Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



Cursed are those who go down to Egypt for help, and who put their faith in horses; looking to war-carriages for salvation, because of their numbers; and to horsemen, because they are very strong; but they are not looking to the Holy One of Israel, or turning their hearts to the Lord; Verse ConceptsFaithlessness, As DisobedienceFalse Confidencedoubt, results ofChariotsdefence, divineHorsesLeaders, PoliticalPrayerlessnessSeeking GodStrength, HumanTrust, Lack OfUnreliabilityWeaponsForbidden AlliancesTrusting In Man, Warnings AgainstCavalryTrusting In ChariotsNot Seeking GodTrusting Other PeopleDoubting GodWoe To The WickedStaying Strongreinforcement

And he is not to get together a great army of horses for himself, or make the people go back to Egypt to get horses for him: because the Lord has said, You will never again go back that way. Verse ConceptsHorsesKings, Duties OfNeverPeople not returningAcquiring Horses

And he took away the horses which the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the way into the house of the Lord, by the room of Nathan-melech, the unsexed servant, which was in the outer part of the building, and the carriages of the sun he put on fire. Verse ConceptsChamberlainsBurning Idolatrous ThingsAbandoning IdolsPrivate Rooms

Do you give strength to the horse? is it by your hand that his neck is clothed with power? Verse ConceptsStrength Of AnimalsWork Ethic



So Absalom's servants did to Amnon as Absalom had given them orders. Then all the king's sons got up, and every man got on his beast and went in flight. Verse ConceptsMulesBackAnimals, Types OfRiding Mules

And Absalom came across some of David's men. And Absalom was seated on his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great tree, and his head became fixed in the tree and he was lifted up between earth and heaven, and the beast under him went on. Verse ConceptsMulesBackCovering HeadsRiding MulesHairdreadlocks


And the king said to them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and put Solomon my son on my beast, yes, mine, and take him down to Gihon; Verse ConceptsMulesBackRiding Mules

And the horses and the transport beasts, the camels and the asses and all the beasts in those tents will be attacked by the same disease. Verse ConceptsMulesAnimals, religious role ofLoss Of Donkeys


But man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts. Verse ConceptsLife, HumanWicked Described AsThe Frailty Of ManAnimals Fate After DeathMen Similar To AnimalsLife Being Temporary

I said in my heart, It is because of the sons of men, so that God may put them to the test and that they may see themselves as beasts. Because the fate of the sons of men and the fate of the beasts is the same. As is the death of one so is the death of the other, and all have one spirit. Man is not higher than the beasts; because all is to no purpose. All go to one place, all are of the dust, and all will be turned to dust again. read more.
Who is certain that the spirit of the sons of men goes up to heaven, or that the spirit of the beasts goes down to the earth?


As for me, I was foolish, and without knowledge; I was like a beast before you. Verse ConceptsFoolish PeopleMammalsThose Who Were IgnorantIgnorance of Godignorance


Now if we put bits of iron into horses' mouths so that they may be guided by us, we have complete control of their bodies. Verse ConceptsBinding As AnimalsOther References To MouthsThe TongueDirectionobeying


Now if we put bits of iron into horses' mouths so that they may be guided by us, we have complete control of their bodies. Verse ConceptsBinding As AnimalsOther References To MouthsThe TongueDirectionobeying


Because your wrath against me and your words of pride have come up to my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my cord in your lips, and I will make you go back by the way you came. Verse ConceptsFace Of GodHorsesHumiliationNosesRestraintAnger Of God, Examples OfWicked Described AsDivine RestraintsProud People



Certainly Ephraim's words of grief have come to my ears, You have given me training and I have undergone it like a young cow unused to the yoke: let me be turned and come back, for you are the Lord my God. Verse ConceptsConversion, nature ofObstinacy Against GodCalvesChastisementRevival, CorporateAfflictions, Prayer DuringAfflictions, Benefits OfSelf WillReinstating PeopleDisciplineYou Are Our God


Certainly Ephraim's words of grief have come to my ears, You have given me training and I have undergone it like a young cow unused to the yoke: let me be turned and come back, for you are the Lord my God. Verse ConceptsConversion, nature ofObstinacy Against GodCalvesChastisementRevival, CorporateAfflictions, Prayer DuringAfflictions, Benefits OfSelf WillReinstating PeopleDisciplineYou Are Our God




And not be like their fathers, a stiff-necked and uncontrolled generation; a generation whose heart was hard, whose spirit was not true to God. Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, To GodGenerationsAttitudes Of StubbornnessLoyaltyRebellion, Of IsraelSelf WillNot Like PeopleBeing Differentrebellionfatherhoodapostasy

If you will not give ear and take it to heart, to give glory to my name, says the Lord of armies, then I will send the curse on you and will put a curse on your blessing: truly, even now I have put a curse on it, because you do not take it to heart. Verse ConceptsFailureHonorListeningBlessing And CurseGod CursingMoney BlessingscursesDishonoring God

Give ear to me, you feeble-hearted, who have no faith in my righteousness: Verse ConceptsPay Attention To God!