Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Bribery » Condemned
Your officials are rebels, they associate with thieves. All of them love bribery, and look for payoffs. They do not take up the cause of the orphan, or defend the rights of the widow.
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"You must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and subverts the words of the righteous.
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who are always ready to do wrong or offer a bribe.
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A wicked person receives a bribe secretly to pervert the ways of justice.
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They pronounce the guilty innocent for a payoff, they ignore the just cause of the innocent.
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The one who lives uprightly and speaks honestly; the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures and rejects a bribe; the one who does not plot violent crimes and does not seek to harm others --
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Certainly I am aware of your many rebellious acts and your numerous sins. You torment the innocent, you take bribes, and you deny justice to the needy at the city gate.
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Courts of justice » Corruption and bribery often practised in
Certainly I am aware of your many rebellious acts and your numerous sins. You torment the innocent, you take bribes, and you deny justice to the needy at the city gate.
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Those who enact unjust policies are as good as dead, those who are always instituting unfair regulations,
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We're eager to trade silver for the poor, a pair of sandals for the needy! We want to mix in some chaff with the grain!"
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Exposure » Of sin » Rendered doubly certain by God's infinite knowledge
Certainly I am aware of your many rebellious acts and your numerous sins. You torment the innocent, you take bribes, and you deny justice to the needy at the city gate.
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Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon me and said to me, "Say: This is what the Lord says: 'This is what you are thinking, O house of Israel; I know what goes through your minds.
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For I see everything they do. Their wicked ways are not hidden from me. Their sin is not hidden away where I cannot see it.
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If I sinned, then you would watch me and you would not acquit me of my iniquity.
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"Surely now you count my steps; then you would not mark my sin.
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You can try to wash away your guilt with a strong detergent. You can use as much soap as you want. But the stain of your guilt is still there for me to see," says the Lord God.
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They do not realize that I remember all of their wicked deeds. Their evil deeds have now surrounded them; their sinful deeds are always before me.
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Justice » The wicked » Afflict those who act with
Certainly I am aware of your many rebellious acts and your numerous sins. You torment the innocent, you take bribes, and you deny justice to the needy at the city gate.
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I am a laughingstock to my friends, I, who called on God and whom he answered -- a righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock!
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Secret sins » Known to God
Certainly I am aware of your many rebellious acts and your numerous sins. You torment the innocent, you take bribes, and you deny justice to the needy at the city gate.
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Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon me and said to me, "Say: This is what the Lord says: 'This is what you are thinking, O house of Israel; I know what goes through your minds.
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For I see everything they do. Their wicked ways are not hidden from me. Their sin is not hidden away where I cannot see it.
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If I sinned, then you would watch me and you would not acquit me of my iniquity.
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"Surely now you count my steps; then you would not mark my sin.
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You can try to wash away your guilt with a strong detergent. You can use as much soap as you want. But the stain of your guilt is still there for me to see," says the Lord God.
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They do not realize that I remember all of their wicked deeds. Their evil deeds have now surrounded them; their sinful deeds are always before me.
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Sin » Internal » Known to God
Certainly I am aware of your many rebellious acts and your numerous sins. You torment the innocent, you take bribes, and you deny justice to the needy at the city gate.
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Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon me and said to me, "Say: This is what the Lord says: 'This is what you are thinking, O house of Israel; I know what goes through your minds.
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For I see everything they do. Their wicked ways are not hidden from me. Their sin is not hidden away where I cannot see it.
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If I sinned, then you would watch me and you would not acquit me of my iniquity.
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"Surely now you count my steps; then you would not mark my sin.
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You can try to wash away your guilt with a strong detergent. You can use as much soap as you want. But the stain of your guilt is still there for me to see," says the Lord God.
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They do not realize that I remember all of their wicked deeds. Their evil deeds have now surrounded them; their sinful deeds are always before me.
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Sin » Described as » Often manifold
Certainly I am aware of your many rebellious acts and your numerous sins. You torment the innocent, you take bribes, and you deny justice to the needy at the city gate.
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Sin » Described as » Often mighty
Certainly I am aware of your many rebellious acts and your numerous sins. You torment the innocent, you take bribes, and you deny justice to the needy at the city gate.
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The Nation » Bribery » Condemned
Your officials are rebels, they associate with thieves. All of them love bribery, and look for payoffs. They do not take up the cause of the orphan, or defend the rights of the widow.
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"You must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and subverts the words of the righteous.
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who are always ready to do wrong or offer a bribe.
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A wicked person receives a bribe secretly to pervert the ways of justice.
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They pronounce the guilty innocent for a payoff, they ignore the just cause of the innocent.
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The one who lives uprightly and speaks honestly; the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures and rejects a bribe; the one who does not plot violent crimes and does not seek to harm others --
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Certainly I am aware of your many rebellious acts and your numerous sins. You torment the innocent, you take bribes, and you deny justice to the needy at the city gate.
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