Thematic Bible: Of the wicked
Thematic Bible
Character » Of the wicked » Reprobate
examine yourselves, whether you are in the faith, prove your own selves. Do you not know your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you, unless you are reprobates?
But as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so these also resist the truth, men of corrupt mind, reprobate concerning the faith.
They profess that they know God, but in their works they deny Him, being abominable and disobedient and reprobate to every good work.
Character » Of the wicked » Disobedient
For we ourselves also were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, slaving for various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.
But they were disobedient and rebelled against You, and cast Your Law behind their backs. And they killed Your prophets who testified against them to turn them to You, and they worked great blasphemies.
Therefore to you who believe is the honor. But to those who are disobedient, He is the Stone which the builders rejected; this One came to be the Head of the corner,
Character » Of the wicked » Proud
For men will be self-lovers, money-lovers, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
The pride of your heart has deceived you, dwelling in the clefts of the rock, his dwelling is lofty; saying in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?
For the sin of their mouth is the word of their lips, even let them be taken in their pride; and for cursing and the lying which they speak.
Character » Of the wicked » Despising saints
But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us. And they said, What is this that you do? Will you rebel against the king?
And he spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they make an end in a day? Will they bring to life the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?
without natural affection, unyielding, false accusers, without self-control, savage, despisers of good, traitors, reckless, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
Character » Of the wicked » Lying
The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray from the womb, speaking lies.
Surely they have plotted to cast him down from his great height; they delight in lies; they bless with their mouth, but they curse in their heart. Selah.
None calls for justice, nor does anyone plead for truth; they trust in vanity and speak lies. They conceive mischief and bring out iniquity.
Character » Of the wicked » Murderous
He sits in the hiding-places of the villages; in the secret places he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the poor.
They kill the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; being full of envy, murder, quarrels, deceit, evil habits, becoming whisperers,
Character » Of the wicked » Conspiring against saints
And all of them conspired together to come and fight against Jerusalem and do harm to it.
Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come, let us meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me harm.
And those who seek my life lay snares for me; and those who seek my hurt speak sly things, and utter deceits all the day long.
Character » Of the wicked » Sold under sin
And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you found me, O my enemy? And he answered, I have found you because you have sold yourself to work evil in the sight of Jehovah.
And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire. And they used divination and incantations, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke Him to anger.
Character » Of the wicked » Sensual
whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, those who mind earthly things.)
These are those setting themselves apart, animal-like ones, not having the Spirit.
Character » Of the wicked » Hating the light
They are of those who rebel against the light; they know not His ways, nor stay in His paths.
For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light, lest his deeds should be exposed.
Character » Of the wicked » Enticing to evil
For of these are those who creep into houses and lead captive silly women loaded with sins, led away with different kinds of lusts,
My son, if sinners lure you, do not be willing. If they say, Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, we will watch secretly for the innocent without cause; let us swallow them up alive as the grave, and whole, as those who go down into the pit; read more.
we shall find all precious goods; we shall fill our houses with plunder; cast in your lot among us, and let us have one purse.
we shall find all precious goods; we shall fill our houses with plunder; cast in your lot among us, and let us have one purse.
Character » Of the wicked » Hypocritical
having a form of godliness, but denying the power of it; even turn away from these.
And Jehovah said, Because this people draw near Me with their mouth, and with their lips honor Me, but have removed their heart far from Me, and their fear toward Me is taught by the command of men;
Character » Of the wicked » Prayerless
what is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what profit should we have if we pray to Him?
Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? They eat up my people as they eat bread; they have not called on God.
Character » Of the wicked » Fraudulent
Shall I count those with the wicked scales pure, and those with the bag of deceitful weights?
The wicked borrows, and never pays again; but the righteous shows mercy, and gives.
Character » Of the wicked » Froward
For the iniquity of his covetousness I was angry and struck him; I hid Myself, and was angry, and he went on turning away in the way of his heart.
The way of a guilty man is perverted; but the pure, his work is right.
Character » Of the wicked » Unjust
When a wicked man dies, his hope shall perish; and the hope of evil ones shall be lost.
We conceived; we have been in pain, we gave birth to wind. We have not brought about any salvation in the earth; nor have the people of the world fallen.
Character » Of the wicked » Alienated from God
having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart.
Verse Concepts
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And you, who were once alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled
Character » Of the wicked » Evil doers
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard its spots? Then you also may do good, who are accustomed to doing evil.
Both hands are on evil, to do it well. The ruler asks for a bribe, and the judge also; and the great man speaks the evil desire of his soul. So they weave it together.
Character » Of the wicked » Unclean
For they, being past feeling, have given themselves up to lust, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
But we are all as the unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as a menstruation cloth. And we all fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Character » Of the wicked » Blasphemous
And men were burned with great heat. And they blasphemed the name of God, He having authority over these plagues. And they did not repent in order to give Him glory.
