Thematic Bible: Bad--exemplified


Thematic Bible




Who is your master? Where are you from? David asked. I am an Egyptian, the slave of an Amalekite, he answered. My master left me behind three days ago when I got sick. Verse ConceptsAbandonmentEmployers, Bad ExamplesSick IndividualsWhere From?

Consider what you should do because our master and his whole household are doomed. He is such a worthless man that it is useless to talk to him. Vers-ThemenTemperament

They forced the Israelites to work hard as slaves. They made their lives bitter with backbreaking work in mortar and bricks and every kind of work in the fields. All the jobs the Egyptians gave them were brutally hard work.

Ahaziah also followed the ways of Ahab's family, because his mother gave him advice that led him to sin. Verse ConceptsChildren, needs ofChildren, Bad Parental ExamplesMothers, Responsibilities OfImitating Wicked Kings

He burned his son as a sacrifice in the valley of Ben Hinnom, he consulted fortunetellers, and he cast evil spells. He also practiced witchcraft, and appointed royal mediums and psychics. He did many things that made Jehovah furious. Verse ConceptsChild sacrificeMediumsProvoking GodSorcery And MagicSpiritismSpiritsHuman SacrificesAncestral WorshipSorcerypsychics

Saul threw his spear at Jonathan and tried to kill him. Then Jonathan was sure that his father really did want to kill David. Verse ConceptsSpearsThrowing Spears

He gave the money back to his mother. She said: To keep the curse from falling on my son, I myself solemnly dedicate the silver to Jehovah. It will be used to make a wooden idol covered with silver. Now I will give the pieces of silver back to you.

She asked her mother, What should I ask? And the mother said: The head of John the Baptist. Verse ConceptsRemoving Heads

Finally, Absalom told his servants: Joab's barley field is next to mine. Set it on fire! So they set it on fire. Verse ConceptsGrainArsonBurning Plants

Quarreling arose between Abram's herdsmen and the herdsmen of Lot. The Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land at that time. Verse ConceptsLivestockServants, BadStock KeepingResolving Conflict

Absalom gave an order to his servants: Watch now and when Amnon begins to feel good from drinking too much wine, I will tell you, Attack Amnon. Then kill him. Do not be afraid. I give this order. Be strong and courageous. Verse ConceptsFeastingAssassinations, CompletedWineBraveryDrunk IndividualsBe Courageous!

David started down the other side of the Mount of Olives. He met Ziba, the chief servant of Mephibosheth. Ziba had two donkeys that were carrying two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred figs, and some wine. What is all this? David asked. Ziba said: The donkeys are for your family to ride. The bread and fruit are for the people to eat. The wine is for them to drink in the desert when they are tired out. Where is your master Saul's grandson? The king asked. He stayed in Jerusalem, said Ziba. He said: Today the house of Israel will give me back my grandfather's kingdom. read more.
The king told Ziba: In that case everything that belonged to Mephibosheth now belongs to you. I sincerely thank you, said Ziba, I hope to remain in your good graces, Your Majesty.

He was once worthless to you, but now is useful to you and me. Verse ConceptsUseless PeopleUseful People

Abraham complained to Abimelech because of the well of water that the servants of Abimelech had seized. Verse ConceptsServants, BadWellsDishonesty, Examples Of

The servants of Amon conspired against him. They killed the king in his house. Verse ConceptsConspiraciesKilling KingsConspiracy

Jeroboam rebelled against the king. He was the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite from Zeredah, a servant of Solomon, whose mother was Zeruah, a widow. Verse ConceptsActual Widows

Three years later, however, two of Shimei's slaves ran away to the king of Gath, Achish son of Maacah. When Shimei heard that they were in Gath, Verse ConceptsFugitivesServants, BadThree YearsOthers Who FledTwo Other MenExamples Of Bad Servants

when Elisha's servant Gehazi said to himself: My master has let Naaman get away without paying a thing! He should have accepted what that Syrian offered him. By the living God Jehovah I will run after him and get something from him. Verse ConceptsLove, Abuse OfIndividuals RunningExemptGreedservanthood

His servant Zimri, commander of half his war-carriages made plans to kill him. He was in Tirzah, drinking hard at the house of Arza, controller of the king's house in Tirzah. Verse Conceptsdrinking, abstention fromConspiraciesHalf Of GroupsDrunk IndividualsConspiracy

I call my slave, but he does not answer, even when I beg him. Verse ConceptsBeggarsServants, BadBeggingOthers Not AnsweringExamples Of Bad Servants

On the fourth day they said to Samson's wife: Trick your husband into telling us what the riddle means. If you do not, we will burn your father's house with you in it. Did you invite us here to rob us? Samson's wife approached him in tears and said: You do not love me! You just hate me! You told my friends a riddle and did not tell me it's meaning! He said: I have not told my father and mother. Why should I tell you? She cried about it for the whole seven days of the feast. She nagged him so that on the seventh day he told her what the riddle meant. Then she told the Philistines.

When the Ark of Jehovah came to the City of David, Saul's daughter Michal looked out of a window and saw King David leaping and dancing in Jehovah's presence. She despised him in her heart. Verse ConceptsLeapingContempt, Examples OfHeart, Fallen And RedeemedSuperiorityBad Wives ExamplesLooking Through WindowsPeople Jumpingjumping

Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him: Let a pillar, fifty cubits high, be made ready for hanging him. In the morning get the king to give orders for the hanging of Mordecai. Then you will be able to go to the feast with the king with a glad heart. Haman was pleased with the suggestion, and he had the pillar made. Verse ConceptsEscaping, Physical ThingsBad Wives ExamplesTemptressesDimensions Of Other ThingsPeople Hung To DeathNamed Wives

But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession. They kept back part of the money. His wife was also knowledgeable of the transaction. They brought part of the funds to the apostles.

For Herod captured John and locked him in prison for the sake of Herodias his wife. She was his brother Philip's wife before he married her. Verse ConceptsPrisonersRopesBad Wives ExamplesDispleasureTransferring Wives

His wife asked him: Are you still holding on to your principles? Curse God and die! Verse ConceptsCurses, HumanBlasphemy, Examples OfBlameWivesBad Wives ExamplesHolding FastTemptressesCursing GodWife