Thematic Bible: Varieties of


Thematic Bible



he shall abstain from wine and strong drink; he shall drink no vinegar, whether made from wine or strong drink, nor shall he drink any grape juice nor eat fresh or dried grapes. Verse ConceptsAbstinenceAlcoholNot Drinking WineStrong DrinkVinegarDrinking No WineAlcoholic BeveragesAlcoholicsbeeralcoholism

And you shall not glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather its fallen grapes; you shall leave them for the poor and for the stranger. I am the Lord your God. Verse ConceptsGrapesOppression, God's Attitude ToPoverty, Remedies ForRightsVineyardStrangersGleaningLoving ForeignersThe Lord Is GodLaws About AgricultureAliens


I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness [an unexpected and refreshing delight];
I saw your fathers (ancestors) as the first ripe fruit on the fig tree in its first season,
But they came to Baal-peor and consecrated themselves to shamefulness [the worship of Baal],
And [because of their spiritual and physical adultery] they became as detestable and loathsome as the thing they loved.
Verse ConceptsFig treeBaal Worship, HistoryGrapesBaal Worship, Nature OfAbominations, Idolatry IsDisgustFirst ActionsFinding PeopleThings Like PeopleLoving EvilPotential Of Fruit

By their fruit you will recognize them [that is, by their contrived doctrine and self-focus]. Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes or figs from thistles? Verse ConceptsBearing Bad FruitThornsFigsThistlesDistinguishingpersonality

“When you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes, as many as you please, but you shall not put any in your basket [to take with you]. Verse ConceptsFraudCovenant breakersBaskets, Uses OfGrapesVineyard

“When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not glean it afterward; it shall be for the stranger, for the orphan, and for the widow. Verse ConceptsGrapesVineyardDoing Things Twice


“In those days they will not say again,
‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes,
And the children’s teeth are set on edge.’
Verse ConceptsPeace, Human Destruction OfDentistrySins Of The FathersFamily SolidarityparentingParenting ResponsibilitiesParents Being WrongFathers Responsibilitiesgrandfathers

“What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel,

The fathers eat sour grapes [they sin],
But the children’s teeth are set on edge’?
Verse ConceptsPeace, Human Destruction OfTeethInfidelity To GodParents SinDentistrySins Of The FathersChildren SufferingOld SayingsFathers Responsibilitiesgrandfathersparenthood

For each tree is known and identified by its own fruit. For figs are not picked from thorn bushes, nor is a cluster of grapes picked from a briar bush. Verse ConceptsThornsWeedsBramblesDistinguishingRecognising Things

On the hem of the robe they made pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet fabric, and fine twisted linen. Verse ConceptsPomegranatesRed MaterialBlue ClothPurple ClothBlue Purple And Scarlet

Why have you made us come up from Egypt, to bring us to this wretched place? It is not a place of grain or of figs or of vines or of pomegranates, and there is no water to drink.” Verse ConceptsFruitFig treeBlamePomegranatesAssembling At The DoorwayBringing Israel Out Of EgyptNo Water For PeopleOthers Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

Then they came to the Valley of Eshcol (cluster of grapes), and from there cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes; and they carried it on a pole between two of them, with some of pomegranates and the figs. Verse ConceptsFruitBranches, Types OfFigsPomegranates

You shall make pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet fabric all around its hem, with gold bells between them; Verse ConceptsBellsPomegranatesRed MaterialBlue ClothPurple ClothGold Items For The TabernaclBlue Purple And Scarlet

Saul was staying in the outskirts of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree in Migron; and with him were about six hundred men, Verse ConceptsFruitPomegranatesSix To Seven HundredSix Hundred And Above

The capitals were on the two pillars and also above and close to the rounded projection which was beside the network. There were two hundred pomegranates in rows around both capitals. Verse ConceptsPomegranatesThe Number Two Hundred

He made chains [like a necklace] in the inner sanctuary and put them on the tops of the pillars; and he made a hundred pomegranates and put them on the chains. Verse ConceptsFruitChainsPomegranatesOne Hundred

In those days I saw some in Judah who were treading wine presses on the Sabbath, and bringing in sheaves or sacks of grain and loading them on donkeys, as well as wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of loads, which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I protested and warned them on the day they sold the produce. Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofFig treeAgriculture, TermsGrapesReformationRest, PhysicalWinepressFigsTreading GrapesSabbath Violated

Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two jugs of wine, five sheep already prepared [for roasting], five measures of roasted grain, a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and loaded them on donkeys. Verse ConceptsFoodFig treeGrainRaisinsSheepWeights And Measures, DryFigsOne HundredThe Number Two HundredDried FruitQuantities Of WineHasty ActionOther Volume Measures

Then Isaiah said, “Bring a cake of figs. And they brought it and placed it on the [painful] inflammation, and he recovered.” Verse ConceptsBodydoctorsBoils Or UlcersMedicineFigsRecoveryAbscess


All the host of heaven will be dissolved,
And the skies will be rolled up like a scroll;
All their hosts [the stars and the planets] will also wither away
As a leaf withers from the vine,
And as a fig withers from the fig tree.
Verse ConceptsdrynessAstronomyHost Of HeavenScrollsSkyStarsVinesFigsThe Universe DestroyedNature DecayingAffecting Sun Moon And StarsLucifer

Then they came to the Valley of Eshcol (cluster of grapes), and from there cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes; and they carried it on a pole between two of them, with some of pomegranates and the figs. Verse ConceptsFruitBranches, Types OfFigsPomegranates


Like apples of gold in settings of silver
Is a word spoken at the right time.
Verse ConceptsFruitGoldA Time To SpeakSensitivityApplesA Word Fitly Spoken


“Sustain me with raisin cakes,
Refresh me with apples,
Because I am sick with love.
Verse ConceptsLove Towards Christ, The Nature Of


The vine dries up
And the fig tree fails;
The pomegranate, the palm also, and the apple tree,
All the trees of the field dry up,
Indeed, joy dries up and withdraws
From the sons of men.
Verse ConceptsPalm TreesFruitFig treedrynessApplesPomegranatesHarming TreesLack Of Rejoicing

The ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, every species of hawk, The owl, the cormorant, the ibis,