Thematic Bible: The wicked
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Amusements and worldly pleasures » Characteristic of » The wicked
You have spent enough time in the past doing what unbelievers like to do. Your lives were spent in indecency, lusts, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and the disgusting worship of idols (false gods).
Hear this you sensual one! You dwell securely and say in your heart: 'I am, and there is no one besides me. I will not sit as a widow. I will not lose children.' (Revelation 18:2-8)
This I say therefore, and testify (affirm) in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the nations also walk, in the vanity (futility) (depravity) of their mind (thinking).
They are past feeling. They have given themselves over to loose conduct, to work all uncleanness with greediness (a lust for more).
traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.
Anger of God » Against » The wicked
God is a righteous judge and a God who has indignation every day.
Your hand (spirit and power) will discover all your enemies. Your powerful hand will find all who hate you. When you appear, you will make them burn like a blazing furnace. Jehovah will swallow them up in his anger. Fire will devour them.
Beasts » Illustrative of » The wicked
Mortals, with what they treasure, still do not have understanding. They are like animals that die.
One of them, a prophet of their own, said: Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and idle gluttons.
The Counsels and purposes of God » The wicked » Despise
You say: Let Jehovah hurry up and do what he says he will, so that we can see it. Let Israel's holy God carry out his plans. Let us see what he has in mind.
The Counsels and purposes of God » The wicked » Understand not
They do not know Jehovah's thoughts. Neither do they understand his counsel. He has gathered them like the sheaves of cut grain to the threshing floor.
The Counsels and purposes of God » The wicked » Reject
The Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God and were not baptized by him.
Darkness » The wicked » The children of
You are all the children (sons) of light, and the children of the day. We are not of the night, not of darkness.
Darkness » The wicked » Being Full of
But if your eye is wicked, your body will be in darkness. If that light in you is really darkness, how great a darkness it must be.
Darkness » The wicked » Live in
Those who lived in the dark, in death's shadow were prisoners in misery. They were held in iron chains
Darkness » The wicked » Walk in
Wicked people do not know or understand anything. As they walk around in the dark, all the foundations of the earth shake.
Darkness » The wicked » Perpetrate their designs in
In the dark they dig through houses. By day they shut themselves up. They do not know the light.
Deceit » The wicked » Use, to themselves
Your proud heart has deceived you. You reside in the refuge of the rock. Your habitation is high above others and you say in your heart: 'Who will bring me down to the ground?'
Jehovah says: 'Do not deceive yourselves by thinking that the Babylonians will leave you. They will not leave you.
All the men allied with you have brought you to the border. The men that were at peace with you have deceived you and prevailed against you! They eat your bread and lay a snare under you. There is no understanding in him (Edom).
Deceit » The wicked » Devise
Those who seek my life lay traps for me. Those who are out to harm me talk about ruining me. All day long they think of ways to deceive me.
The thoughts of the righteous are just. The counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
They do not talk about peace. Instead, they scheme against the peaceful people in the land.
Deceit » The wicked » Utter
His mouth is full of curses, deception, and oppression. Trouble and wrongdoing are on the tip of his tongue.
The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit and he ceased to be wise and do good.
Deceit » The wicked » Work
The wicked works a deceitful work. There is a sure reward for the one who sows righteousness.
Deceit » The wicked » Increase in
But evil men and impostors will become worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
Deceit » The wicked » Delight in
Bread taken by deceit tastes sweet to a man. Afterwards his mouth will be filled with gravel.
Deceit » The wicked » Use, to each other
Everyone deceives his neighbor and does not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies. They wear themselves out committing sin.
Deceit » The wicked » Being Full of
They are filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil mindedness; they are whisperers,
Envy » The wicked » Being Full of
They are filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil mindedness; they are whisperers,
Envy » The wicked » Live in
For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.
Fatherless » The wicked » Judge not for
Your rulers are rebels, friends with thieves. They all love bribes and run after gifts. They never defend orphans. They do not listen to the widows' pleas.
They grow big and fat. Their evil deeds have no limits. They have no respect for the rights of others. They have no respect for the rights of orphans. But they still prosper. They do not defend the rights of the poor.
Fatherless » The wicked » Vex
People in you hate their fathers and mothers. They oppress foreigners in you. They oppress orphans and widows in you.'
Fatherless » The wicked » Rob
They deprive the poor of justice. They take away the rights of the needy among my people. They prey on widows and rob orphans.
Fatherless » The wicked » Murder
They kill widows and foreigners, and they murder orphans.
Fatherless » The wicked » Overwhelm
Fatherless » The wicked » Oppress
They drive away the donkey of the orphan. They take the widow's ox for a pledge.
Forgetting God » Characteristic of » The wicked
She is unfaithful to her own husband and forgets her sacred vows to God.
But as for you who forsake Jehovah and forget my holy mountain, which spread a table for the God of Fortune (Babylonian diety) and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,
Injustice » The wicked » Judge with
How long are you going to judge unjustly? How long are you going to show partiality to the wicked?
I saw under the sun the place of judgment and wickedness was there. And wickedness was in the place of righteousness.
The law is paralyzed and justice is never delivered. The wicked surround the righteous and deliver perverted justice.
Injustice » The wicked » Practice, without shame
Are they ashamed because of the abomination they have done? They are not even ashamed! Not at all! They do not even know how to blush. Therefore they will fall among those who fall. When I punish them, they will be cast down, says Jehovah.
From the least of them even to the greatest of them, everyone is greedy for gain! From the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely!
Injustice » The wicked » Deal with
Grace (favor) is shown to the wicked, but they do not learn righteousness. In a land of uprightness they go on doing evil and do not regard the majesty of Jehovah.
Justice » The wicked » Afflict those who act with
I know you have many transgressions and your sins are great. You afflict the righteous. You take bribes. You refuse to help the needy at the gate.
I have become a laughingstock to my friends! I called upon God and he answered. Yet I am a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!
Justice » The wicked » Scorn
Justice » The wicked » Banish
Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far away. Truth has fallen in the street, and honesty cannot come in.
Justice » The wicked » Call not for
No one calls for justice and no one pleads his case truthfully. People trust pointless arguments and speak lies. They conceive trouble and give birth to evil.
Justice » The wicked » Passover
Woe to you Pharisees! You tithe mint and rue and every herb, and pass over justice and the love of God. You should have done these but you leave them undone.
Justice » The wicked » abhor
Please hear this you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel. You who abhor justice, and pervert honesty!
The law of God » The wicked » Forsake
Rehoboam established his kingdom and made himself strong. He and all Israel abandoned Jehovah's teachings.
Jehovah said: They have forsaken the Law I set before them. They have not obeyed my voice nor walked according to it.
The law of God » The wicked » Refuse to hear
Hear, O earth: behold, I am bringing disaster on this people as the fruit of their plans. This is because they have not listened to my words, and have rejected my law.
These people are rebellious and deceitful children. They refuse to listen to Jehovah's Law.
The law of God » The wicked » Refuse to walk in
They did not keep the covenant of God. They refused to walk in his law.
The law of God » The wicked » Cast away
You will go up in flames like straw and hay! You have rejected the law of the holy God Jehovah the All-Powerful Holy One of Israel. Now your roots will rot, and your blossoms will turn to dust.
The law of God » The wicked » Forget
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you! You will not be a priest to me since you have forgotten the Law of your God. Therefore, I will forget your children.
The law of God » The wicked » Despise
Jehovah continued: I will not withdraw punishment for the many transgressions of Judah. For they have rejected the Law of Jehovah! They have not kept his statutes. Their lies have led them astray, those after which their fathers walked.
Eternal life » The wicked » Have not
Whoever hates his brother is a murderer! You know that no murderer has everlasting life remaining in him.
Eternal life » The wicked » Judge themselves unworthy of
Paul and Barnabas became very bold, and said: It was necessary that the Word of God should first be spoken to you. But seeing you reject it you judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life! Therefore we turn to the people of the nations.
Longsuffering Of God » The wicked » Punished for despising
Thanks to your stubborn and unrepentant heart, you store up wrath for yourself, in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God.
You put up with them for years. You admonished them by your Spirit through your prophets. Still they did not listen. So you gave them up into the hands of the peoples of the lands.
But if that evil servant says in his heart, 'My lord delays, so I will beat (mistreat) my fellow servants.' And he eats and drinks with drunkards, the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect it, an hour when he is unaware. read more.
He will punish him severely, and send him to be with the hypocrites. There they will cry and grind their teeth.
He will punish him severely, and send him to be with the hypocrites. There they will cry and grind their teeth.
Longsuffering Of God » The wicked » Abuse
Sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly. Therefore the hearts of the sons of men are fully committed to do evil.
But if that evil servant says in his heart, 'My lord delays, so I will beat (mistreat) my fellow servants.' And he eats and drinks with drunkards,
Longsuffering Of God » Exercised toward » The wicked
If God decided to show his wrath and make his power known, endured with much long-suffering vessels of wrath fit for destruction.
They were disobedient while the ark was being built. Yet God waited patiently in the days of Noah. But few, that is, eight persons, were saved through water.
Longsuffering Of God » The wicked » Despise
Do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and long-suffering? Do you not know that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?
Lying » The wicked » Prepare their tongues for
They bend their tongue like their bow. Lies and not truth prevail in the land. They move from evil to evil. They do not know me, says Jehovah.
Everyone deceives his neighbor and does not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies. They wear themselves out committing sin.
Lying » The wicked » Give heed to
The evildoer pays attention to false lips. A liar listens attentively to a wicked tongue.
Lying » The wicked » Addicted to, from their infancy
The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born. They speak lies.
Lying » The wicked » Bring forth
See how they conceive evil. They are pregnant with wickedness and give birth to lies.
Lying » The wicked » Delight in
They plan to force him out of his high position. They are happy to lie. They bless with their mouths, but in their hearts they curse.
Lying » The wicked » Love
You prefer evil to good. You prefer lying to speaking the truth.
Lying » The wicked » Seek after
O sons of men, how long will my glorious honor be turned into shame? How long will you love empty, worthless things and search for the lie?
Malice » The wicked » Visit saints with
They conspire with cunning against your people. They plot against your cherished ones.
Malice » The wicked » Being Full of
They are filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil mindedness; they are whisperers,
Malice » The wicked » Speak with
If I come, I will remind you of what he does. He unjustly accuses us with wicked words and is never satisfied. He does not allow the brothers to greet one another and he throws them out of the congregation.
Malice » The wicked » Conceive
See how they conceive evil. They are pregnant with wickedness and give birth to lies.
Malice » The wicked » Live in
For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.
Miracles » The wicked » Forget
They would not obey you and gave no thought to the wonders you did among them. They became stubborn and turning away from you. They appointed a leader over themselves to take them back to their prison in Egypt. However, you are a God of forgiveness, full of grace and pity, slow to wrath and great in mercy, and you did not give them up.
([Psalm of Asaph]) Listen, O my people, to my law. Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
Miracles » The wicked » Desire to see
Herod was very happy to see Jesus. He had wanted to see him for a long time. He hoped to see him perform a miracle.
They said: He saved others, but cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel; let him now come down from the stake and we will believe in him.
When the crowd gathered to him, he said: This generation is evil. It seeks a sign. No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah.
