Thematic Bible: Promised

Certainly the Lord will console Zion; he will console all her ruins. He will make her wilderness like Eden, her desert like the Garden of the Lord. Happiness and joy will be restored to her, thanksgiving and the sound of music. Verse Concepts

As a mother consoles a child, so I will console you, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem." Verse Concepts

Yet some survivors will be left in it, sons and daughters who will be brought out. They will come out to you, and when you see their behavior and their deeds, you will be consoled about the catastrophe I have brought on Jerusalem -- for everything I brought on it. They will console you when you see their behavior and their deeds, because you will know that it was not without reason that I have done everything which I have done in it, declares the sovereign Lord."

And the Lord smelled the soothing aroma and said to himself, "I will never again curse the ground because of humankind, even though the inclination of their minds is evil from childhood on. I will never again destroy everything that lives, as I have just done. "While the earth continues to exist, planting time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night will not cease."

If only you will respond to my rebuke, then I will pour out my thoughts to you and I will make my words known to you. Verse Concepts

But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I am going away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you. Verse Concepts

Then I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you forever -- Verse Concepts

And look, I am sending you what my Father promised. But stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high." Verse Concepts

(Now he said this about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were going to receive, for the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.) Verse Concepts

This desolation will continue until new life is poured out on us from heaven. Then the desert will become an orchard and the orchard will be considered a forest. Verse Concepts

"As for me, this is my promise to them," says the Lord. "My spirit, who is upon you, and my words, which I have placed in your mouth, will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and descendants from this time forward," says the Lord. Verse Concepts

I will no longer hide my face from them, when I pour out my Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord." Verse Concepts

"I will pour out on the kingship of David and the population of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication so that they will look to me, the one they have pierced. They will lament for him as one laments for an only son, and there will be a bitter cry for him like the bitter cry for a firstborn. Verse Concepts

After all of this I will pour out my Spirit on all kinds of people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your elderly will have revelatory dreams; your young men will see prophetic visions. Verse Concepts

"I baptize you with water, for repentance, but the one coming after me is more powerful than I am -- I am not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. Verse Concepts

If you then, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!" Verse Concepts

Peter said to them, "Repent, and each one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Verse Concepts

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest parts of the earth." Verse Concepts

Listen, Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan so you can dispossess the nations there, people greater and stronger than you who live in large cities with extremely high fortifications. Verse Concepts

So I must die here in this land; I will not cross the Jordan. But you are going over and will possess that good land. Verse Concepts

For you are about to cross the Jordan to possess the land the Lord your God is giving you, and you will possess and inhabit it. Verse Concepts

These signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new languages; Verse Concepts

Then Jesus spoke out again, "I am the light of the world. The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." Verse Concepts

The one who loves his fellow Christian resides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him. Verse Concepts

The godly bask in the light; the morally upright experience joy. Verse Concepts

Whatever you decide on a matter, it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways. Verse Concepts

But the path of the righteous is like the bright morning light, growing brighter and brighter until full day. Verse Concepts

Your sun will no longer set; your moon will not disappear; the Lord will be your permanent source of light; your time of sorrow will be over. Verse Concepts

Then your light will shine like the sunrise; your restoration will quickly arrive; your godly behavior will go before you, and the Lord's splendor will be your rear guard. Verse Concepts

In the darkness a light shines for the godly, for each one who is merciful, compassionate, and just. Verse Concepts

And I will put hostility between you and the woman and between your offspring and her offspring; her offspring will attack your head, and you will attack her offspring's heel." Verse Concepts

Now the man had marital relations with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. Then she said, "I have created a man just as the Lord did!" Verse Concepts

Come, let's consider your options," says the Lord. "Though your sins have stained you like the color red, you can become white like snow; though they are as easy to see as the color scarlet, you can become white like wool. Verse Concepts

I will sprinkle you with pure water and you will be clean from all your impurities. I will purify you from all your idols. Verse Concepts

