Thematic Bible: Of God


Thematic Bible



Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your descendants.” So Abram built an altar there to [honor] the Lord who had appeared to him. Verse ConceptsAltarsAbrahamAppearances Of God In OtBlessings, To AbrahamLand, As A Divine GiftOffspringWorship, Places OfAltars, Built ByThe Promised LandAltars To The LordBuilding AltarsGod AppearingLand Promised To Israel

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

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said,

“I am God Almighty;
Walk [habitually] before Me [with integrity, knowing that you are always in My presence], and be blameless and complete [in obedience to Me].
Verse ConceptsBlameGod, Titles And Names OfTravelling With GodLife, Of FaithRestored In Jesus ChristPerfection, HumanWalkingAbraham, Testing And VictoryThe AlmightyWalking With GodGod AppearingI Am God

Now the Lord appeared to Abraham by the terebinth trees of Mamre [in Hebron], while he was sitting at the tent door in the heat of the day. Verse ConceptsHeatNoonRevelation, In OtSittingTentsAbraham, Testing And VictoryOaksHot WeatherGod Appearing

The Lord appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; stay in the land of which I will tell you. Verse ConceptsGod AppearingGod Forbiddingland

Then God [in a visible manifestation] appeared to Jacob again when he came out of Paddan-aram, and declared a blessing on him. Verse ConceptsGod AppearingBlessed By God

Go, gather the elders (tribal leaders) of Israel together, and say to them, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared to me, saying, “I am indeed concerned about you and what has been done to you in Egypt. Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersWatchfulness, DivineAssembling LeadersGod AppearingGod Paid Attention To ThemThe Elders GatheredThe Elderly

In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream at night; and God said, “Ask [Me] what I shall give you.” Verse ConceptsCommunicationNightGod AppearingDuring One NightGod Answers Prayer

that the Lord appeared to Solomon a second time, just as He had appeared to him at Gibeon. Verse ConceptsDoing Things TwiceGod Appearing

Saul said to Ahijah [the priest], “Bring the ark of God here.” For at that time the ark of God was with the sons of Israel. Verse ConceptsThe Ark Moved Around

Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer the priests blew the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah (Jeiel) were also gatekeepers for the ark. Verse ConceptsTrumpet

And the anger of the Lord burned against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his irreverence; and he died there by the ark of God. Verse ConceptsDeath penaltyAnger Of God, CausesGod's Intolerance Of EvilRetributionAnger Of God, Examples OfGod KillingGod Killing IndividualsError

and the [oil] lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was, Verse ConceptsLampsArk Of The Covenant, Names ForThe Ark In The TempleLying Down To RestThe Temple At Shiloh

Also the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were killed. Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, DescriptionThe Ark Moved Around

The messenger replied, “Israel has fled before the Philistines and there has also been a great slaughter among the people. Also your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been taken.” Verse ConceptsLossPriesthood, In OtThe Ark Moved AroundIsrael Fleeing

She said, “The glory has left Israel, for the ark of God has been taken.”

They said, “If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it empty [without a gift]; but be sure to return [it] to Him [together with] a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and it will be known to you why His hand is not removed from you.” Verse ConceptsHand Of GodAnimal Sacrifices, Trespass OfferingEmpty ThingsGod Heals

the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within tent curtains.” Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, FunctionCedarProperty, HousesTentsBuilding God's DwellingRoyal HousesThe Ark Moved AroundCedar WoodNamed Prophets Of The Lord

Then the king told Zadok, “Take the ark of God back to [its rightful place in] the city [of Jerusalem, the capital]. If I find favor in the Lord’s sight, He will bring me back again and let me see both it and His dwelling place (habitation). Verse ConceptsThe Ark In JerusalemReinstating People

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David was afraid of God that day, and he said, “How can I bring the ark of God home with me?”

David made for himself houses in the City of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it. Then David said, None should carry the ark of God but the Levites, for the Lord chose them to carry the ark of God and to minister to Him forever.

The Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles, as Moses commanded in accordance with the word of the Lord. Verse ConceptsPolesCarrying Holy Things

So they brought the ark of God and set it inside the tent which David had pitched for it, and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God. Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, EventsTentsThe Ark Moved Around



“The channels of the sea appeared,
The foundations of the world were uncovered
At the rebuke of the Lord,
At the blast of the breath of His nostrils.
Verse ConceptsFoundationsBreath Of GodEarth, Judgment OfNosesSeaEarth's FoundationCreation Of The SeasReproving ThingsGod Requite Them!


“By the breath of God they perish,
And by the blast of His anger they are consumed.
Verse ConceptsBreath Of GodAnger Of God, Consequencesbreathingbreath


Then the stream beds of the waters appeared,
And the foundations of the world were laid bare
At Your rebuke, O Lord,
At the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
Verse ConceptsBreath Of GodNosesEarth's FoundationCreation Of The SeasReproving ThingsGod Requite Them!breathing


“He will not escape from darkness [fleeing disaster];
The flame [of God’s wrath] will wither his branch,
And by the blast of His mouth he will go away.
Verse ConceptsBreath Of GodFace Of GoddrynessMouthsPeople WitheredScorchingThe Outer DarknessEscaping EvilOuter Darkness




For Topheth [in Hinnom] has long been ready;
Indeed, it has been prepared for the [Assyrian] king.
He has made it deep and wide,
A pit of fire with plenty of wood;
The breath of the Lord, like a river of brimstone (blazing sulfur), kindles and fans it.
Verse ConceptsPitsTheophanyBrimstonePreparation For BurialSulphurA Place Prepared


But with righteousness and justice He will judge the poor,
And decide with fairness for the downtrodden of the earth;
And He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth,
And with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked.
Verse ConceptsBreath Of GodFace Of GodWaistsMillennial KingdomSpirit Of ChristThe Sword Of The SpiritGod Beating PeopleGod KillingChrist SpeakingGod KillsRighteousness Of ChristStriking People With A Stafffairness


His breath is like an overflowing river,
Which reaches to the neck,
To sift the nations back and forth in a sieve [of disaster],
And to put in the jaws of the peoples the bridle which leads to ruin.
Verse ConceptsBridlesdrossHorsesSiftingSievingBinding As AnimalsLike A Flood




and not only for the nation, but also for the purpose of gathering together into one body the children of God who have been scattered abroad. Verse ConceptsUnity, Of God's PeopleNames And Titles For The ChristianSons Of GodSpiritual AdoptionGathered By GodThe Church ScatteredOne ChurchBelievers As Sons Of GodChild Of GodLoving Childrengatheringreuniting




And it shall be that in the place where it was said to them, ‘you are not My people,’
There they shall be called sons of the living God.”
Verse ConceptsAdoption, descriptions ofGod, Living And Self sustainingSonsNames And Titles For The ChristianSpiritual AdoptionBelievers As Sons Of GodLiving For GodChild Of GodChristians Are Called Children


By this we know [without any doubt] that we love the children of God: [expressing that love] when we love God and obey His commandments. Verse ConceptsCommitment, to God's peopleRegenerationDistinguishingResults Of Keeping The CommandmentsLove For ChildrenThose Loving GodChild Of GodObeying GodLoving Childrencommandments

Paul, a bond-servant of God and an apostle (special messenger, personally chosen representative) of Jesus Christ, for the faith of God’s chosen ones and [to lead and encourage them to recognize and pursue] the knowledge of the truth which leads to godliness, Verse ConceptsApostles, Function In Early ChurchFaith, Nature OfChristiansLettersPaul, Apostle To GentilesNames And Titles For The ChristianMaintaining FaithKnowing God's TruthThe Truth Of The Gospel

James, a bond-servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,

To the twelve [Hebrew] tribes [scattered abroad among the Gentiles] in the dispersion: Greetings (rejoice)! Verse Conceptsdispersion, theGreetingsLettersMinistry, Qualifications ForSlavery, SpiritualTribes Of IsraelThe Church ScatteredTwelve TribesRelationship TroublesPatience In RelationshipsChristians Are Called Servants Of God

The Lord said, “I have in fact seen the affliction (suffering, desolation) of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters (oppressors); for I know their pain and suffering. Verse ConceptsGod, Suffering OfHearingReceptivenessSensitivityTaskmastersGod, All knowingGod Seeing Their AfflictionCries Of Distress To GodGod Paid Attention To ThemGod Sending His SonAfflictions


But He, the source of compassion and lovingkindness, forgave their wickedness and did not destroy them;
Many times He restrained His anger
And did not stir up all His wrath.
Verse ConceptsCompassionAnger Of God, DescriptionGod, Patience OfMercifulnessPropitiationRestraintSin, And God's CharacterGod Has ForgivenGod Showed MercyGod Will No More Be AngryAnger And Forgiveness


For if He causes grief,
Then He will have compassion
According to His abundant lovingkindness and tender mercy.
Verse ConceptsCompassionGod Troublinggrieving


I led them gently with cords of a man, with bonds of love [guiding them],
And I was to them as one who lifts up and eases the yoke [of the law] over their jaws;
And I bent down to them and fed them.
Verse ConceptsGod's attitude towards peopleKindnessCordsRopesYokesDivine AttractionGod Going DownGod Feeds All The EarthGod Freeing CaptivesGod Has GuidedLike MenLove

then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes [in your return from exile], and have compassion on you, and will gather you together again from all the peoples (nations) where He has scattered you. Verse ConceptsRestoring NationsRestorationGathering IsraelGod's WillRecoverygathering

The Lord, the God of their fathers, sent word to them again and again by His messengers, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place. Verse ConceptsGod, Suffering OfMediatorRejection Of GodSpeech, Divine


But You, O Lord, are a God [who protects and is] merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness and truth.
Verse ConceptsCompassionGod, Compassion OfAbundant MercyGod, Patience OfGrace, In OtRestraintLongsuffering Of GodGod's TruthSpeed Of God's Angergraciousness

And it shall come about that after I have uprooted them, I will return and have compassion on them; and I will bring them back again, each one to his inheritance and each one to his land. Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfRestoring Nations


He shall again have compassion on us;
He will subdue and tread underfoot our wickedness [destroying sin’s power].
Yes, You will cast all our sins
Into the depths of the sea.
Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfObliviondepthGod, Patience OfSeaForgettingPromises To Stand onGod Will Show MercyIn The Heart Of The SeaThe Oceancats


Paul, a bond-servant of God and an apostle (special messenger, personally chosen representative) of Jesus Christ, for the faith of God’s chosen ones and [to lead and encourage them to recognize and pursue] the knowledge of the truth which leads to godliness, Verse ConceptsApostles, Function In Early ChurchFaith, Nature OfChristiansLettersPaul, Apostle To GentilesNames And Titles For The ChristianMaintaining FaithKnowing God's TruthThe Truth Of The Gospel



The Lord is exalted, for He dwells on high;
He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
Verse ConceptsCivic RighteousnessA Righteous PeopleJerusalem In Millennial KingdomGod Being Outside Of Creationfairness



The princes of the people have gathered together as the people of the God of Abraham,
For the shields of the earth belong to God;
He is highly exalted.
Verse ConceptsAbraham, Family And DescendantsClaimsEarth, Belonging To GodNoblesShieldsBlessings For Jew And GentileSurrender


Be exalted above the heavens, O God;
Let Your glory and majesty be over all the earth.
Verse ConceptsGlory, Revelation OfLordship, Human And Divine



Be exalted [in majesty], O God, above the heavens,
And Your glory above all the earth.
Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfGlory, Revelation OfEarth, God's GloryGod's Glory RevealedGod Being Outside Of Creation


You are my God, and I give thanks to You;
[You are] my God, I extol You.
Verse ConceptsGlorifying GodWe Thank GodYou Are Our GodThanksgiving Offered To God


And in that day you will say,
“Give thanks to the Lord, call on His name [in prayer].
Make His deeds known among the peoples [of the earth];
Proclaim [to them] that His name is exalted!”
Verse ConceptsGod's Deed RevealedThank God!


