Thematic Bible: Worship


Thematic Bible



Then I gave orders for a time of going without food, there by the river Ahava, so that we might make ourselves low before our God in prayer, requesting from him a straight way for us and for our little ones and for all our substance. Verse ConceptsFasting, Reasons ForFasting, Practice OfAttitudes Of HumilityJourneyRepentance, Examples OfRivers And StreamsTeachablenessCanalsHumbling OneselfFastingFasting And Prayer

Reading to all the meeting of Israel, with the women and the children and the men from other lands who were living among them, every word of the orders which Moses had given. Verse ConceptsForeignersChildren, needs ofTeaching ChildrenTraining Children

And all Judah were waiting before the Lord, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.

And on that day they made great offerings and were glad; for God had made them glad with great joy; and the women and the children were glad with them: so that the joy of Jerusalem came to the ears of those who were far off. Verse ConceptsGod, Joy OfGod, Greatness OfJoy, And Human ExperienceExcitementGood Things From Far AwayRejoicing In God's Works

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the works of power which he did, and the children crying out in the Temple, Glory to the son of David, they were angry and said to him, Verse ConceptsChief priestsdiligenceResentment, Against GodScribesShoutingChildren And The KingdomAngry With ChristOpposition To Christ From ScribesSave Us!

As well as to all the males, of three years old and over, listed by their families, who went into the house of the Lord to do what was needed day by day, for their special work with their divisions. Verse ConceptsGenealogies

And Ezra the priest put the law before the meeting of the people, before the men and women and all those who were able to take it in, on the first day of the seventh month. He was reading it in the wide place in front of the water-doorway, from early morning till the middle of the day, in the hearing of all those men and women whose minds were able to take it in; and the ears of all the people were open to the book of the law.

And after three days they came across him in the Temple, seated among the wise men, giving ear to their words and putting questions to them. Verse ConceptsLearning MethodsAskingJudaismListeningSittingSitting At The FeetChrist EnquiringFinding PeopleChrist In The Temple

And the rest of the people, who were not put to death by these evils, were not turned from the works of their hands, but went on giving worship to evil spirits, and images of gold and silver and brass and stone and wood which have no power of seeing or hearing or walking: Verse ConceptsDeafnessFalse ReligionDemons, Evil Work Ofdemons, Kinds ofGoldStonesWoodIdolatry Consists OfAtheism, Description OfBrassImpotence Of IdolsIdols Not SeeingIdol WorshipIdolatryUnhearingWorshipping The DevilWood And StoneBronze For IdolsRepentance

And he himself made priests for the high places, and for the images of he-goats and oxen which he had made. Verse ConceptsCalvesShrinesGolden CalvesThirty

And let them make no more offerings to evil spirits, after which they have gone, turning away from the Lord. Let this be a law to them for ever, through all their generations. Verse ConceptsApostasy in OTFalse ReligionThey Committed ImmoralityOccultism Being Forbidden

They made offerings to evil spirits which were not God, to gods who were strange to them, which had newly come up, not feared by your fathers. Verse ConceptsFalse Religiondemons, Kinds ofPagan PracticesUnusedWhat Is Not GodDemonsDemonic Influence

They even made offerings of their sons and their daughters to evil spirits, Verse Conceptsdemons, Kinds ofPagan PracticesDemonsSacrifice

What I say is that the things offered by the Gentiles are offered to evil spirits and not to God; and it is not my desire for you to have any part with evil spirits. Verse ConceptsAstrologyFalse ReligionPagansNations DescribedSacrificesDemonsSacrificeHalloweenpartnershipstatuesDemonic Influence

And they gave worship to the dragon, because he gave authority to the beast; and worshipping the beast, they said, Who is like the beast? and who is able to go to war with him? Verse ConceptsArmageddonFalse ReligionUnique CreaturesWorshipping The DevilReady For War

For this reason God has put him in the highest place and has given to him the name which is greater than every name; So that at the name of Jesus every knee may be bent, of those in heaven and those on earth and those in the underworld, And that every tongue may give witness that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Let your hearts be turned to me, so that you may have salvation, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is no other. By myself have I taken an oath, a true word has gone from my mouth, and will not be changed, that to me every knee will be bent, and every tongue will give honour.

For it is said in the holy Writings, By my life, says the Lord, to me every knee will be bent, and every tongue will give worship to God. Verse ConceptsFeetKneelingPraiseTonguePraise To God Is Fittingconfessing

The Lord who takes up Israel's cause, even his Holy One, says to him whom men make sport of, who is hated by the nations, a servant of rulers: Kings will see and get up from their places, and chiefs will give worship: because of the Lord who keeps faith; even the Holy One of Israel who has taken you for himself. Verse ConceptsRedemption, In OtProphecies Concerning ChristBowing Before MessiahMessianic Prophecies

See, I will make those of the Synagogue of Satan who say they are Jews, and are not, but say what is false; I will make them come and give worship before your feet, and see my love for you. Verse ConceptsFeetSatan, As DeceiverSatanticKnowing About God's KingdomSatanJews

What man is there who will not have fear before you, O Lord, and give glory to your name? because you only are holy; for all the nations will come and give worship before you; for your righteousness has been made clear. Verse ConceptsGod, Holiness OfGlorifying GodMinistry, Nature OfReverence, And God's NatureUnity, God's Goal OfWorship, Reasons ForMan's Conduct Towards GodAweThe Gentiles ConversionGod Doing RightDoing RightGod's Deed RevealedThe Gospel To The NationsWorshipping GodFear God!

And it will be, that from new moon to new moon, and from Sabbath to Sabbath, all flesh will come to give worship before me, says the Lord. Verse ConceptsBowingMonthMoonThe New CreationBowing Before Goda new beginningWorshiping GodWorshiping TogetherA New DayThe Moonhumanitycelebrating

And it will come about that everyone who is still living, of all those nations who came against Jerusalem, will go up from year to year to give worship to the King, the Lord of armies, and to keep the feast of tents. Verse ConceptsFeastingMission, Of IsraelParticipation, In ChristUnity, God's Goal OfZion, As A SymbolCelebrationsSurvivors Of The NationsEvery YearCelebrationjerusalemcelebrating

All the ends of the earth will keep it in mind and be turned to the Lord: all the families of the nations will give him worship. For the kingdom is the Lord's; he is the ruler among the nations.

And he took me into the inner square of the Lord's house, and at the door of the Temple of the Lord, between the covered way and the altar, there were about twenty-five men with their backs turned to the Temple of the Lord and their faces turned to the east; and they were worshipping the sun, turning to the east. Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionBowingThe SunPollutionsAnimismTurning One's BackFacing EastBowing To False GodsTwenty SomeWorship Of The SunCourts Of The TempleSunWorshiping GodSunshinefootballapostasyislam

And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, which they have made unclean, will be like the place of Topheth, even all the houses on whose roofs perfumes have been burned to all the army of heaven, and drink offerings drained out to other gods. Verse ConceptsFalse Religiondrink offeringHost Of HeavenRoofAltars, PaganRooftopDifferent Gods

He put up again the high places which had been pulled down by Hezekiah his father; he made altars for Baal, and an Asherah, as Ahab, king of Israel, had done; he was a worshipper and servant of all the stars of heaven. Verse ConceptsFalse GodsFalse ReligionBowingAltars, PaganBuilding AltarsList Of Kings Of IsraelServing Asherah

And turning their backs on all the orders which the Lord had given them, they made for themselves images of metal, and the image of Asherah, worshipping all the stars of heaven and becoming servants to Baal. Verse ConceptsPagan GodsAstrologyBowingCalvesHost Of HeavenSculptureStarsGolden CalvesForsaking God's ThingsTwo AnimalsServing Asherah

And they will put them out before the sun and the moon and all the stars of heaven, whose lovers and servants they have been, after whom they have gone, to whom they have made prayers, and to whom they have given worship: they will not be put together or placed in the earth; they will be waste on the face of the earth. Verse ConceptsFalse ReligiondirtAstrologyMoonStarsDefecationBonesNo BurialsIdolatrous Worship Of The MoonGod Judging Star WorshippersThe Moon

And when your eyes are lifted up to heaven, and you see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the army of heaven, do not let yourselves be moved to give them worship, or become the servants of what the Lord has given equally to all peoples under heaven. Verse ConceptsAstrologyPlanetsMoonSkyStarsThe SunIdolatry Consists OfDo Not Have Other godsIdolatrous Worship Of The MoonWorship Of The SunSunWorshiping TogetherSunshineThe Moonadoration

But we will certainly do every word which has gone out of our mouths, burning perfumes to the queen of heaven and draining out drink offerings to her as we did, we and our fathers and our kings and our rulers, in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then we had food enough and did well and saw no evil. Verse ConceptsRoadsSelf Delusion

By becoming a servant of other gods and worshipping them or the sun or the moon or all the stars of heaven, against my orders; Verse ConceptsMoonStarsThe SunIdolatry Consists OfDifferent GodsIdolatrous Worship Of The MoonSunWorshiping GodThe Moon

And the worshippers of the army of heaven on the house-tops, and the Lord's worshippers who take oaths by Milcom, Verse ConceptsAstrologyFalse GodsRoofAltars, PaganHousetopsAnimismRooftopBowing Before GodBowing To False GodsSwearing By

If, when I saw the sun shining, and the moon moving on its bright way, Verse ConceptsMoonShiningIdolatrous Worship Of The MoonMoving OnSunThe MoonMoving To A New Place

And I went on my face before his feet to give him worship. And he said to me, See you do it not: I am a brother-servant with you and with your brothers who keep the witness of Jesus: give worship to God: for the witness of Jesus is the spirit of the prophet's word. Verse ConceptsBabylonChristiansNames And Titles For The Holy SpiritBrotherhoodTestimoniesBowing To False GodsAngelsAngels Looking After PeopleProphesying In The ChurchSubsequent Witness To ChristWorship God!ProphecyGay Marriagetestimonygabriel

And I, John, am he who saw these things and to whose ears they came. And when I had seen and given ear, I went down on my face to give worship at the feet of the angel who made these things clear to me. And he said to me, See you do it not; I am a brother-servant with you and with your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book: give worship to God.

