CommunicatedBody Of Christ, Physical BodyGospel, Historical Foundation OfHeraldIncarnationDivinity Of ChristMysteryOrthodoxy, In NtUnion With Christ, Nature OfAngels, Ministry To ChristManifesting (making Something Clear)The Mystery Of ChristChrist's NatureGod VindicatesQuestioning GodGodheadepiphanyvindicationpiety

The people stood watching while the rulers scoffed at him, saying: He saved others let him save himself if this is his chosen, the Christ of God. Verse ConceptsMockeryNosesMessiahChrist, Names ForDerisionWatching ChristSaid To Be The ChristSaying RepeatedlyMocking ChristSaving Oneselfassertiveness

They said: Is Jesus the son of Joseph? We know his father and mother. How does he now say, I came down out of heaven? Verse ConceptsSonsChrist Going DownChrist And HeavenWho He Might BeNativity of Jesus ChristMothers And Sons



I, Jehovah, have called you and have given you power to see that justice is done on earth. I will make a covenant with all peoples and bring light (truth) (light of instruction) (Psalm 27:1) to the nations through you. Verse ConceptsGentiles, In OtCovenant, the newEyes, Used In PropheciesenlightenmentHand Of GodMissionaries, Call OfRevelation, In OtTypes Of ChristCalling, Of IndividualsChrist, Names ForPreaching Gospel To ForeignersTaking By The HandThe Light Of ChristI Am The LordRighteousnessGentilesLight As A Symbol Of Salvation

This is what Jehovah, Israel's King and Redeemer, Jehovah of Hosts says: 'I AM THE FIRST AND I AM THE LAST-APART FROM ME THERE IS NO GOD! Verse ConceptsGod, As RedeemerAlpha And OmegaendBeginningKingsKingship, DivineMonotheismOld Age, Attitudes ToOne GodSyncretismUniquenessAncient Of DaysBeginning And EndNo Other Is God



I, Jehovah, have called you and have given you power to see that justice is done on earth. I will make a covenant with all peoples and bring light (truth) (light of instruction) (Psalm 27:1) to the nations through you. Verse ConceptsGentiles, In OtCovenant, the newEyes, Used In PropheciesenlightenmentHand Of GodMissionaries, Call OfRevelation, In OtTypes Of ChristCalling, Of IndividualsChrist, Names ForPreaching Gospel To ForeignersTaking By The HandThe Light Of ChristI Am The LordRighteousnessGentilesLight As A Symbol Of Salvation

In all their difficulty he was concerned, and he was the messenger who saved them. In his love and compassion he reclaimed (redeemed) them. He always held them and carried them in the past. 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


Jesus said to them: Have you read the Scriptures, 'The stone the builders rejected has been made the chief cornerstone of the building. This was Jehovah's doing, and it is wonderful in our eyes.' (Isaiah 28:16) Verse ConceptsBuildingArchitectureGod, The RockMasonsOccupationsSymbolsRejection Of ChristProphecies Concerning ChristSpiritual FoundationsCapstoneBuildersChrist The RockReading The ScripturesScripture SaysWhat God DoesRejectionReading The Bibleconstructionimportance



Israel's Holy God and Savior says to the one who is deeply despised, hated by the nations and is the servant of rulers: Kings will see you released and will rise to show their respect. Princes will also see it and they will bow low to honor you. Verse ConceptsRedemption, In OtProphecies Concerning ChristBowing Before MessiahMessianic Prophecies

I am the living bread that came down out of heaven. If any man eats of this bread he will live forever. Yes and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world. Verse ConceptsSpiritual FoodFlesh, Description Ofeternal life, nature ofThe EucharistChrist Going DownEating Christ's BodyLife In ChristChrist And HeavenChrist's LifeJesus As FoodLife Is In ChristBreadCompetition



The days are coming, declares Jehovah, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch. He will reign as king and act wisely and do justice and righteousness in the land. Verse ConceptsDavid, Spiritual Significance OfBranches, Illustrating MessiahDiscernment, Nature OfChrist, The Seed OfRemnantNames And Titles For ChristChrist, Names ForMessianic PropheciesChrist Our RighteousnessRighteousness Of ChristLeadership Qualities

Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow (neighbor) (companion), said Jehovah of Hosts: Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered! I will turn my hand upon (against) the little ones. Verse ConceptsSheepUnfaithfulness, To PeopleInadequate ShepherdingJesus Christ, Prophecies OfChrist And His SheepProphecies Concerning ChristNames And Titles For ChristMessianic PropheciesAtonement, ForeordainedScattered Like SheepGod With ChristHurt And Betrayal

Is this man the carpenter's son? Is his mother called Mary? Are his brothers James and Joseph, Simon, and Judas? Verse ConceptsCraftsmenCarpentersOccupationsWork, As Ordained By GodHumility Of ChristChrist, Names ForChrist's Earthly FamilyWho He Might BeMothers And Sonsnegativity


Who is this coming from Bozrah in Edom with his clothes stained bright red? Who is this dressed in splendor, going forward with great strength? It is I, Jehovah! I am coming to announce my victory. I am powerful enough to save you! Verse ConceptsRobesPower Of Christ, ShownMessianic PropheciesSpirit Of ChristDyeingWho Is This?Righteousness Of Christ



One man said: Master, what good thing must I do, so that I may have eternal life? Verse ConceptseagernessDrawing Near To ChristSeeking LifeDoing God's WorksDoing GoodEternal lifeeternityman



I see him, but not now! I behold him, but not near! A star shall come forth from Jacob. A scepter shall rise from Israel and shall crush through the forehead of Moab. It will tear down all the sons of Sheth. Verse ConceptsDawnForeheadsBethlehemLight, SpiritualNewsSceptreStarsThe Morning StarClosenessThe First Sight Of ChristChrist Is King Of IsraelMessianic Prophecies





Jesus became the guarantee of a better covenant. Verse ConceptsCovenant, the newGuaranteePast, Thecovenant





He was despised and rejected by men. He was a man of sorrows familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised. We did not consider him to be worth much. Verse ConceptsAtonementFriendlessnessBeing Forsakenenemies, of Jesus ChristAttitudes Of RejectionHatredGriefRejection Of GodSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfHumility Of ChristProphecies Concerning ChristDespisersHiding From PeopleMessianic PropheciesSufferingRejectionValue


I am the rose of Sharon, the lily of the valleys. Verse ConceptsLiliesRoses




You know the Word of God was sent to the children of Israel. He (Jehovah God) presented peace through the anointed Lord (or Master) of all, Jesus Christ. (Acts 2:36) (Jesus identified his father, Jehovah God, as Lord of all heaven and earth at Matthew 11:25) Verse Conceptsevangelists, identity ofGod, Unity OfGospel, Essence OfKnowing God, Nature OfPeace, Divine In NtPreaching, Content OfNames And Titles For ChristChrist Is LordSalvation For Israelpreaching








That is where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. Verse ConceptsJesus Christ, Eternity OfJesus Christ, PriesthoodChrist, The High PriestNames And Titles For ChristChrist, Names ForForerunnersMessianic Titles, High PriestIn Order Of Rank

Behold, I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander of the nations. Verse ConceptsNames And Titles For ChristChrist, Names ForMessianic PropheciesExamples of LeadershipServant Leadershippeople

He will be a place of safety for you. But he will be a rock that makes people trip and a stumbling block for both kingdoms of Israel. He will be a trap and a snare for those who live in Jerusalem. Verse ConceptsFaith, Necessity OfGod, The RockStumblingZion, As A SymbolProphecies Concerning ChristCapstoneDownfall Of IsraelStumbling Over ChristChrist The RockGod TrappingMessianic Prophecies




I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. Verse ConceptsFirstbornBrothersChrist The Firstborn





Jesus told them: You would all be turned away from me. It is written, I will put the keeper of the sheep to death, and the sheep will be put to flight. Verse ConceptsSheep, FigurativeUnfaithfulness, To PeopleInadequate ShepherdingThe Smiting Of JesusScattered Like SheepChrist Would Be KilledJesus Foretelling His Resurrection




Nor is there any mediator between us who may lay his hand on us both. Verse ConceptsArbitration

He found his brother Simon first. He said to him: We have found the Messiah (Christ). Verse ConceptsFindingWitnessing, Approaches ToNames And Titles For ChristChrist, Names ForFinding PeopleEvangelismmovement

The royal scepter shall not depart from Judah. His descendants will always rule. Nations will bring him tribute and bow in obedience before him. This, until Shiloh comes and all will obey him. Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalSceptreStaffUnity, God's Goal OfProphecies Concerning ChristMessianic PropheciesGathered By God

For it is announced: You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek. Verse ConceptsJesus Christ, Eternity OfRiversWitnessingpriests

He said to me: You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will show my glory. Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfGlory, Revelation OfMission, Of IsraelGod's Glory RevealedGod's Glory In Israel

Behold, I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander of the nations. Verse ConceptsNames And Titles For ChristChrist, Names ForMessianic PropheciesExamples of LeadershipServant Leadershippeople



You will serve Jehovah your God and David your king. I will establish him for you. Verse ConceptsDay of the LORDLast DaysShepherds, As Kings And LeadersNames And Titles For ChristServant Leadershipheroes


Jesus said to them: Have you read the Scriptures, 'The stone the builders rejected has been made the chief cornerstone of the building. This was Jehovah's doing, and it is wonderful in our eyes.' (Isaiah 28:16) Verse ConceptsBuildingArchitectureGod, The RockMasonsOccupationsSymbolsRejection Of ChristProphecies Concerning ChristSpiritual FoundationsCapstoneBuildersChrist The RockReading The ScripturesScripture SaysWhat God DoesRejectionReading The Bibleconstructionimportance

