Thematic Bible: The Heathen


Thematic Bible



And I will scatter you among the Gentiles and will draw out a sword after you, and your land shall be desolate and your cities waste. Verse ConceptsWar As God's JudgmentScattering The PeoplesGod Scattering Israel

Therefore, O king, approve my counsel and redeem thy sins with righteousness and thine iniquities with mercies unto the poor: behold the medicine for thy sin. Verse ConceptsGood Human Adviceevil, believers' responses toKindnessWise CouncelRenunciationRepentance, Nature OfAction For A Long TimePeople Showing MercyMan's Counsel

I have heard the news, that from the LORD a messenger had been sent unto the Gentiles, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle. Verse Conceptsenvoy

Gimel Judah is gone into captivity because of the affliction and because of the greatness of the servitude; she dwells among the Gentiles; she finds no rest; all her persecutors overtook her between the straits. Verse ConceptsPursuing PeopleWorryExile Of Judah To BabylonOvertaking

Therefore I will bring the worst of all the Gentiles, and they shall possess their houses; I will also cause the arrogance of the strong to cease; and their sanctuaries shall be defiled. Verse ConceptsRejection Of God, Results OfSanctuaryCessationLimitations Of StrengthGod Opposes The ProudHouses Under AttackPeople Possessing Other ThingsPolluting Holy PlacesThings Stopping

behold, therefore I will stretch out my hand upon thee and will deliver thee unto the Gentiles as a spoil, and I will cut thee off from among the peoples, and I will destroy thee from among the countries; I will pluck thee out; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD. Verse ConceptsStrength Of God

Behold among the Gentiles and regard and wonder marvelously, for a work shall be done in your days which ye will not believe, though it be told you. For, behold, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which march through the breadth of the earth to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs. She is terrible and dreadful: from her herself shall go forth their rights and their grandeur. read more.
Their horses shall be swifter than tigers and are sharper than the evening wolves, and their horsemen shall multiply themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as eagles that hasten to eat. All of her shall come for the prey, before their faces an east wind, and they shall gather the captives as the sand.



And it shall come to pass in the last of the days or times, that the mountain of the LORD's house shall be confirmed as the head of the mountains and shall be exalted above the hills; and all the Gentiles shall flow unto it. And many peoples shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths; for out of Zion shall go forth the law and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. And he shall judge among the Gentiles and shall rebuke many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruninghooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.


Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. And the Gentiles shall walk to thy light, and the kings to the brightness of thy birth. read more.
Lift up thine eyes round about and see: they all gather themselves together; they come to thee; thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side. Then thou shall see, and thou shall shine, and thine heart shall marvel, and be enlarged because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the strength of the Gentiles shall have come unto thee. The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all those from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall show forth the praises of the LORD. All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, rams of Nebaioth shall be served unto thee: they shall be offered up with grace upon my altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory. Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?

And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury in the Gentiles who have not heard. Verse ConceptsGod Executes VengeanceGod Will Be AngryRevengewrath

How thou didst drive out the Gentiles with thy hand and plant them in their place; how thou didst afflict the peoples and cast them out. Verse Conceptsdriving outHeathenGod TroublingThe Lord Drove Them OutGod's People Planted

Assemble yourselves and come, all ye Gentiles, and gather yourselves together round about; there cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD. Let the Gentiles be wakened and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat for there I will sit to judge all the Gentiles round about. Put in the sickle for the harvest is ripe; come, go down for the press is full, the vats overflow; for their wickedness is great.


And if the family of Egypt does not go up and does not come, there shall be no rain upon them; instead there shall be the plague, with which the LORD will smite the Gentiles that do not come up to celebrate the feast of the tabernacles. Verse ConceptsLack Of Rain



but now is made manifest, and by the writings of the prophets, by the commandment of God eternal, declared unto all the Gentiles, that they might hear and obey by faith, Verse ConceptsFaith, Nature Ofeternity, nature ofGod, Unity OfKnowing God, Effects OfSecret ThingsObeying The GospelThe Gospel To The NationsWritten In The Prophets

to reveal his Son in me that I might preach him among the Gentiles, immediately I did not confer with flesh and blood, Verse ConceptsAffirmative ActionMan's Teaching

And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord, and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed. Verse ConceptsGentiles, In NtHappinessHonouring GodPredestined PeopleThe Call Of GodPredestination, Of PersonsReligious AwakeningsThe Gentiles ConversionThose Who Believed In ChristElect

and they wrote letters by them after this manner: The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia; Verse ConceptsBelieversGreetingsThe Apostles In Action

