Thematic Bible: General references to
Thematic Bible
false Accusations » General references to
Then Eli said to her, “How long will you make yourself drunk? Put away your wine from you.”
You have also appointed prophets to proclaim in Jerusalem concerning you, ‘A king is in Judah!’ And now it will be reported to the king according to these reports. So come now, let us take counsel together.”
And
While he was at the Gate of Benjamin, a captain of the guard whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah the son of Hananiah was there; and he arrested Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “You are going over to the Chaldeans!”
And while He was being accused by the chief priests and elders, He did not answer.
The scribes and the Pharisees were watching Him closely to see if He healed on the Sabbath, so that they might find reason to accuse Him.
Activity » Evil » General references to
And
And they hasten to shed innocent blood;
Devastation and destruction are in their highways.
Who work out evil on their beds!
For it is in the
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Activity » Christ's zeal » General references to
And a
And He put on
And wrapped Himself with
And He said to them, “Why is it that you were looking for Me? Did you not know that I had to be in My Father’s house?”
His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for Your house will consume me.”
Jesus *said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to accomplish His work.
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Adorning » Jewels » General references to
Then all whose hearts moved them, both men and women, came and brought brooches and earrings and signet rings and bracelets, all articles of gold; so did every man who presented an offering of gold to the Lord.
So we have brought as an offering to the Lord what each man found, articles of gold, armlets and bracelets, signet rings, earrings and necklaces, to make atonement for ourselves before the Lord.”
My soul will exult in
For He has
He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness,
As a bridegroom decks himself with a garland,
And
The servant brought out articles of silver and articles of gold, and garments, and gave them to Rebekah; he also gave precious things to her brother and to her mother.
But every woman shall ask of her neighbor and the woman who lives in her house, articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing; and you will put them on your sons and daughters. Thus you will plunder the Egyptians.”
Adultery » General references to
‘If there is a man who commits adultery with another man’s wife, one who commits adultery with his friend’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
“You shall not commit adultery.
Saying, ‘No eye will see me.’
And he
So then, if while her husband is living she is joined to another man, she shall be called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is not an adulteress though she is joined to another man.
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals,
having eyes full of adultery that never cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having a heart trained in greed, accursed children;
Afflictions » General references to
And the
In His
And He
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us.
The Lord said, “I have surely seen the affliction of My people who are in Egypt, and have given heed to their cry because of their taskmasters, for I am aware of their sufferings.
Is
That Your word has
Yet Your commandments are my
we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing;
Agriculture » General references to » Called husbandmen
Then Noah began farming and planted a vineyard.
Judah and all its cities will dwell together in it, the farmer and they who go about with flocks.
And with you I shatter the farmer and his team,
And with you I shatter governors and prefects.
Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts, the Lord,
“There iswailing in all the plazas,
And in all the streets they say, ‘Alas! Alas!’
They also call thefarmer to mourning
Andprofessional mourners to lamentation.
“There is
And in all the streets they say, ‘Alas! Alas!’
They also call the
And
but he will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I am a tiller of the ground, for a man sold me as a slave in my youth.’
Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious produce of the soil, being patient about it, until it gets the early and late rains.
Agriculture » General references to
Then Noah began farming and planted a vineyard.
Then the Lord God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it.
Again, she gave birth to his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of flocks, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Now Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold. And the Lord blessed him,
So he departed from there and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, while he was plowing with twelve pairs of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth. And Elijah passed over to him and threw his mantle on him.
a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them,
But he who pursues worthless things lacks
Agriculture » General references to » Uzziah
He built towers in the wilderness and hewed many cisterns, for he had much livestock, both in the lowland and in the plain. He also had plowmen and vinedressers in the hill country and the fertile fields, for he loved the soil.
Agriculture » General references to » David
Agriculture » General references to » Elisha
So he departed from there and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, while he was plowing with twelve pairs of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth. And Elijah passed over to him and threw his mantle on him.
Agriculture » General references to » Noah
Then Noah began farming and planted a vineyard.
Agriculture » General references to » Cain
Again, she gave birth to his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of flocks, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Agriculture » General references to » The rich man
Ahab » General references to
Now Ahab the son of Omri became king over Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.
Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, surely there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”
Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs of water and to all the valleys; perhaps we will find grass and keep the horses and mules alive, and not have to kill some of the cattle.”
Now Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
Then he sent messengers to the city to Ahab king of Israel and said to him, “Thus says Ben-hadad,
Now the king of Israel said to his servants, “Do you know that Ramoth-gilead belongs to us, and we are still doing nothing to take it out of the hand of the king of Aram?”
Then he found another man and said, “Please strike me.” And the man struck him, wounding him.
Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria, to the rulers of Jezreel, the elders, and to the guardians of the children of Ahab, saying,
Know then that there shall fall to the earth nothing of the word of the Lord, which the Lord spoke concerning the house of Ahab, for the Lord has done what He spoke through His servant Elijah.”
The Almighty » Power of God » General references to
But if you do go, do it, be strong for the battle; yet God will bring you down before the enemy, for God has power to help and to bring down.”
And by His
That
Being
Than the mighty breakers of the sea,
The Lord
And the Lord will by no means leave the guilty unpunished.
In
And
to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, be the glory forever. Amen.
Andrew » General references to
As He was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew were questioning Him privately,
Philip *came and *told Andrew; Andrew and Philip *came and *told Jesus.
When they had entered the city, they went up to the upper room where they were staying; that is, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.
Animals » Lions » General references to
But David said to Saul, “Your servant was tending his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock,
Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother, and came as far as the vineyards of Timnah; and behold, a young lion came roaring toward him.
Now when he had gone, a lion met him on the way and killed him, and his body was thrown on the road, with the donkey standing beside it; the lion also was standing beside the body.
Then the king arose at dawn, at the break of day, and went in haste to the lions’ den.
Apollos » General references to
Now a Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus; and he was mighty in the Scriptures.
It happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the upper country and came to Ephesus, and found some disciples.
Now I mean this, that each one of you is saying, “I am of Paul,” and “I of Apollos,” and “I of Cephas,” and “I of Christ.”
For when one says, “I am of Paul,” and another, “I am of Apollos,” are you not mere men?
But concerning Apollos our brother, I encouraged him greatly to come to you with the brethren; and it was not at all his desire to come now, but he will come when he has opportunity.
Diligently help Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way so that nothing is lacking for them.
Appearances » Deceitful » General references to
Now in all Israel was no one as handsome as Absalom, so highly praised; from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head there was no defect in him.
He had a son whose name was Saul, a choice and handsome man, and there was not a more handsome person than he among the sons of Israel; from his shoulders and up he was taller than any of the people.
When they entered, he looked at Eliab and thought, “Surely the Lord’s anointed is before Him.”
Seeing at a distance a fig tree in leaf, He went to see if perhaps He would find anything on it; and when He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.
Arts and crafts » General references to
and because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them and they were working, for by trade they were tent-makers.
these he gathered together with the workmen of similar trades, and said, “Men, you know that our prosperity depends upon this business.
And the sound of harpists and musicians and flute-players and trumpeters will not be heard in you any longer; and no craftsman of any craft will be found in you any longer; and the sound of a mill will not be heard in you any longer;
Asceticism » General references to
Now John himself had a garment of camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.
Then the disciples of John *came to Him, asking, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?”
These are matters which have, to be sure, the appearance of wisdom in self-made religion and self-abasement and severe treatment of the body, but are of no value against fleshly indulgence.
For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality;
Astronomy » Moon » General references to
God made the two great lights, the greater light to govern the day, and the lesser light to govern the night; He made the stars also.
And with the choice produce of the months.
Until the nation avenged themselves of their enemies.
Is it not written in
The
For the
And His glory will be before His elders.
And the moon into blood
Before the
Atheism » General references to
Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son.
All his
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
The fool hassaid in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, they have committed abominabledeeds;
There isno one who does good.
The fool has
They are corrupt, they have committed abominable
There is
For the choir director. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord.
Transgression speaks to the ungodly withinhis heart;
There isno fear of God before his eyes.
Transgression speaks to the ungodly within
There is
Or that I not be
And
And said, “
Misfortune will
And we
Attributes of God » Power of God » General references to
But if you do go, do it, be strong for the battle; yet God will bring you down before the enemy, for God has power to help and to bring down.”
And by His
That
Being
Than the mighty breakers of the sea,
The Lord
And the Lord will by no means leave the guilty unpunished.
In
And
to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, be the glory forever. Amen.
Awakenings and religious reforms » Awakenings, religious, » General references to
And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a large number who believed turned to the Lord.
So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand souls.
Nevertheless some men of Asher, Manasseh and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.
When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, “The Lord, He is God; the Lord, He is God.”
Now while Ezra was praying and making confession, weeping and prostrating himself before the house of God, a very large assembly, men, women and children, gathered to him from Israel; for the people wept bitterly.
From that city many of the Samaritans believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified, “He told me all the things that I have done.”
The crowds with one accord were giving attention to what was said by Philip, as they heard and saw the signs which he was performing.
When the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord; and as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.
Many also of those who had believed kept coming, confessing and disclosing their practices.
Awakenings and religious reforms » Revivals (select reading, isa chap 35) isa 35 » General references to
Say to Him, “
And
That we may
And the
For waters will break forth in the
And streams in the
And let us return to the Lord.
He will
That we may live before Him.
religious Awakenings » General references to
And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a large number who believed turned to the Lord.
So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand souls.
Nevertheless some men of Asher, Manasseh and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.
When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, “The Lord, He is God; the Lord, He is God.”
Now while Ezra was praying and making confession, weeping and prostrating himself before the house of God, a very large assembly, men, women and children, gathered to him from Israel; for the people wept bitterly.
From that city many of the Samaritans believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified, “He told me all the things that I have done.”
The crowds with one accord were giving attention to what was said by Philip, as they heard and saw the signs which he was performing.
When the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord; and as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.
Many also of those who had believed kept coming, confessing and disclosing their practices.
Babylon » General references to
The beginning of his kingdom was Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
that you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon, and say,
“Howthe oppressor has ceased,
And howfury has ceased!
“How
And how
Perhaps she may be healed.
She who is in Babylon, chosen together with you, sends you greetings, and so does my son, Mark.
balaam » General references to
When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at the city of Moab, which is on the Arnon border, at the extreme end of the border.
So he sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, at Pethor, which is near the River, in the land of the sons of his people, to call him, saying, “Behold, a people came out of Egypt; behold, they cover the surface of the land, and they are living opposite me.
God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them; you shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.”
They killed the kings of Midian along with the rest of their slain: Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba, the five kings of Midian; they also killed Balaam the son of Beor with the sword.
What
And what Balaam son of Beor answered him,
And from
So
forsaking the right way, they have gone astray, having followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
Beggars » General references to
And inherit a seat of honor;
And He set the world on them.
Yet
Or
And let them
So he
Birds » General references to
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
The fear of you and the terror of you will be on every beast of the earth and on every bird of the sky; with everything that creeps on the ground, and all the fish of the sea, into your hand they are given.
“If you happen to come upon a bird’s nest along the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the mother sitting on the young or on the eggs, you shall not take the mother with the young;
Then God said, “Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens.”
‘These, moreover, you shall detest among the birds; they are abhorrent, not to be eaten: the eagle and the vulture and the buzzard,
Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
and wherever the sons of men dwell, or the beasts of the field, or the birds of the sky, He has given them into your hand and has caused you to rule over them all. You are the head of gold.
Boldness » Boldness, holy » General references to
in whom we have boldness and confident access through faith in Him.
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Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus,
Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
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For those who have served well as deacons obtain for themselves a high standing and great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.
By this, love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment; because as He is, so also are we in this world.
physical Bondage » In prison » General references to
But the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea, who had sent messengers to So king of Egypt and had offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year; so the king of Assyria shut him up and bound him in prison.
Then the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze chains, and he was a grinder in the prison.
So he put them in confinement in the house of the captain of the bodyguard, in the jail, the same place where Joseph was imprisoned.
and they put him in custody because it had not been declared what should be done to him.
All of them are
Or are
They have become a prey with none to deliver them,
And a spoil, with none to say, “Give them back!”
Then he blinded the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him with bronze fetters and brought him to Babylon and put him in prison until the day of his death.
and suddenly there came a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison house were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were unfastened.
Bread » General references to
Now a man came from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And he said, “Give them to the people that they may eat.”
And
Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread and a jug of wine and a young goat, and sent them to Saul by David his son.
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; now he was a priest of God Most High.
and I will bring a piece of bread, that you may refresh yourselves; after that you may go on, since you have visited your servant.” And they said, “So do, as you have said.”
The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he would drink from the brook.
Brotherly love » General references to
And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should love his brother also.
If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
But
For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
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And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment,
Now as to the love of the brethren, you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another;
Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins.
Cain » General references to
By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained the testimony that he was righteous, God testifying about his gifts, and through faith, though he is dead, he still speaks.
not as Cain, who was of the evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.
Again, she gave birth to his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of flocks, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, and for pay they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.
Then Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
Christ » Denial of » General references to
Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son.