They all drank the same spiritual drink, for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them. That Rock was (represented) (symbolic of) Christ! (Exodus 7:6) (Numbers 20:11) Verse ConceptsSpiritual FoodTypes Of ChristOld Testament Events As TypesProvision From RocksChrist The RockChrist's Originfollowing


I see him, but not now! I behold him, but not near! A star shall come forth from Jacob. A scepter shall rise from Israel and shall crush through the forehead of Moab. It will tear down all the sons of Sheth. Verse ConceptsDawnForeheadsBethlehemLight, SpiritualNewsSceptreStarsThe Morning StarClosenessThe First Sight Of ChristChrist Is King Of IsraelMessianic Prophecies

He is the propitiation (Greek: hilasmos: atonement, compensation) for our sins. Not for ours only, but also for the whole world. Verse ConceptsAtonementExpiationHoliness, Believers' Growth InPropitiationSin, God's Remedy ForPurgingAll PeopleChrist AtoningSacrificesSacrificeReconciliationThe WorldThe Blood Of Jesus


To the angel of the congregation in Laodicea write: The Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation says this: Verse ConceptsAttending ChurchAmenRulersWitnessing, Importance OfNames And Titles For ChristChrist, Names ForChrist The BeginningThe Witness Of ChristWriting Letterslukewarm

To Titus, my true child sharing a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. Verse ConceptsFellowship, In The GospelUnity, Of God's PeopleThe FaithChildren In The FaithGrace Be To YouThe FatherRelationships And Dating



He is a minister of the Holy Place and of the true Tabernacle, built by Jehovah and not man. Verse ConceptsSanctuaryThe Temple In HeavenThe Tabernacle

He poured Spirit out upon us richly, through Jesus Christ our Savior. Verse ConceptsGenerosity, God'sPouringChrist, Names ForSheddingRiches Of GraceWork Ethic


He preached in the synagogues immediately. He preached Christ the Son of God. Verse ConceptsHeraldSonsSaid To Be The Christempowerment


It is a stone that people stumble over, and a large rock that people find offensive. They stumble because they are disobedient to the word. To this end they were appointed. Verse ConceptsLibertinismPredestined PlansStumblingAbuse, Of Christian FreedomProphecies Concerning ChristStumbling Over ChristPeople StumblingChrist The RockRoyal Priesthood


Know and discern, that from the utterance of the commandment to restore and to rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One (Messiah), the Leader: there shall be seven weeks, also sixty-two weeks. It shall be built again with a public square and moat, even in terrible times. Verse ConceptsSevenNames And Titles For ChristMessianic Prophecies40 To 50 YearsCity SquaresChrist's OriginRebuilding JerusalemWater ChannelOvercoming Hard TimesStaying Strong During Hard Timesrebuilding


The scriptures say: I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, chosen and precious (Isaiah 28:16). He who believes in him will not be disappointed (shamed). Verse ConceptsCornerstonesConfidence, In ChristdefeatZion, As A SymbolNames And Titles For ChristSpiritual FoundationsCapstoneChrist The RockThe Effects Of FaithNot Put To ShamePreciousScripture SaysDisappointmentpeterzion

In truth and love, God the Father and Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father send you grace, mercy and peace. Verse ConceptsAgape LoveRelationship Of Father And SonPeace To YouMercyFamily LoveGod's GraceTrue LoveFathers LoveMercy And Grace





This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior. Verse ConceptsChrist, Names ForPraying For Others




You Bethlehem Ephrathah who are little to be among the thousands of Judah. Out of you one will come to me who is to be ruler in Israel! His origin is from of old, from everlasting (days of antiquity) (ancient times). Verse ConceptsChristmasBaby JesusForeknowledgeAdventGospel, Confirmation OfKingdom Of God, Coming OfPreexistence Of ChristNewsRulersSmallnessBethlehemJesus Christ, Prophecies OfMessiahProphecies Concerning ChristJesus' BirthMessianic PropheciesChrist The BeginningSmall ThingsGod Being Of OldChrist Is King Of Israel

They accused him, saying: We found this man perverting our nation. He forbids payment of tax to Caesar. He claims to be Christ a king. Verse ConceptsFalse Accusations, Examples OfClaimsMessiahCaesarChrist, Names ForBeing MisleadCalled Himself The ChristTax To Be Paidtaxes


Remember that Jesus Christ was raised from the dead. He is a descendant of David, according to my good news. Verse Conceptsevangelism, nature ofCovenant, God's with DavidPast, TheJesus As Son Of DavidRemembering ChristChrist Is RisenJesus DeathFamily Death


You came to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen and precious with God. Verse ConceptsGod, Suffering OfValuesChrist, Names ForDrawing Near To ChristChrist The RockChrist's LifePrecious






Buckle on your sword, mighty king in your splendor and majesty. Verse ConceptsSwordsThighsChrist's Own GloryWeapons Of Christ



Behold, I send my messenger! He will prepare the way before me. Seek Jehovah! He will suddenly come to his Temple along with the messenger of the covenant. He is one you desire, behold, he comes, said Jehovah of Hosts. Verse ConceptsCovenant, the newElijah, Prophecies OfPreparing God's WayHeraldLast ThingsMissionaries, Call OfProphecies Concerning ChristNames And Titles For ChristForerunnersDivine MessengerMessianic PropheciesSudden EventsGod Sends ProphetsStatus Of The TemplePreparationEclipse




The Son of man is lord even of the Sabbath. Verse ConceptsLordship, Of Jesus ChristThe Sabbath And Christ

He has in these last days spoken to us by his Son, whom he has appointed heir of all things, through whom he made the ages (Greek: aion: ages of time, perpetuity, worlds, generations, human entities). Verse ConceptsDays, Description OfDays, LastThe Final Days Of TimeCompletionBirthrightsChrist's Role In CreationGod, Suffering OfGod, The CreatorHeirsInheritance, SpiritualSonsNames And Titles For ChristChrist, Names ForGod SpeakingAges Of TimeJesus Role In SalvationThe keyword of HebrewsEnd Of Days



They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying: Great and marvelous are your works, Jehovah God, the Almighty; just and true are your ways, you King of the ages (Eternal King) (King of the nations) (King of the holy ones). (Deuteronomy 31:30; 32:4) (Exodus 6:3) Verse ConceptsGod, Righteousness OfGod, Sovereignty OfKingsKingship, DivineMoses, Significance OfServanthood, In Life Of BelieversSongsNames And Titles For ChristThe AlmightyGod Reigning ForeverComposersGod Doing RightDoing RightSlaves Of GodWhat God Does

It is a stone that people stumble over, and a large rock that people find offensive. They stumble because they are disobedient to the word. To this end they were appointed. Verse ConceptsLibertinismPredestined PlansStumblingAbuse, Of Christian FreedomProphecies Concerning ChristStumbling Over ChristPeople StumblingChrist The RockRoyal Priesthood


What do you want with us Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are. You are the Holy One of God! Verse ConceptsExorcismsGod, Unity OfNazarethNames And Titles For ChristJesus Christ, Holiness OfDestruction Of Satan's WorksWhat Have We In Common?Said To Be The Christ



And again: when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says: Let all the angels of God pay him homage. Verse ConceptsFirstbornHeirsWorship, Of God AloneJesus Christ, Worship OfHeaven, Worshiping GodHeaven And AngelsChrist, Names ForWorshipping Christ

They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying: Great and marvelous are your works, Jehovah God, the Almighty; just and true are your ways, you King of the ages (Eternal King) (King of the nations) (King of the holy ones). (Deuteronomy 31:30; 32:4) (Exodus 6:3) Verse ConceptsGod, Righteousness OfGod, Sovereignty OfKingsKingship, DivineMoses, Significance OfServanthood, In Life Of BelieversSongsNames And Titles For ChristThe AlmightyGod Reigning ForeverComposersGod Doing RightDoing RightSlaves Of GodWhat God Does

You came to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen and precious with God. Verse ConceptsGod, Suffering OfValuesChrist, Names ForDrawing Near To ChristChrist The RockChrist's LifePrecious

My brothers, keep the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory. Do not favor one person over the other. Verse ConceptsequalityChristiansBelieversDeficient FaithChrist's Own GlorygaysRespectTreating OthersBeing GayRespecting AuthorityChristians Being Called Brothers


We have heard that which was from the beginning. We have also seen it with our own eyes. We looked at it and touched it with our hands. It is the Word of life. Verse ConceptsBeginningHearingTouchWitnesses, To Jesus ChristJesus Christ, Eternity OfHearing ChristFrom The BeginningChrist's Lifea new beginningWitnessingevangelizing


Jesus left that place and walked along the road. Two blind men followed him. They shouted: Have mercy on us, Son of David! Verse ConceptsFollowing Jesus ChristDiseases, Kinds OfMiracles Of ChristTwo Needy MenBe Merciful!Blindnessfollowing



Seventy weeks (seventy sets of seven time periods) are decreed for your people and your holy city, to finish transgression and to make an end of sin, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy. Verse ConceptsIniquity, Christ's Relation ToCompletionGod, The EternalLast DaysSealsWeeksImputed RighteousnessThe Anointed OneSeventy100 Years And MoreEternal BlessingSealing The MessageVisions From GodProphecy AbolishedEnd Of ActionsAnointing ThingsHoly CityReconciliationfinishing




My eyes have seen your salvation.

