Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Access to God » Saints earnestly seek
One [thing] I have asked from Yahweh; it I will seek: [that] I may dwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Yahweh, and to consider his temple.
Send your light and your truth; they shall lead me. They shall bring me to {your holy mountain} and to your dwelling places.
How lovely [are] your dwelling places, O Yahweh of hosts! My soul longs and even fails for the courtyards of Yahweh. My heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.
Affections » Of saints, supremely set on God
Whom do I have in the heavens [except you]? And with you I have no [other] desire on earth.
With my whole heart I have sought you; do not let me stray from your commands.
Animals » Names of » Deer
The three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab and Abishai and Asahel. Now Asahel [was] swift with his feet as one of the gazelles which [is] in the open field.
And from the Gadites, valiant mighty warriors, {soldiers fit for war}, expert with shield and spear, defected to David at the fortress toward the wilderness. And {they had faces like lions} [and were] swift as gazelles upon the mountains.
[She is] a deer of love and a doe of grace; may her breasts satisfy you {always}; by her love may you be intoxicated continually.
Save yourself like a gazelle from a hand, or like a bird from the hand of a fowler.
Then [the] lame shall leap like the deer, and [the] tongue of [the] dumb shall sing for joy, for waters shall break forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert.
For even [the] doe in the field gives birth and forsakes [her young], because there is no green growth.
Communion with God » Saints » Desires
But I am hard pressed {between the two options}, having the desire to depart and to be with Christ, {for this is very much better}.
God » Love to » Examples of
Whom do I have in the heavens [except you]? And with you I have no [other] desire on earth.
For God [is] not unjust, [so as] to forget your work and the love which you demonstrated for his name [by] having served the saints, and continuing to serve [them].
My soul longs and even fails for the courtyards of Yahweh. My heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.
We love, because he first loved us.
And he said: "I love you, O Yahweh, my strength."
I love [him], because Yahweh has heard {the voice of my supplications}.
The Heart » Illustrative » (panting for water,) of afflicted saints longing for God
As a deer longs for streams of water, so my soul longs for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for [the] living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
Love » The test » To God
Whom do I have in the heavens [except you]? And with you I have no [other] desire on earth.
For God [is] not unjust, [so as] to forget your work and the love which you demonstrated for his name [by] having served the saints, and continuing to serve [them].
My soul longs and even fails for the courtyards of Yahweh. My heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.
We love, because he first loved us.
And he said: "I love you, O Yahweh, my strength."
I love [him], because Yahweh has heard {the voice of my supplications}.
Music » Maschil » This musical sign occurs in the titles of
Why do you boast about evil, O mighty man? The loyal love of God [endures] {continually}.
[The] fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt and they have done abominable iniquity. There is none who does good.
I will sing forever of Yahweh's acts of loyal love. {From generation to generation} I will make known your faithfulness with my mouth.
Why, O God, have you rejected [us] forever? [Why] does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?
Listen, O my people, to my teaching. Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
Happy [is] he whose transgression is taken away, whose sin is covered.
O God, we have heard with our ears; our ancestors have told us of work you worked in their days, in days of old.
My heart is moved [with] a good word; I recite my {compositions} to [the] king. My tongue [is the] pen [of] a skilled scribe.
O God, by your name save me, and by your power vindicate me.
Righteous » Compared with » Thirsting deer
compared to Saints » Thirsting deer
Spiritual » Examples of love for Christ » Examples of love to God
Whom do I have in the heavens [except you]? And with you I have no [other] desire on earth.
For God [is] not unjust, [so as] to forget your work and the love which you demonstrated for his name [by] having served the saints, and continuing to serve [them].
My soul longs and even fails for the courtyards of Yahweh. My heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.
We love, because he first loved us.
And he said: "I love you, O Yahweh, my strength."
I love [him], because Yahweh has heard {the voice of my supplications}.
Thirst » Figurative of the ardent desire of the devout mind
And he said to me, "It is done! I [am] the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the one who is thirsty I will give [water] from the spring of the water of life freely.
And the Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And the one who hears, let him say, "Come!" And the one who is thirsty, let him come. The one who wants, let him take the water of life freely.
Blessed [are] the ones who hunger and thirst [for] righteousness, because they will be satisfied.
"Ho! Everyone thirsty, come to the waters! And whoever has no money, come, buy and eat, and come, buy without money, wine and milk without price!
Now on the last day of the feast--the great [day]--Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me, and let him drink,
O God, you [are] my God; I will seek you diligently. My soul thirsts for you; my flesh longs for you [as] in a dry and weary land without water.
I stretch out my hands to you; my soul [longs] for you like a dry land. Selah
Look, the days are coming," {declares} my Lord Yahweh, "when I will send a famine in the land, not a famine for bread and not a thirst for water, but {of hearing} the words of Yahweh! And they will wander from sea to sea and from [the] north and to [the] east. They will roam about to seek the word of Yahweh, but they will not find [it]! In that day the beautiful young women and the young men will faint because of thirst.
As a deer longs for streams of water, so my soul longs for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for [the] living God. When shall I come and appear before God? My tears have been my food day and night, while [they] say to me all day [long], "Where [is] your God?" read more.
These I remember and I pour out my soul within me: that I would go with the multitude; I led them [in procession] to the house of God, with a voice of rejoicing and thanksgiving, a crowd celebrating a festival.
These I remember and I pour out my soul within me: that I would go with the multitude; I led them [in procession] to the house of God, with a voice of rejoicing and thanksgiving, a crowd celebrating a festival.
But whoever drinks of this water which I will give to him will never be thirsty for eternity, but the water which I will give to him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life." The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or come here to draw [water]!"