Character » Of the wicked » Unprofitable
And throw the unprofitable servant into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
"They are all gone out of the way, they have together become unprofitable, there is none that does good, no, not one."
Character » Of the wicked » Blinded
in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving ones, so that the light of the glorious gospel of Christ (who is the image of God) should not dawn on them.
Verse Concepts
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having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart.
Verse Concepts
Spiritual DeathDarkness, As A Symbol Of SinFall Of Man, Consequences OfCommunicationGod, Revelation OfHardness Of HeartHeart, Fallen And RedeemedLonelinessReconciliation, Of The World To GodSalvation, Necessity And Basis OfStubbornness, Consequences OfUnbelief, Nature And Effects OfVeilsApathyCharacter Of WickedNations DescribedIgnorance Towards God, Leads ToInsensibilityEstrangement
Character » Of the wicked » Corrupt
Even so every good tree brings forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit.
For you ought to put off the old man (according to your way of living before) who is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,
Character » Of the wicked » Fierce
without natural affection, unyielding, false accusers, without self-control, savage, despisers of good,
A violent man lures his neighbor and makes him go in a way not good.
Character » Of the wicked » Stiff-necked
O stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so you do.
And Jehovah had said to Moses, Say to the sons of Israel, You are a stiff-necked people. I will come up into the midst of you in a moment, and I will consume you. And now put off your ornaments from you, that I may know what to do with you.
Character » Of the wicked » Mischievous
Both hands are on evil, to do it well. The ruler asks for a bribe, and the judge also; and the great man speaks the evil desire of his soul. So they weave it together.
Character » Of the wicked » Unthankful
For men will be self-lovers, money-lovers, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return. And your reward shall be great, and you shall be the sons of the Highest. For He is kind to the unthankful and to the evil.
Character » Of the wicked » Envious
For we ourselves also were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, slaving for various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.
And Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard. And it grieved them very much that there had come a man to seek the good of the sons of Israel.
Character » Of the wicked » Fearful
The wicked flee when no man pursues; but the righteous are bold as a lion.
But the fearful, and the unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, will have their part in the Lake burning with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.
Verse Concepts
The DeadAbominationsCowardiceAdultery and DivorceBackbitingFaithlessness, As DisobedienceAdultery, Results Ofevil, victory overethics, and graceAromasHell, As An ExperienceLiesMurderPunishment, By GodSexualitySexual Sin, Nature OfSin, God's Judgment OnSorcery And MagicSulphurUnbelief, Nature And Effects OfUnbelieversLake Of FireLiarsPunishment Of the WickedCharacter Of Wicked
Unbelief, Results Of Being GuiltyEternal DeathGehennaBrimstoneNecromancyThe Second DeathFire Of HellNot Believing The GospelFate Of IdolatersJudgement On MurderersThe End Of LiarsSpiritual DeathBenefits Of HeavenUniversalismSexual Immorality Brings PunishmentSorcerygaysBeing GayDrugsmagicwitchescheaterslakesUnbelief Toward Christ
Character » Of the wicked » Delighting in the iniquity of others
who rejoice to do evil and delight in the perversities of the wicked;
who, knowing the righteous order of God, that those practicing such things are worthy of death, not only do them, but have pleasure in those practicing them.
Character » Of the wicked » Hostile to God
And you, who were once alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled
because the carnal mind is enmity against God, for it is not subject to the Law of God, neither indeed can it be.
Character » Of the wicked » Persecuting
For they persecute him whom You have stricken, and they talk to the grief of those You pierced.
because he did not remember to do mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, and sought to kill the broken-hearted.
Character » Of the wicked » Covetous
being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; being full of envy, murder, quarrels, deceit, evil habits, becoming whisperers,
And they covet and seize fields; and houses, and take them away. And they oppress a man and his household, even a man and his inheritance.
Character » Of the wicked » Foolish
Do you thus give back to Jehovah, Oh foolish and unwise people? Is He not your Father who bought you? Has He not made you and established you?
The foolish shall not stand in Your sight. You hate all doers of iniquity.
Character » Of the wicked » Ignorant of God
in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God and who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Hear the Word of Jehovah, sons of Israel. For Jehovah has a quarrel with the people of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
Character » Of the wicked » Deceitful
You shall destroy those who speak lies; Jehovah will despise the bloody and deceitful man.
"Their throat is an open grave, with their tongues they have used deceit, the poison of asps is under their lips;
Character » Of the wicked » Rebellious
Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for Jehovah has spoken, I have nursed and brought up sons, and they have rebelled against Me.
that this is a rebellious people, lying sons. They are sons who will not hear the Law of Jehovah;
Character » Of the wicked » Boastful
For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses the covetous whom Jehovah despises.
