Delegates asked about keeping a fast; God asked about their hearts. Zechariah 7 calls worshipers to true justice, mercy, and humble hearing so that fasting and feasting alike become Godward and neighbor-loving.
Bible Themes and Doctrines
Delegates asked about keeping a fast; God asked about their hearts. Zechariah 7 calls worshipers to true justice, mercy, and humble hearing so that fasting and feasting alike become Godward and neighbor-loving.
Jonah 4 ends not with a tidy moral but with God’s question about compassion. Through a plant, a worm, and a wind, the Lord exposes narrow pity and invites His servant to share His concern for a great city and every life within it.
Hosea 11 remembers first steps and stubborn refusals, then surprises with mercy: the Holy One’s compassion rises, and his roar calls children home. This chapter anchors judgment inside love and points to a future settling under God’s faithful care.
Isaiah 15 names Moab’s cities as a night of ruin falls and lets their wail reach the borders. The prophet’s own heart cries even as streams run dry and blood stains the river, preparing the way for chapter 16’s call to seek shelter under a throne established in faithful love.
Isaiah 14 begins with compassion and ends with a vow. The Lord re-chooses Israel, teaches a taunt over Babylon’s fallen king, exposes pride’s five “I will”s, swears to crush Assyria, and declares Zion a refuge for the afflicted. Through it all, the hand stretched out over all nations cannot be turned back.
Proverbs 14 trains a life that is sturdy in storms and kind to neighbors—built on the fear of the Lord, truthful speech, diligent work, and mercy. These habits lift households and cities now and preview the world to come.
Proverbs 12 brings wisdom into fields, kitchens, and councils: love correction, speak healing truth, and finish your work with steady joy. The way of righteousness is life, and in Christ that path opens toward immortality.
David vows daily praise to God the King and invites every generation to tell his works. The psalm shows God’s open hand, saving nearness, and everlasting rule.
Job 29 looks back to a season of God’s light, public dignity, and costly advocacy for the vulnerable. The chapter teaches how memory, fear of the Lord, and neighbor-love belong together in a wise life.
Herod’s feast ends in death, but Jesus’ wilderness feast overflows with life. In Matthew 14, the King feeds, stills storms, and draws worship from fearful hearts.
Jonah’s four chapters reveal God’s sovereign pursuit, His mercy for the nations, and His patient work in a reluctant messenger. Rooted in Scripture, this study calls the church to obey, love enemies, and rejoice when grace reaches unlikely people.