Thematic Bible: Afflictions of the The Wicked
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Afflictions of the The Wicked » Their persecution of saints, a cause of
And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies and on them that hate thee and persecute thee.
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Yea, even God, that endureth forever, shall hear me, and bring them down; Selah. For they will not turn, nor fear God.
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Behold, I will lift up mine hand over them: so that they shall be spoiled of those which afore served them: and ye shall know, that the LORD of Hosts hath sent me.
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It is verily a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you,
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Afflictions of the The Wicked » Are for examples to others
But God shall suddenly shoot with a swift arrow, that they shall be wounded. Yea, their own tongues shall make them fall, insomuch that whoso seeth them, shall laugh them to scorn. And all men that see it shall say, "This hath God done!" For they shall perceive that it is his work.
Therefore will I root out this people, and destroy their towers: yea, and make their streets so void, that no man shall go therein. Their cities shall be broken down, so that no body shall be left, nor dwell there any more. I said unto them, "O fear me, and be content to be reformed." That their dwelling should not be destroyed, and that there should happen unto them none of these things, wherewith I shall visit them. But nevertheless they stand up early, to follow the filthiness of their own imaginations.
But in many of them had God no delight. For they were overthrown in the wilderness. These are examples to us that we should not lust after evil things, as they lusted. Neither be ye worshippers of images as were some of them according as it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up again to play." read more.
Neither let us commit fornication as some of them committed fornication, and were destroyed - in one day, twenty three thousand. Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them tempted and were destroyed of serpents. Neither murmur ye as some of them murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer. All these things happened upon them for examples, and were written to put us in remembrance, whom the ends of the world are come upon.
Neither let us commit fornication as some of them committed fornication, and were destroyed - in one day, twenty three thousand. Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them tempted and were destroyed of serpents. Neither murmur ye as some of them murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer. All these things happened upon them for examples, and were written to put us in remembrance, whom the ends of the world are come upon.
and turned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, overthrew them, damned them, and made of them an example unto all that after should live ungodly;
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Afflictions of the The Wicked » Are often sudden
Therefore fall the people unto them, and there out suck they no small advantage.
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Therefore shall his destruction come hastily upon him: suddenly shall he be all broken, and not healed.
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therefore shall ye have this mischief again for your destruction and fall, like as a high wall, that falleth because of some rift or blast, whose breaking cometh suddenly.
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and shall stand afar off, for fear of her punishment, saying, 'Alas, Alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city: For at one hour is her judgment come.'
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Afflictions of the The Wicked » Are ineffectual of themselves, for their conversion
But I know that thou and thy servants yet fear not the LORD God."
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For the people turneth not unto him, that chastiseth them, neither do they seek the LORD of Hosts.
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It is but lost labour, that I smite your children, for they receive not my correction. Your own sword destroyeth your prophets, like a devouring lion.
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For I smote you with heat, blasting and hailstones in all the labors of your hands: yet was there none of you, that would turn unto me, sayeth the LORD.
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Afflictions of the The Wicked » Produce slavish fear
Sorrow and carefulness make him afraid, and compass him round about, like as it where a king with his host ready to the battle.
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O how suddenly do they consume, perish and come to a fearful end!
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Heshbon shall mourn, for it shall be rooted out of the ground, sayeth the LORD. The cities of Rabbah shall cry out, and gird themselves with sackcloth. They shall mourn, and run about the walls; for their king shall be led away prisoner: yea his priests and princes with him.
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Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, sayeth the LORD God of Hosts, from all those that be about thee: so that ye shall be scattered every man from another, and no man shall gather them together again that be fled.
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Afflictions of the The Wicked » Are multiplied
And then my wrath will wax hot against them, and I will forsake them and will hide my face from them, and they shall be consumed. And when much adversity and tribulation is come upon them, then they will say, 'Because our God is not among us,
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When wickedness was sweet in his mouth, he hid it under his tongue. That he favoured, that would he not forsake; but kept it close in his throat. The bread that he did eat is turned to the poison of serpents, within his body. read more.
The riches that he devoured, shall he vomit out again; for God shall draw them out of his belly. He shall suck the serpent's gall, and the adder's tongue shall slay him: so that he shall no more see the rivers, and brooks of honey and butter. But he shall labour, and yet have nothing to eat. Great travail shall he make for riches, but he shall not enjoy them.
The riches that he devoured, shall he vomit out again; for God shall draw them out of his belly. He shall suck the serpent's gall, and the adder's tongue shall slay him: so that he shall no more see the rivers, and brooks of honey and butter. But he shall labour, and yet have nothing to eat. Great travail shall he make for riches, but he shall not enjoy them.