Miracles » The wicked » Proof against
Even though he performed many miracles in front of them they did not believe in him.
none of the people who saw my glory and the miraculous signs I did in Egypt and in the desert will see the land I promised their ancestors. They have tested me now ten times and refused to obey me.
Miracles » The wicked » Often acknowledge
The chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council. They asked what they should do. This man does many signs and miracles.
They said: What shall we do to these men? The fact that a notable miracle has been done by them is evident to all who live in Jerusalem. And we cannot deny it.
Miracles » The wicked » Do not understand
Our fathers in Egypt did not understand your wonders. They did not remember your abundant kindnesses. But they rebelled by the Red Sea.
Miracles » The wicked » Do not consider
They had not understood the loaves of bread. Their minds were closed.
Murder » The wicked » Encourage others to commit
So she sent a letter in Ahab's name, stamped with his stamp, to the elders and nobles who were in authority with Naboth. The letter she wrote is as follows: Let a time of public sorrow be fixed, and put Naboth at the head of the people. Get two good-for-nothing persons to come before him and give witness that he has been cursing God and the king. Then take him out and have him stoned to death.
If they say: Come with us. Let us lie in wait to kill someone. Let us ambush the innocent without cause.
Murder » The wicked » Devise
Before he arrived, they saw him coming and made plans to kill him.
So Esau bore a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. Esau said to himself: The days of mourning for my father are near. Then I will kill my brother Jacob.
Murder » The wicked » Swift to commit
Murder » The wicked » Perpetrate
The murderer rises at dusk to kill the poor and needy, and in the night is like a thief.
Tell it: 'This is what the Lord Jehovah says: Jerusalem, you are the city that murders people who live in you. Your time has come. You dishonor yourself with disgusting idols.
Murder » The wicked » Intent on
Your eyes and your heart are intent only upon your own dishonest gain. You are shedding innocent blood and on practicing oppression and extortion.
Murder » The wicked » Lie in wait to commit
He waits in ambush in the villages. From his hiding places he kills innocent people. He searches for victims. He lurks in his hiding place like a lion in his den. He hides there to catch oppressed people. He catches oppressed people after he draws them into his net. His victims are crushed. They collapse, and they fall into the power of the wicked.
Murder » The wicked » Being Full of
They are filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil mindedness; they are whisperers,
Murder » The wicked » Have hands full of
When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide my eyes from you. Even though you offer many prayers, I will not listen because your hands are full of blood.
Peace » The wicked » Enjoy not
There is no peace for the wicked, says Jehovah.
Peace » The wicked » Opposed to
I am for peace, but when I talk about it, they only talk about war.
Peace » The wicked » Speak not
They do not talk about peace. Instead, they scheme against the peaceful people in the land.
Peace » The wicked » Hate
Peace » The wicked » Hypocritically speak
Do not drag me away with the wicked and with troublemakers who speak of peace with their neighbors but have evil in their hearts.
spiritual Peace » The wicked » There is none for
There is no peace for the wicked, says Jehovah.
My God has said: There is no peace for the wicked.
spiritual Peace » The wicked » Know not the way of
He will enter into peace. The honorable and honest will rest in his bed.
spiritual Peace » The wicked » Promise, to themselves
Be sure there is no one here today who hears these solemn demands and yet convinces himself that all will be well with him. He would go stubbornly on his own way. That would destroy all of you, good and evil alike.
spiritual Peace » The wicked » Are promised, by false teachers
Superficially they have healed the brokenness of my people. They declare: 'Peace! Peace!' But there is no peace.'
spiritual Peace » The wicked » Know not the things of
He said: If you only knew today the things needed to bring peace! But they are hidden from your eyes.
Persecution » The wicked » Active in
For the enemy has persecuted me. He has crushed my life to the ground. He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have long been dead.
Those who went after us were quicker than the eagles of the heaven. They drive us before them on the mountains. They wait secretly for us in the wasteland.
Persecution » The wicked » Rejoice in its success
My enemy will say: I have overpowered him. My opponents will rejoice because I have been shaken.
The inhabitants of the earth will celebrate and rejoice over them. They will rejoice and send gifts to one another. This is because these two prophets tormented those who lived on the earth.
Persecution » The wicked » Addicted to
For they persecute him whom you have wounded. They tell of the sorrow of those whom you have hurt.
The wicked proudly persecutes the poor people. He will be caught in the schemes that he contrived.
Persecution » The wicked » Encourage each other in
They say: God has abandoned him. Pursue him and grab him because there is no one to rescue him.
The poor » The wicked » Oppress
They force the needy to yield the road. The poor of the earth all hide themselves. Like wild donkeys in the desert they go out to their toil. They search in the wasteland food for their young. They reap in a field not their own and they glean in the vineyard of the wicked. read more.
They lie all night naked, without clothing, and have no covering in the cold. They are wet with the rain of the mountains. They cling to the rock in search of shelter. There are those who snatch the orphan child from the breast. They take as a pledge the infant of the poor. The needy go about naked, without clothing; though hungry, they carry the sheaves.
They lie all night naked, without clothing, and have no covering in the cold. They are wet with the rain of the mountains. They cling to the rock in search of shelter. There are those who snatch the orphan child from the breast. They take as a pledge the infant of the poor. The needy go about naked, without clothing; though hungry, they carry the sheaves.
He oppresses the poor and needy. He robs. He does not return the security for a loan. He looks to idols for help. He does disgusting things.
The poor » The wicked » Regard not the cause of
The righteous considers the cause of the poor. The wicked do not get to know it.
The poor » The wicked » Devour
You pierced the head of his warriors. They came as a whirlwind to scatter me. They secretly devour the oppressed.
The poor » The wicked » Vex
As they gather silver and copper and iron and lead and tin into the furnace to blow fire on it in order to melt it, so I will gather you in my anger and in my wrath and I will lay you there and melt (liquefy) you.
The poor » The wicked » Grind the faces of
What do you mean by crushing my people and grinding the face of the poor? Declares Jehovah of Hosts.
The poor » The wicked » Despise the counsel of
They put the advice of oppressed people to shame because Jehovah is their protection.
The poor » The wicked » Persecute
The wicked proudly persecutes the poor people. He will be caught in the schemes that he contrived.
The poor » The wicked » Defraud
You say: When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit. We may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
The poor » The wicked » Care not for
He did not say this because he cared for the poor. He was a thief. He had the moneybox and took away what was put in it.
The poor » The wicked » Tread down
You impose unfair rent on the poor and defraud a tribute of grain from them. You haave built houses of hewn stone yet you will not live in them. You planted pleasant vineyards, but you will not drink the wine from them.
The poor » The wicked » Crush
Hear this word you cows of Bashan who live on the mountain of Samaria. You oppress the poor. You crush the needy. You say to your masters (husbands) (lords), Bring us drink.
The poor » The wicked » Sell
Jehovah said: I will not withdraw punishment for (three sins of Israel, even for four) the many transgressions of Israel! They sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes.
God, Power of » The wicked » Know not
Jesus answered: You are mistaken! You do not know the scriptures or the power of God.
God, Power of » The wicked » Shall be destroyed by
I will show you the one to fear. Fear the one who, after he has killed, has power to destroy you (throw into the ever-burning trash fires of the valley of Hinnom) (Greek: Gehenna). This is one you should fear.
God, Power of » The wicked » Have against them
I would not make request to the king for a band of armed men and horsemen to give us help against those who might attack us on the way. We said to the king: The hand (power) (protection) of our God is on his servants for good, but his power and his wrath are against all those who have turned away from him.
Pride » Characteristic of » The wicked
Behold, he is proud. He is not righteous. The righteous will live by faith. Wine is treacherous and never allows an arrogant man to rest. He never stays home. He has a large appetite like the grave. Like death he is never satisfied. He gathers all nations and collects all the people.
Repentance » The wicked » Not led to by the judgments of God
Men were scorched with great heat. They blasphemed the name of God, who has power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.
The rest of the men who were not killed by these plagues did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshipping demons, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk.
Repentance » The wicked » Averse to
I paid attention and listened, but they were not honest. They do not turn away from their wickedness. They do not ask: 'What have we done?' They go their own ways like horses charging into battle.'
John came to you in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him. Even the tax collectors and prostitutes believed him. When you saw this, you did not regret your sins and did not have faith in him.
Repentance » The wicked » Neglect the time given for
I gave her time to repent, and she does not want to repent of her immorality.
Repentance » The wicked » Not led to, by miraculous interference
The rich man responded: It is not enough father Abraham! If someone from the dead went to them they would repent. Abraham said: If they would not listen to Moses and the prophets, they would not listen to someone from the dead.
Repentance » The wicked » Condemned for neglecting
Then he denounced the cities where most of his mighty works were done, because they did not repent.
Riches » The wicked » Profit not by
Riches do not profit in the day of wrath. Righteousness delivers from death.
There is one who claims to be rich, yet has nothing. There is one who claims to be poor, yet has great riches.
When good things increase, those who consume them increase. So what is the advantage to their owners except to see them?
Riches » The wicked » Heap up
Every man walks about like a vain illusion. He makes a lot of noise over nothing. He hoards riches and does not know who will receive them.
To the man who is good, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy. But to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.
Riches » The wicked » Have trouble with
There is treasure in the house of the righteous. The earnings of the wicked bring trouble.
Those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts. These draw men into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some by longing for it have been led away from the faith. They have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Riches » The wicked » Boast themselves in
They trust their riches and brag about their abundant wealth.
Here is the man who did not make God his strength (refuge) (stronghold). He trusted in the abundance of his riches. He strengthened himself in his wickedness.
Riches » The wicked » Keep, to their hurt
I have seen a grievous evil under the sun. I have seen riches being hoarded by their owner to his downfall (distress).
Riches » The wicked » Must leave, to others
One can see that wise people die, that foolish and stupid people meet the same end. They leave their wealth to others.
Riches » The wicked » Often increase in
Behold, these are the ungodly. They prosper in the world; they increase in wealth.
Riches » The wicked » Trust in the abundance of
Here is the man who did not make God his strength (refuge) (stronghold). He trusted in the abundance of his riches. He strengthened himself in his wickedness.
Riches » The wicked » Often spend their days in
They spend their days in prosperity, and in peace they go down to the grave.
Riches » The wicked » Swallow down
He will spit out the riches he swallowed. God will make his stomach vomit them up.
Righteousness » The wicked » Slay those who follow
You are responsible for all the righteous blood shed on earth. That includes the blood of the righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar.
We should not be like Cain who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he murder him? It was because his works were evil, and his brother's were righteous.
The wicked spies upon the righteous and seeks to kill him.
Righteousness » The wicked » Do not obey
Those who are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, will receive wrath and indignation.
Then everyone who did not believe the truth, but was delighted with wickedness, will be condemned.
Righteousness » The wicked » Speak contemptuously against those who follow
Let their lying lips be speechless, since they speak against righteous people with arrogance and contempt.
People passing by spoke evil abuse to him. They wagged their heads and said, You who would destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself. If you are the Son of God come down from the stake. In like manner the chief priests, scribes, and elders mocked him. read more.
