Thematic Bible: The Heart


Thematic Bible



W Hurry to me, my love,
and be like a gazelle
or a young stag
on the mountains of spices.
Verse ConceptsYoung LoversDeer Etc.Deer

My love is like a gazelle
or a young stag.
Look, he is standing behind our wall,
gazing through the windows,
peering through the lattice.
Verse ConceptsYoung LoversDeer Etc.Deer

the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer,
the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope,
and the mountain sheep.
Verse ConceptsDeersAnimals, Types OfDeer Etc.Deer

“But whenever you want, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, according to the blessing the Lord your God has given you. Those who are clean or unclean may eat it, as they would a gazelle or deer, Verse ConceptsKilling Domesticated AnimalsClean And UncleanDeer Etc.Animals Having A SoulDeerEating Meat

Yahweh my Lord is my strength;
He makes my feet like those of a deer
and enables me to walk on mountain heights!


For the choir director: on stringed instruments. Verse ConceptsFeetDeersHigh PlacesMusicOccupationsRich, TheAnimals, Types OfStringsFeet SecureGod Our StrengthDeer Etc.ancient ChoirsDeerphotographyinstruments

He makes my feet like the feet of a deer
and sets me securely on the heights.
Verse ConceptsFeetHigh PlacesTypes Of FeetFeet SecureCare Of FeetDeer Etc.DeerLeadership Qualitiesjumping

Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you
by the gazelles and the wild does of the field:
do not stir up or awaken love
until the appropriate time.
Verse ConceptsAdjurationDeer Etc.DeerBeing In Love

ו VavAll her splendor has vanished
from Daughter Zion.
Her leaders are like stags
that find no pasture;
they walk away exhausted
before the hunter.
Verse ConceptsWeakness, PhysicalIsrael FleeingNo FoodNo Strength To CopeDeer Etc.Losing HonourDeer

ו VavAll her splendor has vanished
from Daughter Zion.
Her leaders are like stags
that find no pasture;
they walk away exhausted
before the hunter.
Verse ConceptsWeakness, PhysicalIsrael FleeingNo FoodNo Strength To CopeDeer Etc.Losing HonourDeer

Even the doe in the field
gives birth and abandons her fawn
since there is no grass.
Verse ConceptsDeersGrassYoung AnimalAnimals ForsakingDeer Etc.Deer

A loving doe, a graceful fawn—
let her breasts always satisfy you;
be lost in her love forever.
Verse ConceptsDeersBreasts, Being AttractiveSex Within MarriageHusbands Duty To WivesDeer Etc.Loving Your WifeStaying PositiveDeerbreaststeenager

Naphtali is a doe set free
that bears beautiful fawns.
Verse ConceptsBeauty, In NatureYoung AnimalBeauty Of ThingsDeer Etc.Deer

As a deer longs for streams of water, so I long for You, God. I thirst for God, the living God. When can I come and appear before God?

Then the lame will leap like a deer,
and the tongue of the mute will sing for joy,
for water will gush in the wilderness,
and streams in the desert;
Verse ConceptsLeapingCripplesLamenessTonguePeople JumpingRunning Water From GodDumbnessRenewedDumbDeserts Used FigurativelyDeer Etc.Deerjumping

The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth
and strips the woodlands bare.


In His temple all cry, “Glory!” Verse ConceptsForestsThings StrippedDeer

Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the deer in labor? Can you count the months they are pregnant so you can know the time they give birth?

They crouch down to give birth to their young;
they deliver their newborn.
Verse ConceptsCrouching

Their offspring are healthy and grow up in the open field.
They leave and do not return.
Verse ConceptsGrowing Up

If I say, “I won’t mention Him
or speak any longer in His name,”
His message becomes a fire burning in my heart,
shut up in my bones.
I become tired of holding it in,
and I cannot prevail.
Verse ConceptsForgetting Godevangelism, motivation forRenewed HeartInward FireFervourZealousness, Examples OfShutting SecurelyFire Of God's WordForgetting PeopleProphecy MuzzledTired In ActivityUnbearable Thingsadvertising

They observed the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days with joy, because the Lord had made them joyful, having changed the Assyrian king’s attitude toward them, so that he supported them in the work on the house of the God of Israel. Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfJoy, Of IsraelWeeksSeven DaysGod EncouragingRejoicing In God's Works

Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, and brave men whose hearts God had touched went with him. Verse ConceptsHuman WillHeart, Human


Praise Yahweh the God of our fathers, who has put it into the king’s mind to glorify the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, Verse ConceptsHuman WillHeart, HumanBless The Lord!

for 40 years.
Therefore I was provoked with that generation
and said, “They always go astray in their hearts,
and they have not known My ways.”
Verse ConceptsKnowing God's WaysWay, TheHeart, Of Unregenerate PeoplePeople Going Astray





As for You, Lord, You know me; You see me.
You test whether my heart is with You.
Drag the wicked away like sheep to slaughter
and set them apart for the day of killing.
Verse ConceptsSheepHeart, Known To GodBeing Killed Like An AnimalGod Testing PeopleKilled Like An Animal

I know, my God, that You test the heart and that You are pleased with what is right. I have willingly given all these things with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You. Verse ConceptsGod, Joy OfHonestyPleasing GodProving, Through TestingVirtueGod, All knowingSearching The HeartGod Testing PeopleVolunteeringTestsexamsmotives