When he heard it, he said: People who are well do not have need of a physician. The sick do. Verse ConceptsdoctorsHealingSin, Deliverance From GodPhysicianGod As DoctorHealth AchievedMan's NeedsIllnessHelping Those In Need


He made his home in Nazareth. Thus the prophecy came true: He [Jesus] will be called a Nazarene. Verse ConceptsGospel, Confirmation OfNazarethChrist's Fulfilment Of ProphecyBranches, Illustrating MessiahScriptures Fulfilled



He came to Jesus by night, and said to him: Rabbi! We know you are a teacher from God. No one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him. Verse ConceptsKnowing God, Nature OfPharisees, Attitudes To Jesus ChristRabbiSignsSigns Of The TimesJesus As Our TeacherGod With ChristSigns Performed By ChristDuring One NightOther People Of GodSpecial Revelation




Do not be called Rabbi (master) (teacher) (leader), for only one is your teacher. You are all brothers. Verse ConceptsTeachersNames And Titles For The ChristianBrotherhood

Wisdom dwells with discretion and it finds knowledge and sound judgment. Verse ConceptsPrudenceValuing KnowledgeWisdom




To the angel of the congregation in Laodicea write: The Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation says this: Verse ConceptsAttending ChurchAmenRulersWitnessing, Importance OfNames And Titles For ChristChrist, Names ForChrist The BeginningThe Witness Of ChristWriting Letterslukewarm

John, to the seven congregations in Asia: May you have grace and peace from him who is, and who was, and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits who are before his throne; Verse ConceptsSevenSpiritsNames And Titles For The Holy SpiritProvincesThe Existence Of GodSeven PeopleSeven SpiritsGod In Three PersonsGrace Be To YouThe Fact Of His ComingGoing To Church






One of the elders said to me: Do not weep; the Lion of the tribe of Judah of the Root of David has succeeded in opening the book and removing the seven seals. Verse ConceptsdefeatLions, Figurative Use OfLionsRootsSealsNames And Titles For ChristJesus As Son Of DavidPromised VictorySeven ThingsThe Act Of OpeningOpening DocumentsChrist OvercomingDo Not MournPeople Of JudahLion Of The Tribe Of Judah



Bethlehem in the land of Judah, you are not the least of the leading cities of Judah. A leader will come out of you. He will shepherd my people Israel. Verse ConceptsGod, As ShepherdRulersWatchfulness, DivineNames And Titles For ChristChrist Is King Of IsraelUnimportant Things




The Israelites gathered at Mizpah. They drew some water, poured it out in front of Jehovah and fasted that day. They confessed: We have sinned against Jehovah. So Samuel judged Israel in Mizpah. Verse ConceptsFasting, Practice OfAssemblyRepentance, Examples OfShrinesFasting, Accompanied ByReligious AwakeningsDrawing WaterPouring WaterJudging IsraelWe Have Sinned

Samuel judged Israel as long as he lived. Every year he went around to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah in order to judge Israel in all those places. Then he returned home to Ramah where he judged Israel. And in Ramah he built an altar to Jehovah.

His brothers and the rest of his family came to get his body. They took him back and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. He had been Israel's judge for twenty years. Verse ConceptsTombsCemetery20 To 30 YearsJudging Israel

The woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The child grew and Jehovah blessed him. Verse ConceptsBecoming An AdultChildren, Good Examples OfGrowing UpBlessed By GodBabies Being A Blessingempowerment

The Israelites cried out to Jehovah, and he sent someone to free them. This was Othniel, the son of Caleb's younger brother Kenaz. The Spirit of Jehovah came upon him, and he became Israel's leader (judge). Othniel went to war, and Jehovah gave him the victory over the king of Mesopotamia.

When the man mentioned the Ark of God Eli fell backward from his seat beside the gate. He was so old and fat that the fall broke his neck and he died. He was a leader in Israel for forty years. Verse ConceptsLeaders, SpiritualThe Number Forty40 To 50 YearsBackwardsPeople Tumblinglosing a loved oneDeath Of A Family MemberDeath Of A FatherLeadership QualitiesFalling Backwards

After Elon, Abdon son of Hillel from Pirathon was leader of Israel.

After Ibzan, Elon from Zebulun led Israel for ten years. Verse ConceptsTen To Fourteen YearsJudging Israel

The next leader was Shamgar son of Anath. He too rescued Israel, and did so by killing six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad. Verse ConceptsGoadsDeliverersSix To Seven HundredSharp ToolsSix Hundred And AboveNumbers Of Foreigners Killed

After Jephthah, Ibzan from Bethlehem led Israel. Verse ConceptsJudging Israel

After Abimelech died Tola, the son of Puah and grandson of Dodo, came to save Israel. He was from the tribe of Issachar and lived at Shamir in the mountains of Ephraim. Verse ConceptsDefenseRescueTribes Of Israelgrandfathers

After Tola came Jair from Gilead. He judged (led) Israel for twenty-two years. Verse Concepts20 To 30 YearsJudging Israel

Then the Israelites cried out to Jehovah. So he sent someone to free them. This was Ehud, a left-handed man, who was the son of Gera, from the tribe of Benjamin. The people of Israel sent Ehud to King Eglon of Moab with gifts for him. Verse ConceptsHandsTaxationTributesAnswered PrayerLeft Handed

Jephthah was a brave soldier from Gilead. He was the son of a prostitute. Gilead was his father. Verse ConceptsIllegitimate ChildrenHarlots

The angel of Jehovah came to the village of Ophrah. He sat under the oak tree that belonged to Joash, a man of the clan of Abiezer. His son Gideon was secretly threshing wheat in a wine press, so that the Midianites would not see him. Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsAppearances Of God In OtGrainThreshingWheatWinepressWarriorsOaksActing In Secretgideon

All the men of Shechem and Bethmillo got together and went to the sacred oak tree at Shechem, where they made Abimelech king. Verse ConceptsPillarsObelisksOaksMaking KingsCitizens

Now Deborah, the wife of Lappidoth, was a prophet, and she was serving as a judge for the Israelites at that time. Verse ConceptsDeborahLeaders, PoliticalRankWomenProphetessNamed WivesWomen Working

When they entered the city they went to the upper chamber where they were staying. Included were Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealous one, and Judas the son of James. Verse ConceptsStairwaysZealAndrewPrayer MeetingsUpper RoomsGuest Roomszealots

The following are the names of the twelve apostles (ambassadors of the good news) (messengers): first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Verse ConceptsPeter, The ApostleTwelve DisciplesDiscipleshipChristmas TreeStruggles In Relationshipzealots

Simon, whom he also named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and Philip and Bartholomew, Verse Conceptszealots

The twelve included Simon whom he surnamed Peter, Verse ConceptsPeople Renaming People

There was nothing inside the Ark of the Covenant except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed there at Mount Sinai, when Jehovah made a covenant with the people of Israel as they were coming from Egypt. Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, ContentsArk Of The Covenant, FunctionStonesTabletsEmpty ThingsStone ItemsTwo Stone TabletsCovenant Made At SinaiArk Of The Covenant

There was nothing in the Ark except the two tablets Moses placed there at Horeb, where Jehovah made a covenant with the Israelites after they left Egypt. Verse ConceptsTabletsTwo Stone Tablets

At Mount Horeb they made a statue of a calf. They worshiped an idol made of metal.

So he got up and took food and drink. He was strengthened to go for forty days and forty nights, to Horeb, the mountain of God. Verse ConceptsFasting, Nature OfThe Number FortyForty DaysMore Than One MonthFasting For Long Periods

One day Moses was taking care of the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock across the desert to Sinai, the holy mountain. Verse ConceptsFathers, Responsibilities OfAppearances Of God In OtDesertsMoses, Significance OfShepherds, As OccupationsAngels, Ot AppearancesFathers In LawsIsrael In The WildernessWest SidesPasturing The FlockThose Who Kept Stock

Behold! I will stand before you there upon the rock in Horeb. Strike the rock and water will come out of it. Then the people may drink. Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel. Verse ConceptsGod Providing WaterMiracles, Nature OfMiracles Of Moses And AaronTypes Of ChristSplitting RocksStriking RocksProvision From Rocks

Do you remember the day you stood in the presence of Jehovah your God at Mount Sinai (Horeb)? He said to me: 'assemble the people. I want them to hear what I have to say, so that they will learn to obey me as long as they live. Then they will teach their children to do the same.' Verse Conceptsdiscipleship, nature ofLearning From Other PeopleStandingBibleStudentsAssembling IsraelTeaching ChildrenFear God!

Jehovah our God made a covenant with us at Horeb. Verse ConceptsCovenant Made At Sinai

Even at Mount Horeb you made Jehovah so angry that he wanted to destroy you. Verse ConceptsAnger Of God, ConsequencesMurmuringGod Might Kill His People

You should remember the Law of Moses my servant. I commanded the statutes and ordinances (regulations and judgments) to him at Horeb for all Israel. Verse ConceptsTaking The Law To Heartthe Law of moses

This one was with our father in the congregation in the wilderness. The angel spoke to him on Mount Sinai. He received the living oracles to give to us. Verse ConceptsAngels as God's servantsMoses, Significance OfAngels, Important EventsLawgiversIsrael In The WildernessAngels Giving The LawAngels As MediatorsThe Law Given Through Moses

The glory of Jehovah rested on Mount Sinai. The cloud covered it for six days. God called to Moses on the seventh day. He spoke from inside the cloud. Verse ConceptsTheophanyThe Seventh Day Of The WeekSix DaysGod's VoiceDay 7Cloud of glory


The whole congregation of Israelites moved from Elim to the desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai. This was on the fifteenth day of the second month after they left Egypt. Verse ConceptsDeserts, SpecificMonth 2

They should be ready in three days. I will descend to Mount Sinai, where all of them can see me. Verse ConceptsThe Third Day Of The WeekGod Going DownSpectatorsGod AppearingPreparing For Action

These are the laws, rules, and instructions Jehovah gave to the Israelites through Moses on Mount Sinai. Verse ConceptsThe Law Given To IsraelOld Testament Claims Inspiration

On Mount Sinai Jehovah gave Moses commands about these offerings. At the same time he commanded the Israelites to bring their offerings to him in the Sinai Desert.

