Thematic Bible: Should be


Thematic Bible




For, unto this end, even unto the dead, was the glad-message delivered, - in order that they might be judged, indeed, according to men in flesh, but might live according to God in spirit. Verse ConceptsSpirit, Nature OfSpiritual Life, Nature OfSpiritual Life, Described ByLiving For The MaterialChrist PreachingValidly Like GodLiving The Life



According to my eager outlook and hope, that, in nothing, shall I be put to shame, but, with all freedom of speech, as always, now also, shall Christ be magnified in my body, whether through means of life, or of death. Verse ConceptsDeath, Of BelieverseagernessDevotion To GodBoldness, Comes FromHope, Results OfNot AshamedBraveryHope Regarding BelieversLife And DeathNot Put To ShameHope For The Righteousholy BoldnessCourage And StrengthBoldnessLoss Of A Loved Oneexpectations


Let not sin, therefore, reign in your death-doomed body, that ye should be obedient to its covetings; Neither be presenting your members as weapons of unrighteousness unto sin, but present yourselves unto God as though alive from among the dead, and your members as weapons of righteousness unto God;


Thy fulness and thine outflow, shalt thou not delay, - the firstborn of thy sons, shalt thou give to me. Verse ConceptsFirstbornChild sacrificeTypes Of ChristProcrastinationFirst fruitsTithes And Offering





without fear, from the hand of enemies rescued, to be rendering divine service unto him, Verse ConceptsFearRescueBeing DevoutGod Saving From EnemiesFreed From FearOvercoming Enemies

For the rest, brethren, we request and exhort you, in our Lord Jesus, that, even as ye received from us, how ye must needs walk and please God, - even as ye also do walk, that ye would abound still more. Verse ConceptsCommitment, to Godethics, incentives towardsAskingPleasing GodWatchfulness, Of LeadersBeing DevoutAbounding, Good ThingsGrowth In GraceLast WordsEncouraging One AnotherEncouraging Othersencouraginguplifting




Call together the people - the men and the women and the little ones, and thy sojourner who is within thy gates, - that they may hear, and that they may learn, so shall they revere Yahweh your God, and observe to do all the words of this law; and that their children who know not, may hear and learn, that they may revere Yahweh your God, - all the days that ye are living upon the soil, which ye are passing over the Jordan to possess.

Then took she him up with her, when she had weaned him, with a bullock of three years old, and one ephah of meal, and a skin of wine, and took him to the house of Yahweh, at Shiloh, - the boy yet being young. Verse ConceptsInfantsBottle, UsesWineWineskinChildren, Should Be TreatedLimitations Of YouthQuantities Of WineAnimals At Specific AgesEphah [Ten Omers]The House Of God At Shiloh

And they were bringing unto him children, that he might, touch, them, - the disciples, however, were rebuking them. But Jesus, seeing it, was greatly displeased, and said unto them - Suffer the children to come unto me, - do not hinder them; for, of such, is the kingdom of God. Verily, I say unto you - Whosoever shall not welcome the kingdom of God, as a child, in nowise shall enter thereinto. read more.
And, folding them in his arms, he was blessing them, having laid his hands upon them.



Then said Saul - I have sinned, Return, my son David, for I will harm thee no more, because my life was precious in thine eyes, this day, - lo! I have acted foolishly and, greatly, erred. Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples Ofenemies, of believersRegretEnemies, Christian Response ToFoolish PeoplePersonal GoodWe Have Sinnedsaul



Let not thy heart be envious of sinners, only of the reverence of Yahweh, all day long; Verse ConceptsEnvyeagernessGod, Zeal OfGrudgesJealousyZealAvoid EnvyThe Fear Of The LordFearing GodFear And Worry

And thou shalt eat before Yahweh thy God - in the place which he shall choose to make a habitation for his name there, - the tithe of thy corn thy new wine and thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herd and of thy flock, - that thou mayest learn to revere Yahweh thy God all the days. Verse ConceptsLearningFirstbornChoicesGrainReverence, And ObedienceSacred PlacesThe Fear Of The LordTithes And Offeringfriendliness

that all the peoples of the earth might know the hand of Yahweh, that, firm, it is; that they might revere Yahweh your God, all the days. Verse ConceptsMission, Of IsraelReverence, And God's NatureFear Of GodGod's HandFear God!Knowing God's Character

