Thematic Bible: The duty of remembering
Thematic Bible
Remember » The duty of remembering » In early life
Remember [thoughtfully] also your Creator in the days of your youth [for you are not your own, but His], before the evil days come or the years draw near when you will say [of physical pleasures], “I have no enjoyment and delight in them”;
Remember » The duty of remembering » When away from home
“When I scatter them among the nations,
They will remember Me in far countries,
And with their children they will live and come back [to Me and the land I gave them].
Remember » The duty of remembering » In the battles of life
When I saw their fear, I stood and said to the nobles and officials and the rest of the people: “Do not be afraid of them; [confidently] remember the Lord who is great and awesome, and [with courage from Him] fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and for your homes.”
Remember » The duty of remembering » In the night season
When I remember You on my bed,
I meditate and thoughtfully focus on You in the night watches,
Remember » The duty of remembering » In time of trouble
“When my soul was fainting within me,
I remembered the Lord,
And my prayer came to You,
Into Your holy temple.
Remembrance » The duty of remembering » Remembrancers, the duty of believers to act as
On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed and stationed watchmen (prophets),
Who will never keep silent day or night;
You who profess the Lord, take no rest for yourselves,
For this reason I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, and he will remind you of my way of life in Christ [my conduct and my precepts for godly living], just as I teach everywhere in every church.
If you point out these instructions to the brothers and sisters, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, constantly nourished [through study] on the words of the faith and of the good [Christian] doctrine which you have closely followed.
Therefore, I will always be ready to remind you of these things, even though you already know them and are established in the truth which is held firmly in your grasp.
Beloved, I am now writing you this second letter. In this [as in the first one], I am stirring up your untainted mind to remind you,
Remembrance » The duty of remembering » Phylacteries, or frontlets worn to preserve the law in memory
“You shall make tassels for yourself on the four corners of your outer garment with which you cover yourself.
“Therefore, you shall impress these words of mine on your heart and on your soul, and tie them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as bands (frontals, frontlets) on your forehead.
Remembrance » The duty of remembering » Fringes of remembrance used upon garments
“You shall make tassels for yourself on the four corners of your outer garment with which you cover yourself.
“Speak to the sons of Israel and tell them to make for themselves tassels on the hems of their garments throughout their generations, and put a cord of blue on the tassel of each hem.
Remembrance » The duty of remembering » In early life
Remember [thoughtfully] also your Creator in the days of your youth [for you are not your own, but His], before the evil days come or the years draw near when you will say [of physical pleasures], “I have no enjoyment and delight in them”;
Remembrance » The duty of remembering » When away from home
“When I scatter them among the nations,
They will remember Me in far countries,
And with their children they will live and come back [to Me and the land I gave them].
Remembrance » The duty of remembering » In the battles of life
When I saw their fear, I stood and said to the nobles and officials and the rest of the people: “Do not be afraid of them; [confidently] remember the Lord who is great and awesome, and [with courage from Him] fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and for your homes.”
Remembrance » The duty of remembering » In the night season
When I remember You on my bed,
I meditate and thoughtfully focus on You in the night watches,
Remembrance » The duty of remembering » In time of trouble
“When my soul was fainting within me,
I remembered the Lord,
And my prayer came to You,
Into Your holy temple.