The Living Bible (430 page)

Authors: Inc. Tyndale House Publishers

Tags: #BIBLES / Other Translations / Text

BOOK: The Living Bible

9.51Mb size Format: txt, pdf, ePub

From nature

^{Prov 24:30-31}	^{it was overgrown with thorns,}
^{Eccl 3:2}	^{A time to plant; A time to harvest;}
^{Matt 6:26}	^{Look at the birds! They dont worry}

By object lessons

^{Josh 4:19}	^{This miracle occurred on the 25th of March.}
^{Isa 20:2}	^{to take off his clothing, including his shoes,}
^{Jer 27:2}	^{Make a yoke and fasten it on your neck}
^{Ezek 4:1}	^{take a large brick and lay it before you}
^{Ezek 4:4-5}	^{Now lie on your left side for 390 days,}
^{Ezek 12:18}	^{Son of dust, tremble as you eat your meals;}
^{Ezek 37:16}	^{take another stick and carve these words on it:}

LEAVEN
, see
Yeast

LENDING

Regulations concerning

^{Exod 22:25}	^{If you lend money to a needy fellow-Hebrew,}
^{Lev 25:37}	^{Rememberno interest; and give him what he needs,}
^{Deut 15:2}	^{Every creditor shall write Paid in full}
^{Deut 23:19}	^{Dont demand interest on loans you make}
^{Deut 24:10}	^{must not enter his house to get his security.}

LEPROSY

Examples of

^{2 Kgs 7:3}	^{there were four lepers outside the city gates.}
^{2 Kgs 15:5}	^{Because of this the Lord struck him with leprosy,}
^{Mark 14:3}	^{the home of Simon the leper;}

Laws concerning

^{Lev 13:2}	^{He must be brought to Aaron the priest}
^{Lev 14:1}	^{regulations concerning a person whose leprosy disappears}
^{Lev 22:4}	^{No priest who is a leper or who has a running sore}
^{Deut 24:8}	^{the instructions of the priest in cases of leprosy,}

Sent as a judgment

^{Num 12:10}	^{Miriam suddenly became white with leprosy.}
^{2 Kgs 5:27}	^{Naamans leprosy shall be upon you}
^{2 Chr 26:19}	^{Suddenlyleprosy appeared in his forehead!}

Healed by God

^{Num 12:13}	^{Heal her, O God, I beg you!}
^{2 Kgs 5:14}	^{his flesh became as healthy as a little childs,}

Isolation of those with

^{Lev 13:46}	^{he is defiled and must live outside the camp.}
^{Num 5:1}	^{they must expel all lepers from the camp,}
^{Num 12:14}	^{Let her be confined outside the camp seven days,}
^{2 Kgs 15:5}	^{so he lived in a house by himself.}
^{2 Chr 26:21}	^{lived in isolation, cut off from his people}

Healed by Jesus and his disciples

^{Matt 8:3}	^{instantly the leprosy disappears.}
^{Matt 10:8}	^{cure the lepers, and cast out demons.}
^{Mark 1:42}	^{Immediately the leprosy was gone}
^{Luke 17:14}	^{as they were going, their leprosy disappeared.}

LIFE

Long, promised

^{Exod 20:12}	^{that you may have a long, good life in the land}
^{1 Kgs 3:14}	^{I will give a long life if you follow me}
^{Psa 21:4}	^{a long, good life,}
^{Prov 3:1}	^{If you want a long and satisfying life,}
^{Prov 10:27}	^{Reverence for God adds hours to each day;}

Shortness and uncertainty of

^{Gen 47:9}	^{I am not nearly as old as many of my ancestors.}
^{1 Sam 20:3}	^{I am only a step away from death!}
^{Job 14:1}	^{How frail is man, how few his days,}
^{Psa 39:4}	^{to realize how brief my time on earth will be.}
^{Psa 103:14}	^{For he knows we are but dust,}
^{Eccl 6:12}	^{In these few days of our empty lifetimes,}
^{Isa 40:6}	^{that man is like the grass that dies away,}
^{Luke 12:20}	^{Fool! Tonight you die. Then who will get it all?}
^{Jas 4:14}	^{How do you know what is going to happen tomorrow?}

Spiritual

^{Rom 6:4}	^{you were given his wonderful new life to enjoy.}
^{Rom 8:10}	^{your spirit will live, for Christ has pardoned it.}
^{Gal 2:20}	^{I myself no longer live, but Christ lives in me.}
^{Eph 2:5}	^{he gave us back our lives again when he raised}
^{Col 3:3}	^{Your real life is in heaven with Christ and God.}