Ye servants! be obedient, in all things, unto them who, according to the flesh, are your masters, - not with eye-service, as man-pleasers, but with singleness of heart, revering the Lord, - Verse Conceptsethics, personalMen PleasersLordship, Human And DivinePopularityReverence, And Social BehaviourReverence, And ObedienceServants, BadServants, GoodEmployeesPopularity SoughtSingleness Of HeartBeing Seen By ManSlavesObeying PeopleThe Fear Of The Lord




Ye servants! be obedient, in all things, unto them who, according to the flesh, are your masters, - not with eye-service, as man-pleasers, but with singleness of heart, revering the Lord, - Verse Conceptsethics, personalMen PleasersLordship, Human And DivinePopularityReverence, And Social BehaviourReverence, And ObedienceServants, BadServants, GoodEmployeesPopularity SoughtSingleness Of HeartBeing Seen By ManSlavesObeying PeopleThe Fear Of The Lord



So that thou direct, unto wisdom, thine ear, bend thy heart, unto understanding; Verse ConceptsWisdom, Human ImportanceAcquiring Wisdomdiscrimination

Hear, thou, my son, and be wise, and lead forward, in duty, thy heart. Verse ConceptsWisdom, Human Importance




And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If, with all your heart, ye are returning unto Yahweh, then put away the gods of the foreigner out of your midst, and the Ashtoreths - and firmly set your heart towards Yahweh, and serve him, alone, that he may deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines. Verse ConceptsConversion, nature ofCommitment, to Goddouble mindednessReformationSyncretismDivided HeartsUnquestioning ServiceReturning To GodWhole HeartednessIndividuals Saving OthersPutting Away Other GodsServing Asherah

So shall your heart be sound with Yahweh our God, - to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day. Verse ConceptsCommitmentCommitment, to GodCommands, in OTLoyaltyRenewed HeartKeep The Commandments!DedicationBeing Devoted to God


So they told the king, saying, Lo! Nathan the prophet! And, when he had come in before the king, he bowed himself down to the king with his face to the ground. Verse ConceptsBowing Before David

Then David rose up, afterwards, and went forth out of the cave, and cried out after Saul, saying - My lord, O king! And, when Saul looked about behind him, David inclined his face to the earth, and bowed himself down. Verse ConceptsBowingProstration

Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, then shall I and my son Solomon be counted, offenders. Verse ConceptsNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon HappenWe Have Sinned


Wherefore it is necessary to be in subjection, - not only because of the anger, but also because of the conscience; Verse Conceptsethics, socialLeaders, PoliticalBe Subject To PeopleRespecting Authorityconscience




I exhort, therefore, first of all, that there be made - supplications, prayers, intercessions, thankgivings, in behalf of all men, In behalf of kings, and all them who are, in eminent station; in order that, an undisturbed, and quiet life, we may lead, in all godliness and gravity:


Sustain me with raisin-cakes, refresh me with apples, - for sick with love, I am. Verse ConceptsLove Towards Christ, The Nature Of

SHESet me as a seal, upon thy heart, as a seal upon thine arm, For, mighty as death, is love, Exacting as hades, is jealousy, - The flames thereof, are flames of fire, The flash of Yah! Verse ConceptsLove Towards Christ, The Nature OfThe Fact Of DeathPassionrelentless



Tell me, thou loved of my soul! Where wilt thou pasture thy flock? Where wilt thou let them recline at noon? For why should I be as one that wrappeth a veil about her, by the flocks of thy companions? Verse ConceptsLove Towards Christ, The Nature OfPasturing The FlockPutting Animals Down

Many waters, cannot quench love, nor shall, floods, overwhelm it, - If a man would give all the substance of his house, for love, they would, utterly despise, him. **** Verse ConceptsFlowing WaterQuenchingLove Of Jesus, To The SaintsLove Towards Christ, The Nature OfRomance