You came down on Mount Sinai, and your voice came to them from heaven, giving them right decisions and true laws, good rules and orders. Verse ConceptsExcellent LawGod Speaks From Heaven

You defy Jehovah and through your servants you say: 'With my many chariots I ride up the high mountains, up the slopes of Lebanon. I cut down its tallest cedars and its finest cypresses. I travel to its most distant borders and its most fertile forests. Verse ConceptsExamples Of ConfidenceClimbingChariotsCedarWorldly Ambition ExamplesFalse Confidence, Examples OfFelling Trees

I will bring the people of Israel back to their pastures. They will eat on Mount Carmel and Mount Bashan. They will eat until they are full on the mountains of Ephraim and Gilead. Verse ConceptsAppetite, PhysicalPhysical HungerSatisfactionPromise of return

The land dries up and wastes away. Lebanon is ashamed and withers. Sharon is like a desert plain. Bashan and Carmel drop their leaves. Verse ConceptsdrynessThe Prophecy Towards LebanonMourning Due To Catastrophe

As I live,' declares the king, whose name is Jehovah of Hosts; 'someone who is like Mount Tabor among the mountains will come. Someone who is like Mount Carmel by the sea will come.

He said: Jehovah (YHWH) roars from Zion! He utters his voice from Jerusalem! The pastures of the shepherds mourn for lack of water. The top of Carmel withers. Verse ConceptsShepherds, As OccupationsTheophanyThunderGod SpeakingMourning Due To CatastrophePasturing The FlockThunder Expressing God's Judgment

Elisha traveled to Mount Carmel and later returned to Samaria.

Now gather all Israel together before me at Mount Carmel. Also gather the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal who get their food at Jezebel's table. Verse ConceptsFalse GodsSchool Of ProphetsTablesAssembling IsraelFour To Five HundredFour And Five HundredFollowers Of BaalProphets Of Other GodsServing Asherahjezebel

So he took him to the Field of Zophim on top of Mount Pisgah. He built seven altars there. He offered a bull and a ram on each altar. Verse ConceptsSeven AnimalsSeven ThingsSacrificing Cattle Sheep And Goats

It included the region east of the Jordan River as far south as the Dead Sea and east to the foot of Mount Pisgah. Verse ConceptsDead SeaBeyond Jordan

And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and to the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Beth-jeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdoth-pisgah: Verse ConceptsSalt

Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. Jehovah showed him all the land, Gilead as far as Dan,

and from Bamoth to the valley in the territory of the Moabites, below the top of Mount Pisgah, looking out over the desert.

Go to the top of (Mount) Pisgah, and look west, north, south, and east. You may look at the land, but you will never cross the Jordan River. Verse ConceptseastWestNorth, South, East And WestGoing Up Mountains

Gideon sent messengers through all the hill country of Ephraim to say: Come down and fight the Midianites! Hold the Jordan River and the streams as far as Bethbarah, to keep the Midianites from crossing them. The men of Ephraim were called together, and they held the Jordan River and the streams as far as Bethbarah.

She held court under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim. The children of Israel came to her for judgment. Verse ConceptsPalm TreesCourts

Nothing is wrong, answered Gehazi. But my master sent me to tell you that just now two members of the group of prophets in the hill country of Ephraim arrived. He would like you to give them three thousand pieces of silver and two changes of fine clothes. Verse ConceptsExamples Of DeceitHillsLying, Examples OfPeople Giving ClothesSons Of The ProphetsTwo Other ThingsTwo Other Men

King Jeroboam of Israel fortified the town of Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there for a while. Then he left and fortified the town of Penuel. Verse ConceptsFortresses

They buried him on the border of his inheritance in Timnath-Serah, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of Gaash hill.

Joshua answered: If you are a great people, then get to the wood country, and cut down for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim is too narrow for you. Verse ConceptsSmallnessGiants

They went from there to Micah's house in the mountains of Ephraim.

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

Take your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you. Verse ConceptsCalvaryAbrahamAtonement, Types OfLove, And The WorldSuffering, Of Jesus ChristWorship, Acceptable AttitudesWorship, Places OfThe Only ChildSacrificing The FirstbornOnly Child Of PeopleThose Who Loved

Gad came to David and said: Go, set up an altar for Jehovah at Araunah the Jebusite's threshing floor. Verse ConceptsCommemorationAltars To The LordBuilding Altars

Jehovah's angel told Gad to command David to go and build an altar to Jehovah at Araunah's threshing place. Verse ConceptsAltars To The LordBuilding Altars

David said: The house of Jehovah God is to be here, and also the altar of burnt offering for Israel. Verse ConceptsWorship, Places OfSacred PlacesBuilding God's Dwelling

You have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads (thousands of thousands) of angels, Verse ConceptsGod, Living And Self sustainingAn Innumerable NumberCityNames And Titles For The ChurchAngels, DescriptionChurch, Titles OfBelonging To HeavenzionThousands Of Angels Worship God


However, David captured the fortress Zion, that is, the City of David. Verse ConceptsCityZion, As A Placezion


King Solomon summoned all the leaders of the tribes and clans of Israel to come to him in Jerusalem. They were to take Jehovah's Ark of the Covenant from Zion, David's City, to the Temple. Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersJerusalem, History OfRankAssembling LeadersThe Ark In The TempleThe Elders Gathered

Jehovah loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwelling places of Jacob. Verse ConceptsJacob, The PatriarchZion, As A SymbolGod's Love For Israel

She sent for Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said to him: Has Jehovah the God of Israel commanded, saying: 'Go and deploy troops at mount Tabor. Take ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun? Verse ConceptsDeborahTens Of Thousands

As I live,' declares the king, whose name is Jehovah of Hosts; 'someone who is like Mount Tabor among the mountains will come. Someone who is like Mount Carmel by the sea will come.

Deborah said to Barak: Get up, for this is the day in which Jehovah has delivered Sisera into your hand. Jehovah has gone out before you. So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him. Verse ConceptsTens Of ThousandsThose God Gave Into Their Hands

Hear this, O you priests and pay attention, O house of Israel. Give ear (listen)! O house of the king the judgment is about you. You have been a snare at Mizpah and a net spread upon Tabor. Verse ConceptsNetsTrapCorrupt PriestsSnares Laid for PeopleMan Trapping

Then Gideon asked Zebah and Zalmunna: What kind of men were the men you killed at Tabor? They answered: They looked like you, every one of them like the son of a king. Verse ConceptsLike People By NatureWhat Kind?Nature Of Kings

The north and the south, you have created them; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at your name. Verse ConceptsJoy, And Human ExperienceMountainsCompassesNorth And SouthWhat Else God Created

Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away. Verse ConceptsSabbath, In NtWeights And Measures, DistancesSabbath Observedzealotswellness

They were near Jerusalem at Bethphage. Jesus sent two disciples to the Mount of Olives. Verse ConceptsTwo DisciplesChrist SendingDisciples' Movements

He sat on the Mount of Olives. The disciples came to him privately, saying: Tell us when these things will be? What will be the sign of your presence and of the end of the age? Verse ConceptsArmageddonLast DaysMountainsPrivacySignsCuriosityEnd Of The WorldPeople Sitting DownSigns Of Christ's ReturnWhen?Christ With His Disciplesend times prophecyInformation AgeThe End Of The WorldSigns Of The End TimesThe Second ComingEnd Timesmath

After they sang a song of praise to God, they went to the Mount of Olives. Verse ConceptsSingingSongsThose Singing Praisecommunion

He taught in the temple every day and he stayed on the Mount of Olives at night. Verse ConceptsEveningUnceasingAlways Being ActiveChrist TeachingEvenings For Jesus And His Disciples

All Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on both sides of the Ark before the priests. The Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; Half of the people stood on Mount Gerizim. And half of them stood on Mount Ebal. As Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel. Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, EventsJudgesFractions, One HalfHalf Of GroupsPriests In Action

When Jehovah your God brings you into the land you are about to possess, you will offer blessings on Mount Gerizim and cursing on Mount Ebal. Verse ConceptsMountainsThe Curse Of The LawBlessing And Cursecurses

When you cross the Jordan, these will stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin. Verse ConceptsTribes Of IsraelCrossing Into The Promised Land

Jotham heard about this. He stood on top of Mount Gerizim and shouted out to them: Men of Shechem, listen to me and God may listen to you! Verse ConceptsPay Attention To People!Will God Pay Attention?

All Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on both sides of the Ark before the priests. The Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; Half of the people stood on Mount Gerizim. And half of them stood on Mount Ebal. As Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel. Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, EventsJudgesFractions, One HalfHalf Of GroupsPriests In Action

When Jehovah your God brings you into the land you are about to possess, you will offer blessings on Mount Gerizim and cursing on Mount Ebal. Verse ConceptsMountainsThe Curse Of The LawBlessing And Cursecurses

When you cross the Jordan, you shall set up these stones on Mount Ebal, as I am commanding you today, and you shall coat them with lime. Verse ConceptsPlasterCrossing Into The Promised Land

Then Joshua built an altar to Jehovah the God of Israel on mount Ebal, Verse ConceptsAltars To The LordBuilding Altars

Announce to the people: 'Anyone who is afraid should go back home.' We will stay here at Mount Gilead. Twenty-two thousand went back, but ten thousand stayed.' Verse ConceptsDesertionTens Of ThousandsTwenty Thousand And UpFear Of Enemies

He left in a hurry with all that belonged to him. He crossed the Euphrates River and went toward the mountains of Gilead. Verse ConceptsHillsRiver CrossingsRiver Tigris

Jacob camped on a mountain. So when Laban caught up with Jacob as he was camped in the hill country of Gilead, he set up his camp not far from Jacod's. Verse ConceptsNomadsCamp, Of IsraelOvertaking

(The Beloved) You are beautiful my love, you are beautiful. Your eyes behind your veil are like doves. Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from Mount Gilead. Verse ConceptsAppearance Of HairYoung LoversHairgirlfriends

Do not start a fight with them, because I am not giving you any of their land, not so much as one foot. I gave Esau's descendants the region of Mount Seir as their property. Verse ConceptsAvoid QuarrelsGifts Of GodOther Gifts Of Godfootprints

Son of man, set your face (commit yourself) against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it.

and the Horites in the hill country of Seir as far as El-paran on the edge of the wilderness.

