Thematic Bible: Penitence, examples of


Thematic Bible



Mary therefore took a pound of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. Verse ConceptsSweet OdoursFeetAnointing, Social CustomAnointing With OilGuestsHairsPerfumeSmellsAdoration, Of ChristAdmirationAnointed By PeopleExpensiveOther References To HairPure ThingsWeights Of Other ThingsHair

And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward." Verse ConceptsNeedWagesWaterBeverages, LiteralCold, Literal UseChrist's Knowledge Of BelieversMan Providing WaterReward For WorksGivingRewardLosing Someone

And when they came to him, he said to them: "You yourselves know how I lived among you the whole time from the first day that I set foot in Asia, serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials that happened to me through the plots of the Jews;

And when he was in distress, he entreated the favor of the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers. Verse ConceptsGrace, In OtHumilityHumility, Examples OfPrayer, Offered WithAfflicted Saints, Examples OfSeeking The Favour Of God

because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard his words against this place and its inhabitants, and you have humbled yourself before me and have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, declares the LORD. Verse ConceptsHardness Of HeartHumilityRobesHumility, Examples Of

Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The LORD is righteous."

"Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has humbled himself before me, I will not bring the disaster in his days; but in his son's days I will bring the disaster upon his house." Verse ConceptsHumilityPunishment, DelayedDivine DelaysGod Will Bring HarmHumbling OneselfHumble Yourselfhumbleness

I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. Verse ConceptsFaultsConversion, examples ofSin, Nature OfPeople Getting UpWe Have SinnedBeing A Good Father

But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!' Verse ConceptsContritionReconciliation, Of The World To GodRepentance, Examples OfRepentance, Nature OfConviction Of SinBeating OneselfBe Merciful!Far From Heredistancebreastspitytaxes

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