Thematic Bible: Characteristics of wicked servants:


Thematic Bible







Mine eyes are on the faithful of the land, To dwell with me, Whoso is walking in a perfect way, he serveth me. He dwelleth not in my house who is working deceit, Whoso is speaking lies Is not established before mine eyes.

And he saith, 'My lord, O king, my servant deceived me, for thy servant said, I saddle for me the ass, and ride on it, and go with the king, for thy servant is lame; Verse ConceptsBackPreparing To TravelSaddling DonkeysThose Who Deceived

and shepherds of Gerar strive with shepherds of Isaac, saying, 'The water is ours;' and he calleth the name of the well 'Strife,' because they have striven habitually with him; Verse ConceptsServants, BadDishonesty, Examples OfPeople Possessing Other ThingsPeople Naming ThingsStock Keeping

and there is a strife between those feeding Abram's cattle and those feeding Lot's cattle; and the Canaanite and the Perizzite are then dwelling in the land. Verse ConceptsLivestockServants, BadStock KeepingResolving Conflict

And he saith, 'Peace; my lord hath sent me, saying, Lo, now, this, come unto me have two young men from the hill-country of Ephraim, of the sons of the prophets; give, I pray thee, to them, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.' Verse ConceptsExamples Of DeceitHillsLying, Examples OfPeople Giving ClothesSons Of The ProphetsTwo Other ThingsTwo Other Men

And he hath come in, and doth stand by his lord, and Elisha saith unto him, 'Whence -- Gehazi?' and he saith, 'Thy servant went not hither or thither.' Verse ConceptsAmbiguityMotionlessnessStaying PutWhere From?

For three things hath earth been troubled, And for four -- it is not able to bear: For a servant when he reigneth, And a fool when he is satisfied with bread,

By words a servant is not instructed though he understand, And there is nothing answering. Verse ConceptsResponseServanthood, In SocietyServants, BadMere Talk

and he would not, but having gone away, he cast him into prison, till he might pay that which was owing. Verse ConceptsImprisonmentsPrisonersPitilessnessPitilessness CondemnedSettling AccountsDebtjail

and may begin to beat the fellow-servants, and to eat and to drink with the drunken, Verse ConceptsGluttonydrinking, abstention fromEating And Drinkingdrunkards

the lord of that servant will arrive in a day when he doth not expect, and in an hour of which he doth not know, Verse ConceptsIgnorance Of Christ’s ReturnLack Of ExpectationThe Time UnknownThe Second Coming

And Gehazi, servant of Elisha the man of God, saith, 'Lo, my lord hath spared Naaman this Aramaean, not to receive from his hand that which he brought; Jehovah liveth; surely if I have run after him, then I have taken from him something.' Verse ConceptsLove, Abuse OfIndividuals RunningExemptGreedservanthood

not purloining, but showing all good stedfastness, that the teaching of God our Saviour they may adorn in all things. Verse ConceptsAdornment, Of WomenApplying The BibleAttractionSound DoctrineDo Not StealInternal Adornmentartistsdoctrine