For which cause, I say unto thee - Her many sins, have been forgiven, because she hath loved, much: but, he to whom little is forgiven, little, loveth. Verse ConceptsLove Towards Christ, The Nature OfLove For GodReceived OutcastsGod Has ForgivenNot Loving GodForgivenessLove And Forgiveness

Not unto us, O Yahweh, not unto us, - but, unto thine own Name, give glory, concerning thy lovingkindness, concerning thy faithfulness. Verse ConceptsGlorifying GodReverence, And BlessingAcclaimingNot MeFaithfulnessGlory of the The churchGod's Faithfulness

Give ye thanks unto Yahweh, For he is good, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness. Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfAttitudes Of ThankfulfnessGod, The EternalGratitudeMercy

Give ye thanks to Yahweh - For he is good, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness. I pray you! let Israel, say, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness. I pray you! let the house of Aaron, say, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness. read more.
I pray you! let them who revere Yahweh, say, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.


And, as many as, by this rule, shall walk, peace be upon them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. Verse ConceptsBenedictionsNames And Titles For The ChurchChurch, Titles OfOld Testament People As TypesReceiving God's MercyPeace And Comfort

The Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord in, that, day; - and, how many times, in Ephesus, he hath ministered, better art, thou, getting to know. Verse ConceptsMercy, Of Jesus ChristGod Will Show MercyPurgatoryministering


Be favorable unto me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness, And, in the multitude of thy compassions, blot out my transgressions; Verse ConceptsAbundant MercyBlottingAssurance, nature ofGrace, In OtLovingkindnessLove, Nature OfMercifulnessAfflictions, Prayer DuringBe Merciful!God Forgive!Infidelity

Remember thy compassions, O Yahweh, and thy lovingkindnesses, For, from age-past times, have they been. Verse ConceptsLovingkindnessBe Merciful!devotion

Return, O Yahweh, deliver my soul, Save me, for the sake of thy lovingkindness; Verse ConceptsLove, Nature Ofsoulrelaxation

I will indeed exult and rejoice, in thy lovingkindness, - In that thou hast looked upon my humiliation, thou hast taken note that in distresses was my life; Verse ConceptsAgony, In HeartAfflictions


Imitators together of me, become ye, brethren, and keep an eye on them who, thus, are walking, - even as ye have, us, for, an ensample. Verse ConceptsExamples, Purpose OfExamples, GoodExamplesdiscipleship, nature ofLearning From Other PeopleMinisters, Should BeImitatingImitating Good PeopleExample Of BelieversBeing Contentfollowing

Not because we have not authority, but that, ourselves, as an ensample, we might hold forth unto you, - to the end ye might he imitating us. Verse ConceptsImitatingMinisters, Should BeImitating Good PeopleExample Of Believers



Thus, yearning after you, we could have been well-pleased to impart unto you - not only the glad-message of God, but, our own lives also, - because, very dear to us, had ye become. Verse ConceptsMentoringCommitment, to God's peopleLove, For One AnotherUnity, Of God's PeopleValuesMinisters, Should BeMinisters, Way They Should TeachAffection For God's PeopleThe Gospel PreachedLove Exists Between PeopleSharing

According as it is right in me to have this regard in behalf of you all, - because ye have had me in your hearts, both in my bonds and in the defence and confirmation of the glad-message, all of you being, joint partakers of my favour. Verse ConceptsFellowship, In The GospelFellowship, Among BelieversConfirmationFaith, As A Body Of BeliefsChainsdefence, humanDefenseGrace, And Christian LifeParticipation, In ChristSympathyMinisters, Description OfMinisters, Should BePartakersThe Gospel PreachedThe Grace Given To MenGod's GracePositive Thinkingpartnershipgrandmasevangelising

Even as ye know how, unto each one of you, we were as a father unto his own children, consoling you, and soothing, and calling o witness, - Verse ConceptsSpiritual FathersPeople Encouraging OthersFathers Loving CareEncouragementencouraginguplifting


Nor, of men, seeking glory - either from you, or from others, though we could have assumed, dignity, as Apostles of Christ; Verse ConceptsApostles, Authority In ChurchCommendationAttention SeekersMinisters, Should BeMen PleasersSeeking Honourdignity

