Thematic Bible




Thematic Bible




My son, keep my teaching in your memory, and my rules in your heart: For they will give you increase of days, years of life, and peace. Let not mercy and good faith go from you; let them be hanging round your neck, recorded on your heart; read more.
So you will have grace and a good name in the eyes of God and men. Put all your hope in God, not looking to your reason for support. In all your ways give ear to him, and he will make straight your footsteps. Put no high value on your wisdom: let the fear of the Lord be before you, and keep yourself from evil: This will give strength to your flesh, and new life to your bones. Give honour to the Lord with your wealth, and with the first-fruits of all your increase: So your store-houses will be full of grain, and your vessels overflowing with new wine.



My son, if your heart becomes wise, I, even I, will be glad in heart; And my thoughts in me will be full of joy when your lips say right things.

The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him. Let your father and your mother be glad, let her who gave you birth have joy.

A man who is a lover of wisdom is a joy to his father: but he who goes in the company of loose women is a waster of wealth.


Whoever, then, will make himself as low as this little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoever gives honour to one such little child in my name, gives honour to me:


But Jesus said, Let the little ones come to me, and do not keep them away: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. And he put his hands on them, and went away.

Whoever will give honour to one such little child in my name, gives honour to me: and whoever gives honour to me, gives honour not to me, but to him who sent me.

And they took to him little children, so that he might put his hands on them: and the disciples said sharp words to them. And when Jesus saw it, he was angry, and said to them, Let the little children come to me, and do not keep them away; for of such is the kingdom of God. Truly I say to you, Whoever does not put himself under the kingdom of God like a little child, will not come into it at all. read more.
And he took them in his arms, and gave them a blessing, putting his hands on them.

And said to them, Whoever gives honour to this child in my name, gives honour to me: and whoever gives honour to me, gives honour to him who sent me: for whoever is least among you all, that man is great.

And they took their children to him, so that he might put his hands on them: but when the disciples saw it, they said sharp words to them But Jesus sent for them, saying, Let the children come to me, and do not keep them away, for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

For the word of God is for you and for your children and for all those who are far off, even all those who may be marked out by the Lord our God.

I am writing to you, my children, because you have forgiveness of sins through his name. I am writing to you, fathers, because you have knowledge of him who was from the first. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the Evil One. I have sent a letter to you, children, because you have knowledge of the Father.


A man who is a lover of wisdom is a joy to his father: but he who goes in the company of loose women is a waster of wealth.




A young man who is poor and wise is better than a king who is old and foolish and will not be guided by the wisdom of others. Because out of a prison the young man comes to be king, though by birth he was only a poor man in the kingdom.


A man who is a lover of wisdom is a joy to his father: but he who goes in the company of loose women is a waster of wealth.


A man who is a lover of wisdom is a joy to his father: but he who goes in the company of loose women is a waster of wealth.

And the woman came out to him, in the dress of a loose woman, with a designing heart;

For her house is on the way down to death; her footsteps go down to the shades:

For honey is dropping from the lips of the strange woman, and her mouth is smoother than oil;

They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the strange woman.

I will not give punishment to your daughters or your brides for their evil behaviour; for they make themselves separate with loose women, and make offerings with those who are used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods: the people who have no wisdom will be sent away.

But when this your son came, who has been wasting your property with bad women, you put to death the fat young ox for him.

Or do you not see that he who is joined to a loose woman is one body with her? for God has said, The two of them will become one flesh.


A man who is a lover of wisdom is a joy to his father: but he who goes in the company of loose women is a waster of wealth.



My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame.

And get the fat young ox and put it to death, and let us have a feast, and be glad. For this, my son, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away from me, and has come back. And they were full of joy.


A man who is a lover of wisdom is a joy to his father: but he who goes in the company of loose women is a waster of wealth.

I, wisdom, have made wise behaviour my near relation; I am seen to be the special friend of wise purposes. The fear of the Lord is seen in hating evil: pride, a high opinion of oneself, the evil way, and the false tongue, are unpleasing to me. Wise design and good sense are mine; reason and strength are mine. read more.
Through me kings have their power, and rulers give right decisions. Through me chiefs have authority, and the noble ones are judging in righteousness. Those who have given me their love are loved by me, and those who make search for me with care will get me. Wealth and honour are in my hands, even wealth without equal and righteousness. My fruit is better than gold, even than the best gold; and my increase is more to be desired than silver. I go in the road of righteousness, in the way of right judging: So that I may give my lovers wealth for their heritage, making their store-houses full.


A man who is a lover of wisdom is a joy to his father: but he who goes in the company of loose women is a waster of wealth.



My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame.

And get the fat young ox and put it to death, and let us have a feast, and be glad. For this, my son, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away from me, and has come back. And they were full of joy.


