Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Fools » Sport themselves in mischief
Just as the fool considers wickedness his joy, so is wisdom to the discerning man.
Mischief » Who thinks mischief is fun
Just as the fool considers wickedness his joy, so is wisdom to the discerning man.
Sin » Love of
The proverb is true that describes what has happened to them: "A dog returns to its vomit," and "A pig that is washed goes back to wallow in the mud."
"I found Israel, as one finds grapes in the wilderness; Your ancestors seemed to me like the fruit gleaned from a fig tree's first harvest. When they went to Baal-peor, they devoted themselves to that filth, and they became loathsome, like what they loved.
And this is the basis for judgment: The light has come into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light because their actions were evil. Everyone who practices wickedness hates the light and does not come to the light, so that his actions may not be exposed.
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and they drink the wine of violence.
And speaking of evil, they practice it eagerly with both hands! Both leader and judge demand a bribe, the famous confess their perverted desires, and they scheme together.
who delight in doing evil, and rejoice in the perverseness of evil;
in which he went and made a proclamation to those imprisoned spirits who disobeyed long ago in the days of Noah, when God waited patiently while the ark was being built. In it a few, that is, eight persons, were saved by water.
A dog that returns to its vomit is like a fool who reverts to his folly.
then how much less is one who is abhorred and corrupted, such as a man who drinks injustice like water?"
This is what the LORD says to these people: "Yes, they do love to wander, and they haven't restrained their feet. So the LORD won't accept them now. He will remember their iniquity and punish their sin."
Whoever winks knowingly is plotting deceit; anyone who purses his lips is bent towards evil.
Just as the fool considers wickedness his joy, so is wisdom to the discerning man.
because they kept on rejecting my ordinances. They didn't live life consistent with my statutes, they profaned my Sabbaths, and their hearts followed their idols.
Though evil tastes sweet in his mouth, though he conceals it under his tongue, though he savors it and delays swallowing it so he can taste it again and again in his mouth,
For they loved the praise of human beings more than the praise of God.