Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible




Lashes and wounds purge away evil,
and beatings cleanse the innermost parts.


> Verse ConceptsPurgingThe Inward BeingWoundsspankingscars









Don't withhold correction from a youth; if you beat him with a rod, he will not die. Strike him with a rod, and you will rescue his life from Sheol.




A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,
and a rod for the backs of fools.
Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfBridlesBackBeatingsWhipsWhippingBinding As Animals



Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning,
but a rod is for the back of the one who lacks sense.
Verse ConceptsBackParental DisciplineLipsProverbsMan's WisdomDiscernment


then I will call their rebellion
to account with the rod,
their sin with blows.
Verse ConceptsFloggingChastisementGod Beating People


I am the man who has seen affliction
under the rod of God’s wrath.
Verse ConceptsI Am Suffering

The king was deeply moved and went up to the gate chamber and wept. As he walked, he cried, “My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, 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 gate chamber and wept. As he walked, he cried, “My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, 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 that addresses you as sons:

My son, do not take the Lord’s discipline lightly
or 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 one strike me—
it is an act of faithful love;
let him rebuke me—
it is oil for my head;
let me not refuse it.
Even now my prayer is against
the evil acts of the wicked.
Verse ConceptsCriticism, amongst believersevil, believers' responses toSpeech, Positive Aspects OfAdmonition, Of ChristiansOlive OilAccepting Beatingsnegativityrebuking




A rebuke cuts into a perceptive person
more than a hundred lashes into a fool.
Verse ConceptsFloggingRebukeOne HundredAdvice On Beating PeopleReproving PeopleDiscernmentrebuking

It is better to listen to rebuke from a wise person
than to listen to the song of fools,
Verse ConceptsReproving PeopleWise Man Or FoolFoolscriticismrebuking


One who listens to life-giving rebukes
will be at home among the wise.
Verse ConceptsListeningWisdom, Human ImportanceReproofControlling ParentsReproving Peoplecriticism


A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,
and a rod for the backs of fools.
Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfBridlesBackBeatingsWhipsWhippingBinding As Animals



Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning,
but a rod is for the back of the one who lacks sense.
Verse ConceptsBackParental DisciplineLipsProverbsMan's WisdomDiscernment


then I will call their rebellion
to account with the rod,
their sin with blows.
Verse ConceptsFloggingChastisementGod Beating People


I am the man who has seen affliction
under the rod of God’s wrath.
Verse ConceptsI Am Suffering









The king was deeply moved and went up to the gate chamber and wept. As he walked, he cried, “My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, 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