Thematic Bible: Appointed by God corrupt
Thematic Bible
Rebuke » Appointed by God corrupt » Nathan rebukes david
You are that man! Nathan said to David. And this is what the Lord Jehovah the God of Israel says: 'I made you king of Israel and rescued you from Saul.
Then he said in answer: I have not made trouble for Israel. You and your family have. You have disobeyed Jehovah's commands and have gone after the Baals.
Why have you disobeyed my commands? Why did you do this evil thing? You had Uriah killed in battle! You let the Ammonites kill him. Then you took his wife!
Rebuke » Appointed by God corrupt » Ezra rebukes the people
You his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you know all this.
But his lord answered: 'You wicked and lazy servant. You knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter.
Ezra the priest got to his feet and said to them: You have done wrong and taken strange women for your wives, thus increasing the sin of Israel. Give praise to Jehovah, the God of your fathers, and do his will. Separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the strange women.
Rebuke » Appointed by God corrupt » Zechariah rebukes judah
God's Spirit spoke to Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. Zechariah told everyone that God was saying: Why are you disobeying me and my Laws? This will only bring punishment! You have deserted me, so now I will desert you.
Rebuke » Appointed by God corrupt » Samuel rebukes saul
You did a foolish thing, Samuel told Saul. You did not follow the command of Jehovah your God. If you had, Jehovah would have established your kingdom over Israel from generation to generation (for a very long time).
Rebuke » Appointed by God corrupt » The dying thief rebukes his companion
One of the criminals who were hanged complained bitterly to him saying: Are you the Christ? Save yourself and us. The other rebuked him saying: Do you not respect God, seeing you are also condemned?
Rebuke » Appointed by God corrupt » A man of God rebukes eli
Why do you kick at my sacrifice and my offering, which I have commanded in my house? Do you honor your sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of Israel my people?'
Rebuke » Appointed by God corrupt » Elijah rebukes ahab
Ahab said to Elijah: Have you come face to face with me, O my enemy? Elijah said: I have come to you because you have given yourself up to do evil in the eyes of Jehovah.
Rebuke » Appointed by God corrupt » Judges of israel
He said to Adam: Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, 'You must not eat of it,' cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
The Nation » Appointed by God corrupt » The prevalence of violence
They eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
That is why arrogance is their necklace and violence covers them like clothing.
They covet fields and seize them. They covet houses and confiscate them! They oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
Confuse their language, O Jehovah, because I see violence and conflict in the city.
God said to Noah: I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am going to destroy them with the earth.
The wicked remove landmarks. They seize flocks and pasture them.
Their webs cannot be used for clothes. They cannot cover themselves with their works for their works are evil. Their hands have committed acts of violence.
As a well pours out its water, so Jerusalem pours out her wickedness. Violence and destruction are heard in her. Sickness and wounds are ever before me.
Jehovah said to me: Mortal man, do you see that? These people of Judah are not satisfied with merely doing all the disgusting things you have seen here and with spreading violence throughout the country. No, they must come and do them right here in the Temple and make me even angrier. Look how they insult me in the most offensive way possible by thrusting the shoot to my nose! (an obsene reference or jesture to Jehovah)
Those who store up violence and robbery in their dwellings do not know how to do what is right, declared Jehovah.
The rich men are full of violence! Her inhabitants speak lies. Their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
The wicked » Appointed by God corrupt » Snared
Whoever leads decent people into evil will fall into his own pit. Innocent people will inherit good things.
The nations have dug a pit and fallen in. They have been caught in their own trap.
He that digs a pit will fall into it. A serpent will bite whoever breaks through a hedge.
Thorns and snares are in the way of the wicked. He who guards his life will stay far away from them.
He who digs a pit will fall in it. He who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare. But the righteous sings and rejoices.
Many will stumble over them. They will fall and be broken. They will be trapped and caught.
The wicked » Appointed by God corrupt » Threatenings against
then this is what I will do to you: I will terrorize you with disease and fever. You will suffer from eye problems and depression. You will plant your crops and get nothing because your enemies will eat them.
I will approach you people for judgment! I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, the adulterers and those acting fraudulently with the wages of the worker, the widow and the fatherless. I will be a speedy witness against those who swear falsely and take advantage of the stranger, and do not show me reverence, said Jehovah of Hosts.
Verse Concepts
I will turn Babylon into a marsh. Porcupines will live there. I will sweep Babylon with a broom that will sweep everything away. I, the Sovereign Lord Jehovah have spoken.
Therefore I will choose harsh treatment for them and bring on them what they fear. I called, but no one answered. I spoke, but they did not listen. They did what I consider evil. They chose what I do not like.
I will have Israel cut off from the land I gave them. I will abandon this house even though I have made it holy for myself. I will put you out of my sight. Israel will be a public example, and a word of shame among all peoples.
Just as he kept every promise that he made to you, so he will carry out every threat.
The wicked » Appointed by God corrupt » Unlamented
Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king. He ruled eight years from Jerusalem. He died, and no one even felt sad. He was buried in Jerusalem, but not in the royal tombs.
They will die of lethal diseases. They will not be mourned or buried. They will be as dung on the surface of the ground and die by sword and famine (war and starvation). Their carcasses will become food for the birds of the sky and for the animals of the earth.
On that day those killed by Jehovah will stretch from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, taken away, or buried. They will become like manure on the ground.'
Therefore Jehovah tells us about Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: They will not cry for him: 'Alas, my brother!' And, 'Alas, sister!' They will not mourn him: 'Alas for the master!' And, Alas for his splendor!
Violence has grown into a weapon for punishing wickedness. None of the people will be left. None of that crowd, none of their wealth, and nothing of value will be left.
The wicked » Appointed by God corrupt » Judges of israel
Jehovah loves justice, and he will not abandon his godly ones. They will be kept safe forever, but the descendants of the wicked will be destroyed.
You ruined your country and killed your own people. For that reason, you will not be buried like other kings. None of your evil family will survive.
You offspring of vipers. How can you who are evil speak good things? Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
No mater how many his children, their fate is the sword. His offspring will never have enough to eat.
You will destroy their children from the earth and their offspring from among the sons of man.
But come here, you sons of the witch, you offspring of the adulterer and the prostitute!