Thematic Bible: Of the jews


Thematic Bible



You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin; I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt. Verse ConceptsBalances, For BusinessTrustworthinessBusiness EthicsJust WeightsWeighingThe Lord Is GodGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptRight Measuresbalanceweight

If you make a sale, moreover, to your friend or buy from your friend’s hand, you shall not wrong one another. Verse ConceptsBuying and sellingTradeWronging Other Peoplecheaterssales


For the king had ships which went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram; once every three years the ships of Tarshish came bringing gold and silver, ivory and apes and peacocks. Verse ConceptsGoldIvorySeafaringTradeThe NavyCommerceShips For TradingTrade With Metals

King Solomon also built a fleet of ships in Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom. And Hiram sent his servants with the fleet, sailors who knew the sea, along with the servants of Solomon.

Gilead remained across the Jordan;
And why did Dan stay in ships?
Asher sat at the seashore,
And remained by its landings.
Verse ConceptsSeafaringShipsSeashoresBeyond JordanReuben Gad And Half Manasseh

Zebulun will dwell at the seashore;
And he shall be a haven for ships,
And his flank shall be toward Sidon.
Verse ConceptsSeafaringMediterranean SeaShipsSeashoresLiving In The Land

Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they did not go for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber. Then Ahaziah the son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, "Let my servants go with your servants in the ships." But Jehoshaphat was not willing.

Now there were some Greeks among those who were going up to worship at the feast; these then came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and began to ask him, saying, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus."

The large crowd of the Jews then learned that He was there; and they came, not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might also see Lazarus, whom He raised from the dead. Verse ConceptsLargenessLiving WitnessesCuriosityPopularity Of ChristCrowds Seekinglazarus

You, however, I will scatter among the nations and will draw out a sword after you, as your land becomes desolate and your cities become waste. Verse ConceptsWar As God's JudgmentScattering The PeoplesGod Scattering Israel


Remember the word which You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful I will scatter you among the peoples; Verse ConceptsOutsidersServants Of The LordUnfaithfulness, To GodGod Scattering Israel

Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of all other people and they do not observe the king’s laws, so it is not in the king’s interest to let them remain. Verse ConceptsBribery, Examples OfDifferent TeachingsBreaking Man's LawThe Law Given To Israel

You give us as sheep to be eaten
And have scattered us among the nations.
Verse ConceptsSheepGod Scattering IsraelScattered Like Sheep

“However, I will leave a remnant, for you will have those who escaped the sword among the nations when you are scattered among the countries. Verse ConceptsEscaping EvilSurvivors Of Israel

Also I scattered them among the nations and they were dispersed throughout the lands. According to their ways and their deeds I judged them. Verse ConceptsMan's WaysGod Scattering IsraelRepaid For Deeds

The Jews then said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we will not find Him? He is not intending to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks, is He? Verse Conceptsdispersion, theGreeksJudaismNot FindingChrist TeachingWhere To?

Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house, and wash your feet.” And Uriah went out of the king’s house, and a present from the king was sent out after him. Verse ConceptsGiftsFeet WashingClean FeetSending people home

“I have taken off my dress,
How can I put it on again?
I have washed my feet,
How can I dirty them again?

Then Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king; and he had neither cared for his feet, nor trimmed his mustache, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace. Verse ConceptsGrandchildrenInjury To FeetFacial HairUnclean Things

Groan silently; make no mourning for the dead. Bind on your turban and put your shoes on your feet, and do not cover your mustache and do not eat the bread of men.” Verse ConceptsCustomFeetBereavement, Expression OfHead coveringCovering The MouthSandalsTraditionsVeilsDressShoesClothing OneselfHeadgearFacial HairSilenceEating Forbidden Food

And David went up the ascent of the Mount of Olives, and wept as he went, and his head was covered and he walked barefoot. Then all the people who were with him each covered his head and went up weeping as they went. Verse ConceptsBarefeetHead coveringSelf PitySuffering, Emotional Aspects OfVeilsWeepingShoes