I am the Lord your God who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house. You are to have no other gods but me. You are not to make an image or picture of anything in heaven or on the earth or in the waters under the earth: read more.
You may not go down on your faces before them or give them worship: for I, the Lord your God, am a God who will not give his honour to another; and I will send punishment on the children for the wrongdoing of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation of my haters;

I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house. You are to have no other gods but me. You may not make for yourselves an image in the form of anything in heaven or on earth or in the waters under the earth: read more.
You may not go down on your faces before them or give them worship: for I, the Lord your God, am a God who will not give his honour to another; and I will send punishment on the children for the wrongdoing of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation of my haters;

And the Lord made an agreement with them and gave them orders, saying, You are to have no other gods; you are not to give worship to them or be their servants or make them offerings: But the Lord, who took you out of the land of Egypt with his great power and his outstretched arm, he is your God, to whom you are to give worship and make offerings: And the rules and the orders and the law which he put in writing for you, you are to keep and do for ever; you are to have no other gods. read more.
And you are to keep in memory the agreement which I have made with you; and you are to have no other gods.


There is to be no strange god among you; you are not to give worship to any other god. Verse ConceptsMonotheismIdolatry Consists OfDo Not Have Other godsWorshiping GodWorshiping Together

But I am the Lord your God, from the land of Egypt; you have knowledge of no other God and there is no saviour but me. Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorGod, As RedeemerFreedom, Acts Of In OtNo Other Is GodNo Other Acts Like GodI Will Be Their God

And the Lord has sent to you all his servants the prophets, getting up early and sending them; but you have not given attention and your ear has not been open to give hearing; Saying, Come back now, everyone from his evil way and from the evil of your doings, and keep your place in the land which the Lord has given to you and to your fathers, from times long past even for ever: Do not go after other gods to be their servants and to give them worship, and do not make me angry with the work of your hands, causing evil to yourselves.

And when Peter came in, Cornelius came to him and, falling down at his feet, gave him worship. But Peter, lifting him up, said, Get up, for I am a man as you are.

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And at Lystra there was a certain man, who from birth had been without the use of his feet, never having had the power of walking. This man was giving ear to the preaching of Paul, who, looking at him, and seeing that he had faith to be made well, Said in a loud voice, Get up on your feet. And, jumping up, he went walking about. read more.
And when the people saw what Paul had done, they said in a loud voice, in the language of Lycaonia, The gods have come down to us in the form of men. And they gave the name of Jupiter to Barnabas, and to Paul that of Mercury, because he was the chief talker. And the priest of the image of Jupiter, which was before the town, took oxen and flowers to the doors of the town, and was about to make an offering with the people. But when this came to the ears of the Apostles, Paul and Barnabas, they went running out among the people, parting their clothing, and crying out, Good people, why are you doing these things? We are men with the same feelings as you, and we give you the good news so that you may be turned away from these foolish things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things in them: Who in the past let all nations go in the ways which seemed good to them. But he was not without witness, because he did good, and gave you rain from heaven and times of fruit, making your hearts full of food and joy. And even with these words, it was hard for them to keep the people from making an offering to them.

For this reason God has put him in the highest place and has given to him the name which is greater than every name; So that at the name of Jesus every knee may be bent, of those in heaven and those on earth and those in the underworld, And that every tongue may give witness that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Let your hearts be turned to me, so that you may have salvation, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is no other. By myself have I taken an oath, a true word has gone from my mouth, and will not be changed, that to me every knee will be bent, and every tongue will give honour.

For it is said in the holy Writings, By my life, says the Lord, to me every knee will be bent, and every tongue will give worship to God. Verse ConceptsFeetKneelingPraiseTonguePraise To God Is Fittingconfessing

The Lord who takes up Israel's cause, even his Holy One, says to him whom men make sport of, who is hated by the nations, a servant of rulers: Kings will see and get up from their places, and chiefs will give worship: because of the Lord who keeps faith; even the Holy One of Israel who has taken you for himself. Verse ConceptsRedemption, In OtProphecies Concerning ChristBowing Before MessiahMessianic Prophecies

See, I will make those of the Synagogue of Satan who say they are Jews, and are not, but say what is false; I will make them come and give worship before your feet, and see my love for you. Verse ConceptsFeetSatan, As DeceiverSatanticKnowing About God's KingdomSatanJews

What man is there who will not have fear before you, O Lord, and give glory to your name? because you only are holy; for all the nations will come and give worship before you; for your righteousness has been made clear. Verse ConceptsGod, Holiness OfGlorifying GodMinistry, Nature OfReverence, And God's NatureUnity, God's Goal OfWorship, Reasons ForMan's Conduct Towards GodAweThe Gentiles ConversionGod Doing RightDoing RightGod's Deed RevealedThe Gospel To The NationsWorshipping GodFear God!

And it will be, that from new moon to new moon, and from Sabbath to Sabbath, all flesh will come to give worship before me, says the Lord. Verse ConceptsBowingMonthMoonThe New CreationBowing Before Goda new beginningWorshiping GodWorshiping TogetherA New DayThe Moonhumanitycelebrating

And it will come about that everyone who is still living, of all those nations who came against Jerusalem, will go up from year to year to give worship to the King, the Lord of armies, and to keep the feast of tents. Verse ConceptsFeastingMission, Of IsraelParticipation, In ChristUnity, God's Goal OfZion, As A SymbolCelebrationsSurvivors Of The NationsEvery YearCelebrationjerusalemcelebrating

All the ends of the earth will keep it in mind and be turned to the Lord: all the families of the nations will give him worship. For the kingdom is the Lord's; he is the ruler among the nations.

And suddenly there was with the angel a great band of spirits from heaven, giving praise to God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on the earth peace among men with whom he is well pleased.

Give praise to him, all you his angels: give praise to him, all his armies. Verse ConceptsAngels RejoicingHost Of HeavenAngels, DescriptionAngels SingingAngelic Beings Praising God

And they made as it seemed a new song before the high seat, and before the four beasts and the rulers: and no man might have knowledge of the song but the hundred and forty-four thousand, even those from the earth whom God has made his for a price. Verse ConceptsCreatureselders, in the churchMarketsSongsThroneAbundance, SpiritualHeaven, Worshiping GodBeastsFour CreaturesOne Hundred Thousand And MoreCosmic CreaturesA New SongFruitless LearningElders In Heaven144,000elders

We give you praise, O Lord God, Ruler of all, who is and who was; because you have taken up your great power and are ruling your kingdom. Verse ConceptsGod, Power OfGod, The EternalThanksgivingThanksgiving, OfferedThe AlmightyThe Existence Of GodGod Showed His PowerWe Thank GodThank YouBeing Grateful


And I saw, and there came to my ears the sound of a great number of angels round about the high seat and the beasts and the rulers; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; Saying with a great voice, It is right to give to the Lamb who was put to death, power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing.

And all the angels were round about the high seat, and about the rulers and the four beasts; and they went down on their faces before the high seat, and gave worship to God, saying, So be it. Let blessing and glory and wisdom and praise and honour and power and strength be given to our God for ever and ever. So be it.

And a voice came from the high seat, saying, Give praise to our God, all you his servants, small and great, in whom is the fear of him. Verse ConceptsBabylonPraise, Reasons ForSmallnessReverence To GodGod's VoiceGreat And SmallPraise The Lord!Slaves Of GodGay Marriage

And I went on my face before his feet to give him worship. And he said to me, See you do it not: I am a brother-servant with you and with your brothers who keep the witness of Jesus: give worship to God: for the witness of Jesus is the spirit of the prophet's word. Verse ConceptsBabylonChristiansNames And Titles For The Holy SpiritBrotherhoodTestimoniesBowing To False GodsAngelsAngels Looking After PeopleProphesying In The ChurchSubsequent Witness To ChristWorship God!ProphecyGay Marriagetestimonygabriel

And I, John, am he who saw these things and to whose ears they came. And when I had seen and given ear, I went down on my face to give worship at the feet of the angel who made these things clear to me. And he said to me, See you do it not; I am a brother-servant with you and with your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book: give worship to God.





