Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Boasting » What not to boast of
Do not boast {about tomorrow}, for you do not know what the day will bring.
Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will travel to such and such a city and spend a year there, and carry on business and make a profit," you who do not know {what will happen tomorrow}, {what your life will be like}. For you are a smoky vapor that appears for a short time and then disappears. Instead you should say, "If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that." read more.
But now you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.
But now you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.
death » Preparation for
And if you call on [him] [as] Father who judges impartially according to each one's work, conduct yourselves with fear during the time of your temporary residence,
It is necessary [for] us to do the deeds of the one who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work!
"Let me know, O Yahweh, my end, and what is the measure of my days. Let me know how transient I [am]."
In those days Hezekiah became {deathly ill}, and Isaiah the son of Amoz the prophet came to him and said to him, "Thus says Yahweh, 'Command your house, for you [are about] to die; you will not recover.'"
Whoever is joined to all the living has hope. After all, even a live dog is better than a dead lion!
For if we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord. Therefore whether we live [or] whether we die, we are the Lord's.
For to me to live [is] Christ and to die [is] gain.
For here we do not have a permanent city, but we seek the [city] that is to come.
If only they were wise, they would understand this; they would discern {for themselves their end}.
Look [away] from me that I may be cheerful, before I depart and I am no more.
So teach [us] to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
Whatever your hand finds to do--do [it] with [all] your might; for in Sheol--where you are going--no one works, plans, knows, or thinks about anything.
The light is sweet, and it [is] pleasant for the eyes to see the sun. For if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in all of them! Let him remember that the days of the darkness will be many-- all that is coming [is] vanity!
For Sheol cannot praise you; death [cannot] praise you. Those who go down [to the] pit cannot hope for your faithfulness. [The] living, [the] living one praises you like me today; a father will make your faithfulness known to children.
"{You must be prepared for action} and [your] lamps burning. And you, [be] like people who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding feast, so that [when he] comes back and knocks, they can open [the door] for him immediately. Blessed [are] those slaves whom the master will find on the alert [when he] returns! Truly I say to you that he will dress himself for service and have them recline at the table and will come by [and] serve them.
Instead you should say, "If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that."
Evil » What is evil
Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will travel to such and such a city and spend a year there, and carry on business and make a profit," you who do not know {what will happen tomorrow}, {what your life will be like}. For you are a smoky vapor that appears for a short time and then disappears. Instead you should say, "If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that." read more.
But now you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.
But now you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.
And Yahweh smelled the soothing fragrance, and Yahweh said {to himself}, "{Never again will I curse} the ground for the sake of humankind, because the inclination of the heart of humankind [is] evil from his youth. {Nor will I ever again destroy} all life as I have done.
"For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, [the] source of living water, to hew out for themselves cisterns, cracked cisterns that can hold no water.
The heart [is] deceitful more than anything else, and it [is] disastrous. Who can understand it? I, Yahweh, examine [the] {mind}, test [the] {heart}, and give to each one according to his way, according to the fruit of his deeds.
And a scoundrel, his weapons [are] evil; he plans evil devices to ruin [the] poor with words of deception even when the speech of [the] needy [is] right.
And Yahweh saw that the evil of humankind [was] great upon the earth, and every inclination of the thoughts of his heart [was] always only evil.
Verse Concepts
This [is] the {injustice} that is done under the sun: the same fate [comes] to everyone. Also the hearts of {humans} are full [of] evil; delusion [is] in their hearts during their lives, and then they die.
There is an evil I have seen under the sun-- [it is] an error that proceeds from a ruler! The fool is set in many high places, but the rich sit in lowly places. I have even seen slaves [riding] on horses and princes walking like slaves on the earth!
God » Will of, submission to » The rule of every-day life
And the world is passing away, and its desire, but the one who does the will of God remains {forever}.
Instead you should say, "If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that."
natural Life » Described as » Uncertain
Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will travel to such and such a city and spend a year there, and carry on business and make a profit," you who do not know {what will happen tomorrow}, {what your life will be like}. For you are a smoky vapor that appears for a short time and then disappears. Instead you should say, "If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that."
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » The rule of every-day life
And the world is passing away, and its desire, but the one who does the will of God remains {forever}.
Instead you should say, "If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that."
Will » God's, submission to » The rule of every-day life
And the world is passing away, and its desire, but the one who does the will of God remains {forever}.
Instead you should say, "If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that."