Holy persons, shall they be unto their God, and not profane the name of their God, - for, the altar-flames of Yahweh, the food of their God, do they bring near - Therefore shall they be holy. Verse ConceptsCripplesHoliness Of MinistersIrreverenceMinisters, Should BeProfaning God's NameMaking People Holy

And thou shalt make a burnished plate, of pure gold, - and shalt engrave thereupon, like the engravings of a seal-ring, Holiness to Yahweh. Verse ConceptsSealsToolsPlatesengraving







According to my eager outlook and hope, that, in nothing, shall I be put to shame, but, with all freedom of speech, as always, now also, shall Christ be magnified in my body, whether through means of life, or of death. For, unto me - living, is Christ, and, dying, gain.


At all times, in every supplication of mine, in behalf of you all, with joy, my supplication, making, - Verse ConceptsPrayerfulnessWatchfulness, Of LeadersMinisters, Should BeI Pray For YouPraying For Otherssupplication


These things, be thy care, in these things, be thou, that, thine advancement, may be, manifest, unto all: Verse ConceptsGiving, Of OneselfeagernessProgressSpiritual VitalityGrowing SpirituallySpiritual ProgressPeople ImprovedStudyingBeing Yourselfpracticeimprovement


Let, ministers, be husbands of, one wife, over children, presiding, well, and over their own houses; Verse ConceptsLove, In RelationshipsMonogamyAuthority Of DisciplesMarriage ControlledWifeFamily FirstMoney ManagementA Good Husband





Wine and strong drink, thou mayest not drink, - thou nor thy sons with thee when ye enter into the tent of meeting, so shall ye not die, - an age-abiding statute to your generations; Verse ConceptsAbstinenceAlcoholOrdinancesPriests, Function In Ot TimesWineProhibitionEntering The TabernacleNot Drinking WineStrong DrinkDeath Due To God's PresenceDrinking No WineAlcoholic Beveragesbeeralcoholism








But am beating my body under, and leading it captive, lest, by any means, - unto others, having proclaimed, the contest , I myself, should be rejected. Verse ConceptsLicentiousnessCastawaysBodyAsceticism, TypesLustMortificationSelf DisciplineConduct, ProperDietsMinisters, Should BeBeating OneselfMaking SlavesslaveryRacetrainingmyself

I adjure thee, before God, and Christ Jesus, and the chosen messengers, that, these things, thou observe, apart from prejudgment, doing, nothing, by partiality. Verse ConceptsFavouritismethics, socialequalityElection, Description OfSolemn ChargesMinisters, Should BeAngels, DescriptionPartialityMen's Orders




And it shall come to pass, if ye will hearken, unto my commandments, which, I am commanding you to-day, - to love Yahweh your God, and to serve him, with, all your heart, and with all your soul, Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, To GodHeart, And Holy SpiritWhole HeartednessObedience To GodThe Need To Love God

But thanks be unto God, that - whereas ye were servants of sin, ye became obedient out of the heart unto the mould of teaching into which ye were delivered; Verse ConceptsCommitment, to GodHeart, And Holy SpiritTeachingThanksgivingRenewed HeartObedience To GodThanksgiving, OfferedObeying The GospelSubject To EvilAll Have SinnedThank God!doctrine


At the hearing of the ear, they submitted to me, the sons of the foreigner, came cringing unto me: Verse ConceptsForeignersObedience To GodPretendingObeying People

and dost not turn side from any of the words which I am commanding you to-day, to the right hand or to the left, - to go after other gods, to serve them, Verse ConceptsObedience To GodNot Turning AsideDifferent GodsDo Not Have Other gods


and said unto them, Ye, have observed all that Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you, - and have hearkened unto my voice, in all that I commanded you: ye have not forsaken your brethren, these many days, unto this day, - but have kept the charge of the commandment of Yahweh your God.