“Blessed be the Lord, who has given rest to His people Israel, in accordance with everything that He promised. Not one word has failed of all His good promise, which He spoke through Moses His servant. Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfGod, Faithfulness OfAssurance, basis ofAssurance in the life of faithLoyaltyGod's PromisesReliabilityScripture, Purpose OfGod Is UnchangeableBless The Lord!God Giving Rest

so that by two unchangeable things [His promise and His oath] in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled [to Him] for refuge would have strong encouragement and indwelling strength to hold tightly to the hope set before us. Verse ConceptsCertaintyGod Is TruthfulAfflictions, Consolation DuringTypes Of ChristImpossible For GodHow God Can't LieTwo Intangible ThingsGod EncouragingOthers Who FledThe Hope Of The GospelimpossibleFinding Comfort In God



He has remembered His covenant forever,
The word which He commanded and established to a thousand generations,
Verse ConceptsCovenant breakersGenerationsRememberingThe Eternal CovenantGod Remembering His CovenantThe promises of GodGod's FaithfulnessPromisescovenantmindfulness

Therefore know [without any doubt] and understand that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God, who is keeping His covenant and His [steadfast] lovingkindness to a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments; Verse ConceptsFathers, Sin Of TheFaithfulness, To GodCommitment, to GodGenerationsGod's attitude towards peopleKnowing God, Nature OfLoyaltyReliabilityLove Towards God, Results InLove For GodThe Lord Is GodGod Keeps CovenantThe promises of GodFaithfulnessPromises concerningGod's TrustworthinessGod's Faithfulness

It is not for your righteousness or for the uprightness of your heart that you are going to possess their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out before you, and to confirm the oath which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Verse ConceptsAbraham, Family And DescendantsThe Lord Will Drive Them Out


I will sing of the goodness and lovingkindness of the Lord forever;
With my mouth I will make known Your faithfulness from generation to generation.
Verse ConceptsMouthsPraise, Reasons ForSingingI Will Sing PraisesGod's Deed RevealedGod's Faithfulness

This is what the Lord says,

“Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool.
Where, then, is a house that you could build for Me?
And where will My resting place be?
Verse ConceptsFootstoolsFeetEarth, Description OfGod, Present EverywhereGod, Sovereignty OfHeaven, Nature OfHeaven, God's ThroneGod's OmnipresenceThe Temple In HeavenEarthHeaven Better Than EarthRestThe EarthGoing To Heaven

or by the earth, for it is the footstool of His feet; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King. Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfFootstoolsFeetNames For JerusalemCitySwearing


Then David the king rose to his feet and said, “Hear me, my brothers [in arms] and my people. I had intended to build a permanent home for the ark of the covenant of the Lord and as a footstool for our God, and I prepared materials for the building. Verse ConceptsFootstoolsPlansFear, Overcome ByThe Ark In The TempleMan's PurposesRoses


Heaven is My throne,
And the earth is the footstool for My feet;
What kind of house will you build for Me?’ says the Lord,
Or what place is there for My rest?
Verse ConceptsFootstoolsFeetGod, Sovereignty OfHeaven, Nature OfGod Is TranscendentHeaven, God's ThroneGod's DwellingWhat Kind?God Being Outside Of Creationfootprints





but there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and He has shown King Nebuchadnezzar what will take place in the latter days (end of days). This was your dream and the vision [that appeared] in your mind while on your bed. Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingFutureForeknowledgeMysteryGod's ForeknowledgeVisions And Dreams In ScriptureInterpretation Of DreamsThe Existence Of GodRevelation Of The FutureGod Revealing MysteriesDreams Interpretedsecrets

God has not rejected His [chosen] people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel? Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingForeknowledgeCastawaysGod's ForeknowledgeGod Not ForsakingIsrael HardenedScripture Says


“Indeed, the former things have come to pass,
Now I declare new things;
Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”
Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingFutureForeknowledgeGod's Foreknowledgea new beginningThe Pastspringtime



Says the Lord,
Who has been making these things known from long ago.
Verse ConceptsGod Speaking Of OldGod's Things Revealed


“For My people have committed two evils:
They have abandoned (rejected) Me,
The fountain of living water,
And they have carved out their own cisterns,
Broken cisterns
That cannot hold water.
Verse ConceptsAbandonmentForsaking GodBeing ForsakenFalse ConfidenceCisternsdrought, spiritualFountainsTwoDoubtSpring Of WaterThirstTrust, Lack OfWellsFountains Of LifeBreaking ContainersMetaphorical SpringsTwo Intangible ThingsWells, Figurative Use


O Lord, the hope of Israel,
All who abandon You will be shamed.
Those who turn away on earth will be written down,
Because they have abandoned the Lord, the fountain of living waters.
Verse ConceptsAbandonmentForsaking GodHope, As ConfidenceShameSpring Of WaterWellsMetaphorical SpringsJudgements WrittenConsequences Of Forsaking GodLiving WaterWells, Figurative Useisraeldust




You have also given me the shield of Your salvation,
And Your right hand upholds and sustains me;
Your gentleness [Your gracious response when I pray] makes me great.
Verse ConceptsGod, Living And Self sustainingHand Of GodRight Hand Of GodShieldsVictory, As An Act Of GodSustaining ProvidenceGod's HandGod's GentlenessGod Helps


“You have also given me the shield of Your salvation,
And Your help and gentleness make me great.
Verse ConceptsShieldsSalvation, Illustrations OfGod's GentlenessGod Helps



To make known to the sons of men Your mighty acts
And the glorious majesty of Your kingdom.
Verse ConceptsGod, Majesty OfGod's Deed Revealed


“Out of the north comes golden splendor [and people can hardly look on it];
Around God is awesome splendor and majesty [far too glorious for man’s eyes].
Verse ConceptsGod, Majesty OfNorthGlory Of GodOut Of The Northweather


Bless and affectionately praise the Lord, O my soul!
O Lord my God, You are very great;
You are clothed with splendor and majesty,
Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfGod, Majesty OfMagnifying GodPraise, Reasons ForGlory Of GodPraise, Should Be Offered ByGod's ClothingBless The Lord!


On the glorious splendor of Your majesty
And on Your wonderful works, I will meditate.
Verse ConceptsGod, Majesty OfMeditationGlory Of GodHonouring GodFocusMeditation On God's Work


Go among the rocks and hide in the dust
From the terror of the Lord and from the splendor of His majesty.
Verse ConceptsGlory, Revelation OfGod, Majesty OfGod, The LordRocksGlory Of GodCellarsStones For ProtectionHiding From GodTerror Of GodHoles In The Ground

And Moses said, I beseech You, show me Your glory. And God said, I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim My name, The Lord, before you; for I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy and loving-kindness on whom I will show mercy and loving-kindness. But, He said, You can not see My face, for no man shall see Me and live. read more.
And the Lord said, Behold, there is a place beside Me, and you shall stand upon the rock, And while My glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by. Then I will take away My hand and you shall see My back; but My face shall not be seen.

And the Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there and proclaimed the name of the Lord. And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord! the Lord! a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving-kindness and truth, Keeping mercy and loving-kindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but Who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children's children, to the third and fourth generation.


The Son is the radiance and only expression of the glory of [our awesome] God [reflecting God’s Shekinah glory, the Light-being, the brilliant light of the divine], and the exact representation and perfect imprint of His [Father’s] essence, and upholding and maintaining and propelling all things [the entire physical and spiritual universe] by His powerful word [carrying the universe along to its predetermined goal]. When He [Himself and no other] had [by offering Himself on the cross as a sacrifice for sin] accomplished purification from sins and established our freedom from guilt, He sat down [revealing His completed work] at the right hand of the Majesty on high [revealing His Divine authority], Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfAdoration, Of ChristGlory, Revelation OfGod Sustaining CreationCreatorExpiationExaltation Of ChristEarth, God SustainingGod, Living And Self sustainingGod, Power OfGospel, Historical Foundation OfHoliness, Believers' Growth InImage Of GodRadiancyKnowledge, Of Jesus ChristLikenessLight, SpiritualDivinity Of ChristHand Of GodMediatorPerfection, DivineRevelation, In NtRight Hand Of GodSalvation, Nature OfSittingGod Is TranscendentGlory Of GodPower Of Christ, ShownGod's Glory In Jesus ChristGod's Glory RevealedAccuracyGod On HighRight SidesBeing Cleansed From SinChrist AtoningChrist's Own GloryThe Effect Of The Word Of GodGlory of ChristGod Made Visible In ChristChrist's NatureThe Beauty Of NatureSelf Imageimage


having God’s glory [filled with His radiant light]. The brilliance of it resembled a rare and very precious jewel, like jasper, shining and clear as crystal. Verse ConceptsCrystalsRadiancyGlory Of GodPrecious StonesRadiant LivesTransparencyJewellery And GodRainbow

Arise [from the depression and prostration in which circumstances have kept you -- "rise to a new life]! Shine (be radiant with the glory of the Lord), for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you! For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and dense darkness [all] peoples, but the Lord shall arise upon you [O Jerusalem], and His glory shall be seen on you.

And the city has no need of the sun nor of the moon to give light to it, for the glory (splendor, radiance) of God has illumined it, and the Lamb is its lamp and light. Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfNeedWhat Heaven Will Be LikeLight, SpiritualHeaven,  Redeemed CommunityMoonGod's Glory RevealedThe SunGlory of ChristSunSunshineThe MoonrevelationLight As A Symbol Of God


For the Lord has built up Zion;
He has appeared in His glory and brilliance;
Verse ConceptsGlory Of GodRebuilding Jerusalemrebuildingzion

and you said, ‘Behold, the Lord our God has shown us His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice from the midst of the fire; we have seen today that God speaks with man, yet he [still] lives. Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfGlory Of GodGod Appearing In FireLiving Despite God's Presencegreatness



Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to the Lord, singing,

“I will sing to the Lord, for He has triumphed gloriously;
The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea.
Verse ConceptsBackDeborahHorsesMoses, Life OfVictory, As An Act Of GodGlory Of GodThrowing PeopleThose Singing PraiseArt Of Celebratingdeliverance

“If you are not careful to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, to fear and honor with reverence this glorious and awesome name, the Lord your God, Verse ConceptsGod, Glory Ofethics, personalGlory Of GodGod's Glory RevealedAweHis Name Is The LordGod Is To Be FearedKeep The Commandments!

Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said, “Stand up and bless (praise, honor) the Lord your God from everlasting to everlasting.

May Your glorious name be blessed
And exalted above all blessing and praise.”
Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfPraiseGod, The EternalImmortality, In OtStandingGlory Of GodGod's Glory RevealedEternal PraiseProclaiming God’s NameBless The Lord!


So I have gazed upon You in the sanctuary,
To see Your power and Your glory.
Verse ConceptsSanctuaryGlory Of GodThose Who Saw GodGod Showed His Power


Let Your work [the signs of Your power] be revealed to Your servants
And Your [glorious] majesty to their children.
Verse ConceptsGlory Of God



O Lord, our Lord,
How majestic and glorious and excellent is Your name in all the earth!
You have displayed Your splendor above the heavens.
Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfGod, Majesty OfKnowing God, Nature OfPrayer, And WorshipGlory Of GodGod's Glory RevealedGod Being Outside Of CreationExcellence


The Lord is high above all nations,
And His glory above the heavens.
Verse ConceptsGlory Of GodGod On HighGod Saves From Sin And DeathGod Being Outside Of Creation


May the glory of the Lord endure forever;
May the Lord rejoice and be glad in His works—
Verse ConceptsDelight, God ExpressingGlory Of God


Yes, they will sing of the ways of the Lord [joyfully celebrating His wonderful acts],
For great is the glory and majesty of the Lord.
Verse ConceptsPrayer, And WorshipGlory Of GodThose Singing Praise








‘Because of your raging against Me,
And because your arrogance and complacency have come up to My ears,
I will put My hook in your nose,
And My bridle in your lips,
And I will turn you back [to Assyria] by the way that you came.
Verse ConceptsFace Of GodHorsesHumiliationNosesRestraintAnger Of God, Examples OfWicked Described AsDivine RestraintsProud People

I will turn you around and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them magnificently clothed in full armor, a great horde with buckler (small shield) and [large] shield, all of them wielding swords; Verse ConceptsHorsesCoercionCausing People To TurnOther References To MouthsEzekiel Invasion


Frustrating the signs and confounding the omens of boasters (false prophets),
Making fools out of fortune-tellers,
Counteracting the wise
And making their knowledge ridiculous,
Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples OfIntelligenceWisdom, Source Of HumanThe Vanity Of Human KnowledgeFalse WisdomFrustrationCounted As Fools



“He makes priests walk barefoot,
And He overturns men firmly seated and secure.


“Because your raging against Me
And your arrogance has come up to My ears,
I will put My hook in your nose
And My bridle in your mouth,
And I will turn you back by the way you came.
Verse ConceptsTumultHorsesNoses


“I will put hooks in your jaws
And [I will] make the fish of your rivers stick to your scales.
And I will pull you up from the midst of your rivers,
And all the fish of your rivers will stick to your scales.
Verse ConceptsThings Stuck TogetherGod Lifting People

and I will turn you around and lead you along, and bring you up from the remotest parts of the north, and I will bring you against the mountains of Israel. Verse ConceptsOut Of The NorthCausing People To TurnThe Mountains Of Israel

The Lord said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in regard to all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me from being King over them. Verse ConceptsAttitudes Of RejectionGovernmentKnowing God, Effects OfRejection Of GodTheocracyRebellion Against God, Shown InPay Attention To People!RejectionListening To God

All the people answered together and said, “We will do everything that the Lord has spoken.” And Moses reported the words of the people to the Lord. Verse ConceptsCommitment, to GodFireResponseTheocracyWe Obey

At the Lord’s command the Israelites would journey on, and at His command they would camp. As long as the cloud remained over the tabernacle they remained camped. Verse ConceptsSetting OutCamping During The ExodusGod's Orders

so that you may enter into the covenant of the Lord your God, and into His oath and agreement which the Lord your God is making with you today, Verse ConceptsSealsLater Covenants With God

But Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; the Lord shall rule over you.” Verse ConceptsGovernmentTheocracygideon

But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites had come against you, you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us’—although the Lord your God was your King. Verse ConceptsGovernmentKingsKingdom Of God, Coming OfKingship, DivineKingship, HumanTheocracy

This is what the Lord says,

“Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool.
Where, then, is a house that you could build for Me?
And where will My resting place be?
Verse ConceptsFootstoolsFeetEarth, Description OfGod, Present EverywhereGod, Sovereignty OfHeaven, Nature OfHeaven, God's ThroneGod's OmnipresenceThe Temple In HeavenEarthHeaven Better Than EarthRestThe EarthGoing To Heaven



The Lord has established His throne in the heavens,
And His sovereignty rules over all [the universe].
Verse ConceptsGod, Activity OfGovernmentKingdom Of God, Coming OfKingship, DivineProvidenceStabilityGod's DominionHeaven, God's Throne

And I saw a great white throne and Him who was seated upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them [for this heaven and earth are passing away]. Verse ConceptsColors, WhiteGod, Sovereignty OfEarth, Destruction OfSkyTheophanyWhiteHeaven, God's ThroneThe Universe DestroyedFleeing From GodNo RoomAutomobiles


At once I was in [special communication with] the Spirit; and behold, a throne stood in heaven, with One seated on the throne. Verse ConceptsecstasyGod, Sovereignty OfSymbolsTheophanyTranceHeaven, God's ThroneGod Sitting In GloryLed By The Spirit

You who show lovingkindness to thousands, but repay the wickedness (sin, guilt) of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them [that is, calling the children to account for the sins of their fathers], O great and mighty God; the Lord of hosts is His name; Verse ConceptsFathers, Sin Of TheChildren, responsibilities to parentsParents SinSins Of The FathersGod As A WarriorHis Name Is The LordMighty OneGod Showed His Lovingkindness

Bless and affectionately praise the Lord, O my soul!
O Lord my God, You are very great;
You are clothed with splendor and majesty,
Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfGod, Majesty OfMagnifying GodPraise, Reasons ForGlory Of GodPraise, Should Be Offered ByGod's ClothingBless The Lord!

‘O Lord God, You have only begun to show Your servant Your greatness and Your mighty hand; for what god is there in heaven or on earth that can do such works and mighty acts (miracles) as Yours? Verse ConceptsGod, Power OfMiracles, Nature OfStrength, DivinePower Of God, DescribedMiracles Showing God's PowerBeginning Of SalvationNo One Is Like GodNo Other Acts Like Godgreatness


Your way, O God, is holy [far from sin and guilt].
What god is great like our God?
Verse ConceptsGod, Holiness OfPrayer, And WorshipWho Is Like God?



For I know that the Lord is great
And that our Lord is above all gods.
Verse ConceptsKnowing God, Nature OfAbove All Godsgreatness


Great is the Lord, and highly to be praised,
And His greatness is [so vast and profound as to be] unsearchable [incomprehensible to man].
Verse ConceptsAmazingRevelation, Necessity OfWorship, Of God AloneWorthinessGod, InfiniteUnintelligiblenessPraise To God Is FittingLimits Of Human MindPraise And WorshipWorthgreatness


Rejoice and shout for joy, O inhabitant of Zion,
For great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.
Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfGod, Titles And Names OfShouting For Joy

For from the rising of the sun, even to its setting, My name shall be great among the nations. In every place incense is going to be offered to My name, and a grain offering that is pure; for My name shall be great among the nations,” says the Lord of hosts. Verse ConceptsGod, Present EverywhereHeaven,  Redeemed CommunityOfferingsWestThe Gentiles ConversionEast And WestThe Nations Before GodRising



The boastful and the arrogant will not stand in Your sight;
You hate all who do evil.
Verse ConceptsPresumptionPride, Evil OfSin, And God's CharacterCharacter Of WickedBoasting ExcludedGod Hating Peoplehaters

“For I hate divorce,” says the Lord, the God of Israel, “and him who covers his garment with wrong and violence,” says the Lord of hosts. “Therefore keep watch on your spirit, so that you do not deal treacherously [with your wife].” Verse ConceptsAbusive HusbandsAbuse From a SpouseAdulterersAdultery and DivorceHatredLove, In RelationshipsViolenceAnnulmentAvoiding ViolenceTaking HeedAvoid DivorceGod Hating ThingsBetrothal, SpiritualProtecting Your Family




“Who will not fear [reverently] and glorify Your name, O Lord [giving You honor and praise in worship]?
For You alone are holy;
For all the nations shall come and worship before You,
For Your righteous acts [Your just decrees and judgments] have been revealed and displayed.”
Verse ConceptsGod, Holiness OfGlorifying GodMinistry, Nature OfReverence, And God's NatureUnity, God's Goal OfWorship, Reasons ForMan's Conduct Towards GodAweThe Gentiles ConversionGod Doing RightDoing RightGod's Deed RevealedThe Gospel To The NationsWorshipping GodFear God!


