Thematic Bible: Should be set
Thematic Bible
Affections » Should be set » Upon the commandments of God
The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever; the rights of the LORD are true, they are all just. More to be desired are they than gold, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
MEM. O how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
How sweet have been thy spoken words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
My soul has kept thy testimonies, and I have loved them exceedingly.
Affections » Should be set » Upon the people of God
to the saints that are in the earth and to the excellent: all my delight is towards them.
loving one another with brotherly love, with honour preferring one another;
Verse Concepts
Acts of KindnessAffection, Kinds OfBrotherly KindnessCommitment, to God's peopleHonorLove, Abuse OfLoyaltyMinistry, In The ChurchUnselfishnessBrotherhoodCaringCaring For OthersAffection For God's PeopleOutdoingHonour The HonourableLove Fellow Christians!Being Devoted to GodAffectionRespectLoving Yourself
loving you so much, that we were willing to give unto you, not only the gospel of God, but even our own souls, because ye are dear unto us.
Therefore we were comforted in your comfort; yea, and we rejoiced even more exceedingly for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all. For if I have gloried of anything to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spoke all things to you in truth, even so our glorying, which I made before Titus, was found true. And his inward affection is more abundant toward you while he remembers the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.
Affections » Should be set » Upon the house and worship of God
One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life to behold the beauty of the LORD and to enquire in his temple.
How amiable are thy habitations, O LORD of the hosts! My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh sing to the living God.
Moreover, because I have my delight in the house of my God, I have in my own treasury, gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the house of the sanctuary:
LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house and the place of the tabernacle of thy glory.
Affections » Should be set » Upon heavenly things
If ye then are risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where the Christ sits at the right hand of God. Set your sight on things above, not on things on the earth.