For with high-sounding false words, making use of the attraction of unclean desires of the flesh, they get into their power those newly made free from those who are living in error;

You have been living delicately on earth and have taken your pleasure; you have made your hearts fat for a day of destruction.

A man who is a lover of wisdom is a joy to his father: but he who goes in the company of loose women is a waster of wealth.

But when this your son came, who has been wasting your property with bad women, you put to death the fat young ox for him.




A man who is a lover of wisdom is a joy to his father: but he who goes in the company of loose women is a waster of wealth.

Being certain of this, that no man who gives way to the passions of the flesh, no unclean person, or one who has desire for the property of others, or who gives worship to images, has any heritage in the kingdom of Christ and God. Do not be turned from the right way by foolish words; for because of these things the punishment of God comes on those who do not put themselves under him. Have no part with such men;

We are conscious that the law is good, if a man makes a right use of it, With the knowledge that the law is made, not for the upright man, but for those who have no respect for law and order, for evil men and sinners, for the unholy and those who have no religion, for those who put their fathers or mothers to death, for takers of life, For those who go after loose women, for those with unnatural desires, for those who take men prisoners, who make false statements and false oaths, and those who do any other things against the right teaching,

I am the First and the Last, the start and the end. A blessing on those whose robes are washed, so that they may have a right to the tree of life, and may go in by the doors into the town. Outside are the dogs, and those who make use of evil powers, those who make themselves unclean, and the takers of life, and those who give worship to images, and everyone whose delight is in what is false.

To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue; Who is false to the husband of her early years, and does not keep the agreement of her God in mind: For her house is on the way down to death; her footsteps go down to the shades: read more.
Those who go to her do not come back again; their feet do not keep in the ways of life:

Say to wisdom, You are my sister; let knowledge be named your special friend: So that they may keep you from the strange woman, even from her whose words are smooth. Looking out from my house, and watching through the window, read more.
I saw among the young men one without sense, Walking in the street near the turn of her road, going on the way to her house, At nightfall, in the evening of the day, in the black dark of the night. And the woman came out to him, in the dress of a loose woman, with a designing heart; She is full of noise and uncontrolled; her feet keep not in her house. Now she is in the street, now in the open spaces, waiting at every turning of the road. So she took him by his hand, kissing him, and without a sign of shame she said to him: I have a feast of peace-offerings, for today my oaths have been effected. So I came out in the hope of meeting you, looking for you with care, and now I have you. My bed is covered with cushions of needlework, with coloured cloths of the cotton thread of Egypt; I have made my bed sweet with perfumes and spices. Come, let us take our pleasure in love till the morning, having joy in love's delights. For the master of the house is away on a long journey: He has taken a bag of money with him; he is coming back at the full moon. With her fair words she overcame him, forcing him with her smooth lips. The simple man goes after her, like an ox going to its death, like a roe pulled by a cord; Like a bird falling into a net; with no thought that his life is in danger, till an arrow goes into his side.


A man who is a lover of wisdom is a joy to his father: but he who goes in the company of loose women is a waster of wealth.

I, wisdom, have made wise behaviour my near relation; I am seen to be the special friend of wise purposes. The fear of the Lord is seen in hating evil: pride, a high opinion of oneself, the evil way, and the false tongue, are unpleasing to me. Wise design and good sense are mine; reason and strength are mine. read more.
Through me kings have their power, and rulers give right decisions. Through me chiefs have authority, and the noble ones are judging in righteousness. Those who have given me their love are loved by me, and those who make search for me with care will get me. Wealth and honour are in my hands, even wealth without equal and righteousness. My fruit is better than gold, even than the best gold; and my increase is more to be desired than silver. I go in the road of righteousness, in the way of right judging: So that I may give my lovers wealth for their heritage, making their store-houses full.


A man who is a lover of wisdom is a joy to his father: but he who goes in the company of loose women is a waster of wealth.

And the woman came out to him, in the dress of a loose woman, with a designing heart;

For her house is on the way down to death; her footsteps go down to the shades:

For honey is dropping from the lips of the strange woman, and her mouth is smoother than oil;

They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the strange woman.

I will not give punishment to your daughters or your brides for their evil behaviour; for they make themselves separate with loose women, and make offerings with those who are used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods: the people who have no wisdom will be sent away.

But when this your son came, who has been wasting your property with bad women, you put to death the fat young ox for him.

Or do you not see that he who is joined to a loose woman is one body with her? for God has said, The two of them will become one flesh.


For with high-sounding false words, making use of the attraction of unclean desires of the flesh, they get into their power those newly made free from those who are living in error;

You have been living delicately on earth and have taken your pleasure; you have made your hearts fat for a day of destruction.

A man who is a lover of wisdom is a joy to his father: but he who goes in the company of loose women is a waster of wealth.

But when this your son came, who has been wasting your property with bad women, you put to death the fat young ox for him.