Those who trust in their wealth, and their many riches, boast themselves.
Character » Of the wicked » Infidel
Through the pride of his face the wicked will not seek Him; There is no God in all his schemes.
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The fool has said in his heart, There is no God! They acted corruptly; they have done abominable works, there is none who does good.
Character » Of the wicked » Unruly
For there are indeed many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,
Character » Of the wicked » Rejoicing in the affliction of saints
But in my stumbling they rejoiced, and gathered themselves; the defamers gathered themselves against me, and I knew not; they tore and were not silent,
Character » Of the wicked » Glorying in their shame
whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, those who mind earthly things.)
Character » Of the wicked » Uncircumcised in heart
Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the sons of Ammon, and Moab, and all who are in the outermost corners, who dwell in the wilderness. For all these nations are not circumcised, and all the house of Israel, those not circumcised in heart.
Character » Of the wicked » Forgetting God
Character » Of the wicked » Destructive
Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and ruin are in their paths.
Character » Of the wicked » UnGodly
An ungodly man plots evil, and his lips are like a burning fire.
Character » Of the wicked » Lovers of pleasure, not of God
traitors, reckless, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
Character » Of the wicked » Stiff-hearted
And the sons are stiff of face, and hard of heart. I am sending you to them; and you shall say to them, So says the Lord Jehovah.
Character » Of the wicked » Hard-hearted
But the house of Israel will not listen to you, for they will not listen to Me; for all the house of Israel are strong of forehead and hard of heart.
Character » Of the wicked » Incontinent
without natural affection, unyielding, false accusers, without self-control, savage, despisers of good,
Character » Of the wicked » Abominable
But the fearful, and the unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, will have their part in the Lake burning with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.
Verse Concepts
The DeadAbominationsCowardiceAdultery and DivorceBackbitingFaithlessness, As DisobedienceAdultery, Results Ofevil, victory overethics, and graceAromasHell, As An ExperienceLiesMurderPunishment, By GodSexualitySexual Sin, Nature OfSin, God's Judgment OnSorcery And MagicSulphurUnbelief, Nature And Effects OfUnbelieversLake Of FireLiarsPunishment Of the WickedCharacter Of Wicked
Unbelief, Results Of Being GuiltyEternal DeathGehennaBrimstoneNecromancyThe Second DeathFire Of HellNot Believing The GospelFate Of IdolatersJudgement On MurderersThe End Of LiarsSpiritual DeathBenefits Of HeavenUniversalismSexual Immorality Brings PunishmentSorcerygaysBeing GayDrugsmagicwitchescheaterslakesUnbelief Toward Christ
Character » Of the wicked » Unmerciful
undiscerning, perfidious, without natural affection, unforgiving, unmerciful;
Character » Of the wicked » Loathsome
The righteous hates lying, but the wicked one is odious and acts shamefully.
Character » Of the wicked » Untoward
And with many other words he earnestly testified and exhorted, saying, Be saved from this perverse generation.
Character » Of the wicked » Perverse
They have corrupted themselves: they are not His sons; it is their blemish; they are a crooked and perverse generation.
Character » Of the wicked » Impudent
And the sons are stiff of face, and hard of heart. I am sending you to them; and you shall say to them, So says the Lord Jehovah.
Character » Of the wicked » Unholy
For men will be self-lovers, money-lovers, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
Character » Of the wicked » Heady and high-minded
traitors, reckless, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
Character » Of the wicked » Selfish
For men will be self-lovers, money-lovers, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
Character » Of the wicked » Unwise
Do you thus give back to Jehovah, Oh foolish and unwise people? Is He not your Father who bought you? Has He not made you and established you?
death » Spiritual » Of the wicked
But God said to him, Fool! This night your soul shall be required of you, then whose shall be those things which you have prepared?
They shall die from deaths of diseases; they shall not be mourned, nor shall they be buried. But they shall be as dung on the face of the earth. And they shall be destroyed by the sword and by famine; and their bodies shall be food for the birds of the heavens and for the beasts of the earth.
Do I actually delight in the death of the wicked? says the Lord Jehovah. Is it not that he should turn from his ways and live?
Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not; and I looked for him, but he could not be found.
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
And so I saw the wicked buried, and they came and went from the holy place. And they were forgotten in the city, these things that they had done. This is also vanity.
At evening time, behold, terror! Before the morning, he is not! This is the lot of those who plunder us, and the lot of those who rob us.
Dying » Sought as a relief from trouble death spiritual » Of the wicked
But God said to him, Fool! This night your soul shall be required of you, then whose shall be those things which you have prepared?
