Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Deceit » Punishment of
But You, O God, will bring down the wicked to the pit of destruction;
Men of blood and treachery will not live out half their days.
But I will [boldly and unwaveringly] trust in You.
Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, I will melt them [by the process of affliction to remove the dross] and test them, for how else should I deal with the daughter of My people? Their tongue is a murderous arrow; it speaks deceitfully; one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lays snares and waits in ambush for him. Shall I not punish them for these things? says the Lord. Shall I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?
Deception » Deceivers
You destroy those who tell lies;
The Lord detests and rejects the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
For many deceivers [heretics, posing as Christians] have gone out into the world, those who do not acknowledge and confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh (bodily form). This [person, the kind who does this] is the deceiver and the antichrist [that is, the antagonist of Christ].
But You, O God, will bring down the wicked to the pit of destruction;
Men of blood and treachery will not live out half their days.
But I will [boldly and unwaveringly] trust in You.
Like a madman who casts firebrands, arrows, and death, So is the man who deceives his neighbor and then says, Was I not joking?
The poor man and the oppressor have this in common:
The Lord gives light to the eyes of both.
“Cursed is the one who does the work of the Lord negligently,
And cursed is the one who restrains his sword from blood [in executing the judgment of the Lord].
“But cursed is the swindler who has a male in his flock and vows [to offer] it, but sacrifices to the Lord a blemished or diseased thing! For I am a great King,” says the Lord of hosts, “and My name is to be [reverently and greatly] feared among the nations.”
Life » Who shall not live out half their days
But You, O God, will bring down the wicked to the pit of destruction;
Men of blood and treachery will not live out half their days.
But I will [boldly and unwaveringly] trust in You.
The wicked » Devices of » Fate of
Go away from me, therefore, men of bloodshed.
These [false teachers] are springs without water and mists driven by a tempest, for whom is reserved the gloom of black darkness.
wild waves of the sea, flinging up their own shame like foam; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of deep darkness has been reserved forever.
The iniquities done by a wicked man will trap him,
And he will be held with the cords of his sin.
For a cup [of His wrath] is in the hand of the Lord, and the wine foams;
It is well mixed and fully spiced, and He pours out from it;
And all the wicked of the earth must drain it and drink down to its dregs.
But You, O God, will bring down the wicked to the pit of destruction;
Men of blood and treachery will not live out half their days.
But I will [boldly and unwaveringly] trust in You.
The wicked will see it and be angered,
He will gnash his teeth and melt away [in despair and death];
The desire of the wicked will perish and come to nothing.
That though the wicked sprout up like grass
And all evildoers flourish,
They will be destroyed forever.
For they will wither quickly like the grass,
And fade like the green herb.
For yet a little while and the wicked one will be gone [forever];
Though you look carefully where he used to be, he will not be [found].
The wicked » Cut off
But You, O God, will bring down the wicked to the pit of destruction;
Men of blood and treachery will not live out half their days.
But I will [boldly and unwaveringly] trust in You.
For those blessed by God will [at last] inherit the land,
But those cursed by Him will be cut off.
The [reverent] fear of the Lord [worshiping, obeying, serving, and trusting Him with awe-filled respect] prolongs one’s life,
But the years of the wicked will be shortened.
Men who were snatched away before their time,
Whose foundations were poured out like a river?
Do not be excessively or willfully wicked and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?
Scarcely have they been planted,
Scarcely have they been sown,
Scarcely has their stock taken root in the earth,
But He merely blows on them, and they wither,
And a strong wind carries them away like stubble.
As for transgressors, they will be completely destroyed;
The future of the wicked will be cut off.