You have sown much, but harvest little; you eat, but there is not enough to be satisfied; you drink, but there is not enough to become drunk; you put on clothing, but no one is warm enough; and he who earns, earns wages to put into a purse with holes.” Verse ConceptsBagsPursesHarvestSowing And ReapingTreasureWagesAlcohol ConsumptionGathering MuchLittle FoodGapsClothing OneselfCold WeatherNo FoodMoney BoxFinancesSaving Moneysowing

“Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘This people says, “The time has not come, even the time for the house of the Lord to be rebuilt.”’” Verse ConceptsComplacencyLukewarmnessUntimelinessThe Second TempleNot The Timerebuilding

“Is it time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses while this house lies desolate?” Verse ConceptsProperty, HousesSelf IndulgenceUntimelinessDestruction Of The TempleBuilding HousesRight Time For PeopleNot The Timerebuilding

You look for much, but behold, it comes to little; when you bring it home, I blow it away. Why?” declares the Lord of hosts, “Because of My house which lies desolate, while each of you runs to his own house. Verse ConceptsPoverty, Causes OfProfitsUnreliabilityGathering MuchLittle FoodDestruction Of The TempleGod's DwellingBuilding HousesCatastrophic EventsAgricultureFinancesFamily Problems

"Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, 'How have we robbed You?' In tithes and offerings. "You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing Me, the whole nation of you!

And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, having recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. He came to them, Verse Conceptsevangelism, motivation forempiresCaesarCommands, in NTPunishment, Legal Aspects OfRefugeesGood Wives ExamplesAquilaRoman EmperorsGroups Sent Away

At that time Rezin king of Aram recovered Elath for Aram, and cleared the Judeans out of Elath entirely; and the Arameans came to Elath and have lived there to this day. Verse ConceptsCapturing CitiesWhere People Live To This Day

Letters were sent by couriers to all the king’s provinces to destroy, to kill and to annihilate all the Jews, both young and old, women and children, in one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to seize their possessions as plunder. Verse ConceptsMonth 12Killing Israelites

They said in their heart, “Let us completely subdue them.”
They have burned all the meeting places of God in the land.
Verse ConceptsBurning JerusalemThose Subjected To Peoplerelentless

They have said, “Come, and let us wipe them out as a nation,
That the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahForgetting PeopleNames Blotted OutAttempting To KillJews Under ThreatIdentityIdentity In Christremembrance

For this reason at that time certain Chaldeans came forward and brought charges against the Jews. Verse ConceptsPeople Accusing People

and when they had brought them to the chief magistrates, they said, “These men are throwing our city into confusion, being Jews, Verse ConceptsFalse Accusations, Examples OfTroubling Groups Of Peoplerelentless

Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first; since you repudiate it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles. Verse ConceptsGentiles, In NtCourage, In Facing EnemiesBoldness, Proclaiming Gospeldenial of Jesus ChristNecessityRejection Of GodRejection Of God's CallUnworthinessAdvice, Rejecting God's AdvicePreaching Gospel To ForeignersNot Maintaining LifeTo The Jew Firstholy Boldness

But He led forth His own people like sheep
And guided them in the wilderness like a flock;
Verse ConceptsGod our ShepherdSheep

A Maskil of Asaph.
O God, why have You rejected us forever?
Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?
Verse ConceptsAbandonmentPeople Of God, In OtFeelings Of Rejection By GodSelf PitySheepSuffering, Of The InnocentWill God Be Angry?Rejectionsmoking

So we Your people and the sheep of Your pasture
Will give thanks to You forever;
To all generations we will tell of Your praise.
Verse ConceptsGod, As ShepherdPraiseGenerationsPeople Of God, In OtSheepWe Thank God

and on that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced because God had given them great joy, even the women and children rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard from afar. Verse ConceptsGod, Joy OfGod, Greatness OfJoy, And Human ExperienceExcitementGood Things From Far AwayRejoicing In God's Works