Thematic Bible: The Dragon


Thematic Bible





The beast I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like a bear’s, and his mouth was like a lion’s mouth. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority. Verse ConceptsLeopardThroneLions, Figurative Use OfAnimals, Types OfBearsCreatures Like LionsLike CreaturesOther References To Mouths

Speak to him and say: This is what the Lord God says:

Look, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,
the great monster lying in the middle of his Nile,
who says, ‘My Nile is my own;
I made it for myself.’
Verse ConceptsCosmic CreaturesPeople Possessing Other Things

On that day the Lord with His harsh, great, and strong sword, will bring judgment on Leviathan, the fleeing serpent—Leviathan, the twisting serpent. He will slay the monster that is in the sea. Verse ConceptsLeviathanDay of the LORDDragonsSeaSnakesNames And Titles For SatanBeastsCosmic CreaturesDinosaursPunishmentMoving OnThe Seafitnessrelentless

Wake up, wake up!
Put on the strength of the Lord’s power.
Wake up as in days past,
as in generations of long ago.
Wasn’t it You who hacked Rahab to pieces,
who pierced the sea monster?
Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfGenerationsSleep, SpiritualSleeplessnessNames And Titles For ChristChrist, Names ForPeople Cut In PiecesGod's HandStrength Of GodCosmic CreaturesGod Acting Of OldGod Waking Upawakeningrehabilitationclosure

I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble,
a jackals’ den.
I will make the cities of Judah a desolation,
an uninhabited place.
Verse ConceptsRuinsArchaeologyTearsDestruction Of JerusalemEmpty Citiesjerusalem

Hyenas will howl in the fortresses,
and jackals, in the luxurious palaces.
Babylon’s time is almost up;
her days are almost over.
Verse ConceptsPerils Of LuxuryPalacesAnimals, Types OfShort Time Till The End

Her palaces will be overgrown with thorns;
her fortified cities, with thistles and briers.
She will become a dwelling for jackals,
an abode for ostriches.
Verse ConceptsNettlesCitadelsThornsBramblesOstriches

The animals of the field will honor Me,
jackals and ostriches,
because I provide water in the wilderness,
and rivers in the desert,
to give drink to My chosen people.
Verse ConceptsHonorWaterBlessing In The WildernessGod Providing WaterWild Beasts SubduedOstriches

You divided the sea with Your strength;
You smashed the heads of the sea monsters in the waters;
Verse ConceptsDragonsSeaBones BrokenDivision Of WatersWaters DividedThe Sea Divided

On that day the Lord with His harsh, great, and strong sword, will bring judgment on Leviathan, the fleeing serpent—Leviathan, the twisting serpent. He will slay the monster that is in the sea. Verse ConceptsLeviathanDay of the LORDDragonsSeaSnakesNames And Titles For SatanBeastsCosmic CreaturesDinosaursPunishmentMoving OnThe Seafitnessrelentless

Their wine is serpents’ venom,
the deadly poison of cobras.
Verse ConceptsAlcoholCobrasSerpentsSnakesThings Like Snakes

Their wine is serpents’ venom,
the deadly poison of cobras.
Verse ConceptsAlcoholCobrasSerpentsSnakesThings Like Snakes

His tail swept away a third of the stars in heaven and hurled them to the earth. And the dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she did give birth he might devour her child. Verse ConceptsSatan, As The Enemy Of GodSkySuffering, Of Jesus ChristAnimals, Figurative UseFractions, One ThirdOne ThirdTailsAnimals Eating PeopleAffecting Sun Moon And StarsPutting Things DownRebellion of Satan and Angels

Then another sign appeared in heaven: There was a great fiery red dragon having seven heads and 10 horns, and on his heads were seven diadems. Verse ConceptsDragonsNames And Titles For SatanColors, ScarletSeven Body PartsSeven ThingsTen ThingsHorns In AllegoryCosmic CreaturesRed AnimalsSigns In The SkyCrowns On CreaturesLittle HornSpiritual crownscrowns

“Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has devoured me;
he has crushed me.
He has set me aside like an empty dish;
he has swallowed me like a sea monster;
he filled his belly with my delicacies;
he has vomited me out,”
Verse ConceptsConfusionSnakesStomachsEmpty People

Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights
panting for air like jackals.
Their eyes fail
because there are no green plants.
Verse ConceptsFamine, Characteristics OfHaving No BreathWild Donkeys


But You have crushed us in a haunt of jackals
and have covered us with deepest darkness.
Verse ConceptsThe Shadow Of Death

but I hated Esau. I turned his mountains into a wasteland, and gave his inheritance to the desert jackals.”

I have become a brother to jackals
and a companion of ostriches.
Verse ConceptsBirds, Types Of BirdsOstricheslonliness

Because of this I will lament and wail;
I will walk barefoot and naked.
I will howl like the jackals
and mourn like ostriches.
Verse ConceptsBarefeetNakednessSandalsSorrowBirds, Types Of BirdsNaked In ShameOstrichesTragedy

Because of this I will lament and wail;
I will walk barefoot and naked.
I will howl like the jackals
and mourn like ostriches.
Verse ConceptsBarefeetNakednessSandalsSorrowBirds, Types Of BirdsNaked In ShameOstrichesTragedy

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