Your eyes are too pure to approve evil,
And You cannot look favorably on wickedness.
Why then do You look favorably
On those who act treacherously?
Why are you silent when the wicked (Chaldean oppressors) destroy
Those more righteous than they?
Verse ConceptsGod, Holiness OfIniquity, God's Attitude TowardEyes, Used Of GodEvilDoubting God's JusticeGod's Intolerance Of EvilPerfection, DivinePurity, Moral And SpiritualSilenceSin, And God's CharacterSuffering, Of The InnocentToleranceGod Being SilentGod Is PurePeople Commended By GodProsperity Of The WickedUnfaithfulInjustice


Exalt the Lord our God
And worship at His holy hill [Zion, the temple mount],
For the Lord our God is holy.
Verse ConceptsGlorifying GodPraiseWorship God!Worshiping GodPraise And WorshipWorshiping Together


The men of Beth-shemesh said, “Who is able to stand before the Lord, this holy God? And to whom shall He go up from us?” Verse ConceptsSelf JustificationSelf Righteousness, And The GospelAble To Stand

“I will make My holy name known in the midst of My people Israel, and I will not let them profane My holy name anymore; and the nations will know that I am the Lord, the Holy One of Israel. Verse ConceptsGod, Zeal OfHoliness, Purpose OfMission, Of IsraelProfanitySanctification, Nature And BasisProclaiming God’s NameGod's Things Revealed

And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes all over and within [underneath their wings]; and day and night they never stop saying,

Holy, holy, holy [is the] Lord God, the Almighty [the Omnipotent, the Ruler of all], who was and who is and who is to come [the unchanging, eternal God].” Verse ConceptsGod, Holiness OfdoxologyNightSeraphimWingsWorship, Reasons ForGod, TrinityPraise, Should Be Offered ByThe AlmightyUnceasing PraiseThe Existence Of GodFour CreaturesSix ThingsUnceasingAlways PraisingInside And OutEyes In ProphecyFeet Of CreaturesThe Fact Of His ComingEyesCherubimPurgatoryrejuvenationAngelic Beings Praising God

But they will do all these [hurtful] things to you for My name’s sake [because you bear My name and are identified with Me], for they do not know the One who sent Me. Verse Conceptsenemies, of believersGod, Revelation OfIgnorance Towards God, Leads ToThe One Who Sent ChristReasons Why The World Hates ChristiansPersecution

Now as I was going along and carefully looking at your objects of worship, I came to an altar with this inscription: ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ Therefore what you already worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. Verse ConceptsAmbassadorsGod, Revelation OfIgnorance, Of GodInscriptionsOpportunities, And SalvationSuperstitionPolytheismUnknown GodsHow Not To WorshipIgnorance of GodEclipseignorancedevotion


“Even the stork in the sky
Knows her seasons [of migration],
And the turtledove, the swallow and the crane
Observe the time of their return.
But My people do not know
The law of the Lord.
Verse ConceptsdovesSkyThe Right TimeBirds, Features OfBirds, Types Of BirdsInstinctSwallowsAutumnKnowingGod's TimingGods Timing


“They bend their tongue like their bow;
[Their] lies and not truth prevail and grow strong in the land;
For they proceed from evil to evil,
And they do not know and understand and acknowledge Me,” says the Lord.
Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Illustrations OfDebaucheryTongueLukewarmnessDissipationMighty in its influence



“For My people are stupid and foolish,” [says the Lord to Jeremiah];
“They do not know Me;
They are foolish children
And have no understanding.
They are shrewd [enough] to do evil,
But they do not know [how] to do good.”
Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfFolly, Examples OfChildishnessGod, Revelation OfGood WorksKnowing God, Effects OfSkillWisdom, Human ImportanceDullnessNot Knowing HowFoolishness Of MenSkilled PeopleWorldly WisdomGood Children

always learning and listening to anybody who will teach them, but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. Verse ConceptsFleeting ImpressionsStudying The BibleDullnessSin, Love OfThe Truth Of The GospelFruitless LearningEducationStudyingnegativityvulnerabilityresearch

Also, all [the people of] that generation were gathered to their fathers [in death]; and another generation arose after them who did not know (recognize, understand) the Lord, nor even the work which He had done for Israel. Verse ConceptsBecoming An AdultGenerationsGod, Revelation OfSpiritual IgnoranceGathered To One's PeopleDeath Of A FatherRosesKnowing God



The Son is the radiance and only expression of the glory of [our awesome] God [reflecting God’s Shekinah glory, the Light-being, the brilliant light of the divine], and the exact representation and perfect imprint of His [Father’s] essence, and upholding and maintaining and propelling all things [the entire physical and spiritual universe] by His powerful word [carrying the universe along to its predetermined goal]. When He [Himself and no other] had [by offering Himself on the cross as a sacrifice for sin] accomplished purification from sins and established our freedom from guilt, He sat down [revealing His completed work] at the right hand of the Majesty on high [revealing His Divine authority], Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfAdoration, Of ChristGlory, Revelation OfGod Sustaining CreationCreatorExpiationExaltation Of ChristEarth, God SustainingGod, Living And Self sustainingGod, Power OfGospel, Historical Foundation OfHoliness, Believers' Growth InImage Of GodRadiancyKnowledge, Of Jesus ChristLikenessLight, SpiritualDivinity Of ChristHand Of GodMediatorPerfection, DivineRevelation, In NtRight Hand Of GodSalvation, Nature OfSittingGod Is TranscendentGlory Of GodPower Of Christ, ShownGod's Glory In Jesus ChristGod's Glory RevealedAccuracyGod On HighRight SidesBeing Cleansed From SinChrist AtoningChrist's Own GloryThe Effect Of The Word Of GodGlory of ChristGod Made Visible In ChristChrist's NatureThe Beauty Of NatureSelf Imageimage

who, although He existed in the form and unchanging essence of God [as One with Him, possessing the fullness of all the divine attributes—the entire nature of deity], did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped or asserted [as if He did not already possess it, or was afraid of losing it]; Verse ConceptsequalityHeadshipImage Of GodLikenessEquality With GodRevelation, In NtGod's Glory In Jesus ChristGraspingDivineDivinityGodheadSelf WorthSelf EsteemBeing YourselfBeing DifferentSelf ImageBeing Uniqueautonomy

The Lord said to Moses, Depart, go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought from the land of Egypt, to the land which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, To your descendants I will give it. I will send an Angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanite, Amorite, Hittite, Perizzite, Hivite, and Jebusite. Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, lest I destroy you on the way.

And Moses went up to God, and the Lord called to him out of the mountain, Say this to the house of Jacob and tell the Israelites: You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to Myself. Now therefore, if you will obey My voice in truth and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own peculiar possession and treasure from among and above all peoples; for all the earth is Mine. read more.
And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests, a holy nation [consecrated, set apart to the worship of God]. These are the words you shall speak to the Israelites. So Moses called for the elders of the people and told them all these words which the Lord commanded him. And all the people answered together, and said, All that the Lord has spoken we will do. And Moses reported the words of the people to the Lord.


“For the sake of My Name I refrain from My wrath,
And for My praise I restrain Myself from you,
So that I do not cut you off.
Verse ConceptsGod, Patience OfRestraintPunishment, DelayedForbearanceDivine DelaysRestraints From Killing

What if God, although willing to show His [terrible] wrath and to make His power known, has tolerated with great patience the objects of His wrath [which are] prepared for destruction? Verse ConceptsDestructionGod's attitude towards peopleHell, As An ExperienceSin, And God's CharacterLongsuffering Of GodPower Of God, ShownDestruction Of The WickedGod EnduringGod Has AngerGod Showed His PowerDelay Of The Second ComingPatience As A Fruit Of The Spiritwrath

who once were disobedient, when the great patience of God was waiting in the days of Noah, during the building of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons [Noah’s family], were brought safely through the water. Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with NoahBaptism, significance ofBefore The FloodGod's attitude towards peopleGod, Patience OfNoahSeafaringPunishment, DelayedLongsuffering Of GodThe DelugeDivine DelaysEight PeopleGod WaitingFew Peopledisobedienceinvesting

‘The Lord is slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, forgiving wickedness and transgression; but He will by no means clear the guilty, visiting (avenging) the wickedness and guilt of the fathers on the children, to the third and fourth generations [that is, calling the children to account for the sins of their fathers].’ Verse ConceptsFathers, Sin Of TheAbundant MercyGenerationsChildren, responsibilities to parentsGod, Patience OfReliabilityRestraintUnforgivenessLongsuffering Of GodParents SinSins Of The FathersA Forgiving GodSpeed Of God's AngerLove And ForgivenessAnger And ForgivenessParents LoveParents Being Wrong

Yet My eye [looked on them with compassion and] spared them instead of destroying them, and I did not annihilate them in the wilderness. Verse ConceptsGod, Patience OfLongsuffering Of GodDying In The Wilderness



But God -- "so rich is He in His mercy! Because of and in order to satisfy the great and wonderful and intense love with which He loved us, Even when we were dead (slain) by [our own] shortcomings and trespasses, He made us alive together in fellowship and in union with Christ; [He gave us the very life of Christ Himself, the same new life with which He quickened Him, for] it is by grace (His favor and mercy which you did not deserve) that you are saved ( delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ's salvation).




The Lord opens the eyes of the blind;
The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;
The Lord loves the righteous [the upright in heart].
Verse ConceptsBlindness, HealingsSpiritual Blindness, Removal OfBowingRighteous, TheRighteousness, Of BelieversVisionGod Lifting PeopleHealing Of The BlindBlindness




But because the Lord loves you and is keeping the oath which He swore to your fathers, the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed (bought) you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Verse ConceptsGod, As RedeemerGod, Power OfHand Of GodOaths, DivineRedemption, In OtGod's HandGod Swearing BlessingsGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptGod's Love For Israel

We have come to know [by personal observation and experience], and have believed [with deep, consistent faith] the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides continually in him. Verse ConceptsGod, Love OfLove, Nature OfReliabilityAgape LoveNature Of GodUs In GodKnowing God's CharacterMental HealthGod's Love For UsLove And StrengthTrue LoveLoving EveryoneLove As A Fruit Of The SpiritGods LoveFathers LoveBeing LovedLiving For GodKnowing GodStrength And Loveloversloving


In those days Judah will be saved and [the people of] Jerusalem will live in safety; and this is the name by which she will be called: the Lord Our Righteousness (Justice).’ Verse ConceptsLast DaysNames For JerusalemChrist Our RighteousnessGod Saves The NeedyGod Will Keep SafeNames Involving God

The distance around the city shall be 18,000 (4 x 4,500) cubits; and the name of the city from that day [and ever after] shall be, ‘The Lord is There.’” Verse ConceptsNames Of GodNames For JerusalemChanged NamesNames Involving GodA Place For God's NameJerusalem In Millennial Kingdomdistance

So Abraham named that place The Lord Will Provide. And it is said to this day, “On the mountain of the Lord it will be seen and provided.” Verse ConceptsGod, Activity OfAbrahamGod, Titles And Names OfGod's ProvisionGod ProvidingNames Involving GodLooking At God's WorksPlaces To This Dayproviding


Then Gideon built an altar there to the Lord and named it The Lord is Peace. To this day it is still in Ophrah, of the Abiezrites. Verse ConceptsCommemorationNames Of GodBuilding AltarsGod Of PeaceNames Involving GodNature Of GodPeople Naming ThingsPlaces To This Daygideon



“Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) is naked before God,
And Abaddon (the place of destruction) has no covering [from His eyes].
Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingThe DestroyerThings StrippedOut Of The NorthThe Fact Of Death



And not a creature exists that is concealed from His sight, but all things are open and exposed, and revealed to the eyes of Him with whom we have to give account. Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeGod, All knowingAwesome GodConcealment, Of SinPerfection, DivineSin, And God's CharacterVisionGod, Omniscience OfNakednessHiding From GodBeing Hidden From GodHidden From GodEverything Happening For A Reasoneverything

whenever our heart convicts us [in guilt]; for God is greater than our heart and He knows all things [nothing is hidden from Him because we are in His hands]. Verse ConceptsVisionGod, Omniscience OfGod And The HeartGuiltEmotionscondemnationconsciencereassurance


In all their distress He was distressed,
And the angel of His presence saved them,
In His love and in His compassion He redeemed them;
And He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
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

You know we call those blessed [happy, spiritually prosperous, favored by God] who were steadfast and endured [difficult circumstances]. You have heard of the patient endurance of Job and you have seen the Lord’s outcome [how He richly blessed Job]. The Lord is full of compassion and is merciful. Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfCommendationEndurance, Examples OfGod's attitude towards peopleHappinessHeart, DivineMercifulnessTrust, Importance OfSuffering, HardshipBlessed In ServiceEnduringPatient PeopleEnduranceBeing PatientPersistenceempathyperserverancepatientperseveringsteadfast


O Lord God of hosts, who is like You, O mighty Lord?
Your faithfulness surrounds You [as an intrinsic, unchangeable part of Your very being].
Verse ConceptsGod, Power OfGod, Titles And Names OfSoldiersPower Of God, DescribedWho Is Like God?FaithfulnessGod's Faithfulness


‘O Lord God, You have only begun to show Your servant Your greatness and Your mighty hand; for what god is there in heaven or on earth that can do such works and mighty acts (miracles) as Yours? Verse ConceptsGod, Power OfMiracles, Nature OfStrength, DivinePower Of God, DescribedMiracles Showing God's PowerBeginning Of SalvationNo One Is Like GodNo Other Acts Like Godgreatness

Who is like You, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like You, glorious in holiness, awesome in splendor, doing wonders? You stretched out Your right hand, the earth's [sea] swallowed them.

