Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



He lifts the weak from the dust; he raises the poor from the ash heap to seat them with princes and to bestow on them an honored position. The foundations of the earth belong to the Lord, and he has placed the world on them. Verse ConceptsFoundationsEarth, Belonging To GodDust, Figurative UseGod, The ProviderOppression, God's Attitude ToPrincesThroneGloryGod And The PoorMetaphorical PillarsGod Lifting PeopleRubbishGod Helps The PoorThe poordust


May his children roam around begging, asking for handouts as they leave their ruined home! Verse ConceptsBeggingDestitutesBeggarsRestlessness


Then the manager said to himself, 'What should I do, since my master is taking my position away from me? I'm not strong enough to dig, and I'm too ashamed to beg. Verse ConceptsDestitutesBeggarsLordship, Human And DivinePoverty, Causes OfBeggingWorldly DilemmasExcavationSoliloquyShame Of Bad ConductWithout StrengthDeposingMoney Management

May his children roam around begging, asking for handouts as they leave their ruined home! Verse ConceptsBeggingDestitutesBeggarsRestlessness







and your poverty will come like a bandit, and your need like an armed robber." Verse ConceptsBanditsIdleness Leads ToSloth, Leads ToAvoiding Povertyrelaxation


The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the middle of the streets!" Verse ConceptsExcusesIdlenessRoadsSluggardsLazinessProcrastinationSlothfulnessIn Danger From Lionscrusadessloth





The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the middle of the streets!" Verse ConceptsExcusesIdlenessRoadsSluggardsLazinessProcrastinationSlothfulnessIn Danger From Lionscrusadessloth

The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is like a highway. Verse ConceptsHighwayIdlenessSluggardsThornsTroubleProcrastinationHard TasksWorking Hard And Not Being Lazysloth


I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one who lacks wisdom. I saw that thorns had grown up all over it, the ground was covered with weeds, and its stone wall was broken down. When I saw this, I gave careful consideration to it; I received instruction from what I saw: read more.
"A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax, and your poverty will come like a bandit, and your need like an armed robber."

The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy. The one who gathers crops in the summer is a wise son, but the one who sleeps during the harvest is a son who brings shame to himself.

What the sluggard desires will kill him, for his hands refuse to work. All day long he craves greedily, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.

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The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A lion in the streets!" Like a door that turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed. The sluggard plunges his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth. read more.
The sluggard is wiser in his own estimation than seven people who respond with good sense.



A tempest blows out from its chamber, icy cold from the driving winds. Verse ConceptsClimates, TypesWindCold, Literal UseWhirlwindsFrostOut Of The NorthCold WeatherHurricanes

He throws his hailstones like crumbs. Who can withstand the cold wind he sends? Verse ConceptsCold, Figurative UseCrumbsCold Weather