They shall die from deaths of diseases; they shall not be mourned, nor shall they be buried. But they shall be as dung on the face of the earth. And they shall be destroyed by the sword and by famine; and their bodies shall be food for the birds of the heavens and for the beasts of the earth.
Do I actually delight in the death of the wicked? says the Lord Jehovah. Is it not that he should turn from his ways and live?
Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not; and I looked for him, but he could not be found.
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
And so I saw the wicked buried, and they came and went from the holy place. And they were forgotten in the city, these things that they had done. This is also vanity.
At evening time, behold, terror! Before the morning, he is not! This is the lot of those who plunder us, and the lot of those who rob us.
ears » Of the wicked » Not inclined to hear God
I have also sent to you all My servants the prophets, rising up early and sending, saying, Return now each man from his evil way, and make your doings good, and do not go after other gods to serve them, and you shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers. But you have not bowed down your ear, nor listened to Me.
But they did not listen, nor bow their ear, but walked in their own plans, in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward and not forward.
ears » Of the wicked » Stopped against God's word
Their poison is like the poison of a snake; like the deaf adder, he stops his ear,
But they refused to listen, and gave a stubborn shoulder, and made heavy their ears from hearing.
ears » Of the wicked » Uncircumcised
O stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so you do.
To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? Behold, their ears are not circumcised, and they cannot listen. Behold, the Word of Jehovah is to them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
ears » Of the wicked » Turned away from God's law
He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is a hateful thing.
ears » Of the wicked » Itching
For a time will be when they will not endure sound doctrine, but they will heap up teachers to themselves according to their own lusts, tickling the ear.
Expectation » Of the wicked
Ashkelon shall see and fear; Gaza also shall writhe in great pain; and Ekron shall be ashamed for her hope. And the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.
When a wicked man dies, his hope shall perish; and the hope of evil ones shall be lost.
The hope of the righteous is gladness; but the hope of the wicked shall perish.
And having come to himself, Peter said, Now I know surely that the Lord has sent His angel and has delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
Feet » People found at Christ's » Of the wicked
a heart that plots wicked plans, feet hurrying to run to evil,
Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and ruin are in their paths.
Feet » Of the wicked » Swift to shed blood
Feet » Of the wicked » Ensnared
The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made; their foot is caught in the net which they hid.
Feet » Of the wicked » Swift to mischief
a heart that plots wicked plans, feet hurrying to run to evil,
Glory » Of the wicked » Is in their shame
whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, those who mind earthly things.)
Glory » Of the wicked » Ends in destruction
So hell has enlarged itself, and opened its mouth without measure; and their glory, and their multitude, and their pride, and he who rejoices in her, shall go down into it.
Goat » Illustrative » Of the wicked
My anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I will punish the he-goats; for Jehovah of Hosts has visited His flock the house of Judah, and has made them as His beautiful horse in battle.
And all nations shall be gathered before Him. And He shall separate them from one another, as a shepherd divides the sheep from the goats. And indeed He shall set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats off the left.
Happiness » Of the wicked » Often interrupted by judgments
And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, before it was chewed, the wrath of Jehovah was kindled against the people, and Jehovah struck the people with a very great plague.
Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down into ruin. How have they been brought into grief, as in a moment! They are fully eaten up with terrors, like a dream when one awakens; so, O Jehovah, when You awake, You shall despise their image.
And I will take from them the voice of rejoicing and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones and the light of the candle. And this whole land shall be a ruin and a waste. And these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
Happiness » Of the wicked » Illustrated
There was a certain rich man who was customarily clothed in purple and fine linen and making merry in luxury every day.
But Abraham said, Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things. But now he is comforted and you are tormented.
And He spoke a parable to them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully. And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room in which to store my fruits? And he said, I will do this. I will pull down my barns and build bigger ones, and I will store all my fruits and my goods there. read more.
And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat drink and be merry. But God said to him, Fool! This night your soul shall be required of you, then whose shall be those things which you have prepared?
And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat drink and be merry. But God said to him, Fool! This night your soul shall be required of you, then whose shall be those things which you have prepared?
I have seen the wicked ruthless, and spreading himself like a luxuriant native tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not; and I looked for him, but he could not be found.
Happiness » Of the wicked » Sometimes a stumbling-block to saints
Righteous are You, O Jehovah, that I might contend with You; yet let me speak with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all those happy who deal treacherously?
For I was jealous of the proud, when I saw the peace of the wicked.
You are of purer eyes than to behold evil, and can not look upon vexation. Why do You look upon those who deal deceitfully? Will you be silent when the wicked swallows one more righteous than he?
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is derived from » Gluttony
Then, lo, joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine, saying, Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!
So he sacrifices to his net and burns incense to his seine; because by them his portion is fat and his food rich.