Thine, O Yahweh, are Greatness, and Might, and Beauty, and Victory, and Majesty, nay! all in the heavens and in the earth, - thine, O Yahweh, is the kingdom, who art exalted above all, - as chief; Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfGod, Glory OfEarth, Belonging To GodGod, Majesty OfGod, Sovereignty OfGod, Uniqueness OfHeadshipProvidenceGod's Glory RevealedPowergreatnessbelongingadorationdominion

Hear - ye that are far off. what I have done, And know - ye that are near my might: Verse ConceptsAcknowledged


Even for me, will ye have no reverence? Enquireth Yahweh, And because of me, will ye not he pained? In that though I placed the sand as a bound to the sea, A decree age-abiding, and it should not pass beyond it, - When they would toss themselves Then should they not prevail, When the waves thereof would roar Then should they not pass beyond it, Verse ConceptsBoundariesSandSeaAttitudes Of RespectOceansAweWavesDivine Power Over NatureBarriersEternal WorldLimits For The SeaSand And GravelFear God!


Let the groaning of the prisoner, come in before thee, - According to the greatness of thine arm, Set free them who are appointed to death. Verse ConceptsSighingOppression, God's Attitude ToPrisonersPower Of God, DescribedNot DyingDeath PreventedGod Keep!greatnesspreservation

Unto God alone our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, greatness, dominion, and authority, before all the by-gone age, and now, and unto all the coming ages. Amen! Verse ConceptsPoweradorationdominion

Be exalted, O Yahweh, in thy strength! With song and with string will we sound forth thy power. Verse ConceptsPraiseStrength Of GodI Will Sing PraisesI Will Praise You With MusicGod Is StrongRewards Of Ritual

and read therein, before the broad place which was before the water-gate, from the time it was light, until the noon of the day, in presence of the men and the women, and such as had understanding, - and, the ears of all the people, were unto the book of the law. Verse ConceptsDawnNoonBible, Names OfNamed GatesReading The Bible

Thou, therefore shalt enter and read in the roll which thou hast written from my mouth the words of Yahweh in the ears of the people in the house of Yahweh on the day of a fast, - moreover also, in the ears of all Judah who are coming in out of their cities, shalt thou read them: Verse ConceptsReading The ScripturesFasting Regularly

And, after the reading of the law and the prophets, the synagogue-rulers sent unto them, saying - Brethren! if there is in you a word of exhortation unto the people, say on. Verse ConceptsReadingLiteracySynagogueReading The ScripturesExhort OthersStudying The LawUse Of The ScripturesWritten In The ProphetsEncouragementMotivationReading The Bibleencouraginguplifting

when all Israel cometh in to see the face of Yahweh thy God, in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt lead this law before all Israel, in their hearing. Call together the people - the men and the women and the little ones, and thy sojourner who is within thy gates, - that they may hear, and that they may learn, so shall they revere Yahweh your God, and observe to do all the words of this law; and that their children who know not, may hear and learn, that they may revere Yahweh your God, - all the days that ye are living upon the soil, which ye are passing over the Jordan to possess.






Jesus said to him, Again, it is written, - Thou shalt not put to the test, the Lord thy God. Verse ConceptsTemptation, ResistingTestingTesting GodNew Testament Claiming Old Testament Is InspiredTemptationResisting Temptationexams


Every one, therefore, who heareth thesemy words, and doeth them, shall be likened to a prudent man, who built his house upon the rock; Verse ConceptsWisdom, Source Of HumanSpiritual FoundationsStones For ProtectionHearing ChristDoing God's WorksThe Work Of The Wise


And, in the third year of his reign, he sent to his rulers, even to Ben-hail and to Obadiah and to Zechariah, and to Nethanel, and to Micaiah, - that they were to teach throughout the cities of Judah; and, with them, Levites, Shemaiah and Nethaniah and Zebadiah and Asahel and Shemiramoth and Jehonathan, and Adonijah and Tobijah and Tob-adonijah, Levites, - and, with them, Elishama and Jehoram, priests; and they taught throughout Judah, and, with them, was the book of the law of Yahweh, - so they went round throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.

