Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Affections » Of the wicked, are unnatural and perverted
Without knowledge, not true to their undertakings, unkind, having no mercy:
Without natural love, bitter haters, saying evil of others, violent and uncontrolled, hating all good,
But specially those who go after the unclean desires of the flesh, and make sport of authority. Ready to take chances, uncontrolled, they have no fear of saying evil of those in high places:
Character » Of the wicked » Despising saints
But Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, hearing of it, made sport of us, laughing at us and saying, What are you doing? will you go against the king?
And in the hearing of his countrymen and the army of Samaria he said, What are these feeble Jews doing? will they make themselves strong? will they make offerings? will they get the work done in a day? will they make the stones which have been burned come again out of the dust?
Without natural love, bitter haters, saying evil of others, violent and uncontrolled, hating all good, False to their friends, acting without thought, lifted up in mind, loving pleasure more than God;
Character » Of the wicked » Fierce
Without natural love, bitter haters, saying evil of others, violent and uncontrolled, hating all good,
A violent man puts desire of evil into his neighbour's mind, and makes him go in a way which is not good.
Character » Of the wicked » Incontinent
Without natural love, bitter haters, saying evil of others, violent and uncontrolled, hating all good,
Character of the wicked » Despising the works of the faithful
But Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, hearing of it, made sport of us, laughing at us and saying, What are you doing? will you go against the king?
And in the hearing of his countrymen and the army of Samaria he said, What are these feeble Jews doing? will they make themselves strong? will they make offerings? will they get the work done in a day? will they make the stones which have been burned come again out of the dust?
Without natural love, bitter haters, saying evil of others, violent and uncontrolled, hating all good, False to their friends, acting without thought, lifted up in mind, loving pleasure more than God;
Character of the wicked » Fierce
Without natural love, bitter haters, saying evil of others, violent and uncontrolled, hating all good,
A violent man puts desire of evil into his neighbour's mind, and makes him go in a way which is not good.
Character of the wicked » Incontinent
Without natural love, bitter haters, saying evil of others, violent and uncontrolled, hating all good,
Citizens » Wicked and treasonable
But specially those who go after the unclean desires of the flesh, and make sport of authority. Ready to take chances, uncontrolled, they have no fear of saying evil of those in high places:
In the same way these dreamers make the flesh unclean, having no respect for authorities, and say evil of rulers.
An uncontrolled man is only looking for trouble, so a cruel servant will be sent against him.
Material comfort is not good for the foolish; much less for a servant to be put over rulers.
The king's wrath is like the loud cry of a lion, but his approval is like dew on the grass.
The wrath of a king is like the loud cry of a lion: he who makes him angry does wrong against himself.
But be certain of this, that in the last days times of trouble will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, uplifted in pride, given to bitter words, going against the authority of their fathers, never giving praise, having no religion, Without natural love, bitter haters, saying evil of others, violent and uncontrolled, hating all good, read more.
False to their friends, acting without thought, lifted up in mind, loving pleasure more than God;
False to their friends, acting without thought, lifted up in mind, loving pleasure more than God;
Contempt » A characteristic of the wicked
Without natural love, bitter haters, saying evil of others, violent and uncontrolled, hating all good,
For this cause, as the waste of the grain is burned up by tongues of fire, and as the dry grass goes down before the flame, so their root will be like the dry stems of grain, and their flower will go up in dust: because they have gone against the law of the Lord of armies, and have given no honour to the word of the Holy One of Israel.
When the evil-doer comes, a low opinion comes with him, and with the loss of honour comes shame.
Covenants » Violated by the wicked
Without knowledge, not true to their undertakings, unkind, having no mercy:
Without natural love, bitter haters, saying evil of others, violent and uncontrolled, hating all good,
fruit of the Spirit » Self-control
Without natural love, bitter haters, saying evil of others, violent and uncontrolled, hating all good,
And self-control to knowledge, and a quiet mind to self-control, and fear of God to a quiet mind,
Knowledge » Who has no knowledge
Come together, even come near, you nations who are still living: they have no knowledge who take up their image of wood, and make prayer to a god in whom is no salvation.
If any man gives different teaching, not in agreement with the true words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with the teaching which is in agreement with true religion, He has an over-high opinion of himself; being without knowledge, having only an unhealthy love of questionings and wars of words, from which come envy, fighting, cruel words, evil thoughts, Bitter talk of men who, being evil in mind and dead to what is true, take the faith to be a way of making profit.
Those who make a pictured image are all of them as nothing, and the things of their desire will be of no profit to them: and their servants see not, and have no knowledge; so they will be put to shame. Whoever makes a god, makes nothing but a metal image in which there is no profit. Truly, all those who make use of secret arts will be put to shame, and their words of power are only words of men: let them all come forward together; they will all be in fear and be put to shame. read more.