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is derived from » Vain pleasure
And the lyre, and the harp, the timbrel, and pipe, and wine, are at their feasts; but they do not regard the work of Jehovah. Yea, they do not see the work of His hands.
They lift up voice at the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the flute.
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is limited to this life
But Abraham said, Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things. But now he is comforted and you are tormented.
from men by Your hand, O Jehovah, from men of the world whose portion is in this life, and whose belly You fill with Your treasure. They are satisfied with sons, and will leave their riches to their babes.
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is derived from » Their wealth
They spend their days in good, and in a moment go down to the grave.
Behold, the man who did not make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, he was strong in his wickedness.
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is derived from » Their power
Why do the wicked live? They grow old and become mighty in power.
I have seen the wicked ruthless, and spreading himself like a luxuriant native tree.
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is derived from » Their worldly prosperity
Rest in Jehovah, and wait patiently for Him; do not fret yourself because of him who prospers in his way, because of him who practices wickedness.
from men by Your hand, O Jehovah, from men of the world whose portion is in this life, and whose belly You fill with Your treasure. They are satisfied with sons, and will leave their riches to their babes.
Trust in Jehovah, and do good; you shall dwell in the land, and you shall be fed on truth. Delight yourself also in Jehovah, and He shall give you the desires of your heart.
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is derived from » Drunkenness
They say, come, Let us take wine, and let us gulp strong drink; and tomorrow shall be like today, and much more abundant.
Woe to those who rise up early in the morning to go after strong drink; tarrying in the twilight while wine inflames them!
Happiness » Of the wicked » Woe against
Woe to those at ease in Zion, and those trusting in the mountain of Samaria, who are noted as leader of the nations. And the house of Israel came to them.
Woe to you who are full! For you shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now! For you shall mourn and weep.
Happiness » Of the wicked » Saints often permitted to see the end of
until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I understood their end. Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down into ruin. How have they been brought into grief, as in a moment! They are fully eaten up with terrors, read more.
like a dream when one awakens; so, O Jehovah, when You awake, You shall despise their image.
like a dream when one awakens; so, O Jehovah, when You awake, You shall despise their image.
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is vain
I said in my heart, Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore consider and behold goodness; this also is vanity.
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool; this also is vanity.
Happiness » Of the wicked » Herod
And on a certain day, Herod sat on his throne, dressed in royal clothing, and made a speech to them. And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god and not of a man! And immediately the angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give God the glory. And he was eaten by worms and gave up the spirit.
Happiness » Of the wicked » Leads to recklessness
And in that day Jehovah of Hosts called to weeping and mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth.
Happiness » Of the wicked » Haman
And Haman went forth that day joyful and with a glad heart. But when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he did not stand up nor move for him, he was full of fury against Mordecai. But Haman held himself in. And when he came home, he sent and called for his friends and Zeresh his wife. And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and his many sons, and all to which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is derived from » Successful oppression
He takes up all of them with the hook; he drags him with his net and gathers him with his seine; therefore he rejoices and exults.
Happiness » Of the wicked » Leads to sorrow
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of that joy is heaviness.
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is uncertain
But God said to him, Fool! This night your soul shall be required of you, then whose shall be those things which you have prepared?
Happiness » Of the wicked » Exemplified » Israel
And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, before it was chewed, the wrath of Jehovah was kindled against the people, and Jehovah struck the people with a very great plague.
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is short
that the exulting of the wicked is short, and the joy of the ungodly is for a moment?
Happiness » Of the wicked » Marred by jealousy
Yet all this avails me nothing as long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.
Happiness » Of the wicked » Envy not
A Psalm of David. Do not fret yourself with evil doers; and do not be envious against the workers of iniquity.
Happiness » Of the wicked » Belshazzar
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
Herbs » Illustrative » Of the wicked
And their people were of small power, they were fearful and put to shame. They were like the grass of the field, and the green herb, like the grass on the house-tops, and like grain blasted before it was grown up.
For they shall soon wither like the grass; and fade as the green herb.
Hope » Of the wicked
Ashkelon shall see and fear; Gaza also shall writhe in great pain; and Ekron shall be ashamed for her hope. And the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.
and that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world.
The hope of the righteous is gladness; but the hope of the wicked shall perish.
If I have made gold my hope, or have called fine gold my trust;
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall have no escape, and their hope shall be like the giving up of the spirit.
For what is the hope of the ungodly when He cuts off, when God takes away his soul?
this also would be an iniquity for the judges; for I would have denied the God above.
Hope » Messianic » Of the wicked
The hope of the righteous is gladness; but the hope of the wicked shall perish.
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall have no escape, and their hope shall be like the giving up of the spirit.
For what is the hope of the ungodly when He cuts off, when God takes away his soul?