But if we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous, forgiving us our sins and cleansing us from all unrighteousness. Verse Concepts

I remove the guilt of your rebellious deeds as if they were a cloud, the guilt of your sins as if they were a cloud. Come back to me, for I protect you." Verse Concepts

The wicked need to abandon their lifestyle and sinful people their plans. They should return to the Lord, and he will show mercy to them, and to their God, for he will freely forgive them. Verse Concepts

There is no other God like you! You forgive sin and pardon the rebellion of those who remain among your people. You do not remain angry forever, but delight in showing loyal love. Verse Concepts

I, I am the one who blots out your rebellious deeds for my sake; your sins I do not remember. Verse Concepts

The Lord said, "Go up and down through the streets of Jerusalem. Look around and see for yourselves. Search through its public squares. See if any of you can find a single person who deals honestly and tries to be truthful. If you can, then I will not punish this city. Verse Concepts

"People will no longer need to teach their neighbors and relatives to know me. For all of them, from the least important to the most important, will know me," says the Lord. "For I will forgive their sin and will no longer call to mind the wrong they have done." Verse Concepts

I will purify them from all the sin that they committed against me. I will forgive all their sins which they committed in rebelling against me. Verse Concepts

But those who wait for the Lord's help find renewed strength; they rise up as if they had eagles' wings, they run without growing weary, they walk without getting tired. Verse Concepts

being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might for the display of all patience and steadfastness, joyfully Verse Concepts

Don't be afraid, for I am with you! Don't be frightened, for I am your God! I strengthen you -- yes, I help you -- yes, I uphold you with my saving right hand! Verse Concepts

I pray that according to the wealth of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person, Verse Concepts

You give me strength for battle; you make my foes kneel before me. Verse Concepts

At that time the Lord who commands armies will become a beautiful crown and a splendid diadem for the remnant of his people. He will give discernment to the one who makes judicial decisions, and strength to those who defend the city from attackers.

Then with smooth words he will defile those who have rejected the covenant. But the people who are loyal to their God will act valiantly. Verse Concepts

Then you will call out, and the Lord will respond; you will cry out, and he will reply, 'Here I am.' You must remove the burdensome yoke from among you and stop pointing fingers and speaking sinfully. Verse Concepts

"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you. Verse Concepts

When you call out to me and come to me in prayer, I will hear your prayers. Verse Concepts

He will act like a refiner and purifier of silver and will cleanse the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will offer the Lord a proper offering. Verse Concepts

Come, let's consider your options," says the Lord. "Though your sins have stained you like the color red, you can become white like snow; though they are as easy to see as the color scarlet, you can become white like wool. Verse Concepts

"In that day there will be a fountain opened up for the dynasty of David and the people of Jerusalem to cleanse them from sin and impurity. Verse Concepts

But if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. Verse Concepts

and from Jesus Christ -- the faithful witness, the firstborn from among the dead, the ruler over the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and has set us free from our sins at the cost of his own blood Verse Concepts

he saved us not by works of righteousness that we have done but on the basis of his mercy, through the washing of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit, Verse Concepts

I will sprinkle you with pure water and you will be clean from all your impurities. I will purify you from all your idols. Verse Concepts

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our consciences from dead works to worship the living God. Verse Concepts

Our record of sins overwhelms me, but you forgive our acts of rebellion. Verse Concepts

Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her to sanctify her by cleansing her with the washing of the water by the word,

Then Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this household, because he too is a son of Abraham! Verse Concepts

The one who believes and is baptized will be saved, but the one who does not believe will be condemned. Verse Concepts

They replied, "Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household." Verse Concepts

I will satisfy him with long life, and will let him see my salvation. Verse Concepts

Israel will be delivered once and for all by the Lord; you will never again be ashamed or humiliated. Verse Concepts

who will speak a message to you by which you and your entire household will be saved.' Verse Concepts