Thematic Bible: Should be set
Thematic Bible
Affections » Should be set » Upon the commandments of God
The statutes of the LORD are right, and rejoice the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, and giveth light unto the eyes. The fear of the LORD is clean, and endureth forever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, yea than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
My soul breaketh out for the very fervent desire that it hath always unto thy judgments.
{Mem} O LORD, what love have I unto thy law! All the day long is my study in it.
O how sweet are thy words unto my throat! Yea, sweeter than honey unto my mouth!
My soul keepeth thy testimonies, and loveth them exceedingly.
Affections » Should be set » Upon the people of God
All my delight is upon the saints that are in the earth, and upon such as excel in virtue.
Be kind one to another, with brotherly love. In giving honour go one before 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
so was our affection toward you. Our good will was to have dealt unto you, not the gospel of God only: but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.
Therefore we are comforted, because ye are comforted: yea and exceedingly the more joyed we, for the joy that Titus had: because his spirit was refreshed of you all. I am therefore not now ashamed, though I boasted myself to him of you. For as all things which I preached unto you are true, even so is our boasting - that I boasted myself to Titus withal - found true. And now is his inward affection more abundant toward you, when he remembereth the obedience of every one of you: 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, which I will require, even that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the fair beauty of the LORD, and to visit his temple.
{Upon Gittith, a Psalm of the sons of Korah} O how amiable are thy dwellings, thou LORD of Hosts! My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God.
And yet because I have lust to the house of my God, I have several gold and silver which I give to the house of my God above all I have prepared for the holy house:
LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
Affections » Should be set » Upon heavenly things
If ye be then risen again with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the righthand of God. Set your affection on things that are above, and not on things which are on the earth.