Thematic Bible: Warnings against
Thematic Bible
Backsliding » Warnings against
I hear what God Jehovah speaketh, For He speaketh peace unto His people, And unto His saints, and they turn not back to folly.
so that he who is thinking to stand -- let him observe, lest he fall.
Conceit » Warnings against
for if any one doth think himself to be something -- being nothing -- himself he doth deceive;
Be not wise in thine own eyes, Fear Jehovah, and turn aside from evil.
Thou hast seen a man wise in his own eyes, More hope of a fool than of him!
Woe to the wise in their own eyes, And -- before their own faces -- intelligent!
of the same mind one toward another, not minding the high things, but with the lowly going along; become not wise in your own conceit;
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and if any one doth think to know anything, he hath not yet known anything according as it behoveth him to know;
Disobedience to God » Warnings against
And if ye do not hearken to the voice of Jehovah -- then ye have provoked the mouth of Jehovah, and the hand of Jehovah hath been against you, and against your fathers.
And if they do not hearken, Then I have plucked up that nation, Plucking up and destroying, An affirmation of Jehovah!'
Evil » Speech evil speaking » Warnings against
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice,
for 'he who is willing to love life, and to see good days, let him guard his tongue from evil, and his lips -- not to speak guile;
Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings,
and the tongue is a fire, the world of the unrighteousness, so the tongue is set in our members, which is spotting our whole body, and is setting on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by the gehenna.
Speak not one against another, brethren; he who is speaking against a brother, and is judging his brother, doth speak against law, and doth judge law, and if law thou dost judge, thou art not a doer of law but a judge;
Remind them to be subject to principalities and authorities, to obey rule, unto every good work to be ready, of no one to speak evil, not to be quarrelsome -- gentle, showing all meekness to all men,
Evil » Speaking » Warnings against
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice,
for 'he who is willing to love life, and to see good days, let him guard his tongue from evil, and his lips -- not to speak guile;
Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings,
and the tongue is a fire, the world of the unrighteousness, so the tongue is set in our members, which is spotting our whole body, and is setting on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by the gehenna.
Speak not one against another, brethren; he who is speaking against a brother, and is judging his brother, doth speak against law, and doth judge law, and if law thou dost judge, thou art not a doer of law but a judge;
Remind them to be subject to principalities and authorities, to obey rule, unto every good work to be ready, of no one to speak evil, not to be quarrelsome -- gentle, showing all meekness to all men,
Formalism » Warnings against
having a form of piety, and its power having denied; and from these be turning away,
Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye give tithe of the mint, and the dill, and the cumin, and did neglect the weightier things of the Law -- the judgment, and the kindness, and the faith; these it behoved you to do, and those not to neglect.
If, then, ye did die with the Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances?
And the Lord saith: Because drawn near hath this people, with its mouth, And with its lips they have honoured Me, And its heart it hath put far off from Me, And their fear of Me is -- A precept of men is taught!
Seeing -- Me day by day they seek, And the knowledge of My ways they desire, As a nation that righteousness hath done, And the judgment of its God hath not forsaken, They ask of me judgments of righteousness, The drawing near of God they desire:
This people doth draw nigh to Me with their mouth, and with the lips it doth honour Me, but their heart is far off from Me;
Add not to bring in a vain present, Incense -- an abomination it is to Me, New moon, and sabbath, calling of convocation! Rendure not iniquity -- and a restraint!
days ye observe, and months, and times, and years! I am afraid of you, lest in vain I did labour toward you.
Forsaking God » Warnings against
'And thou, Solomon, my son, know the God of thy father, and serve Him with a perfect heart, and with a willing mind, for all hearts is Jehovah seeking, and every imagination of the thoughts He is understanding; if thou dost seek Him, He is found of thee, and if thou dost forsake Him, He casteth thee off for ever.
When ye forsake Jehovah, and have served gods of a stranger, then He hath turned back and done evil to you, and consumed you, after that He hath done good to you.'
Harlots » Warnings against
A man loving wisdom rejoiceth his father, And a friend of harlots destroyeth wealth.
And, lo, a woman to meet him -- (A harlot's dress, and watchful of heart,
For her house hath inclined unto death, And unto Rephaim her paths.
To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
Therefore commit whoredom do your daughters, And your spouses commit adultery, I do not see after your daughters when they commit whoredom, And after your spouses when they commit adultery, For they with the harlots are separated, And with the whores they do sacrifice, A people that doth not understand kicketh.
but when thy son -- this one who did devour thy living with harlots -- came, thou didst kill to him the fatted calf.
have ye not known that he who is joined to the harlot is one body? 'for they shall be -- saith He -- the two for one flesh.'
