Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Chastity » Preserved by wisdom
For wisdom will enter your heart, and moral knowledge will be attractive to you. Discretion will protect you, understanding will guard you,
My child, keep my words and treasure up my commands in your own keeping. Keep my commands so that you may live, and obey my instruction as your most prized possession. Bind them on your forearm; write them on the tablet of your heart. read more.
Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call understanding a close relative, so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who flatters you with her words.
Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call understanding a close relative, so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who flatters you with her words.
Tables » A slab upon which inscriptions were made » Figurative
The sin of Judah is engraved with an iron chisel on their stone-hard hearts. It is inscribed with a diamond point on the horns of their altars.
Do not let truth and mercy leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
Bind them on your forearm; write them on the tablet of your heart.
Writing » On the heart
"For this is the covenant that I will establish with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and I will inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God and they will be my people.
"But I will make a new covenant with the whole nation of Israel after I plant them back in the land," says the Lord. "I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts and minds. I will be their God and they will be my people.
Do not let truth and mercy leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
Bind them on your forearm; write them on the tablet of your heart.