But you disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
Jesus said to him, “Truly I say to you that this very night, before a rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.”
Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a servant-girl came to him and said, "You too were with Jesus the Galilean." But he denied it before them all, saying, "I do not know what you are talking about."
If we
But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.
Christ » Name, wonderful » General references to
For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
And the
And His name will be called
Eternal
And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written, “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”
having become as much better than the angels, as He has inherited a more excellent name than they.
And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name Him Jesus.
His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many diadems; and He has a name written on Him which no one knows except Himself.
Christ » Humility of » General references to
Then He *poured water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded.
Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your
He is
Even on a
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
Christ » Humanity of Christ » General references to
For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
The record of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham:
Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law,
Christ » Humanity of » General references to
For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
The record of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham:
Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law,
Christ » Prescience of » General references to
After this, Jesus, knowing that all things had already been accomplished, to fulfill the Scripture, *said, “I am thirsty.”
Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.
For He knew the one who was betraying Him; for this reason He said, “Not all of you are clean.”
So Jesus, knowing all the things that were coming upon Him, went forth and *said to them, “Whom do you seek?”
Christ » His foreknowledge » General references to
After this, Jesus, knowing that all things had already been accomplished, to fulfill the Scripture, *said, “I am thirsty.”
Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.
For He knew the one who was betraying Him; for this reason He said, “Not all of you are clean.”
So Jesus, knowing all the things that were coming upon Him, went forth and *said to them, “Whom do you seek?”
Church » Security of » General references to
A Song of Ascents.
Those who trust in the Lord
Are as Mount Zion, whichcannot be moved but abides forever.
Those who trust in the Lord
Are as Mount Zion, which
And through the rivers, they will not overflow you.
When you
Nor will the flame burn you.
Or of the
so that we confidently say,
“The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid.
What will man do to me?”
“
What will man do to me?”
His
And you would look around and rest securely.
And will be at ease from the dread of evil.”
When you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
His water will be sure.
Church » Foundation of furnishes perfect security » General references to
For this is contained in Scripture:
“Behold, I lay in Zion a choice stone, a precious corner stone,
And he who believes inHim will not be disappointed.”
“
And he who believes in
Therefore thus says the Lord God,
“Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a tested stone,
A costly cornerstone for the foundation,firmly placed.
He who believes in it will not bedisturbed.
“
A costly cornerstone for the foundation,
He who believes in it will not be
having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone,
For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Behold, I will set your stones in antimony,
And your foundations I will
Nevertheless, the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who names the name of the Lord is to abstain from wickedness.”
Church » Enemies of » General references to
A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning Cush, a Benjamite.
O Lord my God,in You I have taken refuge;
Save me from all those who pursue me, anddeliver me,
O Lord my God,
Save me from all those who pursue me, and
They have
Yet I do not
Shin.
Princes persecute me without cause,
But my heartstands in awe of Your words.
But my heart
He has crushed my life
He
Remember me, take notice of me,
And
Do not, in view of Your patience, take me away;
Know that
We are worn out, there is
Church » Head of, Christ the » General references to
He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.
And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as head over all things to the church,
but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ,
For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body.
Verse Concepts
Abusive HusbandsBeing A HusbandBeing In A RelationshipChurch Authority, Of Jesus ChristBody Of Christ, The ChurchHusbands Headship, Basis OfHeadshipHusbandsWivesJesus Christ, SaviorChrist, The Head Of The ChurchNames And Titles For ChristBody Of ChristThe Church UniversalHead As ChiefThe churchFamiliesHusband And WifeMarriage Between Man And Woman
and not holding fast to the head, from whom the entire body, being supplied and held together by the joints and ligaments, grows with a growth which is from God.
Church » Compared to a flock » General references to
I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock;
In His arm He will gather the lambs
And carry them in His bosom;
He will gently lead the nursing ewes.
Verse Concepts
As the flock of His people;
For they are as the stones of a
Church » Flock, God's » General references to
I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock;
In His arm He will gather the lambs
And carry them in His bosom;
He will gently lead the nursing ewes.
Verse Concepts
As the flock of His people;
For they are as the stones of a
Circumcision » General references to
But an uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that person shall be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”
So Joshua made himself flint knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth.
Paul wanted this man to go with him; and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
Was any man called when he was already circumcised? He is not to become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? He is not to be circumcised.
But not even Titus, who was with me, though he was a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.
Behold I, Paul, say to you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no benefit to you.
Those who desire to make a good showing in the flesh try to compel you to be circumcised, simply so that they will not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.
Cities » General references to
They said, “Come, let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will reach into heaven, and let us make for ourselves a name, otherwise we will be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”
Then Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again from the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the cities which he had taken in war from the hand of Jehoahaz his father. Three times Joash defeated him and recovered the cities of Israel.
Nevertheless, the people who live in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large; and moreover, we saw the descendants of Anak there.
Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; will You indeed sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who are in it?
So he gathered all the food of these seven years which occurred in the land of Egypt and placed the food in the cities; he placed in every city the food from its own surrounding fields.
“Then it shall come about when the Lord your God brings you into the land which He swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you, great and splendid cities which you did not build,
For I have seen
duties of Citizens » General references to
Do not associate with those who are given to change,
They *said to Him, “Caesar’s.” Then He *said to them, “Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.”
Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God.
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ethics, socialethics, basis ofCivil authoritiesDeath penaltyHuman Authority, Nature OfAttitudes, to other peopleAuthority, of human institutionsHuman Authority, Christian ResponseGovernmentCivic DutiesHonouring RulersLeaders, PoliticalLoyaltyPower, HumanOrderliness In SocietySubmissionTaxationGod's Providential Control
Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether to a king as the one in authority, or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and the praise of those who do right.
Civic duties » General references to
Do not associate with those who are given to change,
They *said to Him, “Caesar’s.” Then He *said to them, “Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.”
Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God.
Verse Concepts
ethics, socialethics, basis ofCivil authoritiesDeath penaltyHuman Authority, Nature OfAttitudes, to other peopleAuthority, of human institutionsHuman Authority, Christian ResponseGovernmentCivic DutiesHonouring RulersLeaders, PoliticalLoyaltyPower, HumanOrderliness In SocietySubmissionTaxationGod's Providential Control
Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether to a king as the one in authority, or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and the praise of those who do right.
Civil strife » General references to
And you are not afraid at the
For the report will come
And after that
And violence will be in the land
With
Then He continued by saying to them, "Nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be great earthquakes, and in various places plagues and famines; and there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.
Clothing » General references to
Then Belshazzar gave orders, and they clothed Daniel with purple and put a necklace of gold around his neck, and issued a proclamation concerning him that he now had authority as the third ruler in the kingdom.
Now John himself had a garment of camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.
The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them.
Then Rebekah took the best garments of Esau her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son.
Who clothed you luxuriously in scarlet,
Who put ornaments of gold on your apparel.
So Peter arose and went with them. When he arrived, they brought him into the upper room; and all the widows stood beside him, weeping and showing all the tunics and garments that Dorcas used to make while she was with them.
and you pay special attention to the one who is wearing the fine clothes, and say, “You sit here in a good place,” and you say to the poor man, “You stand over there, or sit down by my footstool,”
Commandments » General references to
The commandment of the Lord is
For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome.
“You shall therefore keep every commandment which I am commanding you today, so that you may be strong and go in and possess the land into which you are about to cross to possess it;
And He answered and said to them, “Why do you yourselves transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?
Condemnation » General references to
If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that you will not come together for judgment. The remaining matters I will arrange when I come.
So then as through one transgression there resulted condemnation to all men, even so through one act of righteousness there resulted justification of life to all men.
and not a new convert, so that he will not become conceited and fall into the condemnation incurred by the devil.
But above all, my brethren, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath; but your yes is to be yes, and your no, no, so that you may not fall under judgment.
Congregation » General references to
‘Now if the whole congregation of Israel commits error and the matter escapes the notice of the assembly, and they commit any of the things which the Lord has commanded not to be done, and they become guilty;
“Bring the one who has cursed outside the camp, and let all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then let all the congregation stone him.
then it shall be, if it is done unintentionally, without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one bull for a burnt offering, as a soothing aroma to the Lord, with its grain offering and its drink offering, according to the ordinance, and one male goat for a sin offering.
“No one who is emasculated or has his male organ cut off shall enter the assembly of the Lord.
Conscience » General references to
let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
Verse Concepts
AssuranceConsciousnessCleansed ConsciencesAssurance, By Faith In ChristConsciences, Description OfFaith, Nature OfFaith, Growth InFaith, As Basis Of SalvationBlood, of Jesus ChristAssurance in the life of faithBaptism, in the GospelsGuilt, Human Aspects OfHeart, And Holy SpiritKnowledge, Of SinPrayer, And FaithPurity, Nature OfSin, Deliverance From God
how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Paul, looking intently at the Council, said, “Brethren, I have lived my life with a perfectly good conscience before God up to this day.”
in that they show the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them,
Therefore it is necessary to be in subjection, not only because of wrath, but also for conscience’ sake.
However not all men have this knowledge; but some, being accustomed to the idol until now, eat food as if it were sacrificed to an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.
Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are made manifest to God; and I hope that we are made manifest also in your consciences.
Conversion » General references to » Joyful believers used as instruments in
Restore to me the joy of Your salvation And sustain me with a willing spirit. Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners will be converted to You.
Conversion » General references to » The supreme task of the church
My brethren, if any among you strays from the truth and one turns him back, let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
Conversion » General references to » Essential to entrance into God's kingdom
and said, “Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.
Conversion » General references to » Prepares for Christian service
Conversion » General references to » The divine law the agent in
The testimony of the Lord is
Verse Concepts
Conversion » General references to » Encouraged upon all men
Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord;
Courtesy » General references to
Verse Concepts
The next day we put in at Sidon; and Julius treated Paul with consideration and allowed him to go to his friends and receive care.
Now in the neighborhood of that place were lands belonging to the leading man of the island, named Publius, who welcomed us and entertained us courteously three days.
Cruelty » General references to
For
And such as
Cursing » General references to
Let them even be
And on account of
And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.
With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the likeness of God;
Daniel » General references to
Now when Daniel knew that the document was signed, he entered his house (now in his roof chamber he had windows open toward Jerusalem); and he continued kneeling on his knees three times a day, praying and giving thanks before his God, as he had been doing previously.
But as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the book until the end of time; many will go back and forth, and knowledge will increase.”
Then Daniel replied with discretion and discernment to Arioch, the captain of the king’s bodyguard, who had gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon;
Then Daniel answered and said before the king, “Keep your gifts for yourself or give your rewards to someone else; however, I will read the inscription to the king and make the interpretation known to him.
in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, observed in the books the number of the years which was revealed as the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet for the completion of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years.
even though these three men, Noah, Daniel and Job were in its midst, by their own righteousness they could only deliver themselves,” declares the Lord God.
Days » of the Lord » General references to
I have decided to deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of his flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
“Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord.
just as you also partially did understand us, that we are your reason to be proud as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.
For you yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night.
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up.
The Dead » Mourning for » General references to
Then David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, “Tear your clothes and gird on sackcloth and lament before Abner.” And King David walked behind the bier.
Now forty days were required for it, for such is the period required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.
When all the congregation saw that Aaron had died, all the house of Israel wept for Aaron thirty days.
So the sons of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days; then the days of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.
They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan and for the people of the Lord and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
The Dead » Preparation of, for burial » General references to
And it happened at that time that she fell sick and died; and when they had washed her body, they laid it in an upper room.
The man who had died came forth, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus *said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”
The Dead » General references to
And it happened at that time that she fell sick and died; and when they had washed her body, they laid it in an upper room.
The man who had died came forth, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus *said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”
Deborah » General references to
Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.
Deborah said to Barak, “Arise! For this is the day in which the Lord has given Sisera into your hands; behold, the Lord has gone out before you.” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.
Denial of Christ » General references to
Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son.
But you disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
Jesus said to him, “Truly I say to you that this very night, before a rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.”
Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a servant-girl came to him and said, "You too were with Jesus the Galilean." But he denied it before them all, saying, "I do not know what you are talking about."
If we
But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.
Deserts » General references to
But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip saying, “Get up and go south to the road that descends from Jerusalem to Gaza.” (This is a desert road.)
Then they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please, let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God, otherwise He will fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.”
Desires » Select readings, psalms 42; 84 ps 42; 84 » General references to
That I may
To behold
And to
And
Indeed,
For when the earth
The inhabitants of the world
All Judah rejoiced concerning the oath, for they had sworn with their whole heart and had sought Him earnestly, and He let them find Him. So the Lord gave them rest on every side.
A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.
O God,You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly;
My soulthirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You,
In adry and weary land where there is no water.
O God,
My soul
In a
And my
Desires » General references to
“I will greatly multiply
Your pain
In pain you will
Yet your desire will be for your husband,
And
But desire
Desolation of the wicked » General references to
They are utterly swept away by
And fire consumes
And those who hate the righteous will be
Despair » General references to
And in those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death flees from them.
So Moses spoke thus to the sons of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses on account of their despondency and cruel bondage.