He has said in his heart, I shall not be moved; from generation to generation, never in evil!
Hope » Of the wicked » Shall perish
The hope of the righteous is gladness; but the hope of the wicked shall perish.
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall have no escape, and their hope shall be like the giving up of the spirit.
Hope » Of the wicked » Shall make them ashamed
And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their hope, and of Egypt their glory. And he who lives in this coast shall say in that day, Behold, this has become of our hope to which we fled for help there, to be delivered from before the king of Assyria; and, How shall we escape?
Hope » Of the wicked » Is in their worldly possessions
If I have made gold my hope, or have called fine gold my trust;
Hope » Of the wicked » Shall be extinguished in death
For what is the hope of the ungodly when He cuts off, when God takes away his soul?
Joy » Of the wicked
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of that joy is heaviness.
that the exulting of the wicked is short, and the joy of the ungodly is for a moment?
And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them; I did not withhold my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labor, and this was my part of all my labor.
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool; this also is vanity.
And gladness and joy are gathered out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there is no singing and no shouting. The treader shall tread out no wine in the presses; I have made their shouting to cease.
Be afflicted, and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to heaviness.
Folly is joy to him who is without any wisdom, but a man of understanding walks uprightly.
but if a man lives many years, and rejoices in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity. Rejoice, in your youth, young man; and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
Joy » Of the wicked » Is derived from earthly pleasures
Rejoice, in your youth, young man; and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them; I did not withhold my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labor, and this was my part of all my labor.
Joy » Of the wicked » Is short-lived
that the exulting of the wicked is short, and the joy of the ungodly is for a moment?
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool; this also is vanity.
Joy » Of the wicked » Is derived from folly
Folly is joy to him who is without any wisdom, but a man of understanding walks uprightly.
Joy » Of the wicked » Is delusive
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of that joy is heaviness.
Joy » Of the wicked » Shall be taken away
And gladness and joy are gathered out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there is no singing and no shouting. The treader shall tread out no wine in the presses; I have made their shouting to cease.
Joy » Of the wicked » Should be turned into mourning
Be afflicted, and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to heaviness.
Man » Sought as a relief from trouble death spiritual » Of the wicked
But God said to him, Fool! This night your soul shall be required of you, then whose shall be those things which you have prepared?
They shall die from deaths of diseases; they shall not be mourned, nor shall they be buried. But they shall be as dung on the face of the earth. And they shall be destroyed by the sword and by famine; and their bodies shall be food for the birds of the heavens and for the beasts of the earth.
Do I actually delight in the death of the wicked? says the Lord Jehovah. Is it not that he should turn from his ways and live?
Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not; and I looked for him, but he could not be found.
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
And so I saw the wicked buried, and they came and went from the holy place. And they were forgotten in the city, these things that they had done. This is also vanity.
At evening time, behold, terror! Before the morning, he is not! This is the lot of those who plunder us, and the lot of those who rob us.
Name » Of the wicked
Jehovah will not be willing to forgive him, but then the anger of Jehovah and His jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie on him, and Jehovah shall blot out his name from under heavens.
Let Me alone, so that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under the heavens. And I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.
The memory of the just is blessed; but the name of the wicked shall rot.
You have rebuked the heathen, You have destroyed the wicked, You have put out their name forever and ever.
Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
For I will rise up against them, says Jehovah of Hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name and remnant, and son, and grandson, says Jehovah.
Names » Of the wicked » Reprobates
examine yourselves, whether you are in the faith, prove your own selves. Do you not know your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you, unless you are reprobates?
Names » Of the wicked » Children of belial
Men, the sons of Belial, have gone out from among you and have drawn away those who live in their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you have not known,
Names » Of the wicked » Enemies of the cross
(For many are walking, of whom I have told you often and now tell you even weeping, as the enemies of the cross of Christ;
Names » Of the wicked » Evil generation
They have corrupted themselves: they are not His sons; it is their blemish; they are a crooked and perverse generation.
Names » Of the wicked » Dogs
But outside are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and everyone who loves and makes a lie.
Names » Of the wicked » Children of the bondwoman
Names » Of the wicked » Children of the wicked one
He spoke another parable to them: The kingdom of Heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until the whole was leavened.
Names » Of the wicked » Children of disobedience
in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience;
Names » Of the wicked » Children of wrath
among whom we also had our way of life in times past, in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
Names » Of the wicked » Whited sepulchres
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which indeed appear beautiful outside, but inside they are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
Names » Of the wicked » Children of hell
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you compass sea and the dry land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, you make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
Names » Of the wicked » Evil men
Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not into the way of evil.
Names » Of the wicked » Tares
the field is the world; the good seed are the sons of the kingdom; but the darnel are the sons of the evil one.
