Thematic Bible: Ostentation


Thematic Bible



And he said, Come with me and see how I am on fire for the Lord's cause. So he made him go with him in his carriage. Verse ConceptseagernessChariotsPride, Examples OfRashnessFervourZealousness, Examples OfDisplaying


And when you make your prayers, be not like the false-hearted men, who take pleasure in getting up and saying their prayers in the Synagogues and at the street turnings so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, They have their reward. Verse ConceptsPraying LoudlyFalse WorshipRoadsSelf DeceptionStandingWorship, Hindrances ToDisplayingCornersBeing Seen By ManChrist Telling The TruthUsing RoadsNo RewardSeeing PeopleSettling AccountsPrayerHypocritesExamples of secret prayerRewardPraying Behind Closed DoorsPraying For OthersHypocrisyFake FriendsPrayingPerspectivezealotspiety

And when you go without food, be not sad-faced as the false-hearted are. For they go about with changed looks, so that men may see that they are going without food. Truly I say to you, They have their reward. Verse ConceptsAbstinence as a disciplineAtonementFacesFasting, Of HypocritesNeglecting DutiesDisplayingBeing Seen By ManClean FacesPeople UnwashedWhen?How To FastNo RewardSettling AccountsAppearances ofHypocritesFastingHypocrisyFasting And PrayerSmilingmakeup

But all their works they do so as to be seen by men: for they make wide their phylacteries, and the edges of their robes, Verse ConceptsPride, Examples OfHypocrites, Description OfDisplayingLong ThingsBroadnessFringe Of ClothesBeing Seen By ManSeeing PeopleGarmentspeoplephariseesdeeds


And Hezekiah was glad at their coming, and let them see all his store of wealth, the silver and the gold and the spices and the oil, and all the house of his arms, and everything there was in his stores: there was nothing in all his house or his kingdom which he did not let them see. Verse ConceptsGoldHerbs And SpicesDisplayingArmoryFragranceThings RevealedTaking Mixed Metals

And for a long time, even a hundred and eighty days, he let them see all the wealth and the glory of his kingdom and the great power and honour which were his. Verse ConceptsDisplayingFive Months And MoreSeeking HonourWealthy People

And he gave them an account of the glories of his wealth, and the number of children he had, and the ways in which he had been honoured by the king, and how he had put him over the captains and servants of the king. Verse ConceptsDisplayingPromotionThe More Children The BetterSeeking HonourWealthy People

Keep away from the scribes, whose pleasure it is to go about in long robes, and to have words of respect said to them in the market-places, and to take the chief seats in the Synagogues and the first places at feasts; Verse ConceptsBanquets, CharaceristicsGreetingsLove, Abuse OfMarketsPride, Examples OfRobesTasselsTeachers Of The LawDisplayingFine ClothesSeeking HonourSpoken Greetingsmarketing

So on the day after, when Agrippa and Bernice in great glory had come into the public place of hearing, with the chief of the army and the chief men of the town, at the order of Festus, Paul was sent for. Verse ConceptsJudgment SeatOfficersRankDisplayingHalls

And all the women who were expert with their hands, made cloth, and gave the work of their hands, blue and purple and red and the best linen. Verse ConceptsLinenSkillSpinning And WeavingRed MaterialBlue ClothPurple ClothSkilled PeopleBlue Purple And ScarletWomen Working

She puts her hands to the cloth-working rod, and her fingers take the wheel. Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofFingersOccupationsSpinning And Weaving


As clouds and wind without rain, so is one who takes credit for an offering he has not given. Verse ConceptsClouds, Figurative UseRainWeather, As God's JudgmentBraggingLack Of RainPresuming Upon TimePromisesBoastingclouds

Let another man give you praise, and not your mouth; one who is strange to you, and not your lips. Verse ConceptsCommendationBraggingCommending OneselfLoving YourselfBeing YourselfBoasting

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