Thematic Bible: Rope
Thematic Bible
Rope » Figurative » Of temptations
The iniquities done by a wicked man will trap him,
And he will be held with the cords of his sin.
The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords;
They have spread a net by the wayside;
They have set traps for me. Selah.
Rope » Worn » Head » servitude
His servants said to him, We have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. Let us put sackcloth on our loins and ropes about our necks, and go out to the king of Israel; perhaps he will spare your life. So they girded sackcloth on their loins and put ropes on their necks, and came to the king of Israel and said, Your servant Ben-hadad says, I pray you, let me live. And King [Ahab] said, Is he yet alive? He is my brother.
Rope » Figurative » Of affliction
“And if they are bound in bonds [of adversity],
And held by cords of affliction,
Rope » Figurative » Of love
I led them gently with cords of a man, with bonds of love [guiding them],
And I was to them as one who lifts up and eases the yoke [of the law] over their jaws;
And I bent down to them and fed them.
Rope » Used in casting lots
“Therefore, you will have no one stretching a measuring line [dividing the common land]
For you by lot in the assembly of the Lord.
Rope » Threefold
And though one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
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