Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Exposure » Of sin » Rendered doubly certain by God's infinite knowledge
For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them.
For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.
If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.
And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.
Fall of man » Cannot be remedied by man
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.
Justification » Of self, impossible
Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.
For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.
How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
Man » Cannot cleanse himself
For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.
What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Nitre » Lye, rv
For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.
Secret sins » Known to God
For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them.
For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.
If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.
And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.
Sin » Internal » Known to God
For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them.
For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.
If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.
And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.
Soap » A washing compound
For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.
But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: