Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Consideration » What to consider
When you sit to eat with a ruler, you shall surely observe what [is] before you, and you shall put a knife to your throat if you have a {big appetite}. Do not desire his delicacies, for it is food of deception. read more.
Do not tire [in order] to become rich; out of your understanding, [may you] desist Your eyes will {alight} on it, but there is nothing [to] it, for suddenly it will make for itself wings like an eagle and it will be exhausted [in] the heavens. Do not eat the bread of {the stingy}, and do not desire his delicacies. For, like hair in his {throat}, so it is. "Eat and drink!" he will say to you, but his heart will not be with you. Your morsel you have eaten, you will vomit it up, and you will waste your pleasant words.
Do not tire [in order] to become rich; out of your understanding, [may you] desist Your eyes will {alight} on it, but there is nothing [to] it, for suddenly it will make for itself wings like an eagle and it will be exhausted [in] the heavens. Do not eat the bread of {the stingy}, and do not desire his delicacies. For, like hair in his {throat}, so it is. "Eat and drink!" he will say to you, but his heart will not be with you. Your morsel you have eaten, you will vomit it up, and you will waste your pleasant words.
Desires » What not to desire
Do not envy men of evil, and do not desire to be with them. For their minds will devise violence, and their lips will speak mischief.
When you sit to eat with a ruler, you shall surely observe what [is] before you, and you shall put a knife to your throat if you have a {big appetite}. Do not desire his delicacies, for it is food of deception. read more.
Do not tire [in order] to become rich; out of your understanding, [may you] desist Your eyes will {alight} on it, but there is nothing [to] it, for suddenly it will make for itself wings like an eagle and it will be exhausted [in] the heavens. Do not eat the bread of {the stingy}, and do not desire his delicacies. For, like hair in his {throat}, so it is. "Eat and drink!" he will say to you, but his heart will not be with you. Your morsel you have eaten, you will vomit it up, and you will waste your pleasant words.
Do not tire [in order] to become rich; out of your understanding, [may you] desist Your eyes will {alight} on it, but there is nothing [to] it, for suddenly it will make for itself wings like an eagle and it will be exhausted [in] the heavens. Do not eat the bread of {the stingy}, and do not desire his delicacies. For, like hair in his {throat}, so it is. "Eat and drink!" he will say to you, but his heart will not be with you. Your morsel you have eaten, you will vomit it up, and you will waste your pleasant words.
We must not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
Evil » Confess Christ » Thoughts
For from the heart come evil plans, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, abusive speech.
Cleanse your heart from wickedness, Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. {How long} will your thoughts of mischief dwell in your inner part?
Devising folly [is] a sin, and an abomination to humankind [is] a scoffer.
{Take care} so that there will not be {a thought of wickedness} in your heart, {saying}, 'The seventh year, the year of the remission of debt is near,' {and you view your needy neighbor with hostility}, and [so] you [do] not give to him, and he might cry [out] against you to Yahweh, and {you would incur guilt against yourself}.
{They carefully plot} injustices [saying], "We have perfected {the perfect plot}!" Both [the] {inner thought} and heart of man [are] deep.
Yahweh knows [the] thoughts of humankind, that {they [are] to no purpose}.
Plans of evil [are] an abomination of Yahweh, but gracious words are pure.
For, like hair in his {throat}, so it is. "Eat and drink!" he will say to you, but his heart will not be with you.
"And I--their works and thoughts!--[am] about to come to gather all nations and tongues, and they shall come and see my glory.
And knowing their thoughts, Jesus said, "Why do you think evil in your hearts?
Guest » Rules for the conduct of
When you sit to eat with a ruler, you shall surely observe what [is] before you, and you shall put a knife to your throat if you have a {big appetite}. Do not desire his delicacies, for it is food of deception.