And come to an end
And so has my
Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel; behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope has perished. We are completely cut off.’
Since neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm was assailing us, from then on all hope of our being saved was gradually abandoned.
Discretion » General references to
So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has informed you of all this, there is no one so discerning and wise as you are.
Understanding will watch over you,
When Jesus saw that he had answered intelligently, He said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” After that, no one would venture to ask Him any more questions.
spiritual Disease » General references to
Is there no physician there?
As you
The whole head is
And the whole heart is faint.
‘Your wound is incurable
And your
For
It has reached the
Even to Jerusalem.
And hearing this, Jesus *said to them, “It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
new Dispensation » General references to
(for the Law made nothing perfect), and on the other hand there is a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.
But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises.
But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels,
Therefore it was necessary for the copies of the things in the heavens to be cleansed with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
This expression, “Yet once more,” denotes the removing of those things which can be shaken, as of created things, so that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
because God had provided something better for us, so that apart from us they would not be made perfect.
Display » General references to
Hezekiah was pleased, and showed them all his treasure house, the silver and the gold and the spices and the precious oil and his whole armory and all that was found in his treasuries. There was nothing in his house nor in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.
Then Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, and the number of his sons, and every instance where the king had magnified him and how he had promoted him above the princes and servants of the king.
So, on the next day when Agrippa came together with Bernice amid great pomp, and entered the auditorium accompanied by the commanders and the prominent men of the city, at the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.
Divine Requirements » General references to
“Thus has the Lord of hosts said, ‘Dispense true justice and practice kindness and compassion each to his brother;
And
But to
And to walk
Verse Concepts
These are the things which you should do: speak the truth to one another; judge with truth and judgment for peace in your gates.
“Now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require from you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, and to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
And He said to him, “Why are you asking Me about what is good? There is only One who is good; but if you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.”
Dreams » General references to
He said,
“Hear now My words:
If there is a prophet among you,
I, the Lord, shall make Myself known to him in avision.
I shall speak with him in adream.
“Hear now My words:
If there is a prophet among you,
I, the Lord, shall make Myself known to him in a
I shall speak with him in a
The prophet who has a dream may relate his dream, but let him who has My word speak My word in truth. What does straw have in common with grain?” declares the Lord.
That I will
And your sons and daughters will prophesy,
Your old men will dream dreams,
Your young men will see visions.
For the dream comes through much effort and the voice of a fool through many words.
For in many dreams and in many words there is emptiness. Rather, fear God.
Dress » Clothing » General references to
Then Belshazzar gave orders, and they clothed Daniel with purple and put a necklace of gold around his neck, and issued a proclamation concerning him that he now had authority as the third ruler in the kingdom.
Now John himself had a garment of camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.
The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them.
Then Rebekah took the best garments of Esau her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son.
Who clothed you luxuriously in scarlet,
Who put ornaments of gold on your apparel.
So Peter arose and went with them. When he arrived, they brought him into the upper room; and all the widows stood beside him, weeping and showing all the tunics and garments that Dorcas used to make while she was with them.
and you pay special attention to the one who is wearing the fine clothes, and say, “You sit here in a good place,” and you say to the poor man, “You stand over there, or sit down by my footstool,”
Duties » Of citizens » General references to
Do not associate with those who are given to change,
They *said to Him, “Caesar’s.” Then He *said to them, “Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.”
Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God.
Verse Concepts
ethics, socialethics, basis ofCivil authoritiesDeath penaltyHuman Authority, Nature OfAttitudes, to other peopleAuthority, of human institutionsHuman Authority, Christian ResponseGovernmentCivic DutiesHonouring RulersLeaders, PoliticalLoyaltyPower, HumanOrderliness In SocietySubmissionTaxationGod's Providential Control
Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether to a king as the one in authority, or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and the praise of those who do right.
Earthly » Of priests honour » General references to
Then he died in a ripe old age, full of days, riches and honor; and his son Solomon reigned in his place.
for I will indeed honor you richly, and I will do whatever you say to me. Please come then, curse this people for me.’”
So the Lord established the kingdom in his control, and all Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat, and he had great riches and honor.
Now Hezekiah had immense riches and honor; and he made for himself treasuries for silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields and all kinds of valuable articles,
Effeminacy » General references to
And against all the
And they will become
A sword against her treasures, and they will be plundered!
In that day the Egyptians will become like women, and they will tremble and be in dread because of the waving of the hand of the Lord of hosts, which He is going to wave over them.
They stay in the strongholds;
They are becoming
Their dwelling places are set on fire,
The
The gates of your land are
Fire consumes your gate bars.
Encouragement » General references to
And he *said to them, “Do not be amazed; you are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen; He is not here; behold, here is the place where they laid Him.
But on the night immediately following, the Lord stood at his side and said, “Take courage; for as you have solemnly witnessed to My cause at Jerusalem, so you must witness at Rome also.”
But Moses said to the people, “Do not fear! Stand by and see the salvation of the Lord which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will never see them again forever.
He set the priests in their offices and encouraged them in the service of the house of the Lord.
Who says to you, ‘
But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid.”
Yet now I urge you to keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.
Enoch » General references to
It was also about these men that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with many thousands of His holy ones,
the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan,
Then Enoch walked with God three hundred years after he became the father of Methuselah, and he had other sons and daughters.
By faith Enoch was taken up so that he would not see death; and he was not found because God took him up; for he obtained the witness that before his being taken up he was pleasing to God.
Esau » General references to
When Esau was forty years old he married Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite;
that there be no immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal.
Now it came about, when Isaac was old and his eyes were too dim to see, that he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” And he said to him, “Here I am.”
Now the first came forth red, all over like a hairy garment; and they named him Esau.
Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew; and he ate and drank, and rose and went on his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.
Now it came about, as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had hardly gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
Now these are the records of the generations of Esau (that is, Edom).
Just as it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even regarding things to come.
Estrangement » From God » General references to
being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart;
Verse Concepts
Spiritual DeathDarkness, As A Symbol Of SinFall Of Man, Consequences OfCommunicationGod, Revelation OfHardness Of HeartHeart, Fallen And RedeemedLonelinessReconciliation, Of The World To GodSalvation, Necessity And Basis OfStubbornness, Consequences OfUnbelief, Nature And Effects OfVeilsApathyCharacter Of WickedNations DescribedIgnorance Towards God, Leads ToInsensibilityEstrangement
These who speak lies
remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
Thus says the Lord,
“What injustice did your fathers find in Me,
That they went far from Me
And walked afteremptiness and became empty?
“
That they went far from Me
And walked after
in order to lay hold of the hearts of the house of Israel who are estranged from Me through all their idols.”’
But the Levites who went far from Me when Israel went astray, who went astray from Me after their idols, shall bear the punishment for their iniquity.
Evil » Women evil women » General references to
He who is
Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die!”
But when Herod’s birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod,
for when Jezebel destroyed the prophets of the Lord, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave, and provided them with bread and water.)
So while he slept, Delilah took the seven locks of his hair and wove them into the web]. And she fastened it with the pin and said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” But he awoke from his sleep and pulled out the pin of the loom and the web.
Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me and even more, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.”
Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, “Have a gallows fifty cubits high made and in the morning ask the king to have Mordecai hanged on it; then go joyfully with the king to the banquet.” And the advice pleased Haman, so he had the gallows made.
Evil » Devices » General references to
Who work out evil on their beds!
For it is in the
He sets himself on a
He
But they will say, ‘It’s hopeless! For we are going to follow our own plans, and each of us will act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.’
Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.
Who
But kindness and truth will be to those who devise good.
He who compresses his lips brings evil to pass.
He
To
He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and give evil advice in this city,
Evil » Speech evil speaking » General references to
With their tongues they keep deceiving,”
“
He has
And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell.
Their
Their
They
But his heart was war;
His words were
Yet they were drawn
But the
And their lips
Evil » Way » General references to
But a wise man is he who listens to counsel.
And who are devious in their ways;
And there is
They have made their paths crooked,
But the way of the treacherous is hard.
But He loves one who
Evil » Activity » General references to
And
And they hasten to shed innocent blood;
Devastation and destruction are in their highways.
Who work out evil on their beds!
For it is in the
Verse Concepts
AlcoholAdversityevil, origins ofenemies, of believersBitingAttitudes Of WatchfulnessSatan, Titles ForLions, Figurative Use OfLionsPersecution, Nature OfReadinessSatan, As TempterSelf ControlSleep, SpiritualSpiritual Warfare, As ConflictSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfSpiritual Warfare, Enemies InWatchfulness, Of BelieversBeing PreparedSatan, Character Of
Evil » Slander » General references to
No one who has a
And
Because every
And every neighbor
While they
They
And he who spreads slander is a fool.
But through knowledge the
Experience (knowledge experimental) » General references to
Yet
Or
With
And
I said to myself, “Behold, I have magnified and increased wisdom more than all who were over Jerusalem before me; and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge.”
Fasting » General references to
And Jesus said to them, “The attendants of the bridegroom cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them, can they? But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.
I
And my
Why have we humbled ourselves and You do not
Behold, on the
And drive hard all your workers.
When they fast, I am not going to listen to their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I am not going to accept them. Rather I am going to make an end of them by the sword, famine and pestilence.”
“Say to all the people of the land and to the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months these seventy years, was it actually for Me that you fasted?
Feasts » General references to
Belshazzar the king held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he was drinking wine in the presence of the thousand.
So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten.
So Solomon observed the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt, before the Lord our God, for seven days and seven more days, even fourteen days.
So they made Him a supper there, and Martha was serving; but Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Him.
And Levi gave a big reception for Him in his house; and there was a great crowd of tax collectors and other people who were reclining at the table with them.
A strategic day came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his lords and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee;
So he prepared a great feast for them; and when they had eaten and drunk he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the marauding bands of Arameans did not come again into the land of Israel.
They were there with David three days, eating and drinking, for their kinsmen had prepared for them.
When these days were completed, the king gave a banquet lasting seven days for all the people who were present at the citadel in Susa, from the greatest to the least, in the court of the garden of the king’s palace.
And He *said to them, “Draw some out now and take it to the headwaiter.” So they took it to him.
Fervour » Christ's zeal » General references to
And a
And He put on
And wrapped Himself with
And He said to them, “Why is it that you were looking for Me? Did you not know that I had to be in My Father’s house?”
His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for Your house will consume me.”
Jesus *said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to accomplish His work.
Verse Concepts
Fetters » General references to
Then the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze chains, and he was a grinder in the prison.
because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him and the shackles broken in pieces, and no one was strong enough to subdue him.
Fish » General references to
‘These you may eat, whatever is in the water: all that have fins and scales, those in the water, in the seas or in the rivers, you may eat.
Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
And He said to them, “Cast the net on the right-hand side of the boat and you will find a catch.” So they cast, and then they were not able to haul it in because of the great number of fish.
God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
God's Flock » General references to
I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock;
In His arm He will gather the lambs
And carry them in His bosom;
He will gently lead the nursing ewes.
Verse Concepts
As the flock of His people;
For they are as the stones of a
Folly » Of men » General references to
Dead flies make a perfumer’s oil stink, so a little foolishness is weightier than wisdom and honor.
But
Is a fool who
And of those after them who
But the mouth of fools feeds on folly.
It is folly and shame to him.
Spiritual food » General references to
And your wages for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and
And
“Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you on knowledge and understanding.
A banquet of
And
I will feed them in a good pasture, and their grazing ground will be on the mountain heights of Israel. There they will lie down on good grazing ground and feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.
and all ate the same spiritual food; and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them; and the rock was Christ.
Forsaking God » General references to
Then those of you who escape will remember Me among the nations to which they will be carried captive, how I have been hurt by their adulterous hearts which turned away from Me, and by their eyes which played the harlot after their idols; and they will loathe themselves in their own sight for the evils which they have committed, for all their abominations.
For I was ashamed to request from the king troops and horsemen to protect us from the enemy on the way, because we had said to the king, “The hand of our God is favorably disposed to all those who seek Him, but His power and His anger are against all those who forsake Him.”
“You keep
So I will
I am
forsaking the right way, they have gone astray, having followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
They have forsaken Me,
The
To hew for themselves
Broken cisterns
That can hold no water.
and he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: the Lord is with you when you are with Him. And if you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.
I will pronounce My judgments on them concerning all their wickedness, whereby they have forsaken Me and have offered sacrifices to other gods, and worshiped the works of their own hands.
It shall come about when they say, ‘Why has the Lord our God done all these things to us?’ then you shall say to them, ‘As you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so you will serve strangers in a land that is not yours.’
Spiritual foundation » General references to
For this is contained in Scripture:
“Behold, I lay in Zion a choice stone, a precious corner stone,
And he who believes inHim will not be disappointed.”
“
And he who believes in
Therefore thus says the Lord God,
“Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a tested stone,
A costly cornerstone for the foundation,firmly placed.
He who believes in it will not bedisturbed.
“
A costly cornerstone for the foundation,
He who believes in it will not be
having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone,
For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Behold, I will set your stones in antimony,
And your foundations I will
Nevertheless, the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who names the name of the Lord is to abstain from wickedness.”
