Tag: Sore Thumb

1 Kings 18:17-18 When he/(Ahab) saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, you troubler of Israel?” “I have not made trouble for Israel,” Elijah replied. “But you and your father’s family have. You have abandoned the Lord’s commands and have followed the Baals.  “Sore Thumb sticks out.” The root of mockery and dissension springs...

Acts 19:23 About that time there arose a great disturbance about the Way. “Sore Thumb sticks out.” Be on guard for a great disturbance or a spiritual attack at the brink of the breakthrough. Our spiritual progress stands out like a sore thumb to the hellish offenders. Hell is traumatized when souls are saved from...

Daniel 6:3 Now Daniel so distinguished himself among the administrators and the satraps by his exceptional qualities that the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom. “Sore Thumb sticks out.” The old proverb goes, “The tree with the sweetest fruit attracts the most stones”.  Lush and fruitfulness attracts the eyes of evil men and...

Genesis 39:9 “No one is greater in this house than I am. My master has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?” “Sore Thumb sticks out.” Unfaithfulness and infidelity is rampant and has invaded and destroyed morality, ethics...

Daniel 3:7 Therefore, as soon as they heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp and all kinds of music, all the nations and peoples of every language fell down and worshiped the image of gold that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up. “Sore Thumb sticks out.” A 13 years old Christian girl was...

Esther 3:5 When Haman saw that Mordecai would not kneel down or pay him honor, he was enraged. “Sore Thumb sticks out.” Swelling and stiffness in a sore thumb reduces the flexibility to move the thumb to bend, move or hold.  We are called to stand up against ungodly values, ethical practices and moral principles...

Proverbs 23:1-2 When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you, and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite. “Sore Thumb sticks out.” Sore thumb attracts attention because it hurts, annoys and irritates. We are called to live like sore thumbs in this...