I planted, Apollos watered, but God [all the while] was making it grow and [He] gave the increase. So neither he who plants is anything nor he who waters, but [only] God Who makes it grow and become greater. He who plants and he who waters are equal (one in aim, of the same importance and esteem), yet each shall receive his own reward (wages), according to his own labor.


(for He who worked effectively for Peter and empowered him in his ministry to the Jews also worked effectively for me and empowered me in my ministry to the Gentiles). Verse ConceptsPaul As An ApostleMinistry, Qualifications ForPeter, The ApostleThe Gospel To Jew And GentileGod's Work In UsMinistryempowerment

Now to Him who is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly more than all that we dare ask or think [infinitely beyond our greatest prayers, hopes, or dreams], according to His power that is at work within us, Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfAbundance, SpiritualPower Through GodAbilityTo DeliverGod, Sovereignty OfPower, HumanAbility, God's PowerThoughts Of The RighteousAnswered PromisesGod Answers PrayerPowerEclipseExerciseimagination

For even though He was crucified in weakness [yielding Himself], yet He lives [resurrected] by the power of God [His Father]. For we too are weak in Him [as He was humanly weak], yet we are alive and well [in fellowship] with Him because of the power of God directed toward you. Verse ConceptsApostles, Function In Early ChurchGod, Power OfPower, HumanStrength, DivineWeakness, PhysicalPower Of God, ShownComparisonsGod's WeaknessLife With ChristChrist Was KilledChrist's LifeGod Showed His PowerSignificance Of Christ's CrucifixionThe CrossWeaknessexamscrucifixion

and [so that you will begin to know] what the immeasurable and unlimited and surpassing greatness of His [active, spiritual] power is in us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength Verse ConceptsGod's OmnipotenceBenefits Of Faith In ChristThe power of Christfaith and strengthLove And StrengthStrength And FaithStrength And Loveenergygreatnesstoughnessefficiency

And I heard every created thing that is in heaven or on earth or under the earth [in Hades, the realm of the dead] or on the sea, and everything that is in them, saying [together],

“To Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb (Christ), be blessing and honor and glory and dominion forever and ever.” Verse ConceptsAdoration, Of ChristEarth, God's GloryGod, Present EverywhereHonorUnceasing PraiseChrist's Exalted GloryEternal PraiseGod Sitting In GloryAngels SingingWorship In Heaven During TribulationPetsThe Seaadorationdominionhonour


saying,

“To You we give thanks, O Lord God Almighty [the Omnipotent, the Ruler of all], Who are and Who were, because You have taken Your great power and the sovereignty [which is rightly Yours] and have [now] begun to reign. Verse ConceptsGod, Power OfGod, The EternalThanksgivingThanksgiving, OfferedThe AlmightyThe Existence Of GodGod Showed His PowerWe Thank GodThank YouBeing Grateful

Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens and on the earth; Yours is the dominion and kingdom, O Lord, and You exalt Yourself as head over all. Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfGod, Glory OfEarth, Belonging To GodGod, Majesty OfGod, Sovereignty OfGod, Uniqueness OfHeadshipProvidenceGod's Glory RevealedPowergreatnessbelongingadorationdominion


“You who are far away, hear what I have done;
And you who are near, acknowledge My might.”
Verse ConceptsAcknowledged

now hear this: the hand of the Lord will fall on your livestock which are out in the field, on the horses, the donkeys, the camels, the herds, and the flocks—a horrible plague shall come. Verse ConceptsSheepAnger Of God, Examples OfPower Of God, Expressed


“My hand founded and established the earth,
And My right hand spread out the heavens;
When I call to them, they stand together [in obedience to carry out My decrees].
Verse ConceptsFoundationsFinger Of GodEarth, Creation OfChaosHand Of GodRight Hand Of GodPower, Of GodPower Of God, ExpressedEarth's FoundationGod Creating With His Finger

For by now I could have put out My hand and struck you and your people with a pestilence, and you would then have been cut off (obliterated) from the earth. Verse ConceptsGod KillingGod Will Kill The Peoples


“At the beginning You founded the earth;
The heavens are the work of Your hands.
Verse ConceptsGod, Activity OfFoundationsCreation, Origin OfBeginningPower Of God, ShownGod Acting Of Old


God made the earth by His power;
He established the world by His wisdom
And by His understanding and skill He has stretched out the heavens.
Verse ConceptsEarth, Creation OfGod, Wisdom OfCreation Of The Physical HeavensPower, Of GodPower Of God, ShownGod's Creation


but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks (Gentiles), Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. Verse ConceptsGod, Wisdom OfOutsidersThe Call Of GodChrist, Names ForChrist's WisdomThe Gospel To Jew And GentileSpecial RevelationThe power of ChristWisdom

For the message of the cross is foolishness [absurd and illogical] to those who are perishing and spiritually dead [because they reject it], but to us who are being saved [by God’s grace] it is [the manifestation of] the power of God. Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfFolly, Examples OfConfusionGod, Power OfPower, God's SavingWisdom, Source Of HumanPower Of God, ShownThe Power Of The GospelSpiritually DeadFoolishness Of GodReasons Why The World Hates ChristiansSignificance Of Christ's CrucifixionThe power of ChristPowerBeing SavedThe CrossBeing LostFeeling Lostpreachingbasketball

Is anything too difficult or too wonderful for the Lord? At the appointed time, when the season [for her delivery] comes, I will return to you and Sarah will have a son.” Verse ConceptsAll Things Being PossibleGod, Power OfGod's OmnipotencePower, Of GodArriving On TimePossibilities For GodEasy For GodPossible For GodThe Time Appointedimpossible


to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and power, before all time and now and forever. Amen. Verse ConceptsPoweradorationdominion




O God, You are awesome and profoundly majestic from Your sanctuary;
The God of Israel gives strength and power to His people.
Blessed be God!
Verse ConceptsAwesome GodPower, HumanStrength, SpiritualWorship, Elements OfAweGod Giving StrengthGod Gives StrengthBless The Lord!God Is To Be FearedPowerPeace And StrengthBlessings From God



The Lord has bared His holy arm (His infinite power)
Before the eyes of all the nations [revealing Himself as the One by Whom Israel is redeemed from captivity],
That all the ends of the earth may see
The salvation of our God.
Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfGod, As SaviorArmsGod's Salvation Made KnownPower Of God, ExpressedArm Of GodBare ArmsPeople Stripping OffPreparing For ActionThe Gospel To The NationsMillennial Kingdom, Christ Supreme On The Earth



For the arms of the wicked will be broken,
But the Lord upholds and sustains the righteous [who seek Him].
Verse ConceptsBones BrokenSustaining ProvidenceGod SupportingSupport



‘Do you not fear Me?’ says the Lord.
‘Do you not tremble [in awe] in My presence?
For I have placed the sand as a boundary for the sea,
An eternal decree and a perpetual barrier beyond which it cannot pass.
Though the waves [of the sea] toss and break, yet they cannot prevail [against the sand ordained to hold them back];
Though the waves and the billows roar, yet they cannot cross over [the barrier].
[Is not such a God to be feared?]
Verse ConceptsBoundariesSandSeaAttitudes Of RespectOceansAweWavesDivine Power Over NatureBarriersEternal WorldLimits For The SeaSand And GravelFear God!





Who caused His glorious arm and infinite power to go at the right hand of Moses,
Dividing the waters before them to make for Himself an everlasting name,
Verse ConceptsArmsPower Of God, DescribedArm Of GodDivision Of WatersWaters DividedBlessings For The Right Hand



He has made everything beautiful and appropriate in its time. He has also planted eternity [a sense of divine purpose] in the human heart [a mysterious longing which nothing under the sun can satisfy, except God]—yet man cannot find out (comprehend, grasp) what God has done (His overall plan) from the beginning to the end. Verse ConceptsBeautifulBeauty, In NatureAdaptabilityBeginning And EndBeing Found OutHeartbreakBeauty Of ThingsTime ManagementGod's Ways Beyond Human UnderstandingGod's TimingGods TimingBeing BeautifulWaiting For God's Timingeternity


“Yet these are just the fringes of His ways [mere samples of His power],
The faintest whisper of His voice!
Who can contemplate the thunder of His [full] mighty power?”
Verse ConceptsRevelation, Necessity OfThunderUnderstandingVoicesPower Of God, ExpressedPower Of God, DescribedFaintnessUnder One's BreathEdge Of Other ThingsLimits Of Human MindThunder Showing God's Presence


For even though He was crucified in weakness [yielding Himself], yet He lives [resurrected] by the power of God [His Father]. For we too are weak in Him [as He was humanly weak], yet we are alive and well [in fellowship] with Him because of the power of God directed toward you. Verse ConceptsApostles, Function In Early ChurchGod, Power OfPower, HumanStrength, DivineWeakness, PhysicalPower Of God, ShownComparisonsGod's WeaknessLife With ChristChrist Was KilledChrist's LifeGod Showed His PowerSignificance Of Christ's CrucifixionThe CrossWeaknessexamscrucifixion





Let the groaning and sighing of the prisoner come before You;
According to the greatness of Your power keep safe those who are doomed to die.
Verse ConceptsSighingOppression, God's Attitude ToPrisonersPower Of God, DescribedNot DyingDeath PreventedGod Keep!greatnesspreservation


“All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing.
But He does according to His will in the host of heaven
And among the inhabitants of the earth;
And no one can hold back His hand
Or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’
Verse ConceptsAccording To His WillChallengesGod, Purpose OfGod, Sovereignty OfHand Of GodPredestinationProvidenceStrength, DivineGod's OmnipotencePower Of God, DescribedAuthority, Belonging To GodStrength Of GodWhat Does God Do?God Works His WillOther Unimportant People