Friendship » General references to » Examples of true
You have been very pleasant to me.
Than the love of women.
The Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains;
But I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger and minister to my need;
Now it came about when he had finished speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as himself.
When the lad was gone, David rose from the south side and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed three times. And they kissed each other and wept together, but David wept the more.
I had no rest for my spirit, not finding Titus my brother; but taking my leave of them, I went on to Macedonia.
Friendship » General references to » Among believers
While they were talking and discussing, Jesus Himself approached and began traveling with them.
And of those who keep Your precepts.
but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord gave attention and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who fear the Lord and who esteem His name.
They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
that is, that I may be encouraged together with you while among you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine.
Verse Concepts
Fellowship, Among BelieversEdification, Means OfFriendship Among BelieversMaintaining FaithPeople Encouraging OthersEncouragementPeace And ComfortFaith And TrustSharingFriendship And LoveHope And FaithEncouraging One AnotherHaving FaithEncouraging OthersFriendship And TrustSupportTrust In Relationships
in view of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now.
Verse Concepts
Friendship » General references to » Divine (of God)
Did You not, O our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and give it to the descendants of Abraham Your friend forever?
and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness,” and he was called the friend of God.
Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, just as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses returned to the camp, his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent.
Even openly, and not in dark sayings,
And he beholds
Why then were you not afraid
To speak against My servant, against Moses?”
Since that time no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face,
Friendship » General references to » Christ's
There was reclining on Jesus’ bosom one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved.
Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
Jesus wept. So the Jews were saying, "See how He loved him!"
Friendship » General references to » Mary magdalene and other women
Many women were there looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee while ministering to Him. Among them was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
Friendship » General references to » Jonathan
Jonathan made David vow again because of his love for him, because he loved him as he loved his own life.
But Ittai answered the king and said, “As the Lord lives, and as my lord the king lives, surely wherever my lord the king may be, whether for death or for life, there also your servant will be.”
Friendship » General references to » Profitable
Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up.
Friendship » General references to » Examples of constancy
Friendship » General references to » The desire for many friends, perilous
But there is
Friendship » General references to » Old friends to be cherished
And do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity;
Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.
Friendship » General references to » True, is unchangeable
And a brother is born for adversity.
Verse Concepts
Bad FriendsGood FriendsBest friendBad CounselAppreciationBad InfluenceAdversityBeing In LoveBeing A FriendIntimacyLoyaltyLove, For One AnotherFriendshipRelationshipsBrotherly LoveChoosing FriendsLove Between RelativesA Mans CharacterA Time For LoveCommunication In MarriageHard TimesFriends
Best FriendsFamily LoveSiblingsFriendship And LoveLove And FamilyFamily And FriendsRelationship TroublesStress And Hard TimesFamily ProblemsOvercoming Hard TimesFriendship KjvStaying Strong During Hard TimesFamily ConflictHardshipGetting Through Hard TimesFake FriendsBrothers LoveTrue FriendsSibling Loveproblemsoverworking
Friendship » General references to » Stimulating
So one man sharpens another.
Friendship » General references to » Onesiphorus
The Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains;
Friendship » General references to » Christ's pre-eminent
"Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends. "You are My friends if you do what I command you.
Friendship » General references to » Priscilla and aquila
who for my life risked their own necks, to whom not only do I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles;
Friendship » General references to » Elisha
Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here please, for the Lord has sent me as far as Bethel.” But Elisha said, “As the Lord lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.
Friendship » General references to » Thomas
Friendship » General references to » Christ
Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.
natural Fruit » General references to
Now when David had passed a little beyond the summit, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him with a couple of saddled donkeys, and on them were two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred summer fruits, and a jug of wine.
Seeing a lone fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it except leaves only; and He *said to it, “No longer shall there ever be any fruit from you.” And at once the fig tree withered.
Then God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after their kind with seed in them”; and it was so.
Fruit, spiritual » General references to » Without defect
having been filled with the fruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
(for the fruit of the Light consists in all goodness and righteousness and truth),
Fruit, spiritual » General references to » Many varieties of
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
Fruit, spiritual » General references to » Produced in all periods of life
Planted in the house of the LORD, They will flourish in the courts of our God. They will still yield fruit in old age; They shall be full of sap and very green,
Fruit, spiritual » General references to » Perennial
Fruit, spiritual » General references to » Grown only upon good ground
Fruit, spiritual » General references to » The product of heavenly wisdom
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy.
Gentleness » General references to
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy.
But we proved to be gentle among you, as a nursing mother tenderly cares for her own children.
to malign no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing every consideration for all men.
gideon » General references to
Then the angel of the Lord came and sat under the oak that was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite as his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press in order to save it from the Midianites.
They captured the two leaders of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb, and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and they killed Zeeb at the wine press of Zeeb, while they pursued Midian; and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon from across the Jordan.
So he brought the people down to the water. And the Lord said to Gideon, “You shall separate everyone who laps the water with his tongue as a dog laps, as well as everyone who kneels to drink.”
Then Gideon took ten men of his servants and did as the Lord had spoken to him; and because he was too afraid of his father’s household and the men of the city to do it by day, he did it by night.
Then Gideon said to God, “If You will deliver Israel through me, as You have spoken,
So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, when they had just posted the watch; and they blew the trumpets and smashed the pitchers that were in their hands.
Then Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle by the ascent of Heres.
Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, “Rule over us, both you and your son, also your son’s son, for you have delivered us from the hand of Midian.”
And Gideon the son of Joash died at a ripe old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
God » Judgments of » General references to
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against those who swear falsely, and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages, the widow and the orphan, and those who turn aside the alien and do not fear Me,” says the Lord of hosts.
Verse Concepts
Your
O Lord, You
Say, therefore, to the sons of Israel, ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their bondage. I will also redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments.
With pestilence and with blood I will enter into judgment with him; and I will rain on him and on his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him, a torrential rain, with hailstones, fire and brimstone.
For I will go through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments—I am the Lord.
He has
In the work of his own hands the wicked is snared.
Thus I will execute judgments on Moab, and they will know that I am the Lord.”
“And I will set My glory among the nations; and all the nations will see My judgment which I have executed and My hand which I have laid on them.
God » Fatherhood of » General references to
For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!”
If you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your stay on earth;
And Israel does not recognize us.
You, O Lord, are our Father,
Our
We are the
And all of us are the
Is God in His
So David blessed the Lord in the sight of all the assembly; and David said, “Blessed are You, O Lord God of Israel our father, forever and ever.
God » Works of » General references to
The
And they *sang the song of Moses, the bond-servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying,
“Great and marvelous are Your works,
O Lord God, the Almighty;
Righteous and true are Your ways,
King of the nations!
“
Righteous and true are Your ways,
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
Theheavens are telling of the glory of God;
And theirexpanse is declaring the work of His hands.
The
And their
He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, yet so that man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.
And declare all Your
And Your
There is none to compare with You.
If I would declare and speak of them,
They
And my soul knows it very well.
God » Wisdom of » General references to
That Your word has
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
As silver
Beth.
How can a young man keep his way pure?
Bykeeping it according to Your word.
How can a young man keep his way pure?
By
Jesus said to them, “Is this not the reason you are mistaken, that you do not understand the Scriptures or the power of God?
God » God's Judgments » Drought » General references to » Examples of
Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, surely there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”
For there has been
The
They have covered their heads.
For
And the flame has burned up all the trees of the field.
While there were still three months until harvest.
Then I would send rain on one city
And on
One part would be rained on,
While the part not rained on would dry up.
I called for a drought on the land, on the mountains, on the grain, on the new wine, on the oil, on what the ground produces, on men, on cattle, and on all the labor of your hands.”
Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months.
God » Providence of » General references to
When its young cry to God
And wander about without food?
He who
God's Judgments » General references to
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against those who swear falsely, and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages, the widow and the orphan, and those who turn aside the alien and do not fear Me,” says the Lord of hosts.
Verse Concepts
Your
O Lord, You
Say, therefore, to the sons of Israel, ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their bondage. I will also redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments.
With pestilence and with blood I will enter into judgment with him; and I will rain on him and on his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him, a torrential rain, with hailstones, fire and brimstone.
For I will go through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments—I am the Lord.
He has
In the work of his own hands the wicked is snared.
Thus I will execute judgments on Moab, and they will know that I am the Lord.”
“And I will set My glory among the nations; and all the nations will see My judgment which I have executed and My hand which I have laid on them.
God's Judgments » Plagues » General references to
Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer and put in it fire from the altar, and lay incense on it; then bring it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, for wrath has gone forth from the Lord, the plague has begun!”
then the Lord will bring extraordinary plagues on you and your descendants, even severe and lasting plagues, and miserable and chronic sicknesses.
‘If then, you act with hostility against Me and are unwilling to obey Me, I will increase the plague on you seven times according to your sins.
even those men who brought out the very bad report of the land died by a plague before the Lord.
Gospel » General references to
dealing out retribution to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
But I do not consider my life of any account as dear to myself, so that I may finish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify solemnly of the gospel of the grace of God.
Verse Concepts
for our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction; just as you know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.
Jesus was going throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness among the people.
Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
Verse Concepts
If others share the right over you, do we not more? Nevertheless, we did not use this right, but we endure all things so that we will cause no hindrance to the gospel of Christ.
And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing,
and pray on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,
greed » General references to
His sons, however, did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain and took bribes and perverted justice.
But he who
Her
And her prophets divine for money.
Yet they lean on the Lord saying,
“
Calamity will not come upon us.”
And they are shepherds who have
They have all
Each one to his unjust gain, to the last one.
For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
It takes away the life of its possessors.
Happiness » General references to
But he who
How
But
But
And
You will be happy and
And happy are all who hold her fast.
Harlots » General references to
You shall not bring the hire of a harlot or the wages of a dog into the house of the Lord your God for any votive offering, for both of these are an abomination to the Lord your God.
‘Do not profane your daughter by making her a harlot, so that the land will not fall to harlotry and the land become full of lewdness.
Heathen » General references to
The sons of Israel who returned from exile and all those who had separated themselves from the impurity of the nations of the land to join them, to seek the Lord God of Israel, ate the Passover.
But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and even made his son pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord had driven out from before the sons of Israel.
In the
And the peoples
“And I will set My glory among the nations; and all the nations will see My judgment which I have executed and My hand which I have laid on them.
And our
Then they said among the nations,
“The Lord has
and walked in the customs of the nations whom the Lord had driven out before the sons of Israel, and in the customs of the kings of Israel which they had introduced.
The work of man’s hands.
Heavenly » Father » General references to
For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!”
If you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your stay on earth;
And Israel does not recognize us.
You, O Lord, are our Father,
Our
We are the
And all of us are the
Is God in His
So David blessed the Lord in the sight of all the assembly; and David said, “Blessed are You, O Lord God of Israel our father, forever and ever.
Heredity » General references to
And in sin my mother conceived me.
These who speak lies
who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”
Because you have ruined your country,
You have slain your people.
May the
It is we who have borne their iniquities.
“What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying,
‘The fathers eat the sour grapes,
But the children’s teethare set on edge’?
‘
But the children’s teeth
Let us lie down in our shame, and let our humiliation cover us; for we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day. And we have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.”
hezekiah » General references to
So Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and his son Hezekiah reigned in his place.
Now in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it.
They said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, ‘This day is a day of distress, rebuke, and rejection; for children have come to birth and there is no strength to deliver.
So Hezekiah answered, “It is easy for the shadow to decline ten steps; no, but let the shadow turn backward ten steps.”
Holiness » General references to
In that day there will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, “HOLY TO THE LORD.” And the cooking pots in the Lord’s house will be like the bowls before the altar.
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
Verse Concepts
CherishingDarkness, Deliverance FromAccess To God, In Old TestamentPraiseenlightenmentThe Church As The ElectChoicesBeing ChosenGod, Will OfWhat Heaven Will Be LikeHoliness, As Set Apart For GodHoliness, Believers' Growth InLight, SpiritualHeaven, Redeemed CommunityMission, Of IsraelPeople Of God, In NtPraise, Reasons ForPriesthood, In NtGod PossessingSpeech, Positive Aspects OfWitnessing, Importance OfWorship, Reasons For
The Call Of GodHeaven, Worshiping GodNames And Titles For The ChristianSpiritual Blindness, Removal OfCalling, Of ChristiansOld Testament People As TypesFrom Darkness To LightComing Out Of DarknessFew PriestsA Holy NationA Kingdom Of PriestsRoyal PriesthoodShowing Forth His PraiseElectLightUnconditional LoveRaceExcellenceroyaltypriestsLight As A Symbol Of Salvation
And it will be called the Highway of
The unclean will not travel on it,
But it will be for him who walks that way,
And
so that He may establish your hearts without blame in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints.
For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, so that we may share His holiness.
Holy » General references to » Ambition
But earnestly desire the greater gifts. And I show you a still more excellent way.
So also you, since you are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek to abound for the edification of the church.
Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth.
