Thematic Bible: Rod


Thematic Bible



So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose men for us and go out, fight against Amalek [and his people]. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.”

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, over their pools, and over all their reservoirs of water, so that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, in containers both of wood and of stone.’” Verse ConceptsAaron, PrivilegesRivers And StreamsStonesWoodPoolsRodsBucketsStretching OutWater ContainersWood And Stone

As for you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, so that the sons of Israel may go through the middle of the sea on dry land. Verse ConceptsMiracles, Responses ToStretching OutDivision Of WatersDry LandWaters DividedComing To The Red Sea

Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and lightning (fireballs) ran down to the earth and along the ground. And the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt. Verse ConceptsFamine, Causes OfThunderMiracles Of Moses And AaronHailFire From Heaven

So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind on the land all that day and all that night; when it was morning, the east wind had brought the [swarms of] locusts. Verse ConceptseastAnger Of God, Examples OfMiracles Of Moses And AaronOne DayOut Of The EastbugsThe East Wind

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the ground, and it will become [biting] gnats (lice) throughout the land of Egypt.’” Verse ConceptsDust, Literal UseInsectsFliesThings Changed

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Pass before the people and take with you some of the elders of Israel; and take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go. Verse ConceptsThe Elders Gathered

And the Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?” And he said, “A staff.” Verse ConceptsSmall Things God UsesWhat Is This?

You shall take in your hand this staff, with which you shall perform the signs [the miracles which prove I sent you].” Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalSigns From God

So Moses took his wife [Zipporah] and his sons [Gershom and Eliezer] and seated them on donkeys, and returned to the land of Egypt. Moses also took the staff of God in his hand.


A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,
And a rod for the backs of fools [who refuse to learn].
Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfBridlesBackBeatingsWhipsWhippingBinding As Animals




On the lips of the discerning, [skillful and godly] wisdom is found,
But discipline and the rod are for the back of the one who is without common sense and understanding.
Verse ConceptsBackParental DisciplineLipsProverbsMan's WisdomDiscernment



Then I will punish their transgression with the rod [of discipline],
And [correct] their wickedness with stripes.
Verse ConceptsFloggingChastisementGod Beating People


You shall swat him with the reed-like rod
And rescue his life from Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead).
Verse ConceptsHell, Punishment OfNot DyingAdvice On Beating PeopleDeath PreventedDeath Of A ChildDiscipline Childspankingparenthood

I am [Jeremiah] the man who has seen affliction
Because of the rod of His wrath.
Verse ConceptsI Am Suffering