Give to the Lord, O you families of the peoples, give to the Lord glory and strength. Give to the Lord the glory of his name; take with you an offering and come before him; give worship to the Lord in holy robes.


And the Lord made an agreement with them and gave them orders, saying, You are to have no other gods; you are not to give worship to them or be their servants or make them offerings: But the Lord, who took you out of the land of Egypt with his great power and his outstretched arm, he is your God, to whom you are to give worship and make offerings:

O God, you are my God; early will I make my search for you: my soul is dry for need of you, my flesh is wasted with desire for you, as a dry and burning land where no water is;

And he had the house of the Lord and the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burned with fire; Verse ConceptsPalacesDestruction Of HousesDestruction Of The TempleBurning JerusalemHouses Under Attack

And he took away all the stored wealth of the Lord's house, and the goods from the king's store-house, cutting up all the gold vessels which Solomon, king of Israel, had made in the house of the Lord, as the Lord had said. Verse ConceptsPalacesStoringTreasureTributesBreaking ContainersTemple Utensils Removed

And so it is my purpose to make a house for the name of the Lord my God, as he said to David my father, Your son, whom I will make king in your place, will be the builder of a house for my name. Verse ConceptsProperty, HousesThroneSolomon's TempleA Place For God's Name

So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present. Verse ConceptsBuildingGod's Dwelling

In the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year that Solomon was king of Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, the building of the Lord's house was started. Verse ConceptsBeginningKingsMonthProperty, HousesSolomon, Life OfTypes Of ChristCalendarsMonth 2100 Years And MoreStarting To BuildThe First Temple

And the house of God was burned and the wall of Jerusalem broken down; all its great houses were burned with fire and all its beautiful vessels given up to destruction. Verse ConceptsFortificationsBattering ramsPalacesWallsConflagrationsDestruction Of Jerusalem's Wall

He will be the builder of a house for my name, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever. Verse ConceptsEstablishingShrinesChrist Reigning ForeverBuilding God's DwellingThe Kingdom Of Solomon

Let the priests take, every man from his friends and neighbours, to make good what is damaged in the house, wherever it is to be seen. Verse ConceptsRepairing

And let it be given to the overseers of the work of the Lord's house, to give to the workmen who are making good what was damaged in the house of the Lord;

Four thousand were door-keepers; and four thousand gave praise to the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, for giving praise. Verse ConceptsInventionsOrchestrasPortersFour ThousandInstrumentalistsinstruments

And when the builders put in position the base of the Temple of the Lord, the priests, dressed in their robes, took their places with horns, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with brass instruments, to give praise to the Lord in the way ordered by David, king of Israel. Verse ConceptsBuildingClothing, Kinds OfBuildingMusical Instruments, types ofTrumpetOrchestrasCymbalsPraising GodSaul And DavidThe First Temple

That when the sound of the horn, pipe, harp, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe, and all sorts of instruments, comes to your ears, you are to go down on your faces in worship before the image of gold which Nebuchadnezzar the king has put up: Verse ConceptsFlutesHarpsHornsLyreIdolatry Consists OfMusical Instruments, types ofOrchestrasCymbalsLyresIdol Worshipdrums

And David and all the men of Israel made melody before the Lord with all their power, with songs and with corded instruments and instruments of brass. Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofMusiciansMusical Instruments, types ofSongsFir TreesTreesWorship, Elements OfMusical Instruments, Made OfOrchestrasCymbalsTambourinesHarpsLyresinstrumentsdrums

And the Levites who made the music, all of them, Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and brothers, robed in fair linen, were in their places with their brass and corded instruments at the east side of the altar, and with them a hundred and twenty priests blowing horns;) Verse ConceptsHarpsLinenLyreOrchestrasA Hundred And Some

And Hezekiah gave the word for the burned offering to be offered on the altar. And when the burned offering was started, then the song of the Lord was started, with the blowing of horns and with all the instruments of David, king of Israel. Verse ConceptsMusical Instruments, types ofOrchestras

And when the time came for the wall of Jerusalem to be made holy, they sent for the Levites out of all their places to come to Jerusalem, to keep the feast with joy, and with praise and melody, with brass and corded instruments of music. Verse ConceptsBaby dedicationHarpsJoy, Of IsraelLyreMusicMusical Instruments, types ofOrchestrasCymbalsBuilding Jerusalem's Wall

The makers of songs go before, the players of music come after, among the young girls playing on brass instruments. Verse ConceptsVirginMusical Instruments, types ofOrchestrasSingersYoung Ladiesinstrumentsdrums

And the rest of the people, who were not put to death by these evils, were not turned from the works of their hands, but went on giving worship to evil spirits, and images of gold and silver and brass and stone and wood which have no power of seeing or hearing or walking: Verse ConceptsDeafnessFalse ReligionDemons, Evil Work Ofdemons, Kinds ofGoldStonesWoodIdolatry Consists OfAtheism, Description OfBrassImpotence Of IdolsIdols Not SeeingIdol WorshipIdolatryUnhearingWorshipping The DevilWood And StoneBronze For IdolsRepentance

And he himself made priests for the high places, and for the images of he-goats and oxen which he had made. Verse ConceptsCalvesShrinesGolden CalvesThirty

And let them make no more offerings to evil spirits, after which they have gone, turning away from the Lord. Let this be a law to them for ever, through all their generations. Verse ConceptsApostasy in OTFalse ReligionThey Committed ImmoralityOccultism Being Forbidden

They made offerings to evil spirits which were not God, to gods who were strange to them, which had newly come up, not feared by your fathers. Verse ConceptsFalse Religiondemons, Kinds ofPagan PracticesUnusedWhat Is Not GodDemonsDemonic Influence

They even made offerings of their sons and their daughters to evil spirits, Verse Conceptsdemons, Kinds ofPagan PracticesDemonsSacrifice

What I say is that the things offered by the Gentiles are offered to evil spirits and not to God; and it is not my desire for you to have any part with evil spirits. Verse ConceptsAstrologyFalse ReligionPagansNations DescribedSacrificesDemonsSacrificeHalloweenpartnershipstatuesDemonic Influence

And they gave worship to the dragon, because he gave authority to the beast; and worshipping the beast, they said, Who is like the beast? and who is able to go to war with him? Verse ConceptsArmageddonFalse ReligionUnique CreaturesWorshipping The DevilReady For War



Happy is the man of your selection, to whom you give a resting-place in your house; we will be full of the good things out of your holy place. Verse Conceptselection, privileges ofChoicesdrawing near to GodAccess To God, The Characteristics OfApproaching GodPlenty Through GodBlessed Through GodWe Live With GodGoodness

And because this house of God is dear to me, I give my private store of gold and silver to the house of my God, in addition to all I have got ready for the holy house; Verse ConceptsDonationsAffectionconstruction

Lord, your house has been dear to me, and the resting-place of your glory. Verse ConceptsAdoration, Of GodHousesGod's DwellingThose Loving God

The passion of my soul's desire is for the house of the Lord; my heart and my flesh are crying out for the living God. Verse ConceptsGod, Titles And Names OfHeart, And Holy SpiritRenewed HeartPassionThe SoulLiving For GodsoulHeartfelt Prayer To God

For a day in your house is better than a thousand. It is better to be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to be living in the tents of sin. Verse ConceptsDoorkeepersDoorsProperty, HousesTentsEvil AssociationsOne DayPresented At The DoorwayWe Live With GodDaysgaysBeing GayHaving A Good Daywickedness

For the children of Israel and the children of Levi are to take the lifted offering of the grain and wine and oil into the rooms where the vessels of the holy place are, together with the priests and the door-keepers and the makers of music: and we will not give up caring for the house of our God. Verse ConceptsOilNeglecting God's Things

I was glad because they said to me, We will go into the house of the Lord. Verse ConceptsJoy, And Human ExperienceProperty, HousesSongsUnityWorshiping TogetherGoing To Church

Put your feet down with care when you go to the house of God, for it is better to give ear than to make the burned offerings of the foolish, whose knowledge is only of doing evil. Verse ConceptsFormalityGod's DwellingThe Work Of FoolsCare Of FeetSacrificeFoolsGoing To ChurchListening To GodfootstepsbehaviorevangelisingGuarding Yourself


But as for me, I will come into your house, in the full measure of your mercy; and in your fear I will give worship, turning my eyes to your holy Temple. Verse ConceptsAdoration, Of GodBowingAttitudes Of ReverenceCeremoniesMagnifying GodPrayer, And WorshipReverence, And God's NatureBowing Before GodThe First Templegreatnessreverence


God is greatly to be feared among the saints, and to be honoured over all those who are about him. Verse ConceptsRespect, For God's CharacterNames And Titles For The ChurchGodly ReverenceMan's Conduct Towards GodAweReverence To GodFear God!reverence