Home » General references to
And He did not let him, but He *said to him, “Go home to your people and report to them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He had mercy on you.”
“When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out with the army nor be charged with any duty; he shall be free at home one year and shall give happiness to his wife whom he has taken.
but if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to practice piety in regard to their own family and to make some return to their parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
Verse Concepts
Acceptance, From GodFaithfulness, In Human Relationshipsethics, personaldiscipleship, nature ofLearning From Other PeopleGrandchildrenGrandparentsHomeLove, And The WorldParentsPleasing GodPoverty, Remedies ForReligionRightsSanctity Of LifeYouthChildren, attitudes towardsWidows, Should BeChildren, Duties OfCaring For Children
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Then He *said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” From that hour the disciple took her into his own household.
to be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be dishonored.
I went out full, but the Lord has brought me back empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since the Lord has witnessed against me and the Almighty has afflicted me?”
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If it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
Humility of Christ » General references to
For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
The record of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham:
Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law,
Humility » Of Christ » General references to
Then He *poured water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded.
Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your
He is
Even on a
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
Hunger » Select readings ps 42; 84 » General references to
That I may
To behold
And to
And
Indeed,
For when the earth
The inhabitants of the world
All Judah rejoiced concerning the oath, for they had sworn with their whole heart and had sought Him earnestly, and He let them find Him. So the Lord gave them rest on every side.
A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.
O God,You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly;
My soulthirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You,
In adry and weary land where there is no water.
O God,
My soul
In a
And my
Hypocrisy » General references to
Under these circumstances, after so many thousands of people had gathered together that they were stepping on one another, He began saying to His disciples first of all, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
by means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron,
He says to you, “Eat and drink!”
But
For there are seven abominations in his heart.
Ignorance » Spiritual » General references to
And a donkey its master’s manger,
But Israel
My people
being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart;
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As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance,
But they do not know how to do what is right,” declares the Lord, “these who hoard up violence and devastation in their citadels.”
And they do not understand His purpose;
For He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.
And there is
They have made their paths crooked,
They are foolish;
For they
Or the ordinance of their God.
For not knowing about God’s righteousness and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
Images » False gods and Goddesses » General references to
They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone.
When
But My people have
For that which does not profit.
Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and cry to the gods to whom they burn incense, but they surely will not save them in the time of their disaster.
They worship the
That which their fingers have made.
However at that time, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those which by nature are no gods.
For even if there are so-called gods whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are many gods and many lords,
Immortality » General references to
For we know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
but now has been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,
Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord.
to those who by perseverance in doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life;
For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality.
Impurity » General references to
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and especially those who indulge the flesh in its corrupt desires and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they do not tremble when they revile angelic majesties,
and they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.
For God has not called us for the purpose of impurity, but in sanctification.
But immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints;
Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them.
Inheritance » Earthly » General references to
and they said, “The Lord commanded my lord to give the land by lot to the sons of Israel as an inheritance, and my lord was commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters.
They came near before Eleazar the priest and before Joshua the son of Nun and before the leaders, saying, “The Lord commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers.” So according to the command of the Lord he gave them an inheritance among their father’s brothers.
Then the second lot fell to Simeon, to the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their families, and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Judah.
Then Hanamel my uncle’s son came to me in the court of the guard according to the word of the Lord and said to me, ‘Buy my field, please, that is at Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for you have the right of possession and the redemption is yours; buy it for yourself.’ Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord.
Insecurity of the wicked » General references to
Like a
A bulge in a high wall,
Whose collapse comes
Before He brings
And before your
On the dusky mountains,
And while you are hoping for light
He makes it into
And turns it into gloom.
Or like one who lies down on the top of a
They will be driven away into the
For I will bring
The year of their punishment,” declares the Lord.
"It is definitely because they have misled My people by saying, 'Peace!' when there is no peace. And when anyone builds a wall, behold, they plaster it over with whitewash; so tell those who plaster it over with whitewash, that it will fall. A flooding rain will come, and you, O hailstones, will fall; and a violent wind will break out.
"Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. "The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell--and great was its fall."
Israel » Judges of » General references to
“Then I charged your judges at that time, saying, ‘Hear the cases between your fellow countrymen, and judge righteously between a man and his fellow countryman, or the alien who is with him.
He used to go annually on circuit to Bethel and Gilgal and Mizpah, and he judged Israel in all these places.
If one man sins against another, God will mediate for him; but if a man sins against the Lord, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to the voice of their father, for the Lord desired to put them to death.
“You shall appoint for yourself judges and officers in all your towns which the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
“If there is a dispute between men and they go to court, and the judges decide their case, and they justify the righteous and condemn the wicked,
It came about the next day that Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood about Moses from the morning until the evening.
saying, “In a certain city there was a judge who did not fear God and did not respect man.
Jerubbaal » General references to
Then the angel of the Lord came and sat under the oak that was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite as his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press in order to save it from the Midianites.
They captured the two leaders of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb, and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and they killed Zeeb at the wine press of Zeeb, while they pursued Midian; and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon from across the Jordan.
So he brought the people down to the water. And the Lord said to Gideon, “You shall separate everyone who laps the water with his tongue as a dog laps, as well as everyone who kneels to drink.”
Then Gideon took ten men of his servants and did as the Lord had spoken to him; and because he was too afraid of his father’s household and the men of the city to do it by day, he did it by night.
Then Gideon said to God, “If You will deliver Israel through me, as You have spoken,
So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, when they had just posted the watch; and they blew the trumpets and smashed the pitchers that were in their hands.
Then Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle by the ascent of Heres.
Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, “Rule over us, both you and your son, also your son’s son, for you have delivered us from the hand of Midian.”
And Gideon the son of Joash died at a ripe old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
Jerusalem » General references to
So she came to Jerusalem with a very large retinue, with camels carrying spices and very much gold and precious stones. When she came to Solomon, she spoke with him about all that was in her heart.
David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, “Arise and let us flee, for otherwise none of us will escape from Absalom. Go in haste, or he will overtake us quickly and bring down calamity on us and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”
Now it came about when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai, and had utterly destroyed it (just as he had done to Jericho and its king, so he had done to Ai and its king), and that the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were within their land,
But the man was not willing to spend the night, so he arose and departed and came to a place opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem). And there were with him a pair of saddled donkeys; his concubine also was with him.
Then David came to his house at Jerusalem, and the king took the ten women, the concubines whom he had left to keep the house, and placed them under guard and provided them with sustenance, but did not go in to them. So they were shut up until the day of their death, living as widows.
Jewels » General references to
Then all whose hearts moved them, both men and women, came and brought brooches and earrings and signet rings and bracelets, all articles of gold; so did every man who presented an offering of gold to the Lord.
So we have brought as an offering to the Lord what each man found, articles of gold, armlets and bracelets, signet rings, earrings and necklaces, to make atonement for ourselves before the Lord.”
My soul will exult in
For He has
He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness,
As a bridegroom decks himself with a garland,
And
The servant brought out articles of silver and articles of gold, and garments, and gave them to Rebekah; he also gave precious things to her brother and to her mother.
But every woman shall ask of her neighbor and the woman who lives in her house, articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing; and you will put them on your sons and daughters. Thus you will plunder the Egyptians.”
Joy » Earthly » General references to
And the
So is the
And this too is futility.
In the
No
For I have made the shouting to cease.
Judges of israel » General references to
“Then I charged your judges at that time, saying, ‘Hear the cases between your fellow countrymen, and judge righteously between a man and his fellow countryman, or the alien who is with him.
He used to go annually on circuit to Bethel and Gilgal and Mizpah, and he judged Israel in all these places.
If one man sins against another, God will mediate for him; but if a man sins against the Lord, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to the voice of their father, for the Lord desired to put them to death.
“You shall appoint for yourself judges and officers in all your towns which the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
“If there is a dispute between men and they go to court, and the judges decide their case, and they justify the righteous and condemn the wicked,
It came about the next day that Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood about Moses from the morning until the evening.
saying, “In a certain city there was a judge who did not fear God and did not respect man.
Judgment » Last, the » General references to
It was also about these men that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, "Behold, the Lord came with many thousands of His holy ones, to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him."
By this, love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment; because as He is, so also are we in this world.
And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds.
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment,
But by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
"But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne. "All the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats;
spiritual Kingdom » General references to
Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, then My servants would be fighting so that I would not be handed over to the Jews; but as it is, My kingdom is not of this realm.”
Now I say this, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
For the kingdom of God does not consist in words but in power.
Knowledge » Knowledge, experimental » General references to
Yet
Or
With
And
I said to myself, “Behold, I have magnified and increased wisdom more than all who were over Jerusalem before me; and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge.”
experimental Knowledge » General references to
Yet
Or
With
And
I said to myself, “Behold, I have magnified and increased wisdom more than all who were over Jerusalem before me; and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge.”
Leaders » Garments of prophets » General references to
They rose early in the morning and went out to the wilderness of Tekoa; and when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, O Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, put your trust in the Lord your God and you will be established. Put your trust in His prophets and succeed.”
And do My prophets no harm.”
for when Jezebel destroyed the prophets of the Lord, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave, and provided them with bread and water.)
And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.”
but they continually mocked the messengers of God, despised His words and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against His people, until there was no remedy.
He said,
“Hear now My words:
If there is a prophet among you,
I, the Lord, shall make Myself known to him in avision.
I shall speak with him in adream.
“Hear now My words:
If there is a prophet among you,
I, the Lord, shall make Myself known to him in a
I shall speak with him in a
Unless He
To His servants the prophets.
It came about, when all who knew him previously saw that he prophesied now with the prophets, that the people said to one another, “What has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”
There is
Nor is there any among us who knows
Leaders » Religious priests » General references to
And Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, “Take up the ark of the covenant and cross over ahead of the people.” So they took up the ark of the covenant and went ahead of the people.
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; now he was a priest of God Most High.
He sent young men of the sons of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the Lord.
So the priests went in to the inner part of the house of the Lord to cleanse it, and every unclean thing which they found in the temple of the Lord they brought out to the court of the house of the Lord. Then the Levites received it to carry out to the Kidron valley.
Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel His people, how the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt.
Moreover, the priests and the Levites who were in all Israel stood with him from all their districts.
Life » Eternal » General references to
But now having been freed from sin and enslaved to God, you derive your benefit, resulting in sanctification, and the outcome, eternal life.
keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.
in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised long ages ago,
to those who by perseverance in doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life;
Eternal life » General references to
But now having been freed from sin and enslaved to God, you derive your benefit, resulting in sanctification, and the outcome, eternal life.
keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.
in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised long ages ago,
to those who by perseverance in doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life;
Light, spiritual » General references to
And satisfy the
Then your
And your gloom will become like midday.
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
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In Your light we see light.
And the Lord illumines my darkness.
Lions » General references to
But David said to Saul, “Your servant was tending his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock,
Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother, and came as far as the vineyards of Timnah; and behold, a young lion came roaring toward him.
Now when he had gone, a lion met him on the way and killed him, and his body was thrown on the road, with the donkey standing beside it; the lion also was standing beside the body.
Then the king arose at dawn, at the break of day, and went in haste to the lions’ den.
Living water » Eze 47; re 22 » General references to
And you who have
Come, buy
Nor will the scorching
For
And will guide them to
All who
Those who turn
Because they have forsaken the fountain of living water, even the Lord.
Long life » Old age ps 71; ec 12 » General references to
As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried at a good old age.
Love » Brotherly » General references to
And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should love his brother also.
If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
But
For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
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And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment,
Now as to the love of the brethren, you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another;
Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins.
Man's » Immortality » General references to
For we know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
but now has been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,
Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord.
to those who by perseverance in doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life;
For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality.
Meekness » General references to » Promises concerning
And decide with fairness for the
And He will strike the earth with the
And with the
And the
And will delight themselves in
Those who seek Him will
Let your
He brings down the wicked to the ground.
He will
Meekness » General references to » A fruit of the Spirit
with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love,
Verse Concepts
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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
Meekness » General references to » Essential in teaching
to malign no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing every consideration for all men.
Meekness » General references to » Essential in hearing
Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom.
Therefore, putting aside all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, in humility receive the word implanted, which is able to save your souls.
Meekness » General references to » To be sought
All you
Who have carried out His
Perhaps you will be
In the day of the Lord’s anger.
Meekness » General references to » Precious in God's sight
but let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God.
Meekness » General references to » Non-resistance a mark of
Mephibosheth » General references to
So the king said to Ziba, “Behold, all that belongs to Mephibosheth is yours.” And Ziba said, “I prostrate myself; let me find favor in your sight, O my lord, the king!”
Now Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son crippled in his feet. He was five years old when the report of Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel, and his nurse took him up and fled. And it happened that in her hurry to flee, he fell and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.
Meteorology » Whirlwind » General references to
As I looked, behold, a storm wind was coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing forth continually and a bright light around it, and in its midst something like glowing metal in the midst of the fire.
And it came about when the Lord was about to take up Elijah by a whirlwind to heaven, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
And out of the
Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
He will
Mocking » General references to
And
The
And the young
Against whom do you open wide your mouth
And stick out your tongue?