It is only an eleven-day journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea. Verse ConceptsRoadsTen Or More Days

He answered: I was on Mount Gilboa. I saw Saul leaning on his spear. The chariots and cavalry of the enemy closed in on him. Verse ConceptsChariotsChanceAttacking With ChariotsOther Supporting

The Philistine troops assembled and camped near the town of Shunem. Saul gathered the Israelites and camped at Mount Gilboa.

Let no rain or dew fall on the mountains of Gilboa. Let its fields be barren! For the shields of the mighty lie there in disgrace. The shield of Saul is no longer polished with oil. Verse Conceptsdrought, physicaldewLack Of RainAnointing Things

When the Philistines fought Israel, the men of Israel fled from the Philistines and were killed in battle on Mount Gilboa. Verse ConceptsConfrontationenemies, of Israel and JudahLand, As A Divine GiftIsrael Fleeing

He appointed Adoniram to be in charge of them. He divided them into three groups of ten thousand men. Each group spent one month in Lebanon and two months back home. Verse ConceptsTens Of ThousandsOne MonthTwo To Four MonthsForced Labour

Those left in the land were the five Philistine cities, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the Lebanon Mountains from Mount Baal Hermon as far as Hamath Pass. Verse ConceptsRulersFive People

Say The Lord Jehovah says: A large eagle came to Lebanon. It had large wings with long, colorful feathers. It took hold of the top of a cedar tree. Verse ConceptsEaglesBirds, Types Of BirdsWings Of BirdsFeathersMulti ColouredColorRainbow

Please let me go over and see the beautiful land on the other side of the Jordan River. Let me see those beautiful mountains in Lebanon.' Verse ConceptsBeyond Jordan

Sihon and Og ruled Amorite kingdoms east of the Jordan River. Their land stretched from the Arnon River Gorge in the south to Mount Hermon in the north. We captured it all. Verse ConceptsMountainsBeyond JordanTwo Other Men

Even from Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir, even unto Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon under Mount Hermon. He captured and killed all their kings. Verse ConceptsKilling Kings

It is like the dew of Hermon coming down upon the mountains of Zion. For there Jehovah commanded the blessing. It is life forever. Verse ConceptsdewZion, As A SymbolHoly Spirit, Types Of

And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan to Salcah;

Go up to this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo. It is in the land of Moab opposite Jericho. Look at the land of Canaan. I am giving this to the sons of Israel for a possession. Verse ConceptsGoing Up Mountains

Jehovah said to Moses: Go up into the Abarim Mountains, and take a look at the land I will give the Israelites. Verse ConceptsClimbing

They moved from the Abarim Mountains and set up camp on the plains of Moab near the Jordan River across from Jericho. Verse ConceptsThe Region Of Jordan

The whole congregation of Israel left Kadesh and arrived at Mount Hor,

They moved from Kadesh and set up camp at Mount Hor on the border of Edom. Verse ConceptsBoundaries

They moved from Mount Hor following the road that goes to the Red Sea. That way they could go around Edom. The people became impatient on the trip Verse ConceptsImpatienceComing To The Red SeaFalling

Go up to this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo. It is in the land of Moab opposite Jericho. Look at the land of Canaan. I am giving this to the sons of Israel for a possession. Verse ConceptsGoing Up Mountains

Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. Jehovah showed him all the land, Gilead as far as Dan,

Raise your battle flag throughout the world. Blow the ram's horn among the nations. Prepare nations to attack Babylon. Tell the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz to attack it. Appoint a commander to lead the attack. Bring up horses like a swarm of locusts. Verse ConceptsCaterpillarsTrumpetTrumpets For BattleFlags

On the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. Verse ConceptsNoah's ArkSabbath, In OtCalendarsMonth 7MotionlessnessComing To RestMonthsFloods

Saul chose three thousand men from Israel. Two thousand of them were stationed with Saul at Michmash and in the mountains of Bethel. One thousand were stationed with Jonathan at Gibeah in Benjamin. He sent the rest of the people home. Verse ConceptsConscriptionA Thousand PeopleTwo ThousandThree Thousand And UpEarthly Armies

The mountain of Bashan is the mountain of God. The mountain of Bashan is the mountain with many peaks.

I am very discouraged. That is why I will remember you in the land of Jordan, on the peaks of Hermon, on Mount Mizar. Verse ConceptsDespondency, Examples OfDepression, Solutions ToHealthI Am SadThe Region Of JordanDepressionDespairwaterfalls

When you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, zither, pipes (bagpipe), and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king set up. Verse ConceptsFlutesHarpsHornsLyreIdolatry Consists OfMusical Instruments, types ofOrchestrasCymbalsLyresIdol Worshipdrums

David and all the Israelites danced and sang with all their might to honor Jehovah. They played harps, lyres, drums, tambourines, rattles, and cymbals. Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofMusiciansMusical Instruments, types ofSongsFir TreesTreesWorship, Elements OfMusical Instruments, Made OfOrchestrasCymbalsTambourinesHarpsLyresinstrumentsdrums

All the Levites who were musicians: Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, their sons, and their relatives were dressed in fine linen and stood east of the altar with cymbals, harps, and lyres. With the musicians were one hundred and twenty priests blowing trumpets. When the priests left the holy place, Verse ConceptsHarpsLinenLyreOrchestrasA Hundred And Some

After that you will come to Gibeah, the hill of God, where an armed force of the Philistines is stationed. When you come to the town, you will see a band of prophets coming down from the high place with instruments of music before them. They will be acting like prophets: Verse ConceptsFlutesHigh PlacesLyreMusical Instruments, types ofProphecy, Methods Of OtShrinesTambourinesHarpsLyresSchooldrums

David and all the people of Israel celebrated with all their might before God. They did it with songs and with harps, lyres, tambourines, cymbals and trumpets. Verse ConceptsMusical Instruments, types ofSongsTrumpetCymbalsMusic To CelebrateTambourinesHarpsLyresdrums

With the sandalwood the king made gateways to Jehovah's Temple and the royal palace. They also made lyres and harps for the singers. No one had ever seen anything like them in Judah. Verse ConceptsHarpsLyreSinging


Praise him with sounds from horns. Praise him with harps and stringed instruments. Verse ConceptsHarpsLyreMusical Instruments, types ofTrumpetLyresPraise And Worshipinstrumentsdrums

David told the Levite leaders to appoint some of their brothers to serve as musicians. They were expected to play music on harps, lyres, and cymbals to produce joyful music for singing. Verse ConceptsHarpsLyreMusiciansMusical Instruments, types ofSingersOccupationsSingingSongsCymbalsInstrumentalistsLyres

When the builders laid the foundation of the Temple of Jehovah, the priests, dressed in their robes, took their places with horns, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with brass instruments, to give praise to Jehovah in the way ordered by David, king of Israel. Verse ConceptsBuildingClothing, Kinds OfBuildingMusical Instruments, types ofTrumpetOrchestrasCymbalsPraising GodSaul And DavidThe First Temple

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and do not have love, I have become like loud sounding brass, or a clashing cymbal. Verse ConceptsLoveMusical Instruments, types ofFilling PeopleSpiritual Gifts, Importance Of LoveMusical Instruments, Made OfBellsBrassCymbalsMere TalkLanguageFaith Hope And LoveHope And Lovedrums

David and all the Israelites danced and sang with all their might to honor Jehovah. They played harps, lyres, drums, tambourines, rattles, and cymbals. Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofMusiciansMusical Instruments, types ofSongsFir TreesTreesWorship, Elements OfMusical Instruments, Made OfOrchestrasCymbalsTambourinesHarpsLyresinstrumentsdrums

The king followed the instructions Jehovah gave to King David through Gad, the king's prophet, and through the prophet Nathan. He stationed Levites in the Temple, with harps and cymbals, Verse ConceptsHarpsLyreMusical Instruments, types ofSeers

Praise him with loud cymbals. Praise him with crashing cymbals. Verse ConceptsMusical Instruments, types ofCymbalsdrums

David and all the Israelites danced and sang with all their might to honor Jehovah. They played harps, lyres, drums, tambourines, rattles, and cymbals. Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofMusiciansMusical Instruments, types ofSongsFir TreesTreesWorship, Elements OfMusical Instruments, Made OfOrchestrasCymbalsTambourinesHarpsLyresinstrumentsdrums

The singers are in front. The musicians are behind them. The young women beating tambourines are between them. Verse ConceptsVirginMusical Instruments, types ofOrchestrasSingersYoung Ladiesinstrumentsdrums


Jephthah went back home to Mizpah. His daughter came out to meet him, dancing and playing the tambourine. She was his only child. Verse ConceptsdanceDancingLeisure, And PastimesMusical Instruments, types ofVirginChildren, Good Examples OfThe Only ChildMeeting PeopleMusic To CelebrateOnly Child Of Peopleprepping

They sing to the tambourine and the lyre, and rejoice to the sound of the pipe. Verse ConceptsFlutesHarpsMusical Instruments, types ofMusicMusic To Celebrate

Sing a song and strike the tambourine. Play the sweet sounding lyre with the harp. Verse ConceptsMusical Instruments, types ofHarpsinstrumentsdrums


At their feasts there are lyres and harps, tambourines and flutes, and wine. Yet, they do not pay attention to what Jehovah is doing or respect what his hands have done. Verse ConceptsFlutesAmusementsBanquets, ActivitiesHarpsLyreMusical Instruments, types ofWorldly Pleasures, Leads ToDrunkenness, ResultsDissipationTambourinesLyresdrums