And, Jeshua and Bani and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, did cause the people to understand the law, the people, remaining in their places. So they read in the book of the law of God, distinctly, - and, giving the sense, caused them to understand the reading.

so shall these words which I am commanding thee to-day, be upon thy heart; Verse ConceptsReceptive Hearts

Therefore shall ye lay these my words upon your heart, and upon your soul, - and bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall serve as bands between your eyes; Verse ConceptsFingersRopesSanctification, Means And ResultsThoughtJoined To GoodMarks On PeoplePay Attention To God!The Word Of GodValue



so shall it be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life, - that he may learn to revere Yahweh his God, to observe all the words of this law and these statutes to do them: Verse ConceptsLearningStudentsKings, How They Should ActReading The ScripturesFear God!Keep The Commandments!Reading The Bible

Seek ye out of the scroll of Yahweh, and read, Not, one from among them, is lacking, None, hath missed, her mate, - For, a mouth, hath, itself commanded, And, his spirit, hath itself gathered them: Verse ConceptsGod, As SpiritUnity, Of God's PeopleStudentsBible, Names OfThe Holy Spirit In CreationNothing MissingOld Testament Claims InspirationMissing SomeoneReading The BibleSoulmatesgatheringseekinghomecoming

And, for this cause, we, are also giving thanks unto God unceasingly, that, when ye received a spoken word from us - which was God's, ye welcomed it - not as a human word, but, even as it truly is, a divine word, - which is also inwardly working itself in you who believe. Verse ConceptsHearingPreaching, Effects OfResponseThe Authority Of ScriptureSpeech, DivineThanksgiving, OfferedReceiving God's WordThose Who Had FaithMan's TeachingWe Thank GodGod's Work In UsAcceptanceThe Word Of GodBelieving In Yourself


They answered and said unto him - Surely, thou also, art not, of Galilee? Search and see! That, out of Galilee, a prophet is not to arise. Verse ConceptsJesus The Prophet





Wherefore, putting away all filthiness and overflow of baseness, in meekness, welcome ye the word fitted for inward growth, which is able to save your souls: Verse ConceptsAcceptance, Of The GospeldrossdirtReformationSin, Avoidance OfAbility, Of God To SaveReceiving God's WordPollution ForbiddenBe Humble!Being HumbleMoralityHumility And Pridehumblenesswelcome


When, therefore, he had been raised from among the dead, his disciples remembered, that, this, he had been saying; and they believed in the Scripture, and in the word which Jesus had spoken. Verse ConceptsFaith, Origins OfRememberingUnderstandingBelieving ProphetsChrist Would RiseDiscipleshipJesus Death

Now, apply your heart and your soul, to seek unto Yahweh your God, - and then arise ye and build the sanctuary of Yahweh Elohim, that ye may bring the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and the holy vessels of God, into the house which hath been built for the Name of Yahweh. Verse ConceptsHeart, And Holy SpiritOrthodoxy, In OtSeeking GodSolomon's TempleThe Ark In The TempleBeing Devoted to GodHeartfelt Prayer To God

If thou shalt seek from thence, Yahweh thy God, then shalt thou find him, - when thou shalt search after him with all thy heart, and with all thy soul. Verse ConceptsFindingRestoration After BackslidingPrayer, Advice For EffectiveReceptivenessRevival, CorporateFinding GodWhole HeartednessSingle Mindedness



Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap ye at thc bidding of lovingkindness, furrow to yourselves the newly-ploughed soil, - then will be the time to seek Yahweh, until he come, that he may rain down righteousness for you. Verse ConceptsBeing PreparedPresent, TheRighteousness, Of BelieversSeedSeeking GodHoly Spirit, Types OfFruits Of RighteousnessSowing GoodReapingFallow LandBreakupsReaping What You SowPlanting SeedsSeedsSowing Seedssowing

Search out Yahweh and his strength, Seek diligently his face at all times. Verse ConceptsFace Of GodPrayerfulnessSeeking God's StrengthStrengthstrenghseeking

In the day of my distress - unto My Lord, will I seek, My hand, by night, hath been outstretched and never once became slack, My soul, hath refused to be consoled; Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofNo ComfortHealing And ComfortOvercoming Hard TimesGetting Through Hard TimesFeeling Lostproblemssoultired


Hate wrong, and love right, and station, Justice, in the gate, - Peradventure, Yahweh, God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph. Verse Conceptsevil, believers' responses toHatredLawsuitsDivine FavourBusiness At The GatewaySurvivors FavouredBe Merciful!God As A WarriorHating EvilLoving GoodHateGod Turning Bad Things Into Good