Idolatry » Warnings against
and ye have been very watchful of your souls, for ye have not seen any similitude in the day of Jehovah's speaking unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire, lest ye do corruptly, and have made to you a graven image, a similitude of any figure, a form of male or female -- a form of any beast which is in the earth -- a form of any winged bird which flieth in the heavens -- read more.
a form of any creeping thing on the ground -- a form of any fish which is in the waters under the earth; 'And lest thou lift up thine eyes towards the heavens, and hast seen the sun, and the moon, and the stars, all the host of the heavens, and thou hast been forced, and hast bowed thyself to them, and served them, which Jehovah thy God hath apportioned to all the peoples under the whole heavens.
a form of any creeping thing on the ground -- a form of any fish which is in the waters under the earth; 'And lest thou lift up thine eyes towards the heavens, and hast seen the sun, and the moon, and the stars, all the host of the heavens, and thou hast been forced, and hast bowed thyself to them, and served them, which Jehovah thy God hath apportioned to all the peoples under the whole heavens.
Impenitence » Warnings against
I have smitten you with blasting, And with mildew, and with hail -- All the work of your hands, And there is none of you with Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.
Because I have called, and ye refuse, I stretched out my hand, and none is attending,
And now, because of your doing all these works, An affirmation of Jehovah, And I speak unto you, rising early and speaking, And ye have not hearkened, And I call you, and ye have not answered,
Then began he to reproach the cities in which were done most of his mighty works, because they did not reform.
And I also -- I have given to you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, And lack of bread in all your places, And ye have not turned back unto Me, an affirmation of Jehovah.
Because sentence hath not been done on an evil work speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of man is full within them to do evil.
And if by these ye are not instructed by Me, and have walked with Me in opposition,
And humbled hath been the excellency of Israel to his face, And they have not turned back unto Jehovah their God, Nor have they sought Him for all this.
Ingratitude to God » Warnings against
'Take heed to thyself, lest thou forget Jehovah thy God so as not to keep His commands, and His judgments, and His statutes which I am commanding thee to-day; lest thou eat, and hast been satisfied, and good houses dost build, and hast inhabited; and thy herd and thy flock be multiplied, and silver and gold be multiplied to thee; and all that is thine be multiplied: read more.
'And thy heart hath been high, and thou hast forgotten Jehovah thy God (who is bringing thee out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants;
'And thy heart hath been high, and thou hast forgotten Jehovah thy God (who is bringing thee out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants;
only, fear ye Jehovah, and ye have served Him in truth with all your heart, for see that which He hath made great with you; and if ye really do evil, both ye and your king are consumed.'
Instability » Warnings against
What? thou art very vile to repeat thy way, Even of Egypt thou art ashamed, As thou hast been ashamed of Asshur,
What do I do to thee, O Ephraim? What do I do to thee, O Judah? Your goodness is as a cloud of the morning, And as dew rising early -- going.
that we may no more be babes, tossed and borne about by every wind of the teaching, in the sleight of men, in craftiness, unto the artifice of leading astray,
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with teachings manifold and strange be not carried about, for it is good that by grace the heart be confirmed, not with meats, in which they who were occupied were not profited;
Fear Jehovah, my son, and the king, With changers mix not up thyself,
and let him ask in faith, nothing doubting, for he who is doubting hath been like a wave of the sea, driven by wind and tossed,
Presumption » Warnings against
and chiefly those going behind the flesh in desire of uncleanness, and lordship despising; presumptuous, self-complacent, dignities they are not afraid to speak evil of,
And the person who doth aught with a high hand -- of the native or of the sojourner -- Jehovah he is reviling, and that person hath been cut off from the midst of his people;
Woe to him who is striving with his Former, (A potsherd with potsherds of the ground!) Doth clay say to its Framer, 'What dost thou?' And thy work, 'He hath no hands?'
Go, now, ye who are saying, 'To-day and to-morrow we will go on to such a city, and will pass there one year, and traffic, and make gain;'
Only, the prophet who presumeth to speak a word in My name -- that which I have not commanded him to speak -- and who speaketh in the name of other gods -- even that prophet hath died.
neither may we tempt the Christ, as also certain of them did tempt, and by the serpents did perish;
'Ye do not try Jehovah your God as ye tried in Massah;
Rashness » Warnings against
The purposes of the diligent are only to advantage, And of every hasty one, only to want.
Thou hast seen a man hasty in his words! More hope of a fool than of him.
