Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Boasting » What not to boast of
Boast not thyself of to-morrow, For thou knowest not what a day bringeth forth.
Go, now, ye who are saying, 'To-day and to-morrow we will go on to such a city, and will pass there one year, and traffic, and make gain;' who do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing for a little, and then is vanishing; instead of your saying, 'If the Lord may will, we shall live, and do this or that;' read more.
and now ye glory in your pride; all such glorying is evil;
and now ye glory in your pride; all such glorying is evil;
death » Preparation for
and if on the Father ye do call, who without acceptance of persons is judging according to the work of each, in fear the time of your sojourn pass ye,
it behoveth me to be working the works of Him who sent me while it is day; night doth come, when no one is able to work: --
Cause me to know, O Jehovah, mine end, And the measure of my days -- what it is,' I know how frail I am.
In those days hath Hezekiah been sick unto death, and come unto him doth Isaiah son of Amoz the prophet, and saith unto him, 'Thus said Jehovah: Give a charge to thy house, for thou art dying, and dost not live.'
But to him who is joined unto all the living there is confidence, for to a living dog it is better than to the dead lion.
for both, if we may live, to the Lord we live; if also we may die, to the Lord we die; both then if we may live, also if we may die, we are the Lord's;
for to me to live is Christ, and to die gain.
for we have not here an abiding city, but the coming one we seek;
Look from me, and I brighten up before I go and am not!
To number our days aright let us know, And we bring the heart to wisdom.
All that thy hand findeth to do, with thy power do, for there is no work, and device, and knowledge, and wisdom in Sheol whither thou art going.
Sweet also is the light, And good for the eyes to see the sun. But, if man liveth many years, In all of them let him rejoice, And remember the days of darkness, For they are many! all that is coming is vanity.
For Sheol doth not confess Thee, Death doth not praise Thee, Those going down to the pit hope not for Thy truth. The living, the living, he doth confess Thee.
'Let your loins be girded, and the lamps burning, and ye like to men waiting for their lord, when he shall return out of the wedding feasts, that he having come and knocked, immediately they may open to him. 'Happy those servants, whom the lord, having come, shall find watching; verily I say to you, that he will gird himself, and will cause them to recline (at meat), and having come near, will minister to them;
instead of your saying, 'If the Lord may will, we shall live, and do this or that;'
Evil » What is evil
Go, now, ye who are saying, 'To-day and to-morrow we will go on to such a city, and will pass there one year, and traffic, and make gain;' who do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing for a little, and then is vanishing; instead of your saying, 'If the Lord may will, we shall live, and do this or that;' read more.
and now ye glory in your pride; all such glorying is evil;
and now ye glory in your pride; all such glorying is evil;
and Jehovah smelleth the sweet fragrance, and Jehovah saith unto His heart, 'I continue not to disesteem any more the ground because of man, though the imagination of the heart of man is evil from his youth; and I continue not to smite any more all living, as I have done;
For two evils hath My people done, Me they have forsaken, a fountain of living waters, To hew out for themselves wells -- broken wells, That contain not the waters.
Crooked is the heart above all things, And it is incurable -- who doth know it? I Jehovah do search the heart, try the reins, Even to give to each according to his way, According to the fruit of his doings.
And the miser -- his instruments are evil, He hath counselled wicked devices, To corrupt the poor with lying sayings, Even when the needy speaketh justly.
And Jehovah seeth that abundant is the wickedness of man in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil all the day;
Verse Concepts
This is an evil among all that hath been done under the sun, that one event is to all, and also the heart of the sons of man is full of evil, and madness is in their heart during their life, and after it -- unto the dead.
There is an evil I have seen under the sun, As an error that goeth out from the ruler, He hath set the fool in many high places, And the rich in a low place do sit. I have seen servants on horses, And princes walking as servants on the earth.
God » Will of, submission to » The rule of every-day life
and the world doth pass away, and the desire of it, and he who is doing the will of God, he doth remain -- to the age.
instead of your saying, 'If the Lord may will, we shall live, and do this or that;'
natural Life » Described as » Uncertain
Go, now, ye who are saying, 'To-day and to-morrow we will go on to such a city, and will pass there one year, and traffic, and make gain;' who do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing for a little, and then is vanishing; instead of your saying, 'If the Lord may will, we shall live, and do this or that;'
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » The rule of every-day life
and the world doth pass away, and the desire of it, and he who is doing the will of God, he doth remain -- to the age.
instead of your saying, 'If the Lord may will, we shall live, and do this or that;'
Will » God's, submission to » The rule of every-day life
and the world doth pass away, and the desire of it, and he who is doing the will of God, he doth remain -- to the age.
instead of your saying, 'If the Lord may will, we shall live, and do this or that;'