Your witness is most certain; it is right for your house to be holy, O Lord, for ever. Verse ConceptsMaking People HolyHolinesscredibility

Then Moses said to Aaron, This is what the Lord said, I will be holy in the eyes of all those who come near to me, and I will be honoured before all the people. And Aaron said nothing. Verse ConceptsAaron, Priestly ResponsibilitiesWorship, Reasons ForMan's Conduct Towards GodIndividuals Being Silent

I got together silver and gold and the wealth of kings and of countries. I got makers of song, male and female; and the delights of the sons of men--girls of all sorts to be my brides. Verse ConceptsChoirsThe Vanity Of Human KnowledgeSingersSupplied With Money

And the sons of Asaph, the makers of melody, were in their places, as ordered by David and Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, the king's seer; and the door-keepers were stationed at every door: there was no need for them to go away from their places, for their brothers the Levites made ready for them. Verse ConceptsGatekeepersMusicMusiciansSingersSeersSingingPorters

And after discussion with the people, he put in their places those who were to make melody to the Lord, praising him in holy robes, while they went at the head of the army, and saying, May the Lord be praised, for his mercy is unchanging for ever. Verse ConceptsSingersChoirsPraising GodHolinessartists

And looking, she saw the king in his place by the pillar at the doorway, and the captains and the horns by his side; and all the people of the land were giving signs of joy and sounding the horns; and the makers of melody were playing on instruments of music, taking the chief part in the song of praise. Then Athaliah, violently parting her robes, said, Broken faith, broken faith! Verse ConceptsSingersTreacheryTrumpetExcitementTreasonPillars For Solomon's Temple

As well as their men-servants and their women-servants, of whom there were seven thousand, three hundred and thirty-seven: and they had two hundred men and women to make music. Verse ConceptsMusicSingersSingingThe Number Two HundredSeven ThousandGroups Of Slaves

And Maaseiah and Shemaiah and Eleazar and Uzzi and Jehohanan and Malchijah and Elam and Ezer. And the makers of melody made their voices loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer. Verse ConceptsSingers

These are to take their places on Mount Gerizim for blessing the people when you have gone over Jordan: Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Joseph and Benjamin; And these are to be on Mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. Then the Levites are to say in a loud voice to all the men of Israel, read more.
Cursed is the man who makes any image of wood or stone or metal, disgusting to the Lord, the work of man's hands, and puts it up in secret. And let all the people say, So be it. Cursed is he who does not give honour to his father or mother. And let all the people say, So be it. Cursed is he who takes his neighbour's landmark from its place. And let all the people say, So be it. Cursed is he by whom the blind are turned out of the way. And let all the people say, So be it. Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it. Cursed is he who has sex relations with his father's wife, for he has put shame on his father. And let all the people say, So be it. Cursed is he who has sex relations with any sort of beast. And let all the people say, So be it. Cursed is he who has sex relations with his sister, the daughter of his father or of his mother. And let all the people say, So be it. Cursed is he who has sex relations with his mother-in-law. And let all the people say, So be it. Cursed is he who takes his neighbour's life secretly. And let all the people say, So be it. Cursed is he who for a reward puts to death one who has done no wrong. And let all the people say, So be it. Cursed is he who does not take this law to heart to do it. And let all the people say, So be it.

And he took the book of the agreement, reading it in the hearing of the people: and they said, Everything which the Lord has said we will do, and we will keep his laws. Verse ConceptsBook of the CovenantReadingResponseReading The ScripturesWe ObeyTerms Of The Covenant At SinaiReading The Bible


And when he had come into the Temple, the chief priests and those in authority over the people came to him while he was teaching, and said, By what authority do you do these things? and who gave you this authority? Verse ConceptsChief priestsLeaders, SpiritualEntering The TempleChrist TeachingChrist In The TempleGod Appointing His SonResolving Conflict

And all Israel, those who were Israelites by birth, as well as the men from other lands living with them, and their responsible men and their overseers and judges, took their places round the ark, in front of the priests, the Levites, whose work it was to take up the ark of the Lord's agreement; half of them were stationed in front of Mount Gerizim and half in front of Mount Ebal, in agreement with the orders for the blessing of the children of Israel which Moses, the servant of the Lord, had given. And after, he gave them all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, as it is all recorded in the book of the law; Reading to all the meeting of Israel, with the women and the children and the men from other lands who were living among them, every word of the orders which Moses had given.

And on the second day the heads of families of all the people and the priests and the Levites came together to Ezra the scribe, to give attention to the words of the law. And they saw that it was recorded in the law that the Lord had given orders by Moses, that the children of Israel were to have tents for their living-places in the feast of the seventh month: And that they were to give out an order, and make it public in all their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, Go out to the mountain and get olive branches and branches of field olives and of myrtle, and palm branches and branches of thick trees, to make tents, as it says in the book. read more.
And the people went out and got them and made themselves tents, every one on the roof of his house, and in the open spaces and in the open squares of the house of God, and in the wide place of the water-doorway, and the wide place of the doorway of Ephraim. All the people who had been prisoners and had come back, made tents and were living in them: for from the time of Jeshua, the son of Nun, till that day, the children of Israel had not done so. And there was very great joy. And day by day, from the first day till the last, he was reading from the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast for seven days: and on the eighth day there was a holy meeting, as it is ordered in the law.

When all Israel has come before the Lord your God in the place named by him, let a reading be given of this law in the hearing of all Israel. Make all the people come together, men and women and children, and anyone from another country who is with you, so that hearing they may become wise in the fear of the Lord your God, and take care to do all the words of this law; And so that your children, to whom it is new, may give ear and be trained in the fear of the Lord your God, while you are living in the land which you are going over Jordan to take for your heritage.

And when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their towns. And all the people came together like one man into the wide place in front of the water-doorway; and they made a request to Ezra the scribe that he would put before them the book of the law of Moses which the Lord had given to Israel. And Ezra the priest put the law before the meeting of the people, before the men and women and all those who were able to take it in, on the first day of the seventh month. He was reading it in the wide place in front of the water-doorway, from early morning till the middle of the day, in the hearing of all those men and women whose minds were able to take it in; and the ears of all the people were open to the book of the law. read more.
And Ezra the scribe took his place on a tower of wood which they had made for the purpose; and by his side were placed Mattithiah and Shema and Anaiah and Uriah and Hilkiah and Maaseiah on the right; and on the left, Pedaiah and Mishael and Malchijah and Hashum and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah and Meshullam. And Ezra took the book, opening it before the eyes of all the people (for he was higher than the people); and when it was open, all the people got to their feet: And Ezra gave praise to the Lord, the great God. And all the people in answer said, So be it, so be it; lifting up their hands; and with bent heads they gave worship to the Lord, going down on their faces to the earth. And Jeshua and Bani and Sherebiah and Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites made the law clear to the people: and the people kept in their places. And they gave out the words of the book the law of God, clearly, and gave the sense of it, so that their minds were able to take it in.

Then the king sent and got together all the responsible men of Judah and of Jerusalem. And the king went up to the house of the Lord, with all the men of Judah and all the people of Jerusalem, and the priests and the prophets and all the people, small and great; and they were present at his reading of the book of the law which had come to light in the house of the Lord. And the king took his place by the pillar, and made an agreement before the Lord, to go in the way of the Lord, and keep his orders and his decisions and his rules with all his heart and all his soul, and to keep the words of the agreement recorded in the book; and all the people gave their word to keep the agreement.

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been as a child, and he went, as his way was, into the Synagogue on the Sabbath, and got up to give a reading. And the book of the prophet Isaiah was given to him and, opening the book, he came on the place where it is said,

And all the meeting of the children of Israel came together at Shiloh and put up the Tent of meeting there: and the land was crushed before them. Verse ConceptsCongregationPriesthood, In OtShrinesTent Of MeetingArk Of The Covenant, EventsSacred PlacesThe House Of God At Shiloh

Then all the children of Israel took up arms, and the people came together like one man, from Dan to Beer-sheba, and the land of Gilead, before the Lord at Mizpah. Verse ConceptsCongregationShrinesAssembling IsraelUnified PeopleAll Peoplecrusades

And let all the people come together at the door of the Tent of meeting. Verse ConceptsAssembling IsraelAssembling At The Doorway

And they got together all the people on the first day of the second month; and everyone made clear his family and his father's house, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and over. Verse ConceptsCongregationAssembling IsraelMonth 2Family First

And make the Levites come forward in front of the Tent of meeting, and let all the children of Israel come together: Verse ConceptsCongregationAssembling Israel

Then Samuel sent for the people to come together before the Lord at Mizpah; Verse ConceptsCongregationAssembling Israel

Then everyone who went in fear of the words of the God of Israel, because of the sin of those who had come back, came together to me; and I kept where I was, overcome with grief, till the evening offering. Verse ConceptsReverence, And God's NatureMiscegenation (racial Intermarriage)TremblingAction Until Evening

