In the context of biblical themes and narratives, the term "sticky" is not directly mentioned in the Scriptures. However, the concept can be explored through various biblical principles and accounts that illustrate the idea of something being adhesive, persistent, or difficult to remove. This can be metaphorically applied to sin, relationships, and spiritual commitments.

Sin and Its Clinging Nature

The Bible often describes sin as something that clings to individuals, making it difficult to escape its grasp. Hebrews 12:1 exhorts believers to "lay aside every weight, and the sin that so easily entangles." This imagery suggests that sin is like a sticky substance that ensnares and hinders one's spiritual progress. The persistent nature of sin requires vigilance and the transformative power of Christ to overcome.

Covenantal Relationships

The concept of "stickiness" can also be seen in the covenantal relationships described in the Bible. The Hebrew word "hesed," often translated as "steadfast love" or "lovingkindness," reflects a loyal, enduring commitment that binds God to His people and vice versa. In Ruth 1:16 , Ruth's declaration to Naomi, "Where you go, I will go, and where you stay, I will stay," exemplifies a sticky, unwavering loyalty that characterizes covenantal love.

Spiritual Commitment

The idea of being "sticky" in one's faith is echoed in the call for believers to remain steadfast and immovable in their commitment to God. James 4:8 encourages believers to "draw near to God, and He will draw near to you." This mutual drawing near suggests a closeness and adherence to God that is akin to a sticky bond, emphasizing the importance of maintaining a strong, unyielding relationship with the Creator.

Community and Fellowship

The early church provides a model of sticky community and fellowship. Acts 2:42 describes how the believers "devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer." This devotion created a cohesive and supportive community, bound together by shared faith and purpose. The "stickiness" of their fellowship was a testament to their unity in Christ.

Conclusion

While the term "sticky" is not explicitly found in the Bible, its conceptual presence is evident in the persistent nature of sin, the enduring loyalty of covenantal relationships, the steadfastness of spiritual commitment, and the cohesive fellowship of the early church. These themes underscore the importance of vigilance, loyalty, and unity in the Christian faith.(superl.) Having the quality of sticking to a surface; adhesive; gluey; viscous; viscid; glutinous; tenacious.2916. tit -- mud, mire, clay
... mire (7), mud (3). clay, dirt, mire. From an unused root meaning apparently
to be sticky (rath. Perb. A demon. From tuw', through ...
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3910. lot -- myrrh
... myrrh. Probably from luwt; a gum (from its sticky nature), probably ladanum -- myrrh.
see HEBREW luwt. 3909, 3910. lot. 3911 . Strong's Numbers.
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1707. dabbesheth -- a hump
... hunch of a camel. Intensive from the same as dbash; a sticky mass, ie The hump of
a camel -- hunch (of a camel). see HEBREW dbash. 1706, 1707. ...
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Man's Bad Break.
... It is cunningly implied with a sticky, slimy cunning that, by not eating, that
likeness and knowledge would not come. That was the lie. ...
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Hugh the Builder
... gives not only his wealth and the labour of his people, but the help of his own
sweat; and often he carries in a pannier the carved stones and the sticky lime. ...
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The Valleys --Experiences of Suffering and Sacrifice
... speaking of finds some strange shuttle-threads to be woven into the pattern, gray
black, ugly black threads, and red threads almost wet and sticky in their ...
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The Builders
... not leave until the last streak of daylight had faded, except for the brief space
allowed for breakfast and dinner, when huge cauldrons of a sticky mass of ...
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Our Brother.
... He was their Brother. He would get down alongside, and pull up with them side
by side out of the ditch of sticky mud up to good footing. ...
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The Ideal Devout Life
... Plod, plod, plod, in a heavy-footed, spiritless grind, like that with which the
ploughman toils down the sticky furrows of a field, with a pound of clay at ...
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In the High Priest's Palace
... Once the tiniest wing tip is in the spider's web, before long the whole
body will be wrapped round by its filthy, sticky threads. ...
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The Elf
... Thy grace." Praise for mercies followed in order: the cardboard box, the lump of
sugar-candy, the spoils from the waste-paper basket, those sticky honey-cakes ...
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Off Duty
... Some small children make a fuss if only their lips are washed after a meal; they
do not seem to care how sticky they are; but my mice do, they like to be clean ...
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La Brea
... mud and water. It may be kneaded for an hour before the mud be sufficiently
driven out of it to make it sticky. This very abundance ...
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Sticky (5 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Sticky (5 Occurrences). Genesis ... well. And they had bricks
for stone, putting them together with sticky earth. (BBE). ...
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Sticks (25 Occurrences)

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Stiff (23 Occurrences)

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Gum (3 Occurrences)
... 7. (vt) To smear with gum; to close with gum; to unite or stiffen by gum or
a gumlike substance; to make sticky with a gumlike substance. ...
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Water-plants (7 Occurrences)
... Exodus 2:3 And when she was no longer able to keep him secret, she made him a basket
out of the stems of water-plants, pasting sticky earth over it to keep the ...
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Daub (3 Occurrences)
... 6. (vi) To smear; to play the flatterer. 7. (n.) A viscous, sticky application;
a spot smeared or dabbed; a smear. 8. (n.) A picture coarsely executed. Int. ...
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Myrrh (22 Occurrences)
... species of cistus, especially C. creticus in the Greek Isles, where it is collected
by threshing the plants by a kind of flail from which the sticky mass is ...
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Pasting (1 Occurrence)
... Exodus 2:3 And when she was no longer able to keep him secret, she made him a basket
out of the stems of water-plants, pasting sticky earth over it to keep the ...
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Plow (11 Occurrences)
... Luke 17:7; compare `abhadh, Deuteronomy 21:4). Plowing cannot be done before the
rains (Jeremiah 14:4); on the other hand the soil is too sticky to plow in the ...
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Pitch (25 Occurrences)
... character. (see SLIME.). Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) A thick, black, lustrous,
and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It ...
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