Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Afflictions » Moments of Discouragement » From God
Therefore, know in your heart (be fully cognizant) that the Lord your God disciplines and instructs you just as a man disciplines and instructs his son.
Verse Concepts
She said to them, “Do not call me Naomi (sweetness); call me Mara (bitter), for the Almighty has caused me great grief and bitterness.
Verse Concepts
Because the arrows of the Almighty are within me,
My spirit drinks their poison;
The terrors of God are arrayed against me.
“I was [living] at ease, but He crushed me and broke me apart,
And He has seized me by the neck and has shaken me to pieces;
He has also set me up as His target.
You brought us into the net;
You laid a heavy burden [of servitude] on
For we have been consumed by Your anger
And by Your wrath we have been terrified.
For I have eaten the ashes [in which I sat] as if they were bread and have mingled my drink with weeping Because of Your indignation and Your wrath, for You have taken me up and cast me away.
“Son of man, listen carefully, I am about to take away from you the desire of your eyes [your wife] with a single stroke. Yet you shall not mourn and you shall not weep, and your tears shall not flow.
Verse Concepts
Afflictions » From God
Therefore, know in your heart (be fully cognizant) that the Lord your God disciplines and instructs you just as a man disciplines and instructs his son.
Verse Concepts
She said to them, “Do not call me Naomi (sweetness); call me Mara (bitter), for the Almighty has caused me great grief and bitterness.
Verse Concepts
Because the arrows of the Almighty are within me,
My spirit drinks their poison;
The terrors of God are arrayed against me.
“I was [living] at ease, but He crushed me and broke me apart,
And He has seized me by the neck and has shaken me to pieces;
He has also set me up as His target.
You brought us into the net;
You laid a heavy burden [of servitude] on
For we have been consumed by Your anger
And by Your wrath we have been terrified.
For I have eaten the ashes [in which I sat] as if they were bread and have mingled my drink with weeping Because of Your indignation and Your wrath, for You have taken me up and cast me away.
“Son of man, listen carefully, I am about to take away from you the desire of your eyes [your wife] with a single stroke. Yet you shall not mourn and you shall not weep, and your tears shall not flow.
Verse Concepts
Anger of God » Against » Sin, in saints
For I have eaten the ashes [in which I sat] as if they were bread and have mingled my drink with weeping Because of Your indignation and Your wrath, for You have taken me up and cast me away.
If his children forsake My law and walk not in My ordinances, If they break or profane My statutes and keep not My commandments, Then will I punish their transgression with the rod [of chastisement], and their iniquity with stripes.
For we [the Israelites in the wilderness] are consumed by Your anger, and by Your wrath are we troubled, overwhelmed, and frightened away. Our iniquities, our secret heart and its sins [which we would so like to conceal even from ourselves], You have set in the [revealing] light of Your countenance. For all our days [out here in this wilderness, says Moses] pass away in Your wrath; we spend our years as a tale that is told [for we adults know we are doomed to die soon, without reaching Canaan].
You answered them, O Lord our God;
You were a forgiving God to them,
And yet an avenger of their evil practices.
Cup » Cup of suffering, saints drink of
You have fed them the bread of tears,
And You have made them drink [bitter] tears in abundance.
So Jesus said to Peter, “Put the sword [back] in its sheath! Shall I not drink the cup which My Father has given Me?”
Verse Concepts
And after going a little farther, He fell face down and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible [that is, consistent with Your will], let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will.”
Verse Concepts
Therefore his people return to this place,
And waters of abundance [offered by the irreverent] are [blindly] drunk by them.
But Jesus replied, “You do not realize what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup [of suffering] that I am about to drink?” They answered, “We are able.”
Verse Concepts
For I have eaten ashes like bread,
And have mingled my drink with tears
cup of Suffering » Saints drink of
You have fed them the bread of tears,
And You have made them drink [bitter] tears in abundance.
So Jesus said to Peter, “Put the sword [back] in its sheath! Shall I not drink the cup which My Father has given Me?”
Verse Concepts
And after going a little farther, He fell face down and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible [that is, consistent with Your will], let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will.”
Verse Concepts
Therefore his people return to this place,
And waters of abundance [offered by the irreverent] are [blindly] drunk by them.
But Jesus replied, “You do not realize what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup [of suffering] that I am about to drink?” They answered, “We are able.”
Verse Concepts
For I have eaten ashes like bread,
And have mingled my drink with tears
Tears » Of solicitude over sinners » Of disappointment and grief
You have fed them the bread of tears,
And You have made them drink [bitter] tears in abundance.
Immediately the father of the boy cried out [with a desperate, piercing cry], saying, “I do believe; help [me overcome] my unbelief.”
Verse Concepts
I am weary with my groaning;
Every night I soak my bed with tears,
I drench my couch with my weeping.
“Therefore my lyre (harp) is used for [the sound of] mourning,
And my flute for the [sound of the] voices of those who weep.
For I have eaten ashes like bread,
And have mingled my drink with tears
“My face is red and swollen with weeping,
And on my eyelids is the shadow of death [my eyes are dimmed],
“Hear my prayer, O Lord, and listen to my cry;
Do not be silent at my tears;
For I am Your temporary guest,
A sojourner like all my fathers.
My tears have been my food day and night,
While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
Trials » From God
Therefore, know in your heart (be fully cognizant) that the Lord your God disciplines and instructs you just as a man disciplines and instructs his son.
Verse Concepts
She said to them, “Do not call me Naomi (sweetness); call me Mara (bitter), for the Almighty has caused me great grief and bitterness.
Verse Concepts
Because the arrows of the Almighty are within me,
My spirit drinks their poison;
The terrors of God are arrayed against me.
“I was [living] at ease, but He crushed me and broke me apart,
And He has seized me by the neck and has shaken me to pieces;
He has also set me up as His target.
You brought us into the net;
You laid a heavy burden [of servitude] on
For we have been consumed by Your anger
And by Your wrath we have been terrified.
For I have eaten the ashes [in which I sat] as if they were bread and have mingled my drink with weeping Because of Your indignation and Your wrath, for You have taken me up and cast me away.
“Son of man, listen carefully, I am about to take away from you the desire of your eyes [your wife] with a single stroke. Yet you shall not mourn and you shall not weep, and your tears shall not flow.
Verse Concepts
Trials » Cup of suffering, saints drink of
You have fed them the bread of tears,
And You have made them drink [bitter] tears in abundance.
So Jesus said to Peter, “Put the sword [back] in its sheath! Shall I not drink the cup which My Father has given Me?”
Verse Concepts
And after going a little farther, He fell face down and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible [that is, consistent with Your will], let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will.”
Verse Concepts
Therefore his people return to this place,
And waters of abundance [offered by the irreverent] are [blindly] drunk by them.
But Jesus replied, “You do not realize what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup [of suffering] that I am about to drink?” They answered, “We are able.”
Verse Concepts
For I have eaten ashes like bread,
And have mingled my drink with tears