Cause not thy mouth to hasten, and let not thy heart hasten to bring out a word before God, for God is in the heavens, and thou on the earth, therefore let thy words be few.
Also, without knowledge the soul is not good, And the hasty in feet is sinning.
these things, then, not being to be gainsaid, it is necessary for you to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.
Religion » Formalism » Warnings against
having a form of piety, and its power having denied; and from these be turning away,
Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye give tithe of the mint, and the dill, and the cumin, and did neglect the weightier things of the Law -- the judgment, and the kindness, and the faith; these it behoved you to do, and those not to neglect.
If, then, ye did die with the Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances?
And the Lord saith: Because drawn near hath this people, with its mouth, And with its lips they have honoured Me, And its heart it hath put far off from Me, And their fear of Me is -- A precept of men is taught!
Seeing -- Me day by day they seek, And the knowledge of My ways they desire, As a nation that righteousness hath done, And the judgment of its God hath not forsaken, They ask of me judgments of righteousness, The drawing near of God they desire:
This people doth draw nigh to Me with their mouth, and with the lips it doth honour Me, but their heart is far off from Me;
Add not to bring in a vain present, Incense -- an abomination it is to Me, New moon, and sabbath, calling of convocation! Rendure not iniquity -- and a restraint!
days ye observe, and months, and times, and years! I am afraid of you, lest in vain I did labour toward you.
Secret sins » Warnings against
Errors! who doth understand? From hidden ones declare me innocent,
and the sons of Israel do covertly things that are not right against Jehovah their God, and build for them high places in all their cities, from a tower of the watchers unto the fenced city,
Woe to those going deep from Jehovah to hide counsel, And whose works have been in darkness. And they say, 'Who is seeing us? And who is knowing us?'
And He saith unto me, 'Hast thou seen, son of man, that which elders of the house of Israel are doing in darkness, each in the inner chambers of his imagery, for they are saying, Jehovah is not seeing us, Jehovah hath forsaken the land?'
He hath dug in the darkness -- houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.
for the things in secret done by them it is a shame even to speak of,
Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee, Our hidden things at the light of Thy face,
Sin » Unpardonable, the » Warnings against
Ye, then, beloved, knowing before, take heed, lest, together with the error of the impious being led away, ye may fall from your own stedfastness,
Jehovah is not willing to be propitious to him, for then doth the anger of Jehovah smoke, also His zeal, against that man, and lain down on him hath all the oath which is written in this book, and Jehovah hath blotted out his name from under the heavens,
See, may ye not refuse him who is speaking, for if those did not escape who refused him who upon earth was divinely speaking -- much less we who do turn away from him who speaketh from heaven,
Give ye to Jehovah your God honour, Before He doth cause darkness, And before your feet stumble on dark mountains, And ye have waited for light, And He hath made it for death-shade, And hath appointed it for thick darkness.
And Jonah beginneth to go in to the city a journey of one day, and proclaimeth, and saith, 'Yet forty days -- and Nineveh is overturned.'
And if ye do not hearken to the voice of Jehovah -- then ye have provoked the mouth of Jehovah, and the hand of Jehovah hath been against you, and against your fathers.
When ye forsake Jehovah, and have served gods of a stranger, then He hath turned back and done evil to you, and consumed you, after that He hath done good to you.'
Therefore, hear a word of Jehovah, ye men of scorning, Ruling this people that is in Jerusalem.
And it cometh to pass when he hath brought them out without, that he saith, 'Escape for thy life; look not expectingly behind thee, nor stand thou in all the circuit; to the mountain escape, lest thou be consumed.'
Sin » Secret » Warnings against
Errors! who doth understand? From hidden ones declare me innocent,
and the sons of Israel do covertly things that are not right against Jehovah their God, and build for them high places in all their cities, from a tower of the watchers unto the fenced city,
Woe to those going deep from Jehovah to hide counsel, And whose works have been in darkness. And they say, 'Who is seeing us? And who is knowing us?'
And He saith unto me, 'Hast thou seen, son of man, that which elders of the house of Israel are doing in darkness, each in the inner chambers of his imagery, for they are saying, Jehovah is not seeing us, Jehovah hath forsaken the land?'
He hath dug in the darkness -- houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.
for the things in secret done by them it is a shame even to speak of,
Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee, Our hidden things at the light of Thy face,
Sins » Secret » Warnings against
Errors! who doth understand? From hidden ones declare me innocent,
and the sons of Israel do covertly things that are not right against Jehovah their God, and build for them high places in all their cities, from a tower of the watchers unto the fenced city,
Woe to those going deep from Jehovah to hide counsel, And whose works have been in darkness. And they say, 'Who is seeing us? And who is knowing us?'