David returned from a campaign against the Philistines. That same day women from all of Israel's cities came to meet King Saul. They sang and danced. Tambourines, joyful music, and triangles accompanied them. Verse ConceptsJoy, And Human ExperienceLeisure, And PastimesVirginMusic To Celebratehomecoming

You were in Eden, God's garden. You were covered with every kind of precious stone: red quartz, topaz, crystal, beryl, jade, onyx, gray quartz, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your settings and your sockets were made of gold when you were created. Verse ConceptsEmeraldsDiamondsGoldMineralsEdenPrecious StonesGold OrnamentsWearing JewelleryMan's Relationship With His CreatorGardens

After that you will come to Gibeah, the hill of God, where an armed force of the Philistines is stationed. When you come to the town, you will see a band of prophets coming down from the high place with instruments of music before them. They will be acting like prophets: Verse ConceptsFlutesHigh PlacesLyreMusical Instruments, types ofProphecy, Methods Of OtShrinesTambourinesHarpsLyresSchooldrums

Why did you deceive me and slip away without telling me? If you had told me, I would have sent you on your way with rejoicing and singing to the music of tambourines and harps. Verse ConceptsHarpsMusical Instruments, types ofMusicTambourinesLyresAvoiding SecrecyOthers Who FledThose Who DeceivedThose Who Did Not Tell

The joyful sound of tambourines ceases. The noise of revelers and the delight of the harp cease. Verse ConceptsHarpsMusical Instruments, types ofCessationStopping RejoicingLack Of Rejoicingdrums

At their feasts there are lyres and harps, tambourines and flutes, and wine. Yet, they do not pay attention to what Jehovah is doing or respect what his hands have done. Verse ConceptsFlutesAmusementsBanquets, ActivitiesHarpsLyreMusical Instruments, types ofWorldly Pleasures, Leads ToDrunkenness, ResultsDissipationTambourinesLyresdrums

After that you will come to Gibeah, the hill of God, where an armed force of the Philistines is stationed. When you come to the town, you will see a band of prophets coming down from the high place with instruments of music before them. They will be acting like prophets: Verse ConceptsFlutesHigh PlacesLyreMusical Instruments, types ofProphecy, Methods Of OtShrinesTambourinesHarpsLyresSchooldrums

All the people followed him. They blew flutes and celebrated so loudly that their voices shook the ground. Verse ConceptsMusical Instruments, types ofMusic To CelebrateRejoicing In God's Works

You will sing a song like the song you sing on a festival night. Your hearts will be happy like someone going out with a flute on the way to Jehovah's mountain, to the rock of Israel. Verse ConceptsFlutesequipping, physicalClimbingGod, The RockJoy, Of IsraelNightPilgrimageCelebration

My heart cries sadly for Moab like a flute playing a funeral song. It cries like a flute for the people from Kir Hareseth. The money they made has all been taken away. Verse ConceptsFlutesLamentingRiches, Nature OfMusical Instruments, types ofRiches, Description OfWailing


They sing to the tambourine and the lyre, and rejoice to the sound of the pipe. Verse ConceptsFlutesHarpsMusical Instruments, types ofMusicMusic To Celebrate


Therefore my harp is turned to mourning, and my flute to the sound of those who weep. Verse ConceptsFlutesHarpsMusical Instruments, types ofSad Music

Blow the horn in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: sound an alarm at Bethaven behind you, O Benjamin. Verse ConceptsHornsTrumpetMusical Instruments, types ofTrumpets For Signalling

David and all the Israelites danced and sang with all their might to honor Jehovah. They played harps, lyres, drums, tambourines, rattles, and cymbals. Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofMusiciansMusical Instruments, types ofSongsFir TreesTreesWorship, Elements OfMusical Instruments, Made OfOrchestrasCymbalsTambourinesHarpsLyresinstrumentsdrums

Make music with trumpets and the playing of a ram's horn. Shout happily in the presence of the king, Jehovah. Verse ConceptsHornsRamsMusical Instruments, types ofinstrumentsjoyfulness

When you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, zither, pipes (bagpipe), and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king set up. Verse ConceptsFlutesHarpsHornsLyreIdolatry Consists OfMusical Instruments, types ofOrchestrasCymbalsLyresIdol Worshipdrums

When you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, zither, pipes (bagpipe), and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king set up. Verse ConceptsFlutesHarpsHornsLyreIdolatry Consists OfMusical Instruments, types ofOrchestrasCymbalsLyresIdol Worshipdrums

When you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, zither, pipes (bagpipe), and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king set up. Verse ConceptsFlutesHarpsHornsLyreIdolatry Consists OfMusical Instruments, types ofOrchestrasCymbalsLyresIdol Worshipdrums

When you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, zither, pipes (bagpipe), and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king set up. Verse ConceptsFlutesHarpsHornsLyreIdolatry Consists OfMusical Instruments, types ofOrchestrasCymbalsLyresIdol Worshipdrums

David and all the Israelites danced and sang with all their might to honor Jehovah. They played harps, lyres, drums, tambourines, rattles, and cymbals. Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofMusiciansMusical Instruments, types ofSongsFir TreesTreesWorship, Elements OfMusical Instruments, Made OfOrchestrasCymbalsTambourinesHarpsLyresinstrumentsdrums

All the Levites who were musicians: Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, their sons, and their relatives were dressed in fine linen and stood east of the altar with cymbals, harps, and lyres. With the musicians were one hundred and twenty priests blowing trumpets. When the priests left the holy place, Verse ConceptsHarpsLinenLyreOrchestrasA Hundred And Some

After that you will come to Gibeah, the hill of God, where an armed force of the Philistines is stationed. When you come to the town, you will see a band of prophets coming down from the high place with instruments of music before them. They will be acting like prophets: Verse ConceptsFlutesHigh PlacesLyreMusical Instruments, types ofProphecy, Methods Of OtShrinesTambourinesHarpsLyresSchooldrums

David and all the people of Israel celebrated with all their might before God. They did it with songs and with harps, lyres, tambourines, cymbals and trumpets. Verse ConceptsMusical Instruments, types ofSongsTrumpetCymbalsMusic To CelebrateTambourinesHarpsLyresdrums

With the sandalwood the king made gateways to Jehovah's Temple and the royal palace. They also made lyres and harps for the singers. No one had ever seen anything like them in Judah. Verse ConceptsHarpsLyreSinging


Praise him with sounds from horns. Praise him with harps and stringed instruments. Verse ConceptsHarpsLyreMusical Instruments, types ofTrumpetLyresPraise And Worshipinstrumentsdrums

David told the Levite leaders to appoint some of their brothers to serve as musicians. They were expected to play music on harps, lyres, and cymbals to produce joyful music for singing. Verse ConceptsHarpsLyreMusiciansMusical Instruments, types ofSingersOccupationsSingingSongsCymbalsInstrumentalistsLyres

When the builders laid the foundation of the Temple of Jehovah, the priests, dressed in their robes, took their places with horns, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with brass instruments, to give praise to Jehovah in the way ordered by David, king of Israel. Verse ConceptsBuildingClothing, Kinds OfBuildingMusical Instruments, types ofTrumpetOrchestrasCymbalsPraising GodSaul And DavidThe First Temple

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and do not have love, I have become like loud sounding brass, or a clashing cymbal. Verse ConceptsLoveMusical Instruments, types ofFilling PeopleSpiritual Gifts, Importance Of LoveMusical Instruments, Made OfBellsBrassCymbalsMere TalkLanguageFaith Hope And LoveHope And Lovedrums

David and all the Israelites danced and sang with all their might to honor Jehovah. They played harps, lyres, drums, tambourines, rattles, and cymbals. Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofMusiciansMusical Instruments, types ofSongsFir TreesTreesWorship, Elements OfMusical Instruments, Made OfOrchestrasCymbalsTambourinesHarpsLyresinstrumentsdrums

The king followed the instructions Jehovah gave to King David through Gad, the king's prophet, and through the prophet Nathan. He stationed Levites in the Temple, with harps and cymbals, Verse ConceptsHarpsLyreMusical Instruments, types ofSeers

Praise him with loud cymbals. Praise him with crashing cymbals. Verse ConceptsMusical Instruments, types ofCymbalsdrums

David and all the Israelites danced and sang with all their might to honor Jehovah. They played harps, lyres, drums, tambourines, rattles, and cymbals. Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofMusiciansMusical Instruments, types ofSongsFir TreesTreesWorship, Elements OfMusical Instruments, Made OfOrchestrasCymbalsTambourinesHarpsLyresinstrumentsdrums

The singers are in front. The musicians are behind them. The young women beating tambourines are between them. Verse ConceptsVirginMusical Instruments, types ofOrchestrasSingersYoung Ladiesinstrumentsdrums


Jephthah went back home to Mizpah. His daughter came out to meet him, dancing and playing the tambourine. She was his only child. Verse ConceptsdanceDancingLeisure, And PastimesMusical Instruments, types ofVirginChildren, Good Examples OfThe Only ChildMeeting PeopleMusic To CelebrateOnly Child Of Peopleprepping

They sing to the tambourine and the lyre, and rejoice to the sound of the pipe. Verse ConceptsFlutesHarpsMusical Instruments, types ofMusicMusic To Celebrate

Sing a song and strike the tambourine. Play the sweet sounding lyre with the harp. Verse ConceptsMusical Instruments, types ofHarpsinstrumentsdrums


At their feasts there are lyres and harps, tambourines and flutes, and wine. Yet, they do not pay attention to what Jehovah is doing or respect what his hands have done. Verse ConceptsFlutesAmusementsBanquets, ActivitiesHarpsLyreMusical Instruments, types ofWorldly Pleasures, Leads ToDrunkenness, ResultsDissipationTambourinesLyresdrums