Great plagues remain for the ungodly; but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD, mercy embraceth him on every side.
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Afflictions of the The Wicked » Are continual
The ungodly despaireth all the days of his life, and the number of a tyrant's years is unknown.
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but heaviness, sorrow and disquietness all the days of his life? Insomuch that his heart cannot rest in the night. Is not this also a vain thing?
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After years and days shall ye be brought in fear, O ye careless cities. For Harvest shall be out, and the grape gathering shall not come.
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Afflictions of the The Wicked » Are often judicially sent
Foolish men were plagued for their offense, and because of their wickedness.
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"How oft shall the candle of the wicked be put out? How oft cometh their destruction upon them? Oh what sorrow shall God give them for their part in his wrath!
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Why makest thou moan for thy harm? I myself have pity of thy sorrow; but for the multitude of thy misdeeds and sins I have done this unto thee.
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Afflictions of the The Wicked » God holds in derision
But the LORD laugheth him to scorn, for he seeth that his day is coming.
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Therefore shall I also laugh in your destruction, and mock you, when the thing that ye fear cometh upon you: even when the thing that ye be afraid of, falleth in suddenly like a storm, and your misery like a tempest: yea, when trouble and heaviness cometh upon you.
Afflictions of the The Wicked » God is glorified in
And I will harden his heart, that he shall follow after them, that I may get me honour upon Pharaoh and upon all his host, that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD." And they did even so.
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With pestilence and blood will I punish him: stormy rain and hail stones, fire and brimstone, will I cause to rain upon him and all his heap, yea and upon all that great people that is with him. Thus will I be magnified, honored, and known among the Heathen: that they may be sure how that I am the LORD.'"
Afflictions of the The Wicked » Exemplified
or else I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart and upon thy servants and on thy people, that you mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth.
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And in the morning watch, the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians out of the fiery and cloudy pillar, and troubled their host; and smote off their chariot wheels and cast them down to the ground. Then said the Egyptians, "Let us flee from Israel, for the LORD fighteth for them against us."
Afflictions of the The Wicked » Exemplified » Uzziah
And Uzziah was wroth and had cense in his hand to offer, and in his indignation against the priest, the leprosy sprang in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, even beside the incense altar. And Azariah the chief priest with all the other priests looked upon him: and behold he was a leper in his forehead, and they vexed him thence. And thereto he was fain to go out, because the LORD had plagued him. And Uzziah the king continued a leper unto the day of his death and dwelt in a house at liberty: howbeit, he was cast out of the house of the LORD. And Jotham his son had the governance of the king's house and judged the people of the land.
Afflictions of the The Wicked » Saints should not be alarmed at
Thou needest not to be afraid of any sudden fear, neither for the violent rushing of the ungodly, when it cometh. For the LORD shall be beside thee, and keep thy foot that thou be not taken.
Afflictions of the The Wicked » Impenitence is a cause of
but abhorred my counsel, and despised my correction. Therefore shall they eat the fruits of their own way, and be filled with their own counsels:
Afflictions of the The Wicked » Frequently harden
But when they came to rest, they turned back again to do evil before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them. So they converted, and cried unto thee, and thou heardest them from heaven; and many times hast thou delivered them according to thy great mercy, and testified unto them, that they should turn again unto thy law. Notwithstanding, they were proud, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned in thy laws, which a man should do and live in them, and turned the shoulder away, and were stiff-necked, and would not hear.
Afflictions of the The Wicked » Exemplified » Ahaziah
And the Moabites rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. And Ahaziah fell through a lattice window out of an upper chamber that he had in Samaria, and fell sick. Then he sent messengers saying unto them, "Go and enquire of Beelzebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover of this disease." But the Angel of the LORD spake to Elijah the Tishbite, "Up, and go against the messengers of the king of Samaria and say unto them, 'Is it because there is no God in Israel, that ye go to ask through Beelzebub the god of Ekron? read more.
Therefore, thus sayeth the LORD: thou shalt not come down from the bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt die.'" And Elijah departed.
Therefore, thus sayeth the LORD: thou shalt not come down from the bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt die.'" And Elijah departed.
Afflictions of the The Wicked » Sometimes humble them
When Ahab heard those words, he rent his clothes and put sackcloth about his flesh and fasted, and lay in sack and went comfortless.
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Afflictions of the The Wicked » Exemplified » Gehazi
The leprosy therefore of Naaman cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed forever." And he went out from him a leper as white as snow.
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