Thematic Bible: Sad


Thematic Bible



At the end of ten days their appearance seemed better and they were fatter than all the youths who had been eating the king’s choice food. Verse ConceptsAdvantagesFat PeopleAppearancesEating Meat

Then the king’s face grew pale and his thoughts alarmed him, and his hip joints went slack and his knees began knocking together. Verse ConceptsGuilty FearThighsKneesExpressions On FacesKnockingThoughts Of The WickedPeople Appalledknots

She said, “Let your maidservant find favor in your sight.” So the woman went her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad. Verse ConceptsPeople Eating

So the king said to me, "Why is your face sad though you are not sick? This is nothing but sadness of heart." Then I was very much afraid. I said to the king, "Let the king live forever Why should my face not be sad when the city, the place of my fathers' tombs, lies desolate and its gates have been consumed by fire?"

Sorrow is better than laughter,
For when a face is sad a heart may be happy.
Verse ConceptsBenefits Of SadnessSadnessDepressionJoy And HappinessTragedyBeing ContentSmilinggrieving

‘All the inhabitants of the coastlands
Are appalled at you,
And their kings are horribly afraid;
They are troubled in countenance.
Verse ConceptsAnxiety, Examples OfPeople Appalled