‘See now that I, I am He,
And there is no god besides Me;
It is I who put to death and I who give life.
I have wounded and it is I who heal,
And there is no one who can deliver from [the power of] My hand.
Verse ConceptsAfterlifedoctorsMonotheismOne GodSuicidePower Of God, DescribedGod Giving LifeGod KillingWoundsNo Other Is GodGod HealsGod KillsNo One Can SaveDeathHealing And ComfortLife After DeathLoss Of A Loved Onemyself





“God is wise in heart and mighty in strength;
Who has [ever] defied or challenged Him and remained unharmed?
Verse ConceptsGod, Wisdom OfRevelation, Necessity OfPower Of God, DescribedStrength Of GodGod Is StrongWisdomPeace And Strengthprospering

in [speaking] the word of truth, in the power of God; by the weapons of righteousness for the right hand [like holding the sword to attack] and for the left [like holding the shield to defend], Verse ConceptsArmor of GodPower Through GodArmourWeaponsTruthArmor, SpiritualWeapons Of The BelieverGod's Word Is TruePurityPowerStrugglesThe Power Of WordsSpeecharmor

So do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord or about me His prisoner, but with me take your share of suffering for the gospel [continue to preach regardless of the circumstances], in accordance with the power of God [for His power is invincible], Verse ConceptsDenying ChristParticipation, In ChristNot AshamedSuffering, Of BelieversWitnessing, And Holy SpiritWitnesses, To Jesus ChristWitnessing, Importance OfTestify On God's BehalfBlushingPower Through GodSuffering For The GospelChrist's Disciples Will SufferSubsequent Witness To ChristAfflictionsThe power of ChristPurgatory

If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to rescue us from the furnace of blazing fire, and He will rescue us from your hand, O king. Verse ConceptsCertaintyAbilityTo DeliverRescueTrust, Importance OfCourage, Examples OfFurnacesGod Saving From EnemiesServing GodFake Friends

Now they are Your servants and Your people whom You have redeemed by Your great power and by Your strong hand. Verse ConceptsGod, As RedeemerGod, Power OfHand Of GodRedemption, In Everyday LifeServants Of The Lord


The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
Yes, the Lord breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.
Verse ConceptsCedarFelling TreesThe Beauty Of Nature


To Him who rides in the highest heavens, the ancient heavens,
Behold, He sends out His voice, a mighty and majestic voice.
Verse ConceptsSymbolsThunderPower Of God, ExpressedGod RidingGod's VoiceThunder Showing God's Presence


The voice of the Lord is upon the waters;
The God of glory thunders;
The Lord is over many waters.
Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfSymbolsTheophanyThunderPower Of God, ExpressedCloud of gloryThunder Showing God's Presence


The Lord is slow to anger and great in power
And He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished.
The Lord has His way in the whirlwind and in the storm,
And the clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfFeetClouds, God's PresenceGod, Patience OfStormsWhirlwindsPower Of God, DescribedThe AlmightyAcquittalGod In The WindCondemnation Of The WickedSpeed Of God's AngerHurricanesGuiltfootstepspatientsdustfootprintsGod Controls Storms


Let the groaning and sighing of the prisoner come before You;
According to the greatness of Your power keep safe those who are doomed to die.
Verse ConceptsSighingOppression, God's Attitude ToPrisonersPower Of God, DescribedNot DyingDeath PreventedGod Keep!greatnesspreservation



With a strong hand and with an outstretched arm,
For His lovingkindness endures forever;
Verse ConceptsPower Of God, DescribedStrength Of GodStaying StrongStrength And Loveoutreach

What if God, although willing to show His [terrible] wrath and to make His power known, has tolerated with great patience the objects of His wrath [which are] prepared for destruction? Verse ConceptsDestructionGod's attitude towards peopleHell, As An ExperienceSin, And God's CharacterLongsuffering Of GodPower Of God, ShownDestruction Of The WickedGod EnduringGod Has AngerGod Showed His PowerDelay Of The Second ComingPatience As A Fruit Of The Spiritwrath

But indeed for this very reason I have allowed you to live, in order to show you My power and in order that My name may be proclaimed throughout all the earth. Verse ConceptsGod, Purpose OfMotives, Importance OfPower Of God, ShownPredestination, Of PersonsProclaiming God’s NameGod Showed His PowerWhy God Did ThingsPurposeLife Purpose


Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is the [supernatural] finger of God.” But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened and he would not listen to them, just as the Lord had said. Verse ConceptsFinger Of GodHardness Of HeartMiracles, Responses ToMission, Of IsraelPower Of God, ExpressedStiffnecked PeopleObstinate IndividualsGod Writing With His Fingermagic



Who does great things, [beyond understanding,] unfathomable,
Yes, marvelous and wondrous things without number.
Verse ConceptsGod Is HolyPower Of God, DescribedUnintelligiblenesspast



O God, You are my God, earnestly will I seek You; my inner self thirsts for You, my flesh longs and is faint for You, in a dry and weary land where no water is. So I have looked upon You in the sanctuary to see Your power and Your glory.


But the Lord is with me as a dread champion [one to be greatly feared];
Therefore my persecutors will stumble and not overcome [me].
They will be completely shamed, for they have not acted wisely and have failed [in their schemes];
Their eternal dishonor will never be forgotten.
Verse ConceptsStumblingSuffering, Encouragements InWarriorsNot ForgettingGod With Specific PeopleGod As A WarriorShame Will ComeCauses of failure inMighty in its influenceDisappointmentMotivationadvertisingprospering


“Yet these are just the fringes of His ways [mere samples of His power],
The faintest whisper of His voice!
Who can contemplate the thunder of His [full] mighty power?”
Verse ConceptsRevelation, Necessity OfThunderUnderstandingVoicesPower Of God, ExpressedPower Of God, DescribedFaintnessUnder One's BreathEdge Of Other ThingsLimits Of Human MindThunder Showing God's Presence


“Behold, God is exalted in His power;
Who is a ruler or a teacher like Him?
Verse ConceptsPower, Of God


God has spoken once,
Twice I have heard this:
That power belongs to God.
Verse ConceptsThe AlmightySpeaking AgainPowerLove And StrengthSmilingStrength And Love


Sing to Him, sing praises to Him;
Speak of all His wonders.
Verse ConceptsPraisePower, Of God

Jonathan said to his young armor bearer, “Come, let us cross over to the garrison of these uncircumcised men; it may be that the Lord will work for us. For there is nothing to prevent the Lord from saving, whether by many or by few.” Verse ConceptsFaith, And Blessings Of GodUncircumcisionBraveryCourage, Examples OfFew PeopleCrossing To The Other Sidearmor


For I was ashamed to request troops and horsemen from the king to protect us from the enemy along the way, because we had told the king, “The hand of our God is favorable toward all those who seek Him, but His power and His anger are against all those who abandon (turn away from) Him.” Verse ConceptsForsaking GodGrace, In OtRejection Of God, Results OfRoadsGod's HandConsequences Of Forsaking GodGod's Hands On PeopleShame Has Come





Nevertheless He saved them for His name’s sake,
That He might make His [supreme] power known.
Verse ConceptsGod, Faithfulness OfMotives, Importance OfPower Of God, ShownGod Showed His Power


And God is able to make all grace [every favor and earthly blessing] come in abundance to you, so that you may always [under all circumstances, regardless of the need] have complete sufficiency in everything [being completely self-sufficient in Him], and have an abundance for every good work and act of charity. Verse ConceptsTemporal BlessingsAboundingWhat Christian Should Do AlwaysGood WorksGrace, And Christian LifeWhat God GivesSanctification, Means And ResultsGod, Grace OfProvisionsAbility, God's PowerAbounding, Good ThingsEnabling GraceRiches Of GracePlenty Through ChristBlessingThe Grace Given To MenAbundanceGraceGrace Being SufficientGod's GraceBlessing OthersMoney Blessingsprovidingflexibilityefficiency


But I will point out to you whom you should fear: fear the One who, after He has killed, has authority and power to hurl [you] into hell; yes, I say to you, [stand in great awe of God and] fear Him! Verse ConceptsGospel, Responses ToPunishment, By GodGehennaReverence To GodGod KillingGod KillsFear God!

Does the potter not have the right over the clay, to make from the same lump [of clay] one object for honorable use [something beautiful or distinctive] and another for common use [something ordinary or menial]? Verse ConceptsCraftsmenPower Of God, DescribedReprobatesPeople Have HonourPurposeBeauty And Self Worthpotmoldhonour


“Because I called and you refused [to answer],
I stretched out my hand and no one has paid attention [to my offer];
Verse ConceptsThe Call Of GodSelf WillStretching OutRejectionListening To Godconsequencesanswersattention


“But My people would not listen to My voice,
And Israel did not [consent to] obey Me.
Verse ConceptsIndifferenceListeningReprobates

So whoever rejects and disregards this is not [merely] rejecting man but the God who gives His Holy Spirit to you [to dwell in you and empower you to overcome temptation]. Verse ConceptsRejecting God's WordApostles, Authority In ChurchRejecting ThingsRejection Of GodTeachingAdvice, Rejecting God's AdviceGod Giving His SpiritMan's Teaching

But the Pharisees and the lawyers [who were experts in the Mosaic Law] annulled and set aside God’s purpose for themselves, not having been baptized by John. Verse ConceptsAttorneyLawyersRejection Of GodJewish SectsBaptised By JohnCharacteristics Of PhariseesRejection

The Lord said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in regard to all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me from being King over them. Verse ConceptsAttitudes Of RejectionGovernmentKnowing God, Effects OfRejection Of GodTheocracyRebellion Against God, Shown InPay Attention To People!RejectionListening To God



The Lord is [unwaveringly] righteous in all His ways
And gracious and kind in all His works.
Verse ConceptsGod, Righteousness OfProvidencePerfection Of CreationGod's Faithfulnessdeeds

O Lord God of Israel, You are [uncompromisingly] just (righteous), for we have been left as survivors, as it is this day. Behold, we are before You in our guilt, for no one can stand before You because of this.” Verse ConceptsGod, Righteousness OfSelf Righteousness, And The GospelSurvivors Of The NationsFound Guilty


As is Your name, O God,
So is Your praise to the ends of the earth;
Your right hand is full of righteousness (rightness, justice).
Verse ConceptsPraiseGod, Righteousness OfHandsRight Hand Of GodPraise To God Is Fitting


By awesome and wondrous things You answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation,
You who are the trust and hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest sea;
Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands forGod, Righteousness OfGod AnsweredGod Doing RightDoing RightBelief In GodGod My Salvation

Tsadhe.
Righteous are You, O Lord,
And upright are Your judgments.
Verse ConceptsGod, Righteousness OfPredestinationGod's Word Is Righteous