And again, when he is sending his only Son into the world, he says, Let all the angels of God give him worship. Verse ConceptsFirstbornHeirsWorship, Of God AloneJesus Christ, Worship OfHeaven, Worshiping GodHeaven And AngelsChrist, Names ForWorshipping Christ


And on the way, Jesus came to them, saying, Be glad. And they came and put their hands on his feet, and gave him worship. Verse ConceptsAdoration, Of ChristFeetGreetingsResurrection Of Christ, AppearancesSalutationsMeeting GodWorshipping ChristSpoken Greetings


And they gave him worship and went back to Jerusalem with great joy. Verse ConceptsWorship, Results OfWorship, Times Foradoration

And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and the four and twenty rulers went down on their faces before the Lamb, having every one an instrument of music, and gold vessels full of perfumes, which are the prayers of the saints. Verse ConceptsSweet Odoursequipping, physicalMusical Instruments, types ofPriesthood, In NtPriests, Tasks In Nt TimesHeaven, Glimpsed By HumansFour CreaturesHarpsTwenty SomeBowing Before MessiahElders In HeavenTwenty Four Elders

And again, when he is sending his only Son into the world, he says, Let all the angels of God give him worship. Verse ConceptsFirstbornHeirsWorship, Of God AloneJesus Christ, Worship OfHeaven, Worshiping GodHeaven And AngelsChrist, Names ForWorshipping Christ


And on the way, Jesus came to them, saying, Be glad. And they came and put their hands on his feet, and gave him worship. Verse ConceptsAdoration, Of ChristFeetGreetingsResurrection Of Christ, AppearancesSalutationsMeeting GodWorshipping ChristSpoken Greetings


And they gave him worship and went back to Jerusalem with great joy. Verse ConceptsWorship, Results OfWorship, Times Foradoration

And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and the four and twenty rulers went down on their faces before the Lamb, having every one an instrument of music, and gold vessels full of perfumes, which are the prayers of the saints. Verse ConceptsSweet Odoursequipping, physicalMusical Instruments, types ofPriesthood, In NtPriests, Tasks In Nt TimesHeaven, Glimpsed By HumansFour CreaturesHarpsTwenty SomeBowing Before MessiahElders In HeavenTwenty Four Elders

And I went on my face before his feet to give him worship. And he said to me, See you do it not: I am a brother-servant with you and with your brothers who keep the witness of Jesus: give worship to God: for the witness of Jesus is the spirit of the prophet's word. Verse ConceptsBabylonChristiansNames And Titles For The Holy SpiritBrotherhoodTestimoniesBowing To False GodsAngelsAngels Looking After PeopleProphesying In The ChurchSubsequent Witness To ChristWorship God!ProphecyGay Marriagetestimonygabriel

And I, John, am he who saw these things and to whose ears they came. And when I had seen and given ear, I went down on my face to give worship at the feet of the angel who made these things clear to me. Verse ConceptsBowing To False GodsAngels



But Peter, lifting him up, said, Get up, for I am a man as you are. Verse ConceptsUnbelief, Sourced InWorshiping Togethermyself






Now news came to the haters of Judah and Benjamin that the people who had come back were building a Temple to the Lord, the God of Israel; Verse ConceptsBuild, LiterallyRebuilding The Temple

And the responsible men of the Jews went on with their building, and did well, helped by the teaching of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah, the son of Iddo. They went on building till it was complete, in keeping with the word of the God of Israel, and the orders given by Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes, king of Persia. Verse ConceptsAdministrationArtaxerxes The KingNamed Prophets Of The LordGay Marriageprospering

Praise be to the Lord, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing into the heart of the king, to make fair the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem; Verse ConceptsHuman WillHeart, HumanBless The Lord!

These are the words of the Lord of armies: These people say, The time has not come for building the Lord's house. Verse ConceptsComplacencyLukewarmnessUntimelinessThe Second TempleNot The Timerebuilding

And some of the heads of families, when they came to the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem, gave freely of their wealth for the building up of the house of God in its place: Verse ConceptsFreewill OfferingHouse Of GodFree Will

Further, I give orders as to what you are to do for the responsible men of the Jews in connection with the building of this house of God: that from the king's wealth, that is, from the taxes got together in the land over the river, the money needed is to be given to these men readily, so that their work may not be stopped. Verse ConceptsPersecution, Attitudes To

As well as all the silver and gold which you get from the land of Babylon, together with the offering of the people and of the priests, freely given for the house of their God, which is in Jerusalem: Verse ConceptsFreewill Offering

Then I gave orders for a time of going without food, there by the river Ahava, so that we might make ourselves low before our God in prayer, requesting from him a straight way for us and for our little ones and for all our substance. Verse ConceptsFasting, Reasons ForFasting, Practice OfAttitudes Of HumilityJourneyRepentance, Examples OfRivers And StreamsTeachablenessCanalsHumbling OneselfFastingFasting And Prayer

Reading to all the meeting of Israel, with the women and the children and the men from other lands who were living among them, every word of the orders which Moses had given. Verse ConceptsForeignersChildren, needs ofTeaching ChildrenTraining Children

And all Judah were waiting before the Lord, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.

And on that day they made great offerings and were glad; for God had made them glad with great joy; and the women and the children were glad with them: so that the joy of Jerusalem came to the ears of those who were far off. Verse ConceptsGod, Joy OfGod, Greatness OfJoy, And Human ExperienceExcitementGood Things From Far AwayRejoicing In God's Works

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the works of power which he did, and the children crying out in the Temple, Glory to the son of David, they were angry and said to him, Verse ConceptsChief priestsdiligenceResentment, Against GodScribesShoutingChildren And The KingdomAngry With ChristOpposition To Christ From ScribesSave Us!

And say a kind word to the church which is in their house. Give my love to my dear Epaenetus, who is the first fruit of Asia to Christ. Verse ConceptsChristiansChurchHousesProperty, HousesChurch, Description OfConverts To ChristianityPeople ConvertedFirst Among The GentilesGoing To Church

And to Apphia, our sister, and to Archippus, our brother in God's army, and to the church in your house: Verse ConceptsMilitarysisterhood


The churches of Asia send their love to you. So do Aquila and Prisca, with the church which is in their house. Verse ConceptsAssemblyChurchHospitality, Examples OfHousesProperty, HousesWomenChurch, Examples Of


I have given an earlier account, O Theophilus, of all the things which Jesus did, and of his teaching from the first, Verse ConceptsBeginningFirst ActionsChrist TeachingBeginning To TeachIdentity In Christ


And when he became clear about this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John named Mark, where a number of them had come together for prayer. Verse ConceptsAgreement, Before GodHousesPrayer, In The ChurchSleeplessnessPrayer MeetingsChurch GatheringsPraying TogetherPrayer During PersecutionIdentity

Give my love to the brothers in Laodicea and to Nymphas and the church in their house. Verse ConceptsHospitality, Examples OfHousesProperty, HousesWomenChurch, Examples OfBrotherhood

And on the first day of the week, when we had come together for the holy meal, Paul gave them a talk, for it was his purpose to go away on the day after; and he went on talking till after the middle of the night. And there were a number of lights in the room where we had come together. And a certain young man named Eutychus, who was seated in the window, went into a deep sleep; and while Paul went on talking, being overcome by sleep, he had a fall from the third floor, and was taken up dead.

What man is there who will not have fear before you, O Lord, and give glory to your name? because you only are holy; for all the nations will come and give worship before you; for your righteousness has been made clear. Verse ConceptsGod, Holiness OfGlorifying GodMinistry, Nature OfReverence, And God's NatureUnity, God's Goal OfWorship, Reasons ForMan's Conduct Towards GodAweThe Gentiles ConversionGod Doing RightDoing RightGod's Deed RevealedThe Gospel To The NationsWorshipping GodFear God!

The Lord will let himself be seen by them: for he will make all the gods of the earth feeble; and men will go down before him in worship, everyone from his place, even all the sea-lands of the nations. Verse ConceptsParticipation, In ChristCoastlandsBowing Before GodShortagesGod Is To Be FearedNo Help In Other Gods

And it will be, that from new moon to new moon, and from Sabbath to Sabbath, all flesh will come to give worship before me, says the Lord. Verse ConceptsBowingMonthMoonThe New CreationBowing Before Goda new beginningWorshiping GodWorshiping TogetherA New DayThe Moonhumanitycelebrating

All the ends of the earth will keep it in mind and be turned to the Lord: all the families of the nations will give him worship. For the kingdom is the Lord's; he is the ruler among the nations. All the fat ones of the earth will give him worship; all those who go down to the dust will make themselves low before him, even he who has not enough for the life of his soul.

Say to God, How greatly to be feared are your works! because of your great power your haters are forced to put themselves under your feet. Let all the earth give you worship, and make songs to you; let them make songs to your name. (Selah.)

