Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Punishment of the The Wicked » On account of their » Rejection of the law of God
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children. As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me: I will change their glory into shame. They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity. read more.
And it shall be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will requite them their doings.
And it shall be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will requite them their doings.
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It has happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog turning to his own vomit again, and the sow that had washed to wallowing in the mire.
I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the first-ripe in the fig-tree at its first season: but they came to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves unto the shameful thing, and became abominable like that which they loved.
And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.
For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.
Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asketh, and the judge is ready for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth the evil desire of his soul: thus they weave it together.
Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil;
in which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison, that aforetime were disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water:
As a dog that returneth to his vomit,'so is a fool that repeateth his folly.
How much less one that is abominable and corrupt, A man that drinketh iniquity like water!
Thus saith Jehovah unto this people, Even so have they loved to wander; they have not refrained their feet: therefore Jehovah doth not accept them; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.
He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise perverse things: He that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.
It is as sport to a fool to do wickedness; And'so is wisdom to a man of understanding.
because they rejected mine ordinances, and walked not in my statutes, and profaned my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue, Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth;
for they loved the glory that is of men more than the glory that is of God.