And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. Verse ConceptsAcceptance, Of The GospelThe Gentiles ConversionForeigners Saved By FaithThe Apostles In Action

And they, being accompanied by some from the congregation , passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles, and they caused great joy unto all the brethren. Verse ConceptsConversion, examples ofChristiansTravelThe Soul Winners JoyPeople ConvertedPeople Sending People

And the sons of Israel who had returned out of captivity and all those who had separated themselves unto them from the uncleanness of the Gentiles of the land, to seek the LORD God of Israel, ate Verse ConceptsExclusivenessSeparationHeathenNations DescribedProselytesSeparation From Evil PeopleThose who returned from exileAdoption Should Lead To Holiness


For it is a shame even to speak of those things which they do in secret. Verse ConceptsNations DescribedSecret SinsActing In SecretCurbing SpeechShame Of Bad Conductspeakingdisobedience

For the day of the LORD is near upon all the Gentiles: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee; thy reward shall return upon thine own head. Verse ConceptsImminenceGod Makes Evil ReboundGod Saves From Sin And DeathNear The Time Generally

Pour out thy fury upon the Gentiles that do not know thee and upon the nations that do not call on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob and devoured him and consumed him and have destroyed his habitation. Verse ConceptsFamilies, Nature OfCalling upon GodDestruction Of CountriesNot Knowing GodGod Angry With The NationsNot PrayingNot Seeking God

to execute vengeance upon the Gentiles and punishments upon the peoples, Verse ConceptsMan AvengingPunishmentsRevenge

and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man and of birds and of fourfooted beasts and of serpents. Verse ConceptsIncorruptibleImmortality, In NtNations DescribedBirds, Features OfNature DecayingNo DecayPeople Are CorruptibleIdolatryExchanging Good For BadNature Of IdolatryBirdscatsimage


The idols of the Gentiles are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. Verse ConceptsGoldHeathenIdolatry



in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by those of my nation, in perils of the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; Verse ConceptsDanger, PhysicalAdventureStealingTravelNations DescribedCities Under AttackFalse PeopleAntagonism From Jew And GentileIn The Heart Of The SeaFake Friendsrisk

Why do the Gentiles rage, and the peoples imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against his anointed, saying,

And when I was present with you and had need, I was not a burden to any of you, for that which was lacking to me was supplied by the brethren which came from Macedonia; and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself. Verse ConceptsCoveting, prohibition ofFellowship, In Christian ServiceLackMissionary WorkPeople ProvidingShortages

who have borne witness of thy charity before the congregation , whom if thou wilt help them as is convenient according to God, thou shalt do well; because for his name's sake, they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.

Declare his glory among the Gentiles; his marvellous works among all peoples. Verse ConceptsAmazement, Of God's ActionsGlory Of God


and said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in the heavens and dost thou not rule in all the kingdoms of the Gentiles? Is there not power and might in thy hand so that no one is able to withstand thee? Verse ConceptsChallengesGod, Majesty OfGod, Sovereignty OfGovernmentKingsKingdomsAuthority, Belonging To GodDads

God reigns over the Gentiles; God sits upon the throne of his holiness. Verse ConceptsGod, Holiness OfKingsKingship, DivineSittingThroneGod Reigning ForeverHoliness

But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel and even made his son pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the Gentiles, whom the LORD cast out from before the sons of Israel. Verse ConceptsChild sacrificeSacrifice, In OtSanctity Of LifePagan PracticesInfanticideThe Lord Drove Them Out

And ye shall know that I am the LORD; for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither have ye acted according to my judgments, but according to the judgments of the Gentiles that are round about you. Verse ConceptsConformityImitating Wicked PeopleWhat Foreigners DoYou Will Know I Am The LordThey Do Not Keep Commands

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions as the worldly do, for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Verse ConceptsPagansPrayerfulnessHeathenMan's Conduct Towards GodChantingLack Of MeaningWhat Foreigners DoSaying RepeatedlyExamples of secret prayerRewards Of RitualPraying

Thus hath the LORD said, Do not learn the way of the Gentiles, and do not fear the signs of heaven, even though the Gentiles fear them. Verse ConceptsAstrologySkySuperstitionHeathenOccultismFear, Of UnknownDivinationFruitless LearningSigns In The SkyEclipsecultureatheismalignment

Be it known, therefore, unto you that this saving health of God is sent unto the Gentiles and that they will hear it. Verse ConceptsGentiles, In NtListeningOutsidersThe Gentiles ConversionPreaching Gospel To ForeignersThe Gospel Of SalvationGentilesAcceptanceBeing Saved

but that the Gentiles glorify God by mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess thee among the Gentiles and sing unto thy name. And again he says, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people. And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and magnify him, all the peoples. read more.
And again, Isaiah says, There shall be a root of Jesse and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him the Gentiles shall wait for salvation.


