Thematic Bible: Rod


Thematic Bible



Moses told Joshua, "Choose some men for us and go out to fight against the Amalekites. Tomorrow I'll stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand."

The LORD also told Moses, "Tell Aaron, "Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their Nile River, over their ponds, and over their reservoirs, and they'll become blood. There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in their wood and stone containers.'" Verse ConceptsAaron, PrivilegesRivers And StreamsStonesWoodPoolsRodsBucketsStretching OutWater ContainersWood And Stone

You are to raise your staff, stretch out your hand over the sea, and divide it, so the Israelis may go into the middle of the sea on dry land. Verse ConceptsMiracles, Responses ToStretching OutDivision Of WatersDry LandWaters DividedComing To The Red Sea

When Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. The LORD rained hail on the land of Egypt. Verse ConceptsFamine, Causes OfThunderMiracles Of Moses And AaronHailFire From Heaven

Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and the LORD sent an east wind into the land all that day and throughout the night. When morning came, the east wind brought the locusts. Verse ConceptseastAnger Of God, Examples OfMiracles Of Moses And AaronOne DayOut Of The EastbugsThe East Wind

Then the LORD told Moses, "Tell Aaron, "Stretch out your staff, strike the dust of the ground, and the dust will become gnats throughout the land of Egypt.'" Verse ConceptsDust, Literal UseInsectsFliesThings Changed

Then the LORD told Moses, "Go over in front of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go. Verse ConceptsThe Elders Gathered

"What's that in your hand?" the LORD asked him. Moses answered, "A staff." Verse ConceptsSmall Things God UsesWhat Is This?

Now pick up that staff with your hand. You'll use it to perform the signs." Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalSigns From God

So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on donkeys, and headed back to the land of Egypt. Moses took the staff of God in his hand.

A whip is for the horses, a bridle is for the donkey, a rod is for the back of fools. Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfBridlesBackBeatingsWhipsWhippingBinding As Animals



Wisdom characterizes the speech of the discerning, but the rod is for the backs of those lacking discernment. Verse ConceptsBackParental DisciplineLipsProverbsMan's WisdomDiscernment


then I will punish their disobedience with a rod and their iniquity with lashes. Verse ConceptsFloggingChastisementGod Beating People


I am a man familiar with affliction under the rod of God's anger. Verse ConceptsI Am Suffering

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