Are you not children of
Offspring of deceit,
He who
that they were saying to you, “In the last time there will be mockers, following after their own ungodly lusts.”
Mourning » General references to
Then David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, “Tear your clothes and gird on sackcloth and lament before Abner.” And King David walked behind the bier.
Now forty days were required for it, for such is the period required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.
When all the congregation saw that Aaron had died, all the house of Israel wept for Aaron thirty days.
So the sons of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days; then the days of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.
They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan and for the people of the Lord and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
Music » Musicians » General references to
His brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe.
Let our lord now command your servants who are before you. Let them seek a man who is a skillful player on the harp; and it shall come about when the evil spirit from God is on you, that he shall play the harp with his hand, and you will be well.”
Their number who were trained in singing to the Lord, with their relatives, all who were skillful, was 288.
Musicians » General references to
His brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe.
Let our lord now command your servants who are before you. Let them seek a man who is a skillful player on the harp; and it shall come about when the evil spirit from God is on you, that he shall play the harp with his hand, and you will be well.”
Their number who were trained in singing to the Lord, with their relatives, all who were skillful, was 288.
Nearness to God » General references to
To all who call upon Him
that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us;
And saves those who are
Verse Concepts
Because He is
And all Your commandments are
Who will contend with Me?
Let us
Who has a case against Me?
Let him draw near to Me.
the Needy » General references to
A
And they will
Old age » General references to » Devoid of pleasure
Old age » General references to » Of the righteous, honourable
It
Old age » General references to » Promised to abraham
As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried at a good old age.
Old age » General references to » Rules of conduct for
Older men are to be temperate, dignified, sensible, sound in faith, in love, in perseverance. Older women likewise are to be reverent in their behavior, not malicious gossips nor enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good,
Old age » General references to » Divine presence in
And even to your
I have
And I will bear you and I will deliver you.
Old age » General references to » Prayer concerning
Do not forsake me when my strength fails.
Ornaments » Jewels » General references to
Then all whose hearts moved them, both men and women, came and brought brooches and earrings and signet rings and bracelets, all articles of gold; so did every man who presented an offering of gold to the Lord.
So we have brought as an offering to the Lord what each man found, articles of gold, armlets and bracelets, signet rings, earrings and necklaces, to make atonement for ourselves before the Lord.”
My soul will exult in
For He has
He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness,
As a bridegroom decks himself with a garland,
And
The servant brought out articles of silver and articles of gold, and garments, and gave them to Rebekah; he also gave precious things to her brother and to her mother.
But every woman shall ask of her neighbor and the woman who lives in her house, articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing; and you will put them on your sons and daughters. Thus you will plunder the Egyptians.”
Ostentation » In dress » General references to
Hezekiah was pleased, and showed them all his treasure house, the silver and the gold and the spices and the precious oil and his whole armory and all that was found in his treasuries. There was nothing in his house nor in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.
Then Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, and the number of his sons, and every instance where the king had magnified him and how he had promoted him above the princes and servants of the king.
So, on the next day when Agrippa came together with Bernice amid great pomp, and entered the auditorium accompanied by the commanders and the prominent men of the city, at the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.
Parent's sins » Visited upon children » General references to
And in sin my mother conceived me.
These who speak lies
who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”
Because you have ruined your country,
You have slain your people.
May the
It is we who have borne their iniquities.
“What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying,
‘The fathers eat the sour grapes,
But the children’s teethare set on edge’?
‘
But the children’s teeth
Let us lie down in our shame, and let our humiliation cover us; for we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day. And we have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.”
Parsimony » General references to
“Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and given to poor people?”
But he who
Will also cry himself and not be
Nor have you
I have not
Nor wearied you with
a woman came to Him with an alabaster vial of very costly perfume, and she poured it on His head as He reclined at the table. But the disciples were indignant when they saw this, and said, "Why this waste?
“Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings.
And there is one who withholds what is justly due, and yet it results only in want.
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being hoarded by their owner to his hurt.
Passover » General references to
“Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the Lord your God, for in the month of Abib the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night.
Clean out the old leaven so that you may be a new lump, just as you are in fact unleavened. For Christ our Passover also has been sacrificed.
Now you shall eat it in this manner: with your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste—it is the Lord’s Passover.
Then they slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth of the second month. And the priests and Levites were ashamed of themselves, and consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings to the house of the Lord.
Pathway of sin » General references to
But a wise man is he who listens to counsel.
And who are devious in their ways;
And there is
They have made their paths crooked,
But the way of the treacherous is hard.
But He loves one who
God's People » General references to » Called the "chosen ones"
The Lord
For consider your calling, brethren, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;
For you are a holy people to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for His own possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love
Verse Concepts
Listen, my beloved brethren: did not God choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?
God's People » General references to » Spoken of as the elect
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with His blood: May grace and peace be yours in the fullest measure.
Who will bring a charge against God’s elect? God is the one who justifies;
For this reason I endure all things for the sake of those who are chosen, so that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus and with it eternal glory.
God's People » General references to » Exalted above all nations
and that He will set you high above all nations which He has made, for praise, fame, and honor; and that you shall be a consecrated people to the Lord your God, as He has spoken.”
For the Lord will not abandon His people on account of His great name, because the Lord has been pleased to make you a people for Himself.
God's People » General references to » The law written upon their hearts
And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them,
After those days, says the Lord:
And I will write them
And I will be their God,
And they shall be My people.
For this reason I endure all things for the sake of those who are chosen, so that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus and with it eternal glory.
God's People » General references to » Guided like a flock
It is He who has
We are
And guided them in the wilderness
God's People » General references to » Prepared for service
It is he who will go as a forerunner before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to the children, and the disobedient to the attitude of the righteous, so as to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
God's People » General references to » Chosen by jehovah
For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a people for His own possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
God's People » General references to » A peculiar treasure
Now then, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own possession among all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine;
God's People » General references to » Characterized by zeal
who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
Verse Concepts
Persecution » General references to
A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning Cush, a Benjamite.
O Lord my God,in You I have taken refuge;
Save me from all those who pursue me, anddeliver me,
O Lord my God,
Save me from all those who pursue me, and
They have
Yet I do not
Shin.
Princes persecute me without cause,
But my heartstands in awe of Your words.
But my heart
He has crushed my life
He
Remember me, take notice of me,
And
Do not, in view of Your patience, take me away;
Know that
We are worn out, there is
Plans of men » Devices, evil » General references to
Who work out evil on their beds!
For it is in the
He sets himself on a
He
But they will say, ‘It’s hopeless! For we are going to follow our own plans, and each of us will act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.’
Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.
Who
But kindness and truth will be to those who devise good.
He who compresses his lips brings evil to pass.
He
To
He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and give evil advice in this city,
Plotting » General references to
Who work out evil on their beds!
For it is in the
He sets himself on a
He
If it is pleasing to the king, let it be decreed that they be destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who carry on the king’s business, to put into the king’s treasuries.”
Who
He
To
And
The poor » General references to
A
And they will
Poverty » General references to
“I will not be your
For in my house there is neither bread nor cloak;
You should not appoint me ruler of the people.”
The
Give me neither poverty nor riches;
Feed me with the
Power » Power power of God » General references to
But if you do go, do it, be strong for the battle; yet God will bring you down before the enemy, for God has power to help and to bring down.”
And by His
That
Being
Than the mighty breakers of the sea,
The Lord
And the Lord will by no means leave the guilty unpunished.
In
And
to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, be the glory forever. Amen.
Prayer » General references to » Universal need of
And
Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on
For
And He said to them, “When you pray, say:
‘Father, hallowed be Your name.
Your kingdom come.
To You
Prayer » General references to » Ascends as incense before God
Another angel came and stood at the altar, holding a golden censer; and much incense was given to him, so that he might add it to the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the angel's hand.
Prayer » General references to » Prayers of the saints precious
When He had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
Prayer » General references to » The holy spirit aids in
In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words; and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
Prayer » General references to » First mentioned
To Seth, to him also a son was born; and he called his name Enosh. Then men began to call upon the name of the Lord.
Precious stones » General references to
Now with all my ability I have provided for the house of my God the gold for the things of gold, and the silver for the things of silver, and the bronze for the things of bronze, the iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood, onyx stones and inlaid stones, stones of antimony and stones of various colors, and all kinds of precious stones and alabaster in abundance.
cargoes of gold and silver and precious stones and pearls and fine linen and purple and silk and scarlet, and every kind of citron wood and every article of ivory and every article made from very costly wood and bronze and iron and marble,
So she came to Jerusalem with a very large retinue, with camels carrying spices and very much gold and precious stones. When she came to Solomon, she spoke with him about all that was in her heart.
having the glory of God. Her brilliance was like a very costly stone, as a stone of crystal-clear jasper.
Now if any man builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw,
But instead he will honor a god of fortresses, a god whom his fathers did not know; he will honor him with gold, silver, costly stones and treasures.
Prisons » General references to
But the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea, who had sent messengers to So king of Egypt and had offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year; so the king of Assyria shut him up and bound him in prison.
Then the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze chains, and he was a grinder in the prison.
So he put them in confinement in the house of the captain of the bodyguard, in the jail, the same place where Joseph was imprisoned.
and they put him in custody because it had not been declared what should be done to him.
All of them are
Or are
They have become a prey with none to deliver them,
And a spoil, with none to say, “Give them back!”
Then he blinded the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him with bronze fetters and brought him to Babylon and put him in prison until the day of his death.
and suddenly there came a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison house were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were unfastened.
Prodigality » General references to
While they anoint themselves with the finest of oils,
Yet they have not
But a foolish man
Profanity » Blasphemy » General references to
“Because they have
And
Therefore I will
And the dragon stood on the sand of the seashore. Then I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns were ten diadems, and on his heads were blasphemous names.
and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores; and they did not repent of their deeds.
The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name and cursed. So they brought him to Moses. (Now his mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)
But when they resisted and blasphemed, he shook out his garments and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began contradicting the things spoken by Paul, and were blaspheming.
His servants spoke further against the Lord God and against His servant Hezekiah.
He will speak out against the Most High and wear down the saints of the Highest One, and he will intend to make alterations in times and in law; and they will be given into his hand for a time, times, and half a time.
Prophets » General references to
They rose early in the morning and went out to the wilderness of Tekoa; and when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, O Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, put your trust in the Lord your God and you will be established. Put your trust in His prophets and succeed.”
And do My prophets no harm.”
for when Jezebel destroyed the prophets of the Lord, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave, and provided them with bread and water.)
And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.”
but they continually mocked the messengers of God, despised His words and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against His people, until there was no remedy.
He said,
“Hear now My words:
If there is a prophet among you,
I, the Lord, shall make Myself known to him in avision.
I shall speak with him in adream.
“Hear now My words:
If there is a prophet among you,
I, the Lord, shall make Myself known to him in a
I shall speak with him in a
Unless He
To His servants the prophets.
It came about, when all who knew him previously saw that he prophesied now with the prophets, that the people said to one another, “What has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”
There is
Nor is there any among us who knows
The Proud » General references to
“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff; and the day that is coming will set them ablaze,” says the Lord of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.”
And
Yet He
But the
With the
And with the
he is conceited and understands nothing; but he has a morbid interest in controversial questions and disputes about words, out of which arise envy, strife, abusive language, evil suspicions,
But He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, “God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
Men who are not
But I shall
So now we call the arrogant blessed; not only are the doers of wickedness built up but they also test God and escape.’”
divine Providence » Mysteries of providing » General references to
When its young cry to God
And wander about without food?
He who
Quietness » General references to
And the service of righteousness,
Like a weaned
My soul is like a weaned child
And will be at ease from the dread of evil.”
And when He hides His face, who then can behold Him,
That is, in regard to both nation and man?—
For the salvation of the Lord.
Rebekah » General references to
and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife.
There they buried Abraham and his wife Sarah, there they buried Isaac and his wife Rebekah, and there I buried Leah—
When the men of the place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,” for he was afraid to say, “my wife,” thinking, “the men of the place might kill me on account of Rebekah, for she is beautiful.”
Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am tired of living because of the daughters of Heth; if Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these, from the daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?”
Spiritual receptivity » General references to
So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand souls.
Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.
For this reason we also constantly thank God that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but for what it really is, the word of God, which also performs its work in you who believe.
Religion » Hypocrisy, an ever present element in false religion » General references to
Under these circumstances, after so many thousands of people had gathered together that they were stepping on one another, He began saying to His disciples first of all, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
by means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron,
He says to you, “Eat and drink!”
But
For there are seven abominations in his heart.
Religious » Garments of prophets » General references to
They rose early in the morning and went out to the wilderness of Tekoa; and when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, O Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, put your trust in the Lord your God and you will be established. Put your trust in His prophets and succeed.”
And do My prophets no harm.”
for when Jezebel destroyed the prophets of the Lord, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave, and provided them with bread and water.)
And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.”
but they continually mocked the messengers of God, despised His words and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against His people, until there was no remedy.