They said: He saved others, but cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel; let him now come down from the stake and we will believe in him. He trusts in God. Let him save him now if he wants him. After all he said: I am the Son of God. The robbers that were impaled with him also insulted him.
They said: He saved others, but cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel; let him now come down from the stake and we will believe in him. He trusts in God. Let him save him now if he wants him. After all he said: I am the Son of God. The robbers that were impaled with him also insulted him.
Righteousness » The wicked » Are far from
Righteousness » The wicked » Though favored, will not learn
Grace (favor) is shown to the wicked, but they do not learn righteousness. In a land of uprightness they go on doing evil and do not regard the majesty of Jehovah.
He rescued them many times, but they continued to plot rebellion against him and to sink deeper because of their sin.
Righteousness » The wicked » Leave off
The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit and he ceased to be wise and do good.
Righteousness » The wicked » Should awake to
Wake up to righteousness and do not sin. Some do not have knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
Righteousness » The wicked » Vainly wish to die as those who follow
The descendants of Jacob are like specks of dust. Who can count them or number even one-fourth of the people of Israel? Let me die the death of innocent people. Let my end be like theirs.'
Righteousness » The wicked » Should break off their sins by
Let my counsel be acceptable to you O King. Stop your sins by being righteous and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. May there be a lengthening of your prosperity.
Righteousness » The wicked » Should sow to themselves in
I said: Plow new ground for yourselves, plant righteousness, and reap the blessings that your devotion to me will produce. It is time for you to turn to me, Jehovah, and I will come and pour out righteousness on you.
Righteousness » The wicked » Make mention of God, not it
Listen to this, people of Israel, you that are descended from Judah. You swear by the name of Jehovah and claim to worship the God of Israel. However you do not mean a word you say.
Righteousness » The wicked » Hate those who follow
Evil will kill wicked people, and those who hate righteous people will be condemned.
Righteousness » The wicked » Follow not after
What shall we say? The nations did not pursue righteousness. Yet they have attained to righteousness, the righteousness that is based on the principle of faith.
Righteousness » The wicked » Are free from
Righteousness » The wicked » Do not
In this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed. Whoever does not practice righteousness is not from God. He who does not love his brother is not from God.
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Righteousness » The wicked » Love lying rather than
You prefer evil to good. You prefer lying to speaking the truth.
Righteousness » The wicked » Are enemies of
And said: You child of the devil, full of all subtlety and mischief, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of Jehovah?
The sabbath » The wicked » Pollute
But the people of Israel rebelled against me in the desert. They did not live by my laws. They rejected my rules. If people obey them, they will live. They dishonored the days to worship me. So I was going to pour out my fury on them in the desert and completely wipe them out.
They rejected my rules. They did not live by my laws. They dishonored the days to worship me, because their hearts chased disgusting idols.
Blessed is the man who does this, the man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil.
The sabbath » The wicked » Traffic on
If the peoples of the lands come to do trade in goods or food on the Sabbath day, that we would do no trade with them on the Sabbath or on a holy day. In the seventh year we would take no payment from any debtor.
In those days, I saw in Judah some who were crushing grapes on the Sabbath, and harvesting grain and putting it on Asses; as well as wine and grapes and figs and all sorts of goods that they took into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. I gave witness against them on the day when they were marketing food. There were men of Tyre there. They came with fish and all sorts of goods, trading with the children of Judah and in Jerusalem on the Sabbath.
The sabbath » The wicked » May be judicially deprived of
I will also cause all her exaltation to cease, her feasts, her new moons, and her Sabbaths, and all her solemn assemblies.
He violently takes away his tent, as from a garden. And he lays waste his meeting-place. Jehovah has taken away the memory of feast and Sabbath in Zion. In the passion of his wrath he is against king and priest.
The sabbath » The wicked » Profane
Then I made protests to the chiefs of Judah, and said to them: What is this evil you are doing, not keeping the Sabbath day holy?
You have despised my holy things and dishonored (profaned the Sabbath) the day to worship me.
The sabbath » The wicked » Sometimes pretend to be zealous for
Some of the Pharisees said: This man is not from God, because he does not keep the Sabbath. Others said: How could a man that is a sinner perform such signs? There was division among them.
The official of the synagogue was angry that Jesus healed on the Sabbath. He told the people: There are six days in which we should work. Come during those days and be healed, not on the Sabbath!
The sabbath » The wicked » Dishonoring of--exemplified
One time, while the Israelites were still in the wilderness, a man was found gathering firewood on the Sabbath.
Jehovah says: 'Take heed for yourselves, and do not carry any load on the Sabbath day or bring anything in through the gates of Jerusalem. You shall not bring a load out of your houses on the Sabbath day nor do any work. You should keep the Sabbath day holy, as I commanded your forefathers. Yet they did not listen or incline their ears. They stiffened their necks in order not to listen or take correction.
The sabbath » The wicked » Mock at
Jerusalem remembers in her days of sorrow and of her wanderings, all the desired things that were hers in the past. When her people were captive to the power of her adversary she had no helper. Her attackers desired her and made fun of her in her destruction.
The sabbath » The wicked » Honoring of--exemplified
When they left Perga, they went to Antioch in Pisidia. They went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and sat down.
I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day when I heard a strong voice behind me. It sounded like a trumpet.
One time, while the Israelites were still in the wilderness, a man was found gathering firewood on the Sabbath. He was taken to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation. They held him in custody until they decided what to do with him.
The sabbath » The wicked » Bear burdens on
In those days, I saw in Judah some who were crushing grapes on the Sabbath, and harvesting grain and putting it on Asses; as well as wine and grapes and figs and all sorts of goods that they took into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. I gave witness against them on the day when they were marketing food.
The sabbath » The wicked » Work on
In those days, I saw in Judah some who were crushing grapes on the Sabbath, and harvesting grain and putting it on Asses; as well as wine and grapes and figs and all sorts of goods that they took into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. I gave witness against them on the day when they were marketing food.
The sabbath » The wicked » Hide their eyes from
Her priests have done violence to my law and have profaned my holy things. They have made no distinction between the holy and the profane. They have not taught the difference between the unclean and the clean. They hide their eyes from my Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
The sabbath » The wicked » Do their own pleasure on
If because of the Sabbath, you turn your foot from doing your pleasure on my holy day, and you call the Sabbath a delight and the holy of Jehovah honorable, and honor it, desisting from your ways, from seeking your own pleasure and speaking your own word,
The sabbath » The wicked » Wearied by
You say: When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit.
Salt » Illustrative » Preparation » The wicked » For destruction
The scriptures » The wicked » Corrupt
For we are not as the many, corrupting the word of God; but sincere and from God. We speak in Christ in the sight of God.
The scriptures » The wicked » Obey not
I behold the treacherous and loathe because they do not keep your word.
The scriptures » The wicked » Frequently wrest, to their own destruction
He spoke about these things in his letters. Some things are hard to understand. The untaught and unstable distort them as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.
The scriptures » The wicked » Reject
Wise people are put to shame, confused, and trapped. They have rejected the word of Jehovah. They do not really have any wisdom.
The scriptures » The wicked » Make, of none effect through their traditions
You totally reject the commandment of God that you may keep your tradition. Moses said: 'Honor your father and your mother. He also said: 'He that speaks evil of father or mother must die.' But you say: 'If a man says to his father or his mother that which would benefit you is a gift to God, read more.
he no longer has to do anything for his father or mother.' You make the word of God invalid by your tradition.
he no longer has to do anything for his father or mother.' You make the word of God invalid by your tradition.
The scriptures » The wicked » Stumble at
It is a stone that people stumble over, and a large rock that people find offensive. They stumble because they are disobedient to the word. To this end they were appointed.
The second coming of Christ » The wicked » Shall be surprised by
The presence of the Son of man will be similar to the days of Noah. It will be like those days before the Flood. They were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark. They were not aware until the Flood came and took them all away. The coming (presence) of the Son of man will be like this.
The day of Jehovah will come as a thief. The heavens will pass away with a great noise. The elements shall be dissolved with intense heat. And the earth and the works in it will be burned up (destroyed). (Joel 2:31) (Zephaniah 1:14)
When they say, Peace and security! then sudden destruction will come upon them, as labor pains come to a pregnant woman. They will not escape.
The second coming of Christ » The wicked » Shall be punished at
They will render vengeance to those who do not know God, and to those who do not obey the good news of our Lord Jesus. They will suffer punishment, even eternal destruction from the Lord and from the glory of his might.
The second coming of Christ » The wicked » Presume upon the delay of
The second coming of Christ » The wicked » Scoff at
Know this first, that in the last days, mockers will come with mockery, walking after their own lusts, Saying, Where is the promise of his coming? For, from the day that the fathers fell asleep [in death], all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
Seeking God » The wicked » Sometimes pretend to
They seek me day by day. They delight to know my ways like a nation that has done righteousness and has not forsaken the ordinance of their God. They ask me for justice and delight. They are pleased that God is near.
They approached Zerubbabel and the heads of families and said: Let us help you build for we are servants of your God, the same as you. We have been making offerings to him from the days of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, who sent us here.
Seeking God » The wicked » Prepare not their hearts for
He did evil because he did not seriously dedicate his life to Jehovah.
Seeking God » The wicked » Rejected, when too late in
You will ask for my help, but I will not listen. You will search, but you will not find me.
Seeking God » The wicked » Are gone out of the way of
Jehovah looks down from heaven on the sons of men to see if there is anyone who acts wisely, if there is anyone who seeks help from God. Everyone has turned away. Together they have become rotten to the core. No one, not even one person, does good things.
Seeking God » The wicked » Not led to, by affliction
The people did not turn back to him who struck them, or seek Jehovah of Hosts.
Seeking God » The wicked » Refuse, through pride
In his arrogant attitude he does not search for God. His faulty reasoning concludes: There is no God.
Self-delusion » Characteristic of » The wicked
Even though he blesses himself while he is alive. (People will praise you when you do well for yourself.)
Sickness » The wicked » A large amount » Sorrow
Sickness » The wicked » Forsake those in
Who is your master? Where are you from? David asked. I am an Egyptian, the slave of an Amalekite, he answered. My master left me behind three days ago when I got sick.
Sickness » The wicked » Visit not those in
I was a stranger and you did not take me in. I was naked and you did not dress me. I was sick and in prison and you did not visit me.'
Sin » The wicked » Tempt others to
When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.
No one else devoted himself so completely to doing wrong in Jehovah's sight as Ahab all at the urging of his wife Jezebel.
My son, if sinners tempt you do not consent. If they say: Come with us. Let us lie in wait to kill someone. Let us ambush the innocent without cause. Let us swallow them alive and whole just as the grave does, and just as the dead go into the pit. read more.
We will find precious material possessions and we fill our houses with plunder. Throw in with us. Let us all have one purse.
We will find precious material possessions and we fill our houses with plunder. Throw in with us. Let us all have one purse.
I lifted you out of the dust and made you ruler over my people Israel. You have gone the way of Jeroboam. You made my people Israel do evil, moving me to wrath by their sins.
Sin » The wicked » Expect impunity in
When you did these things, I remained silent. That made you think I was like you. I will argue my point with you and lay it all out for you to see.
He says in his heart (to himself): God has forgotten. He has hidden his face. He will never see it!
