Thematic Bible: Character of the wicked


Thematic Bible



Test yourselves to discover whether you are true believers: put your own selves under examination. Or do you not know that Jesus Christ is within you, unless you are insincere? Verse ConceptsAcademicsFellowship With ChristComplacencyProving, Through TestingTestingUnion With Christ, Significance OfCharacter Of WickedSelf ExaminationExamining YourselfJudging OurselvesThe FaithBelieving In YourselfTestsexams

And just as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so also these false teachers withstand the truth--being, as they are, men of debased intellects, and of no real worth so far as faith is concerned. Verse ConceptsFalse Teachers, Characteristics OfMind, The HumanCharacter Of WickedReprobatesThoughts Of The WickedThe FaithThose Against TruthAgainst The Truth




destitute of natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers. They will have no self-control, but will be brutal, opposed to goodness, treacherous, headstrong, self-important. They will love pleasure instead of loving God,









To you believers, therefore, that honour belongs; but for unbelievers-- "A Stone which the builders rejected has been made the Cornerstone," Verse ConceptsCornerstonesArchitectureMasonsOccupationsUnbelief, As Response To GodChurch, Christ Authority OverCharacter Of WickedCapstoneLove For GodBuildersChrist The RockNot Believing In JesusPrecious











Among them are included the men who make their way into private houses and carry off weak women as their prisoners--women who, weighed down by the burden of their sins, are led by ever-changing caprice, Verse ConceptsLicentiousnessCharacter Of WickedCaptivesHeavy BurdensWeak WomenProblem Peoplevulnerabilityimpulsivenessworms






destitute of natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers. They will have no self-control, but will be brutal, opposed to goodness, Verse ConceptsAffection, EvilBackbitingDebaucheryCharacter Of WickedFalse AccusationsDespisersBrutalityViolence In The EarthNothing GoodHating GoodUnlovingNo PeaceAffectionparentinghatersgossiping






And the men were severely burned; and yet they spoke evil of God who had power over the plagues, and they did not repent so as to give Him glory. Verse ConceptsCurses, HumanHardened HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedHeatCharacter Of WickedScorchingProfaning God's NameBlasphemyGod Showed His PowerWeather In The Last DaysweatherNot Glorifying God

And they said many other insulting things to Him. Verse ConceptsBlasphemy, Examples OfCharacter Of Wicked


These are those who cause divisions. They are men of the world, wholly unspiritual. Verse ConceptsInstinctLiving For The MaterialWithout Godnatural LifeEmotionsGoing To Churchdivision










In short, though knowing full well the sentence which God pronounces against actions such as theirs, as things which deserve death, they not only practise them, but even encourage and applaud others who do them. Verse ConceptsThe DeadCommands, in NTGod, Righteousness OfParticipation, In SinRevelation, Through CreationSin, God's Judgment OnSin, Nature OfCharacter Of WickedConnivanceComplicityKnowing FactsSpiritual DeathDeserving DeathEncouraging OthersKnowing GodMoralitybehaviorpracticeencouragingupliftingothers


All have turned aside from the right path; they have every one of them become corrupt. There is no one who does what is right--no, not so much as one." Verse ConceptsCharacter Of WickedPeople Going AstrayUseless PeopleNot Going GoodNo One Available




















"Their throats resemble an opened grave; with their tongues they have been talking deceitfully." "The venom of vipers lies hidden behind their lips." Verse ConceptsEvil SpeakingDeception In Fallen Human NaturePoisonSnakesTongueCharacter Of WickedObscenitySpeaking, EvilFigurative BurialsThings Like SnakesDeceitful TonguesOther References To MouthsDeception













destitute of natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers. They will have no self-control, but will be brutal, opposed to goodness, Verse ConceptsAffection, EvilBackbitingDebaucheryCharacter Of WickedFalse AccusationsDespisersBrutalityViolence In The EarthNothing GoodHating GoodUnlovingNo PeaceAffectionparentinghatersgossiping











For there are many that spurn authority--idle, talkative and deceitful persons, who, for the most part, are adherents of the Circumcision. Verse ConceptsExclusivenessCircumcision, physicalAttitudes Of RebellionHeresiesCharacter Of WickedVain TalkMen DeceivingCircumcision PartyMere TalkNecessity Of CircumcisionFutile Faith