Thematic Bible: When good


Thematic Bible




A king's wrath is like a messenger of death, but a wise person appeases it.


The delight of kings is righteous counsel, and they love the one who speaks uprightly.




The divine verdict is in the words of the king, his pronouncements must not act treacherously against justice.


A wise king separates out the wicked; he turns the threshing wheel over them.






The king shows favor to a wise servant, but his wrath falls on one who acts shamefully.


A king sitting on the throne to judge separates out all evil with his eyes.


The king is strong; he loves justice. You ensure that legal decisions will be made fairly; you promote justice and equity in Jacob.







But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him kindness. He granted him favor in the sight of the prison warden.

If the God of my father -- the God of Abraham, the one whom Isaac fears -- had not been with me, you would certainly have sent me away empty-handed! But God saw how I was oppressed and how hard I worked, and he rebuked you last night."

The patriarchs, because they were jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt. But God was with him, and rescued him from all his troubles, and granted him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household.


Abraham said to his servant, the senior one in his household who was in charge of everything he had, "Put your hand under my thigh

You must go instead to my country and to my relatives to find a wife for my son Isaac."

So Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar appointed Joseph overseer of his household and put him in charge of everything he owned.





The one who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever takes care of his master will be honored.

Laban said to him, "Come, you who are blessed by the Lord! Why are you standing out here when I have prepared the house and a place for the camels?"


A servant who acts wisely will rule over an heir who behaves shamefully, and will share the inheritance along with the relatives.

You will oversee my household, and all my people will submit to your commands. Only I, the king, will be greater than you.


But Laban said to him, "If I have found favor in your sight, please stay here, for I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me on account of you."

His master observed that the Lord was with him and that the Lord made everything he was doing successful.


"The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and the land of my relatives, promised me with a solemn oath, 'To your descendants I will give this land.' He will send his angel before you so that you may find a wife for my son from there.

saying "Praised be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not abandoned his faithful love for my master! The Lord has led me to the house of my master's relatives!"


For the one who was called in the Lord as a slave is the Lord's freedman. In the same way, the one who was called as a free person is Christ's slave.




So Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar appointed Joseph overseer of his household and put him in charge of everything he owned. From the time Potiphar appointed him over his household and over all that he owned, the Lord blessed the Egyptian's household for Joseph's sake. The blessing of the Lord was on everything that he had, both in his house and in his fields.


no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, as a dear brother. He is especially so to me, and even more so to you now, both humanly speaking and in the Lord.




(Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel; thus it was named Oak of Weeping.)




His master observed that the Lord was with him and that the Lord made everything he was doing successful.


not pilfering, but showing all good faith, in order to bring credit to the teaching of God our Savior in everything.


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