And full of the Spirit he came into the Temple; and when the father and mother came in with the child Jesus, to do with him what was ordered by the law, Verse ConceptsCustomChrist, Names ForEntering The TempleFulfilling The LawLed By The SpiritDevout mothers

The Jews said, The building of this Temple took forty-six years; and you will put it up in three days! Verse ConceptsDullnessMisunderstood Truth40 To 50 Yearsconstruction

And they came to Jerusalem; and he went into the Temple, and sent out those who were trading there, overturning the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who were offering doves for money; Verse ConceptsdovesMoney, Uses OfTablesBanksAnger Of JesusTurning Upside DownEntering The TempleChrist Driving Out PeopleChrist In The Templesales

And Jesus went out of the Temple, and on the way his disciples came to him, pointing out the buildings of the Temple. Verse ConceptsProphecies Said By JesusLeavingThe Disciples ActionsStatus Of The TempleThings Manifestattention

And some were talking about the Temple, how it was made fair with beautiful stones and with offerings, but he said, Verse ConceptsAdornment, Of BuildingsBeauty, In ArtefactsBeauty Of ThingsStatus Of The Temple

And they saw that it was the man who made requests for money at the door of the Temple, and they were full of wonder and surprise at what had taken place. Verse ConceptsGatesMiracles, Responses ToAlmsgivingAltruismCharitySitting In The GatewayNamed GatesRecognising Peoplesurprises

And the peoples will say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob: and he will give us knowledge of his ways, and we will be guided by his word; for out of Zion the law will go out, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. Verse ConceptsClimbingKnowing God's WaysGod's WaysParticipation, In ChristPilgrimageRevival, CorporateWalkingWord Of GodNames And Titles For The ChurchPaths Of RighteousnessGod As Our TeacherGoing Up MountainsGod TeachingThe Law Given To IsraelMillenial SacrificesPaths

For there will be a day when those who get in the grapes on the hills of Ephraim will be crying, Up! let us go up to Zion to the Lord our God. Verse Conceptsdrawing near to GodWatchmanGoing Up MountainsJerusalem In Millennial Kingdom

And the people of one town go to another and say, Let us certainly go with a request for grace from the Lord, and to give worship to the Lord of armies, then I will go with you. Verse ConceptsHasteSeeking The Favour Of God

Then Hezekiah sent word to all Israel and Judah, and sent letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, requesting them to come to the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, to keep the Passover to the Lord, the God of Israel. Verse ConceptsLettersPilgrimageRevival, CorporateSamaritans


But as for me, I will come into your house, in the full measure of your mercy; and in your fear I will give worship, turning my eyes to your holy Temple. Verse ConceptsAdoration, Of GodBowingAttitudes Of ReverenceCeremoniesMagnifying GodPrayer, And WorshipReverence, And God's NatureBowing Before GodThe First Templegreatnessreverence

Then the Evil One took him to the holy town; and he put him on the highest point of the Temple and said to him, Verse ConceptsNames For JerusalemHoliness, As Set Apart For GodSuffering, Of Jesus ChristStatus Of The TempleTop Of ThingsThe DevilResisting Temptationstructure

O God, the nations have come into your heritage; they have made your holy Temple unclean; they have made Jerusalem a mass of broken walls. Verse ConceptsInvasionsIrreverenceDestruction Of JerusalemPolluting Holy PlacesNations Attacking Israel

I will give worship before your holy Temple, praising your name for your mercy and for your unchanging faith: for you have made your word greater than all your name. Verse ConceptsBowingCeremoniesPraise, Reasons ForPrayer, And WorshipWorship, Reasons ForLovingkindnessBowing Before GodGod's TruthWe Thank God

The Lord has said, In this way I will do damage to the pride of Judah and to the great pride of Jerusalem. These evil people who say they will not give ear to my words, who go on in the pride of their hearts and have become servants and worshippers of other gods, will become like this band which is of no use for anything.

Those who make a pictured image are all of them as nothing, and the things of their desire will be of no profit to them: and their servants see not, and have no knowledge; so they will be put to shame. Whoever makes a god, makes nothing but a metal image in which there is no profit. Truly, all those who make use of secret arts will be put to shame, and their words of power are only words of men: let them all come forward together; they will all be in fear and be put to shame. read more.
The iron-worker is heating the metal in the fire, giving it form with his hammers, and working on it with his strong arm: then for need of food his strength gives way, and for need of water he becomes feeble. The woodworker is measuring out the wood with his line, marking it out with his pencil: after smoothing it with his plane, and making circles on it with his instrument, he gives it the form and glory of a man, so that it may be placed in the house. He has cedars cut down for himself, he takes an oak and lets it get strong among the trees of the wood; he has an ash-tree planted, and the rain gives it growth. Then it will be used to make a fire, so that a man may get warm; he has the oven heated with it and makes bread: he makes a god with it, to which he gives worship: he makes a pictured image out of it, and goes down on his face before it. With part of it he makes a fire, and on the fire he gets meat cooked and takes a full meal: he makes himself warm, and says, Aha! I am warm, I have seen the fire: And the rest of it he makes into a god, even his pictured image: he goes down on his face before it, giving worship to it, and making prayer to it, saying, Be my saviour; for you are my god. They have no knowledge or wisdom; for he has put a veil over their eyes, so that they may not see; and on their hearts, so that they may not give attention. And no one takes note, no one has enough knowledge or wisdom to say, I have put part of it in the fire, and made bread on it; I have had a meal of the flesh cooked with it: and am I now to make the rest of it into a false god? am I to go down on my face before a bit of wood?

My flesh and my heart are wasting away: but God is the Rock of my heart and my eternal heritage. For those who are far away from you will come to destruction: you will put an end to all those who have not kept faith with you.

I will make them come to my holy mountain, and will give them joy in my house of prayer; I will take pleasure in the burned offerings which they make on my altar: for my house will be named a house of prayer for all peoples. Verse ConceptsHouse Of GodProperty, HousesWorship, Results OfOutcastsGod's DwellingMillenial SacrificesAcceptance


Happy are they whose resting-place is in your house: they will still be praising you. (Selah.) Verse ConceptsBlessed Through GodPsalm InterjectionsBlessings From GodPraising God In Public Worship


Your way, O God, is holy: what god is so great as our God? Verse ConceptsGod, Holiness OfPrayer, And WorshipWho Is Like God?


And as for you, son of man, the children of your people are talking together about you by the walls and in the doorways of the houses, saying to one another, Come now, give ear to the word which comes from the Lord. And they come to you as my people come, and are seated before you as my people, hearing your words but doing them not: for deceit is in their mouth and their heart goes after profit for themselves. And truly you are to them like a love song by one who has a very pleasing voice and is an expert player on an instrument: for they give ear to your words but do them not.

And he said, Well did Isaiah say of you, you false ones: These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me. But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their teaching the rules of men. For, turning away from the law of God, you keep the rules of men. read more.
And he said to them, Truly you put on one side the law of God, so that you may keep the rules which have been handed down to you. For Moses said, Give honour to your father and mother, and, He who says evil of father or mother, let him have the punishment of death: But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is Corban, that is to say, Given to God, You no longer let him do anything for his father or his mother; Making the word of God of no effect by your rule, which you have given: and a number of other such things you do.

But Moses said, You will have to let us take burned offerings to put before the Lord our God. Verse ConceptsBurnt offering

Give these orders to the children of Israel: When anyone of you makes an offering to the Lord, you are to take it from the cattle, from the herd or from the flock. Verse ConceptsTypes Of ChristHerdsRegulating Sacrifices


And when the players on horns, and those who made melody in song, with one voice were sounding the praise and glory of the Lord; with loud voices and with wind instruments, and brass and corded instruments of music, praising the Lord and saying, He is good; his mercy is unchanging for ever: then the house was full of the cloud of the glory of the Lord, Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfDivine ManifestationsGod, The EternalPraise, Manner And Methods OfSongsVoicesCloud of gloryinstruments

So the children of Israel who were present in Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread for seven days with great joy: and the Levites and the priests gave praise to the Lord day by day, making melody to the Lord with loud instruments. Verse ConceptsSingingPraise, Should Be Offered ByGladnessExcitement

And a third angel came after them, saying with a loud voice, If any man gives worship to the beast and his image, and has his mark on his brow or on his hand, To him will be given of the wine of God's wrath which is ready unmixed in the cup of his wrath and he will have cruel pain, burning with fire before the holy angels and before the Lamb: And the smoke of their pain goes up for ever and ever; and they have no rest day and night, who give worship to the beast and his image, and have on them the mark of his name.

And a great voice out of the house of God came to my ears, saying to the seven angels, Go, and let that which is in the seven vessels of the wrath of God come down on the earth. And the first went, and let what was in his vessel come down on the earth; and it became an evil poisoning wound on the men who had the mark of the beast, and who gave worship to his image.

And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, come together to make war against him who was seated on the horse and against his army. And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who did the signs before him, by which they were turned from the true way who had the mark of the beast, and who gave worship to his image: these two were put living into the sea of ever-burning fire. And the rest were put to death with the sword of him who was on the horse, even the sword which came out of his mouth: and all the birds were made full with their flesh.