The iron-worker is heating the metal in the fire, giving it form with his hammers, and working on it with his strong arm: then for need of food his strength gives way, and for need of water he becomes feeble. The woodworker is measuring out the wood with his line, marking it out with his pencil: after smoothing it with his plane, and making circles on it with his instrument, he gives it the form and glory of a man, so that it may be placed in the house. He has cedars cut down for himself, he takes an oak and lets it get strong among the trees of the wood; he has an ash-tree planted, and the rain gives it growth. Then it will be used to make a fire, so that a man may get warm; he has the oven heated with it and makes bread: he makes a god with it, to which he gives worship: he makes a pictured image out of it, and goes down on his face before it. With part of it he makes a fire, and on the fire he gets meat cooked and takes a full meal: he makes himself warm, and says, Aha! I am warm, I have seen the fire: And the rest of it he makes into a god, even his pictured image: he goes down on his face before it, giving worship to it, and making prayer to it, saying, Be my saviour; for you are my god. They have no knowledge or wisdom; for he has put a veil over their eyes, so that they may not see; and on their hearts, so that they may not give attention. And no one takes note, no one has enough knowledge or wisdom to say, I have put part of it in the fire, and made bread on it; I have had a meal of the flesh cooked with it: and am I now to make the rest of it into a false god? am I to go down on my face before a bit of wood?
The iron-worker is heating the metal in the fire, giving it form with his hammers, and working on it with his strong arm: then for need of food his strength gives way, and for need of water he becomes feeble. The woodworker is measuring out the wood with his line, marking it out with his pencil: after smoothing it with his plane, and making circles on it with his instrument, he gives it the form and glory of a man, so that it may be placed in the house. He has cedars cut down for himself, he takes an oak and lets it get strong among the trees of the wood; he has an ash-tree planted, and the rain gives it growth. Then it will be used to make a fire, so that a man may get warm; he has the oven heated with it and makes bread: he makes a god with it, to which he gives worship: he makes a pictured image out of it, and goes down on his face before it. With part of it he makes a fire, and on the fire he gets meat cooked and takes a full meal: he makes himself warm, and says, Aha! I am warm, I have seen the fire: And the rest of it he makes into a god, even his pictured image: he goes down on his face before it, giving worship to it, and making prayer to it, saying, Be my saviour; for you are my god. They have no knowledge or wisdom; for he has put a veil over their eyes, so that they may not see; and on their hearts, so that they may not give attention. And no one takes note, no one has enough knowledge or wisdom to say, I have put part of it in the fire, and made bread on it; I have had a meal of the flesh cooked with it: and am I now to make the rest of it into a false god? am I to go down on my face before a bit of wood?
But be certain of this, that in the last days times of trouble will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, uplifted in pride, given to bitter words, going against the authority of their fathers, never giving praise, having no religion, Without natural love, bitter haters, saying evil of others, violent and uncontrolled, hating all good, read more.
False to their friends, acting without thought, lifted up in mind, loving pleasure more than God; Having a form of religion, but turning their backs on the power of it: go not with these. For these are they who go secretly into houses, making prisoners of foolish women, weighted down with sin, turned from the way by their evil desires, Ever learning, and never coming to the knowledge of what is true.
False to their friends, acting without thought, lifted up in mind, loving pleasure more than God; Having a form of religion, but turning their backs on the power of it: go not with these. For these are they who go secretly into houses, making prisoners of foolish women, weighted down with sin, turned from the way by their evil desires, Ever learning, and never coming to the knowledge of what is true.
Turning » Who to turn from
But be certain of this, that in the last days times of trouble will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, uplifted in pride, given to bitter words, going against the authority of their fathers, never giving praise, having no religion, Without natural love, bitter haters, saying evil of others, violent and uncontrolled, hating all good, read more.
False to their friends, acting without thought, lifted up in mind, loving pleasure more than God; Having a form of religion, but turning their backs on the power of it: go not with these.
False to their friends, acting without thought, lifted up in mind, loving pleasure more than God; Having a form of religion, but turning their backs on the power of it: go not with these.
The wicked » Characteristics of
For they take no rest till they have done evil; their sleep is taken away if they have not been the cause of someone's fall.
Without natural love, bitter haters, saying evil of others, violent and uncontrolled, hating all good,
O nation full of sin, a people weighted down with crime, a generation of evil-doers, false-hearted children: they have gone away from the Lord, they have no respect for the Holy One of Israel, their hearts are turned back from him.
Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;
Violent waves of the sea, streaming with their shame, wandering stars for whom the darkest night is kept in store for ever.
You have more love for evil than for good, for deceit than for works of righteousness. (Selah.)
For no faith may be put in their words; their inner part is nothing but evil; their throat is like an open place for the dead; smooth are the words of their tongues.
The sinner has evil designs against the upright, lifting up the voice of wrath against him.
But the evil-doers are like the troubled sea, for which there is no rest, and its waters send up earth and waste.
Wickedness » Characteristics of
For they take no rest till they have done evil; their sleep is taken away if they have not been the cause of someone's fall.
Without natural love, bitter haters, saying evil of others, violent and uncontrolled, hating all good,
O nation full of sin, a people weighted down with crime, a generation of evil-doers, false-hearted children: they have gone away from the Lord, they have no respect for the Holy One of Israel, their hearts are turned back from him.
Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;
Violent waves of the sea, streaming with their shame, wandering stars for whom the darkest night is kept in store for ever.
You have more love for evil than for good, for deceit than for works of righteousness. (Selah.)
For no faith may be put in their words; their inner part is nothing but evil; their throat is like an open place for the dead; smooth are the words of their tongues.
The sinner has evil designs against the upright, lifting up the voice of wrath against him.
But the evil-doers are like the troubled sea, for which there is no rest, and its waters send up earth and waste.