Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible




Stripes that wound scour away evil,
And strokes reach the innermost parts.
Verse ConceptsPurgingThe Inward BeingWoundsspankingscars









Do not hold back discipline from the child, Although you strike him with the rod, he will not die. You shall strike him with the rod And rescue his soul from Sheol.




A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,
And a rod for the back of fools.
Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfBridlesBackBeatingsWhipsWhippingBinding As Animals



On the lips of the discerning, wisdom is found,
But a rod is for the back of him who lacks understanding.
Verse ConceptsBackParental DisciplineLipsProverbsMan's WisdomDiscernment


Then I will punish their transgression with the rod
And their iniquity with stripes.
Verse ConceptsFloggingChastisementGod Beating People


I am the man who has seen affliction
Because of the rod of His wrath.
Verse ConceptsI Am Suffering

The king was deeply moved and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And thus he said as he walked, “O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!” Verse ConceptsDavid, Character OfCryingChildren, needs ofDespondency, Causes OfBereavement, Experience OfIntimacyLonelinessMourningRegretStairwaysSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfWeepingChildren, Parents LoveDuplicating WordsDesire For DeathUpper RoomsMourning The Death Of OthersLove For Children









The king was deeply moved and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And thus he said as he walked, “O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!” Verse ConceptsDavid, Character OfCryingChildren, needs ofDespondency, Causes OfBereavement, Experience OfIntimacyLonelinessMourningRegretStairwaysSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfWeepingChildren, Parents LoveDuplicating WordsDesire For DeathUpper RoomsMourning The Death Of OthersLove For Children










and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons,
My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,
Nor faint when you are reproved by Him;
Verse ConceptsAfflicted Saintsdiscipline, divineAssurance in the life of faithChastisementRebukeDespisersBelievers As Sons Of GodUnderestimationForgetting ThingsGod UrgingLosing CourageGod Requite Them!Discipline Child

Let the righteous smite me in kindness and reprove me;
It is oil upon the head;
Do not let my head refuse it,
For still my prayer is against their wicked deeds.
Verse ConceptsCriticism, amongst believersevil, believers' responses toSpeech, Positive Aspects OfAdmonition, Of ChristiansOlive OilAccepting Beatingsnegativityrebuking




A rebuke goes deeper into one who has understanding
Than a hundred blows into a fool.
Verse ConceptsFloggingRebukeOne HundredAdvice On Beating PeopleReproving PeopleDiscernmentrebuking

It is better to listen to the rebuke of a wise man
Than for one to listen to the song of fools.
Verse ConceptsReproving PeopleWise Man Or FoolFoolscriticismrebuking


He whose ear listens to the life-giving reproof
Will dwell among the wise.
Verse ConceptsListeningWisdom, Human ImportanceReproofControlling ParentsReproving Peoplecriticism


A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,
And a rod for the back of fools.
Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfBridlesBackBeatingsWhipsWhippingBinding As Animals



On the lips of the discerning, wisdom is found,
But a rod is for the back of him who lacks understanding.
Verse ConceptsBackParental DisciplineLipsProverbsMan's WisdomDiscernment


Then I will punish their transgression with the rod
And their iniquity with stripes.
Verse ConceptsFloggingChastisementGod Beating People


I am the man who has seen affliction
Because of the rod of His wrath.
Verse ConceptsI Am Suffering









The king was deeply moved and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And thus he said as he walked, “O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!” Verse ConceptsDavid, Character OfCryingChildren, needs ofDespondency, Causes OfBereavement, Experience OfIntimacyLonelinessMourningRegretStairwaysSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfWeepingChildren, Parents LoveDuplicating WordsDesire For DeathUpper RoomsMourning The Death Of OthersLove For Children