Thematic Bible




Thematic Bible



Curse Meroz, said the angel of the LORD. Curse bitterly its inhabitants, because they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.

And everyone who hears these words of mine, and does not do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand.

They said, "What one is there of the tribes of Israel who did not come up to the LORD to Mizpah?" Behold, no one came to the camp from Jabesh Gilead to the assembly.

Next to them, the Tekoites made repairs; but their nobles did not put their necks to the work of their lord.

For they have not served you in their kingdom, and in your great goodness that you gave them, and in the large and rich land which you gave before them, neither did they turn from their wicked works.

You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest.

That servant, who knew his lord's will, and did not prepare, nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,

What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?




That servant, who knew his lord's will, and did not prepare, nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,


"Then he will answer them, saying, 'Truly I tell you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.'





I was a stranger, and you did not take me in; naked, and you did not clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit me.'

because he did not remember to show kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, the broken in heart, to kill them.



You haven't strengthened the diseased, neither have you healed that which was sick, neither have you bound up that which was broken, neither have you brought back that which was driven away, neither have you sought that which was lost; but with force and with rigor you have ruled over them.

For, behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit those who are cut off, neither will seek those who are scattered, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which is sound; but he will eat the flesh of the fat sheep, and will tear their hoofs in pieces.

A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was placed at his gate, full of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores.


Curse Meroz, said the angel of the LORD. Curse bitterly its inhabitants, because they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.

And everyone who hears these words of mine, and does not do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand.

They said, "What one is there of the tribes of Israel who did not come up to the LORD to Mizpah?" Behold, no one came to the camp from Jabesh Gilead to the assembly.

Next to them, the Tekoites made repairs; but their nobles did not put their necks to the work of their lord.

For they have not served you in their kingdom, and in your great goodness that you gave them, and in the large and rich land which you gave before them, neither did they turn from their wicked works.

You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest.

That servant, who knew his lord's will, and did not prepare, nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,

What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?



I was a stranger, and you did not take me in; naked, and you did not clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit me.'

because he did not remember to show kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, the broken in heart, to kill them.



You haven't strengthened the diseased, neither have you healed that which was sick, neither have you bound up that which was broken, neither have you brought back that which was driven away, neither have you sought that which was lost; but with force and with rigor you have ruled over them.

For, behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit those who are cut off, neither will seek those who are scattered, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which is sound; but he will eat the flesh of the fat sheep, and will tear their hoofs in pieces.

A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was placed at his gate, full of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores.



Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. Happy is he who does not judge himself in that which he approves. But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because it is not of faith; and whatever is not of faith is sin.



All unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not leading to death.


When you shall vow a vow to the LORD your God, you shall not be slack to pay it: for the LORD your God will surely require it of you; and it would be sin in you.



If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.

As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool who repeats his folly.



Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin; but since you say, 'We see,' your sin remains.

For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins,

That servant, who knew his lord's will, and did not prepare, nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes, but he who did not know, and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. To whomever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him more will be asked.

But if you call yourself a Jew, and rely on the law, and boast in God, and know his will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law, and are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, read more.
a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth. You therefore who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal? You who say that one should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? You who boast in the law, do you, by disobeying the law, dishonor God?

For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them. It has happened to them according to the true proverb, "The dog turns to his own vomit again," and "the sow that has washed to wallowing in the mire."



That servant, who knew his lord's will, and did not prepare, nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,


"Then he will answer them, saying, 'Truly I tell you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.'








That servant, who knew his lord's will, and did not prepare, nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,


"Then he will answer them, saying, 'Truly I tell you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.'