If you know that He is absolutely righteous, you know [for certain] that everyone who practices righteousness [doing what is right and conforming to God’s will] has been born of Him. Verse ConceptsBorn Again, Results OfBirth, SpiritualRighteousness, As FaithNew Birth, The Means OfNew Birth, Evidenced ByFruits Of RighteousnessRighteousness Of ChristLoving Everyonebridgespractice


It is for this that we labor and strive [often called to account], because we have fixed our [confident] hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe [in Him, recognize Him as the Son of God, and accept Him as Savior and Lord]. Verse ConceptsAtonementReproachLabor, Spiritual Aspects OfGod, Living And Self sustainingHope, As ConfidenceHope, In GodStriving With GodJesus Christ, SaviorTrusting In GodSaved By FaithAll PeopleThe Fact Of ToilThe Hope Of The Gospelfaith in hard timesstruggleLife StrugglesStrugglesstrivingChrist As The Object Of Saving Faith


“The Lord your God is in your midst,
A Warrior who saves.
He will rejoice over you with joy;
He will be quiet in His love [making no mention of your past sins],
He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy.
Verse ConceptsGod, Joy OfComfortingBecoming More Like ChristGod, Power OfGod, Present EverywhereHeart, DivineSingingTendernessBirthdaysDivine FavourGod's VoiceGod Being SilentGod Is Among YouGod As A WarriorGod OvercomingRejoicing When Someone Is SavedCelebrationRenewal



He alone is my rock and my salvation,
My defense and my strong tower; I will not be shaken or disheartened.
Verse ConceptsGod, The RockMetaphorsRefugeRocksStabilitySpiritual FoundationsNot MovedGod My Salvationfaith and strengthNot Being Alone


It will be said in that day,
“Indeed, this is our God for whom we have waited that He would save us.
This is the Lord for whom we have waited;
Let us shout for joy and rejoice in His salvation.”
Verse ConceptsJoy, And Human ExperienceLast DaysTrust, Importance OfTrustworthinessGiving UpHe Is Our GodRejoicing When Someone Is SavedA New Day


But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord;
He is their refuge and stronghold in the time of trouble.
Verse ConceptsFortificationsGod, The RockGriefGod Our StrengthStrength In Hard TimesHope And StrengthTrusting God In Difficult Times


“Truly, [the hope of salvation from] the hill [where idols are worshiped] is a deception,
A tumult and noisy multitude on the mountains;
Truly in the Lord our God
Is the salvation of Israel.
Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorFalse ConfidenceGod My SalvationDeception


It is for this that we labor and strive [often called to account], because we have fixed our [confident] hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe [in Him, recognize Him as the Son of God, and accept Him as Savior and Lord]. Verse ConceptsAtonementReproachLabor, Spiritual Aspects OfGod, Living And Self sustainingHope, As ConfidenceHope, In GodStriving With GodJesus Christ, SaviorTrusting In GodSaved By FaithAll PeopleThe Fact Of ToilThe Hope Of The Gospelfaith in hard timesstruggleLife StrugglesStrugglesstrivingChrist As The Object Of Saving Faith


“The Lord your God is in your midst,
A Warrior who saves.
He will rejoice over you with joy;
He will be quiet in His love [making no mention of your past sins],
He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy.
Verse ConceptsGod, Joy OfComfortingBecoming More Like ChristGod, Power OfGod, Present EverywhereHeart, DivineSingingTendernessBirthdaysDivine FavourGod's VoiceGod Being SilentGod Is Among YouGod As A WarriorGod OvercomingRejoicing When Someone Is SavedCelebrationRenewal



He alone is my rock and my salvation,
My defense and my strong tower; I will not be shaken or disheartened.
Verse ConceptsGod, The RockMetaphorsRefugeRocksStabilitySpiritual FoundationsNot MovedGod My Salvationfaith and strengthNot Being Alone


It will be said in that day,
“Indeed, this is our God for whom we have waited that He would save us.
This is the Lord for whom we have waited;
Let us shout for joy and rejoice in His salvation.”
Verse ConceptsJoy, And Human ExperienceLast DaysTrust, Importance OfTrustworthinessGiving UpHe Is Our GodRejoicing When Someone Is SavedA New Day


But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord;
He is their refuge and stronghold in the time of trouble.
Verse ConceptsFortificationsGod, The RockGriefGod Our StrengthStrength In Hard TimesHope And StrengthTrusting God In Difficult Times


“Truly, [the hope of salvation from] the hill [where idols are worshiped] is a deception,
A tumult and noisy multitude on the mountains;
Truly in the Lord our God
Is the salvation of Israel.
Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorFalse ConfidenceGod My SalvationDeception


so that you may prove yourselves to be blameless and guileless, innocent and uncontaminated, children of God without blemish in the midst of a [morally] crooked and [spiritually] perverted generation, among whom you are seen as bright lights [beacons shining out clearly] in the world [of darkness], Verse ConceptsAdoption, descriptions ofCorruption, Of HumanityCommitment, to the worldBlameReproachRadiancyLiving In The LightRestored In Jesus ChristPerfection, HumanStarsUniverseCharacter Of SaintsConduct, ProperAdoption Should Lead To HolinessSaints, As PilgrimsHarmlessnessVengeanceSons Of GodRadiant LivesSpiritual AdoptionAdoption ProducesLiving As God's ChildrenTwisted WaysPeople Made PerfectPure PeopleGood ChildrenComplainingcriticism




And I will be a Father to you,
And you will be My sons and daughters,”
Says the Lord Almighty. Cross references: 2 Corinthians 6:2 : Is 49:8 2 Corinthians 6:11 : Is 60:5; Ezek 33:22 2 Corinthians 6:16 : Ex 25:8; 29:45; Lev 26:12; Jer 31:1; Ezek 37:27 2 Corinthians 6:17 : Is 52:11 2 Corinthians 6:18 : Is 43:6; Hos 1:10 end of crossrefs
Verse ConceptsdaughtersGod, Fatherhood OfChildren Of GodGod, Power OfRelationshipsSonsBelievers As Sons Of GodDadsBeing A Good FatherFathers LoveChild Of GodFather And Daughter RelationshipsFathers And DaughtersParents Being WrongChristians Are Called Children



Yet the number of the sons of Israel
Shall be like the sand of the sea,
Which cannot be measured or numbered;
And in the place
Where it is said to them,
“You are not My people,”
It will be said to them,
“You are the sons of the living God.”
Verse ConceptsGod, Living And Self sustainingDivine FavourSons Of GodUncountableBelievers As Sons Of GodSand And GravelLiving For GodThe Seaisrael


But God -- "so rich is He in His mercy! Because of and in order to satisfy the great and wonderful and intense love with which He loved us, Even when we were dead (slain) by [our own] shortcomings and trespasses, He made us alive together in fellowship and in union with Christ; [He gave us the very life of Christ Himself, the same new life with which He quickened Him, for] it is by grace (His favor and mercy which you did not deserve) that you are saved ( delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ's salvation).




The Lord opens the eyes of the blind;
The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;
The Lord loves the righteous [the upright in heart].
Verse ConceptsBlindness, HealingsSpiritual Blindness, Removal OfBowingRighteous, TheRighteousness, Of BelieversVisionGod Lifting PeopleHealing Of The BlindBlindness




But because the Lord loves you and is keeping the oath which He swore to your fathers, the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed (bought) you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Verse ConceptsGod, As RedeemerGod, Power OfHand Of GodOaths, DivineRedemption, In OtGod's HandGod Swearing BlessingsGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptGod's Love For Israel

We have come to know [by personal observation and experience], and have believed [with deep, consistent faith] the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides continually in him. Verse ConceptsGod, Love OfLove, Nature OfReliabilityAgape LoveNature Of GodUs In GodKnowing God's CharacterMental HealthGod's Love For UsLove And StrengthTrue LoveLoving EveryoneLove As A Fruit Of The SpiritGods LoveFathers LoveBeing LovedLiving For GodKnowing GodStrength And Loveloversloving

And they sang a new song before the throne [of God] and before the four living creatures and the elders; and no one could learn the song except the hundred and forty-four thousand who had been purchased (ransomed, redeemed) from the earth. Verse ConceptsCreatureselders, in the churchMarketsSongsThroneAbundance, SpiritualHeaven, Worshiping GodBeastsFour CreaturesOne Hundred Thousand And MoreCosmic CreaturesA New SongFruitless LearningElders In Heaven144,000elders

This is what the Lord says,

“Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool.
Where, then, is a house that you could build for Me?
And where will My resting place be?
Verse ConceptsFootstoolsFeetEarth, Description OfGod, Present EverywhereGod, Sovereignty OfHeaven, Nature OfHeaven, God's ThroneGod's OmnipresenceThe Temple In HeavenEarthHeaven Better Than EarthRestThe EarthGoing To Heaven


[looking away from all that will distract us and] focusing our eyes on Jesus, who is the Author and Perfecter of faith [the first incentive for our belief and the One who brings our faith to maturity], who for the joy [of accomplishing the goal] set before Him endured the cross, disregarding the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God [revealing His deity, His authority, and the completion of His work]. Verse ConceptsGoalsGod, Sovereignty OfGospel, Historical Foundation OfThe Christian RaceLife, Of FaithHeaven,  Redeemed CommunityMaturity, SpiritualRight Hand Of GodShameSittingThroneJesus Christ, Meekness OfHumility Of ChristNames And Titles For ChristChrist, Names ForChrist's JoyThe Soul Winners JoyHealthy MarriagesAdmirationSeeking Things AboveChrist The BeginningBeginning Of SalvationRight SidesHow Faith ComesGod EnduringperfectionismChrist As The Source Of Faith

Now the main point of what we have to say is this: we have such a High Priest, [the Christ] who is seated [in the place of honor] at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty (God) in heaven, Verse ConceptsGod, Majesty OfGod, Sovereignty OfRight Hand Of GodThroneHeaven, God's ThroneMessianic Titles, High PriestRight SidesChrist And HeavenRivers



The Lord has established His throne in the heavens,
And His sovereignty rules over all [the universe].
Verse ConceptsGod, Activity OfGovernmentKingdom Of God, Coming OfKingship, DivineProvidenceStabilityGod's DominionHeaven, God's Throne




But the Lord will remain and sit enthroned forever;
He has prepared and established His throne for judgment.
Verse ConceptsGod, The LordGod, The EternalImmortality, In OtOld Age, Attitudes ToPrayer, And WorshipThe Nature Of The JudgementGod's Kingdom Being Eternal

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For You have maintained my right and my cause;
You have sat on the throne judging righteously.
Verse ConceptsGod, Righteousness OfGod VindicatesFavorfairnessadvertising


Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;
Lovingkindness and truth go before You.
Verse ConceptsFoundationsFaithfulness, In Human RelationshipsFaithfulnessGod's FaithfulnessJudgementMercy And Gracefairnesscrusades

