Thematic Bible: Condemned


Thematic Bible



Your rulers are rebels
And companions of thieves;
Everyone loves a bribe
And chases after rewards.
They do not defend the orphan,
Nor does the widow’s plea come before them.


In whose hands is a wicked scheme,
And whose right hand is full of bribes.

A wicked man receives a bribe from the bosom
To pervert the ways of justice.

Who justify the wicked for a bribe,
And take away the rights of the ones who are in the right!

He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity,
He who rejects unjust gain
And shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe;
He who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed
And shuts his eyes from looking upon evil;











“Woe to him who builds his house without righteousness
And his upper rooms without justice,
Who uses his neighbor’s services without pay
And does not give him his wages,










“Woe to him who builds his house without righteousness
And his upper rooms without justice,
Who uses his neighbor’s services without pay
And does not give him his wages,


No one recalls, nor is there knowledge or understanding to say, “I have burned half of it in the fire and also have baked bread over its coals. I roast meat and eat it. Then I make the rest of it into an abomination, I fall down before a block of wood!”

“Son of man, you live in the midst of the rebellious house, who have eyes to see but do not see, ears to hear but do not hear; for they are a rebellious house.

A senseless man has no knowledge,
Nor does a stupid man understand this:

You hypocrites! You know how to analyze the appearance of the earth and the sky, but why do you not analyze this present time?



Concerning him we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.





So He poured out on him the heat of His anger
And the fierceness of battle;
And it set him aflame all around,
Yet he did not recognize it;
And it burned him, but he paid no attention.


Do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah,
As in the day of Massah in the wilderness,



Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.




‘You shall not hate your fellow countryman in your heart; you may surely reprove your neighbor, but shall not incur sin because of him.


then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their figured stones, and destroy all their molten images and demolish all their high places;

For the thing shall surely come to pass which he cried by the word of the Lord against the altar in Bethel and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria.”

They have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I did not command, and it did not come into My mind.

for he removed the foreign altars and high places, tore down the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherim,

I then will destroy your high places, and cut down your incense altars, and heap your remains on the remains of your idols, for My soul shall abhor you.



You shall not distort justice; you shall not be partial, and you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.


An unjust man is abominable to the righteous,
And he who is upright in the way is abominable to the wicked.

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, It is not for kings to drink wine, Or for rulers to desire strong drink, For they will drink and forget what is decreed, And pervert the rights of all the afflicted.

Furthermore, I have seen under the sun that in the place of justice there is wickedness and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.




But now you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth.

Therefore let us celebrate the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.




Why should any living mortal, or any man,
Offer complaint in view of his sins?

“Those who err in mind will know the truth,
And those who criticize will accept instruction.


Jesus answered and said to them, “Do not grumble among yourselves.




But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered themselves together;
The smiters whom I did not know gathered together against me,
They slandered me without ceasing.


Likewise a Levite also, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.

They also gave me gall for my food
And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions of Edom and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because he pursued his brother with the sword,
While he stifled his compassion;
His anger also tore continually,
And he maintained his fury forever.

But he was unwilling and went and threw him in prison until he should pay back what was owed.


A poor man who oppresses the lowly
Is like a driving rain which leaves no food.


then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their figured stones, and destroy all their molten images and demolish all their high places;

For the thing shall surely come to pass which he cried by the word of the Lord against the altar in Bethel and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria.”

They have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I did not command, and it did not come into My mind.

for he removed the foreign altars and high places, tore down the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherim,

I then will destroy your high places, and cut down your incense altars, and heap your remains on the remains of your idols, for My soul shall abhor you.


What! Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I will not praise you.

Everyone who eats it will bear his iniquity, for he has profaned the holy thing of the Lord; and that person shall be cut off from his people.

You will bear no sin by reason of it when you have offered the best of it. But you shall not profane the sacred gifts of the sons of Israel, or you will die.’”

You who say that one should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?


Your rulers are rebels
And companions of thieves;
Everyone loves a bribe
And chases after rewards.
They do not defend the orphan,
Nor does the widow’s plea come before them.


In whose hands is a wicked scheme,
And whose right hand is full of bribes.

A wicked man receives a bribe from the bosom
To pervert the ways of justice.

Who justify the wicked for a bribe,
And take away the rights of the ones who are in the right!

He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity,
He who rejects unjust gain
And shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe;
He who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed
And shuts his eyes from looking upon evil;




But I want you to be free from concern. One who is unmarried is concerned about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;


When they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not worry about how or what you are to speak in your defense, or what you are to say;











“Woe to him who builds his house without righteousness
And his upper rooms without justice,
Who uses his neighbor’s services without pay
And does not give him his wages,