They say: Jehovah does not see it. The God of Jacob does not even pay attention to it.
Sin » The wicked » Delight in those who commit
The wicked person boasts about his selfish desires. He blesses the covetous, which Jehovah abhors.
They know the judgment of God, that those who commit such things are worthy of death! And yet, they not only do the same, but also approve of those who do them.
They make kings happy with the wicked things they do. They make officials happy with the lies they tell.
Sin » The wicked » Excuse
Adam said: The woman you put here with me gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it. Then Jehovah God said to the Eve: What is this you have done? The woman answered: The serpent deceived me, and I ate.
Samuel went up to Saul. Saul said: Jehovah bless you, Samuel! I have obeyed Jehovah's command. Samuel asked: Why do I hear the sound of cows and sheep? Saul answered: The army brought them from the Amalekites. They spared the best sheep and cows to sacrifice to Jehovah your God. But the rest they claimed for God and destroyed them.
Sin » The wicked » Led by despair to continue in
Do not run until your feet are bare and your throats are dry. But you say that it is useless. You love foreign gods and follow them.
But they will answer, It is useless! We will live the way we want to. We will go our own stubborn, evil ways.
Sin » The wicked » Guilty of, in everything they do
Haughty eyes and a proud heart, and the arrogance and pride produced by the wicked are sin.
This is what the Lord Jehovah says: 'People remember how sinful you are because you openly do wrong. You show your sins in everything you do. Because of this you will be taken captive.
Sin » The wicked » Encouraged in, by prosperity
The labor of the righteous leads to life. The yield of the wicked is punishment.
Why do the wicked live on, reach old age, and become mighty in power? Their children are established in their presence, and their offspring before their eyes. Their houses are safe and without fear, and no rod of God is upon them. read more.
Their bull breeds without fail and their cow calves and never miscarries. They send out their little ones like a flock, and their children dance around. They sing to the tambourine and the lyre, and rejoice to the sound of the pipe. They spend their days in prosperity, and in peace they go down to the grave. They say to God: 'Leave us alone! We do not desire to know your ways.' Who is the Almighty that we should serve him? And what do we gain if we pray to him?
Their bull breeds without fail and their cow calves and never miscarries. They send out their little ones like a flock, and their children dance around. They sing to the tambourine and the lyre, and rejoice to the sound of the pipe. They spend their days in prosperity, and in peace they go down to the grave. They say to God: 'Leave us alone! We do not desire to know your ways.' Who is the Almighty that we should serve him? And what do we gain if we pray to him?
Sin » The wicked » Throw the blame of, on God
Adam said: The woman you put here with me gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.
Then come and stand before me in this house. It is called by my name. You say, 'We are safe to do all these abominations.'
Sin » The wicked » Try to conceal, from God
The man and his wife heard the sound (voice) of Jehovah God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day. They hid from Jehovah, among the trees of the garden.
He (Adam) answered: I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.
Sin » The wicked » Heap up
Suffer you unwilling children, says Jehovah. You pursue a purpose that is not mine. You make a covenant sacrifice without my Spirit. You add sin to sin.
Yet they still continued to sin against him. They rebelled against the Most High in the desert.
Sin » The wicked » Servants to
Jesus answered: Truly I tell you every one who commits sin is a slave of sin.
Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient servants you are his (voluntary) servants because you obey him? This could be obedience to sin with death in view or obedience to righteousness with holiness in view?
Sin » The wicked » Plead necessity for
Samuel asked: What have you done? Saul replied: I saw the troops were scattering. You did not come when you said you would and the Philistines were assembling at Michmash. So I thought the Philistines will come against me at Gilgal. I have not sought Jehovah's favor. I felt pressured into sacrificing the burnt offering.
Sin » The wicked » Throw the blame of, on others
Adam said: The woman you put here with me gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it. Then Jehovah God said to the Eve: What is this you have done? The woman answered: The serpent deceived me, and I ate.
Sin » The wicked » Defy God in committing
Woe to those who scatter sin with cords of falsehood and iniquity with a cart rope! You say: Let Jehovah hurry up and do what he says he will, so that we can see it. Let Israel's holy God carry out his plans. Let us see what he has in mind.
Sin » The wicked » Shall bear the shame of
You will have to suffer disgrace because you accused your sisters. Yet, your sins are more disgusting than theirs. They look like they are innocent compared to you. Be ashamed of yourself and suffer disgrace, because you have made your sisters look like they are innocent.'
Sin » The wicked » Make a mock at
Fools mock at sin, but among the righteous there is good will.
Sin » The wicked » Dead in
You were once dead because of your trespasses and sins.
Sin » The wicked » Cannot cease from
They have eyes full of adultery that cannot cease from sin! They entice unsteady persons. Their hearts are full of covetousness. They are children of cursing.
Sin » The wicked » Boast of
The expression on their faces will be held against them. They boast about their sins! They are like those of the people of Sodom. They do not even bother to hide them. How horrible it will be for these people. They have brought disaster on themselves.
Sin » The wicked » Encourage themselves in
They are determined to do evil, and they tell themselves: Let us set traps! No one can see us.
Swearing falsely » The wicked » Addicted to
They utter empty words and make false promises and useless treaties. Justice has become injustice, growing like poisonous weeds in a plowed field.
Swearing falsely » The wicked » Plead excuses for
Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, offer sacrifices to Baal and walk after other gods that you have not known? Then come and stand before me in this house. It is called by my name. You say, 'We are safe to do all these abominations.'
Swearing falsely » The wicked » Shall have a curse upon their houses for
I will cause it to happen, said Jehovah of Hosts, and it will enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of he who swears falsely by my name. The curse will abide in the midst of his house and will consume it with the timber and the stones of the house.
Swearing falsely » The wicked » Shall be cut off for
He continued: This is the curse that is upon the land. Every one who steals will be acquitted. Every one who swears falsely will be innocent.
Swearing falsely » The wicked » Shall be judged on account of
I will approach you people for judgment! I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, the adulterers and those acting fraudulently with the wages of the worker, the widow and the fatherless. I will be a speedy witness against those who swear falsely and take advantage of the stranger, and do not show me reverence, said Jehovah of Hosts.
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profane Swearing » The wicked » Addicted to
His mouth is full of curses, deception, and oppression. Trouble and wrongdoing are on the tip of his tongue.
profane Swearing » The wicked » Clothe themselves with
He wore cursing as though it were clothing; so cursing entered his body like water and his bones like oil.
profane Swearing » The wicked » Love
He loved to put curses on others, so he, too, was cursed. He did not like to bless others, so he never received a blessing.
Swine » Illustrative of » The wicked
Do not give holy things to the dogs (impure persons) (false prophets) (Matthew 7:15). Do not throw your pearls before swine (the most unclean). They will trample them under their feet and turn and tear you to pieces.
The Devil » The wicked » Are the children of
In this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed. Whoever does not practice righteousness is not from God. He who does not love his brother is not from God.
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The field is the world (the society of mankind). The good seed are the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one.
And said: You child of the devil, full of all subtlety and mischief, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of Jehovah?
The Devil » The wicked » Possessed by
Peter said: Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the money from the land sale?
You once walked according to the course of this world, according to the ruler of the power (authority and jurisdiction) of the air, the spirit that is now active in the sons of disobedience.
Satan entered into Judas who was called Iscariot. He was one of the twelve.
The Devil » The wicked » Ensnared by
They should come to their senses out of the snare of the Devil. He has taken them captive and they do his will.
He must have a good reputation with those outside the congregation, so that he will not fall into reproach and the snare of the Devil.
The Devil » The wicked » Blinded by
The god of this age (world) (religious, social, political, and economic arrangement) has blinded the minds of unbelievers that the light of the good news of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not shine on them.
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The Devil » The wicked » Deceived by
until a spirit stepped forward, approached Jehovah, and said: I will deceive him. How will you deceive him? Jehovah asked. The spirit replied: I will make all of Ahab's prophets tell lies. Jehovah said: Go and deceive him. You will succeed.
The Devil » The wicked » Turn aside after
The Devil » The wicked » Troubled by
Jehovah's Spirit left Saul, and a distressing spirit sent by Jehovah tormented him.
The Devil » The wicked » Punished, together with
Then he will tell those on his left: 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the ever-burning fire that is prepared for the Devil and his [fallen] angels.
The Devil » The wicked » Do the lusts of
You are from your father [Satan] the Devil (slanderer) (false accuser)! You want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning. He does not stand for the truth. There is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks his own lies. He is a liar and the father of the lie!
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The favor of God » The wicked » Do not obtain
When its twigs are dry, they are broken off and women come and make fires with them. For they have no understanding (discernment). Their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.
Therefore I will throw you out of this land into a land that you and your ancestors have not heard of. There you will serve other gods day and night because I will no longer have pity on you.'
The favor of God » The wicked » Uninfluenced by
Grace (favor) is shown to the wicked, but they do not learn righteousness. In a land of uprightness they go on doing evil and do not regard the majesty of Jehovah.
Theft » The wicked » Commit, under shelter of the night
The murderer rises at dusk to kill the poor and needy, and in the night is like a thief.
If thieves and robbers came to you by night you would be destroyed. Would they steel only till they had enough? If grape-gatherers came to you, would they leave some grapes for gleaning?
Theft » The wicked » Repent not of
Neither did they repent of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
Theft » The wicked » Plead excuses for
Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, offer sacrifices to Baal and walk after other gods that you have not known? Then come and stand before me in this house. It is called by my name. You say, 'We are safe to do all these abominations.'
Theft » The wicked » Destroy themselves by
The violence done by the wicked will destroy them because they refuse to do what is right.
Theft » The wicked » Addicted to
Theft » The wicked » Associate with those who commit
Your rulers are rebels, friends with thieves. They all love bribes and run after gifts. They never defend orphans. They do not listen to the widows' pleas.
Theft » The wicked » Consent to those who commit
When you see a thief, you make friends with him. You keep company with people who commit adultery.
Theft » The wicked » Store up the fruits of
Those who store up violence and robbery in their dwellings do not know how to do what is right, declared Jehovah.
Theft » The wicked » Lie in wait to commit
As marauders lie in ambush for a man, so do bands of priests. They murder on the road to Shechem, committing shameful crimes.
Theft » The wicked » May, for a season, prosper in
The tents of marauders prosper and those who provoke God are secure in what God's hand brings them.
Truth » The wicked » Punished for want of
Everyone deceives his neighbor and does not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies. They wear themselves out committing sin.
I will punish them for these things, declares Jehovah. I will punish this nation and I will not be satisfied.
Truth » The wicked » Uphold not
Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far away. Truth has fallen in the street, and honesty cannot come in. Truth is missing. Those who turn away from evil become victims. Jehovah sees it, and what he saw displeased him because there is no justice.
Truth » The wicked » Are not valiant for
They bend their tongue like their bow. Lies and not truth prevail in the land. They move from evil to evil. They do not know me, says Jehovah.
Truth » The wicked » Speak not
Everyone deceives his neighbor and does not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies. They wear themselves out committing sin.
Truth » The wicked » Plead not for
No one calls for justice and no one pleads his case truthfully. People trust pointless arguments and speak lies. They conceive trouble and give birth to evil.