Names » Of the wicked » Goats
And all nations shall be gathered before Him. And He shall separate them from one another, as a shepherd divides the sheep from the goats.
Names » Of the wicked » Cursed children
having eyes full of adultery and never ceasing from sin, alluring unstable souls, having a heart exercised with covetousness. They are cursed children
Names » Of the wicked » Wolves
Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Names » Of the wicked » Children of the devil
In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the Devil: everyone not practicing righteousness is not of God, also he who does not love his brother.
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Names » Of the wicked » Abominable branches
Hell from below is moved for you, to meet you at your coming. It stirs up the dead for you, all the he-goats of the earth. It has raised from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Names » Of the wicked » Rebellious children
Woe to the rebellious sons, says Jehovah, who make advice, but not of Me; and who cover with a covering, but not of My Spirit, that they add sin to sin;
Names » Of the wicked » Rebellious nation
And He said to me, Son of man, I am sending you to the sons of Israel, to the nations, the rebelling ones who have rebelled against Me; they and their fathers have sinned against Me, to this day.
Names » Of the wicked » Rebellious people
that this is a rebellious people, lying sons. They are sons who will not hear the Law of Jehovah;
Names » Of the wicked » Vessels of wrath
What if God, willing to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction;
Names » Of the wicked » Enemies, God's
Your right hand, O Jehovah, has become glorious in power. Your right hand, O Jehovah, has dashed the enemy in pieces.
Names » Of the wicked » Transgressors
But the sinners are destroyed together; the end of the wicked is cut off.
Names » Of the wicked » The unGodly
For the wrath of God is revealed from Heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,
Names » Of the wicked » Enemies of righteousness
and said, O son of the Devil, full of all deceit and all craftiness, enemy of all righteousness, will you not stop perverting the right ways of the Lord?
Names » Of the wicked » Evil doers
For evildoers shall be cut off; but those who wait on Jehovah, they shall inherit the earth.
Names » Of the wicked » Fools
To the Chief Musician on Mahalath. A contemplation. A Psalm of David. The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They acted corruptly, and have worked out abominable wickedness; there is not one doing good.
Names » Of the wicked » Children of the world
And the unjust steward's lord commended him because he had done wisely. For the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
Names » Of the wicked » Children of pride
Names » Of the wicked » Wandering stars
wild waves of the sea foaming up their shames; wandering stars for whom blackness of darkness has been kept forever.
Prudence » Of the wicked » Defeated by God
therefore, behold, I will go on doing among this people, a wonder, even a wonder. For the wisdom of their wise ones shall perish, and the understanding of their intelligent ones shall be hidden.
For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will set aside the understanding of the perceiving ones."
Prudence » Of the wicked » Denounced by God
Woe to those who go deep to hide their purpose from Jehovah! And their works are in the dark, and they say, Who sees us? And who knows us?
Woe to those wise in their own eyes, and bright in their own sight!
Prudence » Of the wicked » Keeps them from the knowledge of the gospel
At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank You, O Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the sophisticated and cunning, and revealed them to babes.
Prudence » Of the wicked » Fails in times of perplexity
So says Jehovah of Hosts to Edom: Is wisdom no more in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom vanished?
Punishment » Of the wicked
But to those who indeed disobeying the truth out of self-seeking, and obeying unrighteousness, will be anger and wrath,
And it shall be in that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and punish the men who are settled on their lees; who say in their heart, Jehovah will not do good, nor will He do evil.
And that servant who knew his lord's will and did not prepare, nor did according to His will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy of punishment, the one who has trampled the Son of God, and who has counted the blood of the covenant with which he was sanctified an unholy thing, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?
And I will visit evil on the world, and their iniquity on the wicked. And I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will lay low the pride of tyrants.
For behold, Jehovah comes out of His place to punish the people of the earth for their iniquity; the earth also shall reveal her blood, and shall no more cover her dead.
According to their deeds, accordingly He will repay; fury to His foes, deed for deed to His enemies. He will repay their deeds to the coastlands.
But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, says Jehovah; and I will kindle a fire in the forest of it, and it shall devour all things around it.
Servants » Bond, illustrative » Of the wicked
Do you not know that to whom you yield yourselves as slaves for obedience, you are slaves to him whom you obey; whether it is of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness.
promising them liberty, they themselves are the slaves of corruption. For by whom anyone has been overcome, even to this one he has been enslaved.
I speak in the manner of men because of the weakness of your flesh; for as you have yielded your members as slaves to uncleanness, and to lawless act unto lawless act, even so now yield your members as slaves to righteousness unto holiness.
Sin » Punishment of » Of the wicked
But to those who indeed disobeying the truth out of self-seeking, and obeying unrighteousness, will be anger and wrath,
And it shall be in that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and punish the men who are settled on their lees; who say in their heart, Jehovah will not do good, nor will He do evil.
