Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Christian conduct » Keep thyself, special exhortations to
“When you go out as an army [to fight] against your enemies, you shall keep yourselves from every evil [thing].
that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from [consuming] blood, and from [eating the meat of] things that have been strangled, and from sexual impurity. If you keep yourselves from these things, you will do well. Farewell.”
Verse Concepts
“Only pay attention and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things which your eyes have seen and they do not depart from your heart all the days of your life. Make them known to your children and your grandchildren [impressing these things on their mind and penetrating their heart with these truths]—
Verse Concepts
Watch over your heart with all diligence,
For from it flow the springs of life.
Do not hurry to lay hands on anyone [ordaining and approving someone for ministry or an office in the church, or in reinstating expelled offenders], and thereby share in the sins of others; keep yourself free from sin.
Verse Concepts
Pure and unblemished religion [as it is expressed in outward acts] in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit and look after the fatherless and the widows in their distress, and to keep oneself uncontaminated by the [secular] world.
Verse Concepts
Little children (believers, dear ones), guard yourselves from idols—[false teachings, moral compromises, and anything that would take God’s place in your heart].
Verse Concepts
and keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously and looking forward to the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ [which will bring you] to eternal life.
Verse Concepts
Diligence » Required by God in » Keeping the heart
Watch over your heart with all diligence,
For from it flow the springs of life.
Diligence » Keeping the heart
Watch over your heart with all diligence,
For from it flow the springs of life.
Heart » Centre of life » Hence should be carefully guarded
Watch over your heart with all diligence,
For from it flow the springs of life.
The Heart » Should be » Kept with diligence
Watch over your heart with all diligence,
For from it flow the springs of life.
The Heart » Issues of life are out of
Watch over your heart with all diligence,
For from it flow the springs of life.
Keep » Thyself
“When you go out as an army [to fight] against your enemies, you shall keep yourselves from every evil [thing].
that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from [consuming] blood, and from [eating the meat of] things that have been strangled, and from sexual impurity. If you keep yourselves from these things, you will do well. Farewell.”
Verse Concepts
“Only pay attention and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things which your eyes have seen and they do not depart from your heart all the days of your life. Make them known to your children and your grandchildren [impressing these things on their mind and penetrating their heart with these truths]—
Verse Concepts
Watch over your heart with all diligence,
For from it flow the springs of life.
Do not hurry to lay hands on anyone [ordaining and approving someone for ministry or an office in the church, or in reinstating expelled offenders], and thereby share in the sins of others; keep yourself free from sin.
Verse Concepts
Pure and unblemished religion [as it is expressed in outward acts] in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit and look after the fatherless and the widows in their distress, and to keep oneself uncontaminated by the [secular] world.
Verse Concepts
Little children (believers, dear ones), guard yourselves from idols—[false teachings, moral compromises, and anything that would take God’s place in your heart].
Verse Concepts
and keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously and looking forward to the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ [which will bring you] to eternal life.
Verse Concepts