Truth » The wicked » Destitute of
Hear the word of Jehovah, you children of Israel! For Jehovah has a legal case against the inhabitants of the land. There is no truth! There is no goodness. There is no knowledge of God in the land.
Uprightness » The wicked » Do not act with
The best of them is as a brier. The most upright is worse than a thorn hedge! Your watchmen's day has come. Your visitation has come. Now you will be perplexed.
The godly (loyal) (holy) man has perished from the earth. There is none upright among men! They all lie in wait for blood. Every man hunts his own brother with a net.
Uprightness » The wicked » Leave not the path of
Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness?
Uprightness » The wicked » Have not, in heart
Vanity » The wicked » Speak
His mouth is full of curses, deception, and oppression. Trouble and wrongdoing are on the tip of his tongue.
People speak lies to one another. They speak with flattering lips and with double-heart. (Double Heart: They say one thing but mean another.)
When one of them comes to visit me, he speaks falsehood. His heart collects gossip. Then he leaves to tell others.
Vanity » The wicked » Imagine
You spoke by the mouth of your servant David: Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things? (Psalm 2:1)
for when they knew God, they did not glorify him as God. They did not thank him and were vain in their reasoning, for their foolish hearts were darkened.
Why do the nations conspire together and rage? Why do the peoples plot in vain?
Vanity » The wicked » Reap
My people planted wheat. They gathered weeds! They worked hard and got nothing for it. Because of my fierce anger their crops have failed.
He who sows unrighteousness will reap vanity. The rod of his anger will fail.
Vanity » The wicked » Walk in
Every man walks about like a vain illusion. He makes a lot of noise over nothing. He hoards riches and does not know who will receive them.
This I say therefore, and testify (affirm) in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the nations also walk, in the vanity (futility) (depravity) of their mind (thinking).
Vanity » The wicked » Judicially given up to
When you cry out, let your collection of idols deliver you. But the wind will carry them all away. A breath will take them. But he who puts his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain.
He brought their days to an end like a whisper in the wind. He brought their years to an end in terror.
Vanity » The wicked » Count God's service as
Who is the Almighty that we should serve him? And what do we gain if we pray to him?
You have said: 'There is no value to serve God. What is the use of doing what he says or of trying to show Jehovah of Hosts that we are sorry for what we have done?'
Vanity » The wicked » Inherit
Jehovah is my strength and my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble. Nations come to you from the most distant parts of the world and say: Our ancestors have inherited lies, worthless and unprofitable gods.
Vanity » The wicked » Allure others by words of
For, uttering arrogant words of vanity, they entice in the desires (lusts) of the flesh, by sensuality (lasciviousness), those who are just escaping from the ones who live in error.
Vanity » The wicked » Walk after
Jehovah says: What bad thing (injustice) did your fathers find in me that they went so far away from me? They followed worthless idols and became worthless (lead astray) themselves.
Vanity » The wicked » Devise
He plans wickedness upon his bed. He walks on a path that is not good. He does not despise evil.
Vanity » The wicked » Though full of, affect to be wise
An empty headed man can no more become wise than a wild donkey's colt can be born a man.
Vanity » The wicked » Especially characterized by
Vanity » The wicked » Love
O sons of men, how long will my glorious honor be turned into shame? How long will you love empty, worthless things and search for the lie?
The wicked » Devices of » General references to
Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning comes they do it because they are able to (it is in the power of their hands).
He plans wickedness upon his bed. He walks on a path that is not good. He does not despise evil.
But they will answer, It is useless! We will live the way we want to. We will go our own stubborn, evil ways.
Surrender to Jehovah and wait patiently for him. Do not be preoccupied with an evildoer who succeeds in his way when he carries out his schemes.
Fraud is in his heart, he devises mischief continually; he sows discord.
Do they not err that devise evil? Those who devise good will find loving kindness and truth.
He shuts his eyes to devise perversity. He moves his lips to bring evil.
As for a rogue, his weapons are evil. He devises wicked schemes to destroy the afflicted with slander, even though the needy one speaks what is right.
Jehovah said to me: Son of man, these are the men who plan evil and give bad advice in this city (Jerusalem).
The wicked » Devices of » End of
But the fearful and unbelieving, abominable and murderers, fornicators and those practicing spiritism, idolaters and all liars shall have their part in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur: which is the second death.
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The DeadAbominationsCowardiceAdultery and DivorceBackbitingFaithlessness, As DisobedienceAdultery, Results Ofevil, victory overethics, and graceAromasHell, As An ExperienceLiesMurderPunishment, By GodSexualitySexual Sin, Nature OfSin, God's Judgment OnSorcery And MagicSulphurUnbelief, Nature And Effects OfUnbelieversLake Of FireLiarsPunishment Of the WickedCharacter Of Wicked
Unbelief, Results Of Being GuiltyEternal DeathGehennaBrimstoneNecromancyThe Second DeathFire Of HellNot Believing The GospelFate Of IdolatersJudgement On MurderersThe End Of LiarsSpiritual DeathBenefits Of HeavenUniversalismSexual Immorality Brings PunishmentSorcerygaysBeing GayDrugsmagicwitchescheaterslakesUnbelief Toward Christ
Their end is destruction. Their god is their belly. Their glory is in their shame. They set their mind on earthly things.
It is no great thing therefore if his ministers also fashion themselves as ministers of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works.
For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God. If it begins with us first what will it be like in the end for those who do not obey the good news of God?
But transgressors will be altogether destroyed. The posterity of the wicked will be destroyed.
You are now ashamed of the fruit you had at that time. For the results of these things is death.
That which bears thorns and briars is rejected, and is near to being cursed. It ends up being burned.
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Priests, corrupt
When the chief priests and officers saw him, they cried out: Impale him! Impale him! Pilate replied: Take him yourselves, and impale him for he has committed no crime!
In like manner the chief priests, scribes, and elders mocked him.
The leaders judge for a bribe, and the priests teach for wages! The prophets predict for money yet they rely on Jehovah when they say: Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? No evil will come upon us.
Her prophets are insolent and treacherous persons. Her priests have profaned the sanctuary! They have done violence to the law.
The chief priests influenced the crowd, that he should release Barabbas to them instead.
Prophets prophesy falsehoods. Priests rule under the prophets' directions, and my people love this. But what will you do when the end comes?'
Her priests have done violence to my law and have profaned my holy things. They have made no distinction between the holy and the profane. They have not taught the difference between the unclean and the clean. They hide their eyes from my Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
Hear this, O you priests and pay attention, O house of Israel. Give ear (listen)! O house of the king the judgment is about you. You have been a snare at Mizpah and a net spread upon Tabor.
As marauders lie in ambush for a man, so do bands of priests. They murder on the road to Shechem, committing shameful crimes.
The chief priests and elders got the people to request Barabbas, and for Jesus to be put to death.
The wicked » Devices of » Forsaken
God gave them up to uncleanness because of the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves.
Do not be like your ancestors and your relatives who were unfaithful to Jehovah the God of their ancestors. He made them something that shocks people, as you have seen.
Jehovah's Spirit left Saul, and a distressing spirit sent by Jehovah tormented him.
She shouted: Samson! The Philistines are coming! He woke up and thought: I will get loose and go free, as always. He did not know that Jehovah had left him.
So he asked Jehovah what to do. But Jehovah did not answer him. He did not answer by dreams or by the use of Urim and Thummim or by prophets.
Therefore I gave them over to their stubborn hearts. They walked in their own counsel.
You will ask for my help, but I will not listen. You will search, but you will not find me.
God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven. It is written in the book of the prophets: O you house of Israel, have you offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?
The wicked » Devices of » Fate of
If you would destroy the wicked, O God, depart from me, therefore, men of bloodshed.
These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm, for whom the gloom of darkness has been reserved.
They are wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame. They are wandering stars, for which the black darkness has been reserved forever.
His own iniquities will catch the wicked. He will be held with the cords of his sins.
Jehovah holds a cup in his hand. The wine foams and is well mixed. So he pours from it. Surely all the wicked of the earth must drain and drink down its dregs.
But You, O God, will bring them down to the corruption of the grave. Men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in you.
The wicked sees this and becomes angry. He angrily grits his teeth and disappears. The hope of the wicked will perish (be destroyed).
Wicked people sprout like grass and all troublemakers flourish. Yet they will be destroyed forever.
They will quickly dry up like grass and whither away like green plants.
A short time from now the wicked man will be no more. You will look carefully for his place and he will not be there.
The wicked » Guilt of » Misery of
Fools suffered because of their disobedience and because of their crimes.
All his days the wicked man suffers torment and the ruthless through all the years stored up for him.
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.
Samuel said to Saul: Why have you disturbed me? Why did you make me come back? Saul answered: I am in great trouble! The Philistines are at war with me. God has abandoned me. He does not answer me any more by prophets or by dreams. Please tell me what to do.
Your hearts will pound with fear at everything you see. Every morning you will wish for evening. Every evening you will wish for morning.
Good understanding gives favor. The way of transgressors is hard.
[There will be] tribulation and distress on every person who works evil, for the Jew first and for the Greek.
Wherever they went the hand of Jehovah was against them for evil. For Jehovah had sworn to them and as Jehovah had sworn they were greatly distressed.
Destruction and misery are in their ways. (Isaiah 59:7)
The wicked » Despised
The people curse and the nations abhor the man who says to the wicked, You are righteous.
You are going to be destroyed! What are you going to do? Why do you dress in scarlet (crimson) and put on gold jewelry? Why do you wear eye shadow? You are making yourself beautiful for nothing. Your lovers despise you. They want to kill you.
He who is quick-tempered deals foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
There is no relief for your pain. Your wound is grievous! All who hear the report about you applaud for your wickedness affected everyone.
A man is commended according to his wisdom. He with a perverse heart will be despised.
Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Men will clap their hands in derision (ridicule) and hiss him out of his place.
Then they will go out and look at the corpses of those who have rebelled (sinned) against me. The worms that eat them will not die. The fire that burns them will not go out and they will disgust all humanity.
The wicked » Confounded
Jehovah scattered them from there over all the earth. They stopped building the city.
The makers of idols will be put to shame and disgraced. They will go off into disgrace together.
I make fools of fortunetellers and frustrate the predictions of astrologers. The words of the wise I refute and show that their wisdom is foolishness.
He keeps shrewd (crafty) (cunning) people from carrying out their plans so that they cannot do anything successfully.
Their people are drained of power. They are dismayed and put to shame. They are like plants in the field, like tender green shoots, like grass sprouting on the roof, parched before it grows.
All who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced. Those who oppose you will be as nothing and perish.
Jehovah is with me like a powerful champion. Therefore my persecutors will stumble and not prevail. They will be utterly ashamed! They have failed with an everlasting disgrace that will not be forgotten.
The wicked » Appointed by God corrupt » Snared
Whoever leads decent people into evil will fall into his own pit. Innocent people will inherit good things.
The nations have dug a pit and fallen in. They have been caught in their own trap.
He that digs a pit will fall into it. A serpent will bite whoever breaks through a hedge.
Thorns and snares are in the way of the wicked. He who guards his life will stay far away from them.
He who digs a pit will fall in it. He who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare. But the righteous sings and rejoices.
Many will stumble over them. They will fall and be broken. They will be trapped and caught.