He said,
“Hear now My words:
If there is a prophet among you,
I, the Lord, shall make Myself known to him in avision.
I shall speak with him in adream.
“Hear now My words:
If there is a prophet among you,
I, the Lord, shall make Myself known to him in a
I shall speak with him in a
Unless He
To His servants the prophets.
It came about, when all who knew him previously saw that he prophesied now with the prophets, that the people said to one another, “What has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”
There is
Nor is there any among us who knows
Religious » General references to
And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a large number who believed turned to the Lord.
So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand souls.
Nevertheless some men of Asher, Manasseh and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.
When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, “The Lord, He is God; the Lord, He is God.”
Now while Ezra was praying and making confession, weeping and prostrating himself before the house of God, a very large assembly, men, women and children, gathered to him from Israel; for the people wept bitterly.
From that city many of the Samaritans believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified, “He told me all the things that I have done.”
The crowds with one accord were giving attention to what was said by Philip, as they heard and saw the signs which he was performing.
When the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord; and as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.
Many also of those who had believed kept coming, confessing and disclosing their practices.
Religious » priests » General references to
And Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, “Take up the ark of the covenant and cross over ahead of the people.” So they took up the ark of the covenant and went ahead of the people.
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; now he was a priest of God Most High.
He sent young men of the sons of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the Lord.
So the priests went in to the inner part of the house of the Lord to cleanse it, and every unclean thing which they found in the temple of the Lord they brought out to the court of the house of the Lord. Then the Levites received it to carry out to the Kidron valley.
Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel His people, how the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt.
Moreover, the priests and the Levites who were in all Israel stood with him from all their districts.
divine Remembrance » General references to
But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the water subsided.
When you go to war in your land against the adversary who attacks you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, that you may be remembered before the Lord your God, and be saved from your enemies.
For His lovingkindness is everlasting,
But Zion said, "The LORD has forsaken me, And the Lord has forgotten me." "Can a woman forget her nursing child And have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, but I will not forget you. "Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; Your walls are continually before Me.
Thus it came about, when God destroyed the cities of the valley, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot lived.
Returning to God » General references to
For you were continually straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.
For
He has
And the unrighteous man his
And let him
And He will have
And to our God,
For He will
And returned and searched
The Lord will strike Egypt, striking but healing; so they will return to the Lord, and He will respond to them and will heal them.
For thus the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, has said,
“Inrepentance and rest you will be saved,
Inquietness and trust is your strength.”
But you were not willing,
“In
In
But you were not willing,
For you have stumbled
“From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord of hosts. “But you say, ‘How shall we return?’
Revivals » Isa 35 » General references to
Say to Him, “
And
That we may
And the
For waters will break forth in the
And streams in the
And let us return to the Lord.
He will
That we may live before Him.
Riches, spiritual » General references to » Examples of
as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing yet possessing all things.
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
that in everything you were enriched in Him, in all speech and all knowledge,
Riches, spiritual » General references to » Discovered by spiritual vision
I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
Riches, spiritual » General references to » God's blessing the source of
Riches, spiritual » General references to » More precious than earthly
Riches, spiritual » General references to » Unsearchable
To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ,
Riches, spiritual » General references to » A paradox
Another
Riches, spiritual » General references to » Enduring
Enduring
Riches, spiritual » General references to » The inheritance of God's elect
Listen, my beloved brethren: did not God choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?
Ridicule » General references to
And
The
And the young
Against whom do you open wide your mouth
And stick out your tongue?
Are you not children of
Offspring of deceit,
He who
that they were saying to you, “In the last time there will be mockers, following after their own ungodly lusts.”
Sabbath » General references to
For He has said somewhere concerning the seventh day: “And God rested on the seventh day from all His works”;
then he said to them, “This is what the Lord meant: Tomorrow is a sabbath observance, a holy sabbath to the Lord. Bake what you will bake and boil what you will boil, and all that is left over put aside to be kept until morning.”
Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.
Let us
Jesus said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.
Salt » General references to
Every grain offering of yours, moreover, you shall season with salt, so that the salt of the covenant of your God shall not be lacking from your grain offering; with all your offerings you shall offer salt.
But his wife, from behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
Whatever is needed, both young bulls, rams, and lambs for a burnt offering to the God of heaven, and wheat, salt, wine and anointing oil, as the priests in Jerusalem request, it is to be given to them daily without fail,
Security » Of the saints » General references to
A Song of Ascents.
Those who trust in the Lord
Are as Mount Zion, whichcannot be moved but abides forever.
Those who trust in the Lord
Are as Mount Zion, which
And through the rivers, they will not overflow you.
When you
Nor will the flame burn you.
Or of the
so that we confidently say,
“The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid.
What will man do to me?”
“
What will man do to me?”
His
And you would look around and rest securely.
And will be at ease from the dread of evil.”
When you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
His water will be sure.
Shame » General references to
But he who sleeps in harvest is a son who acts shamefully.
But a child
But fools
But with the humble is wisdom.
Shechem » General references to
Abram passed through the land as far as the site of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. Now the Canaanite was then in the land.
Now they buried the bones of Joseph, which the sons of Israel brought up from Egypt, at Shechem, in the piece of ground which Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for one hundred pieces of money; and they became the inheritance of Joseph’s sons.
Now Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-aram, and camped before the city.
Christ Shepherd » General references to » As guardian of the flock
For this reason I also suffer these things, but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day.
But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen and protect you from the evil one.
Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge,
Christ Shepherd » General references to » Crowing the faithful
And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.
for the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd, and will guide them to springs of the water of life; and God will wipe every tear from their eyes.”
Christ Shepherd » General references to » Risen
Now the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the eternal covenant, even Jesus our Lord,
Christ Shepherd » General references to » Welcoming the wanderers
For you were continually straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.
Christ Shepherd » General references to » Providing
The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.
Christ Shepherd » General references to » Tender
In His arm He will gather the lambs
And carry them in His bosom;
He will gently lead the nursing ewes.
Verse Concepts
Christ Shepherd » General references to » Sacrificial
Silence » Value of » General references to
But a man of understanding keeps silent.
But
When he closes his lips, he is considered prudent.
Since He has laid it on him.
Silver » General references to
Their four pillars and their four sockets were of bronze; their hooks were of silver, and the overlaying of their tops and their bands were of silver.
and he made forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for its two tenons and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.
Everyone who could make a contribution of silver and bronze brought the Lord’s contribution; and every man who had in his possession acacia wood for any work of the service brought it.
Likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings one hundred cubits long, and its twenty pillars with their twenty sockets of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be of silver.
Simplicity » General references to
But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ.
For the report of your obedience has reached to all; therefore I am rejoicing over you, but I want you to be wise in what is good and innocent in what is evil.
For our proud confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and godly sincerity, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you.
I was
A Song of Ascents, of David.
O Lord, my heart is notproud, nor my eyes haughty;
Nor do Iinvolve myself in great matters,
Or in thingstoo difficult for me.
O Lord, my heart is not
Nor do I
Or in things
Slander » General references to
No one who has a
And
Because every
And every neighbor
While they
They
And he who spreads slander is a fool.
But through knowledge the
Snares laid » General references to
You knew my path.
In the way where I walk
They have
They have spread a
They have set
Give heed, O house of Israel!
Listen, O house of the king!
For the judgment applies to you,
For you have been a
And a net spread out on Tabor.
Men who are not
They
They set a trap,
They catch men.
Without cause they dug a
And from the
When You suddenly bring raiders upon them;
And
Snow » General references to
So honor is not
For all her household are
And to the
Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, killed the two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in the middle of a pit on a snowy day.
Or is the cold flowing water from a foreign land ever snatched away?
Or have you seen the storehouses of the
Social duties » Temperance pr 23; isa 5; 28; da 1 » General references to
He who loves wine and oil will not become rich.
When you sit down to dine with a ruler, Consider carefully what is before you, And put a knife to your throat If you are a man of great appetite.
That you not have it in excess and vomit it.
But as he was discussing righteousness, self-control and the judgment to come, Felix became frightened and said, “Go away for the present, and when I find time I will summon you.”
Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They then do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.
and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness,
gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
Social life » Social functions » General references to
Belshazzar the king held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he was drinking wine in the presence of the thousand.
So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten.
So Solomon observed the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt, before the Lord our God, for seven days and seven more days, even fourteen days.
So they made Him a supper there, and Martha was serving; but Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Him.
And Levi gave a big reception for Him in his house; and there was a great crowd of tax collectors and other people who were reclining at the table with them.
A strategic day came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his lords and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee;
So he prepared a great feast for them; and when they had eaten and drunk he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the marauding bands of Arameans did not come again into the land of Israel.
They were there with David three days, eating and drinking, for their kinsmen had prepared for them.
When these days were completed, the king gave a banquet lasting seven days for all the people who were present at the citadel in Susa, from the greatest to the least, in the court of the garden of the king’s palace.
And He *said to them, “Draw some out now and take it to the headwaiter.” So they took it to him.
Sorrow » General references to
And the
“I will greatly multiply
Your pain
In pain you will
Yet your desire will be for your husband,
And
A man of
And like one from whom men hide their face
He was
But
Speaking, evil » General references to
With their tongues they keep deceiving,”
“
He has
And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell.
Their
Their
They
But his heart was war;
His words were
Yet they were drawn
But the
And their lips
Spiritual » Foundation » General references to
For this is contained in Scripture:
“Behold, I lay in Zion a choice stone, a precious corner stone,
And he who believes inHim will not be disappointed.”
“
And he who believes in
Therefore thus says the Lord God,
“Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a tested stone,
A costly cornerstone for the foundation,firmly placed.
He who believes in it will not bedisturbed.
“
A costly cornerstone for the foundation,
He who believes in it will not be
having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone,
For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Behold, I will set your stones in antimony,
And your foundations I will
Nevertheless, the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who names the name of the Lord is to abstain from wickedness.”
Spiritual » Ignorance » General references to
And a donkey its master’s manger,
But Israel
My people
being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart;
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As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance,
But they do not know how to do what is right,” declares the Lord, “these who hoard up violence and devastation in their citadels.”
And they do not understand His purpose;
For He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.
And there is
They have made their paths crooked,
They are foolish;
For they
Or the ordinance of their God.
For not knowing about God’s righteousness and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
Spiritual » Temple » General references to
Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said,
“I will dwell in them and walk among them;
And I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
“
And I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?
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having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.
but Christ was faithful as a Son over His house—whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the boast of our hope firm until the end.
Spiritual » Kingdom » General references to
Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, then My servants would be fighting so that I would not be handed over to the Jews; but as it is, My kingdom is not of this realm.”
Now I say this, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
For the kingdom of God does not consist in words but in power.
Spiritual » Light » General references to
And satisfy the
Then your
And your gloom will become like midday.
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
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In Your light we see light.
And the Lord illumines my darkness.
Spiritual » Receptivity » General references to
So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand souls.
Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.
For this reason we also constantly thank God that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but for what it really is, the word of God, which also performs its work in you who believe.
Spiritual » Fruit » General references to » Without defect
having been filled with the fruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
(for the fruit of the Light consists in all goodness and righteousness and truth),
Spiritual » Fruit » General references to » Many varieties of
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
Spiritual » Fruit » General references to » Produced in all periods of life
Planted in the house of the LORD, They will flourish in the courts of our God. They will still yield fruit in old age; They shall be full of sap and very green,
Spiritual » Fruit » General references to » Perennial
Spiritual » Fruit » General references to » Grown only upon good ground
Spiritual » Fruit » General references to » The product of heavenly wisdom
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy.
Statutes » General references to
The commandment of the Lord is
And He said, “If you will give earnest heed to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in His sight, and give ear to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians; for I, the Lord, am your healer.”
“See, I have taught you statutes and judgments just as the Lord my God commanded me, that you should do thus in the land where you are entering to possess it.
Suffering for righteousness' sake » Persecution » General references to
A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning Cush, a Benjamite.
O Lord my God,in You I have taken refuge;
Save me from all those who pursue me, anddeliver me,
O Lord my God,
Save me from all those who pursue me, and
They have
Yet I do not
Shin.
Princes persecute me without cause,
But my heartstands in awe of Your words.
But my heart
He has crushed my life
He
Remember me, take notice of me,
And
Do not, in view of Your patience, take me away;
Know that
We are worn out, there is
Suffering for righteousness' sake » Martyrdom » General references to
Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but even to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.
Then I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand; and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
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When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God, and because of the testimony which they had maintained;
Suffering for righteousness' sake » Of the jews smiting of the righteous » General references to
The high priest Ananias commanded those standing beside him to strike him on the mouth.
And My cheeks to those who pluck out the beard;
I did not cover My face from humiliation and spitting.
Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, “How did the Spirit of the Lord pass from me to speak to you?”
When He had said this, one of the officers standing nearby struck Jesus, saying, “Is that the way You answer the high priest?”
The sun » General references to
Behold, I will cause the shadow on the stairway, which has gone down with the sun on the stairway of Ahaz, to go back ten steps.” So the sun’s shadow went back ten steps on the stairway on which it had gone down.