Gift from God

^{Gen 2:7}	^{breathed into it the breath of life.}
^{Job 12:10}	^{soul of every living thing is in the hand of God,}
^{Psa 66:9}	^{for he holds our lives in his hands.}
^{Dan 5:23}	^{God gives you the breath of life}
^{Acts 17:28}	^{in him we live and move and are!}

LIGHT

Creation of

^{Gen 1:3}

^{Then God said, Let there be light.}

Miraculous, examples

^{Matt 17:2}	^{his face shone like the sun}
^{Acts 9:3}	^{a brilliant light from heaven spotted down upon him!}

God is

^{1 Tim 6:16}	^{lives in light so terrible}
^{1 Joh 1:5}	^{God is Light and in him is no darkness at all.}

Christ is

^{Luke 2:32}	^{He is the Light that will shine}
^{John 1:4}	^{this life gives light to all mankind.}
^{John 3:19}	^{that the Light from heaven came into the world,}
^{Rev 21:23}	^{the glory of God and of the Lamb illuminate it.}

Figurative and symbolic

^{Psa 119:105}	^{Your words are a flashlight to light the path}
^{Prov 6:23}	^{their advice is a beam of light}
^{Matt 5:14}	^{You are the worlds lighta city on a hill,}
^{Luke 11:34}	^{Your eyes light up your inward being.}
^{John 5:35}	^{John shone brightly for a while,}
^{Eph 5:8}	^{now it is full of light from the Lord,}
^{1 Thes 5:5}	^{you are all children of the light}

LONELINESS

Examples of

^{Psa 102:7}	^{lonely as a solitary sparrow on the roof.}
^{Jer 13:17}	^{in loneliness my breaking heart shall mourn}
^{Luke 1:80}	^{grew up he lived out in the lonely wilderness}

Figurative

^{Isa 30:17}	^{You will be like lonely trees on the distant}
^{Ezek 7:16}	^{Any who escape will be lonely as mourning}
^{Hos 8:9}	^{She is a lonely, wandering wild ass.}

LORDS PRAYER

Examples of

^{Matt 6:9}	^{Pray along these lines: Our Father in heaven,}
^{Luke 11:2}	^{this is the prayer he taught them:}

Lords Supper

Examples of

^{Matt 26:26}	^{Jesus took a small loaf of bread and blessed it}
^{Mark 14:22}	^{Jesus took bread and asked Gods blessing}
^{Luke 22:19}	^{This is my body, given for you.}

LOVE

Toward God

^{Deut 6:5}	^{You must love him with all your heart,}
^{Deut 10:12-13}	^{to love him, and to worship him}
^{Josh 22:5}	^{Love the Lord and follow his plan for your lives.}
^{Psa 31:23}	^{love the Lord, all of you who are his people;}
^{Dan 9:4}	^{fulfill your promises of mercy to those who love you}
^{Matt 22:37}	^{Love the Lord your God with all your heart,}
^{1 Joh 5:3}	^{Loving God means doing what he tells us to}

For Jesus

^{Matt 10:37}	^{If you love your father and mother more than you love me,}
^{John 8:42}	^{If that were so, then you would love me,}
^{John 16:27}	^{you love me and believe that I came from the Father.}
^{Eph 6:24}	^{who sincerely love our Lord Jesus Christ.}
^{Phile 1:5}	^{love and trust in the Lord Jesus}

Brotherly

^{Lev 19:18}	^{love your neighbor as yourself,}
^{Deut 10:19}	^{(You too must love foreigners,}
^{Matt 19:19}	^{love your neighbor as yourself!}
^{Matt 25:35}	^{I was hungry and you fed me;}
^{Luke 6:31}	^{Treat others as you want them to treat you.}
^{Rom 12:10}	^{Love each other with brotherly affection}
^{Gal 5:13}	^{freedom to love and serve each other.}
^{1 Thes 4:9}	^{pure brotherly love that there should be among you}

Of money, condemned

^{1 Tim 6:10}

^{love of money is the first step toward all kinds of sin.}

Blessings of

^{Neh 1:5}	^{God who keeps his promises and is so loving}
^{Psa 145:20}	^{He protects all those who love him,}
^{1 Cor 2:9}	^{wonderful things God has ready for those who love him}

Other books

Spell of the Highlander by Karen Marie Moning

Punk and Zen by JD Glass

Royal Icing by Sheryl Berk

Homecoming Reunion by Carolyne Aarsen

You are a Badass by Jen Sincero

The Pregnancy Shock by Lynne Graham

Between the Lies (Book One - The Northern Lights Series) by DeKok, Joy

The Boyfriend Experience by Skye, Alexis E.

Firecracker by David Iserson

Assassin by Anna Myers