David returned from a campaign against the Philistines. That same day women from all of Israel's cities came to meet King Saul. They sang and danced. Tambourines, joyful music, and triangles accompanied them. Verse ConceptsJoy, And Human ExperienceLeisure, And PastimesVirginMusic To Celebratehomecoming

You were in Eden, God's garden. You were covered with every kind of precious stone: red quartz, topaz, crystal, beryl, jade, onyx, gray quartz, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your settings and your sockets were made of gold when you were created. Verse ConceptsEmeraldsDiamondsGoldMineralsEdenPrecious StonesGold OrnamentsWearing JewelleryMan's Relationship With His CreatorGardens

After that you will come to Gibeah, the hill of God, where an armed force of the Philistines is stationed. When you come to the town, you will see a band of prophets coming down from the high place with instruments of music before them. They will be acting like prophets: Verse ConceptsFlutesHigh PlacesLyreMusical Instruments, types ofProphecy, Methods Of OtShrinesTambourinesHarpsLyresSchooldrums

Why did you deceive me and slip away without telling me? If you had told me, I would have sent you on your way with rejoicing and singing to the music of tambourines and harps. Verse ConceptsHarpsMusical Instruments, types ofMusicTambourinesLyresAvoiding SecrecyOthers Who FledThose Who DeceivedThose Who Did Not Tell

The joyful sound of tambourines ceases. The noise of revelers and the delight of the harp cease. Verse ConceptsHarpsMusical Instruments, types ofCessationStopping RejoicingLack Of Rejoicingdrums

At their feasts there are lyres and harps, tambourines and flutes, and wine. Yet, they do not pay attention to what Jehovah is doing or respect what his hands have done. Verse ConceptsFlutesAmusementsBanquets, ActivitiesHarpsLyreMusical Instruments, types ofWorldly Pleasures, Leads ToDrunkenness, ResultsDissipationTambourinesLyresdrums

After that you will come to Gibeah, the hill of God, where an armed force of the Philistines is stationed. When you come to the town, you will see a band of prophets coming down from the high place with instruments of music before them. They will be acting like prophets: Verse ConceptsFlutesHigh PlacesLyreMusical Instruments, types ofProphecy, Methods Of OtShrinesTambourinesHarpsLyresSchooldrums

All the people followed him. They blew flutes and celebrated so loudly that their voices shook the ground. Verse ConceptsMusical Instruments, types ofMusic To CelebrateRejoicing In God's Works

You will sing a song like the song you sing on a festival night. Your hearts will be happy like someone going out with a flute on the way to Jehovah's mountain, to the rock of Israel. Verse ConceptsFlutesequipping, physicalClimbingGod, The RockJoy, Of IsraelNightPilgrimageCelebration

My heart cries sadly for Moab like a flute playing a funeral song. It cries like a flute for the people from Kir Hareseth. The money they made has all been taken away. Verse ConceptsFlutesLamentingRiches, Nature OfMusical Instruments, types ofRiches, Description OfWailing


They sing to the tambourine and the lyre, and rejoice to the sound of the pipe. Verse ConceptsFlutesHarpsMusical Instruments, types ofMusicMusic To Celebrate


Therefore my harp is turned to mourning, and my flute to the sound of those who weep. Verse ConceptsFlutesHarpsMusical Instruments, types ofSad Music

Blow the horn in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: sound an alarm at Bethaven behind you, O Benjamin. Verse ConceptsHornsTrumpetMusical Instruments, types ofTrumpets For Signalling

David and all the Israelites danced and sang with all their might to honor Jehovah. They played harps, lyres, drums, tambourines, rattles, and cymbals. Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofMusiciansMusical Instruments, types ofSongsFir TreesTreesWorship, Elements OfMusical Instruments, Made OfOrchestrasCymbalsTambourinesHarpsLyresinstrumentsdrums

Make music with trumpets and the playing of a ram's horn. Shout happily in the presence of the king, Jehovah. Verse ConceptsHornsRamsMusical Instruments, types ofinstrumentsjoyfulness

When you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, zither, pipes (bagpipe), and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king set up. Verse ConceptsFlutesHarpsHornsLyreIdolatry Consists OfMusical Instruments, types ofOrchestrasCymbalsLyresIdol Worshipdrums

When you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, zither, pipes (bagpipe), and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king set up. Verse ConceptsFlutesHarpsHornsLyreIdolatry Consists OfMusical Instruments, types ofOrchestrasCymbalsLyresIdol Worshipdrums

When you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, zither, pipes (bagpipe), and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king set up. Verse ConceptsFlutesHarpsHornsLyreIdolatry Consists OfMusical Instruments, types ofOrchestrasCymbalsLyresIdol Worshipdrums

In the fourth row put beryl, onyx, and gray quartz. Mount them in gold settings. Verse ConceptsPrecious StonesPlaitingGold Items For The TabernaclJewellery And God

The fourth row contained a beryl, a carnelian, and jasper. These were mounted in gold settings. Verse ConceptsPrecious StonesPlaitingGold Items For The TabernaclJewellery And God

I have made every effort to prepare materials for the Temple: gold, silver, bronze, iron, timber, precious stones and gems, stones for mosaics, and quantities of marble. Verse ConceptsGemsIronJewelsMineralsStonesPrecious StonesColor

onyx stones, and other precious stones to be set in the chief priest's ephod and his breastplate. Verse ConceptsPrecious StonesJewellery And God

You were in Eden, God's garden. You were covered with every kind of precious stone: red quartz, topaz, crystal, beryl, jade, onyx, gray quartz, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your settings and your sockets were made of gold when you were created. Verse ConceptsEmeraldsDiamondsGoldMineralsEdenPrecious StonesGold OrnamentsWearing JewelleryMan's Relationship With His CreatorGardens

It cannot be bought with the gold from Ophir or with precious onyx or sapphire. Verse ConceptsPrecious StonesBenefits Of Wisdombalance

The gold of that land is good. Bdellium and onyx stone are also there. Verse ConceptsPrecious Stones

the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, hyacinth; the twelfth, amethyst. Verse ConceptsJewelsPrecious StonesFractions, One FifthFractions, One SixthSeventhEight ThingsNine CreaturesTen TimesFifthSixthElevenTwelve Thingsrevelation

His hands are as gold rings set with beryl. His belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires. Verse ConceptsIvoryWearing Jewellery

This is how the wheels looked and how they were made: They looked like beryl (chrysolite) (precious stones). All four wheels looked the same. They looked like a wheel within a wheel. Verse ConceptsJewelsPrecious StonesFour SupportsWheelsSimilar ItemsSparklingAppearances ofColorcraftsmanshipstructure

Then I looked, and behold, four wheels beside the angels. There was one wheel beside each angel. The appearance of the wheels was like the gleam of a chrysolite stone. Verse ConceptsJewelsPrecious StonesFour SupportsWheelsSparklingCherubim

In the fourth row put beryl, onyx, and gray quartz. Mount them in gold settings. Verse ConceptsPrecious StonesPlaitingGold Items For The TabernaclJewellery And God

The fourth row contained a beryl, a carnelian, and jasper. These were mounted in gold settings. Verse ConceptsPrecious StonesPlaitingGold Items For The TabernaclJewellery And God

Aram was your customer because of the abundance of your goods. They paid for your wares with emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral and rubies. Verse ConceptsCoralembroideryEmeraldsGemsJewelsLinenMineralsPrecious StonesCommercePurple Cloth

He who sat there had the appearance of jasper and sardius stones. A rainbow that looked like an emerald surrounded the throne. Verse ConceptsEmeraldsJewelsRainbowsRainSymbolsTheophanyPrecious StonesJewellery And GodAppearances ofThe RainbowColorRainbow

You were in Eden, God's garden. You were covered with every kind of precious stone: red quartz, topaz, crystal, beryl, jade, onyx, gray quartz, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your settings and your sockets were made of gold when you were created. Verse ConceptsEmeraldsDiamondsGoldMineralsEdenPrecious StonesGold OrnamentsWearing JewelleryMan's Relationship With His CreatorGardens

The foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; Verse ConceptsEmeraldsPrecious StonesFractions, One FourthFirst ThingsSecond ThingThird PersonFourthColorRainbow

Place turquoise, sapphire, and crystal in the second row. Verse ConceptsDiamondsPrecious StonesJewellery And God

Included in the second row was an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. Verse ConceptsDiamondsPrecious StonesJewellery And God

He who sat there had the appearance of jasper and sardius stones. A rainbow that looked like an emerald surrounded the throne. Verse ConceptsEmeraldsJewelsRainbowsRainSymbolsTheophanyPrecious StonesJewellery And GodAppearances ofThe RainbowColorRainbow

In the fourth row put beryl, onyx, and gray quartz. Mount them in gold settings. Verse ConceptsPrecious StonesPlaitingGold Items For The TabernaclJewellery And God

The fourth row contained a beryl, a carnelian, and jasper. These were mounted in gold settings. Verse ConceptsPrecious StonesPlaitingGold Items For The TabernaclJewellery And God

You were in Eden, God's garden. You were covered with every kind of precious stone: red quartz, topaz, crystal, beryl, jade, onyx, gray quartz, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your settings and your sockets were made of gold when you were created. Verse ConceptsEmeraldsDiamondsGoldMineralsEdenPrecious StonesGold OrnamentsWearing JewelleryMan's Relationship With His CreatorGardens

She had the glory of God. Her light was like a very precious stone, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal. Verse ConceptsCrystalsRadiancyGlory Of GodPrecious StonesRadiant LivesTransparencyJewellery And GodRainbow

In the third row put jacinth, agate, and amethyst. Verse ConceptsPrecious StonesJewellery And God

The third row contained a turquoise, an agate, and an amethyst. Verse ConceptsPrecious StonesJewellery And God

the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, hyacinth; the twelfth, amethyst. Verse ConceptsJewelsPrecious StonesFractions, One FifthFractions, One SixthSeventhEight ThingsNine CreaturesTen TimesFifthSixthElevenTwelve Thingsrevelation