But as for me, I will come into your house, in the full measure of your mercy; and in your fear I will give worship, turning my eyes to your holy Temple. Verse ConceptsAdoration, Of GodBowingAttitudes Of ReverenceCeremoniesMagnifying GodPrayer, And WorshipReverence, And God's NatureBowing Before GodThe First Templegreatnessreverence

And he put not his hand on the chiefs of the children of Israel: they saw God, and took food and drink. Verse ConceptsFeasting On Special OccasionsFeastingMessianic BanquetGod's HandEating Before GodThose Who Saw GodGod's Hands In Opposition

And the people, with loud cries, said, It is the voice of a god, not of a man. Verse ConceptsFlatteryVoicesMen As Godsworms

And when the people saw what Paul had done, they said in a loud voice, in the language of Lycaonia, The gods have come down to us in the form of men. Verse ConceptsLanguages Mentioned In ScriptureBecoming Like PeopleLike MenMen As Gods

But they had the idea that they would see him becoming ill, or suddenly falling down dead; but after waiting a long time, and seeing that no damage came to him, changing their opinion, they said he was a god. Verse ConceptsFalse GodsWaitingPossibility Of DeathPeople Changing Their MindsSwellingMen As Gods

And he took the book of the agreement, reading it in the hearing of the people: and they said, Everything which the Lord has said we will do, and we will keep his laws. Verse ConceptsBook of the CovenantReadingResponseReading The ScripturesWe ObeyTerms Of The Covenant At SinaiReading The Bible

When all Israel has come before the Lord your God in the place named by him, let a reading be given of this law in the hearing of all Israel. Verse ConceptsChoicesPilgrimageReading The ScripturesReading The Bible


And the people of one town go to another and say, Let us certainly go with a request for grace from the Lord, and to give worship to the Lord of armies, then I will go with you. Verse ConceptsHasteSeeking The Favour Of God

For a day in your house is better than a thousand. It is better to be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to be living in the tents of sin. Verse ConceptsDoorkeepersDoorsProperty, HousesTentsEvil AssociationsOne DayPresented At The DoorwayWe Live With GodDaysgaysBeing GayHaving A Good Daywickedness

How dear are your tents, O Lord of armies! The passion of my soul's desire is for the house of the Lord; my heart and my flesh are crying out for the living God. The little birds have places for themselves, where they may put their young, even your altars, O Lord of armies, my King and my God.

Two men went up to the Temple for prayer; one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-farmer. Verse ConceptsRich, TheJewish SectsTwo PeopleCharacteristics Of PhariseesPraying For OthersGoing To ChurchPrayingtaxespharisees

And they were in the Temple at all times, giving praise to God. Verse ConceptsPraise, Reasons ForSynagogueDisciples In The Temple

This is what the Lord has said: Take your place in the open square of the Lord's house and say to all the towns of Judah, who come into the Lord's house for worship, everything I give you orders to say to them: keep back not a word; Verse ConceptsCourtyardCommands, in OTScripture, Sufficiency OfSubtracting From God

Let them give glory to the Lord, sounding his praise in the sea-lands. Verse ConceptsGlorifying GodPraisePraise, Reasons ForPraise And Worship

Let the peoples give you praise, O God; let all the peoples give you praise. Verse ConceptsPraise The Lord!

All these, under the direction of their father, made music in the house of the Lord, with brass and corded instruments, for the worship of the house of God; Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being under the orders of the king. And the number of them, with their brothers who were trained and expert in making melody to the Lord, was two hundred and eighty-eight.


You will have a song, as in the night when a holy feast is kept; and you will be glad in heart, as when they go with music of the pipe to the mountain of the Lord, the Rock of Israel. Verse ConceptsFlutesequipping, physicalClimbingGod, The RockJoy, Of IsraelNightPilgrimageCelebration

And David gave orders to the chief of the Levites to put their brothers the music-makers in position, with instruments of music, corded instruments and brass, with glad voices making sounds of joy. Verse ConceptsHarpsLyreMusiciansMusical Instruments, types ofSingersOccupationsSingingSongsCymbalsInstrumentalistsLyres

And David was clothed with a robe of fair linen, as were all the Levites who took up the ark, and those who made melody, and Chenaniah the master of those who made melody; and David had on a linen ephod; Verse ConceptsephodsClothLinenSingersRobesChoirsDress

And give to Solomon my son a true heart, to keep your orders, your rules, and your laws, and to do all these things, and to put up this great house for which I have made ready. Verse ConceptsIntercessionParents Prayer For Their ChildrenCommands, in OTIntercessory PrayerParents Duty To Childrenstructure

Then Moses quickly went down on his face in worship. Verse ConceptsBowingWorship, Times ForBowing Heads Before GodHasty Actionadoration

Then Jehoshaphat went down with his face to the earth, and all Judah and the people of Jerusalem gave worship to the Lord, falling down before him. Verse ConceptsBowingAttitudes, in prayerPrayer, Practicalities Of

And the Lord came to Abram, and said, I will give all this land to your seed; then Abram made an altar there to the Lord who had let himself be seen by him. And moving on from there to the mountain on the east of Beth-el, he put up his tent, having Beth-el on the west and Ai on the east: and there he made an altar and gave worship to the name of the Lord.

To the place where he had made his first altar, and there Abram gave worship to the name of the Lord. Verse ConceptsCalling upon GodAbraham, The Friend Of GodBuilding Altars

And Abram, moving his tent, came and made his living-place by the holy tree of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and made an altar there to the Lord. Verse ConceptsAltarsTreesBuilding AltarsOaks

And these were those who had the ordering of the music and songs, heads of families of the Levites, who were living in the rooms, and were free from other work, for their work went on day and night. Verse ConceptsMusiciansSingersNightSingingLabour Day And NightDutyFathers Responsibilities

And I saw high seats, and they were seated on them, and the right of judging was given to them: and I saw the souls of those who were put to death for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and those who did not give worship to the beast, or to his image, and had not his mark on their brows or on their hands; and they were living and ruling with Christ a thousand years. The rest of the dead did not come to life again till the thousand years were ended. This is the first coming back from the dead. Happy and holy is he who has a part in this first coming: over these the second death has no authority, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will be ruling with him a thousand years.

And he took his place on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads unholy names. And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power and his seat and great authority. And I saw one of his heads as if it had been given a death-wound; and his death-wound was made well: and all the earth was wondering at the beast. read more.
And they gave worship to the dragon, because he gave authority to the beast; and worshipping the beast, they said, Who is like the beast? and who is able to go to war with him? And there was given to him a mouth to say words of pride against God; and there was given to him authority to go on for forty-two months. And his mouth was open to say evil against God, and against his name and his Tent, even against those who are in heaven. And it was given to him to make war on the saints and to overcome them: and there was given to him authority over every tribe and people and language and nation. And all who are on the earth will give him worship, everyone whose name has not been from the first in the book of life of the Lamb who was put to death.

And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, went down before him, crying out, and saying, You are the Son of God. Verse Conceptsdemons, Kinds ofSaid To Be The ChristBowing Before Messiah

And Abram went down on his face on the earth, and the Lord God went on talking with him, and said, Verse ConceptsFacesBowingProstrationReverence, And ObedienceThe RainbowRainbow

And I went on my face before his feet to give him worship. And he said to me, See you do it not: I am a brother-servant with you and with your brothers who keep the witness of Jesus: give worship to God: for the witness of Jesus is the spirit of the prophet's word. Verse ConceptsBabylonChristiansNames And Titles For The Holy SpiritBrotherhoodTestimoniesBowing To False GodsAngelsAngels Looking After PeopleProphesying In The ChurchSubsequent Witness To ChristWorship God!ProphecyGay Marriagetestimonygabriel

And I, John, am he who saw these things and to whose ears they came. And when I had seen and given ear, I went down on my face to give worship at the feet of the angel who made these things clear to me. And he said to me, See you do it not; I am a brother-servant with you and with your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book: give worship to God.


And Ezra the scribe took his place on a tower of wood which they had made for the purpose; and by his side were placed Mattithiah and Shema and Anaiah and Uriah and Hilkiah and Maaseiah on the right; and on the left, Pedaiah and Mishael and Malchijah and Hashum and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah and Meshullam. And Ezra took the book, opening it before the eyes of all the people (for he was higher than the people); and when it was open, all the people got to their feet:

So David made prayer to God for the child; and he took no food day after day, and went in and, stretching himself out on the earth, was there all night. Verse ConceptsGesturesParents Prayer For Their ChildrenFasting, Examples OfLove, And The WorldSonsParents Duty To ChildrenParental LoveAll Night PrayersFastingFasting And Prayer

For there is a revelation of the wrath of God from heaven against all the wrongdoing and evil thoughts of men who keep down what is true by wrongdoing; Because the knowledge of God may be seen in them, God having made it clear to them. For from the first making of the world, those things of God which the eye is unable to see, that is, his eternal power and existence, are fully made clear, he having given the knowledge of them through the things which he has made, so that men have no reason for wrongdoing: read more.
Because, having the knowledge of God, they did not give glory to God as God, and did not give praise, but their minds were full of foolish things, and their hearts, being without sense, were made dark. Seeming to be wise, they were in fact foolish, And by them the glory of the eternal God was changed and made into the image of man who is not eternal, and of birds and beasts and things which go on the earth. For this reason God gave them up to the evil desires of their hearts, working shame in their bodies with one another: Because by them the true word of God was changed into that which is false, and they gave worship and honour to the thing which is made, and not to him who made it, to whom be blessing for ever. So be it.