Howbeit, the firm foundation of God, standeth, having this seal - The Lord hath acknowledged them who are his, and, Let every one that nameth the name of the Lord stand aloof from unrighteousness. Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingIniquity, Believer's Relation ToFoundationsConfidence, God's CallingHoliness,  Worldly SeparationInscriptionsRepentance, Examples OfSealsUniquenessSpiritual FoundationsChrist's Knowledge Of BelieversIn The Name Of ChristAvoiding EvilGod Knowing His Peoplefootball





A voice on the bare heights, is heard, The weeping of the supplications of the sons of Israel, - Because they have perverted their way, Have forgotten Yahweh their God. Verse ConceptsForgettingWeepingConviction Of Sinimpulsiveness


He sang before men, and said, I sinned, and, uprightness, I perverted, yet he requited me not; Verse ConceptsUnprofitable SinsGod Has ForgivenWe Have Sinned


I said, to myself, I will take heed to my ways, That I sin not with my tongue, - I will put on my mouth a muzzle, So long as the lawless is before me. Verse ConceptsPrudenceReadinessRestraintSpeech, Positive Aspects OfTongueWatchfulness, Of BelieversSpeaking, Wisdom InVigilanceIndividuals Being SilentThe TongueGod's TimingGods TimingWaiting For God's TimingGuarding Yourself





If, iniquity, be in thy hand, Put it far away, and let there not dwell in thy tents perversity, Verse ConceptsTentsForsaking SinSteadfastnessInjustice

and thou shalt return unto Yahweh thy God and shalt hearken unto his voice, according to all that I am commanding thee to-day, - thou and thy sons, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, Verse ConceptsChildren, attitudes towardsChildren, Duties OfEarnestnessReturning To GodWhole HeartednessBlessings Of ObedienceObeying God

Then did the sons of Israel make outcry unto Yahweh, saying, - We have sinned against thee, because we have forsaken our God, and have served the Baals. Verse ConceptsConviction, Not Leading To RepentanceSin, Nature OfWe Have Sinned

Then shall they confess their iniquity, And the iniquity of their fathers, In their unfaithfulness wherewith they had been unfaithful towards me; Yea moreover, because they had gone in opposition to me, Verse ConceptsTreacherySin ConfessedConfession of sinForgiving Yourselfconfessingactinggrandfathers

and they come back to their right mind, in the land whither they have been taken captive, - and so turn and make supplication unto thee, in the land of their captors, saying, We have sinned and done perversely, we have been lawless; and so they turn unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, who have carried them away captive, - and pray unto thee in the direction of their own land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy Name,


Return thou, O Israel, unto Yahweh thy God, - for thou hast stumbled by thine iniquity. Take with you words, and return to Yahweh: say unto him - Wholly, shalt thou take away iniquity, Accept, then, with favour, and we will make good the boldness of our lips!

And the people of Nineveh believed in God, - and proclaimed a fast, and clothed themselves in sackcloth, from the greatest of them, even unto the least of them. Verse ConceptsAbstinence as a disciplineReligionRepentance, Examples OfGreat And SmallBelieving In GodOthers Believing In GodFastingFasting And Prayerjonah

and that nation return from its wickedness against whom I have spoken, then will I repent concerning the calamity which I had devised to bring upon it. Verse ConceptsGod, Repentance OfGod Changing His MindGod Turned Back From Harming Them

Even now, therefore, urgeth Yahweh, Turn ye unto me, with all your heart, - and with fasting and with weeping, and with lamentation; Verse ConceptsGesturesAbstinence as a disciplineEarnestnessdrought, physicalRegretRepentance, Examples OfWeepingFasting, Accompanied ByWhole HeartednessFasting In MourningFastingFasting And Prayer

I will therefore long for Yahweh, Who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, - And will wait, for him. Verse ConceptsFace Of GodJacob, The PatriarchTrust, Importance OfWaiting On GodGod HidingThose Who Wait For GodWaiting On The Lord

Rescue me from my foes, O my God, From them who lift themselves up against me, wilt thou set me on high: Rescue me, from the workers of iniquity, And, from the men of bloodshed, save me. For lo! they have lain in wait for my life, Mighty ones stir up strife against me, Without transgression of mine, and without sin of mine, O Yahweh; read more.
For no iniquity, do they run that they may take their stand, Rouse thyself to meet me, and see. Thou, therefore, O Yahweh, God of hosts, God of Israel, Awake, to visit all the nations, Do not show favour to any iniquitous traitors. Selah. They return at evening, They grow like a dog, And go round the city. Lo! they belch forth with their mouth, Swords, are in their lips, For say they , Who doth hear? Thou, therefore, O Yahweh, wilt laugh at them, Thou wilt mock at all nations. O my Strength, unto thee, will I make melody, For, God, is my high tower.




