Thematic Bible: Appointed by God corrupt


Thematic Bible



Nathan then said to David, “You are the man! Thus says the Lord God of Israel, ‘It is I who anointed you king over Israel and it is I who delivered you from the hand of Saul. Verse ConceptsFaultsCourage, Examples OfAnointing Kings

He said, “I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father’s house have, because you have forsaken the commandments of the Lord and you have followed the Baals. Verse ConceptsAbandonmentevil, believers' responses toRebukeForsaking God's ThingsFollowers Of BaalTroubling Groups Of People

Why have you despised the word of the Lord by doing evil in His sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword, have taken his wife to be your wife, and have killed him with the sword of the sons of Ammon. Verse ConceptsForgettingevil, believers' responses toSanctity Of LifeSuffering, Causes OfWord Of GodKilling Named IndividualsTransferring Wives

Yet you, his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this, Verse Conceptsevil, believers' responses toDrawbacks To KnowledgeHumbling OneselfHumble Yourself

“But his master answered and said to him, ‘You wicked, lazy slave, you knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I scattered no seed. Verse ConceptsTalentsSlothfulnessNot SowingNot Reaping What You SowKnowing God's Character

Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, "You have been unfaithful and have married foreign wives adding to the guilt of Israel. "Now therefore, make confession to the LORD God of your fathers and do His will; and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign wives."

Then the Spirit of God came on Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people and said to them, “Thus God has said, ‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the Lord and do not prosper? Because you have forsaken the Lord, He has also forsaken you.’” Verse ConceptsAbandonmentevil, believers' responses toImpenitence, Results OfVictory, As An Act Of GodThe Spirit Of God

Samuel said to Saul, “You have acted foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which He commanded you, for now the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever. Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfFolly, Examples Ofevil, believers' responses toStabilityThey Do Not Keep Commandssaul

One of the criminals who were hanged there was hurling abuse at Him, saying, "Are You not the Christ? Save Yourself and us!" But the other answered, and rebuking him said, "Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?

Why do you kick at My sacrifice and at My offering which I have commanded in My dwelling, and honor your sons above Me, by making yourselves fat with the choicest of every offering of My people Israel?’ Verse Conceptsevil, believers' responses toFat PeopleKickingPraising Specific PeopleDishonoring God

Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, O my enemy?” And he answered, “I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the Lord. Verse ConceptsBuying and sellingGrudgesCharacter Of WickedCourage, Examples OfFinding People

Then to Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it’;
Cursed is the ground because of you;
In toil you will eat of it
All the days of your life.
Verse ConceptsCurses, DivineAgriculture, Effects Of FallCondemnation, Examples Ofevil, origins ofParticipation, In SinPunishment, Nature OfSuffering, Nature OfCursingHard LaborMetaphorical TreesPhysical PainEating Forbidden FoodGod CursingThe Fact Of ToilGod ForbiddingPleasurablenessAdam and eveAdam and eve disobey godPunishmentPunishmentsSicknessstruggleLife Strugglescursesrehabilitation

For they eat the bread of wickedness
And drink the wine of violence.
Verse ConceptsAlcoholBread, Figurative OfEating, Metaphorical UseWinePursuing Violencewickedness




Then God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence because of them; and behold, I am about to destroy them with the earth. Verse ConceptsViolence In The EarthFlesh, Description OfFilling PlacesViolenceDestruction Of All CreaturesThe Universe DestroyedGod KillingPeople EndedGod Killing All PeopleThe End Of The WorldFloods


Their webs will not become clothing,
Nor will they cover themselves with their works;
Their works are works of iniquity,
And an act of violence is in their hands.
Verse ConceptsViolenceGarments

As a well keeps its waters fresh,
So she keeps fresh her wickedness.
Violence and destruction are heard in her;
Sickness and wounds are ever before Me.
Verse ConceptsViolence In The EarthFountainsWellsContinuing In SinFreshWells, Figurative Use

He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? Is it too light a thing for the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they have committed here, that they have filled the land with violence and provoked Me repeatedly? For behold, they are putting the twig to their nose. Verse ConceptsViolence In The EarthGod, Suffering OfProvoking GodA Little BitDoing RepeatedlyLooking And SeeingTroubling Individuals

But they do not know how to do what is right,” declares the Lord, “these who hoard up violence and devastation in their citadels.” Verse ConceptsHoardingSpiritual IgnoranceMisersPursuing ViolenceNo JusticeStoring Other ThingsDoing The Right Thing

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“For the rich men of the city are full of violence,
Her residents speak lies,
And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Verse ConceptsDeception In Fallen Human NatureRich, TheRiches, Dangers OfTongueRiches, Can Lead ToViolence In The EarthDeceitful TonguesThe Rich Lording ItLying And Deceit

He who leads the upright astray in an evil way
Will himself fall into his own pit,
But the blameless will inherit good.
Verse ConceptsApostasy, Personal WarningsRetributionTrapEnticersDigging Pits

“For he is thrown into the net by his own feet,
And he steps on the webbing.
Verse ConceptsNets

The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.
Verse ConceptsNetsPitsHeathenDigging PitsHidden ThingsTrapping OneselfPit Used As Traps

He who digs a pit may fall into it, and a serpent may bite him who breaks through a wall. Verse ConceptsThe Insecurity Of The WickedDigging Pits

Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;
He who guards himself will be far from them.
Verse ConceptsThornsEvil AssociationsGod TrappingPitfalls

He who digs a pit will fall into it,
And he who rolls a stone, it will come back on him.
Verse ConceptsPitsRetributionDigging PitsRollingPit Used As TrapsKarma

By transgression an evil man is ensnared,
But the righteous sings and rejoices.
Verse ConceptsSin, Consequences OfFruits Of SinMusic To CelebrateGod Trapping

“Many will stumble over them,
Then they will fall and be broken;
They will even be snared and caught.”
Verse ConceptsPeople Stumbling

I, in turn, will do this to you: I will appoint over you a sudden terror, consumption and fever that will waste away the eyes and cause the soul to pine away; also, you will sow your seed uselessly, for your enemies will eat it up. Verse ConceptsEyes, Affected BydiseasesdisabilitiesVisionPunishment Of the WickedFeverThreateningsSowing In VainEyes HarmedUseless LabourFear Will ComeDepressionSpilling Your Seed On The Groundterrorism

“Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against those who swear falsely, and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages, the widow and the orphan, and those who turn aside the alien and do not fear Me,” says the Lord of hosts. Verse ConceptsAdultery, Consequences OfGod, Righteousness OfInjustice, Hated By GodMastersMoney, Stewardship OfOppression, Nature OfOrphansPerjuryPoverty, Attitudes TowardsRiches, Dangers OfServants, Working Conditions OfSexual Sin, Nature OfSuffering, Nature OfSuffering, Of The InnocentWagesWidowsAliens, God's AttitudeHirelingsDivinationStrangersEmployersThreateningsOppressing ForeignersSpeedThe Witness Of GodThose OppressedAdulteryNo Fear Of GodNot Helping WidowsSorceryImmigrantswitches

If a man does not repent, He will sharpen His sword;
He has bent His bow and made it ready.
Verse ConceptsSwordsThreateningsSharpening

“I will also make it a possession for the hedgehog and swamps of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction,” declares the Lord of hosts. Verse ConceptsAnimals, Types OfPoolsThreateningsHedgehogsSweepingdistractions

So I will choose their punishments
And will bring on them what they dread.
Because I called, but no one answered;
I spoke, but they did not listen.
And they did evil in My sight
And chose that in which I did not delight.”
Verse ConceptsImpenitence, Warnings AgainstRejection Of God's CallGod's Call, Few RespondGuilty FearThreateningsAnswering GodNot Pleasing GodOthers Not AnsweringStrong Delusion

then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them, and the house which I have consecrated for My name, I will cast out of My sight. So Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples. Verse ConceptsAbandonmentThreateningsFunjoking

It shall come about that just as all the good words which the Lord your God spoke to you have come upon you, so the Lord will bring upon you all the threats, until He has destroyed you from off this good land which the Lord your God has given you. Verse ConceptsReliabilityThreateningsGod Will Kill His People

But if you still do wickedly, both you and your king will be swept away.” Verse ConceptsThreateningsDestruction Of CountriesPersistence

He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years; and he departed with no one’s regret, and they buried him in the city of David, but not in the tombs of the kings. Verse ConceptsRegretTombsAbsence Of Regret

“They will die of deadly diseases, they will not be lamented or buried; they will be as dung on the surface of the ground and come to an end by sword and famine, and their carcasses will become food for the birds of the sky and for the beasts of the earth.” Verse ConceptsDead bodiesdirtUnburied BodiesAnimals Eating PeopleDefecationNearness Of DeathEating CorpsesNo BurialsWild Animals DevouringFamine KillingDeath Looms NearNot MourningLack Of A Proper Burial

“Those slain by the Lord on that day will be from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be lamented, gathered or buried; they will be like dung on the face of the ground. Verse ConceptsdirtUnburied BodiesDefecationGod KillingNo BurialsGod KillsNot MourningLack Of A Proper Burial

Therefore thus says the Lord in regard to Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah,
“They will not lament for him:
Alas, my brother!’ or, ‘Alas, sister!’
They will not lament for him:
‘Alas for the master!’ or, ‘Alas for his splendor!’
Verse ConceptsNot Mourning

Violence has grown into a rod of wickedness. None of them shall remain, none of their people, none of their wealth, nor anything eminent among them. Verse ConceptsThings Passing AwayGathering MuchPursuing ViolencePlants Growing UpBecoming Poor

For the Lord loves justice
And does not forsake His godly ones;
They are preserved forever,
But the descendants of the wicked will be cut off.
Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, To GodOffspringSaintsFaithful, Choose To RemainParents SinSustaining ProvidenceEternal DeliveranceGod Not ForsakingGod Judges The WickedGod Keepsatheismpreservation

“You will not be united with them in burial,
Because you have ruined your country,
You have slain your people.
May the offspring of evildoers not be mentioned forever.
Verse ConceptsBad ParentsParents SinSins Of The Fathers

You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart. Verse ConceptsBad PeopleSnakesParents SinThings Like SnakesNothing GoodBeware Of Your Speechmath

“Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword;
And his descendants will not be satisfied with bread.
Verse ConceptsParents SinKilling Sons And Daughters

Their offspring You will destroy from the earth,
And their descendants from among the sons of men.
Verse ConceptsParents Sin

“But come here, you sons of a sorceress,
Offspring of an adulterer and a prostitute.
Verse ConceptsHarlotsParents Sinwitcheswhores