The wicked » Characteristics of
They do not sleep unless they have done evil. Their sleep is taken away unless they make someone fall.
unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, despisers of those who are good,
Woe to the sinful nation, people heavy with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, sons who are corrupt! They have forsaken Jehovah! They have despised the Holy One of Israel. They have turned away from him.
They are wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame. They are wandering stars, for which the black darkness has been reserved forever.
You prefer evil to good. You prefer lying to speaking the truth.
There is nothing truthful in what they say! Their inward part is destruction. Their throat is an open grave. They flatter with their tongue.
The wicked plots against the righteous and grinds at him with his teeth.
But the wicked are like the troubled and restless sea, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Punishment of
Those who are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, will receive wrath and indignation.
At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps. I will punish the men that are satisfied with their wayward lifestyle. They say in their heart, 'Jehovah will not do good and he will not do evil.'
The unfaithful servant who knew what his master wanted and did not do it will be beaten.
What about those who despise the Son of God? Those who treat as a cheap thing the blood of God's covenant that purified them from sin? Those who insult the Spirit of grace? Think how much worse the punishment they deserve will be!
I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will also end the arrogance of the proud. I will demean (disgrace) the arrogance of tyranny.
Behold! Jehovah is coming out of his dwelling to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The earth will disclose (reveal) the bloodshed upon her. She will conceal her slain no longer.
He will pay them back according to their deeds. He will pay back his opponents with wrath and punish his enemies. He will pay back the people who live on the coastlands.
But I will punish you according to the results of your deeds,' declares Jehovah. 'I will kindle a fire in its forest that will devour all its environs.'
The wicked » Appointed by God corrupt » Threatenings against
then this is what I will do to you: I will terrorize you with disease and fever. You will suffer from eye problems and depression. You will plant your crops and get nothing because your enemies will eat them.
I will approach you people for judgment! I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, the adulterers and those acting fraudulently with the wages of the worker, the widow and the fatherless. I will be a speedy witness against those who swear falsely and take advantage of the stranger, and do not show me reverence, said Jehovah of Hosts.
Verse Concepts
I will turn Babylon into a marsh. Porcupines will live there. I will sweep Babylon with a broom that will sweep everything away. I, the Sovereign Lord Jehovah have spoken.
Therefore I will choose harsh treatment for them and bring on them what they fear. I called, but no one answered. I spoke, but they did not listen. They did what I consider evil. They chose what I do not like.
I will have Israel cut off from the land I gave them. I will abandon this house even though I have made it holy for myself. I will put you out of my sight. Israel will be a public example, and a word of shame among all peoples.
Just as he kept every promise that he made to you, so he will carry out every threat.
The wicked » Remorse of, examples of » Rooted up
Jehovah will punish Israel, and she will shake like a reed shaking in a stream. He will uproot the people of Israel from this good land that he gave to their ancestors. He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, because they have aroused his anger by making idols of the goddess Asherah.
The wicked will be cut off from the land. The unfaithful will be uprooted.
God will destroy you forever. He will remove you from your dwelling place from out of the land of the living.
His fierce anger and fury caused Jehovah to uproot these people from their land and deported them to another country. This is where they still are today.'
I will uproot Israel from the land I gave them. I will reject this Temple that I declared holy for my name. I will make it an example and an object of ridicule for all the people of the world.
Today I have appointed you in charge of nations and kingdoms. You will uproot and tear down. You will destroy and overthrow. You will build and plant.
In answer he replied: Every plant my Father in heaven has not planted in the earth will be pulled out by the roots.
The wicked » Guilt of » Insecurity of
For that reason your sin will be like a high wall with a bulging crack, ready to fall. All of a sudden it will fall.
Give glory to Jehovah your God before he brings darkness and before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You hope for light. He makes it into deep darkness and turns it into gloom.
You will be like one who lies down in the middle of the sea; like one who lies on top of a mast.
That is why their own way will become like a slippery path in the dark. They will be chased away, and they will fall down in the dark. I will bring disaster on them. It is time for them to be punished, proclaims Jehovah.
It is definitely because they have misled my people by saying, Peace! When there is no peace. And when anyone builds a wall they plaster it over with whitewash.' So tell those who plaster it over with whitewash, that it will fall. A flooding rain will come, and you, O hailstones, will fall; and a violent wind will break out.
Every one who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand. The rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and battered the house and it fell with a great crash.
The wicked » Guilt of » Prayers of, unanswered
Abraham came near and said: Will you destroy the righteous with the wicked? Suppose there were fifty righteous within the city. Would you also destroy the place and not spare it because the righteous people are there? Surely you would not do that! Would you slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked? Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? read more.
Jehovah said: If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, I will spare the entire place for their sakes. Then Abraham answered and said: Indeed now, I who am only dust and ashes have taken it upon myself to speak to Jehovah: Suppose there were five less than the fifty righteous. Would you destroy the entire city for lack of five? So He (God) said: If I find there forty-five, I will not destroy it. Abraham spoke again: Suppose there should be forty found there? God replied: I will not do it for the sake of forty. Abraham then said: Do not be angry, and let me speak. Suppose thirty should be found there? God replied: I will not do it if I find thirty there. Abraham then said: Indeed now, I have taken it upon myself to speak to Jehovah: Suppose twenty should be found there? God replied: I will not destroy it for the sake of twenty. Abraham again queried: Please do not be angry as I speak once more: Suppose ten should be found there? God said: I will not destroy it for the sake of ten.
Jehovah said: If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, I will spare the entire place for their sakes. Then Abraham answered and said: Indeed now, I who am only dust and ashes have taken it upon myself to speak to Jehovah: Suppose there were five less than the fifty righteous. Would you destroy the entire city for lack of five? So He (God) said: If I find there forty-five, I will not destroy it. Abraham spoke again: Suppose there should be forty found there? God replied: I will not do it for the sake of forty. Abraham then said: Do not be angry, and let me speak. Suppose thirty should be found there? God replied: I will not do it if I find thirty there. Abraham then said: Indeed now, I have taken it upon myself to speak to Jehovah: Suppose twenty should be found there? God replied: I will not destroy it for the sake of twenty. Abraham again queried: Please do not be angry as I speak once more: Suppose ten should be found there? God said: I will not destroy it for the sake of ten.
Then Jacob was by himself. A man was fighting with him till dawn. The man saw that he was not able to overcome Jacob. He gave him a blow in the hollow part of his thigh, so that his leg was damaged. He said to him: Let me go now, for the dawn is near. But Jacob said: I will not let you go till you have given me your blessing. read more.
Then he asked: What is your name? And he said, Jacob. The man said: Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel (He Struggles With God), because you have struggled with God and with men and you have won. Jacob said: Please tell me your name. The man answered: Why do you ask for my name? Then he blessed Jacob there. Jacob named that place Peniel (Face of God), because he said: I have seen God face to face, yet my life was saved.
Then he asked: What is your name? And he said, Jacob. The man said: Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel (He Struggles With God), because you have struggled with God and with men and you have won. Jacob said: Please tell me your name. The man answered: Why do you ask for my name? Then he blessed Jacob there. Jacob named that place Peniel (Face of God), because he said: I have seen God face to face, yet my life was saved.
David went into the tent he set up for the ark. Then he sat there and prayed: Jehovah All-Powerful, my family and I do not deserve what you have already done for us. Yet this was insignificant in your eyes, O Sovereign Lord Jehovah for you have spoken also of your servant's house in the distant future. And this is the law for man, O Sovereign Lord Jehovah. What more can David say to you? For you know your servant, O Sovereign Lord Jehovah. read more.
For the sake of your Word and according to your will you have done this great thing. You have made it known to your servant! For this reason you are great, O Sovereign Lord Jehovah. There is none like you. There is no God besides you according to all that we have heard with our ears. There is no other nation on earth like Israel. This is the nation you rescued from slavery in Egypt to be your own. You became famous by using great and wonderful miracles to force other nations and their gods out of your land, so your people could live here. You chose Israel to be your people from generation to generation! You have become their God. And now, Jehovah God, please do what you have promised. You will be famous for a very long time! Everyone will say: Jehovah of Hosts rules Israel. David's descendants are his chosen kings. Now therefore, may it please you to bless the house of your servant that it may continue a long time before you. You O Lord Jehovah have spoken. May the house of your servant be blessed from generation to generation. Lord Jehovah, you are God. You have promised me some very good things, and you can be trusted to do what you promise. Please bless my descendants and let them be your chosen kings for a very long time. You have already promised, and I am sure that you will bless my family from generation to generation.
For the sake of your Word and according to your will you have done this great thing. You have made it known to your servant! For this reason you are great, O Sovereign Lord Jehovah. There is none like you. There is no God besides you according to all that we have heard with our ears. There is no other nation on earth like Israel. This is the nation you rescued from slavery in Egypt to be your own. You became famous by using great and wonderful miracles to force other nations and their gods out of your land, so your people could live here. You chose Israel to be your people from generation to generation! You have become their God. And now, Jehovah God, please do what you have promised. You will be famous for a very long time! Everyone will say: Jehovah of Hosts rules Israel. David's descendants are his chosen kings. Now therefore, may it please you to bless the house of your servant that it may continue a long time before you. You O Lord Jehovah have spoken. May the house of your servant be blessed from generation to generation. Lord Jehovah, you are God. You have promised me some very good things, and you can be trusted to do what you promise. Please bless my descendants and let them be your chosen kings for a very long time. You have already promised, and I am sure that you will bless my family from generation to generation.
In the presence of the people Solomon stood in front of the altar. He raised his arms and prayed: Jehovah God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or on earth below! You keep your covenant with your people and show them your love when they live in wholehearted obedience to you. You kept the promise you made to my father David. Every word has been fulfilled. read more.
