Thematic Bible: Concealment of


Thematic Bible




When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Babylon, 200 silver shekels, and a bar of gold weighing 50 shekels, I coveted them and took them. You can see for yourself. They are concealed in the ground inside my tent, with the money under the cloak.” Verse ConceptsBeautifulCriminalsCoveting, prohibition ofBad Decision Making ExamplesGreed, Condemnation OfLove, Abuse OfRobesSelf IndulgenceTemptation, Universality OfTreasureVisionCovetousness, Results InCovetousness, Example OfBeauty, In ArtefactsConcealment, Of SinAllurements Of SinYielding To TemptationThings UnderOuter GarmentsFine ClothesSpecific Sums Of Money


The Israelites secretly did what was not right against the Lord their God. They built high places in all their towns from watchtower to fortified city. Verse ConceptsSecrecySecret SinsConcealment, Of SinActing In Secret


Woe to those who go to great lengths
to hide their plans from the Lord.
They do their works in darkness,
and say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”
Verse ConceptsConcealment, Of SinVeilsSecret SinsDarkness Of EvilNot Seeing PeopleUnseenHiding SinsWoe To The WickedDarknesshiding

Then He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his idol? For they are saying, ‘The Lord does not see us. The Lord has abandoned the land.’” Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceShrinesSecret SinsConcealment, Of SinGod Not SeeingActing In SecretLooking And SeeingScofferselders

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