And that servant who knew his lord's will and did not prepare, nor did according to His will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy of punishment, the one who has trampled the Son of God, and who has counted the blood of the covenant with which he was sanctified an unholy thing, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?
And I will visit evil on the world, and their iniquity on the wicked. And I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will lay low the pride of tyrants.
For behold, Jehovah comes out of His place to punish the people of the earth for their iniquity; the earth also shall reveal her blood, and shall no more cover her dead.
According to their deeds, accordingly He will repay; fury to His foes, deed for deed to His enemies. He will repay their deeds to the coastlands.
But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, says Jehovah; and I will kindle a fire in the forest of it, and it shall devour all things around it.
Swords » Illustrative » Of the wicked
Arise, O Jehovah, disappoint him, bow him down; deliver my soul from the wicked by Your sword,
Torments » Of the wicked
he also will drink of the wine of the anger of God, having been mixed undiluted in the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented by fire and brimstone before the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. And they have no rest day or night, those who worship the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name.
And in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am tormented in this flame. But Abraham said, Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things. But now he is comforted and you are tormented. read more.
And besides all this, there is a great chasm fixed between you and us; so that they desiring to pass from here to you cannot, nor can they pass over to us from there. And he said, I beg you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house, for I have five brothers, so that he may testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
And besides all this, there is a great chasm fixed between you and us; so that they desiring to pass from here to you cannot, nor can they pass over to us from there. And he said, I beg you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house, for I have five brothers, so that he may testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
Trust » Of the wicked » Is in wealth
He who trusts in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall blossom like a branch.
Those who trust in their wealth, and their many riches, boast themselves.
For because you have trusted in your works and in your treasures, you shall also be captured. And Chemosh shall go into exile with his priests and his rulers.
And the disciples were astonished at His words. But Jesus answering again said to them, Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
Behold, the man who did not make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, he was strong in his wickedness.
Trust » Of the wicked » Shall make them ashamed
And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their hope, and of Egypt their glory.
Therefore the strength of Pharaoh shall be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt shall be your curse.
They were all ashamed of a people who could not profit them, nor be a help nor gain, but a shame and also a reproach.
Trust » Of the wicked » Is in falsehood
Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and we have made a vision with hell; when the overwhelming rod shall pass through, it shall not come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and we have hidden ourselves under falsehood,
This is your lot, the share I have measured to you, says Jehovah, because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood.
Trust » Of the wicked » Is in idols
What does an image profit, for its maker has carved it; a molten image, and a teacher of lies? For does the maker trust in his work on it, to make dumb idols?
They are turned back, they are greatly ashamed, those who trust in graven images and who say to the images, You are our gods.
Trust » Of the wicked » Is in earthly alliances
those who set out to go down to Egypt and have not asked at My mouth; to take refuge in the strength of Pharaoh and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, to give him horses and many people. Shall he be blessed? Shall he who does such things escape? Or shall he break the covenant and be delivered?
Trust » Of the wicked » Is vain and delusive
Yes, you shall go out from this place, and your hands on your head. For Jehovah has rejected those in whom you trust, and you will not prosper by them.
For Egypt helps vainly, and worthlessly. So I have cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.
Trust » Of the wicked » Is not in God
She did not obey the voice; she did not receive correction. She trusted not in Jehovah; she did not draw near to her God.
because they did not believe in God, and did not trust in His salvation;
Trust » Of the wicked » Is in man
It is better to trust in Jehovah than to trust in man. It is better to trust in Jehovah than to trust in princes.
And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brothers, and went over to Shechem. And the men of Shechem put their confidence in him.
Trust » Of the wicked » Shall be destroyed
And your covenant with death shall be wiped out, and your vision with hell shall not stand; when the overwhelming rod shall pass through, then you shall be beaten down by it.
Trust » Of the wicked » Is in vanity
None calls for justice, nor does anyone plead for truth; they trust in vanity and speak lies. They conceive mischief and bring out iniquity.
Let not he being deceived trust in vanity; for vanity shall be his reward.
Trust » Of the wicked » Is in their own righteousness
And He spoke this parable to certain ones who trusted in themselves, that they were righteous, and despised others:
I fast twice on the Sabbath, I give tithes of all that I possess.
Trust » Of the wicked » Is in their own heart
He who trusts in his own heart is a fool; but whoever walks wisely, he shall be delivered.
Unicorn » Illustrative » Of the wicked
And the wild oxen shall come down with them, and the bulls with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.
Wailing » Of the wicked
and shall cast them into a furnace of fire. There shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Wolves » Illustrative » Of the wicked
Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be as wise as serpents and as harmless as doves.
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