You were in Eden, God's garden. You were covered with every kind of precious stone: red quartz, topaz, crystal, beryl, jade, onyx, gray quartz, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your settings and your sockets were made of gold when you were created. Verse ConceptsEmeraldsDiamondsGoldMineralsEdenPrecious StonesGold OrnamentsWearing JewelleryMan's Relationship With His CreatorGardens

Place turquoise, sapphire, and crystal in the second row. Verse ConceptsDiamondsPrecious StonesJewellery And God

Jehovah says: Judah's sin is written with an iron pen. It is engraved with a diamond point on the tablet of their hearts and on the horns (strength) (authority) of their altars. Verse ConceptsFlintengravingDiamondsArtHornsInscriptionsIronMind, The HumanTabletsToolsWritingPrecious StonesWriting On PeopleIron Objects

Something like a dome was spread over the heads of the living creatures. It looked like dazzling crystal. Verse ConceptsCrystalsPrecious StonesThe ExpanseTransparencyExpanse [The Firmament]Fear Of Other Things

Neither gold nor crystal can equal its value. Nor can it be exchanged for jewelry of fine gold. Verse ConceptsCrystalsMineralsPrecious StonesTransparencyBenefits Of WisdomUnique Things

She had the glory of God. Her light was like a very precious stone, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal. Verse ConceptsCrystalsRadiancyGlory Of GodPrecious StonesRadiant LivesTransparencyJewellery And GodRainbow

In the third row put jacinth, agate, and amethyst. Verse ConceptsPrecious StonesJewellery And God

I will make your battlements of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones. Verse ConceptsCrystalsPrecious StonesSparklingborderscredibility

Aram was your customer because of the abundance of your goods. They paid for your wares with emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral and rubies. Verse ConceptsCoralembroideryEmeraldsGemsJewelsLinenMineralsPrecious StonesCommercePurple Cloth

They mounted four rows of precious stones on it. Ruby was mounted on the first row along with topaz, and garnet. Verse ConceptsPrecious StonesFour Other ThingsJewellery And God

Fasten four rows of precious stones on it. Put red quartz, topaz, and emerald in the first row. Verse ConceptsEmeraldsPrecious StonesFour Other ThingsJewellery And God

the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, hyacinth; the twelfth, amethyst. Verse ConceptsJewelsPrecious StonesFractions, One FifthFractions, One SixthSeventhEight ThingsNine CreaturesTen TimesFifthSixthElevenTwelve Thingsrevelation

The foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; Verse ConceptsEmeraldsPrecious StonesFractions, One FourthFirst ThingsSecond ThingThird PersonFourthColorRainbow

the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, hyacinth; the twelfth, amethyst. Verse ConceptsJewelsPrecious StonesFractions, One FifthFractions, One SixthSeventhEight ThingsNine CreaturesTen TimesFifthSixthElevenTwelve Thingsrevelation

the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, hyacinth; the twelfth, amethyst. Verse ConceptsJewelsPrecious StonesFractions, One FifthFractions, One SixthSeventhEight ThingsNine CreaturesTen TimesFifthSixthElevenTwelve Thingsrevelation

When they entered the city they went to the upper chamber where they were staying. Included were Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealous one, and Judas the son of James. Verse ConceptsStairwaysZealAndrewPrayer MeetingsUpper RoomsGuest Roomszealots

The following are the names of the twelve apostles (ambassadors of the good news) (messengers): first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Verse ConceptsPeter, The ApostleTwelve DisciplesDiscipleshipChristmas TreeStruggles In Relationshipzealots

Simon, whom he also named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and Philip and Bartholomew, Verse Conceptszealots

The twelve included Simon whom he surnamed Peter, Verse ConceptsPeople Renaming People

Once again the Israelites did evil against Jehovah by worshiping the Baals and the Astartes. They also worshiped the gods of Syria, of Sidon, of Moab, of Ammon, and of the Philistines. They abandoned Jehovah and stopped worshiping him. Verse ConceptsFalse GodsBaal Worship, HistoryPolytheismServing AsherahGod's People Sinning

The king made the illegal places of worship east of Jerusalem unclean. They were on the southern part of the Hill of Destruction. King Solomon of Israel built them for Astarte the disgusting goddess of the Sidonians. Also made unclean were references to Chemosh the disgusting god of Moab, and Milcom the disgusting god of the Ammonites. Verse ConceptsAbominationsFalse GodsHillsAbominations, Idolatry IsPolluting The LandServing Asherah

I am going to do this because Solomon has rejected me and has worshiped foreign gods. Astarte, the goddess of Sidon; Chemosh, the god of Moab; and Molech, the god of Ammon. Solomon disobeyed me. He has done wrong! He has not obeyed my laws and commands as his father David did. Verse ConceptsFalse GodsForsaking GodServing Asherah

They forsook Jehovah and served Baal and Ashtaroth. Verse ConceptsServing Asherah

Samuel told the entire nation of Israel: If you return to Jehovah with all your hearts you must get rid of the foreign gods you have, including the statues of the goddess Astarte. You must dedicate your lives to Jehovah and serve him only. Then he will rescue you from the Philistines. Verse ConceptsConversion, nature ofCommitment, to Goddouble mindednessReformationSyncretismDivided HeartsUnquestioning ServiceReturning To GodWhole HeartednessIndividuals Saving OthersPutting Away Other GodsServing Asherah

They put his armor in the temple of their goddesses the Asherahs and fastened his corpse to the wall of Beth Shan. Verse ConceptsFortificationsFalse GodsWallsServing Asherah

So Israel joined itself to Baal of Peor. Jehovah was angry against Israel. Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionGod's Intolerance Of EvilJoined To Evilalignment

You saw how he killed everyone who worshiped the god Baal at Peor. Verse ConceptsBaal Worship, HistoryGod KillingGod Killed His PeopleLooking At God's Works

They joined in worshiping the god Baal while they were at Peor. They ate what was sacrificed to the dead. Verse ConceptsBaal Worship, HistoryBaal Worship, Nature OfSacrifice, In OtYokesIdolatry Consists OfJoined To Evilalignment

I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your forefathers as the earliest fruit on the fig tree in its first season. They came to Baal-peor and devoted themselves to shame. They became as detestable as that which they loved. Verse ConceptsFig treeBaal Worship, HistoryGrapesBaal Worship, Nature OfAbominations, Idolatry IsDisgustFirst ActionsFinding PeopleThings Like PeopleLoving EvilPotential Of Fruit

Do you remember our sin at Peor, when Jehovah punished his own people with an epidemic? We are still suffering because of that. Was that not enough sin? Verse ConceptsPurifying Oneself

Never give your children as sacrifices to the god Molech by burning them alive. If you do, you are dishonoring the name of your God. I am Jehovah! Verse ConceptsPagan GodsFalse ReligionFalse GodsChild sacrificeIrreverenceProfanityRespect, For God's CharacterSacrifice, In OtSanctity Of LifeIdolatry, Wicked Practices OfHuman SacrificesProfaning God's NameI Am The Lord

In the valley of Ben Hinnom they built worship sites for Baal to sacrifice their sons and daughters to Molech. I did not ask them to do this. It never entered my heart (mind). I did not make Judah sin.' Verse ConceptsAbominationsFalse GodsChild sacrificeHigh PlacesAbsence Of ThoughtShrinesValleys

You have carried the tabernacle of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which you made for yourselves. Verse ConceptsBaal Worship, HistoryShrinesNature Of Kings

Yes, you took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan. You made figures to worship them. I will carry you away beyond Babylon. Verse ConceptsFalse GodsBabylon, Israel Exiled ToBabylon, In NtShrinesExile In Prospect

Josiah also made Topheth in the valley of Ben Hinnom unclean so that people would never again sacrifice their sons or daughters by burning them to the god Molech. Verse ConceptsFalse GodsChild sacrificeHuman SacrificesPolluting The Landdrums

The king made the illegal places of worship east of Jerusalem unclean. They were on the southern part of the Hill of Destruction. King Solomon of Israel built them for Astarte the disgusting goddess of the Sidonians. Also made unclean were references to Chemosh the disgusting god of Moab, and Milcom the disgusting god of the Ammonites. Verse ConceptsAbominationsFalse GodsHillsAbominations, Idolatry IsPolluting The LandServing Asherah

Moab, you trusted in your strength and your wealth, but now even you will be conquered. Your god Chemosh will go into exile, along with his princes and priests. Verse ConceptsFalse GodsMoney, Attitudes ToRich, TheRiches, Ungodly Use OfTrust, Lack OfFalse ConfidenceExiled ForeignersTrusting Riches

Are you going to try to take it back? You can keep whatever your god Chemosh has given you. But we are going to keep everything Jehovah, our God, has taken for us. Verse ConceptsPagan Gods

You Moabites are done for! Your god Chemosh deserted your people. They were captured, taken away by King Sihon the Amorite. Verse ConceptsFugitivesFalse Gods

The Philistine kings met together to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon. They rejoiced and said: Our god gave us victory over our enemy Samson! Verse ConceptsPagan GodsFalse GodsCelebrationsGiven Into One's HandsDagon

They brought it into the temple of Dagon and placed it beside Dagon. Verse Conceptsstatues

They put his armor in the temple of their gods and hung up his head in the temple of Dagon. Verse ConceptsFalse GodsSkulls

A man named Demetrius, a silversmith made silver shrines of Diana. He brought a lot of business to the craftsmen. Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofCraftsmenSculptureShrinesSilverSkill

The city recorder quieted the crowd. He said: You men of Ephesus, what man is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple-keeper of the great Artemis, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter? Verse ConceptsFalling From Heaven

When they heard this they were filled with anger. They shouted: Great is Artemis of the Ephesians. Verse ConceptsShoutingAngry People