So Micaiah said, “Therefore, hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on His throne, and all the host (army) of heaven standing on His right and on His left. Verse ConceptsSeeing GodThrone

And whoever swears [an oath] by heaven, swears both by the throne of God and by Him who sits upon it. Verse ConceptsHeaven, God's ThroneHeaven, Glimpsed By HumansGod Sitting In GlorySwearing BySwearing

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and honor the King of heaven, for all His works are true and faithful and His ways are just, and He is able to humiliate and humble those who walk in [self-centered, self-righteous] pride.” Verse ConceptsPraiseHumilityPraise, Reasons ForPredestinationAbility, God's PowerGod Doing RightDoing RightGod Opposes The ProudSpecific Praising Of GodWhat God DoesMental IllnessHuman Duty To Glorify God


The works of His hands are truth and [absolute] justice;
All His precepts are sure (established, reliable, trustworthy).
Verse ConceptsHonestyTrustworthinessBibleGod Doing RightDoing RightGod's TruthGod's Trustworthiness




The sum of Your word is truth [the full meaning of all Your precepts],
And every one of Your righteous ordinances endures forever.
Verse ConceptsAbsolute TruthScripture, Inerrancy OfEternal TruthGod's Word Is RighteousGod's Word Is TrueOld Testament Claims InspirationEverlasting



“Because he who blesses himself on the earth
Will bless himself by the God of truth and faithfulness;
And he who swears [an oath] on the earth
Will swear by the God of truth and faithfulness;
Because the former troubles are forgotten,
And because they are hidden from My sight.
Verse ConceptsLeaving The Past BehindPast, TheGod Is TruthfulBeing Hidden From GodHidden From GodSwearing ByFamily ProblemsBlessing OthersSwearing




Into Your hand I commit my spirit;
You have redeemed me, O Lord, the God of truth and faithfulness.
Verse ConceptsdecisionsGod Is TruthfulTrust, Importance OfDeath Of The RighteousMessianic Prophecies



I will bow down [in worship] toward Your holy temple
And give thanks to Your name for Your lovingkindness and Your truth;
For You have magnified Your word together with Your name.
Verse ConceptsBowingCeremoniesPraise, Reasons ForPrayer, And WorshipWorship, Reasons ForLovingkindnessBowing Before GodGod's TruthWe Thank God


I will also praise You with the harp,
Your truth and faithfulness, O my God;
To You I will sing praises with the lyre,
O Holy One of Israel.
Verse ConceptsGod, Holiness OfHarpsLyreMusical Instruments, types ofI Will Praise You With Musicinstruments


“It is the living who give praise and thanks to You, as I do today;
A father tells his sons about Your faithfulness.
Verse ConceptsBad ParentsBeing A TeacherEducation, At HomeChildren, needs ofParents Duty To ChildrenHeritageLiving ThingsTeaching Children


Who made heaven and earth,
The sea, and all that is in them,
Who keeps truth and is faithful forever,
Verse ConceptsGod, The EternalSeaCreation Of The SeasEarthHeavenThe OceanThe EarthGod's CreationThe Seaeverything

Now then, O Lord, the God of Israel, let Your word which You have spoken to Your servant David be confirmed (verified).


For the Lord is good;
His mercy and lovingkindness are everlasting,
His faithfulness [endures] to all generations.
Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfGod, The EternalFaithfulnessMercyEverlastingGod's TrustworthinessGod's FaithfulnessGoodnessloversdevotion

For as many as are the promises of God, in Christ they are [all answered] “Yes.” So through Him we say our “Amen” to the glory of God. Verse ConceptsConfidence, In ChristAssurance in the life of faithGod's PromisesAnswered PromisesAmenWorldly WisdomThe promises of GodPromises concerningPromisesGods Plan


You shall give truth to Jacob
And lovingkindness and mercy to Abraham,
As You have sworn to our forefathers
From the days of old.
Verse ConceptsGuaranteePledgesPerforming The TruthGod Swearing BlessingsGod Speaking Of OldGod Showed His Lovingkindnessdevotion


All the paths of the Lord are lovingkindness and goodness and truth and faithfulness
To those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.
Verse ConceptsGod's attitude towards peopleLoyaltyOrthodoxy, In OtThe Paths Of The LordTestimoniesGod's TruthGod's FaithfulnessPaths


O Lord, where are Your former lovingkindnesses [so abundant in the days of David and Solomon],
Which You swore to David in Your faithfulness?
Verse ConceptsLovingkindnessGod Swearing Blessings

If we say that we have not sinned [refusing to admit acts of sin], we make Him [out to be] a liar [by contradicting Him] and His word is not in us. Verse ConceptsSelf DeceptionSelf Righteousness, Nature OfSin, Universality OfUnbelief, Nature And Effects OfSinlessnessMaking God A LiarForgiving YourselfLying And Deceitlieingdenial

The one who believes in the Son of God [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies confidently on Him as Savior] has the testimony within himself [because he can speak authoritatively about Christ from his own personal experience]. The one who does not believe God [in this way] has made Him [out to be] a liar, because he has not believed in the evidence that God has given regarding His Son. Verse ConceptsSalvation, Necessity And Basis OfUnbelief, Nature And Effects OfJesus Christ, Son Of GodThe Witness Of GodThe Witness Of The SpiritBenefits Of Faith In ChristMaking God A LiarDoubting Godtestimony

But the serpent said to the woman, You shall not surely die, For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing the difference between good and evil and blessing and calamity.

Now may the Lord show lovingkindness and truth and faithfulness to you. I too will show this goodness to you, because you have done this thing. Verse ConceptsAppreciationGoodnessdevotion


He will cover you and completely protect you with His pinions,
And under His wings you will find refuge;
His faithfulness is a shield and a wall.
Verse ConceptsGod, Feminine Descriptions OfFindingSanctuaryShieldsWingsFear, Overcome ByChickensWings Of BirdsGod's WingsFeathersFaithfulnessGod's ProtectionProtection And SafetyProtection From Dangerarmorshelter


The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever;
The judgments of the Lord are true, they are righteous altogether.
Verse ConceptsOrdinancesReverence, And BlessingReverence To GodEternal TruthClean ObjectsGod's Word Is RighteousThe Fear Of The LordGod's Word Is TrueScripture, Inerrancy Of


He will send from heaven and save me;
He calls to account him who tramples me down. Selah.
God will send out His lovingkindness and His truth.
Verse ConceptsGod Saving From EnemiesPsalm InterjectionsGod's Truthrebukingharassment

And they sang the song of Moses, the bond-servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying,

“Great and wonderful and awe-inspiring are Your works [in judgment],

O Lord God, the Almighty [the Omnipotent, the Ruler of all];
Righteous and true are Your ways,
O King of the nations!
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

And I heard [another from] the altar saying, “Yes, O Lord God, the Almighty [the Omnipotent, the Ruler of all], Your judgments are true and fair and righteous.” Verse ConceptsTruthLordship, Human And DivineAltars, In HeavenThe Almighty

Then the Lord passed by in front of him, and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth (faithfulness); Verse ConceptsGod, Faithfulness OfGod, Compassion OfAbundance, SpiritualGod's attitude towards peopleGod, Patience OfGod, Titles And Names OfLove, Nature OfRestraintLongsuffering Of GodGod's TruthSpeed Of God's AngerAnger And Forgivenessgraciousness

As the appearance of the rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the surrounding radiance. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory and brilliance of the Lord. And when I saw it, I fell face downward and I heard a voice of One speaking. Verse ConceptsGlory, Revelation OfClouds, God's PresenceProstrationRainbowsRainSymbolsGod's Glory In IsraelGod Is LightAppearancesGod's VoiceAppearances ofCloud of gloryThe RainbowColorRainbowcloudsadorationepiphany

And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard [even] as far as the outer courtyard, like the voice of God Almighty when He speaks. Verse ConceptsCherubim, Description ofAngel's WingsSoundGod's VoiceCherubim

As they moved, I also heard the sound of their wings like the sound of great [rushing] waters, like the voice of the Almighty, the sound of tumult like the noise of an army camp. Whenever they came to a stop, they lowered their wings. Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfNoiseThe AlmightyAngel's WingsThings Like WaterSoundGod's VoiceLike WaterPutting Things Down

and he fell to the ground and heard a voice [from heaven] saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting and oppressing Me?” Verse ConceptsAn Overpowering PresenceDuplicating WordsBowing Before MessiahPersecutiondamascus

And the Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have never heard His voice nor seen His form [His majesty and greatness—what He is like]. Verse ConceptsDivinity Of ChristGod, InvisibleNot Seeing GodGod Bearing Witness To ChristGod's VoiceInteraction Of Father And SonThe One Who Sent ChristUnhearingfatherhood

[Rather, I will say,] Father, glorify (honor and extol) Your [own] name! Then there came a voice out of heaven saying, I have already glorified it, and I will glorify it again. The crowd of bystanders heard the sound and said that it had thundered; others said, An angel has spoken to Him! Jesus answered, This voice has not come for My sake, but for your sake.

When Moses saw it, he was astonished at the sight; but as he went near to look more closely, the voice of the Lord came [to him, saying]: Verse ConceptsAmazingGod's Voice

The men who were traveling with him [were terrified and] stood speechless, hearing the voice but seeing no one. Verse ConceptsHearing ChristNot Seeing Spiritual Things

And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice in the Hebrew tongue saying to me, Saul, Saul, why do you continue to persecute Me [to harass and trouble and molest Me]? It is dangerous and turns out badly for you to keep kicking against the goads [to keep offering vain and perilous resistance]. And I said, Who are You, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus, Whom you are persecuting.


“How great are His signs
And how mighty are His wonders!
His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom
And His dominion is from generation to generation.
Verse ConceptsGenerationsGod, The EternalGod Reigning ForeverSigns And Wonders Before ChristGod's Kingdom Being Eternaldominion

Now Stephen, full of grace (divine blessing, favor) and power, was doing great wonders and signs (attesting miracles) among the people. Verse ConceptsAbilityPower, HumanPower Through The SpiritOther MiraclesSigns And Wonders Of The GospelThe Grace Given To MenMiracles


“I will show signs and wonders [displaying My power] in the heavens and on the earth,
Blood and fire and columns of smoke.
Verse ConceptsSmokeTheophanyObelisksTurned To BloodFire Emanating From GodSigns In The SkySigns In The UniverseSigns Of The End Timessmoking


The Lord said to Moses, “When you return to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders (miracles) which I have put in your hand, but I will harden his heart and make him stubborn so that he will not let the people go. Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillHardened HeartsGod Hardening PeopleHeart, Fallen And RedeemedPower, HumanOther Miracles

Then Joshua said to the people, “Sanctify yourselves [for His purpose], for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders (miracles) among you.” Verse ConceptsAmazingAmazement, Of God's ActionsHoliness, As Set Apart For GodAnticipationGod's Action TomorrowMaking People HolySanctificationtomorrow