And He saith unto me, 'Hast thou seen, son of man, that which elders of the house of Israel are doing in darkness, each in the inner chambers of his imagery, for they are saying, Jehovah is not seeing us, Jehovah hath forsaken the land?'
He hath dug in the darkness -- houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.
for the things in secret done by them it is a shame even to speak of,
Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee, Our hidden things at the light of Thy face,
Sleep » Spiritual » Warnings against
according as it hath been written, 'God gave to them a spirit of deep sleep, eyes not to see, and ears not to hear,' -- unto this very day,
wherefore he saith, 'Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.'
Blind are his watchmen -- all of them, They have not known, All of them are dumb dogs, they are not able to bark, Dozing, lying down, loving to slumber.
And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already is to be aroused out of sleep, for now nearer is our salvation than when we did believe;
watch ye, therefore, for ye have not known when the lord of the house doth come, at even, or at midnight, or at cock-crowing, or at the morning; lest, having come suddenly, he may find you sleeping;
so, then, we may not sleep as also the others, but watch and be sober,
Speaking, evil » Warnings against
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice,
for 'he who is willing to love life, and to see good days, let him guard his tongue from evil, and his lips -- not to speak guile;
Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings,
and the tongue is a fire, the world of the unrighteousness, so the tongue is set in our members, which is spotting our whole body, and is setting on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by the gehenna.
Speak not one against another, brethren; he who is speaking against a brother, and is judging his brother, doth speak against law, and doth judge law, and if law thou dost judge, thou art not a doer of law but a judge;
Remind them to be subject to principalities and authorities, to obey rule, unto every good work to be ready, of no one to speak evil, not to be quarrelsome -- gentle, showing all meekness to all men,
Spiritual » Sleep » Warnings against
according as it hath been written, 'God gave to them a spirit of deep sleep, eyes not to see, and ears not to hear,' -- unto this very day,
wherefore he saith, 'Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.'
Blind are his watchmen -- all of them, They have not known, All of them are dumb dogs, they are not able to bark, Dozing, lying down, loving to slumber.
And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already is to be aroused out of sleep, for now nearer is our salvation than when we did believe;
watch ye, therefore, for ye have not known when the lord of the house doth come, at even, or at midnight, or at cock-crowing, or at the morning; lest, having come suddenly, he may find you sleeping;
so, then, we may not sleep as also the others, but watch and be sober,
Stubbornness » Warnings against
Be ye not as a horse -- as a mule, Without understanding, With bridle and bit, its ornaments, to curb, Not to come near unto thee.
From my knowing that thou art obstinate, And a sinew of iron thy neck, And thy forehead brass,
And they are not like their fathers, A generation apostate and rebellious, A generation! it hath not prepared its heart, Nor stedfast with God is its spirit.
If ye hearken not, and if ye lay it not to heart, To give honour to My name, said Jehovah of Hosts, I have sent against you the curse, And I have cursed your blessings, Yea, I have also cursed it, Because ye are not laying it to heart.
Unbelief » Warnings against
See, brethren, lest there shall be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in the falling away from the living God,
May we be diligent, then, to enter into that rest, that no one in the same example of the unbelief may fall,
Women » Harlots » Warnings against
A man loving wisdom rejoiceth his father, And a friend of harlots destroyeth wealth.
And, lo, a woman to meet him -- (A harlot's dress, and watchful of heart,
For her house hath inclined unto death, And unto Rephaim her paths.
To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
Therefore commit whoredom do your daughters, And your spouses commit adultery, I do not see after your daughters when they commit whoredom, And after your spouses when they commit adultery, For they with the harlots are separated, And with the whores they do sacrifice, A people that doth not understand kicketh.
but when thy son -- this one who did devour thy living with harlots -- came, thou didst kill to him the fatted calf.
have ye not known that he who is joined to the harlot is one body? 'for they shall be -- saith He -- the two for one flesh.'
Worldliness » Warnings against
Adulterers and adulteresses! have ye not known that friendship of the world is enmity with God? whoever, then, may counsel to be a friend of the world, an enemy of God he is set.
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'And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts may be weighed down with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day may come on you,
teaching us, that denying the impiety and the worldly desires, soberly and righteously and piously we may live in the present age,
and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what is the will of God -- the good, and acceptable, and perfect.
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for what is a man profited if he may gain the whole world, but of his life suffer loss? or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life?
Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, the love of the Father is not in him,
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the things above mind ye, not the things upon the earth,
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