Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Alliance and society with the enemies of God » Saints hate and avoid
I have not sat with vain persons, neither have I gone in with dissemblers;
I have hated them that observe lying vanities; and as for me, I have confided in Jehovah.
He that practiseth deceit shall not dwell within my house; he that speaketh falsehoods shall not subsist in my sight.
I know thy works and thy labour, and thine endurance, and that thou canst not bear evil men; and thou hast tried them who say that themselves are apostles and are not, and hast found them liars;
Sickness » Saints » Acknowledge that, comes from God
Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent. I have cut off like a weaver my life. He separateth me from the thrum: from day to night thou wilt make an end of me.
{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} In thee, Jehovah, do I trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness. Incline thine ear to me, deliver me speedily; be a strong rock to me, a house of defence to save me. For thou art my rock and my fortress; and, for thy name's sake, thou wilt lead me and guide me. read more.
Draw me out of the net that they have hidden for me; for thou art my strength. Into thy hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, Jehovah, thou God of truth. I have hated them that observe lying vanities; and as for me, I have confided in Jehovah. I will be glad and rejoice in thy loving-kindness, for thou hast seen mine affliction; thou hast known the troubles of my soul, And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large place.
Draw me out of the net that they have hidden for me; for thou art my strength. Into thy hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, Jehovah, thou God of truth. I have hated them that observe lying vanities; and as for me, I have confided in Jehovah. I will be glad and rejoice in thy loving-kindness, for thou hast seen mine affliction; thou hast known the troubles of my soul, And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large place.
What shall I say? He hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it. I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
Vanity » Idolatry is
I have hated them that observe lying vanities; and as for me, I have confided in Jehovah.
But they are one and all senseless and foolish; the teaching of vanities is a stock.
For my people hath forgotten me: they burn incense to vanity; and they have caused them to stumble in their ways, the ancient paths, to walk in by-paths of a way not cast up;
And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant which he had made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he had testified unto them; and they followed vanity and became vain, and went after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom Jehovah had charged them that they should not do like them.
They that form a graven image are all of them vanity, and their delectable things are of no profit; and they are their own witnesses: they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed. Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?