Lord have mercy on my son: for he is off his head, and is in great pain; and frequently he goes falling into the fire, and frequently into the water. Verse ConceptsdiseasesSuffering, Nature OfCrying To JesusPeople TumblingConvulsionsBurning PeopleBe Merciful!Demons Causing TormentwaterfallsDemonic Influence

And Abraham said to God, If only Ishmael's life might be your care! Verse ConceptsBad ParentsParents Prayer For Their ChildrenParents Duty To ChildrenIntercessory Prayer

And Paul got to his feet on Mars' Hill and said, O men of Athens, I see that you are overmuch given to fear of the gods. For when I came by, I was looking at the things to which you give worship, and I saw an altar with this writing on it, TO THE GOD OF WHOM THERE IS NO KNOWLEDGE. Now, what you, without knowledge, give worship to, I make clear to you. The God who made the earth and everything in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, is not housed in buildings made with hands; read more.
And he is not dependent on the work of men's hands, as if he had need of anything, for he himself gives to all life and breath and all things;

And if it seems evil to you to be the servants of the Lord, make the decision this day whose servants you will be: of the gods whose servants your fathers were across the River, or of the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living: but I and my house will be the servants of the Lord. Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillAge, Glories OfFamily, Worship InChoicesdoubt, results ofFamilies, Examples OfGood Decision Making ExamplesIntentionsHeads Of The FamilyChoosingFaithful, Choose To RemainZeal, ReligiousLife's PurposeEmployers, Good ExamplesChoosing God's WayBehold Me!Encouraged To Serve Foreign godsServing One's Own GodsBeyond The EuphratesServingServing God

But the time is coming, and is even now here, when the true worshippers will give worship to the Father in the true way of the spirit, for these are the worshippers desired by the Father. God is Spirit: then let his worshippers give him worship in the true way of the spirit.



And when the sweet smell came up to the Lord, he said in his heart, I will not again put a curse on the earth because of man, for the thoughts of man's heart are evil from his earliest days; never again will I send destruction on all living things as I have done. Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfSweet OdoursCurses, DivineCovenant, God's with Noahevil, origins ofEarth, Promises AboutBeing Born In SinAromasHeart, DivineMind, The HumanSin, Universality OfSmellsAltarsBeing Evil From YouthGod KillingThoughts Of The WickedSoliloquyGod CursingGod Killing All PeopleRefreshing GodThe Hearts Incination To Evil


And he made there on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, writing it before the eyes of the children of Israel. And all Israel, those who were Israelites by birth, as well as the men from other lands living with them, and their responsible men and their overseers and judges, took their places round the ark, in front of the priests, the Levites, whose work it was to take up the ark of the Lord's agreement; half of them were stationed in front of Mount Gerizim and half in front of Mount Ebal, in agreement with the orders for the blessing of the children of Israel which Moses, the servant of the Lord, had given. And after, he gave them all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, as it is all recorded in the book of the law; read more.
Reading to all the meeting of Israel, with the women and the children and the men from other lands who were living among them, every word of the orders which Moses had given.

Then you are to be glad before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter, your man-servant and your woman-servant, and the Levite who is with you, and the man from a strange country, and the child without a father, and the widow, who are living among you, in the place marked out by the Lord your God as a resting-place for his name. Verse ConceptsOrphansPoverty, Attitudes TowardsWidowsWidows, Should BeRejoicingForeigners Permitted At The FeastsPeople Helping OrphansEating Drinking And RejoicingA Place For God's Name

You are to keep the feast with joy, you and your son and your daughter, your man-servant and your woman-servant, and the Levite, and the man from a strange country, and the child without a father, and the widow, who are living among you. Verse ConceptsWidowsForeigners Permitted At The FeastsPeople Helping OrphansEating Drinking And Rejoicing

And that same hour of the night, he took them, and when he had given attention to their wounds, he and all his family had baptism straight away. Verse ConceptsHourLove, For One AnotherRelatives Also InvolvedChristian BaptismBaptism

And she had a sister, by name Mary, who took her seat at the Lord's feet and gave attention to his words. Verse ConceptsFeetListeningSittingSitting At The FeetHearing ChristChrist TeachingIdentityIdentity In Christdistractions



Make songs of praise to the Lord, whose house is in Zion: make his doings clear to the people. Verse ConceptsPraisePraise, Reasons ForSingingGod's Deed RevealedPraise The Lord With Music!God Lives In Jerusalem

It was clear then to the father that this was the very time at which Jesus said to him, Your son is living. And he had faith in Jesus, he and all his family. Verse ConceptsFaith, Origins Ofevangelism, kinds ofHousesKept Alive By MenAt The Same TimeKnowing FactsThose Who Believed In Christ

Early in the morning he came across his brother and said to him, We have made discovery! It is the Messiah! (which is to say, the Christ). Verse ConceptsFindingWitnessing, Approaches ToNames And Titles For ChristChrist, Names ForFinding PeopleEvangelismmovement

Now the woman was a Greek, a Syro-phoenician by birth: and she made a request to him that he would send the evil spirit out of her daughter. Verse Conceptsdemons, Kinds ofBeggarsGreeksLove, And The WorldJesus Casting Out Demons

Go back to your house and let them have news of all the great things which God has done for you. And he went away, giving word through all the town of the great things which Jesus had done for him. Verse ConceptsExperience, of Godevangelists, identity ofTestify On God's BehalfFervourZealousness, Examples OfChrist's WorkTelling Of JesusFamily And FriendsGod Turning Bad Things Into Good

Then Jacob said to all his people, Put away the strange gods which are among you, and make yourselves clean, and put on a change of clothing: And let us go up to Beth-el: and there I will make an altar to God, who gave me an answer in the day of my trouble, and was with me wherever I went.

And it will be over Aaron's brow, so that Aaron will be responsible for any error in all the holy offerings made by the children of Israel; it will be on his brow at all times, so that their offerings may be pleasing to the Lord. Verse ConceptsAcceptance, divineAcceptance, From GodForeheadsIncurring GuiltSubstitutionWelcomed By God

But in Cain and his offering he had no pleasure. And Cain was angry and his face became sad. Verse ConceptsTemperAnger, Sinful ExamplesAnger Of Man, UnrighteousEnvy, Example OfMalice, Examples OfExpressions On FacesDepressionRespect

If you do well, will you not have honour? and if you do wrong, sin is waiting at the door, desiring to have you, but do not let it be your master. Verse ConceptsAcceptance, divineAcceptance, From GodAbel and CainDoorsSin, Causes OfCrouchingEvil DesiresThe Entrance Of SinAcceptanceDoing The Right ThingSmiling


And at the end of their days of feasting, Job sent and made them clean, getting up early in the morning and offering burned offerings for them all. For, Job said, It may be that my sons have done wrong and said evil of God in their hearts. And Job did this whenever the feasts came round. Verse ConceptsCustomBad ParentsParents Prayer For Their ChildrenRising Early, Examples OfFamilies, Examples OfMorning DevotionsBurnt offeringOfferingsSonsWorldly Pleasures, Leads ToParents Duty To ChildrenRising EarlyThose Who Rose EarlyCursing GodMaking People HolyEarly RisingSacrificeKidsRoses

And at the end of their days of feasting, Job sent and made them clean, getting up early in the morning and offering burned offerings for them all. For, Job said, It may be that my sons have done wrong and said evil of God in their hearts. And Job did this whenever the feasts came round. Verse ConceptsCustomBad ParentsParents Prayer For Their ChildrenRising Early, Examples OfFamilies, Examples OfMorning DevotionsBurnt offeringOfferingsSonsWorldly Pleasures, Leads ToParents Duty To ChildrenRising EarlyThose Who Rose EarlyCursing GodMaking People HolyEarly RisingSacrificeKidsRoses


And at the end of their days of feasting, Job sent and made them clean, getting up early in the morning and offering burned offerings for them all. For, Job said, It may be that my sons have done wrong and said evil of God in their hearts. And Job did this whenever the feasts came round. Verse ConceptsCustomBad ParentsParents Prayer For Their ChildrenRising Early, Examples OfFamilies, Examples OfMorning DevotionsBurnt offeringOfferingsSonsWorldly Pleasures, Leads ToParents Duty To ChildrenRising EarlyThose Who Rose EarlyCursing GodMaking People HolyEarly RisingSacrificeKidsRoses

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