Then Joshua spoke to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel,
“Osun, stand still at Gibeon,
And O moon in the valley of Aijalon.”
“O
And O moon in the valley of Aijalon.”
God made the two great lights, the greater light to govern the day, and the lesser light to govern the night; He made the stars also.
And the moon into blood
Before the
and has gone and served other gods and worshiped them, or the sun or the moon or any of the heavenly host, which I have not commanded,
at midday, O King, I saw on the way a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining all around me and those who were journeying with me.
Nor the moon by night.
And their utterances to the end of the world.
In them He has
And
Superiority of the new dispensation » General references to
(for the Law made nothing perfect), and on the other hand there is a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.
But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises.
But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels,
Therefore it was necessary for the copies of the things in the heavens to be cleansed with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
This expression, “Yet once more,” denotes the removing of those things which can be shaken, as of created things, so that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
because God had provided something better for us, so that apart from us they would not be made perfect.
or shechem Sychar » General references to
Abram passed through the land as far as the site of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. Now the Canaanite was then in the land.
Now they buried the bones of Joseph, which the sons of Israel brought up from Egypt, at Shechem, in the piece of ground which Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for one hundred pieces of money; and they became the inheritance of Joseph’s sons.
Now Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-aram, and camped before the city.
Synagogues » General references to
And as I punished them often in all the synagogues, I tried to force them to blaspheme; and being furiously enraged at them, I kept pursuing them even to foreign cities.
His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone confessed Him to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue.
Taxes » General references to
Some of the Philistines brought gifts and silver as tribute to Jehoshaphat; the Arabians also brought him flocks, 7,700 rams and 7,700 male goats.
When they came to Capernaum, those who collected the two-drachma tax came to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay the two-drachma tax?”
For because of this you also pay taxes, for rulers are servants of God, devoting themselves to this very thing.
Temperance » Pr 23; isa 5; 28; da 1 » General references to
He who loves wine and oil will not become rich.
When you sit down to dine with a ruler, Consider carefully what is before you, And put a knife to your throat If you are a man of great appetite.
That you not have it in excess and vomit it.
But as he was discussing righteousness, self-control and the judgment to come, Felix became frightened and said, “Go away for the present, and when I find time I will summon you.”
Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They then do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.
and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness,
gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
Temperance » Drunkards examples of » General references to
So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
And valiant men in mixing strong drink,
And wail, all you wine drinkers,
On account of the sweet wine
That is
And like those who are
They are
As stubble completely withered.
Temple » General references to
Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the ninth hour, the hour of prayer.
Then the devil *took Him into the holy city and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple,
A Psalm of Asaph.
O God, thenations have invaded Your inheritance;
They have defiled Yourholy temple;
They havelaid Jerusalem in ruins.
O God, the
They have defiled Your
They have
And
For You have
spiritual Temple » General references to
Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said,
“I will dwell in them and walk among them;
And I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
“
And I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?
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having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.
but Christ was faithful as a Son over His house—whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the boast of our hope firm until the end.
religious Testimony » General references to
“And
So that you may know and believe Me
And understand that
And there will be none after Me.
On that day your mouth will be opened to him who escaped, and you will speak and be mute no longer. Thus you will be a sign to them, and they will know that I am the Lord.’”
And declare all Your
For all Your
And the tongue of the stammerers will hasten to speak clearly.
The bible » Statutes contained in » General references to
The commandment of the Lord is
And He said, “If you will give earnest heed to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in His sight, and give ear to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians; for I, the Lord, am your healer.”
“See, I have taught you statutes and judgments just as the Lord my God commanded me, that you should do thus in the land where you are entering to possess it.
The bible » Commandments contained in » General references to
The commandment of the Lord is
For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome.
“You shall therefore keep every commandment which I am commanding you today, so that you may be strong and go in and possess the land into which you are about to cross to possess it;
And He answered and said to them, “Why do you yourselves transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?
the future » The last judgment » General references to
It was also about these men that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, "Behold, the Lord came with many thousands of His holy ones, to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him."
By this, love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment; because as He is, so also are we in this world.
And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds.
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment,
But by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
"But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne. "All the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats;
The Nation » Payment of taxes (tribute) » General references to
Some of the Philistines brought gifts and silver as tribute to Jehoshaphat; the Arabians also brought him flocks, 7,700 rams and 7,700 male goats.
When they came to Capernaum, those who collected the two-drachma tax came to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay the two-drachma tax?”
For because of this you also pay taxes, for rulers are servants of God, devoting themselves to this very thing.
Trials » General references to
And the
In His
And He
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us.
The Lord said, “I have surely seen the affliction of My people who are in Egypt, and have given heed to their cry because of their taskmasters, for I am aware of their sufferings.
Is
That Your word has
Yet Your commandments are my
we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing;
Tribute » General references to
Some of the Philistines brought gifts and silver as tribute to Jehoshaphat; the Arabians also brought him flocks, 7,700 rams and 7,700 male goats.
When they came to Capernaum, those who collected the two-drachma tax came to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay the two-drachma tax?”
For because of this you also pay taxes, for rulers are servants of God, devoting themselves to this very thing.
false Trusts » General references to
And
And trust in chariots because they are many
And in horsemen because they are very strong,
But they do not
Your valley is flowing away,
O
Who trusts in her
‘
‘
Your
For you have said in your heart,
‘
But
“
And makes
And whose heart turns away from the Lord.
And to those who feel secure in the mountain of Samaria,
The
To whom the house of Israel comes.
But
And
In
Unfruitfulness » General references to
And planted it with
And He built a tower in the middle of it
And also hewed out a
Then He
But it produced only
Virtues » Honesty » Integrity » General references to
But the
And You set me
Than he who is perverse in
War » General references to
that they made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
My heart will not fear;
Though war arise against me,
In spite of this I
And another, a red horse, went out; and to him who sat on it, it was granted to take peace from the earth, and that men would slay one another; and a great sword was given to him.
A time for war and a time for peace.
Water » Living eze 47; re 22 » General references to
And you who have
Come, buy
Nor will the scorching
For
And will guide them to
All who
Those who turn
Because they have forsaken the fountain of living water, even the Lord.
water of Life » Eze 47; re 22 » General references to
And you who have
Come, buy
Nor will the scorching
For
And will guide them to
All who
Those who turn
Because they have forsaken the fountain of living water, even the Lord.
Whirlwind » General references to
As I looked, behold, a storm wind was coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing forth continually and a bright light around it, and in its midst something like glowing metal in the midst of the fire.
And it came about when the Lord was about to take up Elijah by a whirlwind to heaven, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
And out of the
Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
He will
The wicked » Devices of » General references to
Who work out evil on their beds!
For it is in the
He sets himself on a
He
But they will say, ‘It’s hopeless! For we are going to follow our own plans, and each of us will act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.’
Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.
Who
But kindness and truth will be to those who devise good.
He who compresses his lips brings evil to pass.
He
To
He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and give evil advice in this city,
Women » Jezebel » General references to
Now Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
It came about, as though it had been a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went to serve Baal and worshiped him.
for when Jezebel destroyed the prophets of the Lord, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave, and provided them with bread and water.)
When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it, and she painted her eyes and adorned her head and looked out the window.
Of Jezebel also has the Lord spoken, saying, ‘The dogs will eat Jezebel in the district of Jezreel.’
But Jezebel his wife came to him and said to him, “How is it that your spirit is so sullen that you are not eating food?”
Therefore they returned and told him. And he said, “This is the word of the Lord, which He spoke by His servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, ‘In the property of Jezreel the dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel;
Women » Harlots » General references to
You shall not bring the hire of a harlot or the wages of a dog into the house of the Lord your God for any votive offering, for both of these are an abomination to the Lord your God.
‘Do not profane your daughter by making her a harlot, so that the land will not fall to harlotry and the land become full of lewdness.
Women » Deborah » General references to
Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.
Deborah said to Barak, “Arise! For this is the day in which the Lord has given Sisera into your hands; behold, the Lord has gone out before you.” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.
Wonderful » Works of God » General references to
The
And they *sang the song of Moses, the bond-servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying,
“Great and marvelous are Your works,
O Lord God, the Almighty;
Righteous and true are Your ways,
King of the nations!
“
Righteous and true are Your ways,
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
Theheavens are telling of the glory of God;
And theirexpanse is declaring the work of His hands.
The
And their
He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, yet so that man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.
And declare all Your
And Your
There is none to compare with You.
If I would declare and speak of them,
They
And my soul knows it very well.
Word » Fulfilment of » General references to
That Your word has
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Aleph.
How blessed are those whose way isblameless,
Whowalk in the law of the Lord.
How blessed are those whose way is
Who
As silver
Beth.
How can a young man keep his way pure?
Bykeeping it according to Your word.
How can a young man keep his way pure?
By
Jesus said to them, “Is this not the reason you are mistaken, that you do not understand the Scriptures or the power of God?
"Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one! "You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. "These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. read more.
"You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up. "You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead. "You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. "Then it shall come about when the LORD your God brings you into the land which He swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you, great and splendid cities which you did not build, and houses full of all good things which you did not fill, and hewn cisterns which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant, and you eat and are satisfied, then watch yourself, that you do not forget the LORD who brought you from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
"You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up. "You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead. "You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. "Then it shall come about when the LORD your God brings you into the land which He swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you, great and splendid cities which you did not build, and houses full of all good things which you did not fill, and hewn cisterns which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant, and you eat and are satisfied, then watch yourself, that you do not forget the LORD who brought you from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
The law of the LORD is perfect, restoring the soul; The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. The precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever; The judgments of the LORD are true; they are righteous altogether. read more.
They are more desirable than gold, yes, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb. Moreover, by them Your servant is warned; In keeping them there is great reward.
They are more desirable than gold, yes, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb. Moreover, by them Your servant is warned; In keeping them there is great reward.
Worship » Temples » General references to
Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the ninth hour, the hour of prayer.
Then the devil *took Him into the holy city and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple,
A Psalm of Asaph.
O God, thenations have invaded Your inheritance;
They have defiled Yourholy temple;
They havelaid Jerusalem in ruins.
O God, the
They have defiled Your
They have
And
For You have
Worship » Family » General references to » Home, the best place to show piety
but if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to practice piety in regard to their own family and to make some return to their parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
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Worship » Family » General references to » Joshua establishes religion in his home
If it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
Worship » Family » General references to » The philippian jailer and his family are baptized
And he took them that very hour of the night and washed their wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he and all his household.
Worship » Family » General references to » Mary sits at jesus' feet in her home
She had a sister called Mary, who was seated at the Lord’s feet, listening to His word.
Worship » Family » General references to » Lydia and her household converted
And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay.” And she prevailed upon us.
Worship » Family » General references to » The entire family of the nobleman accept Christ
So the father knew that it was at that hour in which Jesus said to him, “Your son lives” ; and he himself believed and his whole household.
Worship » Family » General references to » Andrew leads his brother to Christ
He *found first his own brother Simon and *said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which translated means Christ).
Worship » Family » General references to » Healing of » Witness for Christ
Worship » Family » General references to » Job sanctifies his children
When the days of feasting had completed their cycle, Job would send and consecrate them, rising up early in the morning and offering burnt offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, “Perhaps my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” Thus Job did continually.
false Worship » False gods and Goddesses » General references to
They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone.
When
But My people have
For that which does not profit.
Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and cry to the gods to whom they burn incense, but they surely will not save them in the time of their disaster.
They worship the
That which their fingers have made.
However at that time, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those which by nature are no gods.
For even if there are so-called gods whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are many gods and many lords,
true and false Worship » For worship of God house of God, the place of worship » General references to
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
To the house of the God of Jacob;
That He may teach us
And that we may walk in His paths.”
For the
And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
And
Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on
For
The rams of Nebaioth will minister to you;
They will go up with acceptance on My
And I shall
and to those who were selling the doves He said, “Take these things away; stop making My Father’s house a place of business.”
A Song of Ascents.
Behold,bless the Lord, all servants of the Lord,
Whoserve by night in the house of the Lord!
Behold,
Who
saying to them, “It is written, ‘And My house shall be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a robbers ’ den.”
Zeal » Christ's » General references to
And a
And He put on
And wrapped Himself with
And He said to them, “Why is it that you were looking for Me? Did you not know that I had to be in My Father’s house?”
His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for Your house will consume me.”
Jesus *said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to accomplish His work.
Verse Concepts
FALSE » False gods and Goddesses » General references to
They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone.
When
But My people have
For that which does not profit.
Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and cry to the gods to whom they burn incense, but they surely will not save them in the time of their disaster.
They worship the
That which their fingers have made.
However at that time, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those which by nature are no gods.
For even if there are so-called gods whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are many gods and many lords,
FALSE » Trusts » General references to
And
And trust in chariots because they are many
And in horsemen because they are very strong,
But they do not
Your valley is flowing away,
O
Who trusts in her
‘
‘
Your
For you have said in your heart,
‘
But
“
And makes
And whose heart turns away from the Lord.
And to those who feel secure in the mountain of Samaria,
The
To whom the house of Israel comes.
But
And
In
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