Jehovah, God of Israel, I pray that you will also keep the other promise you made to my father when you told him there would always be one of his descendants ruling as king of Israel, provided they obeyed you as carefully as he did. So now, O God of Israel, let your word come true that you promised to my father David, your servant. Can you, O God, really live on earth? Not even heaven or the heaven of heavens is large enough to hold you. How can this Temple I have built be large enough? Jehovah my God, I am your servant. Listen to my prayer. Grant the requests I make to you today. Watch over this Temple day and night. For this is the place where you have chosen to be worshiped. Hear me when I face this Temple and pray. Hear my prayers and the prayers of your people. In your home in heaven hear us and forgive us. When a person is accused of wronging another and is brought to your altar in this Temple to take an oath that he is innocent, O Jehovah, listen in heaven and judge your servants. Punish the guilty one, as he deserves. Justify the one who is innocent. When your people Israel have sinned against you their enemies defeat them. They can turn to you and come to this Temple, humbly praying to you for forgiveness. Listen to them in heaven. Forgive the sins of your people and bring them back to the land that you gave to their ancestors. When you hold back the rain because your people have sinned against you. And when they repent in this Temple, humbly praying to you, listen to them in heaven. Forgive the sins of the king and of the people of Israel, and teach them to do what is right. Then, O Jehovah, send rain on this land of yours, which you gave to your people as a permanent possession. When there is famine in the land or an epidemic or scorching winds or swarms of locusts, or when their enemies attack your people, or when disease or sickness among them destroys the crops, listen to their prayers. If any of your people Israel, out of heartfelt sorrow, stretch out their hands in prayer toward this Temple, hear their prayer. Listen to them in your home in heaven, help them and forgive them. You alone know the thoughts of the human heart. Deal with each person, as he deserves, so that your people may obey you all the time they live in the land you gave to our ancestors. When a foreigner who lives in a distant land hears of your fame and of the great things you have done for your people and comes to worship you and to pray at this Temple, For they will have news of your great name and your strong hand and your out-stretched arm. When he comes to pray in this house: Listen to him and give him his desire. Let all the peoples of the earth know about your name. Let them worship you as your people Israel, and that they may see that this house which I have built is truly named by your name. When your people go to war against their enemies, they pray to you, O Jehovah, toward the city you have chosen and the temple I built for your name. Hear their prayer for mercy in heaven, and do what is right for them. They may sin against you, for everyone sins. You may become angry with them and hand them over to an enemy far or near who takes them to another country as captives. If they come to their senses and are sorry for what they have done, and plead with you in the land where they are captives, saying: We have sinned. We have done wrong. We have been wicked. If they change their attitude toward you in the land of their enemies where they are captives, if they pray to you toward the land that you gave their ancestors, and the city you have chosen, and the temple I have built for your name, then in heaven, the place where you live, hear their prayer for mercy. Do what is right for them. Forgive your people, who have sinned against you. Forgive all their wrongs when they rebelled against you. Cause those who captured them to have mercy on them. They are your own people. You brought them out of Egypt from the middle of an iron smelter. May your eyes always see my plea and your people Israel's plea so that you will listen to them whenever they call on you. You Jehovah set them apart from all the people of the world. They are your own as you promised through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt. When Solomon finished praying this prayer for mercy to Jehovah, he stood in front of Jehovah's altar, where he had been kneeling with his hands stretched out toward heaven. Then he stood and in a loud voice blessed the entire assembly of Israel: THANKS TO JEHOVAH! He has given his people Israel rest, as he has promised. None of the good promises he made through his servant Moses has failed to come true. May Jehovah our God be with us as he was with our ancestors. May he not leave us or abandon us. May he bend our hearts toward him. Then we will follow him and obey his commands, laws, and rules, which he commanded our ancestors to obey. May these words I have prayed to Jehovah be near Jehovah our God day and night. Then he will give his people Israel and me justice every day as it is needed. In this way all the people of the earth may know that Jehovah is God and there is no other god. Let your hearts be committed to Jehovah our God. Then you will live by his laws and keep his commands as you have today.
Jehovah, God of Israel, I pray that you will also keep the other promise you made to my father when you told him there would always be one of his descendants ruling as king of Israel, provided they obeyed you as carefully as he did. So now, O God of Israel, let your word come true that you promised to my father David, your servant. Can you, O God, really live on earth? Not even heaven or the heaven of heavens is large enough to hold you. How can this Temple I have built be large enough? Jehovah my God, I am your servant. Listen to my prayer. Grant the requests I make to you today. Watch over this Temple day and night. For this is the place where you have chosen to be worshiped. Hear me when I face this Temple and pray. Hear my prayers and the prayers of your people. In your home in heaven hear us and forgive us. When a person is accused of wronging another and is brought to your altar in this Temple to take an oath that he is innocent, O Jehovah, listen in heaven and judge your servants. Punish the guilty one, as he deserves. Justify the one who is innocent. When your people Israel have sinned against you their enemies defeat them. They can turn to you and come to this Temple, humbly praying to you for forgiveness. Listen to them in heaven. Forgive the sins of your people and bring them back to the land that you gave to their ancestors. When you hold back the rain because your people have sinned against you. And when they repent in this Temple, humbly praying to you, listen to them in heaven. Forgive the sins of the king and of the people of Israel, and teach them to do what is right. Then, O Jehovah, send rain on this land of yours, which you gave to your people as a permanent possession. When there is famine in the land or an epidemic or scorching winds or swarms of locusts, or when their enemies attack your people, or when disease or sickness among them destroys the crops, listen to their prayers. If any of your people Israel, out of heartfelt sorrow, stretch out their hands in prayer toward this Temple, hear their prayer. Listen to them in your home in heaven, help them and forgive them. You alone know the thoughts of the human heart. Deal with each person, as he deserves, so that your people may obey you all the time they live in the land you gave to our ancestors. When a foreigner who lives in a distant land hears of your fame and of the great things you have done for your people and comes to worship you and to pray at this Temple, For they will have news of your great name and your strong hand and your out-stretched arm. When he comes to pray in this house: Listen to him and give him his desire. Let all the peoples of the earth know about your name. Let them worship you as your people Israel, and that they may see that this house which I have built is truly named by your name. When your people go to war against their enemies, they pray to you, O Jehovah, toward the city you have chosen and the temple I built for your name. Hear their prayer for mercy in heaven, and do what is right for them. They may sin against you, for everyone sins. You may become angry with them and hand them over to an enemy far or near who takes them to another country as captives. If they come to their senses and are sorry for what they have done, and plead with you in the land where they are captives, saying: We have sinned. We have done wrong. We have been wicked. If they change their attitude toward you in the land of their enemies where they are captives, if they pray to you toward the land that you gave their ancestors, and the city you have chosen, and the temple I have built for your name, then in heaven, the place where you live, hear their prayer for mercy. Do what is right for them. Forgive your people, who have sinned against you. Forgive all their wrongs when they rebelled against you. Cause those who captured them to have mercy on them. They are your own people. You brought them out of Egypt from the middle of an iron smelter. May your eyes always see my plea and your people Israel's plea so that you will listen to them whenever they call on you. You Jehovah set them apart from all the people of the world. They are your own as you promised through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt. When Solomon finished praying this prayer for mercy to Jehovah, he stood in front of Jehovah's altar, where he had been kneeling with his hands stretched out toward heaven. Then he stood and in a loud voice blessed the entire assembly of Israel: THANKS TO JEHOVAH! He has given his people Israel rest, as he has promised. None of the good promises he made through his servant Moses has failed to come true. May Jehovah our God be with us as he was with our ancestors. May he not leave us or abandon us. May he bend our hearts toward him. Then we will follow him and obey his commands, laws, and rules, which he commanded our ancestors to obey. May these words I have prayed to Jehovah be near Jehovah our God day and night. Then he will give his people Israel and me justice every day as it is needed. In this way all the people of the earth may know that Jehovah is God and there is no other god. Let your hearts be committed to Jehovah our God. Then you will live by his laws and keep his commands as you have today.
Jesus was praying. When he finished one of his disciples said to him: Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples. He said: When you pray say, 'Father holy (sacred) (sanctified) (blessed) (consecrated) is your name. Let your kingdom come. Give us day-by-day our daily bread. read more.
Forgive us our sins. For we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And keep us from temptation. He also said: Which of you have a friend you would approach at midnight and say lend me three loaves. This is because a friend of mine is visiting and I do not have any food to feed him. You hear a voice from the house say, 'The door is shut, my children are in bed, do not bother me. I cannot rise and help you.' I tell you even if he will not rise and give you what you need because he is your friend, he will arise and give you what you need because you keep asking. I say to you: Ask and it will be given you. Seek and you will find. Knock and it will be opened to you. Every one who asks receives. Everyone who seeks will find. It will be opened to everyone who knocks. What father would give his son a stone when he asked for a loaf? What father would give a serpent when his son asked for a fish? If he asked for an egg would he give a scorpion? If you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?
Forgive us our sins. For we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And keep us from temptation. He also said: Which of you have a friend you would approach at midnight and say lend me three loaves. This is because a friend of mine is visiting and I do not have any food to feed him. You hear a voice from the house say, 'The door is shut, my children are in bed, do not bother me. I cannot rise and help you.' I tell you even if he will not rise and give you what you need because he is your friend, he will arise and give you what you need because you keep asking. I say to you: Ask and it will be given you. Seek and you will find. Knock and it will be opened to you. Every one who asks receives. Everyone who seeks will find. It will be opened to everyone who knocks. What father would give his son a stone when he asked for a loaf? What father would give a serpent when his son asked for a fish? If he asked for an egg would he give a scorpion? If you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?
He spoke an illustration to them emphasizing the need to pray and not become tired: There was a judge in a city that did not fear God and had no respect for man. There was a widow in that same city. She went to him asking for legal protection from her adversary. read more.
At first he refused. Then he thought about it and he said to himself, I do not fear God and have little respect for man. However this widow bothers me. For this reason I will avenge her. If she keeps coming to me she will wear me out. The Lord continued: Pay attention to what the unrighteous judge said. Should God avenge his chosen that cry to him day and night, and yet he is longsuffering over them? I say to you, that he will avenge them quickly. Nevertheless, will the Son of man find faith on the earth when he comes?
At first he refused. Then he thought about it and he said to himself, I do not fear God and have little respect for man. However this widow bothers me. For this reason I will avenge her. If she keeps coming to me she will wear me out. The Lord continued: Pay attention to what the unrighteous judge said. Should God avenge his chosen that cry to him day and night, and yet he is longsuffering over them? I say to you, that he will avenge them quickly. Nevertheless, will the Son of man find faith on the earth when he comes?
The wicked » Contrasted with the righteous
Very much pain awaits wicked people, but loving-kindness and mercy surrounds those who trust Jehovah.
The wicked run when no man pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.
Jehovah tests (examines) righteous and wicked people alike. He hates wicked people and the ones who love violence.
[There will be] tribulation and distress on every person who works evil, for the Jew first and for the Greek.
My servants will sing out of the joy of their hearts, but you will cry out from anguish of heart and wail in brokenness of spirit.
He will remove the horn (power) of the wicked. The horn (power) of the righteous will be exalted.
Once again my people will see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between the person who serves God and the one who does not.
The wicked » Death of
But God said to him: 'You fool this night you will give up your life. Then who will have all these things you accumulated?'
They will die of lethal diseases. They will not be mourned or buried. They will be as dung on the surface of the ground and die by sword and famine (war and starvation). Their carcasses will become food for the birds of the sky and for the animals of the earth.
Do I have any pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares the Lord Jehovah, that he should turn from his ways and live?
Then he passed away, and lo, he was no more. I searched for him, but he could not be found.
He dies without instruction. He goes astray because of his foolishness.
I saw the wicked buried, those who had come and gone out of the holy place. They were forgotten in the city where they had so done. This also is vanity.
In the evening, sudden terror! Before the morning, they are gone! This is the portion of those who loot us, the lot of those who rob us.
The wicked » Devices of » Fall of the wicked foretold
The mouth of the adulterous is a deep pit. The one who is cursed by Jehovah will fall into it.
Are they ashamed because of the abomination they have done? They are not even ashamed! Not at all! They do not even know how to blush. Therefore they will fall among those who fall. When I punish them, they will be cast down, says Jehovah.
They who swear by the sin of Samaria. They will say: 'As your god lives, O Dan, the way Beersheba lives.' They will fall and never rise up again.
Righteousness of the undefiled [man of integrity] directs his way! Wickedness causes the evil to fall.
He that digs a pit will fall into it. A serpent will bite whoever breaks through a hedge.
I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot, nor your brides when they commit adultery. The men go out with harlots, and they sacrifice with the prostitutes. The people that do not understand will fall (be overthrown).
