Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Agriculture » Foes of » Locusts
If you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your territory.
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You may eat any kind of locust, cricket, katydid, or grasshopper.
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You will plant many crops in your fields, but harvest little for locusts will destroy your crops.
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When there is famine in the land or an epidemic or scorching winds or swarms of locusts, or when their enemies attack your people, or when disease or sickness among them destroys the crops,
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The locusts have no king, yet they advance in ranks.
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Your plunder, O nations, is harvested like young devouring locusts; like a swarm of cockroaches men pounce on it.
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That which the gnawing locust left the swarming locust ate. That which the swarming locust left the creeping locust ate. That which the creeping locust left other locusts ate.
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John wore clothes made from camel's hair. He had a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey.
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Animals » Instincts of
They return in the evening. They howl like dogs. They prowl the city.
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Like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, spreads its wings to catch them, and carries them on its wings,
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Who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?
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Go to the ant, you lazy person. Consider her ways and be wise! The lowly ant has no guide or overseer. It prepares its food in the summer and gathers food at the harvest.
The ants are beings that are not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer. The rock badgers are a feeble folk, yet they make their houses in the rocks. The locusts have no king, yet they advance in ranks. read more.
The spider grasps with her hands, and in kings' palaces.
The spider grasps with her hands, and in kings' palaces.
Even storks know when it is time to return. Mourning doves, swallows (swifts), and cranes know when it is time to migrate. But my people do not know that I, Jehovah, am urging them to return.
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The eagles will gather at the place of the carcass.
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Locusts » Instincts of
The locusts have no king, yet they advance in ranks.
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Locusts » Described as » Wise
The locusts have no king, yet they advance in ranks.
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There are four things that are little upon the earth, but they (chakam: teach wisdom) are exceeding wise:
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Locusts » A small insect
The locusts have no king, yet they advance in ranks.
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There are four things that are little upon the earth, but they (chakam: teach wisdom) are exceeding wise:
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Locusts » Flies in bands and with order
The locusts have no king, yet they advance in ranks.
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Riddle » By agur
The leach has two daughters. Each cry: Give, Give! There are three things that are never satisfied, yes; even four things never say: It is enough! The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that does not say: It is enough.
There are three things that are too wonderful for me, yes, four I do not know: The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the middle of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid. Such is the way of an adulterous woman. She eats and wipes her mouth, and says: I have done no wickedness. read more.
Under three things the earth is disquieted, and for four it cannot bear: For a servant when he reigns; and a fool when he is filled with food; For a detestable woman when she is married; and a handmaid who is heir to her mistress. There are four things that are little upon the earth, but they (chakam: teach wisdom) are exceeding wise: The ants are beings that are not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer. The rock badgers are a feeble folk, yet they make their houses in the rocks. The locusts have no king, yet they advance in ranks. The spider grasps with her hands, and in kings' palaces. There are three things that go well, yes, four go well: A lion is strongest among beasts and does not run from anything. A greyhound, a he goat also and a king, against whom there is no rising up.
Under three things the earth is disquieted, and for four it cannot bear: For a servant when he reigns; and a fool when he is filled with food; For a detestable woman when she is married; and a handmaid who is heir to her mistress. There are four things that are little upon the earth, but they (chakam: teach wisdom) are exceeding wise: The ants are beings that are not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer. The rock badgers are a feeble folk, yet they make their houses in the rocks. The locusts have no king, yet they advance in ranks. The spider grasps with her hands, and in kings' palaces. There are three things that go well, yes, four go well: A lion is strongest among beasts and does not run from anything. A greyhound, a he goat also and a king, against whom there is no rising up.