Do not promote yourself before the king, and in the place of the great ones do not stand. For [it is] better [that] he say to you, "Ascend here," than he humble you before a noble. What your eyes have seen,
If any of the unbelievers invites you, and you want to go, eat everything that is set before you, {asking no questions} for the sake of the conscience.
Do not eat the bread of {the stingy}, and do not desire his delicacies. For, like hair in his {throat}, so it is. "Eat and drink!" he will say to you, but his heart will not be with you. Your morsel you have eaten, you will vomit it up, and you will waste your pleasant words.
Make your foot scarce in the house of your neighbor, lest he become weary of you and hate you.
And into whatever house you enter, first say, "Peace [be] to this household!" And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on him. But if not, it will return to you. And remain in the same house, eating and drinking {whatever they provide}, for the worker [is] worthy of his pay. Do not move from house to house.
Now he told a parable to those who had been invited [when he] noticed how they were choosing for themselves the places of honor, saying to them, "When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not recline at the table in the place of honor, lest [someone] more distinguished than you has been invited by him, and the one who invited you {both} will come [and] say to you, 'Give the place to this person,' and then with shame you will begin to take the last place. read more.
But when you are invited, go [and] recline at the table in the last place, so that when the one who invited you comes, he will say to you, 'Friend, move up higher.' Then it will be an honor to you in the presence of all those who are reclining at the table with you. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted."
But when you are invited, go [and] recline at the table in the last place, so that when the one who invited you comes, he will say to you, 'Friend, move up higher.' Then it will be an honor to you in the presence of all those who are reclining at the table with you. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted."
Heart » Centre of life » Determines character
so that you will not be seen by people as fasting, but to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
For, like hair in his {throat}, so it is. "Eat and drink!" he will say to you, but his heart will not be with you.
Hypocrisy » General references to
During {this time} [when] a crowd of many thousands had gathered together, so that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, "Beware for yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
They profess to know God, but by their deeds they deny [him], [because they] are detestable and disobedient, and unfit for every good deed.
by the hypocrisy of liars, who are seared in their own conscience,
In the [same] way, on the outside you also appear righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
For, like hair in his {throat}, so it is. "Eat and drink!" he will say to you, but his heart will not be with you.
When he makes his voice gracious, do not believe him, for seven abominations [are] in his heart.
Religion » Hypocrisy, an ever present element in false religion » General references to
During {this time} [when] a crowd of many thousands had gathered together, so that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, "Beware for yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
They profess to know God, but by their deeds they deny [him], [because they] are detestable and disobedient, and unfit for every good deed.
by the hypocrisy of liars, who are seared in their own conscience,
In the [same] way, on the outside you also appear righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
For, like hair in his {throat}, so it is. "Eat and drink!" he will say to you, but his heart will not be with you.
When he makes his voice gracious, do not believe him, for seven abominations [are] in his heart.
Thoughts » Evil
For from the heart come evil plans, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, abusive speech.
Cleanse your heart from wickedness, Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. {How long} will your thoughts of mischief dwell in your inner part?
Devising folly [is] a sin, and an abomination to humankind [is] a scoffer.
{Take care} so that there will not be {a thought of wickedness} in your heart, {saying}, 'The seventh year, the year of the remission of debt is near,' {and you view your needy neighbor with hostility}, and [so] you [do] not give to him, and he might cry [out] against you to Yahweh, and {you would incur guilt against yourself}.
{They carefully plot} injustices [saying], "We have perfected {the perfect plot}!" Both [the] {inner thought} and heart of man [are] deep.
Yahweh knows [the] thoughts of humankind, that {they [are] to no purpose}.
Plans of evil [are] an abomination of Yahweh, but gracious words are pure.
For, like hair in his {throat}, so it is. "Eat and drink!" he will say to you, but his heart will not be with you.
"And I--their works and thoughts!--[am] about to come to gather all nations and tongues, and they shall come and see my glory.
And knowing their thoughts, Jesus said, "Why do you think evil in your hearts?