So the Gentiles shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory Verse ConceptsReverence, And God's NatureThe Nations Before God


Have respect unto the covenant; for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence. Verse ConceptsViolence In The EarthViolenceNations DescribedDarkness Of EvilGod Keeps Covenant

When they heard these things, they were silent and glorified God, saying, Then God has also granted repentance unto life to the Gentiles. Verse Conceptseternal life, gift ofNationalismRepentance, Importance OfGifts From God, SpiritualRepentanceForeigners Saved By FaithGod Gives RepentanceSpecific Praising Of GodElectPromise Of HeavenUniversalism

O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he has done marvellous things; his right hand has gotten him the victory, even the arm of his holiness. The LORD has made known his saving health; he has openly showed his righteousness in the sight of the Gentiles. He has remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the saving health of our God.


but in every nation he that fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him. Verse ConceptsReverence, And BlessingWelcoming Other PeopleThe Nations Before GodAcceptanceRacewelcome

And he gave him dominion and glory and kingdom; and all the peoples, nations, and tongues served him: his dominion is an eternal dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom such that it shall never be corrupted. Verse ConceptsGentiles, In OtendGod, The EternalKingdom Of God, Coming OfHeaven, Worshiping GodSecond Coming Of Christ, The PurposeChrist's DominionPassing AwayThe Gentiles ConversionChrist Reigning ForeverPermanenceAll LanguagesGod Is UnchangingGod Saves From Sin And DeathGod's Kingdom Being Eternaldominion

Ask of me, and I shall give thee the Gentiles for thine inheritance and unto the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Verse ConceptsGod Saves From Sin And DeathInheritancePropertyThe End Of The WorldThe Earthprovidingwill

While Peter yet spoke these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the word. Verse ConceptsBaptism Of The Holy SpiritGiftsPreaching, Importance OfSpiritual UnderstandingWhile Still Speakingghosts


But I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God; and I would not that ye should be participants of demons. Verse ConceptsAstrologyFalse ReligionPagansNations DescribedSacrificesDemonsSacrificeHalloweenpartnershipstatuesDemonic Influence

Both thy menslaves and thy maidslaves, which thou shalt have, shall be of the Gentiles that are round about you; of them shall ye buy slaves. Verse ConceptsMaking SlavesDealing With The Nationsslavery



because that which is known of God is manifest to them; for God has showed it unto them. For the invisible things of him, his eternal power and divinity, are clearly understood by the creation of the world and by the things that are made so that there is no excuse;

for when the Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature that which is of the law, these, not having the law, are a law unto themselves; which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, accusing and also excusing their reasonings one with another)

For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law, and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law (for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified; for when the Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature that which is of the law, these, not having the law, are a law unto themselves; read more.
which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, accusing and also excusing their reasonings one with another) in the day when God shall judge that which men have covered up, according to my gospel by Jesus, the Christ.



But were mingled among the Gentiles and learned their works. Verse ConceptsLearningOutsidersMixing PeopleDealing With The Nationsculturepractice

How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? Verse ConceptsNot Believing The GospelDoubting GodUnhearingpreachingCall To Action

That thy way may be known upon the earth, thy saving health among all the Gentiles. Let the peoples praise thee, O God; let all the peoples praise thee. O let the Gentiles be glad and sing for joy, for thou shalt judge the people righteously and shepherd the Gentiles upon the earth. Selah. read more.
Let the peoples praise thee, O God; let all the peoples praise thee.

Why should the Gentiles say, Where is their God? let him be known among the Gentiles in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy slaves which is shed. Verse ConceptsAvenger of bloodRetributionHeathenNations DescribedSheddingGod Not ExistingResponsibility For Blood ShedWhere Is God?

The LORD brings the counsel of the Gentiles to nought; he makes the devices of the peoples of no effect. Verse ConceptsAdvice, From GodPlansEvil DevicesPlans Of MenNothingGod Hindering


Thus hath the Lord GOD said: Because the enemy hath said regarding you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession; therefore prophesy and say, Thus hath the Lord GOD said: Because they have made you desolate and swallowed you up on every side that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the Gentiles, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers and are an infamy of the people;