His heart is assured; he will not fear.
In the end he will look in triumph on his foes.
Verse ConceptsVictory, As An Act Of GodFearlessnessFreed From Fearfearless




Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our ancestors, keep this desire forever in the thoughts of the hearts of Your people, and confirm their hearts toward You. Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersHeart, And Holy SpiritHeart, HumanLoyaltyHuman Desiresimagination



You know when I sit down and when I stand up;
You understand my thoughts from far away.
Verse ConceptsGod, Wisdom OfImagination, Inward DesiresMan's ThoughtsGod Far AwayRisingThoughts



If you say, “But we didn’t know about this,”
won’t He who weighs hearts consider it?
Won’t He who protects your life know?
Won’t He repay a person according to his work?
Verse ConceptsDeceitful HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedRetributionGod, All knowingRepaid For DeedsJudgment According To Worksmotives

Lord of Hosts, testing the righteous
and seeing the heart and mind,
let me see Your vengeance on them,
for I have presented my case to You.
Verse ConceptsCommitment, to GodVisionHow Jesus Knows The HeartGod, All knowingGod Testing PeopleGod And The HeartGod Knowing the Human HeartRevengeTests





listening closely to wisdom
and directing your heart to understanding;
Verse ConceptsWisdom, Human ImportanceAcquiring Wisdomdiscrimination

[And Philip said, “If you believe with all your heart you may.” And he replied, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”] Verse ConceptsFaith, As Basis Of SalvationWitnessing, Importance OfEarnestnessConfessing ChristSaving FaithThose Who Believed In Christ


Do not harden your hearts as at Meribah,
as on that day at Massah in the wilderness
Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillTestingInsensitivityAvoiding Obstinacy

again, He specifies a certain day—today—speaking through David after such a long time, as previously stated:

Today, if you hear His voice,
do not harden your hearts.
Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillOpportunities, And SalvationRepentance, Importance OfSeasons, Of LifeStubbornnessStiffnecked PeopleHearing God's VoiceAvoiding ObstinacyNowToday


“The Lord your God is commanding you this day to follow these statutes and ordinances. You must be careful to follow them with all your heart and all your soul. Verse Conceptsethics, personalethics, and graceHeart, And Holy SpiritWhole HeartednessFulfilling The LawKeep The Commandments!

“If you carefully obey my commands I am giving you today, to love the Lord your God and worship Him with all your heart and all your soul, Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, To GodHeart, And Holy SpiritWhole HeartednessObedience To GodThe Need To Love God

Be careful that you are not enticed to turn aside, worship, and bow down to other gods. Verse ConceptsReceptivenessWarningEnticementDeceiving OneselfTaking HeedDifferent GodsEncouraged To Serve Foreign gods

and you and your children return to the Lord your God and obey Him with all your heart and all your soul by doing everything I am giving you today, Verse ConceptsChildren, attitudes towardsChildren, Duties OfEarnestnessReturning To GodWhole HeartednessBlessings Of ObedienceObeying God

“If there is a poor person among you, one of your brothers within any of your gates in the land the Lord your God is giving you, you must not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward your poor brother. Verse ConceptsAlms, Good DeedsHardness Of HeartOppression, Nature OfSympathyUnkindnessGiving, Advice OnDo Not Be StingyPeople Without MercyHelping The PoorHelping Those In Need

Listen, my son, and be wise;
keep your mind on the right course.
Verse ConceptsWisdom, Human Importance




Don’t work only while being watched, in order to please men, but as slaves of Christ, do God’s will from your heart. Verse ConceptsEyes, Figurative UseMen PleasersPleasing GodServants, BadPleasing MenPopularity SoughtSubmission To God's WillDoing God's WillWork As To ChristService








Samuel told them, “If you are returning to the Lord with all your heart, get rid of the foreign gods and the Ashtoreths that are among you, dedicate yourselves to the Lord, and worship only Him. Then He will rescue you from the hand of the Philistines.” Verse ConceptsConversion, nature ofCommitment, to Goddouble mindednessReformationSyncretismDivided HeartsUnquestioning ServiceReturning To GodWhole HeartednessIndividuals Saving OthersPutting Away Other GodsServing Asherah


Let your heart be completely devoted to the Lord our God to walk in His statutes and to keep His commands, as it is today.” Verse ConceptsCommitmentCommitment, to GodCommands, in OTLoyaltyRenewed HeartKeep The Commandments!DedicationBeing Devoted to God

whatever prayer or petition
anyone from Your people Israel might have—
each man knowing his own afflictions
and spreading out his hands toward this temple
Verse ConceptsSelf Knowledgesupplication



and so that the Lord will carry out His promise that He made to me: ‘If your sons are careful to walk faithfully before Me with their whole mind and heart, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’ Verse ConceptsHeart, And Holy SpiritWalking In The TruthThroneWatchfulness, Of BelieversWhole HeartednessSaul And David





A woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God, was listening. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was spoken by Paul. Verse ConceptsHearingListeningColors, PurpleReceptivenessResponseProselytesThe Act Of OpeningOpening To OthersPurple ClothMissionariesevangelising






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