Surely, towards God, silence becometh my soul, From him, is my salvation: Verse ConceptsRestlessnessPeople Being SilentGod My SalvationThose Who Wait For GodMothers Death

Good it is - both to wait and to be silent, for the deliverance of Yahweh; Verse ConceptsPatience, In Christian LivingPatience ExercisedPeople Being SilentWaiting On The Lordlimitations

Surely in the path of thy regulations, O Yahweh, we waited for thee, - Unto thy Name and unto thy Memorial, was there a longing of soul: Verse ConceptsMotives, Importance OfPrayer, Persistence InCelebritiesThose Who Wait For Godremembrance


I have hoped, O my soul, for My Lord, more than they who watch for the morning, who watch for the morning. Verse ConceptsDawnMonotonyMorningWatchmanRelying Upon GodThose Who Wait For GodWaiting On The Lord

Thou, therefore, by thy God, shalt return, - lovingkindness and justice, do thou keep, so wait thou for thy God, continually. Verse ConceptsConversion, nature ofFaithfulness, In Human RelationshipsReturning To GodRevival, CorporateWaiting On GodAnticipationAim At Love

Guide me into thy truth and teach me, for, thou, art my delivering God, For thee, have I waited all the day: Verse ConceptsWaiting On GodAttitudes Of HopeGod My SalvationThose Who Wait For GodGod's TruthguidanceWaiting On The Lord








How happy the man that doth hearken to me, - keeping guard at my doors, day by day, watching at the posts of my gates; Verse ConceptsDaily DutyUnceasingAlways Being ActiveWaiting At GatesBlessed In ServiceRejoicing In WisdomSchoolWaiting On The Lordmistress



and the Levite shall come in - because he hath neither portion nor inheritance with thee - and the sojourner and the fatherless and the widow who are within thy gates, and they shall eat and be satisfied, - that Yahweh thy God may bless thee, in all the work of thy hand which thou shalt do. Verse ConceptsPoverty, Attitudes TowardsSatisfactionSaints, Care For The PoorWidows, Should BeLoving ForeignersGod Will BlessNo Earthly InheritancePeople Helping Orphansfriendliness

So shalt thou rejoice before Yahweh thy God - thou, and thy son and thy daughter and thy servant and thy handmaid, and the Levite who is within thy gates, and the sojourner, and the fatherless and the widow who are in thy midst, - in the place which Yahweh thy God shall choose, to make a habitation for his name there. Verse ConceptsOrphansPoverty, Attitudes TowardsWidowsWidows, Should BeRejoicingForeigners Permitted At The FeastsPeople Helping OrphansEating Drinking And RejoicingA Place For God's Name

When thou cuttest down thy harvest in thy field and forgettest a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not turn back to fetch it, to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, shall it belong, - that Yahweh thy God, may bless thee, in all the Work of thy hands. When thou beatest thine olive-tree, thou shalt not glean after thee, - to the sojourner to the fatherless and to the widow, shall it belong, When thou cuttest off the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not go about picking after thee, - to the sojourner to the fatherless and to the widow, shall it belong:


If any, believing woman, hath widows, let her be giving them succour, and not suffer the assembly to be burdened, - that, them who are indeed widows, it may itself succour. Verse ConceptsBelieversMoney, Stewardship OfPoverty, Remedies ForLove Between RelativesRemoving BurdensPeople HelpingEach Local Church


Let, a widow, be put on the list - having become, not less than sixty years old, one man's, wife, Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, In Human RelationshipsWidows, Should BeMarriage ControlledSecond MarriageWomen's RolesBeing Single