Thematic Bible: Appointed by God corrupt
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Rebuke » Appointed by God corrupt » Nathan rebukes david
Nathan said to David, "You are that man! This is what the Lord God of Israel says: 'I chose you to be king over Israel and I rescued you from the hand of Saul.
Elijah replied, "I have not brought disaster on Israel. But you and your father's dynasty have, by abandoning the Lord's commandments and following the Baals.
Why have you shown contempt for the word of the Lord by doing evil in my sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and you have taken his wife as your own! You have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.
Rebuke » Appointed by God corrupt » Ezra rebukes the people
"But you, his son Belshazzar, have not humbled yourself, although you knew all this.
But his master answered, 'Evil and lazy slave! So you knew that I harvest where I didn't sow and gather where I didn't scatter?
Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, "You have behaved in an unfaithful manner by taking foreign wives! This has contributed to the guilt of Israel. Now give praise to the Lord God of your fathers, and do his will. Separate yourselves from the local residents and from these foreign wives."
Rebuke » Appointed by God corrupt » Zechariah rebukes judah
God's Spirit energized Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood up before the people and said to them, "This is what God says: 'Why are you violating the commands of the Lord? You will not be prosperous! Because you have rejected the Lord, he has rejected you!'"
Rebuke » Appointed by God corrupt » Samuel rebukes saul
Then Samuel said to Saul, "You have made a foolish choice! You have not obeyed the commandment that the Lord your God gave you. Had you done that, the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever!
Rebuke » Appointed by God corrupt » The dying thief rebukes his companion
One of the criminals who was hanging there railed at him, saying, "Aren't you the Christ? Save yourself and us!" But the other rebuked him, saying, "Don't you fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?
Rebuke » Appointed by God corrupt » A man of God rebukes eli
Why are you scorning my sacrifice and my offering that I commanded for my dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than you have me by having made yourselves fat from the best parts of all the offerings of my people Israel.'
Rebuke » Appointed by God corrupt » Elijah rebukes ahab
When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, "So, you have found me, my enemy!" Elijah replied, "I have found you, because you are committed to doing evil in the sight of the Lord.
Rebuke » Appointed by God corrupt » Judges of israel
But to Adam he said, "Because you obeyed your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, 'You must not eat from it,' cursed is the ground thanks to you; in painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
The Nation » Appointed by God corrupt » The prevalence of violence
For they eat bread gained from wickedness and drink wine obtained from violence.
Arrogance is their necklace, and violence their clothing.
They confiscate the fields they desire, and seize the houses they want. They defraud people of their homes, and deprive people of the land they have inherited.
Confuse them, O Lord! Frustrate their plans! For I see violence and conflict in the city.
So God said to Noah, "I have decided that all living creatures must die, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. Now I am about to destroy them and the earth.
Men move boundary stones; they seize the flock and pasture them.
Their webs cannot be used for clothing; they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their deeds are sinful; they commit violent crimes.
As a well continually pours out fresh water so it continually pours out wicked deeds. Sounds of violence and destruction echo throughout it. All I see are sick and wounded people.'
He said to me, "Do you see, son of man? Is it a trivial thing that the house of Judah commits these abominations they are practicing here? For they have filled the land with violence and provoked me to anger still further. Look, they are putting the branch to their nose!
"They do not know how to do what is right." (The Lord is speaking.) "They store up the spoils of destructive violence in their fortresses.
The city's rich men think nothing of resorting to violence; her inhabitants lie, their tongues speak deceptive words.
The wicked » Appointed by God corrupt » Snared
The one who leads the upright astray in an evil way will himself fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.
The nations fell into the pit they had made; their feet were caught in the net they had hidden.
One who digs a pit may fall into it, and one who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.
Thorns and snares are in the path of the perverse, but the one who guards himself keeps far from them.
The one who digs a pit will fall into it; the one who rolls a stone -- it will come back on him.
In the transgression of an evil person there is a snare, but a righteous person can sing and rejoice.
Many will stumble over the stone and the rock, and will fall and be seriously injured, and will be ensnared and captured."
The wicked » Appointed by God corrupt » Threatenings against
I for my part will do this to you: I will inflict horror on you, consumption and fever, which diminish eyesight and drain away the vitality of life. You will sow your seed in vain because your enemies will eat it.
"I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination, those who commit adultery, those who break promises, and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, who refuse to help the immigrant and in this way show they do not fear me," says the Lord who rules over all.
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"I will turn her into a place that is overrun with wild animals and covered with pools of stagnant water. I will get rid of her, just as one sweeps away dirt with a broom," says the Lord who commands armies.
So I will choose severe punishment for them; I will bring on them what they dread, because I called, and no one responded, I spoke and they did not listen. They did evil before me; they chose to do what displeases me."
then I will remove Israel from the land I have given them, I will abandon this temple I have consecrated with my presence, and Israel will be mocked and ridiculed among all the nations.
But in the same way every faithful promise the Lord your God made to you has been realized, it is just as certain, if you disobey, that the Lord will bring on you every judgment until he destroys you from this good land which the Lord your God gave you.
The wicked » Appointed by God corrupt » Unlamented
Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. No one regretted his death; he was buried in the City of David, but not in the royal tombs.
They will die of deadly diseases. No one will mourn for them. They will not be buried. Their dead bodies will lie like manure spread on the ground. They will be killed in war or die of starvation. Their corpses will be food for the birds and wild animals.
Those who have been killed by the Lord at that time will be scattered from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned over, gathered up, or buried. Their dead bodies will lie scattered over the ground like manure.
So the Lord has this to say about Josiah's son, King Jehoiakim of Judah: People will not mourn for him, saying, "This makes me sad, my brother! This makes me sad, my sister!" They will not mourn for him, saying, "Poor, poor lord! Poor, poor majesty!"
Violence has grown into a staff that supports wickedness. Not one of them will be left -- not from their crowd, not from their wealth, not from their prominence.
The wicked » Appointed by God corrupt » Judges of israel
For the Lord promotes justice, and never abandons his faithful followers. They are permanently secure, but the children of evil men are wiped out.
You will not be buried with them, because you destroyed your land and killed your people. The offspring of the wicked will never be mentioned again.
Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say anything good, since you are evil? For the mouth speaks from what fills the heart.
If his children increase -- it is for the sword! His offspring never have enough to eat.
You destroy their offspring from the earth, their descendants from among the human race.
But approach, you sons of omen readers, you offspring of adulteresses and prostitutes!