Say to them: 'This is what Jehovah says: When someone falls, he gets back up. When someone turns away from me, he returns.'
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Rapacity of
Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion walks about, seeking whom he may devour (consume).
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The hired man owns no sheep. He is not the shepherd. He sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep. The wolf snatches them, and scatters them.
I know that after my departing grievous wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
The Lord said: You Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter. Yet your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.
But if you continue to bite and devour one another, take care that you do not consume one another.
You lust, and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain! You fight and war. You do not have because you do not ask.
They devour widows' houses. They offer long prayers to show off in front of others. They shall receive great condemnation.
When the renters saw him they reasoned that this is the heir, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.
The wicked » Cut off
But You, O God, will bring them down to the corruption of the grave. Men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in you.
Those blessed by him will inherit the land. But those cursed by him will be destroyed.
Respect for Jehovah prolongs life. The years of the wicked will be shortened.
Do not be wicked over much and do not be foolish. Why should you die before your time?
No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner do they take root in the ground, than he blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.
But transgressors will be altogether destroyed. The posterity of the wicked will be destroyed.
The wicked » Devices of » Forgotten
I saw the wicked buried, those who had come and gone out of the holy place. They were forgotten in the city where they had so done. This also is vanity.
Jehovah confronts those who do evil in order to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.
I would have said: 'I will cut them to pieces. I will remove the memory of them from men.'
Let their guilt and sin always remain on record in front of Jehovah. Let Jehovah remove every memory of him from the earth,
For he comes in with vanity and departs in darkness, and his name will be covered with darkness.
The wicked » Guilt of » The name of the wicked to be blotted out
Jehovah will never be willing to forgive him, but rather the anger of Jehovah and / His jealousy will burn against that man. Every curse which is written in this book will rest on him. Jehovah will blot out his name from under heaven.
Leave me alone that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.'
The memory of the righteous is blessed. The name of the wicked will waste away.
You condemned nations. You destroyed wicked people. You erased their names forever and ever.
Let his descendants be cut off and their family name be wiped out by the next generation.
Jehovah of Hosts declares: I will attack Babylon and bring it to ruin. I will leave nothing! There will be no children, no survivors at all. I, Jehovah, have spoken.
The wicked » Guilt of » Portion of
He rains down fire and burning sulfur upon wicked people. He makes them drink from a cup filled with scorching wind.
the master of that servant will come when he does not expect. He will come in an hour that he does not know. He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.
He will punish him severely, and send him to be with the hypocrites. There they will cry and grind their teeth.
Here is the fate God accords the wicked. This is the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty:
This is your fate, the destiny I have planned for you, proclaims Jehovah. You have forgotten me and trusted in false gods.
Swift are they on the face of the waters. Their portion in the land is cursed! No treader turns toward their vineyards.
The wicked » Appointed by God corrupt » Unlamented
Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king. He ruled eight years from Jerusalem. He died, and no one even felt sad. He was buried in Jerusalem, but not in the royal tombs.
They will die of lethal diseases. They will not be mourned or buried. They will be as dung on the surface of the ground and die by sword and famine (war and starvation). Their carcasses will become food for the birds of the sky and for the animals of the earth.
On that day those killed by Jehovah will stretch from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, taken away, or buried. They will become like manure on the ground.'
Therefore Jehovah tells us about Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: They will not cry for him: 'Alas, my brother!' And, 'Alas, sister!' They will not mourn him: 'Alas for the master!' And, Alas for his splendor!
Violence has grown into a weapon for punishing wickedness. None of the people will be left. None of that crowd, none of their wealth, and nothing of value will be left.
The wicked » Appointed by God corrupt » Judges of israel
Jehovah loves justice, and he will not abandon his godly ones. They will be kept safe forever, but the descendants of the wicked will be destroyed.
You ruined your country and killed your own people. For that reason, you will not be buried like other kings. None of your evil family will survive.
You offspring of vipers. How can you who are evil speak good things? Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
No mater how many his children, their fate is the sword. His offspring will never have enough to eat.
You will destroy their children from the earth and their offspring from among the sons of man.
But come here, you sons of the witch, you offspring of the adulterer and the prostitute!
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Prosperity of
The tents of marauders prosper and those who provoke God are secure in what God's hand brings them.
Jehovah, if I argued my case with you, you would prove to be right. Indeed, I must question you about matters of justice. Why are the wicked so prosperous? Why do dishonest people succeed with impunity?
They grow big and fat. Their evil deeds have no limits. They have no respect for the rights of others. They have no respect for the rights of orphans. But they still prosper. They do not defend the rights of the poor.
I was envious of arrogant people when I saw the peace and prosperity that wicked people enjoy.
I have seen a wicked, violent man spreading himself like a luxuriant tree in its native soil.
Behold, these are the ungodly. They prosper in the world; they increase in wealth.
The wicked » Devices of » Will be defeated
A heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run quickly to badness,
A good man obtains favor from Jehovah. He will condemn a man of wicked intentions.
Jehovah nullifies the counsel of the nations. He frustrates the plans of the peoples.
But when the business was put before the king, he gave orders by letters that the evil design that he had made against the Jews was to be turned against him. That he and his sons were to be put to death by hanging.
He keeps shrewd (crafty) (cunning) people from carrying out their plans so that they cannot do anything successfully.
The wicked proudly persecutes the poor people. He will be caught in the schemes that he contrived.
The wicked » Compared to chaff
His winnowing shovel is in his hand. He will clean his threshing floor and gather his wheat into a barn. He will then burn the husks in a fire that cannot be put out.
How often are they like straw before the wind, and like chaff that the storm carries away?
This is not so for the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away.
You will go up in flames like straw and hay! You have rejected the law of the holy God Jehovah the All-Powerful Holy One of Israel. Now your roots will rot, and your blossoms will turn to dust.
The nations will rush like the raging of many waters. But God will rebuke them and they will flee far away. They will be chased like the chaff of the mountains before the wind, like a rolling dust before the whirlwind.
That is why they will be like fog in the morning and like morning dew that disappears quickly. They will be like straw blown away from threshing floors. They will be like smoke rising from chimneys.
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Rejection of, by God
Afterward, you know, he wanted to receive (inherit) his father's blessing. He was turned back, because he could not find any way to change what he had done. He was in tears when he looked for it.
The sin of divination is rebellion. Wickedness and idolatry are arrogance. They are evil. Because you rejected the word of Jehovah, he rejects you as king.
So Jehovah would have nothing to do with all the offspring of Israel. He caused trouble for them. He gave them up into the hands of their attackers, till he had sent them away from before his face.
Again he will say: 'I do not know where you come from. Get away from me, you wicked people!'
The wicked » Desolation of, as a result of sin
How are they destroyed, suddenly! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
The company of the godless will be barren. And fire will consume the tents of those who love bribes.
Evil will kill wicked people, and those who hate righteous people will be condemned.
The wicked » Devices of » Feet of
A heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run quickly to badness,
Their feet run to do evil. They hurry to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are evil. Ruin and destruction are on their highways.
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Disobedience
So he asked Jehovah what to do. But Jehovah did not answer him. He did not answer by dreams or by the use of Urim and Thummim or by prophets.
You returned and cried to Jehovah. Jehovah, however, did not listen to you. He turned a deaf ear to you!
Saul asked God: Should I attack the Philistines? Will you help us win? This time God did not answer.
The wicked » Remorse of, examples of » Judas
Judas, his betrayer, heard he was to be put to death. Out of regret, he took the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and those in authority.
He left the silver in the Temple. Then he went away and hanged himself.
The wicked » Guilt of » Joseph's brethren
They said to one another: Truly we are guilty concerning our brother, because we saw his distress when he pleaded with us, yet we would not listen. Therefore this distress has come upon us.
The king sent for Moses and Aaron and said: This time I have sinned. Jehovah is in the right. My people and I are in the wrong.
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Iniquity
But your wrongs have separated you from your God. Your sins have made him hide his face so that he does not even hear you.
They will cry to Jehovah but he will not answer them. In fact, he will hide his face from them at that time because they have done evil things.
The wicked » Remorse of, examples of » David
David prayed: O God, I am the one who did wrong. I am the one who ordered the census. What have these poor people done? Jehovah, my God, punish my family, and me and spare your people.
The wicked » Remorse of, examples of » Esau
Let no one become immoral or unspiritual like Esau. He sold his birthright for a single meal! Afterward, you know, he wanted to receive (inherit) his father's blessing. He was turned back, because he could not find any way to change what he had done. He was in tears when he looked for it.
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Neglect of mercy
Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he also will cry, but will not be heard.
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Stubbornness
I cried, and they would not listen. Now they will cry, and I will not listen,' said Jehovah of Hosts!
The wicked » Remorse of, examples of » The israelites
Moses told these things to all the Israelites. The people mourned bitterly, as if someone had died.
The wicked » Remorse of, examples of » Peter
Peter remembered what Jesus told him: Before the rooster crows you will deny me three times. He went out and wept bitterly.
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Despising the law
The prayer of the person who will not listen to the law is disgusting.
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Indifference
You will ask for my help, but I will not listen. You will search, but you will not find me.
The wicked » Guilt of » Israel in the wilderness
The people came to Moses and said: We sinned when we criticized Jehovah and you. Pray to Jehovah so that he will take the snakes away from us. So Moses prayed for the people.
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Blood-guiltiness
When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide my eyes from you. Even though you offer many prayers, I will not listen because your hands are full of blood.
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Instability
However he must ask in faith, not doubting: for he who doubts is like a surging wave of the sea driven by the wind and tossed. Do not let that man think that he will receive anything from God.
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Secret sin
If I had thought about doing anything sinful, Jehovah would not have listened to me.
The wicked » Guilt of » The psalmist
Countless evils have surrounded me. My sins have caught up with me so that I can no longer see. They outnumber the hairs on my head. I have lost heart (lost strength, courage and motivation).
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Self-indulgence
You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly (with bad motives) that you may spend it on your pleasures.
The wicked » Guilt of » The scribes and pharisees
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The wicked » Guilt of » The jews of ezra's time
I said, O my God, shame keeps me from lifting up my face (praying) to you (being in your presence), my God: for our sins have increased higher than our heads and our evil-doing has come up to heaven.
Widow's » The wicked » Make a prey of
They deprive the poor of justice. They take away the rights of the needy among my people. They prey on widows and rob orphans.
[Verse not found in oldest manuscripts.]
Widow's » The wicked » Vex
People in you hate their fathers and mothers. They oppress foreigners in you. They oppress orphans and widows in you.'
Widow's » The wicked » Reject the cause of
Your rulers are rebels, friends with thieves. They all love bribes and run after gifts. They never defend orphans. They do not listen to the widows' pleas.
Widow's » The wicked » Slay
They kill widows and foreigners, and they murder orphans.
Widow's » The wicked » Do no good to
Widow's » The wicked » Take pledges from
They drive away the donkey of the orphan. They take the widow's ox for a pledge.
Widow's » The wicked » Send, away empty
God, Wisdom of » Exhibited in knowing » The wicked
You did signs and wonders on Pharaoh and all his servants and all the people of his land. You saw how cruel they were to them. So you made a name for yourself as it is today.
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