Understand the language of Scripture Explore idioms, metaphors, euphemisms, hyperbole, and other figures of speech in clear, everyday language. Doing the Father’s will and completing His work sustains and satisfies Jesus more deeply than ordinary food. To fall into danger, moral failure, or ruin. A prophet is made unyielding before a stubborn, resistant audience. God, wisdom, righteous teaching, or the fear of the LORD gives and preserves true life. Daniel’s beasts represent four earthly kingdoms or royal powers. Loving the rebellious world system makes a person unfaithful to God like an adulterous spouse. Throughout all Israel, from the northern edge to the southern edge. Everywhere from east to west or throughout the whole day. From birth or from the earliest part of life. “Fruit” can describe character, deeds, converts, descendants, praise, or the result produced by a life or teaching. A person received the results produced by his or her speech, whether good or bad. The phrase refers to biological descendants. A person lived to an advanced age and completed a long life. False teaching spreads destructively through a community like diseased tissue. The beloved’s beauty, purity, and exclusive sexual availability are pictured as a protected private garden and sealed spring. To die and be joined to one's ancestors. To prepare for work, travel, battle, or decisive action. To prepare one's thinking for disciplined, alert action. A person died as the life-breath or spirit departed the body. A man had sexual relations with a woman. Give more willing service than an oppressor can legally compel, refusing a resentful spirit. God’s covenant with Israel is pictured as a marriage demanding exclusive loyalty and faithfulness. God is holy and will decisively judge idolatry, rebellion, and everything opposed to His holiness. God protects, defends, and gives safety to those who trust Him.Biblical Expressions
Food is to do the Father’s will
Foot slips
Forehead of bronze/flint
Fountain of life
Four beasts are four kingdoms/kings
Friendship with the world is adultery
From Dan to Beersheba
From sunrise to sunset
From the womb
Fruit means conduct, result, offspring, or outcome
Fruit of the mouth/lips
Fruit/seed of the loins
Full of days
Gangrene teaching
Garden enclosed / fountain sealed
Gathered to one’s people
Gird up the loins
Gird up the loins of the mind
Give up/commend the spirit
Go in to a woman
Go the second mile
God as husband; Israel as wife
God is a consuming fire
God is a shield
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